Episode 97: Ghosts
Ji Xia Mo had the intention to avoid Bai Erbium, although he looked arrogant on his face, but every time he thought of his shameless show of love, he couldn't help but cover his face, and rolled around in the quilt with his head. was rejected again, and suddenly he rubbed his teeth secretly, tearing Bai Erbium to pieces in his heart.
While entangled in Bai Erbium's attitude, he was worried that people would run away directly, seeing that although Bai Erb was deliberately alienated, he was also at ease guarding himself, and when Ji Xia Mo was proud, he grinded his teeth with hatred.
Ji Xia Mo knew that something was wrong, he couldn't control his feelings, and he always thought about bad things. Several times in my heart, I had the urge to withdraw Bai Erbium's soul and imprison him for eternity, although it was only a flash, but his heart was irritable and fearful, and there were faint signs of blackening.
Lou Yin cut off a piece of gold wire made of spiritual power, and gave the binding talisman to Ji Xiamo and let him carry it closely. Chen Zhou's resentment is shrouded and dead, and it may not have a big impact on ordinary people, but it can cause negative feelings in the heart the most for cultivation, thus forming inner demons.
With Lou Yin's help, Ji Xiamo's feelings gradually calmed down, recalling his tyranny about Bai Erbium, he couldn't help but have cold hands and feet, although he had returned to normal, but he had always avoided Bai Erbium, and instead borrowed Ye Yi from Zhong Lao's side.
Behind the magnolia screen, the jade incense burner has a few fairy mist, a bunch of lotus incense is placed obliquely in the white porcelain bottle, on the pear flower recliner, the young man is leaning on the white clothes, his eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, the momentum is cold and thin, a volume of poems in his hand is not closed, the young man's thoughts are far away, and there is a slight contemplation in his eyes.
"Childe, Boss Bai asks to see you." Ye Yi's voice came from outside the door.
Ji Xia Mo came back to his senses, moved his sore wrist without a trace, put the poem in his hand on his leg, and responded lightly. "Come in."
Bai Zigui, the largest wealthy merchant in Chenzhou, is mainly engaged in the rice and grain business, and seventy percent of the grain in Chenzhou is through his hands. He is shrewd and cunning, but he is also a moody and suspicious person.
Ye Yi pushed the door in with the two of them, Bai Zigui was slightly fat, his appearance was quite upright, and his thin eyes were full of sharp light. Bai Zigui was followed by a woman, wearing a purple skirt, who was delicate and dignified. This person Ji Xia Mo also has an investigation, named Yu He, is Bai Zigui's concubine, ranked fifth among the wives and concubines in the house, but he is also the most favored. After being married home by Bai Zigui two years ago, she has been following Bai Zigui to handle business since then, and she is also a powerful woman.
Bringing people to him, Ye Yi closed the door and left, and the house was silent for a while. Bai Zigui stared at the white-clothed young man looming behind the screen, and his heart was full of thoughts. He has always not believed in ghosts and gods, but in the past two days, for some reason, strange things have always happened in the mansion, and he thought that there was something unclean behind his back, and he also sent someone to carefully investigate in the mansion, but he found nothing.
There was a secret rumor in the house that there was a ghost to blame, so he naturally scoffed at it, but until last night, it was convenient for him to get up early in the morning, and he could dimly see the girl in front of the window grooming. He was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, but he didn't get past because he had traveled south and north for half his life. He asked the girl about her identity, and the girl turned around, with a sad smile on her delicate and beautiful face, which turned into a dry bone in an instant.
It was already daylight when Bai Zigui opened his eyes again, and he thought it was just a nightmare, but a white bone comb falling in front of the window made his face white.
In the past few days, I vaguely heard that there was a living fairy in the city, who could know the past and calculate the future, Bai Zigui disdained these Jianghu gods, but the girl who made up at night made him uneasy, so he called his favorite concubine Yu He to ask the address of the 'living fairy', and the two quietly came to visit.
"The bride married the wrong man, buried the negative person, and dressed in mourning white night makeup. The bridegroom and the groom, you are ridiculous that the concubine is wrong and infatuated, leaving an empty pair of skins. Peeled off the skin, smiled at the lang, the bridegroom and the groom under the loess outside the window, quickly get up and worship me in the high hall. ”
The boy's voice came from behind the screen, whispering the lyrics. The clear voice was like a clear spring in the forest, but it made Bai Zigui goosebumps and break out in a cold sweat.
“…… Guru. After thinking for a moment, Bai Zigui said tentatively.
A wisp of strange fragrance floated, Ji Xiamo raised his hand to pluck the incense burner, and his voice was as indifferent as water. "Bai Zigui, your parents accumulated virtue and did good deeds during their lifetime, and now you are powerful, but you borrowed the yin virtue of your parents, you don't know how to be grateful to Dade, but instead help to abuse, and now you are haunted by grievances, who can you complain about."
