A Chinese Ghost Story

Early yesterday morning, Dongfeng Town was bustling with hustle and bustle. The hawkers on the street were very busy selling their wares. Today was the monthly fair again. There were too many people, too crowded to walk.

Hua Louzhu had no choice but to lead the horse. He was dressed in white clothes that were more snowy than snow, and walking among the bustling crowd was always like a crane falling into a flock of chickens.

When he arrived at a place where there were few people, he immediately got on his horse and set off from the remote Dongfeng Town, heading towards the place pointed by the compass in his hand.

To leave the capital, you must pass through Taibai Tower.

Jin Guangsuxi sat drinking under the purple golden flowers on the window sill of Taibai Building. He got the news that Mo Xie's sword appeared in the Yinshi Youquan. The four generals will go there, and the demon palace that is bound to be attacked will be caught off guard. Before leaving, Meiniang should give the antidote to Seven Nights Demon Lord as soon as possible, and then return to the capital to make peace with him.

Thinking of this, Jin Guang picked up the jade-colored jug on the table, poured himself a glass, slowly raised the wine glass, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed lightly.

In the street, there was a cloud of dust, and immediately there was a person sitting upright, wearing a white robe with fluttering sleeves, running very fast.

Jin Guang drank the wine in the glass, when the man passed by, he stood up straight and called him with internal force: "Hua Yu, it's just in time, let's go upstairs and have a drink together!"

The galloping horse neighed and turned its head. Huazhu looked up and saw that on the second floor of the Taibai Building, Jin Guang was waving his purple sleeves and calling him.

Why did they meet again, Master Hua reined in the reins, frowned and looked at him and said: "Jin Guang, I have something urgent, I'll drink some wine next time!" Turning around, he flicked his whip, the horse shook its hair, and ran again up.

Jin Guang frowned and raised his hand to pat the window sill, squinting his eyes. For more than ten years, Hua Yu rarely even went out to Dongfeng Town. I will run into him near Taifu's mansion, what happened to run so fast?

Jin Guang couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't want to. He turned his head and prepared to drink again. After sweeping the half bottle of wine left on the table, he seemed to have a memory. The last time he met, he seemed to be dragging him to the National Teacher's Mansion for a drink. , Then he got drunk after drinking, and then started talking nonsense, did he tell him about Meiniang's stay in the magic palace after drinking, what a pity!

"Xiaoer, pay the bill!" Jin Guang threw down a silver coin and jumped off the window sill.

Taibai Building's clerks have always been well-trained, and when they heard the sound of checkout, they always stepped up the stairs with their feet on the hot wheels, and their smiling eyes narrowed into slits.

He stopped at the stairs in a daze. There was a jug and a piece of silver on the table, but he was gone.He looked at the purple golden flowers by the window sill, and then at the silver, "It turned out to be the Suzerain, no wonder it was so fast, as soon as he heard the sound, everyone disappeared."

"Madam, Madam, it's not good, it's not good." Hua Xiaozhi wiped the sweat from her forehead and rushed into the Qingfeng Hall.

Su Qingchen put down the rice bowl in his hand, and got up quickly, "What's the matter, what's the matter? You lost me?"

Hua Xiaozhi said slowly: "No, no."

Su Qingchen slapped his thigh in an inelegant manner, "You're so anxious to death, sister! Say it quickly!"

Hua Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment before thinking of what to say, "The landlord met the national teacher on the road, and the national teacher knew that the landlord was going to find the Demon Palace alone, so he tried to persuade him, but the landlord did not listen to the national teacher. The master also told him to go away, the national teacher, the national teacher, when he got excited, he slapped the landlord's neck and knocked him out, and carried him back to the national teacher's mansion immediately!"

Su Qingchen frowned angrily, "That's it, that's fine, with Jin Guang watching, Hua Yu can't get out of the capital, let him stay there for a while."

In the National Teacher's Mansion, Master Hua sits in the room drinking with a cold face. He has been locked up for two days and one night. Looking outside the house is as dark as ink. What happened, the daughter is still trapped in the magic palace, but he, the father, can't do anything but sit here and drink.

He threw down the wine pot, opened the door, raised his legs and walked away. Two Xuanxin disciples who are not low in Taoism stretched out their swords and blocked his door. "The suzerain ordered, you are not allowed to take a step here!"

Hua Louzhu's handsome face was as cold as ice, "Go away and ask Jin Guang to come see me!"

The sky in the magic palace was still dark, the wind blew across his cheeks, the woods were getting darker and darker, and he was a little hungry.

"From now on, when there is no one around, call me master, do you hear me clearly?"

