Great Sui Guoshi

"You are the guy from Yuelai Inn, I recognize you, you ran away suddenly when you heard the toad beside me talking?"

When the matter was revealed, the guy looked at the scholar tremblingly, and looked at the road, only to see a black shadow slowly rising up from the ground.

His whole body trembled even more fiercely, and he carefully inquired about the scholar in front of him.

"...The toad has already spoken, so why don't I run away? The two of you are skinny and don't have a few pounds of meat. Can you let me go... okay?"

Ordinary people will basically never encounter such a thing in their life, but when it happens suddenly, it is normal to be frightened like this.

"You mean the toad?"

Lu Liangsheng followed his eyes and looked at the road. The master seemed to be stretching his muscles and bones in the autumn sun, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, he won't harm you, and this Taoist priest and I are both human."

Naturally, he wouldn't tell an outsider about his relationship with Toad, and he simply explained a few words, which made him feel relieved.

Later, he also knew that the guy in this store was called Wang Tianshi, and when asked why he was pretending to be sick, he was a little embarrassed in front of the two of them, rubbing the cold sweat on his palms, and said cautiously:

"If you pretend to be sick, if you meet a kind person, maybe you will be taken along on the road with you, and you will have food and drink, and maybe you can find an errand to do... You two, the younger one really didn't do anything bad, let him go Me...the village is haunted by ghosts, so I came out to find another way to make a living..."

Back on the road, a business traveler from the city passed by the three of them and cast curious eyes.

Dressed in a white scholar's robe fluttering in the wind, Lu Liangsheng picked up the toad from the ground and put it on the donkey's head, turning his face to look at Wang Tianshi who was embarrassed.

"Haunted?"

When the Taoist heard this, he also became interested: "Male ghost or female ghost? I am a Taoist priest, and I am good at catching ghosts."

"cocoa….."

Without waiting for the other party to reply, he grabbed Wang Tianshi's shoulder and walked forward.

"Let's go, don't talk too much, there is no charge in this way, tell me where your village is?"

"From here, it's usually more than 100 miles northwest..."

The guy in the store raised his finger to go in one direction, and said without tears:

"But...but I don't want to go back..."

From behind, Lu Liangsheng looked at the two people in front, smiled, led the old donkey, and shouted: "Master, sit still."

It's okay not to say, upon hearing this sentence, Taoist Toad's face sank, and he stretched out his frog webs.

"Find a rope for my teacher, and I will tie it around my waist."

It made Hong Lian in the picture scroll on the bookshelf unable to hold back, and let out a pleasant laugh.

Chapter 92 Boatman

After noon, the flowing creek washed the pots and bowls and put them back on the shelf behind the old donkey. The water stains followed the donkey's hooves along the ground.

After eating the pot of 'Dragon and Phoenix Dabu Soup' made by Sun Yingxian, the group of people continued on the small road that turned off from the official road in the west of the capital. Seeing stretches of fields, you can also see many scattered villages in the distance.

The mountain village where Wang Tianshi lives is much farther away. Before setting off, Lu Liangsheng compared the directions and roads on the map. The haunted village is also in the northwest direction, and he planned to help Wang Tianshi's hometown get rid of the evil spirits.

After that, speed up the pace and rush to Heliangzhou in the northwest. There is still time.

It is more than 100 miles away from Tianzhi, the capital city, and the life in the nearby villages is not too barren. Wangjiazhuang's fields stretch together, extending around Zhuangzi to the foot of the mountain in the north.

There is also a ten-foot-wide river in the west. Lu Liangsheng and others came from the mud road outside the village to the river bank. Reeds grew on both sides of the river. It was autumn again, and a grayish-yellow color was rippling in the wind, reflecting the autumn in the afternoon. , The sparkling water surface makes people feel refreshed.

"There is a big river in the west, there are mountains nearby, and there are forests in the south to block the wind. The land is fertile and the scenery is not bad. How can you be willing to go outside?"

The scholar led the old donkey and looked down the river. When the wind blows, the clothes and hair in the dusk are caressed by the wind.

"Little one, I don't want to either."

Along the way, Wang Tianshi has opened his eyes. After walking more than a hundred miles in a few hours, he can brag about it for a lifetime when he returns to the village.

