Chapter 9: Leaving the Dead

Early one morning, Lin Xi overheard a shout in the direction of Chang'an City outside the cave, and said strangely in his heart: "Could it be that Li Yuan has captured Chang'an City?" When he arrived at the city of Chang'an, he saw that the city gate was breached, and Li Yuan's troops also entered the city. The city was in flames, and corpses were thrown outside the city.

However, it is said that after Li Yuan captured Chang'an City, he immediately ordered a ban on the abduction of the people. The people greeted each other with joy. In November of the thirteenth year of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan supported Yang Yu as the emperor and changed the Yuan Yining. Emperor Yang of Sui, who was respected in Jiangdu, was the emperor, Li Yuan was the prime minister, the king of Tang, and Li Shimin was the king of Qin.

Lin Xi climbed to a high place, looked inside and outside Chang'an, and saw the flags fluttering, the army gathered, and the people joined together, looking like a victory after the siege. couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and said: "Not long after, it was Li Yuan who was proclaimed emperor and established the Tang Dynasty." ”

Mo said pitifully, "What are you talking about?" Lin Xi shook his head and said, "No." He turned around and went back.

One day, I suddenly felt that the book of heaven in my arms jumped twice, and I took out the book of heaven and opened it to take a look, only to see that there was a blood-red name on the book of heaven: "Xue Zhenggang". Seeing this, Mo Lian said, "What is this?"

Lin Xi said: "A person's soul should be detained." "opened the book of heaven and found out Xue Zhenggang's birthday, time of death, and home. I saw a line below that it was written that Xue Zhenggang, rich but not good, was a bully to the people, and entered the underworld at noon three days later. Lin Xi said: "Let's go and see where this person is." Mo Pian said: "Okay! I'll go play with you!" The two went down the mountain, as if playing, and went to Chang'an City.

I saw that today's Chang'an City has another weather, with clouds and clouds, wind and scenery. The streets are bustling with people. Lin Xi found where Xue Zhenggang lived, and saw a mansion standing on a street on the left side of Chang'an City. It is Xue Zhenggang's mansion. Mo said pitifully: "This is it, when are you going to detain the soul?"

Lin Xi said: "We have to wait until three days later." That Xue Zhenggang is also in his fifties, and he needs to be sick for a while. You help me hold the body, and I'll go in and find him. Mo said pitifully: "Okay." "Hold his body. Lin Xi came out of his soul, not afraid of the daylight, and flew in lightly. After taking a turn in the mansion, I saw Xue Zhenggang sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, fat and fat, with two beards under his chin.

Lin Xi walked around his back and blew a gust of wind at him. The cold forest is like coming from a cellar, and the vicious is like the snow in March. Xue Zhenggang was blown by him like this, and he stood up in fright, his face was blue and his eyes were white, and he couldn't stop trembling. And so he fell ill. Lin Xi flew out of the mansion and returned to his soul. Seeing that Mo Lianshang held his body, he said, "I'm back, let's go! "And Mo Lian left.

As soon as they walked on their front feet, a Taoist priest came on their back feet. The Taoist priest had a high nose and a pointed mouth, and a corner of his eyebrows was missing, like a crescent moon. When he walked to the street, he suddenly saw a gloomy wind in Xue Zhenggang's house, "Oops", and said, "The yin qi is so heavy! There is also a demonic energy, a demon has just come!"

The Taoist priest smiled and said, "What happened inside you?" The two little guys glanced at each other, shook their heads and said, "No, no, stinky Taoist priest, I want to eat elsewhere." The Taoist priest shook his head and said, "I'm not asking for food, let me go in and have a look." "When he heard the screams inside, he looked in, and he went in.