"..." Meiji nodded.

Hua Mei Niang leaned against the tree trunk with her back straight, looked down at the red-haired spider running wildly on her palm, followed her with her long fingers and poked her buttocks, "You know, when I was five years old, I started to practice Taoism. That year my father took me to worship Master Xuanxin as a teacher. I like Master Master very much. Although he always looks cold and proud when teaching me exercises, he doesn't allow me to be lazy. I was not allowed to take a lunch break, and I was not even allowed to sleep for another quarter of an hour after the rooster crowed, but I knew he liked me very much. When I was six years old, he taught me to practice the magic spell for the first time, and I ran away. Hou Shan only practiced it twice at a time before he was able to grasp the essentials. The master gave me a glance. After that, I formally practiced the Taoism of the sect, and the spells improved very quickly. After piercing the heart of a cat demon and pinning it to the wall, my master was overjoyed, although he didn't praise me, he said that if he died one day, I would be the one who would take over as suzerain."

Meiji let go of her palm, rolled to the ground, turned back into a human form as soon as the red smoke rose, brushed her sleeves in a half-lying position and sat up from the ground to look at her, with suspicion on her cold face: "What happened next? "

Hua Mei Niang paused, bent her knees and propped her chin: "Later, my mother found out about this matter, she called me cruel, and I said that goblins should be killed, I was not wrong, at that time, my mother's face was so angry Turned pale, her eyes kept staring at the ugly civet cat I brought back, and there was some anger in her eyes that I couldn't understand. It was the first time I saw her get so angry. She pointed to my head and said, you You can't be ruthless at such a young age. When you grow up, you will definitely be a murderous female devil. If that goblin were your mother, you would kill her so cruelly. I bowed my head and didn't know how to answer her. From then on, my mother So they forced me to make an oath that I would not be allowed to appear in front of people as if I was very powerful in Taoism, and if it was not life-threatening, I would have to be kind to goblins. Later, whenever I should go to my master to learn Taoism , my mother asked me to skip class to find a beauty."

"Looking for a beauty?" Mei Ji said, "Master, what does your family do?"

Hua Mei Niang glanced sideways at her, "He runs a brothel."

"..." Meiji's face changed, and she wanted to sarcastically say something to her, but she swallowed the words, "Go on."

"Later... only two years later, the master - he wanted to kick me out of the school. I need to practice martial arts for an hour. I need to practice for three days. To practice archery, if you can shoot three out of ten shots, it's not bad. The master said that the older I got, the more stupid I was. I was very wronged, and after that I always played around. Once I skipped class and went out. When I came back, the master threw me to kneel in front of the patriarch. When the master was gone, I quietly hugged him The newly collected copy of "The Secret of the Palace" is placed behind the patriarch's ranking, and I feel very comfortable thinking that the master will bow to it every day in the future."

Mei Ji frowned and looked at her: "You are really rebellious, you can even do such things as deceiving teachers and destroying ancestors."

Hua Mei Niang stopped talking and looked at her indifferently.

The imprint on Meiji's neck burned for a moment, she covered her neck, quickly restrained her temper and bowed her head to admit her mistake: "No, I wanted to ask your master, but later I discovered that secret book?"

Hua Mei Niang shook her head, "No, my master has always respected his teachers very much, and the ranking of the patriarch must be the offering of three sticks of incense every day."

"..." Meiji covered her mouth and coughed twice. The most important thing right now is to ask the blood curse she planted in her body. Why did she go around such a big brother to ask such a boring question? She smiled slightly and her voice eased. Softly asked: "Master, where did you learn the blood curse? As far as Meiji knows, there is only one person who knows how to use the blood curse in the Xuanxin orthodox sect, and it was the last time he used it to hurt me in Nanguo Town." Yan Hongye."

Hua Mei Niang glanced at her and said with a smile: "You don't have to beat around the bush, I can read whatever you're thinking right now."

Meiji was silent.

Hua Mei Niang took out a book from the bottom of the pouch at her waist, flipped through it quickly with her head down, pointed to the cover of the book for Mei Ji, and showed her the dots she drew: "See, "Xuan "The Mystery of the Heart", this book was exchanged by me with the Patriarch in "Secrets of the Palace", and it was hidden behind the Patriarch's ranking, but unfortunately there is no record of the solution to the blood curse in it."

With the help of the moonlight, Mei Ji saw the five big characters clearly, she didn't believe there was no record.