Looking at the scholar's back, he quickly shook his head, let go of his thoughts, and replied:

"...Mr. Lu, who is not afraid of this haunted ghost? I saw it once when I was young. Ouch, I was so scared that I was sick in bed for a few days, and I felt as uncomfortable as being soaked in water. Once my body is weak, I can't do farm work. Go out and find something to eat."

The setting sun shines on the scholar, his handsome profile turned to the back.

"Well, has that evil spirit ever hurt anyone? Where does it haunt?"

"It seems that no one was killed..."

Wang Tianshi thought for a while, as if he really hadn't heard of anyone dying, he pointed to the further direction of the river bank.

"Just go down this river, there is a ferry, I met it there last time, I took a look at it from a distance, and panicked."

"Well, Daoist Sun is good at exorcising ghosts."

Lu Liangsheng nodded thoughtfully, looked behind him, "Old grandson?"

Next to the old donkey in the back, where is the figure of Sun Yingxian, Taoist Toad in the bookshelf compartment, sitting on the side, with a rope tied around his waist, he pointed to the river.

"Go catch fish."

The scholar looked over, and saw a fiery figure running a few steps along the river, looking for a beach with few reeds, not knowing what he was doing, holding a brush to paint on the palm of his hand, and then slamming into the river. push.

Just listen, there were several loud bangs one after another, the surface of the river exploded, several jets of water rushed up, countless bead curtains poured down and shone brightly in the red glow.

"Old Lu, help!" Sun Yingxian shouted.

Among the splashes of water rushing up to the sky and then suppressed, there were river fish falling one after another. Lu Liangsheng pinched out his fingers and stuck out his cuffs, looking forward and brushing them away.

In Wang Tianshi's wide-eyed eyes, more than 20 fish that fell from the sky turned around in mid-air, flew towards the river bank, and landed all around the scholar's feet.

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"There are alchemists in Xiling who know how to make money. It's not the five ghosts who are lucky. The Xiling county government was stolen, and hundreds of taels of silver were stolen. The watchman saw the silver floating in mid-air and flew to a distant place. The thieves arrested it, interrogated and found out, this technique is called: move and move."

.......

Wang Tianshi opened his mouth for a long time before he came back to his senses, closed his mouth, hurriedly took off his shabby coat, and put together a dozen or so fish that were slapping their tails on the ground and slapping them in the clothes.

"Autumn fish is fat and tender, Daochang Sun really knows the delicious food of mountains and wilds."

Below, Sun Yingxian straddled and stretched, leaped up lightly, picked up two of them, held them in his hands, and waved them in front of the scholar.

But it was snatched by Lu Liangsheng, and said with a smile:

"It's getting late, maybe we still have to spend the night in this village, so we can't go there empty-handed, right?"

"Hey, I borrow flowers to present to the Buddha. Anyway, this 'flower' was brought up by my own way."

When the Taoist gesticulated and yelled beside him, many villagers were already standing on the dirt road outside the village. They probably rushed over after hearing the loud noises. When they saw Lu Liangsheng and the others descending the river bank, they all clenched their farm tools tightly.

"Who are you, what are you doing here?!"

A few strangers suddenly appeared and there was a loud noise, so they had to be on guard. Wang Tianshi ran over with the fish in his pocket and shouted at them at the top of his voice.

"I'm Tian Shi, don't you recognize me?!"

A group of villagers holding hoes and poles laughed when they saw the approaching figure.

"Wang Shitou, didn't you go outside, why did you come back?" "I've only been back in a few months, have you made any money?" "Yes, Widow Li is still waiting for you to marry her!"

Most of the villagers who are joking are like this, and outsiders may feel a little cynical, but Wang Tian, ​​who is familiar with this place, is not angry, and he raised his chest in front of everyone.

"Hey, didn't I come here because I was thinking about the things in the village? The city is delicious and easy to live in, and I still have monthly money. I have saved a lot."

Wang Tianshi stretched out his feet, staring at the toes of his toes and turning them up.

"Did you see, Zhang's tailor shop in the city made it. This work is better than Master Wang in our village, right?"

After showing off for a while, the villagers on the opposite side couldn't talk anymore. At this moment, the crowd parted, an old man squeezed out, and the end of his stick paused on the ground.

"Then what are you doing back here?"

"It's not because of the ghosts in the village......"

When Wang Tianshi saw the old man, he immediately calmed down, stood up quickly, and pointed to the scholar and the Taoist who were leading the old donkey behind.

"Father... this is the one I found for the village to exorcise ghosts..."

