Part-Time Taoist Priest

It seemed that Xie Lingya was being complained by ghosts for the first time, and he was a little ashamed, but he calmed down quickly and said, "Why is it so urgent, the mage is talking, you ghosts don't interrupt."

Female ghost: "..."

However, this female ghost helped Xie Lingya get rid of the awkward atmosphere, and Xie Lingya was quite organized when he heard what the ghost said, and he was not as irrational as he imagined, so he raised his chin at the female ghost and said, "What's going on with you?" , tell me first, what are you doing here."

The female ghost was silent for a while, and said: "Look for someone, look for those who killed me. There are three people, two men and one woman. They robbed me with their faces covered, and then killed me and threw my body in the river. I saw their bodies. I know that they live here. But the police have been unable to find anyone, so I had to come here by myself.”

Xie Lingya frowned and said: "But you have harassed more than three people these days, one of them is a teacher in our school, the teacher can't steal your money."

Female ghost: "I said they covered their faces!"

"Co-authoring, you're looking for nothing! You're justified!" Xie Lingya thought to himself, no wonder he said he wanted to arrest someone, and no one was killed. Isn't this just looking at whoever looks like it, and after looking around, you find that other places don't look like it? , "Since this is the case, I will not chop you up, and let the city god try it. You can also report your case to the Yin Division, which is much worse than looking for it blindly."

But the female ghost lowered her head and said: "Handing it over to the underworld judge is nothing more than taking away the punishment. I will retaliate with an eye for an eye."

Xie Lingya could quite understand the female ghost's mood, and he said: "Then you can't be too busy. If you have ghost money in hand, you can take it to sort it out. You can also dream about it to the police and reveal some information. Even, the underworld is not absent. An example of returning to Yangshi for revenge under the supervision of underworld officials."

The female ghost suddenly raised her head: "Is there really?"

Xie Lingya: "Yes, you can't just wait for the sentence after death, but you need to wait for the trial and application, and your own case must also meet the conditions. Some trials take too long, and the revenge will be in the next life."

But the important thing is fairness and legality, especially for someone like her who doesn't know who harmed her. She will be tried for the crime of harming others, but her grievances will also be sorted out, and every point will be counted.

The female ghost looked at Xie Lingya suspiciously: "Have you ever died? Why do you know so well?"

As a ghost, although she was not led to the underworld, she also knew a few of the same kind, and none of them were as clear as Xie Lingya.

"You female ghost comrade, why are you so poor? I understand it's because..." Because his uncle told him about it, but Xie Lingya still remembered that the second generation of officials should keep a low profile, coughed and said, "We often deal with the underworld."

The female ghost thought for a while and said, "I escaped from the underworld official and came here to take revenge. But I have never found a real enemy... In this case, I am willing to surrender."

Xie Lingya thought that she failed to enter the City God's Division due to other reasons, but she escaped by herself, Xie Lingya said in surprise: "It's really brave enough, okay, let's do it like this."

He used the Seal of Lifting the City God, recruited nearby Yin soldiers, and entrusted the female ghost to them.

After finishing the matter, Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan walked out silently, with a distance of about half a meter between them, neither far nor close, neither close nor close.

Professor Zhu and Xie Fan took the lady to the hospital and asked how they were doing.

Xie Lingya talked about the situation of the female ghost, and told them to be more careful, it's nothing more than a haunted neighborhood, but there are robbers and murderers living there.

It was the first time Professor Zhu came into contact with a supernatural event. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed such a mysterious thing. At this moment, he said with a bitter face: "I thought it would be enough to solve that..., but the murderer still lives, and it is Get away with it, my God."

Xie Fan has been in contact with a lot, so it's not that difficult to accept, and he doesn't live here, so the psychological pressure is not that great, and he comforted Professor Zhu a few words, they should not dare to commit crimes around the house.

"It's okay, there are some things that can be hidden from people but not from ghosts and gods. The Yin Division naturally has a record. I have already pointed her out, and when there is a result, I will give the person who handles the case a dream, so that the murderer will be brought to justice sooner. Yifa." Xie Lingya said.

