Renew

After sitting for a while, Rongli really coughed a little less.She turned her head and asked, "I don't know where your lord got that stone statue. If it works, I want to ask for one too."

Zhou Qinglin stood up and straightened his clothes, "It was sent by Mr. Zhang in the court, but I have never asked where he got it from. I only heard that it can ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. This stone statue seems to be the only one. It should be impossible to ask for it." Girl, if you want to make a wish, you might as well go and have a look."

Hua Su teased: "Dispel evil spirits and eliminate disasters? Don't just remove yourself as a disaster."

This was exactly what Rong Li thought, she nodded slightly, and said in a weak voice: "If possible, I would also like to burn incense on that stone statue, but I don't know...whether it can bless me to get better soon."

Zhou Qinglin had a smile on his lips, "Speaking of which, I enshrine this stone statue in the mansion because I want to protect my relatives and friends from all diseases." This smile, after careful consideration, seems a bit bitter.

His wife clasped his arm, frowning tightly.

Zhou Qinglin didn't avoid suspicion, and simply said: "I heard about such a family fairy a few years ago, but unfortunately I didn't have time to find it, so..."

Rongli understood, Master Zhou met Danxuan this week, at that time Danxuan was not in good health, the two of them had their own worries, so they didn't express their intentions.

Right now, Rongli is as weak as Danxuan, and after thinking about it for a while, he can roughly guess what Danxuan was worried about at that time. It was nothing more than not being able to live a long life, and marrying a wife would not be able to stay with him for a few years. Zhou Qinglin?

Zhou Qinglin glanced at his wife, with shame in his eyes, "The past is like smoke, and the people in front of us should cherish it the most."

Lin Que stood by the side twisting the veil. He didn't want to mention Danxuan's matter in front of Mrs. Zhou, but unexpectedly, Master Zhou said it himself.

She sighed, "Master Zhou is right."

Rong Li twitched his eyelashes, "I don't know when to go to see the stone statue, can I go now?"

Zhou Qinglin's worry disappeared, and he said with a smile, "Of course."

Rong Li said softly: "Then I will trouble you to lead the way."

Lin Que stood up slowly, "If this stone statue is effective, it would be great to be safe and smooth."

Zhou Qinglin took his wife's arm, "Naturally, when Mr. Zhang sent the stone statue, he said that the stone statue was more powerful than the talisman in the original Taoist temple on Panyang Mountain. Unfortunately, the Taoist temple lost its people for some reason, and it is now gone. I can’t find such an effective talisman.”

Rong Li just smiled and said nothing, who would have thought that the Taoist temple on Panyang Mountain became like that because it suffered from monsters, now there is only one remnant soul left in the temple, and that remnant soul is pitifully in Hua Su's porcelain vase stay.

It's rare for Hua Su to regret that the Taoist priests on Panyang Mountain are really capable. If there are other Taoist priests who pretend to be gods and ghosts, she may have already started to mock them.

She said: "Those Taoists' Taoism is not bad. Looking at the remaining utensils in the Taoist temple, they are all about to become spirits. But the Taoist temple is ruined, and these spirits can no longer be raised. The incense ash in the incense burner is also really powerful. The soul of the Taoist priest hides It has been in the furnace for decades and has not been wiped out, which is considered a good fortune."

The theater troupe came forward one after another, and the troupe master cupped his hands and said: "Whenever you want to listen to the opera again, please send me a letter."

Men and women in theater robes in the distance are packing up their things in an orderly manner, not daring to make too much noise, they all act lightly.

Zhou Qinglin nodded: "I've worked hard today, I still have some things to do, I'll talk about them another day."

The head teacher bowed his hands and lowered his eyes, and went back to pack up his outfit with his disciples.

Out of this garden, through the corridor with nine bends and eighteen bends, a jagged rockery hits the eye.

It was dark in the rockery, some candles were placed on the rocks, and a thick layer of wax had accumulated underneath.

