Chapter 1: The Living Dead

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"Another Taoist priest died. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Quzhou in Layue is particularly cold this year, and it is the middle of the year, and the streets that should be quiet are now bustling with people. But looking at the center of the crowd, there was a dead man lying horizontally, the dead man was wearing a robe, the flesh and blood were blurred and he couldn't distinguish the appearance, his abdomen was like an open pocket, and his heart, liver, intestines, and stomach flowed out, spreading all over the ground, emitting bursts of disgusting stench. Two eyeballs were also dug out, forming two large holes that were not in the middle of winter, and they could not be forgotten at a glance. The death was really miserable, but the onlookers on the street all looked strange. Just talking and whispering from time to time.

"It's evil, how the Taoist priest is in trouble. I heard that it was done by a monster, specializing in killing Taoist priests. ”

"I heard that the Taoist priests of Qingfeng Temple in Changshan County have all been taken out of their hearts and livers, and they have been dismantled in eight pieces, and their arms and legs are flying horizontally, and they can't tell which head is against which body, and which arm is matched with which leg. It's not scary. ”

"Let's go, don't wait for the Taoist priests to die one day, will it be time to kill us."

The crowd of onlookers was still chattering, and at this time, two people turned out of the alley. At the front of him was a hunchbacked old man of about fifty, with gray hair hanging on his body, covering a fashionable leather jacket, and carrying a large cigarette pouch and pot in his hand. She was followed by a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. The girl was dressed in a large blue floral cotton jacket, and her hair was unkempt and tied in a big braid. Bigfoot pedals on a pair of tattered red embroidered shoes with patches. The face is not pretty, and she looks stupid at that time, and her body is quite strong, and she is typically a country girl.

The old man and the girl walked hurriedly, and the girl kept her head down and did not speak, until the old man strode ahead and kept muttering with his mouth full of sweat and smoke.

"Li Wu, you have a good fate, and you have the eight characters of our young master. You are sold into our Shuai Mansion but you are going to enjoy it, you are a young grandmother when you enter the door, and there are eighty or ninety maids waiting for you below, not only are you hungry, but a village is also glorious. ”

The old man saw that Li Wu was silent and continued to chatter.

"Our handsome young master's son is also handsome, and he treats people well. If it hadn't been for the sudden sickness...... As long as you take good care of the young master, when our young master wakes up, you will enjoy endless ...... Fu'er."

The two of them said and turned about three intersections, walked more than a hundred steps, and came to the gate of the Shuai Mansion in a blink of an eye. I saw that the vermilion lacquer gate of the mansion was about ten meters wide, and it was all made of high-quality wood. The base of pineapple wood hangs high above the gate, and there is also a plaque with gold edge. Li Wuben didn't know how to read, and he couldn't understand what was written on the plaque, and it was only later that he learned that it was written in the four big characters of "Quzhou Zhangfu". On the left and right sides of the gate are two large stone lions about two people tall. I don't know how much stone and manpower it will cost. Li Wu had never seen such a momentum again, and he was already scared stupid. The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and his back, which had been holding up, seemed to be straightened. His face was full of smiles, like wrinkled autumn walnuts. The old man turned his head to Li Wu.

"This is here, you stand here and wait first, and when I go in first to reply to the big handsome, I will come and pick you up in a blink of an eye."

He also instructed, "Don't run around, Quzhou is not peaceful now." The dead people who saw the sun were rumored to be the Taoist priests of Qingfeng Temple who attracted ghosts. By now, more than 200 Taoist priests have died. You're a girl, you have to be careful. ”

Li Wu heard this and nodded hurriedly. Thinking about ghosts, it's not that Zhangfu has also suffered from ghosts. The young master of Shuaifu is a living dead, which is already known to the whole of Quzhou.

It is rumored that Zhang Bao, the handsome Zhang, was originally a cook in the late Qing Dynasty, with fierce eyebrows and angry faces, wide steel teeth, and a Yama appearance. Later, the Qing government collapsed, and when the war was chaotic, Zhang Bao showed all kinds of skills, as the old saying goes, "heroes come out of prosperous times, and heroes are seen in troubled times." "Zhang Bao is really a hero, killing people is just like chopping melons and vegetables, and a kitchen knife goes down to people's heads like watermelons rolling straight on the ground, bubbling with red pulp. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he became the commander of Quzhou Mansion. Killing people is not a good thing, although Zhang Bao's official position is getting bigger and bigger, but he has suffered retribution on his children. The eldest lady Zhang Zhaozi was born well, but when she was six years old, she suddenly became stupid and abnormal, and the second young master Zhang Changyi was mentally normal, but unfortunately he was born with a sick seedling, and he has never stopped taking medicine since he was born. He suddenly fainted half a year ago, and there was only air in but no air out. I have asked hundreds of famous doctors, but I have never looked good. Always unable to wake up, turned into a living dead. Li Wu stood at the door of Zhang's mansion, and his thoughts had already thought of Java. The old man had come out of the house and waved her in.