Bai Zigui's face stiffened, and there was a hint of uncertainty in his eyes, "I came here today to ask for something, if the master was to explain it for me, I will repay myself, why should the master speak disrespectfully and implicate the deceased father and mother." ”
"Boss Bai's family has a big business, so there must be a lot of blood on his hands." Ji Xia Mo raised his eyes and looked at Bai Zigui lightly. "Cause and effect reincarnation has its own retribution, and Boss Bai is blessed by his parents, but Yin Virtue will always run out one day. If Boss Bai doesn't accumulate virtue and do good, I'm afraid he is doomed to a bad death. ”
"You!" Bai Zigui was furious, but was restrained by Yu He beside him. Yu He silently comforted Bai Zigui, stepped forward and curtsied. "I heard that the master has the ability to reach the sky, and today my husband is haunted by the unjust ghost, I hope the master can help, and there will be retribution afterwards."
Ji Xiamo stared at Yu He for a moment, and let out a strange 'huh'. "It's strange, it's a dead person, why did you leave behind a remnant life that goes against the way of heaven?"
Yu He's body stiffened, and he suddenly looked up at Ji Xia Mo behind the screen, with fear in his eyes.
"Nonsense!" Bai Zigui shouted angrily, stepped forward to hold Yu He's hand and was about to leave angrily.
"Zigui, wait a minute." Yu He wiped away the fear in his eyes, turned around and knelt down in front of the screen. "Master, my husband has been entangled by a ghost recently, and I hope that the master will be kind enough to subdue the ghost and save my husband's life."
"There is something to be done in heaven, but there is nothing to live for oneself." Ji Xia Mo turned over and leaned out, not looking at the two of them. "The white-clothed female ghost has been practicing for thousands of years, but because she was betrayed by the negative person, the resentment in her heart is not gone, so she has been banned here. Boss Bai originally had the blessing of his parents, but for many years, Boss Bai had no virtue in business, and he had already scattered his parents' yin virtue. ”
Now that Chenzhou is in trouble, Boss Bai has rice and grain in his hand but is unwilling to do good, and he is even sitting on the ground to raise the price, and countless refugees have died in vain. Those who died in vain were resentful, and Boss Bai was full of resentment, how could he not provoke ghosts. ”
"That ......" Yu He's face turned pale.
"Boss Bai, let's do more good deeds, otherwise ......" Ji Xiamo glanced sideways slightly, although he was preaching to Bai Zigui, his eyes were looking at Yu He, who was kneeling on the ground. Come to a sticky end. ”
"You god ......" Bai Zigui's face was pale, and there was a gloomy aura in his eyes. Just as he was about to rush through the screen to teach Ji Xia Mo a lesson, suddenly a strange wind broke out in the house, blowing Bai Zigui and Yu He so that they couldn't stand and their eyes were blurred, and when the surroundings were calm, the two of them were already standing on the street outside the inn when they came back to their senses.
There were people around, and there didn't seem to be any surprise at the 'sudden' appearance of the two people. The sun was shining, Bai Zigui glanced at the closed room upstairs, and suddenly shivered, only to feel inexplicably chilled.
"Pretending to be forced is also a technical job." Everyone left, and Ji Xiamo's originally supported body suddenly froze, and he lay on the recliner softly. The body that has been supporting the styling has long been stiff and sore.
Lou Yin appeared, his slender jade-like fingers gently playing with the lotus flowers in the bottle, turning a blind eye to Ji Xiamo's lack of interest. Ji Xiamo held his head and smiled at Lou Yin, making a beckoning cat shape, "Uncle Lou, thank you for pinching~~~"
Lou Yin glanced at Ji Xiamo and put down the lotus flower in his hand. Hands rose and fell, and camellia flowers bloomed all around the recliner, falling all over Ji Xiamo's body. For some reason, he always felt that Camellia and Boy were more suitable.
Ji Xia Mo flicked the camellia all over his body and couldn't help but pout. "Uncle Lou, you're really funny."
Lou Yin came back to his senses, looked at the camellia on Ji Xiamo's hand stiffened, instinctively wanted to take it back but paused vividly, and a different color quickly flashed in his faint eyes.
"Chen Zhou's lifeless qi is too strong, and it will damage your cultivation very much, so leave as much as you can." Lou Yin turned around and continued to play with the lotus in the bottle, and opened his mouth coldly.
"I'll do my best to get things right." Speaking of seriousness, Ji Xiamo's face was also stern. "By the way, Lou Yin, what happened to that Yu He just now? I don't feel a trace of anger in him. ”
"She was originally a dead person, but because she was obsessed with the great soul, the soul could not be withdrawn from the body, and she could only be nourished by medicine or yin qi to maintain the appearance of a living person. This creature is called a living ghost. ”
"Then she's not human anymore?" Ji Xia Mo was surprised.
