The Ascension of Ghosts

Hearing this, Lu Sheng sighed, "Everything is sentient, and even monsters can keep their faith. It's very rare. What's your plan, Master Sun?"

Hearing his praise, Sun Xi looked a little perplexed, and sighed: "Since ancient times, humans, ghosts, and monsters have traveled different ways, and dogs are already weak. How can they stand up to this monster of unknown origin? My wife and I can only use the date of birth." I tried my best to procrastinate for the reason of not arriving. Although I have been looking for experts for several years, they have retreated one after another, and none of them can do anything to that monster. I learned about Lu Sima's ability from Yun Ye, so... boldly ask Lu Sima for help .”

Lu Sheng pondered and asked, "When is your son's birthday?"

Sun Xi sighed again, and replied, "Tomorrow."

The team under Wang Meng encountered bandits and bandits many times along the way, so when they arrived in Yizhou, they had to replenish their bows, arrows, food and grass, and the army to recharge their batteries, so that they could go all out to deal with the barbarian cavalry outside the Great Wall and arrive at the Protectorate of the Western Regions.Roughly speaking, it would take at least two or three days to linger, and the time would not be too long.After counting the time in Lu Sheng's mind, he complied, but he only said he would do his best.

Sun Xi and Mrs. Sun were very grateful, and said, "It is enough for Lu Sima to make a move. Whether he succeeds or not depends on the destiny."

Lu Sheng carefully asked about the details of the horse-headed monster. Although he was puzzled, Sun Xi and his wife hated that monster deeply, so it was inconvenient for him to say more, so he asked to see Mr. Sun Zhao.

Mrs. Sun, Wu's, said: "Zhao'er is weak and has already fallen asleep. Why don't we see you tomorrow?"

Naturally, Lu Sheng couldn't disturb him, so he had to agree.

On that day, he discussed the countermeasures with Sun Xi and his wife in detail, and then stayed overnight in Sun's residence.

The next day, Sun Xi sent his confidants to take the official document to the temporary military camp outside the city, and asked Wang Meng to send Yan Xiu and four others to the city to "cooperate in handling the case". , had no choice but to swallow his anger and let the four of them go to find Lu Sheng.

After Lu Sheng had practiced his sword in the morning, he went to see the Second Young Master Sun first.

Inside and outside of Sun Zhao's room, talisman papers and paintings of exorcising evil spirits were pasted. According to Sun Xi, these talismans are actually useless, but Mrs. Sun insisted on posting them to comfort herself.The second son of the grandson is eighteen years old, but he was born very thin, he looks only fifteen or sixteen years old, because he often stays in bed, under his fair complexion, there is even a faint blue blood.Wearing a jade white thin shirt, it makes the whole person so thin that it seems to disappear.Even so, when Sun Zhao met Lu Sheng, he still stood up and sat up, and said with a smile, "This is Sima Lu? Today... I want to trouble Sima Lu for his hard work. Sun Zhao will never thank you for his kindness. .”

Although he was vain, his eyes were clear, his expression was calm, and the corners of his eyes and brows showed joy, without any fear or retreat, he looked more like a groom who was about to get a good thing.Lu Sheng suppressed the weirdness in his heart, and only responded, "I dare not do it, Lu is just doing his best."

Sun Zhao smiled again: "Don't worry, Lu Sima..." Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a violent cough, and he bent down with difficulty, panting from coughing, his thin fingers tightly clutching the mattress, anxious to stand aside Mrs. Sun hurriedly stroked his back, passed on the medicine, and said: "Lu Sima...you see...the dog can no longer receive guests."

Even though the couple were different, their love for Sun Zhao was not fake at all, so Lu Sheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask: "Lu only asked one last question, did that horse demon... ever kill someone? "

Sun Zhao hurriedly raised his head and said in a hoarse voice, "No, never!" Then there was another earth-shattering cough.

