Renew

The Taoist really went to the bamboo courtyard, pretended to be decent, and said when he saw the bamboo forest, "It's cold and frightening, with a strong ghostly atmosphere."

The old butler was very frightened as he followed behind, and said in fear: "May I ask Master, where did the ghost come from? Can you drive it away?"

"This ghost..." The Taoist priest is dressed in a fairy-like style, obviously it is winter, but he only wears a thin Taoist robe with the wind in his sleeves, which outlines his bony body frame, this appearance is really convincing .He paused, stroked his long beard and said: "She is in the yard, I'll go and find out, don't get too close to me."

After hearing this, the old butler hurriedly took a few steps back, so as to stay away from the Taoist priest, so as not to be harmed by some kind of yin energy.

The maids and servants following behind also retreated one after another, looking at each other, knowing in their hearts who died in this yard.

The ghost that the Taoist said is probably... the second wife who passed away in a miscarriage.

Xiao Fu supported Rong Li's arm and followed behind, she raised her head to take a look from time to time, her eyes dodged, for fear that the Taoist priest would show his feet.

Rong Li patted the back of her hand and said in a low voice, "There's no need to worry."

Xiaofu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down, but she still couldn't take her eyes off the Taoist priest.

The bamboo forest rustled and the wind sounded like weeping, which made everyone feel cold.

The fallen leaves on the ground hadn't been cleaned for a long time, when Rongli was still in the courtyard, there would be maids to sweep it from time to time, but later the bamboo courtyard was vacant, everyone wanted to take a detour, lest there would be bad luck.

The Taoist priest rang the bell all the way, wrapped his hands with jute thread, and muttered words in his mouth.

Rong Li stepped on the fallen leaves on the ground, stepped on the stone slabs on the ground, and walked slowly. She raised her eyes and looked at the backs of heads in front of them, thinking that the bamboo courtyard has not been so lively for a long time.

Hua Su walked like a leisurely stroll in the courtyard, even more leisurely, "If you bring so many people to see your second mother, you won't be afraid that she will be frightened."

Rong Li muttered to himself, Er Niang would not be frightened by living people, but would be frightened when she saw a ghost like you.

Hua Su's long and narrow eyes turned, and his eyes fell on Rongli's face. Seeing that her eyes were clear and shrewd, she said softly, "I'm afraid you have already figured me into it."

Rong Li shook her head, her eyes were as timid as Que'er's, how could she dare.

The Taoist priest walked in the front, jingling the copper bell in his hand, accompanied by the rustling wind and the crackling of bamboo, it was even more eerie and eerie.

A maidservant whispered: "How can this bamboo be so loud? No one is splitting the bamboo, but it is crackling."

When the Taoist heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Ghost knocks on bamboo."

"What the hell is knocking on bamboo?" the maid asked again with a trembling voice.

The Taoist said meaningfully: "It is rumored that some people passed by the bamboo forest and heard the sound of bamboo being split in the depths of the bamboo forest. When they got closer, the tall pillars suddenly fell to the ground and blocked their way. They had to rest overnight and wait for the next day. Think about it, but when you wake up the next day, you can’t see any signs of splitting on the bamboo, and the bamboo that was blocking you in front of you has disappeared, this is... ghost knocking on bamboo.”

The Taoist spoke slowly, with a distant voice, which made several maidservants stare.

Fortunately, no bamboo fell to the ground during this journey, otherwise the maidservants would have been scared away.

Hua Su raised the corner of his mouth coldly, smiled so coldly, and said softly: "This Taoist priest has some skills."

The ability to deceive and deceive.

Rong Li remained silent, and saw the Taoist priest open the door of the bamboo courtyard and lead a group of people into the courtyard.

The courtyard was covered with dust everywhere, it was really desolate and deserted, it didn't look like the courtyard that should exist in Rong's mansion.

