The Ascension of Ghosts

Lu Sheng handed the two ducks to the servants of the Xie Mansion, and then walked through the garden, led by a servant named Ruozhu, to the study on the west side. There were several well-dressed servants waiting outside the study, but they were not Xie Mansion. The servant, presumably there is another guest.

Just as Lu Sheng was thinking to himself, the door of the study suddenly opened silently, a maid drew up a curtain embroidered with pine cranes and the rising sun, and a tall young man in fine clothes stepped out of the room.

The young man was dressed in a sky-blue straight embroidered fine Gebu, covered with a silver gauze robe, and wore a gold crown on his hair. On the gold crown was embellished with thumb-sized pearls.He was born with handsome features and was about the same age as Lu Sheng. He smiled without saying a word, making people feel like a spring breeze when they first saw him.He stepped out of the door, and the attendants at the side draped a large cloak with fiery red fur fringing over his shoulders, which made this man even more handsome and handsome.The young man turned his head back and smiled inwardly, "Ru Zhe, I'll come see you tomorrow."

There was no sound in the study, and the young man didn't care. He still smiled and looked at Lu Sheng, "This is...?"

Ruozhu hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Your Highness, this is Lu Gongcao of the Habayashi Guard."

Lu Sheng immediately recalled that he had met those servants a few days ago, so the one in front of him was Sima Yu, the son of Prince Pengcheng.

Following the etiquette, he bowed and said: "Cao Lusheng, the official of the Qingming Department of the Northern Twelfth Battalion, see the son of Prince Pengcheng."

After finishing speaking, he was about to kneel down, but Shi Zi hurriedly stepped forward to hold his arm, and stopped him, saying: "Lu Gongcao is a good friend of Ru's, so don't be polite with me, please forgive me."

He is a virtuous corporal, modest and courteous, and he is completely different from the rumored lewd and flirtatious dude, but Lu Sheng deeply felt that this person should not be judged by his appearance, so he became vigilant.He still expressed his thanks in fear, stood up, and said shyly: "I... the last general got drunk at Xie Rong's residence a few days ago, so I came here today to express my thanks."

Hearing this, the prince laughed more and more cheerfully, "Ruju is a very good drinker. You are really asking for trouble when you drink with him. Another day I will drink like Ruju, and I will invite Gongcao together, so I have to get him drunk No."

Lu Sheng hurriedly said, "It's an honor for the last general."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lu Shenggong sent his son off before he stepped into the study.

There was no one outside the study, Xie Rong was writing letters in front of the desk in the inner room, Ruoxia and Ruodee were accompanied by an attendant, when they saw Lu Sheng coming in, they hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for him.

Lu Sheng sat on the side drinking tea, secretly looking at Xie Rong.

She still has thick black long hair loose, and she is tied behind her shoulders with plain white silk. The black Taoist robe is embellished with pine and bamboo embroidery patterns, and she is calm and calm, without any clues of being entangled.When the prince mentioned Xie Rong, he actually called him by the name of the table, and was very close. Thinking about the relationship between the two, Lu Sheng thought that he might be worrying unnecessarily.

When he saw Xie Rong put down his pen, he smiled and said: "I just heard Prince Pengcheng call you Biaozi, but I don't know which two words it is?"

Xie Rong frowned slightly, and asked back: "Do you have a sign?"

Lu Sheng clasped his fists and said solemnly, "My surname is Lu Mingsheng, and my name is Baoyang."

Ruodie covered her face with her sleeves, and laughed softly from the side, "My master's name is like 昫, 昫 is the light of the sun, you should hug him well, Young Master Baoyang."

Lu Sheng thought this was a coincidence, and said with a sarcastic smile, "Naturally..."

Xie Rong lowered her eyes to taste the tea, and said calmly, "24 pairs."

Ruodie lowered her face, said yes, and went out with her head bowed.

Seeing Xie Rong training his servants, Lu Sheng became more restrained. He wanted to befriend Xie Rong in order to learn his secret healing skills, but he didn't know where to start, so he blurted out, "Eighty miles to the east of the city. , there is a Xiaoli Village by the river, and it is rumored that there are monsters haunting it."

Xie Rong raised an eyebrow as expected. Seeing that he was interested, Lu Sheng cheered up and repeated what Shen Lun said before hesitatingly said: "Xie Rong, is this caused by mountain spirits or wild monsters, or is it Zhuang's death?" Peasants disturb themselves?"

Xie Rong said: "Bring me the mahogany sword."

Lu Sheng originally wanted to ask him for advice, so he carried the half-burnt mahogany sword with him, so naturally he took it out in a hurry.

Xie Rong didn't pick it up, just glanced at it briefly, and then sneered: "Shoddy and inferior." With a flick of his sleeve, the half of the residual wood had been burned for three days and three nights without being damaged. His hands turned into black ashes, which fell from between his fingers.