Lu Sheng had no choice but to take his leave and leave the room. It happened that Yan Xiu, Ji Chong, Baili Xiao, and Yang Xiong arrived at the Sun Mansion together, so he invited everyone into the guest room, briefly explained the cause and effect, and said solemnly: "So I invite the four helpers I can help."

Yan Xiu used to follow Xie Rong, so he was used to such weird talk, but the other three had strange expressions, Ji Chong said, "Unexpected...Brother Lu can catch ghosts."

Lu Sheng sighed: "Why do I want to catch ghosts, but since I have encountered them, how can I stand by and watch?"

Baili Xiao also said solemnly: "The body of the horse head must be a foreign monster from the Western Regions. How can we allow it to be presumptuous in our Central Plains and rob the people of the Jin Dynasty? We must help Brother Lu catch it!"

Yang Xiong naturally followed suit, nodding repeatedly: "... caught it!"

Yan Xiu said, "It's not the duty of our Zhenxi army to catch ghosts and exorcise demons. What's more, we don't know the depth of monsters. I'm afraid it's risky to intervene rashly. If Lu Sima doesn't like it, why don't you send a letter to my family... Xie Young Master, I ask him to do something. Thirty miles away from Yizhou, we have to pass Yumen Pass, which is very close to the right side of Xianbei, so don’t make any extra trouble.”

Lu Sheng frowned and said, "Going thousands of miles to Jianye, how can we make it in time if you don't save the fire near the water. Brother Yan, don't worry, I have my own calculations in my heart, and I will definitely not drag you brothers to take risks."

Yan Xiu smiled and said: "In that case, I will do my best to assist you."

Lu Sheng felt relieved, so he explained his plan clearly to everyone. Everyone looked wonderful, and they dispersed to prepare.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost dusk, Sun Xi got the letter and returned from the government office early. The backyard was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and red silk was everywhere, creating a joyous atmosphere.

The Xikua courtyard was refurbished and used as a new house.Sun Xi and his wife also changed into costumes and sat in the lobby.At dusk, sure enough, a gust of wind blew up from the flat ground outside the lobby. After the wind cleared, a burly human figure appeared on the spot, still in white and silver armor, only wearing a red brocade robe outside the armor, with a huge white horse head. Tied with red silk, she stepped into the lobby, lifted her robe, knelt down on one knee, clasped her fists and said, "My lord father-in-law, my lord mother-in-law, my son-in-law is late."

The monster has a handsome figure and a bold demeanor, but it's a pity that it has a humanoid horse face and a weird voice, so it's terrifying.Sun Xi and his wife sat on the bed and shivered, Sun Xi said: "Your goodness, my good son-in-law, please get up, my good son-in-law came just in time, not too late, not too late."

The monster bowed three times before getting up, with a pair of huge horse eyes as big as copper bells, "Dare to ask my father-in-law and mother-in-law, why is my daughter-in-law... not here?"

Sun Xi's teeth were chattering, but it was Madam Sun who calmed down a little and hurriedly said, "Zhao'er is weak, I can't bear to let him run around, I have arranged for him to wait for you in the new house."

The monster laughed and said: "Thank you father-in-law and mother-in-law for your understanding, the spring night is short, so my son-in-law will leave now."

When Sun Xi and his wife heard that Chunxiao was short, their complexions became more and more livid, but they still smiled and sent each other off, calling: "Yan Xiu, lead my uncle to the new house."

Yan Xiu, dressed as a member of the Sun family, bowed and saluted: "Yes, young master, this way please."

The monster followed behind Yan Xiu, chatting with Yan Yuese and Yan Xiu: "I have never seen you before, but we will be a family in the future, you don't have to be cautious, just call me Uncle Zhuiyun."

The corners of Yan Xiu's eyes twitched slightly, but he smiled like a spring breeze, and replied: "Yes, Mr. Zhuiyun, please take care of me in the future."

The monster let out a strange laugh again, followed Yan Xiu to the west courtyard, the monster sniffed, and said to himself: "There are a lot of strangers."