Perhaps because of the connection between the front and back, the wind blows in the dark mountain, the candlelight flickers and flickers, and the shadows reflected on the rocks also sway, and the slender shadows follow the crowd quietly.

Rong Li frowned, thinking that the cat didn't like the incense ash on the ground, regardless of the ashes on the cat's paws, he bent down and picked it up.

Hua Su snorted softly, at first she was reluctant to be hugged, but now she no longer struggles.

When the sound of the wind poured into the rockery, he thought, like a ghost crying.

The cat lay motionless in Rongli's arms, the candlelight reflected in the green eyes, which were actually a little crimson.

Seeing her pursing her lips and holding her breath, Hua Su couldn't help saying: "If something comes out of that stone statue, I'll just drive it away. Slow down your breath, don't panic."

Rong Li slowed down his pace, thinking in his heart, if Danxuan really hurt this ghost, would this ghost treat her like this.Her heart was beating fast, bumping up and down in her chest, holding her breath for a long time, her lungs were burning hot.

Hua Su snorted, "With the painting ghost in hand, little demons and monsters are nothing."

Rongli's palms were sweating, it was because of the painting ghost in his hand that he was even more confused and flustered, if this ghost wanted to take the painting ghost back, he would have to kill her first.

She opened her mouth and took a deep breath, suddenly inhaled the smell of incense, and then coughed violently.

The rockery was already quiet, but when I coughed, it echoed back and forth.

Zhou Qinglin paused, and looked back worriedly. The lady who was following him took off the handkerchief pinned to her waist, and said to the girl behind her, "Wet this handkerchief a bit, and give it to me." The girl handed it over."

The girl responded, took the veil with both hands, hurriedly poured some tea out of the teapot she was holding, twisted the veil half dry, and brought it to Rongli, "Girl, cover your mouth with this veil Nose, the tea has been soaked and let it cool down, there is no dust on it, don't worry."

"Thank you." Rong Li stretched out his hand to pick it up kindly, and put the handkerchief in front of his nose, the pungent incense smell was immediately separated, and a faint scent of tea could be smelled.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, wondering if it was because of the smoke wafting from inside, but her eyes were a little sore, almost unable to open them.

The cat in her arms snorted softly, and exhaled a wisp of ghostly air, which seemed to turn into hands, brushing away the oncoming fire smoke.

Rong Li blinked, his sour eyes were wet, even the tip of his eyes was red.

Hua Su snorted softly, "How, does this make you feel much better?"

Rong Li nodded quietly, and then walked forward again. After turning a corner, his eyes were suddenly bright, the fire was bright, as if the large rocks had been burned red.

The light of the fire reflected on the mountain rocks, and a stone statue stood in the center of the candlelight, surrounded by fire smoke, a vast expanse of whiteness, like a fairy coming in the fog.

The stone statue was half the height of a person, and it was impossible to tell which road it was carved from. Its eyes were wide open, and it had a vaguely angry face.It has a rich figure, a round belly and short legs. Looking at it again, it has four arms, and each of the four hands holds something, one holding a baby, one catching a bird, and the other holding a skull... No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like it can It brings auspiciousness.

Rong Li frowned, and slowed down a little, looked up, and saw that there was something hidden in the stone statue's open mouth.She closed her eyes and opened them again, and looked into the mouth of the stone statue, but she couldn't see any shadow.

The ghost occupying Chuizhu's body remained motionless, staring at the stone statue.

Zhou Qinglin turned around and said: "It's this stone statue. When Mr. Zhang first got it, he looked like a happy Buddha. Then one day he protected him from disaster, and this stone statue had an angry face and two more babies. An arm, presumably he got angry at Xie Chong."

Hua Su sneered, "Master Zhou is also a fool this week. The man surnamed Zhang must have been frightened by this stone statue, so he gave it to him. Why did he get angry at Xie Chong? I think it was because Xie Chong entered his body." almost."

When Rong Li heard this, he hurriedly asked: "After the stone statue changed its appearance, Master Zhang sent the stone statue to the Zhou Mansion?"

