Zhong Kui turned over and sat up on the couch, picking at his beard as hard as a stick of ink. He suspected that he had had an outrageous dream - he dreamed that the King of Hell had sent him a performance report, which read: "This month's KPIs: 3 evil spirits, 2 lost souls, and 1 scapegoat (occasionally)."
He was about to roll up his performance form into a ball of paper and stuff it back into his dream, when there was a sudden "bang" outside the door, and the door knocker turned three times on its own, like the earthy transition in Douyin. A bright red soul-binding sheet was slapped on the door, with the fragrance of Meng Po soup still lingering on the edge: "Li Sanmian Shop, Xishikou, Chang'an City, every day at Xu time, the shadow of a cup is drinking by itself, and blood is dripping from the rim of the bowl. It is suspected that there is a 'ghost of debt hanging cup'. Please come quickly, Zhong Duzheng."
"Debt ghost?" Zhong Kui immediately became more energetic, and his beard also became more energetic, like a brush that could withstand the wind. He put on his official uniform, carried the seven-star soul-locking chain on his back, and stuffed three personal tools into his arms: a bronze demon mirror (engraved on the back is "contains beauty, use with caution"), a bundle of yellow talismans (cinnabar painting, glutinous rice mill, "clock" seal on the upper left), and a wolf-hair pen (opening the cap of the pen will make you sneeze - he has allergies). He picked up the wine gourd at his waist, took a sip of the sobering wine, and then put a small note on it saying "No drinking during non-working hours" to set rules for himself.