Lu Sheng was still in shock, but the maid was very clever, and immediately fetched a warm towel to clean his hands. Xie Rong had already explained: "Ten years after the peach tree was struck by lightning, it became a low-grade lightning-struck wood, because the wood contains a trace of Tiangang Zhengyang. It is not afraid of flames, and can deter evil spirits with superficial morality, but its effect is meager, it is not as good as your saber. If the Taoist priest only has this ability, he is not as good as ordinary hunters."

Lu Sheng wiped his fingers clean, and said again: "Xie Rong, I am very grateful to you for recasting the sword for me. It's just... this sword is too sharp now."

Xie Rong stared at him coldly, "You have too much guts, Mo Xie, a general, will pass on his sharpness to the world, and you're disgusted instead."

Lu Sheng coughed dryly, but still bit the bullet and said: "The magic weapon has the purpose of the magic weapon, but my sword... is mostly drawn out to scare people, with the purpose of arresting, but not hurting people. Xie Rong, You have also mentioned that the sword is a ritual weapon, not a murder weapon. It is too sharp now, but it is not easy to scare people."

Xie Rong smiled and said: "In this case, you can find a free time to come over another day, and I will recast it for you."

Lu Sheng didn't expect Xie Rong to be so eloquent, so he was overjoyed and got up and gave him a long salute, "Young master, I have nothing to repay you, and I will definitely let you drive around in the future."

Xie Rong said: "Don't wait, just let me drive for once."

He got up and walked to the Bogu rack, took down a bronze Boshan stove no bigger than a palm, and said: "Within five days, go to Xiaoli Village for a night, and put this incense burner in the window of the room to light it, and remember not to burn it all night. Extinguish it. When the rooster crows the next day, the incense burner is extinguished, so bring it back to me."

Ruo Song took the Boshan stove, put it in a cloth bag with exquisite embroidery, and held it to Lu Sheng with both hands, Lu Sheng took it over, and said, "It's a little effort."

Xie Rong ordered again: "Ruoxia, take my name card and give it to him."

Ruoxia agreed, took out a name card from the cabinet, handed it to Lu Sheng, and said with a smile: "Show it to Zhuangtou, he will assist Mr. Baoyang in his affairs."

Lu Sheng took it silently, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "...Xie Rong, what is the relationship between Xie Rong and you?"

Xie Rong said, "My brother."

It turned out that way, Lu Sheng was relieved, seeing Xie Rong holding a teacup to see off the guests, he got up and said goodbye, he hesitated for a while before leaving, and said: "... It is rumored that the prince of Pengcheng has had a close relationship with Luo Sanniang of Liuyue Tower in recent days , if he tells you anything, you really can’t believe it.”

The noble and beautiful young man suddenly laughed, as if he was shining with gentleness, making people unable to bear to look away, "What can he say to me?"

Lu Sheng hesitated for a while, and finally just said with a dry smile: "I'm overthinking, so I'll leave."

Xie Rong said: "Remember to finish it within five days."

This fell into Lu Sheng's arms, and he obligingly agreed, and then he left Xie's mansion, thought about it, and wrote a letter back to the Qingming Office, ordering Baili Xiao to send it to Cao Xie, the servant of the palace, only to Yulin Wei tracked down a thief, but the thief showed up near Xiaoli Village, so he wanted to go to the village.Xie Ting came back quickly, she only knew that Zhuang Nong had been informed and would cooperate with Habayashi Wei.

On the other side, Xie Rong watched Lu Sheng leave the study, but his smile deepened, but he smiled back, but his eyes were still icy cold, looking a little scary.

Ruoxia got the instruction and filed out of the study together with all the attendants.In the quiet room, Xie Rong leaned on the soft couch, resting her chin with one hand, asking as if talking to herself: "Is there something wrong?"

In the study room where there was no one else but him, a deep and thick male voice suddenly sounded, "There is nothing wrong with it right now, but it will be unknown in the long run. My son, although most of that Xing Tian Broken Blade was swallowed by me." , but the remaining part still has monstrous resentment, which can easily shake people's hearts. Why don't you give it to Xingshan Temple for support, but cast it into a saber, and let that kid take it with you, always in danger? If you can't stand it Bewitched, he will end up in the same fate as Monk Yaoye."

Xie Rong still smiled and said: "I have my own plan. Besides, Lu Sheng is also a little bit capable. When catching Yao Ye, the hanging pot can shake off my Swallowing Sword, but it has no effect on him. Now you have swallowed the broken blade." Half, the power of the remaining part is less than [-]% of the original, and now it can be used by me by slowly dissolving it with the help of his yang energy."

That voice sighed: "I think back then, when Xing Tian fought against the Yellow Emperor and was beheaded at the foot of the Nine Desolation Mountains, his ambition was still fierce. With his breasts as his eyes and his belly button as his mouth, he danced and fought until he died. His heart and ambition How tenacious... Don't underestimate these broken blade fragments, if you rely on ordinary people to resolve them, it is really dangerous, and I am afraid that Lu Sheng will lose his life."

