The wind chimes on the door were crisp and sweet, echoing in the empty and quiet hall.
Lu Li took a few more glances at the wind chimes that were not there yesterday, and walked into the dark hall.
The oil lamp on the counter illuminated a small area. The figure behind was counting something. When he heard someone coming, he put away the things on the table.
"Oh, look who's here? I really saw the right person. Having saved enough money so quickly, you are the gold mine among our exorcists... I mean the new star."
Exaggerated exclamatory particles came out of Hades's mouth, his gold teeth flashed, and he opened his arms as enthusiastically as if he were facing an old friend he hadn't seen for many years.
Lu Li walked by the counter. The wooden chair from yesterday was still in place. He sat on it and said, "I only have 500 shillings."
The enthusiasm was fading at a speed visible to the naked eye, which was manifested in the fact that his open arms fell down and rested on the counter.
"This is not enough, you know." Hades's face looked gloomy and uncertain under the oil lamp.
"I wanted to ask some other questions, like the ghost."
Hades' gold teeth bloomed again: "This is enough, what do you want to ask?"
Lu Li turned a blind eye to Hades' desire to see money and told him what happened last night.
"So what is your doubt?"
"Can ghosts communicate?"
Hades did not answer Lu Li, but asked a question: "What is your understanding of ghosts?"
"Illusive form."
"No, I mean what is a ghost in life?"
It was so obvious that all he had to do was tell Lu Li the answer directly.
Lu Li naturally understood what Hades meant and asked, "So ghosts can communicate?"
"They were once human beings. Of course they can, but it depends on whether they are willing to communicate with you. If you are brave and have good personal charm, you can try to communicate with them." Hades opened a new door for Lu Li.
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"I can't say this is common, but it happens from time to time."
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"But...but do we really have to do this?" Oliver was pushed by a big hand and stumbled to the phone. He looked up pitifully and helplessly to look at the huge silhouette.
In the dark night, eyes like beacons looked down at Oliver, with a gentle tone: "Cute little Oliver, do it quickly."
Oliver had never heard such a gentle tone from Mrs. Slavic, and subconsciously asked: "Are you talking to me?"
"No, I'm talking to the oil painting on the wall behind you... call your boss quickly!"
The strong wind roared in his ears, and Oliver was frightened and rushed to the phone to dial his boss.
After dialing the phone, Oliver put the phone to his ear. From the corner of his eye, Oliver kept glancing at the stout figure beside him with his hands on his hips. A minute later, he raised the phone with a forced smile: "The boss didn't answer, maybe he went out to have breakfast."
Alright?"
"Oh, poor Mr. Lu Li, he doesn't even have anyone to take care of him. As his employee, can you bear to see him like this?"
"No...can't bear it..."
"Very good, you can call me again in half an hour."
Mrs. Slavic turned around and walked away. Oliver shook a few times as if out of strength and let out a long sigh of relief.
…
After listening to the words, Lu Li fell into silence.
Although it is somewhat different from the common sense of ghosts and ghosts, it is very reasonable. Ghosts are transformed into people after death, and naturally possess human emotions, logic and wisdom.
And this coincides with the ghost Lu Li saw.
After thinking for a while, Lu Li said: "But it's not that simple, right."
"Of course, not all living people can reason, let alone ghosts. I can see that your heart is moved, but remember my reminder, the relationship between us living people and ghosts is not equal. The stronger the ghost, the more
That's it. They are the hunters, we are the prey, don't put your own safety on their possible sanity. If you are not vigilant enough... That cemetery outside Kael'thas Cathedral is home to countless sloppy exorcisms.
people."
"I'll pay attention."
Lu Li's humility made Hades very satisfied, and he waved his hand and said: "But it's not that serious. The abilities of ghosts below the Wraith Spirit are limited. You can listen to what they want to say, and you may have some unexpected surprises."
"Such as an inheritance or a valuable final trust."
"Where are the evil spirits and evil spirits?"
"There is a price for ghosts to become stronger. The stronger they are, the deeper their relationship with that space is, and the more twisted their minds are. You can try to communicate with the ghosts, but my suggestion is to either deal with them or run away."
"You missed the evil spirit."
Hades was silent for a moment and said slowly: "This is related to the core secret of the Exorcist."
The implication is that it is not free.
"please continue."
"A sense of ritual," Hades said.
"I have never seen evil spirits. I have only heard some news from other old exorcists who are almost dead. Beings targeted by evil spirits are almost certain to die, but they will have some unique rituals before killing the target.
If you break its sense of ritual, there is a slight chance of escaping from the hands of evil spirits. This kind of thing cannot be explained clearly. You have to encounter it once to understand it, then..."
Hades didn't want to talk too much about the existence of evil spirits, as it seemed that doing so would make him suffer unknown consequences.
However, he did not forget about the business, he extended his palm and said: "500 shillings, thank you for your patronage."
"100."
"take money."
After the consultation, Lu Li stood up from his seat.
"No more sitting?"
"If there is no charge."
"Then let's go slowly without seeing him off."
Putting on his top hat and coming out of the detective agency, Lu Li stepped into the yellow carriage waiting outside.
"A detective agency nearby."
The carriage drove slowly towards its destination.
In this world, the meaning of the detective agency is equivalent to that of the exorcist, and its origins can be traced back to three hundred years ago.
Ten minutes later, the carriage arrived at a new detective agency. The layout here was more normal, at least it didn't look like a tavern.
Lu Li pretended to be an ordinary person who encountered a ghost and asked the exorcist some common sense questions, which were almost the same as what Hades said.
But when talking about Hades, the Exorcist showed a brief moment of disgust and agitation.
"That guy is the disgrace to the Exorcist!"
"Why do you say that?" Lu Li asked.
"This guy has no professional ethics at all! Once he performed an exorcism on a poor nobleman. He actually divided the exorcism into five times and charged thousands of shillings!"
Sounds like something Hades would do.
Lu Li said that he would consider whether to entrust the exorcist, and turned to leave.
"Don't go to Hades, he'll do anything for a shilling!"
The exorcist shouted behind Lu Li.
He didn't know that this was the reason why Lu Li and Hades cooperated.
Lu Li thought it was a good deal to exchange money for knowledge, and so did Hades.
After getting on the carriage, Lu Li didn't go anywhere else this time and went straight back to his detective agency.
Shortly after returning to the quiet detective agency, the phone rang.
Lu Li picked up the phone and heard Oliver's voice. It was the same thing as yesterday, Mrs. Slav wanted to see him.