Yan Xiudao: "Naturally, it is a big event to call the young master to marry. The master is happy and has invited many guests. I just sympathize with the young master Zhao's health, so there is no need to go to the entertainment."

The monster smiled and said: "It's best not to socialize, it's best not to socialize. I don't like socializing either. Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhao!"

While calling urgently, he stepped into the west courtyard and went straight into the east wing.

In the east wing room, red candles hang high, and the red brocade with mandarin ducks playing in the water attracts attention. A figure in a red skirt sits on a seat beside him, with a red brocade handkerchief with octagonal pearls on his head, his eyebrows lowered and his eyes narrowed, which is extremely moving .

The monster hurried forward, but when there were still three or four steps away, it suddenly stopped, and a layer of crimson appeared on the white horse's head. While scratching his head, he said embarrassingly: "Xiao, Xiao Zhao , you are so beautiful and fragrant today."

The man remained motionless and turned a deaf ear, but the monster was in a turbulent heart. He rubbed his hands and scratched his head with joy, and then wanted to take off the veil. He hesitated several times, shyly, and murmured: "I have really become your husband-in-law." "Am I dreaming?"

He was intoxicated for a moment, and suddenly he sniffed the man carefully again, and said angrily, "Why do you smell like another man?"

The man only shook his head slightly, and the pearls on the red brocade handkerchief collided with each other, making a pleasant and clear sound of collision.

The monster strode forward, pulled off the hijab, and said angrily: "Little..."

At that time, the hanging pot came out of its sheath, spit out a letter like a poisonous snake, and pierced into the monster's left shoulder like lightning, piercing the burly body in an instant.

The monster raised its head, let out a deafening neigh, stepped hard, and quickly backed away in a panic, the shoulder it had just pierced was cut by the sharp blade again, and the wound was sprayed with black blood that was as black as ink, and sprinkled all over the ground. .

Lu Sheng's red clothes were also splattered with black blood, and the hanging pot was only lightly flicked, and the blood stained on it dripped down the blood groove, and the blade of the sword was silver again.He looked at the monster for a long time and said with a smile: "Your name is Zhuiyun? You are quite courageous to bully my Jin people."

The monster looked terrified, but it didn't dare to resist, it just covered the wound, shrunk its burly body into a ball, squatted in the corner of the room, looked at the hanging pot, and said in a trembling voice: "Where did you get my little Zhao?" went?"

Lu Sheng was slightly surprised when he saw that he was so afraid of hanging the pot, but he still said, "Zhuiyun, I think you are affectionate, but why do you have to force Sun Zhao to marry you?"

But the monster raised his head and said: "I, I never forced him, I and him are just married by a bright matchmaker."

Lu Sheng frowned and said, "Nonsense, Sun Zhao is a man, how can he marry you? Yin and Yang are reversed, and ethics are disordered. There is absolutely no such reason in the world."

The monster was stunned for a moment, then asked anxiously: "Xiao Zhao...can't marry me?"

Lu Sheng said: "If you think it through clearly, you will leave Yizhou from now on and stop disturbing the people, and I will let you live. If not..."

But the monster seemed to have never heard of it, and only murmured: "Xiao Zhao, can't you marry me?" He raised his head and roared again, and the red brocade robe was torn in an instant, and pieces fell off, and the monster turned into a steed An extraordinary white horse, without a trace of variegation from head to tail, its fur is smooth and smooth, with distinct raised texture, only the shoulder blades are dripping with black blood, and the wounds have not healed.Immediately, he slammed into the wall and rushed out of the Xikuan courtyard, but galloped towards the outside of the Sun residence.

Lu Sheng had a secret idea, so he chased after him. Seeing this, Yan Xiu hurriedly followed, rushed out of the back door of the Sun Mansion, found the army horse prepared outside, and the two chased after the white shadow.

After this chase, he rushed out of the East City Gate, chased for seven or eight miles, and a willow forest appeared in front of him. The white horse ran all the way, leaving spots of black blood on the road, and rushed straight into the willow forest as if in a panic. among.