Great Sui Guoshi

"Hey! I saw something!"

There was a commotion outside, and the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded, followed by the blowing of the suona and the gong, covering up Lu Laoshi's words. The father and son walked to the door curiously, and the pedestrians on the long street separated and stood on the side of the street. Looking at the end of the street, a team of dragon and lion dancers came towards this side. Several people on stilts wore funny costumes, waved their long sleeves, swayed and sang songs, passing by in the sound of clang clang clang.

The atmosphere on the street was extremely lively, and Lu Laoshi seldom saw such a scene, so he couldn't help but ask the old man selling vegetables on the street: "Old man, what is the happy event in this city?"

"Come from outside? This is Chen Yuanwai's birthday in Fushui County. The theater troupe was invited to perform."

After thanking the old man, the dragon and lion dance team has passed, and when I went back to the store and bought the pen, the shopkeeper shrugged shyly, "This old man, I'm really sorry." , It suddenly occurred to me that when I bought the price, I forgot to add an account, and this one has to be added to sell it to you, the new guy is so-so, and I turned around and said to him, I’m really sorry, I’m sorry.”

With that said, calculate the price.

"Fifteen cents!"

"You..." Lu Laoshi clenched his fists and blushed. After a long time, he choked out a sentence: "You don't keep your promises. How can you change your mind if you don't keep your promises."

"But it is indeed at this price." The shopkeeper spread his hands, pointing to the writing brush on the table: "I can't let me sell it to you at a loss, I'm sorry."

"Bully people, don't buy it."

Lu Laoshi couldn't hold back any reason, so he turned his head and walked to the door. However, Lu Liangsheng was still standing in front of the counter, showing no intention of leaving. He looked at the writing brushes on the counter for a while, and then suddenly glanced at the shopkeeper with a smile. While looking at the inkstone and paper on the shelf, the hand hanging on the side of the leg quietly squeezed out the decision.

Behind the counter, the shopkeeper stroked the cockscomb hat on his head. Seeing that Lu Liangsheng was still there, he didn't care. He smiled and said to himself: "I don't want to sell it, but I can't lose money."

He flicked his wide sleeves and went to get the pen, but his face suddenly changed, and he tried hard, but the pen was still there.

"what happened….."

The shopkeeper used both hands together, pulling hard, his whole body leaned out, his face was flushed.

Turning his head and shouting: "Come on someone."

The clerk in the shop heard the sound and came out from the back hall. Seeing the appearance of the shopkeeper, he stepped forward to help. The two adults said that they could move at least two hundred catties of weight, but now their faces were flushed, and they didn't take the pen. Move a little.

Only then did I remember that there was still someone in the shop, the young man who looked over there and looked around, hesitated to speak.

"You...you know magic spells?"

Lu Liangsheng didn't answer, just took out ten copper coins and put them on the counter, "It's mine."

He reached out and picked up the pen easily, shook it in front of the two of them, and went to the bookshelf to get a blank booklet and ink sticks.

"How much are these two?"

The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his face, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and waved his hand: "I'm sending off my little brother, you still... hurry up."

"Then thank you shopkeeper for your generosity, but I won't take advantage of you."

Lu Liangsheng put the last few pennies he had saved on the counter together, and after thanking him, he left the shop. His father, Lu Laoshi, was sitting by the street and was angry just now.

"People in the city are too bullying..."

Seeing his son coming out and seeing the pen, ink and book in his hand, he quickly got up, "Did he sell it to you?"

"I said something reasonable, and the shopkeeper thought it was good, so he sold it."

"That's a good idea for him."

While walking, I said something. When I left this street and walked to the city gate, I passed a stall, and suddenly a voice called the father and son to stop them. Turning around, there was a small flag with a black border and white inside, and a man with a goatee was sitting under it. The old man, pinching the tip of his beard, stared at Lu Laoshi with cloudy eyes.

"This old man, don't you want to buy a talisman paper to ward off evil spirits?"

"You fortune teller, how do you talk..." Lu Laoshi quit, dragging his son to leave, "Whoever is good will buy your deceitful things, Liangsheng, let's go."

