[Comprehensive] Traveling through Liaozhai with a hundred ghosts

At first Xu Hang thought that the sacrifice they were talking about was just an ordinary visit to the shrine to pray for gods and worship Buddha, but after listening to a few words carefully, he found that something was wrong. The sacrifice they said was not as simple as he thought, it seemed to involve living people Tribute?

But he didn't have time to listen carefully, because he was going to meet the local city lord first, so Xu Hang could only keep a doubt in his heart. After seeing the city lord, he could confirm whether the sacrifice he mentioned was related to the city lord.

Under Tanaka's recommendation, Xu Hang met the lord of Echizen Castle not long after. He was a man in his forties, slightly fatter, with a very dignified demeanor.

The city lord glanced at Tanaka and Xu Hang who were kneeling under his seat, and said, "Is this the mage you recommended?"

"Yes, my lord." Tanaka's attitude was very respectful.

Xu Hang remained calm as always, kneeling and sitting there neither humble nor overbearing.This calm posture and extraordinary temperament made the city lord look at him differently.

However, the city lord is still skeptical about the onmyoji who were not invited from Heianjing, nor the priests of Shintoism.

For a city lord who has been in a high position for a long time, in addition to his imposing manner, it is indispensable to have an arrogant attitude when meeting his servants.But because Xu Hang showed the arrogance of a master, the city lord restrained his arrogance, but the tone of the question was still superior: "Master, what's your name? Where did you come from?"

Xu Hang replied: "My surname is Xu, and my first name is Hang. I came from the other side of the sea, a country called Tianchao."

At this time, Japan was greatly influenced by Han culture. Since the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Japan has loved to pursue the culture and trends passed down from China. Hearing that Xu Hang came from the Celestial Dynasty, the city lord immediately began to look up to him.

Xu Hang began to ask him: "I heard that there is something strange in the house, can you tell me in detail?"

When the city lord heard him mentioning this matter, his expression became sullen, and it seemed that it really caused him a lot of trouble: "It's like this, my daughter is going to get married soon, but strange things happen frequently in my house. First, the night before yesterday, I lay When I was about to go to bed, I suddenly saw a huge bloody foot appearing on the ceiling. It made a gesture to step on me, but it disappeared in mid-air. Then a servant saw that after the little girl fell asleep, there was a The sash fluttered by itself, and the servant was entangled in it and almost suffocated."

Hearing what he said, Xu Hang was sure that there was indeed a problem with the city lord's family.

After the city lord finished talking about the general situation, he said in a deep voice, "If such an unlucky thing happens, if it gets to the little girl's husband's house, it may affect this marriage, so I want you to solve it as soon as possible."

This is what the city lord really cares about. If the matter gets out and his in-laws find out, he might be worried that the city lord's daughter will take the unknown to their home and ask for an annulment.Even if the marriage is not withdrawn, it will be detrimental to the status of the city lord's daughter after marriage.

"I understand." Xu Hang responded, "I hope to walk around your house."

The city lord pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, I will let the housekeeper guide you later."

Xu Hang remembered the sacrifice mentioned by the servant when he was walking in the veranda just now, so he asked by the way: "When I came in just now, I heard the servant discussing about holding a sacrifice to eliminate disasters, can I easily know what the sacrifice is? "

There was a bit of annoyance on the city lord's face, but it wasn't directed at Xu Hang, probably because he was displeased by the servant's broken mouth.Tanaka looked terrified.

The city lord said disdainfully: "This is a private sacrifice by the villagers in the nearby mountain village. The worshipers are all unknown wild gods. It's not a formal activity."

Then he said: "Someone suggested to me before, suggesting that I worship the gods that the villagers said, but I refused."

Seeing the expression of the city lord, Xu Hang knew that this person did not think highly of the customs and culture of the lower classes, and even looked down upon them.But this has nothing to do with him, it just confirms that the city lord has nothing to do with the sacrifice.

Xu Hang apologized, "I offended you."

The city lord waved his hand: "The butler is here, you go with him, I hope you can really solve the problems in my house."

Then Xu Hang and Tanaka retreated from the city lord, while a gray-haired but energetic old man was waiting beside him.

After they bid farewell to the city lord, the old man said: "I am the housekeeper here, please come with me, Mr. Tanaka, and you can wait in the side room, Mr. Tanaka."

