Part-Time Taoist Priest

Hai Guanchao got off work a little late today, because Zheng Minmin brought her child to the clinic, Fang Zhe found out.

"I seem to be looking for you," Fang Zhe looked at the sea and watched the tide, "I'll give you a bad eye."

Hai Guanchao and Ren Fangzhe opened his dark eyes for him, and when he looked again, there was a female ghost with fluttering hair standing at the door, and a naked toddler lying at his feet, with a bluish-white body and black eyes. Almost occupying the entire eye socket, You Sensen looked over, and Hai Guanchao's legs softened a bit.

"... Good evening." Hai Guanchao greeted calmly.

Zheng Minmin also greeted Hai Guanchao in a friendly way. Although their mother and son live nearby, there is nothing that they will not come to easily. It is always bad for ordinary living people to have too much contact with genitals. She is grateful for Hai Guanchao His kindness, of course, will not harm him.

This time Zheng Minmin still came to ask some questions about the child, Hai Guanchao endured his fear and asked.

After Zheng Minmin left, Hai Guanchao was still in shock. The child was a ghost baby. Although he knew they would not harm him, it was really scary to look at.

Hai Guanchao doesn't know what other people are like, but this kind of young kid looks the scariest to him.

Hai Guanchao closed the door and walked back, because the residence is also ample now, he and Fang Zhe did not live together, after saying goodbye to Fang Zhe, Hai Guanchao continued to climb.

The music of the square dance has stopped at some point, the place has passed the noisy period, and the night wind blows in from the corridors and windows outside, bringing a bit of coolness.

"Woooooooo..."

From somewhere, there was a whimper of a child, full of resentment and grievance, which made people tremble.

Who hit the child?This idea flashed through Hai Guanchao's mind, but soon he felt that something was wrong. The crying...was too miserable, and it seemed to be suppressed. It wasn't that kind of howling, but soft and intermittent.

Another gust of night wind blew, causing goose bumps on Hai Guanchao's hands.

What was even more frightening was that, after careful identification, the voice seemed to appear not far from him.

Cold sweat was almost breaking out, Hai Guanchao remembered Xie Lingya telling him about their experience of subduing the evil way outside, in the Niangniang Temple, the plastic doll held him and refused to let him go...

Also, Xie Lingya said that places like monasteries and Taoist temples are safe inside at night, but not necessarily outside.It does not mean that there are demons and goblins who dare to act presumptuously in front of gods and Buddhas, but that there are ghosts who want to avenge their grievances, hope to be saved, or peek at dolls, etc., and may linger outside.Especially when there are rituals and festivals, there are more.For example, Zheng Minmin didn't ask for help at the gate of the temple back then.

Thinking of Zheng Minmin and her son's dark eyes, Hai Guanchao's face was very pale, trembling slightly, he climbed another floor, and decided to go to Xie Lingya's room to find him for courage.

By the way, if you go to Xie Lingya's room now, will you meet Shi Changxuan? If you do, then you will be blind... Never mind, how can you spend so much time in this kind of time.

Hai Guanchao took a step forward and rushed up. As soon as he reached the floor, he turned around and saw a little girl in a yellow dress and red leather shoes lying on the stone railing at the end of the corridor. She was very tall, so her feet were two feet above the ground. ten centimeters...

From her mouth, there was a faint crying sound, as if she had heard the movement halfway, she raised her head to look over, revealing a pale little face.

"I X——" Hai Guanchao took a few steps back and almost fell down the steps, but fortunately he grabbed the handrail.

His heart constricted, his breathing quickened, and just as Hai Guanchao was about to shout, the door of Xie Lingya's room opened, and a man came out from inside, holding a peach tree branch in his hand, and said, "Come out and release it for you." Why is it that the wind is not over yet, I went back to do my homework."

Hai Guanchao: "???"

It was only after seeing Xie Lingya that Hai Guanchao's heart suddenly fell to the ground and he remembered how ghosts could appear in the temple.However, he has never seen this kid before, where did he come from?Didn't Mr. Xie go out to attend the wedding today? Where can I catch a brat if I have time?

Xie Lingya turned his head and saw Hai Guanchao at the other end, and raised his hand to say hello.

Hai Guanchao walked over in shock, only to see the kid reluctantly enter the room covering his face - Shi Changxuan was actually inside.