The fortune-teller old man sneered, put down the chart, and sometimes opened his mouth abruptly to scare passers-by. When a blind cat meets a dead mouse, there will always be someone with a ulterior motive. Of course, the most important thing is to look at the clothes of the other party. Most of the people from the village are superstitious about this aspect. They go out to the market, and there are quite a few people from the villages and towns. Today, a few sales orders have also been opened.

When he turned his head, he suddenly looked at the boy next to the farmer, trembled suddenly, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to lift it up.

"It's so evil..."

The old man didn't dare to raise his face until the people walked away, and there was some doubt in the leaving back.

"...It's weird, it's obviously a person."

Chapter 5 Chicken Feathers

"Father, you bought me a pen and ink, what about our donkey?"

"Your mother said to buy an old donkey... let's make do with it."

Outside the city, Lu Liangsheng walked through the livestock market with his father. Lu Laoshi returned to his son and went up to touch the donkey's mouth protruding from the fence to check its articulate. This is the mule and horse market on the outskirts of Fushui County, but most of the sales Domestic animals such as horses, donkeys and mules are basically invisible to cattle. The government has expressly stipulated that private sales of farm cattle are not allowed.

Over there, the vendor who just finished bargaining with others turned around and looked at Lu Laoshi with a smile: "My brother, the donkey you touched is a bit old. It can pull the mill, but it can't walk with the cart." Twenty miles, just take a look at the ones here, they are all two years old."

Lu Laoshi looked at the fence pointed by the trader, and there were all soft-spoken, strong limbs, and sturdy flesh. They looked like good animals for going to the ground and pulling carts.

Quite envious, then shook his head: "I still buy the old donkey, how do I sell this one?"

"140 Wen, you take it away, you can't give it back, I will kill it and sell it for meat at night."

"140 words..."

Lu Laoshi hesitated a little, touched the cloth pocket sewn in his clothes, and looked at the animals sticking out of the fence. The old donkey's fur was loose and dull, and there were several scars from whipping on the back and right ribs. Looking like he was about to fall down at any time, he looked at Lu Laoshi who was asking for advice and bargaining with the businessman in front of him with cloudy eyes, and stuck out his tongue to lick his cuff.

"Then...that's it."

After all, Lu Laoshi couldn't bear it anymore, he gritted his teeth and took out the money bag, counted the copper coins for a while, paid them to the vendor, touched the donkey's head, led it out, looked at Lu Liangsheng, and smiled wryly: "Our family is completely It's empty, go back, don't tell your mother that you spent so much money to buy a donkey that is too old."

"Well, I know."

The young man shook his head, turned his head to look at the old donkey who was kicking his hooves behind his father, and frowned slightly: "In Qinghuai Bumeng, there seems to be an article about sex surgery. I don't know if it is useful for animals. Go back and look through."

Thinking about it, the father and son went back to the market. The market was already scattered and the ground was in a mess. In addition, it rained the day before yesterday, making the roads muddy and difficult to walk. The necessary firewood, rice, oil and salt were gathered together, and when Lu Laoshi and his son came back, they went back to the village on the road.

From what he saw in the past two days, Lu Liangsheng felt that the outside world was very different and fresh. For a young man who had never been in contact with the outside world, it was a shock. On the contrary, for the young man, he had seen a certain amount of experience in the world.

The only regret is that I didn't go to see the opera troupe invited by member Chen. On the way, I heard my father and a few people from the same village talking about how good the opera is, how beautiful the Huadan is, and so on.

"...When I was out of the city, I inquired. The one who sang opera for Chen Yuanwai was the famous Huadan in Hegu County, the pillar of the Li family troupe. I heard that he was only 16 years old. His voice could shake people's souls. The children are all gone... This time it seems to be singing a new play, specially prepared for Chen Yuanwai, called... What is it called? Ask Shou Lai."

"Hey, let's not talk about the opera singer. Today, when I went to the city to help my mother-in-law, I heard that the northwest is not peaceful. Could it be that there is going to be a war?"

