Chapter 61: The Unlucky Star 08

  Ye Cheng informed his agent Xu Gao in B City before returning to B City. Qin Fei and his five-person entourage arrived at the airport, where they were picked up by Xu Gao and taken directly to Ye Cheng's private villa.

  Ye Cheng's villa had three floors and a large area of land, with many guest rooms. So Ye Cheng arranged one room for each of Qin Fei and the others.

  Xu Gao started taking care of Ye Cheng from the moment he left his parents' home, and for so many years, he had been serving as Ye Cheng's agent. He and Ye Cheng sometimes seemed more like old friends who had known each other for many years, so in Ye Cheng's home, he was also quite casual. When Ye Cheng took Qin Fei and others to the room on the second floor, Xu Gao went directly to the kitchen to make tea. After Qin Fei and his group moved their luggage into the rooms arranged by Ye Cheng and went downstairs to the living room, Xu Gao happened to come out of the kitchen with a tray of freshly brewed tea.

  Xu Gao arranged the teacups on the tea table, filled them with tea water, and let Qin Fei and others help themselves. Then he found a seat not far from Ye Cheng and sat down.

  "Song Er Shao, is this bringing friends to B city for fun? Do you need me to help plan?" Xu Gao said looking at Song Meng.

  Song Meng uncomfortably twitched the corner of his mouth, "Old Xu, can you not call me that? My brother likes this mode, but I really can't stand it. Also, we're not here to play, we're here to help Ye Cheng solve problems."

  Xu Gao turned his head to look at Ye Cheng, "I'm saying, it's been over two months now, when will you resolve the problem of being haunted? There's only a month left before 'Mo Wen' starts filming."

  Ye Cheng gave him a slanted glance, "Xu Gao, I'm the one who pays your salary. When can you speak to me with some respect?"

  "I'm worried that you've ruined 'Mo Wen' and lost the turning point of your career, from now on you can only be a singer for life, and my salary will never rise again, following you to decline in the second half of my life." Xu Gao said, his eyes turned to Gu Yin, "What's this person's name?"

  "Gu Yin." Gu Yin replied briefly.

  "Mr. Gu, I think if you enter the entertainment industry, you'll definitely become a huge star. How about it? Are you interested?" Xu Gao stared at Gu Yin with piercing eyes.

  "There's also Gu Yin who came to help me solve the problem, you're here to audition for an artist! You're enough! He was interested in being famous eight hundred years ago, and it's not your turn to pull people?" Ye Cheng poured a basin of cold water on Xu Gao, who was excited, and then said, "Go ask the TV station when no one is using that rest room I used before New Year's. Just say I lost a small thing there and want to go find it."

  Xu Ga looked at Ye Cheng strangely, "What did you drop? How come I don't know? Was it two months ago that you dropped it, why didn't you say anything then?"

  "You talk too much." Ye Cheng looked at Xu Gao with disdain. "I didn't expect you to be so anxious, just go ask!"

  Xu Gao called the TV station, and the person in charge told him that there was still someone using the rest room today, but that person would leave in the evening. The rest room would be empty tomorrow, so Ye Cheng could find time to go look for his lost items.

  After confirming the time to go to the TV station tomorrow, the group of people who rushed to B city didn't have much to do. B city is colder than S city, and although S city has already started to feel the warmth of spring after the New Year, B city seems like winter will linger for a long time, it's so cold that people don't want to go out.

  Staying in Ye Cheng's villa, Song Meng, who was bored, pulled Qin Fei to Ye Cheng's study to play chess and pass the time. Gu Yin and Zhou Jun also followed them.

  Ye Cheng's study was very large, with two movable bookshelves inside, the bookshelves were filled with books. Gu Yin casually pulled out one and sat down beside Qin Fei. He spread the book open on his legs, propping himself up with one hand, his elbow resting on the armrest of the sofa, his eyes wandering over the pages, occasionally glancing at Qin Fei's profile, it was unclear whether he was reading or looking at people.

  Qin Fei was playing Go with Song Meng, staring at the black and white pieces on the board with a focused expression, clearly unaware of Gu Yin's actions. On the other hand, it was Song Meng sitting opposite Qin Fei who noticed Gu Yin's gaze, which distracted him and soon the situation on the board turned in Qin Fei's favor.

  Song Meng had some doubts that Gu Yin's behavior was actually a means of helping Qin Fei win chess.

  When Song Meng and Qin Fei's game of chess was coming to an end, Ye Cheng walked into the study with a plate of pastries that Xu Gao had bought from outside. Song Meng conceded defeat and rushed over to grab a pastry from Ye Cheng and stuffed it into his mouth.

  "What about Old Xu?" Song Meng asked with a pastry in his mouth, looking behind Ye Cheng but not seeing Xu Gaoliang anywhere.

  "The company called him and asked him to go over, so he bought some things and left." Ye Cheng said, putting the snacks on the desk.

  Zhou Jun limped to the desk with his cane, and when he reached out to touch it, there was a sketchbook on the edge of the desk, under which was pressed a portrait with half of the face exposed.

  Ye Cheng followed Zhou Jun's gaze and also saw the portrait. He pulled out the portrait from behind him and said, "The person in this painting is that swindler who cheated me out of 5,000 yuan."

  On the sketch paper is a young man who looks like he's under 20, wearing a Taoist hat on his head and a Taoist robe on his body, with an unfathomable expression.

