Chapter 169 The first arrival to the haunted house
After Zhang Mo listened to Luo Lin's story, he was silent for a long time and then sighed: "If it is true that Uncle Zhang said that Arlin's villa is cursed... this will be a bit difficult to handle."
After hearing this, Mr. Z said worriedly: "Ah Mo, is it difficult to deal with the curse?"
Zhang Mo explained: "More than just being difficult to deal with? Compared with ghosts and evil spirits, curses are more elusive. Ordinary demon-killing techniques have no effect on them. Even if an upright heavenly master comes in person, if the curse cannot be found,
The laws and origins cannot be cracked at all. In Taoism, this is the most troublesome thing."
When Luo Lin heard this, she was a little surprised and said, "Really? What should I do?"
At this time, the third fat man interjected: "Let me tell you, Miss Luo, just ask your parents to sell this house. This is not the only villa in Taiwan, so why bother buying a haunted house?"
Rowling wondered: "I want to do this too. But my parents just took a fancy to that villa, but I couldn't give up no matter how much I tried to persuade them. This time I was asked to go abroad by them, and I had a big quarrel about it.
You don’t know, but my father is actually Australian and a professor at the university, so he doesn’t believe in our Chinese ghost stories at all.”
The third fat man said disdainfully: "Tsk, don't those foreigners even believe in Jesus? Why don't they believe in our Chinese ghosts and gods?"
"Three Fatties, shut up!" I glared at the Third Fatty, and then asked Luo Lin: "What about your mother? Arlene, since you are a mixed race, your mother must be Chinese, right? Doesn't she believe it too?
"
After hearing my words, Luo Lin smiled sheepishly at me. Although her smile was beautiful, it contained a certain amount of sadness.
"My mother passed away two years ago. My current mother is my stepmother. Although she is also Chinese, she was born and raised in Australia, and she also believes in Jesus."
"I'm sorry..." I apologized quickly.
"It's okay." Arlene waved her hand, then looked at Zhang Mo: "Mr. Zhang, since the curse is so difficult to break, what should we do now? When I go back this time, my father and others told me that they will come to Taiwan in a few days.
When the time comes, they will move directly into the villa. My father is my last relative in the world, and I don’t want anything to happen to him!"
Speaking of this, Luo Lin took out a stack of bank cards from her small bag and pretended to put it into Zhang Mo's hand: "If it's money, although I don't have much here, I still have more than NT$200,000. Mr. Zhang, you
Just take it first, and after I understand the matter, I will find a way to give you more!"
Seeing this, I immediately snatched the bank cards from Luo Lin's hand, and then stuffed them back into her bag under her surprised look, and then said on Zhang Mo's behalf: "Arlin, don't worry, we are all
I came all the way to Taiwan just to help you."
Zhang Mo also nodded and said: "Yes, since you are Allen's friend, you are naturally my friend too. However, no matter how difficult the curse is to deal with, we will help you solve it."
Then, he stood up and said to us: "Let's go. Since we have decided to break the curse, let us go to that villa and see what is going on there?"
Mr. Z was stunned, looked at his watch and then asked: "Ah Mo, are you going to see the villa now?"
"yes."
Mr. Z pointed at his watch and said, "But it's almost midnight now? And the party isn't over yet. Why don't we continue to relax and wait until tomorrow to check out the house?"
Rowling also stood up and said, "Alan is right. Since that villa may be cursed, let's not go there so late, right? I don't want anyone to have any accidents because of me."
"No, it's because it's almost midnight, so we have to go at this time." Zhang Mo explained: "Midnight is the time when the yin is the strongest. If there is not a curse in that villa, but a ghost hidden in it.
, then this time is also the time when it is most easily exposed. Before confirming that the problem with the house is indeed a curse, we must eliminate the last possibility of ghosts causing trouble."
Since Zhang Mo had said this, Mr. Z had nothing to say anymore. He asked Luo Lin again and after confirming that she indeed had the key to the villa in her hand, he took us out of the party.
Out of curiosity about the ghost curse, Mr. Z also insisted on going with us. Zhang Mo couldn't resist him and had no choice but to agree. There were six of us, plus the two bodyguards and drivers hired by Mr. Z, a total of eight people.
We got into two cars respectively.
According to my idea, the four of us from Bureau 749 should sit in the same car and have a final discussion on this action on the way to the villa. But what makes me embarrassed is that, for some reason, Lin Qianyi and
Zhang Mo chose to sit in a car with Mr. Z, and paired me with San Pang and Miss Luo Lin.
When we got on the bus, the third fat man immediately grabbed the seat in the front row, then pointed to the seat next to Miss Luo Lin in the back row, and let me sit on it with a smile.
In the car, the third fat man didn't say a word because he had drunk too much. The bodyguard who was driving also said nothing and just stared at the other car leading the way. I sat alone next to Luo Lin and could only feel embarrassed.
looking out the window.
Halfway through the journey, Luo Lin suddenly asked me in a low voice: "Sijiu, I know Mr. Zhang is from Longhu Mountain, but what about you? Speaking of which, I don't know what you and your friends do.
"
"Me?" I turned around and saw Rowling's big eyes shining at me in the dim light of the car, which made me blush, but I still didn't forget it despite the embarrassment.
The identity we agreed on at the beginning: "They and I are members of the Hong Kong Taoist Association. Zhang Mo was worried that he would not be able to handle this matter alone, so he asked us to help."
"Oh? So, you are also a Taoist priest?"
"Uh-huh!"
I nodded in panic. But I don't know where Luo Lin saw the flaw, and suddenly said to me: "You are lying. In fact, except for Mr. Zhang, you few can't be Taoist priests."
I was a little surprised and said, "Why would you say that?"
Luo Lin pointed to her nose and said: "Because of the smell, I invited so many masters to come to my home. Each of them can smell a faint scent of incense, but you can't smell it."
I sat up straight and said, "It's impossible, right? What about Zhang Mo?"
"Although it's very light, he also has it."
"Why haven't I smelled it?"
"Because women's noses are much more sensitive than men." Luo Lin smiled, and then said seriously: "Sijiu, can you tell me who you are?"
"Um..." I looked at the fat man sitting in the front row, but found that this guy seemed to be asleep and couldn't help at all. I was at a loss and didn't know how to answer.
Fortunately, at this time, the car stopped, and the bodyguard sitting in the front seat said to us in Hokkien, which seemed to mean that we had arrived. Seeing this, I quickly reached out to slap the three fat men awake, and then fled.
He seemed to have gotten out of the car.
The villa bought by Luo Lin's parents is located halfway up a mountain outside Taipei. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has excellent scenery, but it is a bit remote and the nearest home is only 20 minutes away.
Everything looks similar to what Mr. Z described to us before.
However, the appearance of this villa is a little different from what I imagined. Mr. Z once said before that this villa was built by a Japanese during the Japanese occupation, but from the outside, it does not look like this.
It doesn't look like the Japanese villa style, but it is somewhat similar to the British villa style on TV with red brick walls and dark gray pitched roofs.
Later, after listening to Rowling's introduction, I realized that although this villa was built during the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese at that time liked Western culture, so even the villas liked to imitate European and American styles. However, the interior layout of this villa was completely different.
It's Japanese style. The main reason why her parents bought it is because they like the style that combines things.
After getting out of the car, Luo Lin did not pursue the question. She first asked Zhang Mo if he had any special feelings. After hearing Zhang Mo say that there was nothing special about it from outside the villa, she took it from her hand.
He took out the keys and led us towards the villa. As for Mr. Z's two bodyguards, they were left in the car.