Following the butler, Xu Hang walked around the city lord's mansion, and soon discovered the problem.He looked at a well in the courtyard, and suddenly asked, "Is there any servant missing from the City Lord's Mansion recently?"

"There are a lot of servants in the house, and some of them are just short-term workers. Now you suddenly ask—" the butler stopped suddenly as he was talking, and asked with some horror, "Master Mage, do you mean to say ..."

Xu Hang said calmly: "Someone should have been thrown into the well and died. Maybe you need to find someone to carry the body."

After saying that, Xu Hang walked to the well. He cast a spell to make the rope flexible like a snake, and then let the rope go down to the bottom of the well.Before long, the rope was tied to a heavy object and it was dragged out of the well. It was the body of a young woman.

The well in the courtyard is used for decoration, and it is not here to draw water, so someone died in it for so many days without anyone noticing.

The butler was so frightened that his legs went limp on the spot, and he even forgot to scream. He subconsciously cast his gaze on Xu Hang, only to find that Xu Hang's face was calm. Xu Hang, who was still calm and unmoved, was even more terrifying.

Soon after the housekeeper questioned the servants in the mansion, he learned that the deceased was a garment worker. Because she didn't need to serve in front of others, and her temperament was reserved, no one paid attention to her on weekdays. Now she disappeared for two or three days. No one found out.

Xu Hang looked at her wide-eyed eyes. Because she was dead, the pupils had been dilated and lifeless, and they were dark. Even if they met during the day, it would make people feel creepy.Fortunately, the weather is not hot now, so there is no view of giants, but the foaming corpses still challenge people's nerves.

But this is only for ordinary people. The only thing Xu Hang can think of now is that this woman should have been killed and died wronged. Her grievances cannot be resolved. The recent incidents in the city lord's mansion should be caused by her grievances. .

The housekeeper quickly dispatched someone to cover the corpse with a cloth and carry it away.

Then he asked tremblingly: "My lord, what should I do now?"

Xu Hang said: "I can dispel her grievances, but you'd better find out the cause of her death."

The discovery of the body in the well alarmed the city owner, and he summoned Xu Hang not long after.

The City Lord's attitude towards Xu Hang has greatly improved now. When Xu Hang saw him again, the other party no longer had the arrogance just now, but said sincerely: "Master, please get rid of this resentful spirit!"

Xu Hang said: "Of course I will send her to reincarnation, but she should have died unexpectedly. For the safety of the family, you'd better find out the truth."

The city lord didn't dare to be perfunctory this time, and responded repeatedly.

And Xu Hang stayed overnight in the city lord's mansion, because the woman's wraith was not on the body at that time, and he had to find her soul at least to transcend it!So I can only stay here for one night, waiting for the woman's wraith to appear at night.

That night.

There was another movement in the room of the city lord's daughter, but this time, Xu Hang had arranged talismans in the room, and before the belt floated up, it was fixed on the wall by a white light from the wall.

Ji Jun woke up from his sleep and called his servants. Xu Hang, who had been paying attention to the movement, rushed to the courtyard to collect the belt.

Seeing a bewildered soul floating out of the clothes belt, Xu Hang saw her appearance clearly and knew that it was the woman who drowned in the well.

He wanted to find out the cause of her death, but this woman was clearly still conscious, and Xu Hang could communicate with her normally, but when asked how she fell into the well, she remained silent, and only said that she hoped to be able to do it as soon as possible. Go to reincarnation.

Xu Hang asked again and again but couldn't get any results, so he had no choice but to give up and follow her wish to rescue her.

The resentment on the woman dissipated quickly. It seemed that she really had no grievances, and she ascended to heaven not long after Xu Hang did the trick.

After saving this woman, there was no strange aura in the city lord's mansion.

Xu Hang stayed for another night with the support of the city lord, and no more strange things happened.The city lord was overjoyed and gave him a generous reward, and said that he would promote his reputation.

Compared with these foreign things, Xu Hang is more interested in the cause of the woman's death. He believes that after a day and a half, the city lord should have found out the truth.

After thanking the city lord, Xu Hang asked: "With the means of the city lord, the cause of the maid's death should have been found out by now, right? May I know who did it?"