The two little guys hurriedly stopped and scolded, "What do you want to do, stinky Taoist?" but it alarmed Xue Zhenggang. Xue Zheng had just been blown by a gust of wind, with a splitting headache and screaming. It's useless to cover his towel and rub his head under the ** concubine. When he heard someone arguing outside the door, he became even more annoyed and shouted, "What is your name? Do you want to kill me?" The two little servants reported: "Master, there is a stinky Taoist priest who wants to come in, saying that there is any yin qi in here, and he wants to come in to see, and if we don't let him in, he will rush in." ”

Xue Zhenggang was in pain, and when he heard this, his anger grew, and he said, "Beat him out!" happened to have a beautiful concubine beside him, and said: "Master, that Taoist priest said that there is any yin qi, and your head hurts like this, it doesn't look like you're sick, but like you're in the middle of an evil spirit, it's better to let him come in and take a look." Xue Zhenggang usually loves this little concubine, but now he is in pain, so he said, "Okay, let him come in and take a look." ”

The two servants stepped out of the way, and the Taoist priest walked in. I saw a chair in front of the courtyard, and a man who looked like a merchant was lying on the chair holding his head and shouting pain, and the left and right maids and wives and concubines were panicked and confused, but they didn't know how to do it.

As soon as the Taoist priest opened his eyes, he saw it, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the yin qi has been hit!" Xue Zhenggang said: "What has the yin qi hit?" The Taoist priest took two steps closer, looked at Xue Zhenggang's face, shook his head and smiled: "The yin qi has entered the body! ”

Xue Zheng just saw that this Taoist priest looked hateful, and said something he couldn't understand. Annoyed in his heart, he said, "What kind of mess are you talking about?" The concubine next to him hurriedly said: "Dao Chief, what's wrong with the master? Can you say it clearly?" The Taoist priest smiled: "Yin Qi entered the body and blew out two human fires." He didn't live for more than three days! Three days later, a soul envoy came to detain him and sent him to the underworld. This yin wind is the form!"

Xue Zhenggang was scared into a cold sweat, but he didn't believe it, and sneered: "What nonsense does the stinky Taoist priest say, I'm afraid that he is here to cheat money!

The Taoist priest looked up to the sky and laughed, "Foolish and ignorant, you will come to me again in three days." "Turn around and go out.

After the Taoist priest left, Xue Zhenggang was in more pain, called a few doctors, and prescribed medicine to take it, not only did it not get better, but the pain became worse. In the evening, the pain was almost fainting, and then I remembered what the Taoist priest said during the day, and I was frightened, and hurriedly called my subordinates to find the Taoist priest.

The subordinates went out of the house, and Xue Zhenggang asked the concubine to go to find it too. These people searched all over Chang'an City before they found him in a teahouse in the east. The concubine hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the Taoist priest and said, "Daoist help!" The Taoist priest said, "Why are you pulling me?

The concubine pleaded: "My lord didn't believe in the Taoist chief before, but now he is even sicker, please save the Taoist chief." Xie Jin will never be less. The Taoist priest laughed and said, "Is this credible?" and went back with the concubine.

When I arrived at Xue's mansion, I heard that Xue Zhenggang had fainted in pain, and panicked the mansion and the house. The Taoist priest said: "Don't worry, don't worry, take me to see." Xue Zhenggang's wife led the Taoist priest to the room. Xue Zhenggang was lying on the bed and fell asleep, still crying out in pain.

The Taoist priest glanced at it and smiled slightly. The concubine said: "Dao Chief, save the master!" Dao Chang said: "Don't be busy." I'll wake him up. Stretched out his palm against Xue Zhenggang's chest and slapped it three times. Xue Zhenggang let out a "wow" and woke up. The wife and concubine were overjoyed.

The Taoist priest said: "Not yet." He also asked his subordinates to grind a pill and boil it, and feed it to Xue Zhenggang. After Xue Zheng just took it, he felt that his head gradually stopped hurting, and he hurriedly got out of bed and knelt down, thanked the Taoist priest for saving his life, and took another hundred taels of gold to thank him.

The Taoist priest shook his head and smiled, "Don't be too happy! I'll just help you get rid of the yin wind in your body." Your life has come, and in three days there will also be a soul to detain you. This sentence only frightened Xue Zhenggang's soul, and he knelt down and said: "Ask the Taoist for help! The Taoist priest said, "It's hard to save, it's hard to save!" If the king wants you to die, you won't be able to escape. ”

Xue Zhenggang cried: "Please save the Taoist, Xue is willing to exchange half of his family wealth for this life." The Taoist priest smiled slightly and said, "Although it is difficult to save, it is not impossible." "Help Xue Zhenggang up. Xue Zhenggang was overjoyed, and asked again: "What is the name of the Dao Chief?"

