Chapter 127 Red Ghost

"Liu account room, if you go, I don't think I need to go. It's better not to send your wife a sedan chair too much, otherwise it may be disgusted." Zhang Shu touched his chin and said.

"If it's just a sedan chair, it doesn't have to be like this. But the two big brothers just said it. Liu Lin pointed to the sedan chair next to him: "After I tell everyone about this, they must have to pick up the shopkeeper in Rouge Lane. It is inconvenient for him to go to the place of fireworks, and some things need to be done by others. There are more people who need this. Anyway, it depends on how to arrange it. It is likely that this sedan chair can't lift the lady tonight, but will go to Rouge Lane to pick up the shopkeeper.

Liu Lin turned his head and said to the two sedan chairmen, "Don't worry, if you really go to Rouge Lane tonight, the reward will definitely increase."

"Liu's account is bold, and our brother is naturally relieved. If you go to Rouge Lane, it's a good business, and it's really time to rest when you come back. The words behind the sedan chair turned into a whisper.

"It's not too late. Let's go now." Liu Lin told the other three.

The other three stood up, and Liu Lin walked out of the gate of the Guihua Building. The warm sedan chair is placed by the door. Looking at it through the light at the door, it is indeed a good sedan chair. Although it is privately owned, it can reach the level of pipe sedan chair in terms of material and workmanship. No matter how picky the sea sand is, it will not say anything.

"Zhang Shu, let's not ride horses. After all, these two big brothers walk with their legs, and we can't ride horses much faster. In addition, horse riding is a little too flamboyant." Liu Lin discussed.

"It's exactly what I want." Zhang Shu nodded slightly.

The two sedan chairmen have already put up the pole, and the talkative one said, "Liu's room, the sedan chair is also empty. You sit in and our brothers will carry you there. It's cold outside, and you are weak. You are not as good as this big brother Kong Wu. Your weight is also light. There is not much difference between our brothers to lift you or not. The voice of the sedan chair looked more bold in the cold wind.

"Yes, Liu Account Room, if you sit in, we can hurry up." Zhang Shu also advised.

Liu Lin waved his hand and said, "This doesn't work. I sat in and stained the sedan chair, or if it smells, it's not good to let my wife care about it. Although I Liu Lin is weak, I can still walk some way. You three don't need to say much. Let's just go on the road.

After hearing this, the two sedan chairman stopped talking and lifted the sedan chair and walked forward. Wu Song's family is quite famous in Yanggu County. Qi Si must have died twice there. These two deaths caused a sensation in Yanggu. Although it is not a good name, the sedan chairman still does not need others to be instructed. Zhang Shu and Liu Lin followed the sedan chair, which can also block the cold wind.

Liu Lin gave the cloak to Zhang Shu. He only felt a little cold in a cotton-padded coat, but he tried his best not to show himself in front of Zhang Shu, but he was a little embarrassed. He was afraid that Zhang Shu would not be able to explain it, so he peeked at Zhang Shu and saw that Zhang Shu did not look at himself, but walked while pinching something with his fingers and saying words.

Liu Lin was curious and asked, "Zhang Shu, do you still want to sign and gossip? I haven't heard you say that. When the Spring Festival this year, calculate a good gossip for me and see how my luck is in the coming year. It is said that the fortune-telling on the first day of the lunar new year is very clever, and the famous fortune-telling men in Yanggu are also very expensive on the first day of the lunar new year, and I can't afford that kind of expenses. But you don't have to say anything about this. I'll treat you to a good drink as gossip. What do you think?

"Hahaha, I really want to drink this wine, but I can't gossip. Liu Jianfang asked the wrong person." Zhang Shu looked up and answered with a smile on his face.

The four walked slowly. Liu Lin was already a little out of breath when he spoke, but Zhang Shu was still calm. Breathing the cold wind was like breathing the spring breeze of April, and he couldn't help but let Liu Lin secretly pick up his fingers.

"So what are you saying when you say a word? And what is this finger pinching? Isn't this fortune-telling?" Liu Lin is not very interested in fortune-telling. He just wants to be closer to Zhang Shu. In addition, he is indeed curious about what Zhang Shu is doing.

"Liu Jianfang, I don't like you. In the afternoon, you asked me to go out and inquire. I told you that a comet appeared in the eastern sky. Look, it has come out now." Zhang Shu spoke and pointed to the eastern sky.

Liu Lin rubbed his eyes and looked carefully. There was indeed a dark red flash in the eastern sky. The star had just risen, because it was too close to the ground. In addition, it seemed that there was a cloud in the sky, so it was not very bright. If Zhang Shu hadn't pointed out, I'm afraid he would have ignored it.

"I saw it. Zhang Shu, you have good eyesight. You can see such a vague star. I admire it. Liu Lin couldn't stand walking while talking, so after saying this, he gasped a few times.

