What is it like to be teased by a ghost?

As soon as the scene changed, Luo Jiang was in a dilapidated small village. Luo Ning followed several elders of the Luo family in formation. Behind them were some surrounding villagers and a few people in official uniforms.

"Ning, pay attention, that thing is coming."

The Great Elder held a mahogany sword and stood in front of Luo Ning. Around Luo Ning, several other elders stood in a circle. In the formation, he held his breath solemnly, made a seal with his fingers, and looked straight ahead. Although he Small, but in the most eye-catching position, it is watched like a commodity.

Although the usual Luo Ning has naughty moments, most of the time he is still like a little adult, especially with his firm back, he can already see the aura of a sect master.

Suddenly, a girl with a distorted body appeared in everyone's sight. Her whole body was rotten, her hands and feet were on the ground upside down, her head was up 360 degrees, and there were still a few traces of flesh and blood hanging from her mouth.

"Pro, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Chen, Row, Array, Front!"

Several paper talismans flew towards her body through the wind, and attached to her hands, feet, forehead and other parts respectively.

"break!"

Following the immature voice, the girl possessed by the evil spirit uttered a shrill scream, and then fell to the ground. The Great Elder heaved a sigh of relief and went forward to check the situation.

"It has been driven away."

When the surrounding villagers heard this sentence, they danced happily. No wonder they lost their composure. It was really this ogre that made the whole village restless and panicked. For a whole year, more than ten people died in the village. , The villagers dare not close their eyes when they sleep at night.

"Master Gao, this is my clan Luo Ning."

The Second Elder led Luo Ning to a middle-aged man with a pale face and said.

The man was wearing an official uniform with powder on his face, which was the most popular attire in Beijing, but this man had a high-pitched voice, clearly he was a court servant.

"Is this the child prodigy?"

With a scrutinizing tone, even the eyes were slanted down in disdain.

"That's right." The Great Elder also answered, "The talisman array just now was created by him."

It is not what is painted, but what is created. The former picks up the wisdom of others, while the latter is unprecedented.

These words forced a smile on Mr. Gao's face, "That's very good, come back to Beijing with me tomorrow."

Before Luo Ning could speak, the First Elder eagerly agreed.

Luo Jiang, who was standing by the side, obviously felt Luo Ning's unhappiness, but he also knew that the elders were there, and he was not allowed to intervene because his own words were light-hearted.

The scene changed again, and it was already in the palace, in the majestic palace, Wang Zheng, wearing a crown, was sitting on the dragon chair, with a screen in front of him, speaking in the same tone as Mr. Gao, arrogant and domineering.

After Mr. Gao, who had been replaced as an inner servant, whispered in the monarch's ear for a while, he announced that Luo Ning stepped forward to ask questions.

"You are less than ten years old, have you ever been afraid of that ogre?"

Although Luo Ning raised his head, his tone was neither humble nor overbearing, "The devil is an invisible thing, born of the heaven and the earth, all things are born like this, never afraid."

"Good, but some of the creatures in this world are as fierce as jackals and as thin as mayflies. Are you not afraid of demons that eat humans and drink hot blood?"

"The devil is born from the heart, the devil can be defeated, only the heart is good, the benevolent is invincible."

Luo Ning's words can be described as extremely arrogant, but they also revealed a brave and fearless self-confidence.

The monarch of Wei State smiled, and hurriedly said to the servant next to him: "Dashan, this son is not a thing in the pond, reward."

Gao Qiqi bowed his waist and laughed with him, and asked Luo Ning: "Your Majesty is very happy, what reward do you want?"

Luo Ning thought for a while, and replied: "My son heard that the king recently got a strange beast, and it was white and cute. I'm very curious."

As soon as Luo Ning said this, the Great Elder behind him couldn't help sweating. Although the monarch is a reward, the person who asks for the reward must have a sense of proportion. The moment Luo Ning asks for such a rare treasure, it may cause trouble. The monarch is unhappy.

The person sitting on it thought for a while and said, "Although the strange beast is strange, it is ferocious by nature. It has already bitten many people and has been locked in a cage by the widow. Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Forget it, flowers are for beauties, swords are for heroes, and if you can tame that beast, the widow will reward you with it."

After finishing speaking, he asked someone to bring over the cage containing the strange beast.