This matter also involves the murderer in the yang world, and he is also more concerned. He plans to tell Ning Wanlai at that time that if there is any problem with the female ghost, Ning Wanlai, the impermanence of life, can also give some pointers.

There is also the matter of asking for clues in dreams. Although the current society does not pay attention to the theory of ghosts and gods, people may not care if they ask for a dream once, but it is enough to ask for a few more times.As for how to write the report, that is their own business.

Xie Lingya said it lightly, and Professor Zhu was also terrified. It wasn't until the police did arrest a few people from their community that he realized that Xie Lingya was not talking nonsense.

……

After finishing their work, Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan went back together naturally. Professor Zhu originally wanted to stay with Xie Lingya for one night, but he declined. Tomorrow is the weekend, so you can sleep late when you go back. It's too late to wake up at the tutor's house.

I don't know how many times they acted together late at night, but this time the atmosphere was slightly different, so they didn't talk so much.

The taxi drove directly to the side of the rental building, Xie Lingya didn't bother to bother, the car had to make a detour to get to the front gate of Baoyang Temple, but it was faster for him to take the small road to the back gate, so they got out of the car together.

"I'll see you off." Shi Changxuan said abruptly.

"No need." Xie Lingya said hastily, "It's just such a short distance, what are you giving me?"

In the past, Xie Lingya definitely didn't take it seriously, he loves to give it away, but now he can't help but think about it, is this Shi Changxuan expressing it?It's a pity that you can't tell from his face, nor can you hear it from his tone.

Before Shi Changxuan could say anything else, Xie Lingya said helplessly: "Are there any ghosts in the three streets nearby who don't know me? Are there any people who dare to commit crimes within a mile around?"

A few days before the start of this year's Zhongyuan Fa Conference, Qin Limin had already asked Zhang Daoting to save him, but the toilet ghost and Ding Aima were still there.

As far as Jingui Pedestrian Street is concerned, ghosts know you can’t come here, because there have been many cases of enthusiastic Taoist priests providing clues to solve crimes, and cases of inexplicable crimes going wrong. Yes, law and order can be described as better.

It's just such a place, why does he still need to deliver it when he walks such a distance at night?

Shi Changxuan said in other words: "Accompany you back."

Xie Lingya: "..."

Alas, Xiaolongnv is a bit bored...

Xie Lingya only dared to think in his heart that he was really accompanied by Shi Changxuan to the back door of the Taoist temple. He regretted that he didn't resolutely refuse, because this part of the road made the atmosphere even more strange.

I didn't know it before, but now that I know it, Shi Changxuan can make up my mind without saying a word about Xie Lingya: What is the brother thinking in his heart?

On the table is a wooden figure that is about the height of the knees. It is very solid, and the bottom is covered with iron sheets. The joints can move, and the body is wrapped with battery wires and the like. .

This is what Fang Zhe said, the automatic mahogany man.

Xie Lingya opened the small door, and put a figurine cut out of gold leaf into the slot, "That's it, right?"

This wooden dummy made by Fang Zhe was different from Xie Lingya's imagination, he thought it was a wooden dummy as tall as an adult.

It's not good to move at such a high level.Fang Zhe explained it this way.

"That's it, try it." Fang Zhe inserted a sword into the little wooden dummy's hand, turned on the switch, and as soon as he pressed the remote control, the wooden dummy automatically raised his hand, performing horizontal chops one by one.

Xie Lingya looked at it for a long time and still felt that she was too petite, "To be honest, you can only chop off your legs..."

"It can still stand upright!" Fang Zhe pressed, and the wooden figure changed its position again.

"Hahaha, yes, your fingers are quite nimble, can you control them alone?" Xie Lingya watched him nod, and manipulated it a few times with the remote control. The wooden man raised his left hand, and curled his thumb, index finger, ring finger and little finger, The middle finger stood up straight.

Fang Zhe: "..."

"Hahahahahahaha!" Xie Lingya laughed so hard that he almost rolled over, and even called others to watch.

Everyone knows that Fang Zhe has been playing with this for a long time. When Xie Lingya came back and his hands were better, he had the time to experiment with him on the part involving magic.I was already tired of watching it before, so I came over to watch it when I heard Xie Lingya laughing.