The Taoist raised his arms suddenly, stopped the crowd behind him, narrowed his eyes slightly and shook the copper bell in his hand, walked around the yard, took out three copper coins from his belt, and threw them towards the main house.

When the old housekeeper saw him throwing the copper coins towards the main house, his eyes almost went black, and he almost lost the Taoist priest's leg and shouted to the gods.

People outside the mansion only know that the second wife of the Rong Mansion passed away many years ago, but they don't know where she died in the Rong Mansion, only the people in the mansion know it well.

However, the Taoist priest looked at the main house as soon as he turned around, as if he had noticed a ghost in the main house.

Rong Li was not surprised, she wrote all these in the letter, and the Taoist priest took a look at it, and naturally understood it.

Hua Su watched the play with great interest, although his face was cold, but there was a lot of interest in his eyes, "This Taoist priest is not only capable, but also quite courageous."

The three copper coins fell to the ground at the same time, turned around at the door of the main house, and lay on the ground with a jingle.

The bystanders didn't know what the copper coin was for, and their hearts beat when they saw it, and they didn't dare to take a step forward, because they were afraid that the second lady's ghost was really here.

The Taoist exclaimed, and took people's money to do things for others, his expression was really vivid, his brows were tightly furrowed, he took out a yellow talisman from his cloth bag, and slammed the yellow talisman on the door of the main house.

Hua Su approached for a closer look, and scoffed at the yellow talisman, "What a mess."

Fortunately, except for her, no one in the yard could understand the talisman that the Taoist pasted on the door, and felt that the main house was quite evil.

The wind was blowing, and Mrs. Zhu in the main house noticed movement in the yard, but she couldn't get out of the room, so she had to blow a gust of wind, knocked open the door, and unexpectedly met the man who was standing halfway across the yard.

As soon as the door opened, the yellow talisman stuck on the door was lifted up immediately, and was blown off by the wind.

The yellow talisman fluttered in mid-air and was swept away by the winter wind.

The Taoist priest stood in front of the door, restraining the surprise in his heart, pretending to turn his head calmly, secretly looking at Xiaofu, his eyes fell on Rongli.He saw that the girl who gave him the money was following this master, so he wanted to ask for an explanation from there calmly.

The moment the door opened, Rongli saw the second wife, Zhu Shi, with blood and tears running across Zhu's face, her complexion was as pale as onyx, and her white clothes had been dyed red and white.

Rong Li met the Taoist priest's eyes, as if giving him a dose of reassurance, he nodded slightly, the corners of his mouth were still curled up slowly, and he smiled gently and appropriately.

The Taoist came back to his senses, and felt that the sudden opening of the door might also be planned, so the strangeness in his heart dissipated completely, and he turned to the wide open door and said, "The fierce ghost is in the main house."

Standing in the threshold, Zhu's blood-red eyes narrowed slightly. He wanted to break out of the restraint, but he was blocked. His whole body was in great pain, and he couldn't help screaming. Swivel out from her.

The Taoist priest couldn't see this yin energy, so he stood indifferently, and cast the spell on his own, reciting a long series of words that others could not understand.

Hua Su said calmly: "Fortunately, your second mother was bound inside the house, otherwise the Taoist priest outside the door would be torn apart."

Rong Li blinked, and she specially instructed in the letter that the Taoist priest should only practice outside the door, not to step into the house, and if he was haunted by a ghost, she would not be able to save him.

The housekeeper and a group of maidservants were out of breath, and were too scared to move by the sudden opening of the door. They couldn't understand the bunch of gaudy things in the hands of the Taoist priest. At first they thought that the Taoist priest was cheating, but now they are absolutely sure——

This bamboo courtyard is really haunted.

Mrs. Zhu couldn't go out, so she could only stare at the blood-red eyes in the room, and the nails on her ten fingers grew suddenly. She was really no different from the ghost in the story book, but when she saw the big black-robed ghost, she suddenly restrained her anger. gas.

