The Ascension of Ghosts

Before night fell, the army stopped at a plain outside Yizhou City and set up camp. Wang Meng issued orders to the generals, but when he arrived at Lu Sheng, he choked and his face became darker and darker.

He comes from a reckless background, so naturally he can't understand these Habayashiro who claim to be good sons of the Six Towns, especially Lu Sheng, the former disciple of Habayashi Left Supervisor Wei Su, is particularly eye-catching, so he made things difficult for him along the way, not asking him to carry horses. Grass is to carry water and build a stove, which is all rough work.

From the beginning to the end, Lu Sheng didn't say a word, and did everything without complaint.However, without waiting for Wang Meng to grind a few more times, as soon as he ordered Lu Sheng to do hard work, the young master of the Bangseng sect would send someone to invite Lu Sima.

After repeating this cycle several times, Wang Meng could see clearly that the young suzerain was clearly protecting the former Habayashiro.Although he is a general of Zuo Qi Lang, he dare not make mistakes in front of the Young Sect Master.Now it's only two hundred miles away from the Protectorate of the Western Regions, he didn't want to offend the local snake, so he had to let it go for the time being, and ordered Lu Sheng and the rest of the soldiers to go down to camp and recuperate.

When the team disbanded, Ji Chong winked, bent his elbow and bumped Lu Sheng, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, there is Young Master Sunlight, otherwise this Black Stone Pier would be really hard to deal with."

Lu Sheng said in a low voice, "It's outspoken again."

Ji Chong shrank his head and went to set up the tent.

However, before dark, the Yizhou prefect sent an invitation card to the camp, saying that he had something important to discuss, besides entertaining Wang Meng, he also attached a letter, which was the private seal of Yun Zizhang, the Minister of the Palace. It is only said that there is an old friend in Yizhou who wants to see Lu Sheng, so Zuo Qilang will be accommodating.

Wang Meng had no choice but to allow Lu Sheng to leave the camp, but he became more and more annoyed at these nepotistic dudes in his heart.

Lu Sheng was also at a loss, Wang Meng was harsh after all, and did not allow other people to accompany him, so he had to ride alone and go to Yizhou City first.

Because Yizhou City is close to the Western Regions, its architecture is quite different from that of the Central Plains. The stone houses built with huge white stones, no matter the second or third floors, have flat roofs that can run horses.Among the pedestrians coming and going on the road, there are occasional barbarians. They have high browbones, deep outlines, and huge gold rings on their earlobes. Because of the hotter summer, they are even more bare-chested and barbarian. .

If it wasn't for something on his mind, he would like to wander around again and experience some exotic customs.

Lu Sheng asked the city guards, and according to the address in the letter, he found the mansion of Sun Xi, the prefect of Yizhou. The guards guarding the gate came forward to meet him, and asked respectfully, "Is this Lu Sheng Lu Sima?"

Lu Sheng hurriedly got off his horse and took out the letter with the same name. After the guard inspected it, he hurriedly welcomed Lu Sheng into the mansion, and said repeatedly: "Master Sun has been waiting for Sima Lu for many days."

Lu Sheng didn't dare to do it, so he followed the guards through the front yard with a pond and grape trellises, and waited in the guest room next to the study.

But after a while, a middle-aged man wearing a fragrant gauze gown and regular clothes came in. He was about forty years old, elegant and dignified, he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have heard about Lu Sima's name for a long time, and he is indeed a handsome young man, a good-looking talent."

Lu Sheng hurriedly stood up and returned the salute. Seeing his convincing expression, he should be the owner of the Sun Mansion, so he responded, "Master Sun's ridiculous praise, Lu is ashamed."

Sun Xi invited him to sit down, exchanged greetings, and then took out a letter and a purse, saying that everything Yun Ye entrusted him to hand over.It was only then that Lu Sheng realized that Sun Xi was originally Yun Ye's cousin, and thanks to Yun Ye's hard work, he managed to find such a crooked relative to pass on the letter on his behalf.