"Who is this?" Hai Guanchao asked, "I'm fucking scared to death, crying in the middle of the night."

Xie Lingya laughed, "Who told you to come back late, I didn't introduce it to you, this is a pen fairy named Sha Rui, who was messing with me at the wedding during the day, so come back and educate me."

Looking at it again at this time, sure enough, Sha Rui was writing the test paper with tears in her eyes on the table, while Shi Changxuan sat aside and read it, and told her to stop when she saw a mistake, and explained the topic to her.

Hai Guanchao: "..."

Hai Guanchao was terrified, such an educational method?

"Write well, and you won't be allowed to leave until you finish writing." Xie Lingya leaned against the door and said.

Little Pen Fairy: "..."

She sobbed suddenly, but couldn't resist again, she continued to write the draft aggrieved, and looked at Xie Lingya bitterly from time to time.

Shi Changxuan also tapped the table with his fingers, "Concentrate."

Hai Guanchao looked at it for a while, then sighed, "Xiao Xie knows how to play..."

Xie Lingya was very proud, and took out the entire set of Olympiad test papers in the bag, "That is, you see, there are all subjects, from the third grade to the sixth grade. When we purify ghosts, we must also teach methods. We can't just focus on intimidation. Education is also needed. If I spend money on paper ingots, it’s better to buy a set of test papers, right? Xiaosha, you should do the questions carefully, and after you finish writing, I guarantee that your mind will be purified and you will suddenly be sublimated.”

Sha Rui: "..."

Hai Guanchao: "..."

Hai Guanchao always felt that he was calling "stupid" instead of "sha". After looking at him for a while, the corner of his mouth twitched and said: "Then you go ahead, this family of three is quite warm."

Xie Lingya smiled and said: "Then Master won't stay here to enjoy the family happiness?"

Hai Guanchao: "...I thank you, no."

Hai Guanchao took a few more glances, and suddenly felt that his fear of little ghosts disappeared inexplicably.

……

Sha Rui cried and said, "Brother, please let me go, I won't make trouble again."

Now that she can't get out of Baoyang Temple, she still has to be forced to write questions. She just feels that life is worse than death, and being a ghost is not happy.

Xie Lingya: "No, brother gave you a chance. Now that you have bought all the test papers, you can't do it."

Shang Lushen gloated: "Hee hee, hahaha..."

Children originally liked this kind of little ear god, but after being ridiculed, they became unhappy. They thought that the friends of bad people, and the ear gods raised by bad people, are also bad...

Xie Lingya saw that Shi Changxuan listed the formulas for Sha Rui, and felt more satisfied with his senior brother, "If you have a teacher like Brother Changxuan who makes up lessons, just laugh."

Sha Rui buried her head even more, and even the top of her head was emitting an unhappiness.

After hearing this, Shi Changxuan glanced at Xie Lingya inexplicably.

Xie Lingya's heart moved, thinking that Shi Changxuan was "beastly" when he called him senior brother back then, he smiled secretly in his heart and was rather coquettish, leaned over and whispered to him.

After hearing this, Shi Changxuan flicked the pencil in his hand, pressed the back of Xie Lingya's neck, and put his lips in his mouth.

Xie Lingya was caught off guard and stepped back a little, but soon put one hand on Shi Changxuan's shoulder, parted his lips slightly, and entangled with him with the tip of his tongue.The other hand accurately pressed on the head of Sha Rui who wanted to look up curiously.

"Hey..." Sha Rui twisted a few times but couldn't get rid of Xie Lingya's clutches, so she simply slammed her head on the table and knocked there.

Xie Lingya's breathing accelerated from the kiss, and he separated after a while, looking at Shi Changxuan with wet eyes, only to see him bow his head and kiss his face again.

Only then did Xie Lingya let go of his hand and picked up Sha Rui, "Little cutie and little baby are watching Xiaosha doing homework, adults have something to do."

Sha Rui pouted and reluctantly wrote the test paper under the supervision of the two ear gods.The test papers are difficult enough, but listening to Shang Lu's nagging is no less than the worst punishment in the world.

Xie Lingya frenziedly pressured Xiaobixian to write the test paper for several days, and wrote that she cried and admitted her mistake every day, vowed to be a good ghost in the future, and dared not bring any hatred, so Xie Lingya dealt with it leniently as appropriate.

