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    Ghost begging for help

    This is a bit unusual. If something like this happens suddenly, something must have gone wrong.

    Li Li asked him again if he had done anything unusual recently. The tailor thought for a while, shook his head and said, “Since July, the entire street has closed its shops before it gets dark, and few people come out for a stroll. Even many brothels in Hua Street have posted signs of being closed for a month. Even if I want to go out and have fun, there is no place to go. I always climb into bed and fall asleep after eating.”

    This tailor is a veteran of Huajie. Liu Qi’s Huangliang Yimeng recently opened, and he often went to cheer for it. Then he and Liu Qi had some friendship, and they knew that he had a good relationship with the national teacher, so when he encountered this problem, he quickly came to him for help.

    The tailor couldn’t explain the reason, and Li Li couldn’t figure out the reason for a while. He thought about it and said, “Let’s do it this way. I’ll go to your place to have a look tonight.”

    Li Qiye said and gave him another yellow talisman. This time, the yellow talisman added something extra to him, which he could sense as soon as he destroyed it.

    Qiu Ruanruan also wanted to go with her, but she couldn’t help much and would be a drag, so she had to forget it. Liu Qi wanted to go, but he was afraid of death, so he decided to stay in the Imperial Master’s Mansion and wait for the result. Su Shaoyou and Daoxu followed.

    Under the setting sun, all the shops facing the street were closed one after another. The tailor also closed the door and locked it early like other people, but his hands were shaking a little. He was too anxious to eat, so he kept smoking the pipe in his hand, urging the children to eat quickly.He didn’t tell his family about what happened yesterday. Yesterday, his wife took the children to sleep in the backyard, and he slept in the front yard and had a few drinks, so his wife and they didn’t know what happened last night.

    As soon as he finished eating, he asked his wife to take the children to bed. Seeing him like this, his wife couldn’t help but ask: “What’s wrong?”

    The tailor replied impatiently: “Women ask why you are doing so much. What do your men say? Just do as you are told. Go and have a rest. If you can’t sleep, lie down on the bed. No matter what happens in the middle of the night, no sound is allowed to come out, otherwise I will divorce you.”

    The tailor’s wife thought that he was dating a girl from a brothel again. She sighed in her heart and couldn’t understand why her parents fell in love with him in the first place. After clearing away the dishes, she took the child back to the room.

    The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the tailor’s hand holding the pipe was shaking more and more. There was no movement from the Imperial Master. He felt unsure and could only place his hope on the yellow talisman.

    The tailor was so nervous that he was sweating profusely. He thought carefully about the events of the past two days. Suddenly something occurred to him and he quickly took out an exquisite wooden box from under the counter.

    This was a set of exquisite tailoring tools that he bought at a low price from a new customer he met half a month ago. The man was about the same age as he and was the shopkeeper of an antique shop. It was his mother-in-law’s birthday, so he came to the tailor shop to order a set of Guihe Xianshou clothes. When he went to his store to deliver the goods, he was very satisfied. It happened that he had a new product in the store, so he asked the tailor to take a look and give him a price on whatever he liked.

    It just so happened that this batch of goods contained such a set of tailoring tools. It was exquisite, sharp, and unique in shape. He fell in love with it at first sight and bought it for thirty taels of silver.

    There were forty-nine pieces in total, including scissors, silver needles, and thimbles. They reflected the light under the candle’s light. No difference could be seen, but the tailor intuitively believed that it was the fault of these things.

    If Li Qiye saw this thing, he would know why. It was not an extraordinary thing. These tools were not used to sew clothes, but to sew corpses. The Yinwu that came yesterday all came to him to help sew corpses.

    This is very common. In our tailoring industry, there is a special branch that collects and sews corpses.

    The tailor hurriedly closed the box again, wondering whether to send this to the Imperial Master. He looked at the closed door and the dark window, and couldn’t help but swallowed. He might as well wait until dawn.

    Just as he was thinking about it, the door rang, and cold sweat instantly ran down the tailor’s forehead.

    “Who, who?” the tailor asked, trying to stay calm.

    “I am from Jinfeng Village. I heard that the store did a good job, so I came here to ask for help.” It was exactly what I said last night. The tailor who had experienced it was still frightened by what happened last night and didn’t know how to answer. If it was like last night, they would definitely break in again.

    Just as I was thinking about it, I heard another voice from outside saying: “This tailor is not good, he is not considerate, and the materials he uses are not honest. The body I made here last year will not be finished this year.”

    The one who spoke was Daoxu. As he spoke, Daoxu transformed into the appearance he had when he died tragically, scaring away the ghosts.

    “I advise you to find another Gaoming.”

    After saying these words, the original whispering noise disappeared. The tailor who didn’t know the truth was still stunned and didn’t know what was going on. The knock on the door rang again, startling he.

    “Open the door, it’s me.” It was Mo Li’s voice.

    The tailor felt relieved instantly and quickly opened the door to let them in.

    Li Li took the box and looked at the copper-colored tailoring tools inside. He reached out and picked up the scissors and looked at them. He saw a “Hu” character on the inconspicuous place of the scissors, and he had an idea in his mind.

    More than ten years ago, the name of Shenzhen Hu was very loud on the road. It was said that the body that came out from under his hands could be described as flawless. It was a pity that he died early and there was no successor, and his craft was lost. I didn’t expect to see these things about him here.

    “You said you only bought these things for 30 taels of silver?” Li Li asked.

    “Exactly, no more, no less, I bought it at Tianguantang on the west antique street, but what’s wrong with it?”

    “Don’t think too much. It’s late. You should rest first. I’ll take this thing away, so they won’t trouble you again.” Mo Li said, taking the box and leaving. Su Shaoyou quickly followed and asked Mo Li: “National Master, what other secrets have you discovered?”

    Li Qiye nodded and said: “Actually, those who come to ask for help are not here to ask for tailors, but to ask for the magic needle Hu, that is, the owner of this thing. It should be said about this thing now.”

    Su Shaoyou was confused by what he said and still didn’t understand.

    Mo Li patiently continued to explain to him: “Have you ever heard of Divine Needle Hu? He is a tailor, but he does not sew clothes. He only sews corpses for dead people. These are the tools that Divine Needle Hu used to sew corpses for people during his lifetime. Divine Needle Hu should have sacrificed his own soul to make it into a spiritual object, so this thing will attract those souls.”

    Su Shaoyou suddenly cried out in surprise. It took him a while to react and continued to ask: “Then what does this have to do with the price? Why do you feel something is wrong when you hear the price?”

    “Antique shops generally won’t sell spiritual things like this easily. Instead, they will find temples to eliminate their karma, turn them into protective gods, and sell them to people in need. The price is more than 30 taels of silver. Tell me, what is the reason that the shopkeeper of Tianguantang buys and sells like this?”

    Who knows the reason? I’m afraid only he himself knows.

    When Qiu Ruoran heard the sound of opening the door, she knew they were back and rushed to greet them. Liu Qi and Hui Guo, who were dozing on the table, were also awakened and quickly followed them.

    After listening to Mo Li’s analysis, Liu Qi made a bold guess: “Could it be that the tailor slept with the woman who was the shopkeeper of Guantang that day, and that’s why he took revenge like this?”

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