Zhou Qinglin shook his head, looked at the stone statue in the firelight and said: "After changing his appearance, he still worshiped at home for a while, and what he did later was still smooth, and he sent the stone statue over after Mrs. Zhang gave birth smoothly. "

Rong Li thought about it for a while, and felt that Mr. Zhang didn't do it on purpose. Watching Zhou Qinglin mention that Mr. with a smile on his face, the two should be very good friends, and they would not do anything to frame him.

Hua Su said slowly: "Smooth wind and water? Perhaps the original stone spirit has not been completely swallowed up, but now it is uncertain."

Rongli's hand holding the cat was kicked, and the cat jumped to the ground, stepping towards the lit candles in the distance.

Zhou Qinglin and his wife stretched out their hands together, wanting to catch the cat back, but the cat jumped away as soon as it jumped.

Rong Li hastily squatted down, stretched out his hand towards Chui Zhu, frowned pretendingly and said: "Chui Zhu, why are you running around again, don't go there again!"

The maidservants on one side watched anxiously, "Girl, do you want to catch the cat back?"

Rong Li anxiously waved his hands and called out: "Chuizhu, Chuizhu."

Seeing that the cat was going around the candle and approaching the stone statue, she raised her head and said anxiously: "My lord, forgive me, this cat may offend the stone statue."

Zhou Qinglin said anxiously: "Offending the stone statue is a small matter, I'm afraid it will be burned by fire!"

The cat walking among the candles seemed to be unafraid of fire, unlike ordinary cats.As soon as Zhou Qinglin finished speaking, the tail moved behind it, and it really got on fire.

Everyone's pupils shrank suddenly, and several maidservants had already bowed and ran forward, making gestures to catch the cat back.

Lin Que patted Rongli's arm and said, "Li'er, this cat..."

The flame danced twice on the cat's tail, burning away the few white hairs, and then went out by itself.

It went out very suddenly. Judging from the intensity of the fire just now, it didn't seem like it would go out suddenly.

The tip of the tail like Chui Zhu suddenly became bald, and it usually looks thick, but after the hair was burned off, people could see clearly that the tail bone only had such a thin circle.

The handmaids who stretched out their hands froze at the same time, looked at the little black cat's bald tail with fear, looked up at the cold-eyed face of the stone statue, hurriedly took a step back, and knelt down one after another as soon as their knees softened. up.

Mrs. Zhou asked in surprise, "Could it be that...the stone statue has manifested itself?"

Zhou Qinglin stared, although he had worshiped the stone statue for a few days, it was the first time he saw the stone statue appearing, and he was speechless immediately.

Even Lin Que was stunned, his lips parted slightly, "This cat is cute, how could the stone statue watch it burnt?"

Everyone thought that the fire was extinguished because the stone statue had manifested spirits, except for Rongli, no one could hear Hua Su's disgusting hum.

A wisp of ghostly aura slowly dissipated from Chui Zhu's tail, as if blending with the surrounding green smoke.

Rong Li didn't say a word, his eyes followed the little black cat, looking at Chui Zhu's bald tail, his heart ached.

I saw the cat standing in front of the stone statue in three or two steps, a pitch-black mass, like a shadow missed by the candlelight.

Hua Su decided to look at the stone statue for a while, "Sure enough, there is something inside. The original stone spirit has been devoured, and the evil spirits replaced it, receiving incense on its behalf, and enjoying the offerings of mortals, so as to resist the extinction of the purple energy. .”

Rongli took half a step back, holding the painting tightly in his hand, thinking that maybe everyone in the Zhou mansion had made offerings to this statue, and he didn't know how many offerings he had received.

Hua Su was not afraid, so he just stood in front of the stone statue, and said: "The reason why this stone statue will crack is not because it has warded off any disaster for others, but because the evil spirit hiding in it has been affected by the purple energy of the imperial city." of deterrence."