A ray of fire slowly condenses into a vague crane shape in front of Xie Rong's eyes. It has one leg and a long neck, and its whole body is red, like a mist, but it is only half a foot high, and it is as small as a coral tree.

Xie Rong pinched a little frankincense from the glass box placed on the ivory table at hand, and sprinkled it on the crane shape lightly, and the shape of the red spirit became more vivid. His smile remained unchanged, and his voice was cold: " Just throw it away, and try to get back the sword when the time comes, and find another person to dispel it. If one person fails, ten people will succeed, and if ten people fail, then hundreds of people will."

The flamingo slowly raised its head, a pair of eyes that were so red that they were almost black seemed to be staring at him, and said in a low voice: "My lord, it is true that those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters. However, if the murder is deep, it will not be good for your heart after all."

Xie Ronghun didn't care, and just waved his hands, "In this case, it's good to keep an eye on Lu Sheng, and hope that he will live a long life and don't have to trouble others."

The flamingo had no choice but to obey, spread its wings, turned into an unremarkable gray-brown sparrow, fluttered out of the window, and disappeared into the gray sky in a blink of an eye.

Xie Rong just got up, pushed open a door on the inside of the study, and stepped into the clean room.

There is nothing else in the clean room, the four walls of blue bricks and the ground are polished to a mirror-like smoothness, and the bricks fit perfectly together, as if they were born as a whole.There is a go table on the ground, with a game of remnants of chess on it, two cyan futons lined up on both sides, on one of them, there is a Taoist in a maroon robe sitting cross-legged.

The Taoist had a beautiful beard that was as long as his chest, his beard and hair were as black as ink, his eyes were bright, and his spirit was imbued, but he couldn't tell his age. At one moment he looked like a handsome young man with red sleeves leaning on the bridgehead, and at other moments he seemed to have gone through vicissitudes of life. The old man of the valley.

He held a jade-polished white chess piece between his two fingers, and looked down at the chess game. When Xie Rong stepped in, he didn't lift his eyelids, and lightly dropped a piece, and said calmly: "That Habayashiro can resist Xing Tian!" The grievance of the broken blade? This is a rare material, and the teacher is short of this medicine for alchemy."

Xie Rong sat down cross-legged on the futon opposite him, still smiling lightly: "It's his good fortune to be favored by my mentor, and my disciple will make arrangements for him to disappear in Jianye City without anyone noticing."

That human said: "That's not necessary. When you take his blood to forge a sword, just share some with me. It's useful after you try it, and then worry about it."

Xie Rong swept across the chessboard casually, took a black piece and dropped it, immediately cleared the advantage of the white piece, and replied: "Just follow the teacher's order."

The Taoist looked at the chess game again. Heizi was as powerful as a broken bamboo, occupying half of the country. He frowned slightly in thought, and sighed: "It's like 昫, seeing chess is like seeing people. You will kill your opponent and leave no way out, which shows that your heart is full of anger. The resentment is deep, do you still hate that person?"

Xie Rong suppressed her smile, but still said: "I don't complain."

The Taoist sighed again, "If you want to live forever, you must know that those who want to live forever must accumulate good deeds, be kind to others, forgive themselves and others, be kind to catch insects, do not hurt living beings with hands, and do not persuade disasters..." His voice was harmonious. Moisturizing, when slowly coming, it is like pearls and jade colliding, making those who hear it feel like listening to the sound of nature.

Xie Rong didn't change his face, he only waited for him to finish his lecture, then he gave a long salute and said: "Thank you for your teaching, but if you lose, you lose."

The Taoist was taken aback, threw the sunspots in his hand back into the chess box, feigned anger and said: "I am your master, yet I am so aggressive and merciless, villain!"

Xie Rong still smiled calmly, "I dare not, but my benevolent master accepts it."

The Taoist laughed, stood up boldly on his knees, and suddenly sighed: "Rujia, you are a genius in heaven, and your future achievements will definitely be higher than being a teacher. However, good things are hard to do, evil things are easy to do, and the demons will not be eliminated. One day , must suffer from it.”

Xie Rong also got up, and said solemnly: "The teacher is too worried, the disciple is disciplined and will never be disturbed by evil spirits."

The Taoist just turned a deaf ear, stretched his waist, yawned and said: "I see that kid surnamed Lu is not bad. The so-called Dao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, three produces all things, and all things bear yin and embrace yang." This Lu Baoyang is peaceful and honest, and if you spend more time with him, it will neutralize your fierceness. If you want to save his life for the time being, it will be of great benefit to you and will not cause any harm."

Xie Rong lowered his head slightly, saluted and said: "The disciple accepts the order and sends off the teacher respectfully."

When he looked up again, the red-robed Taoist had disappeared.