stonecrandall Chapter 233
Chapter 233
They didn't stop until everyone was tired. The four of them lay on the ground holding their heads and groaning.
Under the command of Master Xu, several young men pulled out two large cardboard boxes from Old Man Jiang's car and tore open the boxes. Inside were the things they saw last night: several mannequins wearing tattered clothes. , only the eyes and mouth, and the face is painted with paint made of unknown materials.
It was then that everyone suddenly realized that these guys were responsible for the haunting incidents in the past two nights. It's really scary, scary to death.
Gao Hongda was even more angry: I am a big boss, and I actually made such a big embarrassment in front of a bunch of juniors. If this news spreads, won't people laugh? Why am I still hanging out in society?
Walking up to Old Man Jiang, he pulled the old man's legs a few times with his feet: "Hey, are you dead? If you're not dead, just say something!"
Old Man Jiang put down his hands that were protecting his head and said timidly: "Boss, I'm alive! You can give me your orders if you need anything!"
Gao Hongda squatted on the ground with one leg and asked him: "Who asked you to scare me?"
Old Man Jiang pointed to the foreman who was still lying on the ground and replied, "It's Shang Chao!"
The foreman named Shang Chao became anxious. He sat up with his arms and pointed at Old Man Jiang and yelled: "You stupid old man, you just poured dirty water on me when someone found out, right? When have we ever done this?" Wasn’t this all your idea?”
Gao Hongda said with a sinister smile: "Oh, he seems to be a repeat offender. The two of them cooperated well. You pretended to be ghosts and caught them yourself. It's awesome! I turned you two into ghosts today! You actually pulled this little trick on me. , It’s really the birthday boy who hanged himself, I’m tired of living!”
Yan Gaoliang came over, with a smirk and pride on his face, and said to Gao Hongda: "I'll keep this little old man for use! His little tricks are really quite bluffing."
Gao Hongda said angrily: "You can do whatever you want! This old man has a big appetite. He still has [-] yuan. Why not rob a bank?"
Yan Gaoliang helped Old Jiang up, patted the dirt on his body enthusiastically, and said earnestly: "Old Jiang, the road in the world is bumpy. I'm sure you'll stumble at some point. It's understandable if you want to earn some pension money. I'm like this I have a job for you to do. After the job is completed, the money I will give you will be enough for your retirement. I wonder if you are willing to do it?"
Old Man Jiang replied simply: "Since my little friend has given me a way out, I won't be pretentious. If there are any arrangements, just speak up and go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Yan Gaoliang was still very polite: "The old man said something serious. It's not like you will go through fire and water. You just use your expertise to do something to eliminate violence and bring peace to the people." As he said that, he stuffed a roll of money into the old man's arms. It was at least two thousand yuan.
Old Man Jiang burst into tears of gratitude and repeatedly promised: "As long as the young hero can use me, you don't have to be polite, my master and apprentice will definitely do their best!"
Gao Hongda saw that the old man and the young man were chatting quite speculatively, and he curled his lips and thought: These two people are really a good partner, a pair of liars, one can pretend to be mysterious, and the other can play tricks on others. They are really a match made in heaven. With the combination of kindness and power, this If the two of them cooperate, who knows who will suffer?
In order to clear up everyone's doubts, Master Xu took the trouble to explain these deceptions.
Dig out several holes in the hollow bamboo tube and insert it in an open place. When the wind is strong one day, the bamboo tube will make a creepy sound like playing a flute. Those humanoid-looking dolls were hung in that place, and the faces of the characters were painted with fluorescent powder, creating a very scary look. The yellow talisman on the peach wood sword can spontaneously ignite without fire because the talisman paper has been brushed with white phosphorus and nitrate powder in advance. The white phosphorus will spontaneously ignite when it comes into contact with the air, then ignites the nitrate powder, and finally the talisman paper is set on fire.
As for taking things from the boiling oil pan, that's even simpler. Most of the oil that the fake Taoist priests poured into the pan was acetic acid. The boiling point of acetic acid is only 40 degrees, so to a layman, it looks like the oil pan is very hot. In fact, it is only 40 degrees. As for the sour smell, it is emitted by acetic acid.
Master Xu also explained that this kind of trick of pretending to be a ghost is called Zafei in Rongmen. Rongmen refers to the general term for the industry of charlatans, and Lao Rong refers to charlatans.
The reason why Master Xu is so familiar is because he was a liar in the Rong family before he attained enlightenment. In his opinion, the little tricks Old Man Jiang used were just children's playing house, which was really too low-level.
Gao Hongda had been so embarrassed in the past two days. He was actually pissed off by a group of liars. He also got angry at Liu Xin for the first time: "Where did you find this construction team? What kind of construction team are you going to? ?This is a fucking gang of liars!”
Liu Xin lost his temper after being scolded and replied hesitantly: "I heard from others that this construction team works very quickly and the fees are not high..."
Gao Hongda interrupted him impatiently: "You are a typical old cow who wants to buy cheap money. Don't you know that I am a timid brother? You are responsible for this matter. I will deduct a week's salary from you and give me a banquet to suppress my shock!" "
Liu Xin's expression immediately relaxed: "If you want to drink, just say so! It's the younger brother's responsibility to treat the boss to a drink!"
According to the foreman Shang Chao's explanation, most of the workers in his construction team are real workers, and only a few of his followers are cheating with them. Yan Gaoliang took the fake Taoist priest away for training, and they wanted to work together to design a high-end scam. Shang Chao was left to continue to complete the follow-up projects. As a punishment, let him pay the labor costs himself. Anyway, he would never get a penny.
This is to steal the chicken but lose the rice. But if Master Xu hadn't come to stand up today, Gao Hongda would definitely have been brutally killed by these swindlers this time.
Before Master Xu went to drink, he ordered Liu Xin and others to clean the door with dish soap. He explained that the little old man had smeared eel blood on the door, which would cause the bats to follow the smell at night. When he came over and knocked on the door, everyone gave Master Xu a thumbs up: He is indeed an expert in science! Not much better than Einstein.
Master Xu stroked his non-existent beard and said in a very low-key tone: "It's all leftover from my previous tricks! It's just a small trick!"
It’s not that he is a trivial person. Our Master Xu used to be a master in the Rongmen family and a super liar. If he hadn’t encountered the guidance of an expert later and became a respected real Taoist master, who would have thought that his life trajectory would have been like this? What the hell. To express it in a sentence he often said: time is also fate.