Who would have thought that the mahogany figure would hold a middle finger upright, "Mr. Xie, what a quality!"

"Hey, this is the Lingguan Jue, okay?" Xie Lingya was still eloquent.

Fang Zhe made a black line: "Try the effect of the substitute technique."

The core of this technology is still in the form of replacement. Whether the wooden man's swinging sword can have the effect of exorcising evil like a real person swinging a sword depends on whether the combination of form replacement is successful or not.

Xie Lingya had just put the gold leaf figurine who symbolized himself into the slot on the back of the mahogany figurine. It stands to reason that now it can exorcise evil spirits by swinging a sword.

"I can't see it just like this, I need to find a yin thing to experiment." Xie Lingya pondered for a while, "I don't know how much of my skill this wooden man can use, like a toilet ghost, if he finds it, he will die as soon as he finds it. "

The toilet ghost was probably trembling in some corner, Fang Zhe couldn't bear it and said: "I guess it will, so don't look for it."

"Yes, there is someone who can definitely stand it." Xie Lingya clapped his hands and called the Eastern Ghost King over!

Fang Zhe: "... Is it convenient?"

Xie Lingya: "I'm fine, I don't know if it's inconvenient for the other party."

Fang was inconvenient and had to come. The King of Ghosts was still holding a jug of wine in his arms, and Xie Lingya found him. He looked slightly drunk, and when he saw them, he immediately floated forward, "Xiao Liu!"

Xie Lingya dodged to the side, covering Liu Lingtong on his shoulder with one hand.

But he thought too much, and the ghost king who drank too much held the mahogany man and said, "Little Liu, how did you grow up?"

Everyone: "..."

Xie Lingya quickly tossed the ghost king back to his senses, and pulled the mahogany mannequin out of his hand, jokingly, the mahogany mannequin was in his shape, he felt goosebumps when he saw the ghost king holding it.

The ghost king was sober, and sighed: "If I let you hack today, how can I have the face to see the elders of the ghost world?"

Xie Lingya asked suspiciously, "You still have face in the ghost world?"

Ghost King: "..."

The ghost king begs for compromise: "Forget it, I respect Sa Zhenren's disciples, so I can save face."

He stood in front of the mahogany, with his arms outstretched--of course, this action was quite unnecessary.

If facing ordinary tall and short ghosts, the mahogany man can only cut to the calf, but facing the ghost king can only cut to the ankle.

The mahogany man mechanically raised his hand, and slashed down with his sword, hitting the ghost king's ankle, a burst of golden light sparkled, and a black mark appeared immediately.

"It's done!" Fang Zhe said in surprise.

The mahogany man was not pressed to stop, but kept swinging his sword, and the ghost king quickly ran back covering his feet.

Xie Lingya hugged the mahogany man, and after turning off the switch, the hand holding the sword stopped in mid-air.

After a while, the marks on Ghost King's leg began to heal, and soon disappeared.It can be seen that compared to the person himself, although the mahogany wielding the sword is useful, the effect will be discounted. If so, it is also very good. This is the ghost king, not the ordinary ghost.

"Okay, after that, I still need to study the instructions." Xie Lingya said, "In this way, I can make more accurate movements, pinching the hand."

Speaking of this, Xie Lingya also asked the mahogany man to show his middle finger to the ghost king.

Ghost King: "...This is not the Spiritual Official Art."

"It's not a standard spirit official formula, it's a pity, the fingers are still not very flexible." Xie Lingya said seriously.

Ghost King: "..."

Always feel like I'm at a loss.

Although the ghost king was only invited to do an experiment, but in the end it still needs to be worshipped. Xie Lingya brought the wine and food that he had prepared long ago, and burned some ingots and ghost notes.

While eating and drinking, the Ghost King said, "Where's that Taoist Huoju? Aren't you inseparable?"

This is obviously about Shi Changxuan, the King of Ghosts doesn't know that Shi Changxuan has moved to a rented house for a few days.

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense, when will we be inseparable." Xie Lingya said with a guilty conscience.

The ghost king said very honestly: "Anyway, he is always there every time I see you."

Xie Lingya: "Coincidence."

