Chapter 12: A House Full of Resentful Spirits
One of the dark-skinned men asked, "Girl, do you have a cure for the marquis?"
"So to speak......" Su Ning said euphemistically.
Another big man with a scruffy beard said even more bluntly: "Little girl, Master Hou is now terminally ill and blind, so I don't have time to joke with you."
Su Ning and the others seemed to be a little more troublesome, and the oldest Bai Xian was only seventeen or eighteen years old, so it was difficult for the two officials to believe that they knew medical skills.
However, judging by their bright clothes and polite manners, they don't seem to be liars, so the attitude of the official is quite polite.
Su Ning said: "I can't guarantee that my method can cure Master Hou, but I do have my own set of unique secret techniques.
The two officials leaned together and whispered.
"Are you going to take her?" The bearded man asked.
The dark-skinned man said, "Madame has an order, saying that you can't miss the slightest opportunity to heal Hou Ye.Hou Ye's current condition...... I can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor......"
The two finally decided to take Su Ning back to the Hou Ye's mansion.
Turning a few street corners, Su Ning walked to the gate of the golden pillar of the magnificent Hou Ye's Mansion, and before entering the house, Su Ning saw the cloud cover above the Hou Mansion.
Bai Xian and the others also saw it.Bai Xian leaned close to Su Ning's ear and said, "It seems that there is really a demon doing evil......
Su Ning nodded, and Hai'e, who had never spoken much, also spoke: "Let's be careful."
Everyone entered the Hou Mansion from the side door, and as soon as they stepped in, they heard the sound of humming chanting from inside.
It is estimated that the Hou Mansion has done everything to cure the illness of the Marquis of Dingyuan, and even a little sick and rushed to the doctor.
The Hou Mansion is filled with the smell of fireworks, incense and candles, and mixed with the smell of various medicines.
The old lady of the Hou Mansion was also sick in bed because of excessive heartache, and now the huge Hou Mansion is only controlled by the housekeeper and Zhen Xiuli, who is only fourteen years old.
Su Ning and his entourage came to the side hall of the Hou Ye's mansion, and an old steward with a haggard look received them.
The chief manager asked Su Ning a few words, hearing her say that there was a way to heal the Marquis of Dingyuan, the chief manager did not show a happy expression, it is estimated that he has suffered too many setbacks in the past six months, which made him lose confidence in everyone who came to heal.
Su Ning proposed that she wanted to see the Marquis of Dingyuan, and the housekeeper asked the little maid to lead her there. After all, the Marquis of Dingyuan was noble, so Su Ning only went with Bai Xian, and the waiter stayed outside as an attendant.
Walking to the "Chaoyang Courtyard" where the Marquis of Dingyuan lived, although it was the scorching sun, there was a gust of wind in the courtyard.
I saw that the spacious courtyard was densely packed with animal spirits, these ghosts were difficult for ordinary people to see with the naked eye, Su Ning and Bai Xian, in order to find the evil spirits of the Hou Mansion, cast a clear eye and clear heart spell from the moment they entered the door.
The spirits are all kinds of animals, the small ones are hares, muntjacs, roe deer, roe deer, tanuki cats, foxes, macaques, the big ones are wild boars, clouded leopards, tigers, grizzly bears, rhinoceros, geese, wild ducks, pheasants, etc.
The spirits were like carp crossing the river, piling up all over the courtyard, and they were all sprinkled with a dark and gloomy resentment, and their eyes were glowing with a ghostly light.
Su Ning and Bai Xian saw it.Both were so shocked that they couldn't find their own voice.The little guy who led the way couldn't see these resentful spirits.He crossed the courtyard in a daze.Su Ning and Bai Xian watched a monkey covered in blood naughtily climb onto the top of the little guy's head.Pulling his hair and playing.They both had mixed feelings.Tell him no.Not to say it.
Those resentful spirits have all understood spirituality.Seeing that Su Ning and Bai Xian are radiating spiritual light, they all took the initiative to retreat, making way for the two of them.They don't have to come into contact with those resentful spirits in different ways.
Su Ning and Bai Xian walked to the stairs of the dripping eaves, and saw that there was a vacant piece of land here. It turned out that a Maoshan Taoist priest was setting up an altar to practice.
The Taoist priest of Namaoshan led two Taoist boys, and the Taoist boy recited the "Disaster Elimination Sutra" with a mouth, and the Taoist priest took the three clear bells, shook it, and then sprinkled a rune water around.
This Taoist priest's method can drive away evil spirits, but it has little effect, and can only eliminate a dozen resentful spirits each time, and some huge resentful spirits will not disappear when splashed by runes.