"Although the appearance of a living ghost is no different from that of a living person, the soul and the body have been separated after all, and although it is slow, the body will also decay." Lou Yin looked at the position where Yu He was standing just now, and the camellia in his hand was scattered all over the house, as if he wanted to dispel some smell. "There is no sign of her inside and outside, I think there should be some elixir nourishing her."
"What elixir?"
"Being able to nourish the body of the ghost is nothing more than some yin damage method."
Ji Xia Mo thought about it, thinking about the seemingly delicate woman, who might one day decay into a corpse and turn into a dry bone, and suddenly couldn't help but shudder.
Bai Zigui returned to the mansion and lost his temper and smashed the porcelain in the house. Yu He stood quietly aside, but his mind had already drifted away. Thinking of Ji Xiamo's seemingly casual words, as well as the unclear meaning of his eyes, Yu He couldn't help but panic.
"Little lotus?" One hand held her shoulder, Yu He was startled, and looked at Bai Zigui in front of him in a trance, confused.
Bai Zigui frowned slightly, "What's wrong?" ”
"No, it's fine." Yu He forced a smile and reached out to help Bai Zigui sit down on the chair. "You don't have to be angry because of this, people who are always a little weird have a bad temper, but usually these people have great abilities."
"I, Bai Zigui, have been going south and north for half of my life, and I'm still afraid of him as a little ghost!" Bai Zigui slapped the table angrily, his expression fierce.
"Zigui, I know you're not afraid, but you'd rather believe it than believe it, you have to make more plans." Yu He comforted softly.
Bai Zigui was silent for a long time, although he was not angry in his heart, but if the dressing girl had the intention to harm him, he was helpless. "Then what do you say?"
Yu He thought for a moment, and then tentatively spoke, "Didn't the master say that your blessings have been exhausted?" It's better for you to be kind and do good, one is to accumulate virtue, and the other is to let the master see your sincerity, and then we will ask him again, and the master will not refuse. ”
"Kindness and goodness?" Bai Zigui's expression was strange. "You want me to open a warehouse to release food for those refugees?"
Seeing Bai Zigui's expression was different, Yu He, who knew his temper, hurriedly persuaded, "Zigui, you can earn it again when the money is gone, if something goes wrong with you, how can you let me live?" Yu He's face was sad, and there were tears in his eyes.
"Although the master's words are ugly, they are not reasonable, and we should accumulate virtue and do good deeds for the sake of future children. What's more, if the female ghost is not eliminated for a day, my heart ......"
Yu He hid his face and cried, Bai Zigui has always loved him, so he naturally felt distressed. Although he is reluctant in his heart, he is not a brainless miser, he can fight for the family business now, and he is also a smart person. Yu He cried and complained, thinking of what Ji Xia Mo said, Bai Zigui already had a plan in his heart.
"I'll think about it." Bai Zigui was thoughtful. "You go find some Taoist monks first, come back, and do a few rituals at home."
has been following Bai Zigui for so long, how could Yu He not know what Bai Zigui meant. He is preparing with both hands, first find some monks and Taoists to take a look, if there is no way, and then go and do what Ji Xia Mo said. But no matter what, Bai Zigui was willing to listen to her, and she was also happy, smiling and nodding in agreement. "Okay, let's go."
Naturally, there are no female ghosts seeking revenge for thousands of years in Bai Zigui's family, this is just Ji Xiamo casually caught a female ghost, sealed it in Bai Zigui's house with a talisman, and coerced and lured this ghost to act, and helped her reincarnate afterwards.
What kind of negative person is even more nonsense, this female ghost was a lace when she was alive, she fell in love with Ah Hua of the house next door, raised from childhood to adulthood, but when she was about to eat, she ran away with a stinky man. The female ghost was aggrieved, and then choked to death by eating the wedding cake sent by her childhood sweetheart. When he heard a handful of snot and tears from this female ghost, Ji Xiamo only felt that the sky was thundering, and a group of grass/mud horses rushed by.
The night was already dark, Ji Xiamo handed Ye Yi a few talismans, and whispered a few words in his ear, "Don't mess it up for me, I believe the consequences are definitely not what you want to see." ”
"Yes." Ye Yi nodded solemnly, took the talisman and quietly left the inn, melting into the darkness.
Looking at Ye Yi's back, Ji Xiamo nodded with satisfaction, and was about to go back to bed, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Bai Erbium on the windowsill, and suddenly froze the smile on his face.
Looking at each other in pairs, I don't know how long it took, Ji Xiamo smiled lightly, "The night is dark and the wind is high, when you kill people and set fires, do you want to have a romantic date with me?" ”
Ji Xia Mo smiled cutely, just like when the garden was full of plum blossoms, the same people, the same words, melted his cold heart.
Staring at the young man's smiling face, Bai Erb quietly hooked the corners of his lips.
"Okay."