"It's useless if you don't believe it," Hua Mei Niang curled up four fingers, condensed her true energy and squeezed hard, "Mysterious Heart Secret Art" shone with fine phosphorescent light and turned into powder in her palm. Ji's face was covered, she patted the dust and stood up gracefully, "Mysterious Heart Secret Art" must not fall into the hands of the devil.

"Pa, pa, pa" in the woods, I suddenly remembered the sound of clapping palms, and the woman's wild laughter, but when I looked carefully, there was nothing in the woods except moving trees.

Hua Mei Niang looked at Mei Ji: "..." The sound of the piano is so enchanting that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it lasted three days.

Mei Ji was still immersed in the rhythm of the beat, and didn't hear anything, seeing Hua Mei Niang looked at her strangely, "What's wrong?"

Just as the melody was reaching its perfect point, the tone changed in vain, and it became frenzied like a long river breaking its embankment. Going backwards again, the inner power of the mysterious heart that had been suppressed by her became active again. She really regretted it. If it wasn't because of her temper with her mother at that time, she wouldn't have been disobedient and really followed the instructions recorded in the book. I have practiced the secret tricks of the kung fu, but at the last moment of practice, there is always a sign of qi going backwards. It seems that the book of the patriarch is really written backwards.

Seeing that she was steaming all over her body, Mei Ji raised her hand to cover her ears and her toes swayed, she almost couldn't stand still, so she reached out to help her involuntarily, her fingers caught her arm, she was suddenly bounced off by a force, and fell to the tree. beside.

"Don't come here!" Hua Mei Niang was only surrounded by the sound of the piano, but she couldn't smell a trace of demonic energy at the tip of her nose. Hua Mei Niang guessed that there might be a demon more powerful than the Seven Nights Demon Lord living in the Demon Palace. Who is it? Want her life?Hua Mei Niang couldn't think of a reason for a while, and she didn't have time to think about it.

Meiji's back hurt, she squinted her eyes, and there were many pairs of small dark green eyes in the woods, and many snakes rushed over out of nowhere.

Mei Ji was startled, she has lived in the magic palace for hundreds of years, and she has never seen so many snakes with their heads raised and surging collectively, she clutched her heart in amazement and slowly got up: "Could it be an order from the sage?" Let the snakes in the forest eat us?"

No, if it was him, he could have done it as early as in the queen mother's bedroom, the whole magic palace is his, there is no need to resort to tricks, Hua Mei Niang spit out a drop of blood, and used the mysterious "heart-closing spell" "Closing her heart and ears, concentrate on suppressing the magic power infiltrated by the melody, so as not to let it wander around in the eight meridians and destroy her vital energy.

Hua Mei Niang tried a few times but failed. Qin Yin's devilish heart was too strong, and she wanted to distract her thoughts. She saw a bunch of glaring snakes. I don't know what is good or bad, but I let you go and came back to seek revenge on this girl, "Mei Ji, kill all these snakes, so I won't starve to death tonight."

"Yes, Master." Mei Ji bent over and nodded.

Hua Meiniang moved her sleeves, cut her finger, and smeared a curly blood on the demon dagger, "Heaven and Earth Promise Mysterious Heart Rectifies the Fa, Demon Sword!" The short dagger instantly turned into a long sword in Hua Meiniang's hand , she turned her wrist lightly during the piano music, shaking the sword flower.

A bright sword light flickered, and many snakes were cut into sections by her, and piled neatly from one tree to another.

Mei Ji put away the thick white spider threads and turned her head to look, the ground was covered with blood, Hua Mei Niang was standing among the pile of dead snakes dancing her long sword, the light of the sword was as gorgeous and bright as starlight, piercing the air around her body coldly and sharply, It was as if there were her enemies in this empty wood.

Mei Ji looked at her in surprise, what did she see?

Stop struggling, you must die tonight, my piano is your requiem.

The voice was deep and gentle, revealing some kind of fascinating magic power. In the vagueness, Hua Meiniang vaguely saw a beautiful woman in a yellow dress appearing in the distance, sitting in front of the piano table and half bent over, gently playing the piano. Touching the strings, her fingers slid faster and faster, and the magical sound of clanking shot out became more and more soul-stirring. She wanted to use the sound of the piano to lure her into a demon.

Hua Mei Niang began to lose control of her sword, and the snake blood kept splashing on her face. After a while, she might kill Mei Ji and herself as well. While her thoughts were still clear, she Turning her head and ordering, "Mei Ji, take what I gave you and go!"

The woman playing the piano smiled, and moved her slender fingers faster and faster.

The devilish energy struck her heart, Hua Mei Niang's sword turned in vain and stabbed towards Mei Ji, the sword light flickered with a cold light, and pointed directly at the gate of life.