Su Ning looked at the other party for a moment, and then continued to follow the little guy to the house, and the monkey that was climbing on top of the little guy slipped to the roof beam again.
There were also a lot of resentful spirits gathered in the house.The number was not as dense as in the courtyard.The resentment on the body was even stronger.There were other mages in the guest hall doing the work.Su Ning saw a group of red-clothed lamas.They were chanting a mantra while making mudras.The mantra was easy to remember.The pronunciation was:
"Ah, Ah, Xia, Sa, Ma, Ha...... Ah, Ah, Xia, Sa, Ma, Ha......"
Su Ning looked at it casually, but after a few glances, she suddenly froze, only to see that when those lamas were chanting mantras, white auspicious light burst out of their mouths, and their bodies were also steaming.
And every time they finish reciting the incantation, there will be many resentful spirits around them that glow all over their bodies, and then they will fly upwards like a tornado.
Su Ning was dumbfounded.Bai Xian had already walked to the inner room with the little servant.Only to find that Su Ning hadn't followed.He turned around suspiciously.Seeing Su Ning staring intently at the group of lamas chanting mantras.
Bai Xian hurriedly came to Su Ning's side and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Su Ning asked him in confusion: "Childe, haven't you seen it?"
Bai Xian was confused by her question, he looked at the group of lamas, although he also used the name of the heart purification mantra, but he could only see the light from the lamas' mouths, but he could not see the resentful spirits who had become bodhisattvas.
And he asked, "What do you see, is there anything special?"
Su Ning was also stunned at this moment, why couldn't Bai Xian see this magical scene, obviously he could also see the resentful spirit's ...... Su Ning was about to inform him of the situation, and the little guy was already impatiently urging:
"Come with me, both of you."
It is estimated that the little guy saw that they were young, and he didn't believe that the two of them could heal Dingyuanhou.
Su Ning had no choice but to take the words to heart first, and Bai Xian continued to follow the little servant to the inner room.
When Su Ning and his party arrived, there were also several mages in the room who were sitting in a row on the rose circle chairs chanting sutras.
The human spirits all knelt in front of the mage and listened to their chanting with reverence. The animal spirits were not so honest, they were all jumping up and down in the room. A python was still hanging upside down on the bed of Dingyuan Hou, and he was spitting out gray-black letters to the dying Dingyuan Marquis on the bed.
Dingyuanhou on the bed was so thin that he was skinny and skinny, and he had no human shape, but he saw that his cheeks were bulging, his eyes were sunken, his face was as white as paper, and he was wearing a snow-white middle coat, and his clothes were loose on his body.
The rumors are true, and the hands and feet of the Yuan Hou are indeed tied and fixed on the bedpost, for fear that he will suddenly attack and hurt himself.
Su Ning couldn't connect the half-dead and dying patient in front of her with the noble young man who was swaggering half a year ago.
There was a young girl sitting beside the bed of the Marquis of Dingyuan, and two maids, an old lady and several servants stood beside him. Su Ning recognized one of the servants, who was the young man who had hunted with the Marquis of Dingyuan on the Lubed Mountain half a year ago.
And that girl must be the wife of the Marquis of Dingyuan, Zhen Shangshu's granddaughter Zhen Xiuli.
At this time, Zhen Xiuli was holding the "Dizang Sutra" in her hand, sitting on the edge of the bed, and reciting with the masters.
Su Ning didn't want to disturb her, just stood aside respectfully and waited.
I saw that she was about fourteen years old.She was still young.She was white and beautiful.She was wearing a lake-blue plain Hangzhou silk gown.Her face was not powdered.There was no jewelry on her bun.Only a pair of jasper earrings hung on her small earlobe.It may be because of the tiredness of Dingyuanhou's illness.Zhen Xiuli's eyes were faintly dark and blue.Her cheeks were also a little sunken.But she was still a beautiful little girl.
Su Ning waited for about a quarter of an hour, they finally finished reciting the sutra, and the master and Zhen Xiuli finished their dedication, and respectfully put away the sutra.
And those human resentful spirits who were kneeling and listening to the scriptures were coming out of the wall one by one, and some were floating away from the window. Su Ning's heart moved, she felt that these resentful spirits should know something, she whispered to Bai Xian:
"Childe, I'd like to go and get some news from those spirits......"
Bai Xian immediately understood, and he said, "You go, let me come here."
Because Bai Xian's appearance is more convincing than Su Ning's, it would be more appropriate for Bai Xian to talk to Zhen Xiuli.
Su Ning saluted Zhen Xiuli and left on the grounds that she forgot to take something.