Hundred Ghosts

Chapter No.16

Lin Zi bumped on the carriage for another five or six days before returning to the capital.

It was still midsummer when we left, and the small poplar trees near the city gate were lush and green, but now the branches are covered with snow.

"It's finally here..." He Huai stretched his legs. He was suffocated in the carriage. After the officer inspected them, they were able to enter the city. Hearing the officer's voice cursing behind him, Lin Zi couldn't help teasing him. , "I didn't expect that they didn't even recognize the general's face, and it's no wonder that the people casually fabricated the general."

He Huai was also very depressed, "The people are really full, so why don't I turn my face to them and say that I look like this?"

Lin Zi smiled, but did not answer.

He opened the curtain, looked out of the window, and followed his master to set up fortune-telling stalls, buy magic medicines, sing mourning for ghost exorcist and dance gods. Over the years, he has visited the entire capital, and everything he sees is familiar to him.

The carriage stopped in front of the General's Mansion, He Huai got out of the carriage first, and stretched out his hand to help Lin Zi and Xiaocai down.He had been away for three years, and the emperor sent someone to help him clean the general's mansion. It seemed that people could still live in it, but when he came back suddenly, he surprised the cleaning servant. A middle-aged man saluted him and hurried out.

Presumably he was going to inform the emperor of his return.

Before entering the house, Lin Zi bowed first to say goodbye, "General, I'll take Xiaocai back to see how Master and the others are doing, and I'll take my leave."

"Eh?" He Huai, who wanted to pull them in to live, suddenly became unhappy, "Why are you saying goodbye, why don't you come to my general's mansion for a while."

"I haven't seen Master for a long time, and I miss him very much. Besides, I want to bring Xiaocai to see Master."

He Huai led the horse and turned around, "I'll go too, let's go, I'll see you off."

Lin Zi, who had just gotten out of the car, had no choice but to get on again.

Horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to drive fast in the capital city, and there are snowy roads on the ground, so even if you want to go fast, you can't go fast. When passing by an alley, Lin Zi was startled by a shrill meow, thinking that some little wild cat might have stolen it. I was caught eating, but the screams were so horrific that the owner who beat the cat probably didn't chase it away, but killed it directly.

He Huai's eyes outside the car were dim, and he hooked his fingers. A three-colored cat rushed out from the alley, and ran straight into the car. The cat's head was bloody, and it stopped moving after getting into the car. Lin Zi hurriedly hugged the cat in his arms. Xiaocai also leaned over to watch, "Will it die?"

"A cat has nine lives, it will be fine." Lin Zi touched its beating chest, feeling unsure.

Soon a man came out cursing and holding a wooden stick, which was still stained with blood, "Where did that little animal go? Sure enough, it's better to bring a knife..."

The cat is psychic, if you kill too many, you are not afraid of retribution after death...

In the evening, Lin Zi finally returned to the Taoist temple.

Maybe it was the money stolen from the rich merchants that played a role. The Taoist temple was far from dilapidated when it left. Seeing Lin Zi coming back, the younger brother who was sweeping the floor rushed over excitedly, "Brother, you are finally back! Master has been nagging you for a long time!"

This is because the junior brother and himself are a master, Lin Zi's heart is warm, as expected, the master still misses him.

Lin Zi teased him, "Then since when has Master been thinking about it?" I really feel sorry for Master for not buying a present.

The younger brother thought about it seriously, "It probably started when a wealthy businessman sent over 2 taels of silver. Master often used the elder brother as an example, and often told us brothers to learn from the elder brother, so that we can earn so much in the future."

Lin Zi: "..."

He Huai held back his smile, and waved goodbye to Lin Zi, "Since I've delivered you, I'll be leaving first!"

Lin Zi was stunned, "Won't the general come and sit down?"

"The emperor will definitely call me into the palace at night, let's go first, I will come to you when you are free next time!"

"Okay!" Lin Zi felt inexplicably happy.

Although he approached He Huai for the purpose of repaying a favor, it is obvious that He Huai helped him more. Getting along with him is not like a general and an ordinary person, a benefactor and a benefactor, but more like a friend. Getting along with him is at ease and happy.

After waving goodbye to He Huai, he asked Xiaocai to get a Taoist uniform with his younger brother and change into it, and Lin Zi went to pay a visit to the master first.

The little brother was right, and the master in the inner room was praising him, "Your brothers are really powerful, your master and I can only do a few hundred ceremonies once, you? With your little ability, you can spend a few taels of silver... ..."

Lin Zi knocked on the door frame, "Master."

The old Taoist coughed lightly and shut his mouth, letting his little apprentices understand for a while.

"Qing Lin, you're back?" Qing Cheng stopped his mouth and coughed lightly, "Did you repay your favor?"

Qinglin is the Daoist name given to Lin Zi by Daoist Qingcheng. Most people would call him Daoist Qinglin when looking for him, but he also felt that the Daoist name he gave was better than his original name, so he also called him Qinglin.

"Should I report it?" Lin Zi thought about it seriously, he drove away a lot of ghosts in the barracks!

He's a general, rounding it up is helping him...