He pleaded guilty, opened the letter and looked at it on the spot, that Yun Ye had indeed stayed in the Imperial College for a long time, learned the demeanor of a celebrity, and the first two pages were eloquent, but they were all about parting and missing, caring for Lu Sheng's basic necessities Meaning, very redundant.Lu Sheng patiently scanned to the end of the third page, only to see Yun Ye casually mentioning that his cousin had encountered some strange things in his family and asked Lu Sheng for help.In the purse, there is a whole pack of small gold scorpions, about five or six taels in weight, each one weighs very little, and it won't attract attention when you take it out.

Lu Yuan and his wife also prepared such a purse for Lu Sheng, in case he was away from home. They thought very carefully, and it was hard for Yun Ye to think so much for him.On the other hand, Xie Rong didn't even show up to see him off.Those many lingering friendships were nothing more than lip service.

Lu Sheng withdrew his confused thoughts and muttered. Now that Xie Rong is not here, if he encounters monsters, he only has a hanging pot and a string of hanging water spirit beads to rely on. It is inevitable that he lacks confidence.However, he recalled that when he was in Wuwei Island, the hanging pot could slay ghosts and gods, and the water pearl could ward off evil spirits and defend himself, so he became more courageous.He put away the letter, and first asked Sun Xi: "Master Sun, forgive Lu for speaking bluntly, Mr. Yun mentioned in the letter that some strange things happened in your house... but I don't know what strange things are?"

Sun Xi got up and ordered someone to change the tea, and then sat back, with a gloomy look on his gentle and jade-like face, and sighed: "If I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have dared to ask Lu Sima for help. This matter... ...but it starts nine years ago."

Lu Sheng thought that it was another old case. While listening to Sun Xi's slow talk, he sipped the sweet and sour preserved apricots, preserved peaches, and raisins on the table with the bitter Kung Fu tea.

Nine years ago, Sun Xi's youngest son, Sun Lian, who was only one year old, disappeared, and the family was in a gloomy situation. They sent officers and soldiers all over the city to search everywhere but failed, so they had to post a list and offer a reward.

However, under the heavy reward, there was no news. Mrs. Sun was so eager for her son that she lost weight day by day.

Seeing that there was little hope, Sun Xi also lost his mind, but suddenly one day late at night, the husband and wife were worried for a while, and they were half asleep and half awake when they heard someone tap the window lightly and asked loudly: "Master Sun, If you can find Young Master Sun, whoever will be rewarded?"

Sun Xi seemed to have survived a desperate situation, and hurriedly responded: "Exactly! Exactly! No matter what your status is, there must be a big thank you!"

The man had a weird pronunciation, and Sun Xi only thought that he was not from the Central Plains, but a barbarian enemy, so he was worried that the Yizhou officers and soldiers would turn swords, and added: "No matter who you are, as long as you can find Lian'er, I will be in Yizhou." Officers and soldiers will never do harm!"

The man let out a strange smile, but said: "Finding Mr. Lian is just a trivial matter. It's just gold, silver and jewellery. I don't even like fertile land and beautiful houses. I just want to ask Mr. Sun for another reward."

Sun Xi was overjoyed, before he had time to think about the weirdness, he hurriedly said, "It's okay to be a hero, as long as I, Sun Xi, can do it, I will never break my promise!"

The man said: "I am short of a daughter-in-law, and I beg Master Sun Xi to marry Lingmei to me."

Sun Xi was stunned for a moment, and said dejectedly: "Although the hero's request is simple, it's just that... Sun has only one daughter under his knees, but it's a pity that she married half a year ago."

But the man smiled and said: "It's okay, the eldest is married, and the second is also married."

Sun Xi has one daughter and two sons under his knees. The eldest daughter is outmarried, and the second son, Sun Zhao, is only nine years old. Because he was weak and sick since childhood, he cannot live without medicine all year round. Even doctors dare not guarantee whether he will live to adulthood.Fortunately, Mrs. Sun gave birth to her youngest son, Sun Lian, a year ago, but he was a healthy baby. Sun Xi poured all her heart and soul into this youngest son.

Now hearing what that person said, his heart was shaken, but he still said: "The hero misunderstood, my second child is a boy."