Others also wondered if Mr. Xie really had a conflict with Daoist Shi. These two sentences seemed like they didn't want to admit that they had a good relationship with Daoist Shi, but the two of them came home at night together yesterday, the relationship is really confusing!

The Ghost King drank the wine, Xie Lingya poured it down.When ghosts drink alcohol, they inhale the smell of alcohol. Without the smell of alcohol, the wine will be as pale as white water. Because of the heavy yin, it can't be drunk by others, it has to be poured.

After eating and drinking enough, and stuffing it with money and ingots, Xie Lingya drove the ghost king back.

Ghost King: "Wait a little longer."

"At this time, we are going to rest in the temple, and no one is entertaining you." Xie Lingya said.

The ghost king glanced at his shoulders, "It's okay, I don't want you to entertain..."

Liu Lingtong said softly, "Master, I'm afraid."

Xie Lingya felt a desire to protect, and pushed the Ghost King away, "See you later!"

He lowered his head and thought, oh, Liu Lingtong is really getting more and more lively, and he knows how to act like a baby. He used to be so scared that he cried.

He didn't know that ever since God Shang Lu saw all these things outside, he became more and more aware of Liu Lingtong's kindness, and was much kinder to him, and even taught him how to act like a baby with Xie Lingya when he was alone.

At that time Liu Lingtong was very puzzled, when you saw Xie Lingya, you were often speechless.

However, the facts have proved that Shang Lushen's theoretical knowledge is still very rich and powerful, and Liu Lingtong's practice is really useful.

Besides, after the mahogany experiment was successful, Fang Zhe added some movement design according to what Xie Lingya said, including making the fingers more detailed, so that he can make many kinds of hand moves.

Fang Zhe skillfully painted the wooden figurine into maroon, but Xie Lingya did not paint the facial features, but Xie Lingya drew a spirit official's eyes between the eyebrows, so that ordinary ghosts can be recognized in disguise.

Fang Zhe was full of ambition, and only waited for the next time Baoyang Temple had any work, the mahogany man would be able to practice on the spot.

The [-]rd day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar is Sazu’s Christmas. Xie Lingya organized believers to congratulate Sazu on his birthday. He cleaned the statue of Sazu in the side room with grapefruit peel and applied essential oil.

When he came out, he saw a man with a straight waist and an old lady in the courtyard together. The old lady was a believer who often came here, and when she saw Xie Lingya, she greeted him and asked him where the priest who released the lottery was.

"Ask for leave to do some errands, and I'll be back later." Xie Lingya and the man nodded, and said, "Auntie, what kind of lottery are you asking for, let me see for you?"

"My son asked for it. I brought him here today to pay homage to the patriarch. He..." The old lady had just said that, but her son stopped her and told him not to continue.

Xie Lingya didn't care. He took the lottery and looked at it. He usually doesn't understand the lottery. He just read the book and read some of the lottery texts to understand. …It’s not like that, it should be said that the person you’re asking for is wrong.”

The man actually smiled and said: "The object of my begging is the Patriarch, can this be wrong?"

"Different gods have different duties, so of course they will make mistakes." Xie Lingya looked at him and said, "You are upright, probably in a public office, maybe even in a police station, a court or something like that."

"Young people have good eyesight." The man smiled slightly.

The old lady whispered: "My son is a policeman, and he has always been reluctant to come. This time too..." She looked at her son's expression again as she spoke, and she didn't continue to speak, she had some scruples.

Xie Lingya took a closer look at the policeman again, "Did you not have a good rest? You had a lot of dreams at night, and your complexion is not very good. Do you want to go to the clinic at the back?"

The man laughed. He didn't expect Xie Lingya to persuade him to go to the clinic, "It's just a dream, but the clinic can't cure it."

Hearing what he said, Xie Lingya probably dreamed of something unusual. Since it wasn't a health problem, it could be a problem that can only be solved by praying to God and worshiping Buddha.

"Let's talk to Xiao Xie, he said that it's not right for you to get the lottery." The old lady persuaded.People who come here often know that Xie Lingya is Daoist Zhang's senior brother.

When the man thought about it, he had come to burn incense and beg for a lottery. He was afraid that there would be one more item, so he nodded.