"It's good to repay your kindness. If that's the case, he is not your benefactor anymore. In the future, you should have less contact with him." Daoist Qingcheng said seriously.

"Why?" Lin Zi was puzzled, she had already made an appointment with him to meet again in a few days.

Daoist Qingcheng didn't know what to say, could it be that you told him that your benefactor is a monster, that monsters and people should not have any ties, he saved your life, if you don't repay this favor, you will definitely repay it in other ways in the future, A promise with your life or even a promise with your body... It's fine with a promise with your body, Lin Zi is a boy.

Lin Zi had always listened to his master's words but would never carry them out. Ruo Huai would still have to go to find him in a few days, but with his master's body...

He suddenly discovered that the master's outfit today was extraordinary.His hair was combed brightly and pinned up with an ebony hairpin, his beard was neatly stroked, and his Taoist robes were brand new and neat.

Master would not dress so formally on weekdays, unless he had something to do later, Lin Zi asked him, "What work has Master received recently? Will you be there later?"

"I have to go tonight. It's not too difficult, but the status of the employer is too high." He asked Lin Zi mysteriously, "Guess who invited me to go? What to do?"

"Which rich old man's little maid was thrown into a well by the second house and the third house?"

This kind of situation has happened more than once, and most of the time it is actually not a big deal, but rich people like to be suspicious, and they can't be frightened if they don't make a big splash, but they also give a lot of money, Master still likes this kind of thing very much human.

"I guessed wrong," the master stroked his beard, narrowed his eyes and said, "It was the second prince who hired me, someone from the palace! If we settle the matter well, we won't have to worry about running out of incense in the future."

What Master said is right, if this matter can be handled well, the reputation of the Taoist temple will be enough to spread all over the country!

"Among all my apprentices, you are the most talented. I originally wanted to take you as a junior, but now that you are back, you can follow me as a teacher..." Qing Cheng flicked his whisk, looked at the apprentice who hadn't changed his clothes, and canceled it. After making this plan, "Forget it, you just came back, it's better to rest first."

Lin Zi waved his hand, "It's all right, Master, can you tell me what's going on?"

It turned out that a few days ago, the second prince suddenly felt pain like a needle prick in his chest, and the imperial doctor's examination was fruitless. At night, he often heard cats meowing, and often saw a group of cat-like monsters lying on his chest, a pair of golden vertical She stared at him intently, and when she woke up, there was an inexplicable scratch on her chest, but the guard at the door and the maid who guarded the bed didn't see anything.

His nanny was a woman with some knowledge. She said that it might be a cat ghost. After a cat dies, it will become a cat ghost just like a person. Once a person is entangled by a cat ghost, that person will vomit blood and die soon.

When she was young, she was in the family of a rich Jia. This is how Fu Jia died. At the beginning, her body and heart would feel like acupuncture pains, and many famous doctors were invited to no avail.After a few days, he started to cough up blood, and finally started to vomit blood. A Taoist priest happened to pass by and said that his situation was not good, and the cat ghost was eating his internal organs!It's a pity that it was too late, the Taoist priest said that there was nothing he could do, and he died in a few days. I heard that the body was full of cat scratches after death.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, the second prince had already started coughing up blood, and the situation couldn't be worse, so he desperately went to Taoist priest Qing Cheng and asked him to come in person to save the second prince.

"Cat ghost?" Lin Zi opened his eyes slightly, "When I came back, I happened to see a strong man killing cats with a wooden stick at the entrance of an alley."

Warlocks can use "cat ghosts" to kill the people they designate, but there may be backlash in the future. In order to increase the number of cat ghosts, warlocks often kill cats on purpose. The older the cat, the worse the death. It will become more powerful after becoming a cat ghost.

Qingcheng hurriedly said, "Go and take that cat with you, you can't let it die."

"The cat is in the hands of my apprentice."

"Apprentice? When did you accept apprentice?" Daoist Qing Cheng paused as he stroked his beard, "But you haven't even left your apprentice yet..."

Lin Zi told his master about Xiaocai's origin, and said, "So I brought him back, master will teach him, and let him recognize me as a senior brother."

"I don't want it! Master will always be my master!" Xiaocai ran over at some point, with his face upturned, and he held Lin Zi's sleeve pitifully.

"How did you come?"

At this time, a fat monk with a pretty good look passed by.

"Master uncle brought me here." Xiaocai pointed at him and said.

Lin Zi looked at the handsome uncle from behind speechlessly.

"Forget it, since he recognizes you as his teacher, there is no reason for him to change. Anyway, we can teach together, we can call him anything." Qingcheng asked Xiaocai to give him his hand to feel his muscles, "You have good muscles, and if you practice and study hard, you will achieve great success. "

"What about your cat?"

At this time, a fat monk who was holding a cat and brought food passed by again, put down the gauze-wrapped cat and a plate of minced meat, and left gracefully.

After eating the meat in a few mouthfuls, Sanhuamao slowly walked to Xiaocai's side, and jumped onto Xiaocai's shoulder in a few steps.

Lin Zi silently picked up the plate again.

Daoist Qingcheng patted Xiaocai's head and said, "Good disciple, take your cat, let's kill that charlatan tonight."

The author has something to say: Guess what the next ghost is?

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