"I'll send you back. I'll send you the unfinished test papers too. Go back and continue studying." Xie Lingya broke willow branches, bent them to weave a simple basket, and then burned it.

After burning, the wicker basket appeared in Sha Rui's hands. She laughed and cried and gathered up the remaining test papers, put them into the wicker basket, and slowly piled them up. She could almost cover her face, and said aggrievedly: "Thank you, Teacher Xie."

"Let's go." Xie Lingya led Sha Rui out with satisfaction, and was very kind to send her back.

How could Sha Rui dare to resist, holding the big basket full of test papers, she followed Xie Lingya step by step.

Xie Lingya first took the bus and then walked, when passing by a place, Sha Rui suddenly hid behind him.

Xie Lingya looked up and saw that they were old acquaintances, Ning Wanlai and Cheng Xin.And Ning Wanlai is still out of body, and I don't know how Cheng Xin saw him—but it's not surprising that Ning Wanlai has been doing impermanence for so long and learned a few tricks with his colleagues.

When meeting these two people, it's no wonder Sha Rui was scared.Ning Wanlai is impermanent, and he still has a soul chain in his hand, not to mention Cheng Xin, the policeman is upright.

"What are you doing, are you handling the case together again?" Xie Lingya asked.

"Mr. Xie?" Ning Wanlai floated over and glanced at Sha Rui who was hiding behind Xie Lingya, feeling very strange why she was holding such a large pile of papers, but she was clearly hiding, so he only answered Xie Lingya, "It's not a case. Cheng Xin helped me find someone, no, a ghost."

"Is there a ghost missing?" Xie Lingya asked in surprise.

"No, no, I'm looking for a civil servant." Ning Wanlai said with a complicated expression, "I'm going to find a suitable ghost to go to work. I was with Cheng Xin before I fainted this time. He came out to help."

He himself was hired forcibly, and he was still a living soul, so it was inevitable that he would be hurt when he said it.

Xie Lingya said with interest: "What kind of civil servant are you looking for? Is life impermanent?"

Ning Wanlai sighed, "It would be easy to find if Impermanence is born, Yin Division is short of a tire-twister now, assign it to me, and let me find a suitable one."

Xie Lingya said confusedly: "What is a tire twister?"

This belongs to the establishment of the underworld, and he didn't work there, and he didn't read related classics, so he didn't know much about it.

Ning Wanlai explained: "I didn't know at first, this tire-twister ghost is just trying to make faces for ghosts."

"...Pinch your face?" Xie Lingya said with a complicated expression, "You don't mean plastic surgery, do you? The business in the underworld is so extensive now, and you can still have plastic surgery while living here."

Ning Wanlai: "..."

Ning Wanlai: "It doesn't count. I heard that pinching the faces of ghosts is done before reincarnation. After pinching the appearance of the next life, you have to go to reincarnation. Of course, some people don't need to change after reincarnation. I heard that there are also pinches for living people. For example, when a person accumulates yin virtue, the yin department will show mercy, so a person's appearance may slowly change with encounters."

In this way, Xie Lingya can understand, no wonder it is called a "twisted tire" ghost.

Sha Rui was fascinated by it, and her neck stretched out, thinking that she also loves beauty at a young age.

"Then you are looking for a suitable tire twister now? Have you found it?" Xie Lingya asked.

"...No." Ning Wanlai's shoulders slumped, "This tire-twister ghost seems to be mainly for the good and virtuous people, so before coming here, Brother Wang specifically ordered to find someone with a good aesthetic standard, so I Just ran here."

It takes a long time for the civil servants in the underworld to change their terms. As far as Ning Wanlai sees the aesthetics of those tire-twisters before, they are all quite old-fashioned.

Xie Lingya took a look, isn't it? There is a plastic surgery hospital next to this place.

Xie Lingya was overjoyed, this is a professional counterpart, "Why, is there no suitable candidate for this place? Or is it that they all have a long lifespan and can't go down for a while?"

"No," Ning Wanlai said inexplicably, "We went to several hospitals and looked at their surgical cases. They all have European-style big double eyelids, high noses and pointed chins. You can't tell them apart when you put them together. , This kind of invitation to go down and pinch those nobles who have accumulated evil virtues like that, is it a reward or a punishment?"

Xie Lingya: "..."