When the curtain was lifted, the little beast in the cage bared its teeth and roared when it saw the light. The little beast was about the size of an ordinary dog. Due to its ferocity, the snow-white fur on its body had not been cleaned. It smells bad and sounds like it's not yet grown up.There is still a bloodstain on its leg, it is not known whether it was beaten by someone or injured by itself.

Luo Jiang couldn't help sighing, Yu Yao, who once made her frightened, was so aggrieved when she was alive.

Because of the painful experience of being bitten, when they heard the cry of the beast, the servants hurriedly backed up a few steps.

The monarch of Wei State looked at Luo Ning with great interest, smiled and said nothing.

Luo Ning didn't feel the slightest sense of being seen as a joke. He first walked to the cage and said softly, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

Immediately afterwards, the cage was opened directly.

The waiter Gao was frightened and sweated, and cursed: "Ignorant child."

The strange beast in the cage shrank to the inner corner. Seeing Luo Ning reaching in, he pounced on it and slammed it hard. Luo Jiang couldn't help but frowned. If there was a rabies virus, a generation of elites would be belching.

This biting of the little beast took a lot of strength, but Luo Ning just frowned, he endured the pain and carried the little beast out of the cage, pulled a handkerchief from his sleeve to cover the wound on the little beast's leg up.

At first the little beast was still struggling, but it seemed to sense that Luo Ning was not malicious, and gradually became docile, and finally let go of its mouth.

Everyone was shocked.

The First Elder hurriedly walked in front of Luo Ning, pulled off his belt and tied the back of his hand to stop the bleeding.

"It seems that you do have some abilities, so this strange beast will reward you."

After returning to the Luo family, the Great Elder was very happy. Because of this incident, the Luo family received the attention of the monarch, and the reputation in Beijing suddenly rose. The palace set up a full-time job for the Luo family, and rewarded them with a lot of money , the number of people who came to curry favor with Luo's family also increased, almost overnight, the Luo family was full of people, and everyone knew about it.

However, Luo Ning was not happy.

"I won't go to the palace to practice things."

The second elder smiled and served the dim sum on the plate, "This is your favorite skylark cake. I usually couldn't afford it because my family was poor, but now I have a lot of it. You can satisfy your craving at any time. What's wrong with going to the palace? There are more delicious things than this."

Luo Ning hugged the recovered beast, glanced at the delicate snacks on the plate, and said, "No."

The Great Elder next to him didn't have such a good temper, so he took out his ruler and threatened, "You have to go if you don't!"

"Just don't go." Luo Ning is also stubborn. Although he is afraid of punishment, there are some things in his inner world that he cannot lie to himself. They are principles and the bottom line.

Seeing this, the Second Elder quickly pulled the First Elder and said, "Don't scare the child."

Because of what the second elder said, the first elder managed to calm down his anger and asked, "Why don't you go?"

"Great Elder, let me ask you, how was the ogre born?"

The Great Elder recalled it for a while, and said with some sadness, "The village suffered from a severe drought. It hadn't seen rain for several years, and the fields had no harvest. The villagers were forced to...cannibalize people."

When he found out about this, the Great Elder was also very shocked. He even heard that the two families in that village would alternate raising their children, and when the children reached a certain age, they would eat them.

It is precisely because people began to eat people that the resentful spirits in the village gathered together and turned into powerful evil spirits, possessing ordinary people. Even if the dragon king favors and the production resumes, it will repeat the previous tragedy.

"The village is suffering from a severe drought, even to the point of cannibalism, why no one cares about it? It's not because the country is blind, the officials are corrupt, and the monarch is incompetent."

"You! You are so daring!"

Luo Ning didn't care that what he said was treasonous, "Not only that, a small servant is also arrogant, and the dog's eyes look down on others. Doesn't this mean that the monarch is close to the virtuous and far away, and he doesn't accept the audience. A villain with ulterior motives. I have heard people say that a strong country needs harmony with its people in addition to the right time and place. The most important thing in harmony with people is to win the hearts of the people and to value talents. When the king met us today, there was a screen in front of him. The airs are so big, I am afraid that the current favor is just a novelty for a while. You see, he set up a special job for us, but he only asked us to go to the palace to do things, saying that it was to pray for the royal family. There are twists and turns, all the Luo family members study Taoism diligently and vow to save the common people in the world from fire and water, but they want us to be imprisoned in the palace, like birds in cages and fish in ponds."

Luo Ning's words were resounding, and Luo Jiang almost clapped her hands in applause. She has seen things so thoroughly at such a young age, so it's no wonder that Luo Yunsang regards him as a spiritual belief.