The man was still smiling strangely outside the window, and said: "I don't care about men and women, the second son is cute and quiet, you can marry me."

Sun Xi was so eager to save Aizi that he couldn't care less for a while, so he gritted his teeth and said, "If the hero can save Lian'er, I will grant your request!"

The man was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "It's a deal!" Then there was no sound outside the window.

Sun Xi was woken up by the commotion, and hurriedly summoned his servants to ask what happened, only to learn that a white horse suddenly bit the rein in the stable and escaped from the house.

He was sad and frustrated, and only said that he thought about it day and night, so he had a strange dream.

However, in the evening of the next day, the escaped white horse brought Sun Lian back to the mansion. The young master slept soundly on the horse's back, and he was not injured at all.

Sun Xi and his wife were naturally overjoyed, they hurriedly carried Sun Lian back to their room, and rewarded the white horse, and ordered someone to build a stable for him, and treat the white horse as a benefactor.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Sun Xi dreamed of a young man dressed in silver armor and white robes, dressed as a military general, kneeling in front of him, kowtowing, and saying in a strange voice: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law are here, please be my son-in-law." A bow! But I don’t know when my father-in-law and mother-in-law will arrange the marriage?”

As soon as the young man raised his head, there was a white horse's head on his shoulders, and Sun Xi's three souls and seven souls were frightened, so he said in a panic: "Zhao'er is, no, only nine years old this year...wait, wait After that, it won't be too late to discuss the marriage."

The white horse's head lowered slowly, and sighed: "It will take another nine years... Anyway, my daughter-in-law is weak, so it's for his own good to raise her for a while. The son-in-law will thank his father-in-law and mother-in-law first, and nine years later Have fun again."

After Sun Xi woke up, he was sweating and his face was pale, but he saw Mrs. Sun also woke up. When the couple talked, they found that they both had the same dream. The couple could not sleep at night, so they asked monks everywhere the next day. He killed the white horse.

The white horse was originally a gift from his grandfather to Sun Zhao. Although Sun Zhao was weak and unable to learn riding and shooting, he loved the white horse very much and even named it Chasing Cloud.After Zhuiyun's death, Sun Zhao cried endlessly for several days, even refusing to take the medicine, and almost died.Just blindly crying: "Give me back Chasing Cloud!"

Sun Xi couldn't help it, so he had to spend a lot of money to buy a pony, but Sun Zhao didn't even look at it, as long as he chased the cloud, his body became weaker and weaker day by day.

After a year like this, Sun Zhao's life was in danger, and even the doctor was helpless, so he euphemistically hinted that the Sun family was preparing for the funeral.However, one day all the horses in the stables of the Sun Manor suddenly died suddenly. The strange thing is that Sun Zhao gradually began to recover after that day.After a few more months, I was able to get out of bed and walk, and finally a smile appeared on my sad face.

Sun Xi only breathed a sigh of relief when his knot in his heart was finally untied.Unexpectedly, strange things began to happen in the mansion. One is that all four-hoofed animals, regardless of cattle, horses, sheep and donkeys, immediately had convulsions in their limbs and foamed at the mouth as soon as they entered the mansion, and immediately recovered after being dragged out of the mansion. It is no longer possible to raise horses; the second is that ingredients such as wheat noodles, vegetables, fruits, eggs and milk in the kitchen often disappear in large numbers, but poultry, meat, fish, etc. have never been stolen, and the thief cannot be caught no matter what precautions are taken; Mr. Sun Zhao often laughs alone in the room, seems to be talking to himself, and seems to be talking to someone who doesn't know, which makes the servants terrified.When asked, Mr. Sun Zhao laughed and said, "It's Chasing Cloud, Chasing Cloud is back."

Horrified, Sun Xi and his wife once again prayed to gods and worshiped Buddha everywhere, and invited Taoist priests and monks to chant sutras, but it didn't help at all.

After more than seven years of such terrified years, Sun Xi and his wife once again saw the silver-armored horse-headed monster in their dreams, and kneeled down respectfully to the two of them, saying respectfully: "My lord father-in-law, The mother-in-law and the son-in-law have come to marry the bride according to the agreement."