Ning Wanlai sighed, "The level of medical beauty in Fuyang is really not good. I think that the big cities are quite distinctive, and that's all you need. It's a pity... well, I'm very distressed now."

Xie Lingya thought it was funny, "Didn't you go into a misunderstanding? Whoever said 'plastic surgery ghost' must find a plastic surgeon? Why don't you go to the Academy of Fine Arts to find painters and sculptors with good styles? They have good aesthetics and have a good understanding of facial structures. I also understand."

A light bulb seemed to light up on Ning Wanlai's head, "Yes, yes, yes, it makes sense, you can go to the Academy of Fine Arts to find it!"

Ning Wanlai quickly thanked Lingya.

After listening to everything, Sha Rui raised her face and asked: "Master Yincha, when I was reincarnated, can the twister make me into a little demon fairy?"

Everyone: "..."

Xie Lingya pondered: "You study hard, maybe the adults in Yin Division think you are very good, so they agree to make you into a little demon fairy."

Sha Rui nodded vigorously, lifted the basket, put it on her head, and ran away, "Mr. Xie, you don't need to send it away. I'm going to study now——"

Xie Lingya: "..."

……

A few days later, Xie Lingya met Ning Wanlai again near the school, but it was a little far away, and Ning Wanlai left as soon as he left, so he didn't take it seriously.Looking back and thinking about it, why did Ning Wanlai come to their school? He didn't know how to search around, so he found someone from their school. Quedong College also has an art department.

Xie Lingya thought about it, so he asked Professor Zhu about it, and Professor Zhu thought about it: "There is an old professor named Bai in the Department of Fine Arts, who has been suffering from illness for a long time, and I heard that he is currently living in the affiliated hospital—he has to be hospitalized every year. , there is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time, this year the children will not go to the hospital to take care of them, but the students will go more frequently."

Xie Lingya also didn't know why, after class, he turned his foot and walked to the affiliated hospital.

The more I have been in this business for a long time, the more complicated I feel about the hospital. After all, this place is full of life and death, and there are many ghosts wandering around.

Logically speaking, even if Xie Lingya was a relative of Chenghuang, whoever the errand wanted to seduce, he couldn't tell in advance.Of course, if you know about it for other reasons or by coincidence, as long as you don't publicize it, it's fine to keep your mouth shut.

Because Xie Lingya had advised Ning Wanlai, he guessed that Ning Wanlai might want to seduce the old professor Bai's soul. After hearing what Professor Zhu said, he felt something in his heart, so he went to find out by himself.

Xie Lingya didn't know where old professor Bai lived, so he wandered around the inpatient department for a while, and asked a nurse to ask him. The nurse thought he was a student of old professor Bai, so she told him.

Old Professor Bai was not admitted to any intensive care unit, but was in an ordinary single-person ward. When Xie Lingya entered, he was the only one in the room, half-lying on the bed reading a picture album.

"Little Hu, don't be too busy..." Old Professor Bai raised his head and stopped talking, "Student, who are you looking for?"

Xie Lingya smiled awkwardly, "Are you Professor Bai? I'm a student of Quedong College, and I like your works very much. I heard that you are hospitalized here. I take the liberty to come to visit. Excuse me."

Professor Bai Lao was approachable, and he was very happy to hear that he liked his work, so he asked him to come and sit down.

Xie Lingya was not [-]% sure that it was Old Professor Bai, but after seeing him in person and seeing his death-like vigor, he knew that even if Ning Wanlai was not looking for him, his life might be in danger.

However, Professor Bai should have died at the end of his life. Although he had an old illness, it had nothing to do with it. The physical reaction was not great. I am afraid that the doctor didn't know. Professor Bai's life expectancy was only one or two days.Life and death are impermanent.

But just looking at the present, the old professor Bai is in good spirits. He chatted with Xie Lingya for a while, and he laughed when he heard Xie Lingya say that his portraits were good, "If it weren't for the fact that my body doesn't allow it, I really want you to do it. I am a model, you young man, you have a very good temperament."

"Thank you, Professor Bai, Professor Bai, may I take the liberty to ask for a copy of your draft?" Xie Lingya asked tentatively.

Without hesitation, old professor Bai said, "Yes, yes, I can give you an original manuscript, but all my paintings are at home, when I am discharged from the hospital..." He suddenly stopped, with a complicated look on his face.