Hua Su said again: "Aren't you afraid of her revenge if you plot against your second mother?"

Rong Li looked sideways slightly, his almond eyes were bent, and he couldn't see even a trace of fear on his body.She turned around, patted Xiaofu on the shoulder and said, "You watch here, I'll go outside to get some air."

Xiao Fu nodded in a daze, she had been stunned for a long time, the moment the door was knocked open, she couldn't help shivering, she thought it was just a show, but unexpectedly... There is really a ghost in this bamboo courtyard, and the ghost knocked on the door opened.

Rong Li pushed Xiao Fu's hand away, took a look at Hua Su, turned around and retreated outside the door, and said in a low voice, "I'm not plotting against her, she can't leave the main house of Zhuyuan, and can't get close to Meng Xian's." body, I tried to let her go to Lanyuan, and took away the red talisman in Mengxian's house, I..."

She took a breath and said weakly, "Obviously she was helping her."

Hua Su sneered lightly, teasing in his indifferent eyes, "Are you really helping her?"

"I'm also helping myself." Rong Li said softly.

In the yard, Xiaofu came back to her senses, walked out of the yard in a hurry, grabbed her girl's arm, and stuck it very close, looking dumbfounded, "Girl, this Taoist priest is a fake Taoist priest, but Zhuyuan won't be a Taoist priest." It's really haunted."

Rong Li pushed her away a little, and said in a weak voice: "The Rong residence is haunted by ghosts, it's not normal for this bamboo courtyard to be haunted."

Xiaofu was terrified, and said in fear: "So haunting is already a normal thing?"

Rong Li didn't answer, turned around and went back to the courtyard, watching the Taoist priest's method intently, although he couldn't understand it, but the housekeeper and the servants believed it was true, so they couldn't help raising the corners of their mouths.

The butler didn't dare to speak, fearing not only disturbing the mage's practice, but also calling out the second lady's ghost.

The Taoist burned a talisman at the door, and waited until the talisman was burned before turning around and saying to the old housekeeper, "Shovel it."

The old housekeeper was in a state of confusion, and couldn't hear what the Taoist priest was saying for a while, so he asked drowsily, "What does the mage want?"

"Shovel." The Taoist put his arms behind his back, and his thin Taoist robe flew with the wind, "The yin energy here does not dissipate, but because there are fierce ghosts imprisoned here, the porcelain pot that bound her here needs to be dug out. out."

"What porcelain pot?" The old butler's ears were buzzing, and he was almost unable to stand still.

The Taoist pointed to his feet and said calmly, "There is a porcelain jar buried here."

The old steward turned around in a hurry, and ordered the boy next to him to find a shovel, and the boy ran away, as if he would never look back after running away, he might not run so fast even if he was rushing to reincarnate.

Outside the courtyard door, a voice sounded, "What is this doing?"

Hearing the sound, Rong Li turned his head and saw the fourth wife Si Zhao walking slowly, and called "Si Niang" softly.

Si Zhao nodded slightly, frowning slightly, "How did this method come to the bamboo courtyard?"

"It's the mage who was specially ordered by the master to be invited by the old servant." The old housekeeper answered with his hands folded, he hesitated for a while, and then said slowly: "The mage's words are very accurate, and he also said that the third lady's stomach pain is unbearable, but it's the second lady." ... ghost haunts."

"Ghosts?" Si Zhao frowned slightly, raised his eyes to look at the main house, and when his eyes turned, his eyes fell on Rong Li for a moment.

Rong Li Zhan Weiwei said: "I didn't believe it at first, but, but the door of the main house was really knocked open just now." Her breath was weak, and she spoke weakly, as if being urged to her death by a ghost.

She paused, then said in a low voice: "Does Si Niang believe what the priest said?"

Si Zhao lowered his eyes, his eyes dimmed: "It's better to believe that there is something than not to believe that there is nothing. How can I wait for ordinary people to explain clearly about ghosts and gods."