What the hell happened?Mei Ji leapt and almost flew away, her left shoulder was scratched with a bloodstain by her Demon Subduing Sword.

The sound of the piano can turn people into demons, especially those whose true energy has long been retrograde. Hua Mei Niang's eyes are red, and she uses her own power to suppress the power of the Demon Sword. Even so, it is still very difficult for Mei Ji to dodge. Her true energy was exhausted, "I'm already your captive, why do you kill me, wake up, those snakes are already dead!"

A strong devilish energy circled around Meiji.

The wrist turned slightly, the black cloak brushed against the hilt of the sword, Yixi sword leaped out of the scabbard covered with a layer of pale green light, and slashed at Huamei Niang's Demon Subduing Sword in the air with falling leaves, the two swords clashed, The sword light that exploded was also dazzling, Hua Meiniang's sword that killed Meiji paused in the air, and took a step back staggeringly.

Mei Ji flew to hide behind him, her strength wasted, her head was as heavy as a stone, and she called out: "Sheng Jun!" She fell to the ground unsteadily and passed out.

Qiye strangled Hua Mei Niang's wrist with his left hand, and saw her eyes were bloodthirsty, her pulse condition was scattered, and her true energy flowed back, which was obviously a symptom of madness, "Put down the sword in your hand, if you continue like this, your blood will flow backwards." Exhausted and died."

The sound of the zither like water was still playing in her ears. Hua Mei Niang closed her eyes and shook her head, and slowly retracted the sword in pain, "I want to let go too." The tip of the sword touched the ground, and the tune rose again in vain. It suddenly opened and was as red as blood, and the sword light was gorgeous and bright, piercing towards Qiye like a horse.

Fighting with swords in the woods, Qiye only used six percent of his skill from the beginning to the end, raising his sword to circle her, seeing that she was blinded by the demon, he jumped up and slashed at her face with a slash of heaven and sword.

The melody came to an end, Hua Mei Niang was full of qi, her cheeks were flushed, she was standing next to a tree with her sword in hand, she managed to regain her sanity, and quickly tapped a few acupoints to protect her heart veins, her vitality was seriously injured , He spat out a mouthful of blood when his throat was fishy, ​​he swayed a bit, almost fell down, and when his dress shook, a triangular yellow talisman tied with a red string fell out.

Qiye sheathed her sword and stretched out her hand to support her, "I think you will be locked up for a while."

Hua Mei Niang wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, looked at him and said, "I can say no."

Xuanxin's authentic soul-enlightening talisman lit up at this time, Qiye looked at the talisman paper on the ground, it turned out to be Xuanxin's authentic soul-enlightening talisman, he bent over to pick it up, and handed it to her: "Someone is looking for you."

Hua Mei Niang looked at the expressionless Qi Ye, she didn't know what his plan was, anyway, the purpose of this trip had already been exposed, and she was not afraid of what he heard, Hua Mei Niang lowered her head and called out: "Master, what do you want me for? "

The voice of golden light came from the talisman, "Mei Niang, no matter how things are done, quickly give the antidote to the demon king, leave the demon palace and return to the master!"

"I..." Hua Mei Niang turned her head and coughed a few times, she was light from head to toe now.

Qiye reached out and snatched her soul talisman, and said to Jin Guang in a deep and cold voice, "She can't go back."

There was a blunt sound from the talisman, the sound of crushing a teacup, and the voice was alert: "Who are you?" Jin Guang vaguely guessed.

Qiye supported Huamei Niang with one hand to keep her from falling to the ground, and raised the other hand to illuminate the soul and said: "Jin Guang, I am the Qiye Sage King of the Yinyue Dynasty. The evil way and the righteous way have long been agreed. It’s against each other, but today you sent disciples of Xuanxin to secretly inquire about our court’s secrets, I wonder if Sect Master Xuanxin can give me a reasonable explanation!”

"My suzerain doesn't need to explain to you. Eliminating demons and defending Dao is Xuanxin's orthodox duty. What's more, you privately led the four sages of the Demon Palace to appear in Lanruo Temple in Nanguo Town. The demonic way reappeared in the world and broke the agreement first. I sent my disciples to inquire about the news. After a while, there is nothing wrong with it!" After a pause, he added another sentence to Hua Mei Niang: "Mei Niang, since the day you worshiped me as your teacher, I have said that you must always do your best. Prepare to sacrifice your life to defend the way, do you understand what this seat means? This seat..."

Listening to his tone, Hua Mei Niang felt his embarrassment, and nodded: "I understand, Master doesn't need to say anything."