The Taoist priest said: "I came from Penglai Island, and my name is Dongping. Xue Zhenggang said: "Dongping Daoist, is there any way to save my life? I want to save you...... But it's not easy. ”

Xue Zhenggang knelt down again and said, "Please also ask the Taoist to save him!" Dongping Daoren helped him up and said, "I want to think about it......" After a moment of silence, he said: "Yes, the life span is difficult to change, so I will find a substitute to die for you." Just ......" to explain the method. And he said, "So the man died for you, and you live for the man." At the end of his life, he will be hopeless. Xue Zhenggang said: "Thank you, Daoist!"

Although there is a way to replace death, the Soul Arrester will still come back in two days, and if you want to live, you still need to deal with the Soul Arrester. Poor Dao is out of thin life early, and the Tao is in line with the principles of heaven. Then I will go with you and speak to the soul detainer, and let him go. But...... This ......"

Xue Zhenggang said, "But what?" Dongping Daoist smiled and said nothing. The concubine next to her was smart, grabbed Xue Zhenggang, and said in his ear: "Ask for money." Xue Zhenggang suddenly realized and said: "I am willing to sacrifice a thousand gold, and ask the Taoist chief to hand it over to the soul detaining envoy." ”

Dongping Daoren smiled silently. Xue Zhenggang gritted his teeth and said, "Five thousand taels is enough?" Fang Po, a native of Dongping Dao, laughed: "It's enough!" Just wait for two days later.

Two days later, it was early in the night. Dongping Daoist had already set up an altar in the center of the court, so that Xue Zhenggang hid. Shake the bell and sit down and wait for the soul to arrive.

Lin Xi counted that the time had come, took off his body in the cave, and flew to Xue Mansion with Mo Lian. As soon as I got started, I saw a Taoist priest opposite. Mo Lian was startled and hid behind Lin Xi.

Dongping Daoren's eyes opened, and he said with a smile: "Soul Detention Envoy, why did the immortal wind come here today?" Lin Xi frowned and said, "Come and detain someone." Dongping Daoist smiled and said, "Poor Dao already knows, please take a seat." He pointed to a chair next to him.

Lin Xi was still standing, and said, "If you don't sit, I'll detain my soul and leave." Dongping Daoist got up and said, "Don't be busy, don't be busy!" The envoy, poor Dongping, has a relationship with the master here, and wants to ask for a few days for it. has been transferred to the house, and there will be news in a few days. Please go back for a few days. As he approached, he carried a bag of silver.

Lin Xi changed color and said, "What is this?" Dongping Daoren smiled: "A little courtesy, please also ask the envoy to smile." Lin Xi's face grew cold, and he said, "I came here with my soul, and I never left like this." Don't give me these, don't give them to me, get out of the way. ”

Dongping Daodao: "This ......" took a bag of silver from his arms and pushed it into Lin Xi's arms. Lin Xi pushed away the silver and said sharply: "Dao Chief, the silver will be returned to you, don't stop me!" Dongping Daoren was rejected by him again and again, and his face was already seven points cold. He has a superb cultivation and an extraordinary status, when did he make people so bullied? At this time, he was repeatedly scolded by a small soul arrester, and his anger grew in his heart. turned cold and said, "You really don't accept it?"

Lin Xi said: "You don't want to stop me. "Take out the chain of souls. Dongping Daoren laughed and said, "What a little soul detaining envoy, even if King Yama sees me, I don't dare to do this." If you don't listen to the good words, I'll take you and the king of Hades won't dare to do anything!" he took the long sword on the table and stabbed it. Lin Xi raised the chain and picked it up. The two fought for more than ten rounds. Dongping Daoren took two steps back, sneered, took out a round of sunglasses from his arms, and suddenly shone it, releasing ten thousand golden lotuses, which were shooting into Lin Xi's face.

Lin Xi was originally a ghost, although his soul was solid, he was not afraid of the sun. But the mirror in the hand of the Taoist priest was not comparable to the sunlight, and when it was illuminated, it scattered Lin Xi's six spirits. Lin Xi screamed, his eyes were full of golden light, and he turned around and fled.

Mo Pian was shocked and wanted to escape. The Dongping Daoist smiled and said, "Little snake spirit, where do you want to run too?" threw an inkstone and hit Mo Lian. Mo Pian said "ah", and turned into a snake body on the ground. Dongping Daoist took out the bag and grabbed it.