"Dashuai and a few aunts and grandmothers are waiting in the main hall. Come in, meet the big handsome, you have to be cautious, see that you kid is honest. Our handsome man looks like he's very fierce, but he's actually very good. ”

And I didn't forget to continue to instruct, "When you go inside, you must remember to meet the ladies and wives, and you must know the rules." Our eldest lady is gone, and now the second grandmother is in charge. The second aunt and grandmother are the most remarkable, and they manage the Shuai Mansion in an orderly manner. The third aunt and grandmother eat scriptures and chant Buddha all day long, and you can't see her on weekdays. Although the fourth aunt and grandmother speak harshly, you just avoid it. The fifth aunt and grandmother are especially benevolent and righteous, and they are very tolerant of her subordinates, and the maids and servants are all worried about her goodness. ”

Li Wu silently wrote it down in his heart, and walked around the main entrance with the old man and turned in through the side door, and a few maids led her to the main hall.

Zhang Bao and several aunts and wives had been waiting in the main hall for a long time, and at this time, they saw Steward Xu leading Li Wu into the lobby, and hurriedly asked.

"This is the wife I found for Changyi? Is the date of birth certain? Do the eight characters really coincide with Changyi? Don't go wrong with Lao Tzu. ”

Steward Xu agreed.

"Yi Wei was born when he was young, his name is Li Wu, a person from Zhangtan Town. I also specially found someone to show her face, and she is the master of a prosperous husband. I found more than a dozen villages and towns, and she is the only one who has the right birthday with the young master, and she is the same age, so she is the most suitable for the young master. ”

As soon as Steward Xu's words fell, Zhang Dashuai and several aunts and wives all stared at Li Wu. Some look at the appearance, some look at the figure, some look at the footboard, and some look at the buttocks. It's not like looking at a daughter-in-law, it's like picking up another animal.

The second aunt wore a dark purple cheongsam, and she sat on the main seat all the time, looking solemn and majestic. She looked at Li Wu casually, and her face suddenly became gloomy.

"Steward Xu, what are you going to do? Although it is said that she is looking for a Chongxi girl who is in harmony with the eight characters, after all, she is also going to be the young grandmother of our Shuai Mansion. The second aunt said as she glanced at the fourth and fifth aunts. "It's nothing to be lowly in status, after all, the aunts and grandmothers are not all from everyone's background, but look at her stupid look, she is alive like a wood." ”

The fifth aunt, who had been sitting next to Zhang Dashuai, heard the meaning of the second aunt's words. The second aunt's wife is from a famous family, and now she is the head of the family in the backyard of Shuaifu, and her mother's family is also a big businessman. But the remaining third aunt and fourth aunt are from a small family, that is, the second aunt said that she is a lowly person. Thinking that the fifth aunt was too busy, she looked Li Wu up and down carefully, turned her head and said to Zhang Bao.

"Dashuai, I think this girl looks a little stupid, and her background is not very good, but she is also a child of a serious family, and she does not seem to be an eventful master. Marrying a wife and marrying virtue is not good-looking, marrying a husband and abandoning wealth to marry a virtuous person, I like this girl very much. ”

The fifth aunt pulled the cheongsam on her body again, straightened the mink shawl on her body, and was gentle with Zhang Dashuai. "Steward Xu is a butler who has been with you for decades, and what he does is still the most reassuring. At the moment, we should hurry up and let this girl pass the door, and the most important thing is to cure the young master's illness. ”

Zhang Dashuai paced for a moment, looked at Li Wu carefully, and turned his head to face the fifth aunt. immediately clapped the board, "Okay, tonight will be the happy event, Lao Tzu will do it lively...... As long as Changyi can wake up. ”

……

A month later......

Li Wu had already adapted to the life of Zhangfu, although several aunts and grandmothers had never paid attention to her, and the maids and servants had never regarded him as a young grandmother. Li Wu also understood in her heart that she was just a subordinate who relied on Chong Xi to have the title of young lady. She was left alone in the corner. She had to keep her husband like a dead man all day long. Zhang Changyi is now all her sustenance. She didn't expect Zhang Changyi to wake up, she just looked forward to it thousands of times in her heart, begging Zhang Changyi not to die. Otherwise, she wouldn't even have her only period in Zhangfu.

To say that Zhang Changyi's appearance is really delicate, she always looks and looks at him every day when she wipes his face and changes clothes, as if she can never get enough. Zhang Changyi's skin is a little pale. The smooth forehead is against the handsome eyebrows, the high nose bridge is matched with thin lips, and the face is so soft and gentle. Li Wu thought about it, if he was not a living dead. If only he were her husband. If in his heart, he has always deeply regarded himself as his wife.

Maybe she wouldn't be living as lonely and tormented as she is now. But she was afraid. She was afraid that if Zhang Changyi woke up, she would dislike her for being lowly and ugly. She loved to look at him, and kept staring at him, and it would be nice if she could just look at him like that for the rest of her life.