Rong Xin smirked, and said again: "It's like the cycle of life and death, the matter of ghosts and gods is indeed beyond our mortals' ability to explain clearly, but I don't know... whether the dead can return to life."

Si Zhao pursed her lips when she heard the words, looked sideways at her, raised the corners of her mouth for a while, and laughed: "Samsara reincarnation, if you think about it, otherwise, when a baby is born, where does it come from? It can’t just come out of nowhere.”

The four wives meant something and spoke in a secretive way, but Rong Li realized it clearly.Isn't it the Fourth Madam who plotted against her and Meng Xian? Unfortunately, Si Zhao didn't know that Rong Changting was drunk last night, so he talked about everything that should be said.

Hua Su's silver-and-ink messy hair rose slightly, and the braid was really loose, as if it could be pulled away with just a stretch of hand.She only glanced at Si Zhao, and then looked away for a moment, as if this mortal was not worthy of her attention, "It's a pity that Si Zhao lacks a pair of eyes that can see ghosts, and his mind is secretive and dark."

Rong Li looked at Si Zhao, and said weakly, "I thought Si Niang didn't believe this."

Si Zhao hugged the sleeve stove, and said vaguely: "I'd rather believe in its existence than in its non-existence."

After a while, the boy who ran out of the yard came back in a hurry, and when he came back, he really had a heavy shovel in his hand.

The Taoist priest took the shovel from him, didn't use the shovel immediately, stuck a yellow talisman on it, and wiped some incense ash on his hand, then raised the shovel to pry open the stone slab outside the door.

The stone slab was quite thick, and after a corner was pried up, two people had to work together to move it away.

The housekeeper winked, and the two servants hurried over, lifted the loose stone slab, and put it aside.

After the stone slab was removed, the Taoist shoveled away the soil one by one. Although it was cold enough and his clothes were thin enough, he was still sweating profusely from the heat.When another shovel went down, there was a clang, and it hit something hard.

The door of the room was wide open, and Mrs. Zhu was still standing in the room with resentment, and when she saw the corner of the porcelain pot protruding from the mud, the resentment in her eyes suddenly dissipated.

The housekeeper took a bold step forward and said in a trembling voice, "This... is there really a porcelain jar?"

"That's right!" The Taoist priest was also taken aback, hiding his astonishment in his eyes, he hurriedly dug up the soil again, and after a while, he dug out the porcelain pot.

Rong Li was very interested, he pretended to be astonished, took two steps forward, and asked with his head, "But when was this porcelain pot buried, and who buried it?"

The butler felt chills on his back, and asked, "After the porcelain pot was dug out, the ghost..."

"The ghosts bound here will be freed, and the yin energy here will also dissipate." The Taoist pretended.

The Taoist bent down, patted the clay pot open, opened the lid, and saw that the inside was filled with black soil, and a red talisman was placed on the soil, and a red string protruded from the red talisman, which was tied to a bone.

No matter how calm the Taoist priest was, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he saw the bone.

This... looks like a human toe bone.

The housekeeper stepped forward and felt dizzy when he saw the severed bone, "Could this bone be..."

All the maids and servants looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.

Si Zhao also walked over, looked down, his eyes trembled suddenly, and there seemed to be cracks on his gorgeous face, and he couldn't help but said: "Quickly tell the master, who buried this here?" ?”

The butler patted the shoulder of the servant next to him, thought for a while and said: "Forget it, the old servant will go talk to the master himself in a while."

Rong Li coughed a few times, and the corners of his eyes became moist, "What should I do with this talisman, should I cut off the red string?"

"Cut." Hua Su said lightly.

"Naturally!" The Taoist thought about it, and said, "Let me do it."

He really had everything in the cloth bag, and after he finished speaking, he took out a pair of scissors, and suddenly cut the red string tied to the phalanx.