Zhou Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that this stone statue is still alive. I put it in the yard before, but for some reason, the surface of the stone statue is cracked, like a field short of water. It doesn't work to wipe it with a wet kerchief every now and then. After thinking about it, I ordered someone to move the stone statue here, which made it a little better. I don't know why, but I asked Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Zhang didn't know. He only knew that after he turned into a long and fierce face, he really put it outside It turned back to chapped, maybe it was too cold outside."

Rong Li listened carefully, he wondered why he was cold or not, he clearly couldn't see the light, this was very similar to a ghost, the one who ate Shi Ling was really a ghost?

Ordinary ghosts are okay, but don't come from Cangming City.

The cat standing in front of the stone statue turned away, "I can't tell which way the ghost is, but the realm should not be too high. You need to borrow the luck of Shi Ling and others to resist the purple energy of the imperial city. It seems that it is not a powerful thing." .”

These words sound a little disdainful, obviously this ghost's own cultivation has dropped a lot, and he is not much better.

Rong Li had a lot to say, but in front of this group of people, he couldn't say it. Thinking about Zhou Qinglin's luck being borrowed, he asked, "Will your lord come to offer incense these few days?"

Zhou Qinglin nodded: "That's right, I have to come three times a day, and sincerity will help."

Hua Su sneered, "It comes so often, I'm afraid I didn't realize that my good fortune has been borrowed. I really don't have to be afraid of such a changed and sinister stone statue at home. But there are many people in the mortal world who worship evil spirits You can't make offerings to evil spirits at will, if you make offerings to it, it will be happy, and maybe it will give you some small rewards, but..."

She paused, and said indifferently: "If one is not good, it will be backlashed, just like Zhou Qinglin who was borrowed from luck. Some evil spirits don't take much, at most it makes people have bad luck, but if If all the luck is taken away, it will lead to a disaster of death, and what is even more frightening, I am afraid that I will never be reborn."

Rong Li's palms were already sweating a little, and after staring at the candlelight in the distance for a long time, his eyes were blurred.

Hua Su turned around, leaped over the candles all over the place deftly, and was able to control the body of the pendulum very proficiently.Seeing Rongli's response, she said displeasedly: "I told you so much to tell you not to be contaminated with these things in the future, but now you are indifferent."

Only then did Rong Li blink his eyes to show that he heard.

Hua Su snorted, "Zhi Danxuan's heart is for the master of the Zhou family, and you can't let him go. I will find a way to drive away this evil spirit hiding in it, but...if it comes from Cangming City Come, we may not be able to stay in this imperial city for long."

Rong Li naturally understood that if there is one, there is another, and those ghosts from Cangming City probably won't come alone.

Zhou Qinglin burned the incense himself, and distributed it to his wife, and stretched out his hand, and distributed it to Rongli and Lin Que.

Hua Su said lightly, "This incense cannot be used."

Can……

Rong Li lowered his eyes, and saw that the three sticks of incense in his hand had already been lit, and he couldn't just poke them out like this.

Zhou Qinglin and his wife knelt down clinging to the incense, closed their eyes, and made a gesture of worship. As soon as they closed their eyes, the cigarettes in their hands were extinguished immediately, and a ghostly aura slowly escaped to other places.

Rong Li felt relieved, and knelt on the futon with his skirt up, watching helplessly that the incense in his hand disappeared.

Hua Su's ghostly aura blatantly extinguished the fire, so that the incense seemed to be on, but in fact it wasn't.

Hua Su walked up to her lap, reluctantly said: "If you offer it, you will be borrowed for luck, if you don't offer it."

The incense in his hand was burnt black at one end, and the surroundings were bright, and for a while he couldn't tell whether the incense in his hand was still burning or not.

Inserting the incense into the furnace, Zhou Qinglin folded his palms together, "This is considered an offering."

Rong Li stared straight at the stone statue, seeing that the stone statue hadn't changed at all, so he smiled and said, "Thank you, sir."

Zhou Qinglin raised his hand, "Old lady, miss, please, let's go out and talk."

Several people walked for a while, and finally walked out from the smoky rockery.