"This is not my good eye. Where we just walked, there are tall buildings in the east. Turning around the street corner just now, you can just see this star. Didn't you ask me what I'm saying and what my hands are doing? It's the time when this star rises. Zhang Shu seemed to prove something. As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand, gently pinched it a few times, and then put his right hand into his sleeve.

"It seems that this star is destined to appear long ago, and the exact rising time can be obtained by calculation. These ignorant people in Yanggu County regard this natural phenomenon as a great thing, which really makes people laugh. Hahaha." As Liu Lin said, he laughed a few times. The oncoming cold wind poured in through his open mouth, making him feel very uncomfortable and immediately stopped laughing.

"Actually, it's not true." Zhang Shu frowned slightly: "This star can't be calculated if there is an ordinary astronomical calendar, but there is a special book that records the time when the star rises."

Liu Lin looked at Zhang Shu's strange expression and became more curious about this matter: "So, Zhang Shu, have you read this book? Then what is this star? Tell me about it and let me learn more. In the future, when others ask me, I won't know anything.

"I can tell you this, but how to put it, sometimes knowing too much is not a very pleasant thing." As Zhang Shu spoke, he wrapped his cloak tighter. Do you remember the 'demon breathing method' I used to save Ximenqing yesterday?

"Remember, it's indeed a magical method. I don't believe in ghosts and gods in my life, but I have to admit that it is indeed the power of the devil when I can see through the solid floor of Guihua Building by drilling a few holes." Liu Lin kept nodding. He was telling the truth. After that, Liu Lin once checked the broken floor and decided that he could never use the same method to save Ximen Qing. Since the name of this method contains the word "demon", it may really summon the power of the devil.

"Actually, when I got this 'demon Breathing Method', I also got some other books, which are generally miscellaneous, which makes people look confused. There is a copy of that book, but this copy is not complete, so only part of the information can be known. When Zhang Shu said this, he shook his head. Obviously, he was very disappointed with this incomplete information.

"Oh? What does the book say? The book put together with the 'Demon's Breathing Method' must be very magical. If you say it, it will also give me more insight. Liu Lin licked his lips. At this time, he was very envious of Zhang Shu's encounter. Liu Lin was worried that if he saw these manuscripts, he would be able to figure out more than Zhang Shu. After all, Zhang Shu looks like a martial artist. Although his skills are not bad, his thinking ability must be much worse than himself.

Zhang Shu looked up at the stars in the sky, leaving a heavy glance in the eastern sky. Liu Lin followed Zhang Shu's eyes and saw that the dark red light had lit up. Today is November 15th. The brilliance of the full moon makes the stars in the sky not shine as much as usual. Even so, under the resistance of this star, everything in his eyes is also covered with a little dark red veil.

"Comet is just a name for this kind of star, which can also be said to be another name for the broom star, but it sounds more elegant, not just the name of this star. It has a separate name in the book, called the Red Ghost, which is a blood-red devil. Zhang Shu said quietly.

Liu Lin is very close to Zhang Shu, but he still feels that Zhang Shu's voice seems to be blown away by the wind at any time. He must listen hard to hear it. Red ghost? This star sounds unlucky.

"It's really unlucky. You may not know that ordinary comets have a certain period of appearance. Some can be seen once in decades, some can be seen once in hundreds of years, and some can be seen once in hundreds of years. Decades of comets are easy to say. As long as an observer lives longer, he may see them twice or even three times in his life. He records these observations in detail and compares them by later generations. Once it is said that the interval is the same for four or five times in a row, it can be determined. The authors of the manuscripts I read, together with the teachers and teachers, jointly identified a comet that appeared in our sky at intervals of 78 years. That comet, called the Iron Star by them, will appear in 40 years. If I can live to 40 years without any disaster, I must observe the Iron Star in detail and add a new observation record to that manuscript. However, the observation of comets for hundreds of years requires the joint efforts of many generations. It is likely that Grandpa can see it once and grandson can see it for the second time. The time to determine the cycle is too long. To this day, there are still many such comets that do not know the exact period. Of course, hundreds of years apart are even more difficult. This kind of teacher relationship of stargazers is likely to be interrupted in the war. In addition, in a long time, students of stargazers may forget the great observations carried out by their ancestors, or in the observations of later generations, because of the deviation in understanding of their ancestors, they will recognize the stars. Don't make mistakes. Therefore, few comets with a period of hundreds of years can know the approximate period. Zhang Shu sighed.

Zhang Shu is like an omniscient scholar talking, pointing up and down, as if the stars were spinning around his body. Liu Lin was stunned by the observation comet record of a hundred years. He couldn't imagine that some people studied the meaning of his life just to look at the mirrors and moon that his master had seen, and in less than a hundred years, he could not see the gorgeous shadows in the manuscript in his life.