At the beginning of the day, the big girl Qingshu and Yuxiu brought water for washing as usual. Li Wu habitually twisted the hand towel to wipe Zhang Changyi's face first, and suddenly heard the bustling noise in the courtyard outside, and then the fourth aunt's sharp and frivolous and greasy voice sounded.

"Chang Yi is saved, he is really Lu Daozi's apprentice. The spell is very high, and at a glance he can say the eight characters of our parents' birthdays, and also say that our parents' birthdays are not ordinary diseases, but evil diseases. ”

When Li Wu heard the words of the fourth aunt, he couldn't care about the work in his hand, so he hurriedly pushed open the door and ran to the yard, and saw the fourth aunt sitting in the courtyard and talking to the maid Honghua. Behind him, a group of little maids were waiting with tea.

"Madam, where did you say that the Taoist priest you invited really has such a big spell?"

The fourth aunt was drinking tea and munching on melon seeds, so uncomfortable.

"Our young master has a good life, that Taoist priest was found by himself. At that time, the porter didn't believe it, thinking it was a liar, and Leng wanted to drive people away. As a result, the housekeeper was allowed to go out to see what was going on. Isn't our housekeeper born with a hunchback! The Taoist priest flicked his hand, and the big bag on Steward Xu's back was straightened at once! ”

Honghua was listening attentively, but when she turned around, she saw Li Wu standing in the courtyard, Honghua usually hated Li Wu the most, and an ugly mountain girl was also worthy of being the young grandmother of the Shuai Mansion, so she asked deliberately.

"It's amazing. Madam, you said that if the young master really woke up and saw that he had married an ugly daughter-in-law, would he be scared to death again? ”

The fourth aunt listened too much, and she also heard that Honghua was squeezing Li Wu. turned around, and really saw Li Wuzheng standing at the door of the room in obscene clothes, so he covered his mouth and laughed playfully.

"A village girl, what are you really supposed to be? Young grandma. The second young master is awake, and he must marry everyone's girlfriend. Oops, Shuaifu's face is about to be lost. ”

Li Wu didn't know how much he had heard such words, so he didn't make a sound, but just lowered his head and went back to the room. In his heart, it was like turning over the river and the sea, Zhang Changyi was saved and was about to wake up. She was excited and sad at the same time. Excited that his husband might come back to life. It's sad that she probably has no place in the Zhang Mansion.

In the evening, there was a Taoist priest in Zhangfu, and the difference with Li Wuxiang was that the Taoist priest was not an old Taoist who became an immortal, but a woman. Look at the female Taoist, about seventeen or eighteen years old. He carried a white cotton bag, wore a pure white silk sermon robe, and pedaled a pair of linen shoes. In this wax moon day, it seems a little thin. Almond eyes, cherry lips. The oily black head was neatly tied into a bun, and only a white jade hairpin was inserted. With snow-white skin, a slender neck, and a pale face, I can't see joy or anger, so I really have some Taoism. looks like a person from a painting.

Zhang Bao couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and shouted loudly.

"Aunt Dao, I don't know what your name is or where you come from. If you can really wake up my son, I'll give you the whole mansion. ”

The female Taoist priest still didn't have any expression, just replied lightly.

"The poor Taoist law leads to the three seas, and the family teacher is the Taoist of Qingfeng Temple in Changshan County twenty years ago. Treating diseases and saving people, and being kind to others is the long-cherished wish of the poor road, so how to talk about repaying it or not. It's just that after the poor Dao heals the young master, Wang Dashuai can agree to a condition for the poor Dao. ”

Zhang Bao laughed when he heard this, "Don't say it's a condition, even if it's ten hundred, it's not a problem." It is said that your master is a god descending from the earth, and I have also had a relationship with your master. We're old too. Now I only rely on the fairy aunt to save my son's life. ”

……

The three seas no longer greet each other. Please ask the second aunt to lead the way and go to Li Wu and Zhang Changyi's room. first looked at Zhang Changyi, who had been asleep, and then took out paper cinnabar and a brush from the cotton bag he was carrying behind him, drew a talisman with the brush and cinnabar, and asked Li Wu to take a bowl of realgar wine. I saw that the middle finger and index finger of Yin Sanhai's right hand were merged, his eyes were closed, and he silently recited a few incantations in his mouth, and the rune paper spontaneously combusted and turned into ashes and soaked into realgar wine. Yin Sanhai walked to the side of the bed with the wine bowl and sat on the bed again, unhurriedly took out a black pill from his bag, stuffed it into Zhang Changyi's mouth with his index finger, and then fed him realgar wine with the pill. The wine here has not been fully consumed, and Zhang Changyi over there has slowly opened his eyes.

……

Why did all the Taoist priests in Quzhou die tragically?

What is the origin of the introduction of the three seas?

Where will Li Wu go?

If you know what will happen next, please listen to the next breakdown.

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