Rong Li put the wet handkerchief covering his nose and mouth, handed it to the maid beside him, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

Outside the rockery, Zhou Qinglin and Lin Que chatted for a few more words.After a while, he saw that Lin Que seemed to be tired, so he didn't say any more, he walked slowly to the door, saw the sedan chair carried away, and then walked back with his wife.

On the sedan chair, Lin Que held Rongli's hand and said, "If Danxuan...wouldn't have married Rong Changting, and her health would be better, she would be able to sing so harmoniously with Xianggong."

Her eyes were red, she looked at Rongli for a while, and then said: "If you want to marry, you must find someone with a good heart."

The cat's ears lying on Rongli's lap moved, but it didn't even hum.

Rong Li shook his head: "I've lived for one day and never the next. I think I won't get married in this life."

Back at Shan's house, Rongli went into the house to rest, and the cat lying in her arms jumped onto the table.

The ghost rose from Chuizhu's body, and condensed into a tall and slender woman. The cat's body softened, and it slowly fell down on its side.

Hua Su sat down with his black robe in his hand, bent his fingers and tapped on the table twice, and the unconscious cat fan, who was lying on his side, opened his eyes wide.

As soon as Chuizhu opened her eyes, she saw a big black-robed ghost standing in front of her, the hair all over her body was blown up. Just as she was about to run away, she suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the tail around her side. When she looked down, her eyes stared straight away. I don't know why my tail is bald.

Hua Su snorted.

The little black cat on the table staggered and jumped off the table, purring, and hid under the bed.

Rong Li hesitated to speak, he didn't know why this ghost Hua Su liked to scare cats so much, even a cat would faint from fright.

Hua Su brushed her braids and said softly, "I'll go to the Zhou Mansion later."

Rong Li asked in a low voice: "Do you have pendant beads?"

Hua Su glanced under the bed, not knowing how deep the cat was hiding, and couldn't even see its shadow, "Don't take it."

Rong Li nodded slightly, and asked again: "Then... take me?"

Hua Su glanced over, "Why, haven't you been scared enough today?"

Rong Li was speechless for a while, she didn't want to be frightened, but she didn't feel at ease if she didn't go to see the demon being exorcised.

Hua Su had a cold face, lowered her eyes and said nothing, she looked very heartless, after a while, she said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't want to take you into danger. If other ghosts meet you, they will definitely see you." I want to swallow your soul and take you away. If you are a lonely ghost, I can take you away at will, but you are not, you are such a living mortal, I can take you away. Where to guess."

Rong Li had no choice but to say: "That's fine, I can't take my soul out just to take a look."

Hua Su pondered for a while, "I can take you with me, but it will be later at night, when everyone in the Zhou Mansion is asleep, I will take you in."

Rong Li rolled his eyes and stretched out his hand to grab the corner of her robe, his eyes were like starlight, his face was sickly, but his eyes were very bright.

Hua Su turned his eyes away, "I've already promised you, why are you messing around?"

Rong Li said in a low voice, "Isn't it okay to even touch your robe?"

Hua Su remained silent.

The twilight recedes, only the shining moonlight is left in the sky, and the night is quiet.

The three girls all went back to the house to rest, and only fish in the pond were making noise in the yard.

Rong Li didn't sleep, although he was laid down by the maids, but his eyes were still closed and his fingers were resting on the edge of the quilt.

Hua Su pulled the brocade that was covering her body, hooked her finger, and the fox fur hanging on the screen was immediately lifted by the ghost.

"Your girls are all asleep, we will leave after you put on your clothes."

Rong Li sat up, put on his clothes and shoes and socks, turned around and asked, "How should I go, are you going to blow me over again with ghostly breath?"

It was obviously a technique, but after what she said, it seemed like some kind of weird behavior.

Hua Su said calmly: "I want to hide your life and figure, so that the thing in the stone statue will not take you as a living hostage to threaten me for a while."

Rong Li whispered: "How can you still use me to blackmail you?"

She spoke very lightly, like a puddle of water, gurgling and clear.

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