  "Great painting!" Zhou Jun praised and asked, "But what is he doing in your painting?"

  "This is just a draft, the finished product has been handed over to the police to catch people."

  "For five thousand bucks, you're quite hardworking." Song Meng shook his head and clicked his tongue.

  "At that time, I was in a terrible mood because of the continuous accidents, and I felt that if I didn't catch this swindler, I would be suffocated by the anger stuck in my heart." Yeh Cheng shrugged.

  Five thousand yuan was a small amount of money for Ye Cheng, and he could have let it go, but at that time, he just couldn't help but feel a surge of evil fire, and he couldn't be magnanimous.

  ……

  The next morning, at the agreed time, Xu Gao drove the company's business car. Following Gu Yin's instructions, he first took them to buy yellow paper, cinnabar and brushes, before taking Ye Cheng and Qin Fei's group to the TV station.

  The car stopped in the underground parking lot of the TV station, and after Ye Cheng and his party got out of the car, Xu Gao also wanted to get out of the car, but was pushed back into the driver's seat by Ye Cheng.

  "You'd better not follow us and cause trouble." Ye Chengbang said to Xu Gao after closing the car door.

  "How did I mess it up?" Xu Gao protested.

  "The person who pays your salary says you're causing trouble, so you are causing trouble."

  "Alright! Money is king. King, you go ahead, I'll stay here and wait for your triumphant return."

  Ye Cheng nodded at Xu Gao and led Qin Fei and the others into the TV station, where they found a staff member who took them to that rest room.

  The staff member unlocked the rest room with a key, politely asked if they needed help, and after Ye Cheng smiled and refused, said that he would call him at the service desk sometimes, and then turned around and left.

  Ye Cheng and his group walked into the rest room, with Zhou Jun closing the door behind them. The five of them then began to search for the jade tank that Ye Cheng had described.

  "Found it!" Qin Fei shouted.

  "Where?" Song Meng turned his head and asked Qin Fei.

  "Is this the Jade Basin?"

  Qin Fei was speaking as he walked towards the cabinet by the window, opened the glass door and reached for the small jade vase inside, but his hand was caught by Gu Yin.

  Qin Fei turned his head and looked at Gu Yin with a puzzled expression.

  "Don't touch it for now." Gu Yin said quietly to Qin Fei, then gestured for Ye Cheng to come over and take a look.

  "It's this jade basin." Ye Cheng nodded in confirmation.

  "Where is it? I don't see anything!" Song Meng stretched his neck to look inside, but he didn't see the so-called jade tank at all. He turned his head in confusion and asked Zhou Jun, "Old Zhou, do you see it?"

  Zhou Jun shook his head, he and Song Meng were the same, they didn't see anything.

  Gu Yin took out yellow paper, cinnabar and a brush from his pocket, mixed the cinnabar with water, dipped the brush in it, and swiftly completed a talisman. Then he wrapped the jade tank with the talisman paper and stuffed it into his own pocket, "Let's go."

  Ye Cheng and his party returned to the villa, and Xu Gao was driven away by Ye Cheng again.

  Five people gathered in Ye Cheng's study, Gu Yin dipped a brush with cinnabar and drew two intersecting talismans on the desk, then took out the jade tank wrapped in imperial symbols from his pocket and placed it on the symbol position on the desk.

  This time, Song Meng and Zhou Jun also saw the so-called Jade Platform.

  That jade censer is only over three inches high, with a whole body of green color, and the surface has engraved prints, as well as dense golden text.

  Song Meng crouched down, staring at the jade altar, but didn't dare touch it with his hands.

  "It looks like it's been around for some years, should be quite valuable, right?" After looking at it for a while, Song Meng expressed his own thoughts, then raised his eyes to look at Gu Yin, "Gu Da Shen, what is this jade tank? What's it used for?"

  "It's something from over 500 years ago, used for holding ashes." Gu Yin said calmly.

  "I'm going! The ashes urn from over 500 years ago!!!" Song Meng hastily retreated two steps, creating distance between himself and the jade urn on the desk.

  "Is this an urn?" Qin Fei asked aloud.

  "It's filled with ashes and the dead souls of the deceased."

  As soon as Gu Yin's voice fell, Song Meng retreated two more steps back.

  He squinted his eyes and sized up the jade bone ash urn for a while, then continued: "This jade urn is indeed used to hold ashes, but it's not an urn for holding ashes, it's a sacrificial altar. The Cloud Platform seals the dead soul of the deceased, engraved with scriptures, to protect their souls from dispersing. Placed in a black sandalwood box, filled with tens of thousands of grains of rice, and worshiped by those of the same clan or blood relatives of the deceased, one can receive its blessings.

  The altar belongs to the ancestral spirit tablet, and it is nourished by the offerings of people of the same clan. It doesn't count as a thing from the underworld, so this thing on Ye Cheng's body has been marked, and Gu Yin can't detect any yin or evil energy.

  "There's only a jade urn left, the black sandalwood box and the millet are all gone, it's no longer a complete altar." Gu Yin said, "It should have been a long time since it lost its offerings, but it can still make ordinary people invisible, and can still mark people, that means the dead soul inside hasn't dissipated yet."

  "What's next?" Ye Cheng asked.

  Gu Yin glanced at him and said, "To solve the problem on your body, we need to make this thing retract the mark that has fallen on you, so we need to find a way to let the dead soul inside come out."