"Still talking about ghosts, where did the ghosts come from in the village!" The old man raised his staff and knocked over, but Wang Tianshi didn't dare to fight back. , a bald old donkey, carrying two bookshelves, a scholar's robe with a white background and light apricot pattern, a handsome face, smiling and nodding towards him.

On the other hand, the Taoist priest at the side had a brand new Taoist robe, but his hair was in a messy bun, with a mustache and a short beard. He didn't look like a good person.

"There are no ghosts in our village, but you two are visitors from afar, and it's getting late, so come to my house together."

Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist looked at each other, then at Wang Tianshi.

I was somewhat confused.

"Let's take a look at the village first."

The scholar said something in a low voice, followed the old man into the entrance of the village, and the surrounding villagers dispersed one by one. After thinking about it, he came to the old man's house. The house was not too big. a peach tree.

In the room, a light blue flame slowly lit up on the oil lamp.

The old man shook off the sparks on the fire folder, put it aside, and asked Wang Tianshi to put the fish in the water tank outside, then he turned around and invited Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist to sit down.

Turning around to get the clay pot, poured two bowls of cold water over.

"The two of you haven't eaten yet, right? The old man is going to burn some now, so we can make do with it."

"Okay, thank you old man."

Lu Liangsheng cupped his hands and said something, looked at Wang Tianshi who was stirring the water tank in the courtyard, turned around, and asked:

"Old man, are there any ghosts in this village?"

In front of the stove, the ignited fire shone on the old man's face, and there was a moment of silence.

"There is...a boatman."

His voice was low and hoarse.

Chapter 93 I Don't Know I'm Dead

After a few crackles, the firewood was broken and thrown into the stove. Old man Wang got up to stir the hot water in the pot, covered the wooden lid, hesitated for a moment, and continued:

"...The boatman is not from our village. About 30 years ago, his family was hit by a flood and he was displaced here. He became a door-to-door son-in-law. After ten years, his mother-in-law died and he had no children. Girl, guarding two thatched houses, was ferrying by the river outside the village, but she fell into the water and drowned last year."

Lu Liangsheng put down the bowl, exchanged a glance with the Taoist, and said, "Will the boatman drown too?"

"The boatman is also a human being, why can't he be drowned?" Old man Wang poured a bowl of cold water and sat down, and called out. The oil lamp moved to the middle of the table.

"...You two are tired from the distance. There is another room in the compartment. I will clean it later, so don't leave at night."

"I never thought about..."

Under the table, Lu Liangsheng kicked him lightly. Seeing that Old Man Wang was about to leave, he asked.

"Why didn't the village invite a mage to exorcise ghosts? Why did they say there were no ghosts outside the village?"

The old man who walked slowly to the door stopped for a moment, turned around slowly, pursed his lips, and sighed.

"That ghost is actually a good friend of mine, and he never harmed the village, and he only came out in the afternoon and dusk, and sat quietly not far away, so he didn't invite a mage, and he didn't want anyone to take him in, it's so pitiful."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the back of the person going to the next room, and frowned slightly. In the afternoon and dusk, ghosts can come out?

Outside, Wang Tianshi, who had finished dissecting the fish, went to the kitchen to make ping-pong-pong bangs, and there were a few murmurs of complaints.

"If you don't invite a mage, I won't come back either." "...Don't you see how pitiful that boatman is, and why my son was frightened to death?"

"At that time, no one will send you to your death, look at who is pitiful!"

Both Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist were practitioners with keen senses, so they naturally heard all of these, and sat at the table in embarrassment.

The lights flickered, Lu Liangsheng lowered his voice and said:

"At dusk, before the sun even set, the ghost came out, Hong Lian didn't seem to be able to do it?"

The Taoist nodded, and twirled his fingertips around the bowl, staring at the ripples on the water.

"It's a little tricky, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary ghost."

In the next room, the two beds were about the same size. Hearing Wang Tianshi's complaint, the father and son responded a few words, and during the conversation, they remembered that there were still two people there.

"You two are laughing, my son hasn't gotten along well with me since his mother died..."

Walking into the main room with a smile, in the dim light of the oil lamp, there were no figures of scholars and Taoist priests, only two empty bowls were left on the table, "Ouch", and called his son in fear.

Wang Tianshi quickly put down the fish in his hand and ran over. The old man pulled his sleeve and pointed tremblingly at the empty main room.