"Then come with me to the room." Xie Lingya brought them indoors.

The man said very directly and unpreparedly: "When I was investigating a murder case, for four consecutive days I dreamed that the deceased told me that the person who killed her was in a certain community, what characteristics she had, and how she killed her. After waking up I couldn't believe it, and with a glimmer of hope, I investigated and found a flaw, and finally solved this clueless case."

Xie Lingya immediately thought of the female ghost they met in Professor Zhu's community, and thought it couldn't be such a coincidence, it must be her. He also said at that time that he would dream a few times when he met someone who didn't believe in evil.

"Then it's a good thing. Did the deceased thank you in a dream later? Did you offer incense to comfort her spirit in heaven?" Xie Lingya asked.

The man's expression twisted, and he said, "No... Then I started dreaming again, and I could have three or four dreams a night, all of which were lonely ghosts who came to me, saying that the complaint in the underworld was dismissed, but I still felt that I was terrible. Injustice, I heard that I helped the dead, and I want to help them too."

Xie Lingya almost laughed out loud, "Is this treating you like Bao Qingtian?"

There are so many lonely ghosts, just like the rogues in the world, they are unreasonable.

"Nonsense." Seeing Xie Lingya's calm expression, the man couldn't see where he came from, so he could only continue, "And I went to check the files. Some of the deceased have been dead for four or fifty years...how can I investigate again. I'm now Sleep quality is affected."

Xie Lingya thought that this policeman was very just, and he actually searched for information. However, since the complaint was dismissed in the underworld, basically there are very few misjudgments.

"Since this is the case, you indeed entered the wrong temple and worshiped the wrong god." Xie Lingya laughed, and copied down the address of the Town God's Temple, "Go to the Town God's Temple and pay your respects. You have to find the local yin official. By the way, did the dead person who is looking for you die in the river?"

The man glanced at him in horror, obviously he was right, but he didn't even tell his family about this. How did Xie Lingya know? I still have to go to work in the afternoon, wait for the next vacation."

"Isn't that going to have to wait another week?" said the old lady, "Seeing that you are tired, let's catch up and go to the Town God's Temple now." The temple catches up.

"Wait, the Town God's Temple is a little far away from here." Xie Lingya said suddenly, "Let me find a way for you."

The mother and son looked at each other curiously, not knowing what he could do.

Xie Lingya took them to the room where the tablets of the ancestors of the past generations were enshrined, including Wang Yuji's tablets and portraits, and then said: "Pray what is on your mind here."

The man was a little confused when he saw that the room was filled with tablets of so-and-so mages. What do you mean, the mages who worshiped their Taoist temples, these mages have spirits in the sky, and they will help him?How is that different from worshiping the King Lingguan? Maybe these mages are local Yin officials?

He didn't know that he had inadvertently uncovered a truth, because Xie Lingya had revealed the characteristics of the first deceased in a dream before, and he recognized Xie Lingya's ability in his heart, so he listened to him and prayed in front of this tablet, and burned incense again.

"It's done." Xie Lingya sent them out, "If the matter is resolved, you can go to the Town God's Temple to fulfill your wish."

The old lady said confusedly: "Shouldn't I come here to fulfill my wish?"

"Then let's all go, okay?" Xie Lingya smiled.

……

After seeing off the mother and child, Xie Lingya saw Shi Changxuan approaching, and the two looked at each other, he turned his eyes away awkwardly, and said, "Ah... I tried the mahogany man yesterday, it was very good .”

Shi Changxuan picked up the mahogany figurine and asked a few words about the situation of the substitute technique.

When talking about professional knowledge, Xie Lingya became much more natural. After discussing with him, he said that Fang Zhe still needs to improve continuously, and asked if he had any comments.

At the same time, Liu Lingtong and Shang Lushen had another chance to be alone together. Liu Lingtong also reported to Shang Lushen how he mustered up the courage last time, and according to Shang Lushen's guidance, begged Xie Lingya to reject the ghost king.

The God of Shang Lu gave a light hum with the foresight.

Liu Lingtong whispered: "...Thank you."

Shang Lushen said proudly: "As long as you are obedient, I will pass on the trick of pressing the bottom of the box to you in the future."