The moment the red rope broke, Rongli looked into the room, and saw a red light suddenly appearing on Zhu's body.

The circles of originally invisible red ropes tied to her body suddenly appeared, binding her tightly like rice dumplings, and the red light dissipated for a moment, turning into fine powder and splashing out in all directions.

Zhu's eyes were wide open, and she couldn't hide her surprise. After taking a few quick breaths, she suddenly stepped out of the threshold.

This time, she was not trapped by the restriction and walked out easily.

It's still early now, although the bamboo courtyard is full of green shade, it is inevitable that there will be mottled sunlight.

Standing under the eaves, Mrs. Zhu stretched out her hand to touch the light, and then withdrew her hand suddenly. Although she was not blind to the light, at the moment she touched her, the ghostly aura suddenly disappeared from her body. If she stood in the sun for a long time, she would definitely fall. Dazed.

Rong Li glanced at her quietly, pretending to cough and squeezed his cuffs, covering the corners of his raised lips.

Hua Su calmly said: "She can come and go freely."

Zhu Shi was overjoyed, raised her head and yelled out hoarsely, but ordinary people couldn't hear it.

"Noisy." Hua Su said coldly.

As soon as the voice fell, Mrs. Zhu suddenly fell silent. She was so overjoyed that she almost...forgot that this man was still in the yard.

The Taoist cut the red string, pressed the lid back on his own, sprinkled glutinous rice, and splashed chicken blood, and finally pasted a talisman on the porcelain altar. He cupped his hands and said, "The ghost is gone. Come back and make trouble."

The housekeeper didn't doubt that he was here, and quickly said: "This time there is Master Lao."

The Taoist stroked his long beard, said something about "dispelling demons and defending Taoism", waved his hands and refused to reward him, and walked away without a word, even the old housekeeper refused to allow him to eat, as if he really came to do good deeds.

As soon as the matter in the bamboo courtyard was over, everyone left one after another. Although the housekeeper was also afraid, he still moved the porcelain pot away and put it in the hall.

The spell that imprisoned Zhu Shi has been removed, and now Zhu Shi is not restrained, and followed Rongli out of the bamboo forest.

Si Zhao and the housekeeper went to look for Rong Changting together, but Rongli and Xiao Fu went back to Lan Yuan.

Rong Li coughed a few more times, then turned around and said: "Go and boil the secondary medicine, I haven't taken the medicine for a long time, this medicine still can't be stopped."

Xiaofu nodded, seeing that Kongqing and Bailiu were both in the yard, she walked away in peace.

Hua Su walked beside Rongli, so the second wife did not dare to get close to Rongli's body, she would stop after walking a few steps, and looked at the orchid courtyard for a while.She has been trapped in the bamboo courtyard for several years, and has not seen the orchid courtyard for a long time.

When Kong Qing and Bai Liu saw their girl coming back, they hurried forward to meet her.

"I'll go into the house to rest for a while, it's good for you to stay outside the house." Rong Li was on the verge of falling, almost out of strength.

Kong Qing had no choice but to open the door, and said in a low voice: "Bai Liu and I are outside the house, you can just call us if you have orders."

Rong Li nodded, glanced at the second lady, and entered the door together with Hua Su.

The second madam was terrified of this black-robed ghost, and for a moment she didn't know whether to enter this door. When she was about to retreat, she suddenly saw a ghost dressed as a maid walking out of the wall. soon.

Yu Zhuo said: "Your Excellency and Miss, please invite Madam into the house."

The second madam walked through the wall, and when she raised her head, she saw Hua Su's long and cold eyes, which were indeed charming and stern, and she couldn't forget just one glance.

She guessed that the relationship between this person and ghost was extraordinary, but she never expected that they got along very naturally, as if they were very familiar with each other.

Hua Su didn't speak, but sat on the stool and closed his eyes, disdainful to speak.

Rong Li poured a cup of tea, moistened his throat and said, "Er Niang, don't be cautious."

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