The city lord suddenly showed embarrassment, and said vaguely: "The servant girl really threw herself into the well. She stole a luxurious dress from my house and went out to show off, but it didn't break very well. She was afraid of being discovered, so she threw herself into the well. The well killed itself."

Xu Hang felt that he wasn't telling the truth, but judging from the castellan's expression, it seemed that the death of the woman who made clothes might be related to the inner house.

Thinking of the fact that when he asked about the cause of the death of the wraith of the girl who made clothes, the other party refused to disclose it. Since the victim himself did not pursue it, then as a bystander, he seemed to have no obligation to care more than the other party.

Xu Hang didn't ask any more questions, and left the City Lord's Mansion after getting paid.

Back at Tian Zhong's mansion, he didn't come back after going out for two days, and learned that Xu Hang was a guest at the city lord's mansion.The scholar who always liked to collect anecdotes, immediately intuitively thought that Xu Hang's going out this time must be a magical incident, so he asked him about it.

Xu Hang didn't hide anything, and quickly told Shuweng about the strange things in the city lord's mansion.But because he didn't know what the real truth of the matter was, the result was that Shuweng couldn't get up and down, and he was very curious about the truth.After all, for a scholar who likes to collect other people's stories, he himself has a habit of digging into the bottom line and digging into the deeper reasons of events!

So after knowing that Xu Hang could summon some lonely ghosts and low-level goblins, Shuweng encouraged him: "Usually there will be a kind of monster called the little monk with a lantern at the scene of a murder case. Why don't you ask him to come out and ask?"

Xu Hang naturally saw Shuweng's intentions, but it just so happened that he was also a little surprised about this matter. It was inconvenient to track down the matter in the city lord's mansion before, but now it is possible.

So he made a trick to call the local wandering soul and the little monk with the lamp mentioned by the bookman.

It didn't take long for the truth of the matter to be pieced together, which is staggering.

It turned out that the clothes-making girl had always had admiration for Ji Jun. When she learned that Ji Jun was going to get married, she knew that being a clothes-making girl would not be able to marry her as a dowry. Thinking that she would never see Ji Jun again, she felt very sad. Turned into a spirit and often accompanied Ji Jun.

Then the girl who made clothes threw herself into the well and died.

But after death, the obsessions in life will be magnified, and the Taoyi girl feels sad when she dies, which makes her a vengeful spirit.Because she wanted to be by Ji Jun's side all the time, she attached herself to Ji Jun's belt.

The bookman sighed: "What a poignant and touching story!"

Xu Hang: "..."

I don't quite understand your logic.

Jiaotu spent the past two days at Tanaka's mansion very well. Not only did he get a lot of rouge and lipstick, but he also came into contact with many novelties in the human world. In addition, Xu Hang successfully solved the problem for the city lord. Tanaka treated them even more. It is courtesy.

Tanaka wanted them to stay for a few more days, since Xu Hang expelled the evil spirits in the city lord's mansion, Xu Hang has become famous in this area.

Xu Hang's appearance and temperament are in line with the handsome and elegant that are sought after nowadays, and he also displayed certain outstanding abilities. Soon, apart from being a little famous, his story was passed on by word of mouth, and spread to Ji Jun in the family of the local dignitaries. In their ears, let their minds fly.

There are more or less private affairs among rich and noble families. Even if there is nothing wrong, you can still invite the master to come to pray for blessings.

After staying in Tianzhong Mansion for less than three days, Xu Hang received a lot of letters inviting him to come and practice.

Xu Hang himself had no intention of becoming famous, so he resigned from Tanaka.

After repeatedly rejecting Tanaka's persuasion, Xu Hang went on the road again.

Thinking of hearing that the nearby villages were suspected of holding human sacrifices in the city lord's mansion, Xu Hang was a little concerned about this. After leaving Echizen Castle, he decided to go to the surrounding villages to check the situation.

Yasha was a little puzzled by his concern: "I thought you were looking into something important, but it turned out that it was just a sacrifice to the living. Isn't this very popular in some remote villages!"

The boundaries between gods and monsters in Japan are very blurred. Except for high-level gods, some gods in folklore are themselves transformed from monsters.

This is probably a strange logic. Human beings have no choice but to enshrine a powerful monster that cannot be eliminated.However, the monsters who are satisfied sometimes do reciprocate and provide some help to humans.

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Swipe your reputation and prepare for a day trip to Hell