The Great Elder lowered his ruler lower and lower, and finally he lowered his voice, and said slowly: "Are you blaming me for being servile and flattering the Lord, for losing the integrity of the Luo family? Okay...you come with me."

After finishing speaking, the Great Elder took Luo Ning out of the main courtyard and arrived at the place where the Luo family branch lived.

In the other courtyard, a few skinny children were playing games. When they saw the Great Elder, they all ran over to say hello with a smile.

Seeing the carefree smiles of the children, the First Elder also smiled a little, and opened his mouth to ask a few words.

"Have you ever eaten, have you studied hard, and are the newly bought clothes warm?"

The children answered one by one.

"go to play."

After walking a few more steps, I met a woman holding a basin in her hand.

"Have you got today's millet?"

"I got it, Mr. Tuoning's clothes." Although the woman was thin, she was smiling and looked radiant.

After saying goodbye to the woman, the Great Elder led Luo Ning into a hut.

There was an old wooden bed in the house, and a little girl was lying on the bed. Before I got close, I heard the little girl coughing continuously, and the air was full of stale medicine smell.

The girl's mother was feeding her medicine, when she saw the elder, she quickly stood up and said hello, "Elder, you are here."

The Great Elder nodded slightly, and asked, "Has Yuan Ji's illness improved?"

Hearing this sentence, Luo Jiang's eyelids twitched, and she immediately walked to the bed, wanting to see how Luo Yuanji was doing.

In the mirror image, Luo Yuanji has bright eyes and a charming appearance, but the child in front of him is breathing weakly, his face is yellow and thin, and the sickness in the room is about to choke him to death.

"It's much better. I woke up yesterday and said I want to eat big cakes. The doctor said that as long as I keep taking medicine, I can recover within three months."

Having said that, Luo Ning also understood the intention of the Great Elder. He walked to the bed and looked at the girl on the bed with a complicated expression.

Luo Yuanji seemed to sense something, opened her eyes slightly and asked, "Who are you? I've never seen such a beautiful person, are you from heaven?"

Luo Ning shook his head, wanting to pull Luo Yuanji's hand, but seeing that arm that was as thin as firewood, he stopped moving, "My name is Ning, and I'm... a child of the family."

"Ning? You are Brother Ning? My mother said that thanks to you, I will be cured in a few months. When the time comes, I will ask you to release paper kites. My mother said that I am so handy that the paper kites I make are not even as good as those sold by the peddler. .”

Luo Ning looked at Luo Yuanji's innocent smile and did not refuse, "Okay, when you recover from illness, you can come to the main courtyard to find me."

After leaving, Luo Ning had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't speak for a long time.

The Great Elder sighed next to him, "The situation of our Luo family has been bad, because you are the candidate for the next Holy Son, and everything is tight on you, but there are still many children who have no food, no clothes, It is difficult to survive in the chaotic world, the reason why we choose to rely on the monarch of Wei State is because Wei State is strong, the way you seek is also the way I seek, but before seeking the Tao, we have to live, do you understand?"

Although Luo Ning knew that the Luo family was not a prosperous family, he didn't know that the family's situation was so dire. The Luo family valued inheritance as well as the clan. Because they devoted themselves to cultivating the Tao, they had almost no income and relied on exorcism and catching ghosts to make ends meet. Living a life beyond our means, even a small wind and cold has to be endured again and again.

"Ning is self-willed, I will go to the palace tomorrow."

Back in the room, the tears in Luo Ning's eyes finally couldn't hold back. He hated himself for being weak and unable to protect his clansmen, and also hated himself for being ignorant and hurting the heart of the Great Elder. He remembered the Luo family's ancestral training, and he also wanted him to remember today's lesson.

The little beast sensed Luo Ning's emotions, jumped into Luo Ning's arms, and rubbed his head against Luo Ning's palm to show comfort.

Luo Ning looked at the little beast in his arms, smiled slightly, and took the plate of skylark cake on the table to feed it.

The little beast didn't refuse either, and ate happily.

"You are such a glutton, didn't you just have a meal?"

The little beast was a little unhappy when he heard this, and he whined twice to express his protest.

Luo Ning was in a good mood, "You seem to understand what I'm saying, why not... just call you Lingxi."

Lingxi tilted his head and thought for a while, considered it seriously, and called out again, as if agreeing.

Luo Jiang stood by and watched this warm scene, but she always felt that something had changed in Luo Ning.