"It's none of our business. If the government doesn't raise taxes for us, it's God's mercy."

The axle creaked, and the people returning to the village boasted about what they had heard in the city, and when they returned home, they could tell the story in front of the wives and children to show off their knowledge.

As the sun sets, the western cloud burns red, and the foot of the mountain is covered with a layer of rosy clouds.

Lu Liangsheng listened to the nonsense talk of these old men all the way. He sat on the donkey cart, and from a distance, he could see the outline of the village, and a little smoke rose from the kitchen.

After entering the village, things were separated. Lu Laoshi led the old donkey, and Liangsheng held a pen and ink. Before he could reach the fenced gate of his house, he heard Li Jinhua arguing with others.

"Steal our chickens and want to steal the last one. Believe it or not, I will beat you to death with a stick right now!"

"I just stood at the door of your house for a while. Why do you say that I stole it? If you dare to hit me, I dare to lie down. I'm so lazy!"

"The man who bullied my family has gone out, right? Okay, my mother will see if you lie down or not—"

"You dare to be arrogant, and I will let the whole village hear it. If you falsely accuse someone and dare to beat me, you will sue the officials!"

Standing inside the gate of the fenced courtyard, the person who quarreled with Li Jinhua, both father and son knew each other. I'm used to idleness, I often hang around outside other houses, flirting with women from time to time, I had a wife a few years ago, then I couldn't stand him, and ran away with others, now I'm even more lazy, sometimes I'm a bit messy when I meet women alone, so I'm called Played many times.

No matter how gentle Lu Laoshi was, his face also showed an angry look. Lu Erlai at the entrance of the yard over there noticed someone behind him, and hurriedly stepped aside. Lu Laoshi walked in directly, took the stick from his wife, and was so frightened. The errat flinched.

"Lu Laoshi! What do you want to do?! I didn't steal your chicken. It was your mother-in-law who saw you going out and felt lonely and went out to steal a man. I am still a cousin with you, and I will help you guard..."

Lu Laoshi raised his stick and pointed at him: "Get lost!"

Li Jinhua next to him was also aggressive, picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at it, the second lady dodged and stepped back: "Haha... you guys are so capable, you must have eaten your own chicken, and it was up to me On the head, I want to be white..."

Just as he was talking, he felt someone rushing towards him, and when he looked sideways, Lu Liangsheng had already raised his foot and kicked it out.

With a bang, the lazy man suddenly felt pain in his hip, staggered, and fell to the side.

"If you don't leave, I'll kill you!" Lu Laoshi also rushed over.

The errat was so frightened that he got up from the ground, pointed to the father and son at the entrance of the courtyard with a disgruntled face, uttered a few harsh words, and ran away like hell.

The matter fell for the time being, but a chicken was lost for no reason, and Li Jinhua sat down under the eaves to choke and cry. Lu Laoshi went to sit down with her, and gently stroked her back: "It's gone, it's gone, I'll buy it next time." One came back, you see our donkey also came back..."

Lu Liangsheng looked at his parents for a while, greeted his younger sister, and asked her to come over to help comfort him, then turned and went out. Lu Erlai's home was in the north of the village. There were two thatched houses with mud walls that were almost broken. There is a hole, you can see the inside, and the door is loose, slanting to one side.

Lu Erlai probably didn't come back, there was no one in the house, so Lu Liangsheng went, but there was nothing inside, a stove, a wooden bed, and a wooden table with missing legs.

"Ok?"

Looking around, when he reached the stove, Liang Sheng suddenly sighed suspiciously, squatted down, and picked up a few feathers and two bones from the ashes at the stove.

"He said he didn't steal..."

Holding those chicken feathers, he got up and left. After walking not far away, he saw Lu Erlai humming a tune on the path in the field. It made someone yell at him.