"There is no clear record of the cycle of this red ghost in the manuscript. The manuscript just says that its cycle is very long, longer than a thousand years. As for whether it is 2,000 years or 3,000 years, or longer, the original author of the book can't understand. There is only one thing that can prove that this star has exceeded the limit that people can observe. The next time you see the red ghost, that is, thousands of years later, I really don't know what such a world will be like. Zhang Shu didn't seem to answer Liu Lin's question, but just said to himself what he thought in his mind.

"Zhang Shu, do you mean that the book does not explain the cycle of the red ghost, nor does it say when the red ghost came last time?" Liu Lin found the key point of the problem and immediately asked.

"Yes, the interval between stars is too long, so it is not indicated on it." Zhang Shu shook his head and admitted Liu Lin's speculation.

Liu Lin became interested and immediately interfaced: "But I heard the meaning of your words, as if I knew that the red ghost would come now. There is no cycle and it can't be calculated. So how do you know? Also, since the last appearance of this red ghost was at least a thousand years ago, is the author of the book the power of thousands of years ago? Otherwise, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, how could he know about the red ghost? Liu Lin felt that although what Zhang Shu said was mysterious, there were also many hard wounds and flaws. He wanted to find it and let Zhang Shu know that his intelligence was not a false reputation.

"Your question is very good, Liu Jianfang, but whether you admit it or not, there are many mysterious things in the world that cannot be explained by reason. Isn't that the living corpse we saw last night? Before last night, do you believe that the dead can stand up again and be more powerful than the living? Zhang Shu took a meaningful look at Liu Lin and then continued, "Obviously not. The manuscript is not a book to observe the stars, but a prophecy. The author of the book should only be a hundred years ago. I don't know what means he used. He predicted that the red ghost would appear this year. In the manuscript, the time he gave was the early morning of November 15, and the second half of yesterday can also be regarded as today's morning. The time is probably right. To be honest, I was just skeptical about this before I heard the rumor this afternoon, but now, I have no doubt about this great power a hundred years ago. If he can live to this day and talk to him, he will definitely gain a lot. Unfortunately, human life is short, like vegetation. After withering, it can only be blown away in the wind like sand.

"What else is written in the manuscript?" Liu Lin knew that Zhang Shu would not lie. The author of this book was indeed a little Taoist when he could predict what happened a hundred years ago.

"It is said that this comet is called the Red Ghost, and its appearance will represent the arrival of an era." Liu Lindao.

"What era?" It must not be a good era called Red Ghost. When Liu Lin asked this question, his hands sweated inexplicably.

The era of the dead. The red ghost is a pioneer from the world of the dead. When it appears in the air, a large number of the dead will return from the world of the dead to the country of the living, and the world will produce many visions. There should be many complete narratives in the original book, including what will happen after the dead come back to life, but because it is a manuscript, these specific contents have been lost. However, I thought later that it is also possible that the transcription deliberately omitted this part in order to keep the specific secret of this horrible prophecy. Zhang Shu fell into thought while talking.

"That is to say, what happened last night will happen again?" Liu Lin had an impulse to vomit when he thought of the bloody picture last night. He doubted how he survived last night.

"That's not necessarily the case. Many things in this manuscript use symbolic language. The return of the deceased to this world does not necessarily refer to the scene like last night, and it is likely to be something else. But it's a pity that the following content is gone, so it can't be inferred in detail. This is exactly where I'm worried." Zhang Shu nodded and said.

During the conversation, the two did not stop under their feet. At this time, as soon as Liu Lin looked up, the sedan chair had already gone to the East Street. After a few steps, he arrived at Wu Song's house. The two stopped talking and stepped up their way. When they arrived at the front of the house, they were surprised to find that the door of the house was slightly open, and Lao Wu was closing the door.

Is it that Dutou and his wife have gone out to see the stars? Alas, Lao Wu, why don't you stop me? It's also my fault. I told Zhang Shu on the way that these things were delayed. After all, it was too late.

When Lao Wu saw Liu Lin, his face was full of surprise: "Liu Lin, why did you come back? Didn't you come to deliver the sedan chair and leave just now? Why did Zhang Shu come? Why did you carry another sedan chair? One sedan chair is enough, and they all go out to pick up his brother.

"Where are you going to pick up his brother?" An ominous foreboding climbed into Liu Lin's mind.

"Rinzhi Lane." Lao Wu lowered his voice: "Your shopkeeper went to Rouge Lane to find the girl, but he was overly indulgent. The brothel over there sent someone to inform him. It happened that you sent the sedan chair, and they all followed the sedan chair. They probably went to pick up your shopkeeper. No, Liu Lin, you haven't said why you came back?