Professor Bai is 73 this year and is on the way. He suffered a lot of crimes when he was young. He actually has a premonition that he may not be able to go back to the hospital this time.

"Hey... I'll make a call and ask my daughter to bring it here." Old Professor Bai sighed, took out his phone, and called the child.

Xie Lingya repeatedly said that it was troublesome, and chatted with old professor Bai for a few more words. At this time, a young man came back. He was a student of old professor Bai. He had just gone to the cafeteria to get soup.

Old Professor Bai couldn't drink the soup after a few sips, and he was not in good spirits after chatting just now, so he lay down slowly and asked, "Xiao Hu, Xiao Xie, you said, after a person dies—what is it?" How about it? Me, I still want to paint, but I don’t know if there is such a condition in the underworld.”

Xiao Hu felt very uncomfortable. When a person dies, it’s over. But he couldn’t say it, and comforted him: “Professor, don’t think so much, you’ll be fine. Let’s go sketching together. Didn’t you say that last time, Want to paint the Taoist temple in the city center?"

Old Professor Bai nodded lazily.

Xie Lingya said in a daze: "Professor Bai, there are conditions for painting in the underworld, and for a gentleman like you, they must arrange a position related to painting. You see that you are retired now, and you have to be like us when you get down here. Keep going, keep busy."

Xiao Hu secretly stared at Xie Lingya.

The old professor Bai was very happy, and said with a sigh: "It's really good..."

Xie Lingya glanced back, and Ning Wanlai was already standing at the door.

His eyes were also a little surprised, as if he didn't understand why Xie Lingya was here.

Xie Lingya's complexion changed, he stood up and looked around the door, only to hear the sound of high heels stepping on the ground, a woman with curly hair came over with a rolled up paper in her hand, and looked at it casually. Xie Lingya entered the ward immediately, "Dad."

Old Professor Bai showed a happy look, "Xiaojuan is here, you can give the painting to that young man, he is mine... what is that, a fan."

Bai Juan handed the painting to Xie Lingya, and sat by the bed, "Dad, have you finished this soup? You don't look well, do you want some more?"

"It's okay, let's talk, you finally came to see me." Old Professor Bai held his daughter's hand and said vaguely.

In an instant, Bai Juan's complexion was not very good-looking, and her eye sockets were wet. Indeed, there was no filial son in front of the long-term sick bed. This old man had been ill for a long time, and he didn't like to appear vulnerable in front of her, lest he would trouble her.

Now hearing her father confide in her heart, Bai Juan immediately felt very guilty, and at the same time felt a little strange. Usually, her father would not speak like this, "I will stay here with you tonight, and I will come more...Dad."

Old Professor Bai smiled and said, "Your mother left early, and I was busy with work. Fortunately, you are very independent and capable..."

He began to babble about the past, and Bai Juan listened carefully while holding her father's hand.

Xie Lingya saw Ning Wanlai watching the time, and when he couldn't wait any longer, he took out the soul lock chain——

As the old professor Bai was talking, his head tilted, as if he had fallen asleep.

Bai Juan also felt her hand loosen. She waited for three to five seconds before she suddenly realized, "Dad, Dad?!"

Xiao Hu hurriedly called the doctors and nurses to come over, but he was unable to recover.

——Professor Bai has passed away.

Bai Juan broke down in tears. She didn't come to the hospital very often during this time, she was really unfilial, and the old man left so suddenly, if her father suddenly asked her to deliver the painting, she might not even be able to see her for the last time.

……

No one noticed that Xie Lingya had left at some point, and when Bai Juan thought about it afterwards, she only thought that the student whose name she didn't even know had left quietly while they were chatting before them.

When Ning Wanlai led Professor Bai away, Xie Lingya stood on the side of the corridor and bowed slightly to see him off.

From then on, old professor Bai became the youngest and newest tire twister in Yin Division.

Old Professor Bai's soul showed a look of realization, and he smiled and nodded at Xie Lingya, "Thank you, young man."

Xie Lingya watched the two of them off, and suddenly remembered something, stopped them, and asked seriously, "I want to ask you, old man, have you seen "XXXX Little Demon Fairy"?"

Old Professor Bai was stunned, "...What is that?"

"It's nothing." Ning Wanlai continued to walk away with Professor Bai in his arms, "It's just that some people are bullying elementary school students again."