Hearing this, the people inside let out a long sigh, smashed the teapot to the ground with a bang, and said angrily, "Seven Nights Demon Monarch, please quickly put my disciples back, otherwise I will send troops to destroy you immediately." These evil monsters!"

Qiye put down the talisman, and faced each other coldly: "Whether I let her go or not, you have nothing to say." With a pinch of her fingertips, Jin Guang's voice could not be heard again, and the soul talisman was turned into ashes. It is not easy for the bloody Hua Mei Niang to be able to sustain herself until now after being insane. Her face has changed from bright red to pale, her complexion is extremely ugly, and her breath is also messy.

Qiye probed for her pulse, "Your heart is seriously injured, sit down, and I will heal you." He helped her sit cross-legged under the tree, stretched out his palm, and placed it lightly on her back.

Hua Mei Niang felt a warm air flow on her back, and the countercurrent qi in her dantian gradually gathered together and was temporarily controlled. Hua Mei Niang pondered for a moment, and asked him in a low voice: "Why do you want to help me? We are enemies. .”

Qiye helped her convey her true energy, raised her brows slightly, and said seriously: "After tomorrow, I will take my subordinates to Yinshi Youquan to get Mo Xie's sword, and you will come with me." He paused, "I I’m just afraid that you won’t even have the strength to walk by then.”

Hua Mei Niang frowned, she felt strangely uncomfortable after hearing this answer, she was puzzled, "Why did you take me there, what does this have to do with me?"

Qiye slowly blinked her eyelashes, thought for a while, and answered her: "Xiaoqian is there, I want you to detoxify her personally, and then go home with your fiancé-in-law Ning Caichen to live a good life."

"You want to bring Xiaoqian back to the Demon Palace?"

"She has been in the world long enough, it is time to return to the magic palace."

"Your kung fu is well hidden. Even I was deceived by you. It's a pity that you don't know how to practice kung fu. It's better not to use the kung fu of the mysterious heart."

"I know."

Qiye raised her eyes and looked at the bloody snakes killed by her. If it wasn't for her improper practice of the mysterious art, she must have been unable to restrain her so smoothly just now. Her sword should be able to exert greater power. Don't underestimate the mystery of the mysterious heart.

Meiji was still asleep. There was a big tree next to her, behind which was hidden a resentful poisonous snake. The big snake was trembling with bloodstains all over its body. Its body was covered with dark purple scales, most of which were covered by the blood of its companions. Seeing Qiye lose her true energy to Hua Meiniang with hatred, her complexion is gradually getting better.

Do you want revenge?

A woman's evil voice sounded, she froze for a moment and shook her head left and right, but she didn't see anyone, and the female voice sounded again: Because you were annoyed for a while, you led your companions out of the cave to kill someone stronger than you A hundredfold woman, you killed your companion!

Big snake shook his head desperately, it's not me, it's not me!It's that witch.

Do you want revenge?

The big snake nodded bitterly.

Give me your soul, and I can help you make your wish come true.

The big snake nodded in response.

The voice smiled softly: As-you-wish.

The big snake moved its head, and its eyes rolled up, as if something poured into its body from its eyes.

The author has something to say: the chrysanthemums in the garden are full of fragrance, there is a bustling noise in the Breeze Hall, and the hall is lit up red by two big round lanterns. Su Qingchen catches the seven-year-old Hua Mei Niang and makes cakes for her Eat, touch her braid tied with two red strings, Su Qingchen smiled treacherously: "Mei Niang, listen to your mother, don't be too showy in front of people in the future, you are still young, no, grow up It’s not okay anymore, Mother hopes that you can grow up ordinary and find a husband’s family to marry, doesn’t Meiniang like ordinary?”

Meiniang Xiaohua wore two braids, she was only as tall as her mother's legs, and touched the cake crumbs around her mouth: "Mom, grandpa said that if Meiniang wants to be an ordinary lady of the family and live in the Taifu's mansion, she has to be let go." Father divorced mother, and Meiniang doesn't want mother to be divorced."

Su Qingchen was so moved that tears streamed down his face: "..." Good girl, mother didn't love you for nothing.

Xiaohuamei Niang said again: "Mother, I like to practice Taoism and catch monsters. Master said that when he dies, I will be the suzerain."

Su Qingchen's mouth twitched, "...that's what he said."

Su Qingchen said viciously: "You are not allowed to be suzerain, don't even think about it!"

Xiao Hua Mei Niang was puzzled, "Why?"

Su Qingchen glared: "Be the suzerain and grow the beard!"

Little Flower Girl: "..."