"Huh." Lu Liangsheng glanced at it, then looked down at the chicken feather in his hand, and all the way back home, his mother had calmed down by now, her eyes were still slightly red, and Lu Laoshi and Lu Laoshi were clearing out the firewood pile Building a shed, Xiao Xian was helping by the side, her little face was covered with sweat, when she raised her head, she saw her elder brother going straight back to the room, she tilted her head in doubt.

in the room.

"Nan Shui Supplements" and "Qing Huai Bu Meng" were taken out and placed on the bed. Lu Liangsheng flipped through the pages one by one, and the paper stopped after a while with a soft flipping sound.

"...Someone in Huaijiang roasted a few birds. The next day, hair grew all over the body, and it was so itchy that it grew longer after being pulled out. It took several days to recede... It's called hair plucking, facing the moon at Haishi, facing south..."

"Nan Shui picks up relics and there are many small tricks such as weirdness and punishment, and there are also vicious methods to kill people. Although the bastard is hateful, it won't kill people... That's it."

After making up his mind, he wrote down the method above, after dinner, after his parents and sister had gone to sleep, Lu Liangsheng looked at the moon, then pushed the door with the chicken feather and walked out.

The cold wind in the middle of the night blew through the barren mountain village. There were several barking dogs and people coughing in a certain courtyard. Most of the people who worked for a day had already fallen asleep. Outside the old thatched hut.

In the cobwebbed window frame, Lu Erlai's snoring could be clearly heard.

Outside the window, the black shadow approached, bowed to the bright moon, murmured something, then put the chicken feather by the window, and blew lightly.

The chicken feathers swayed, floated up, and got into the window on the breeze.

On the wooden bed next to the window, the sleeping lazy man rubbed his legs, a piece of chicken feather fell silently on his face, maybe it was a little itchy, he scratched it a few times, and turned over dreamily, sleeping soundly.

Outside the window, Lu Liangsheng looked at it for a while, then turned around and left. When he returned to the house, he felt a little dizzy, and without thinking much, he fell asleep with his head covered.

The next day.

Lu Liangsheng just woke up, as if he had caught a cold, his whole body was weak, and his head was a little dizzy. When he got up to wash up, there was a sudden commotion.

Xiaoxian quickly ran back from the outside, her face was flushed, and she pointed out panting: "Brother...you go and have a look, that Lu Erlai who had a fight with our house yesterday...hehe... Hahaha--"

At this point, she laughed first, and Li Jinhua, who was busy in the kitchen, came out: "What are you laughing at, tell me quickly."

"He He….."

The little girl suppressed her smile and calmed down a bit: "He has a lot of chicken feathers all over his body!"

"Yes!" Li Jinhua cursed, wiped the water stains on her hands, and hurriedly followed her daughter out, she must have seen that guy's unlucky appearance.

"It really works."

Lu Liangsheng wiped his face, and he regained consciousness a lot, "The things Master taught are really good... What should I order back to him?"

After leaving the small courtyard, I followed my mother and younger sister to the middle of the village, and the voices of people became noisy, noisy, and laughing.

"Ahhhh-"

In the middle of the crowd, Lu Erlai rolled on the ground in horror and let out a heart-piercing cry. Light yellow chicken feathers grew out of his skin, all over his body, and he scratched it with his hands and pulled it out abruptly. A few clusters, even the skin was torn, dripping with blood.

But soon, the chicken feathers that were torn off grew back again.

"Help me.....Who of you save me...It's itchy...It's itchy..."

Pulling hard, knelt on the ground and kept begging for help from the surrounding villagers watching the theater, but no one paid attention to him.

Chapter 6 The Evil Side

"help me……"

"Please, help me find a doctor...I can't stand it, it's tickling me to death..."

The ripped skirts were full of lush yellowish color. Lu Erlai rolled on the ground heartbreakingly, still scratching non-stop, chicken feathers fluttered in the air, and the people in the village hurriedly moved back, fearing that they would also die. Be like him.

"This rascal, you should!"

"...God can't see it, and cast a spell to punish him."

"Maybe it's an expert. A few days ago, I seemed to see a wandering Taoist passing by."

"This guy wanders around all day long, peeking at my daughter... It's his life if he wasn't killed!"