Throughout the history of ancient Chinese novels, from the myths of the pre-Qin Dynasty, to the Wei and Jin dynasties, the legends of the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty, after thousands of years of condensation, the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties have achieved a high artistic standard.

If "Chu Ci" is a collection of pre-Qin myths, "Sou Shen Ji" during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties is a masterpiece of Zhiwei novels.

Any literature that is detached from the times itself is rootless water, "Sou Shen Ji" writes about people, ghosts, portraits, illusions, retribution, and love, although it is full of imagination beyond the times, but its essence is still based on the social politics, ideological trends and folk customs of the time. Therefore, the main reason why the stories of Zhiwei in "Sou Shen Ji" can be widely disseminated is that they are warmly welcomed by the broadest masses of the people.

Compared with the elegance of poetry and songs, the romance of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, this kind of simple reasoning, ups and downs in the plot, and strange and strange stories are the easiest to spread by word of mouth, and it is also the easiest to set off a national upsurge in a short period of time.

Of course, the so-called shortest time is at least a few years!

Xu You didn't have that much time to wait, and he didn't waste so much time on such a thing, so what he had to do was just to slightly improve the way and method of communication!

"Ghosts?"

"Not bad! If you want to deal with Du Jingzhi's magic stick, you can only make another magic stick......"

The three of them had finished their discussion, and He Wei and Zuo Yan were about to leave, when Xu You suddenly said: "Qiyi, why do I think that Bao Xi is a little unworthy of his name?" ”

He Wei stopped and didn't make a sound.

"Since he is Gu Dongyang's henchman who was sent to assist Gu Yun, wisdom and strategy should be the best choice. But I look at his performance in the Zhibin Building, he has been timid, restrained, and has no ability to make decisions on the spot, which really makes people suspicious! ”

He Wei said quietly: "Bao Xi, this person, don't need us to bother too much, he is not an obstacle!" ”

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure!"

Xu You smiled slightly and said, "That's good, let's go, if you're tired for a day, rest early!" ”

Zuo Yan bowed and left, and after He Wei went out, he turned around and sat opposite Xu You. Xu You maintained the sitting posture just now, not surprised by He Wei's return and return, lowered his head, gently rubbed the jade cup in his hand, and did not make a sound.

"Bao Xi and I are old acquaintances from the Jiangzhou Assassin Mansion......"

Xu You raised his head, put the jade cup on the table, and said with a smile: "Bao Xi is not an obstacle for us? Right? ”

"That's right! I promise! ”

"That's fine, as for your past with him, it must also be a secret in your heart, you don't need to tell me, and I don't need to know. Its wings, you and I intersect, the most important thing is to know the heart, the heart is not doubtful, and there will be no chaos if you do not doubt, this is the long-term way, but also the way to achieve things. ”

He Wei restrained his usual arrogance and said respectfully: "No! ”

At midnight, the moon was shining outside the window, and Qiantang City fell into complete silence. Not long after Xu You fell asleep, he suddenly woke up, and was about to listen to the sound from which it came from, Zuo Yan had already broken into the door, with the sword in his hand and protecting him.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know yet...... Someone must have barged in and was caught fighting! ”

Xu You got up in his clothes and walked to the window, and he could see two people standing separately in the courtyard, one of them was Li Yifeng, the ghost hunter, and the other person was surprised, it was the old servant who answered the door.

The two didn't know what they said in the courtyard, Li Yifeng retreated, went to the courtyard wall, tiptoed, and his body rose into the air, not outside the wall. The old servant coughed a few times, bent his waist, and walked slowly back to the porter.

"There is really a dragon and a crouching tiger in this courtyard, and even a dying old slave can force back the ghost hunting spirit officer of the Heavenly Master Dao Yangzhou Rule, no wonder Zhan Wenjun has the confidence to keep us safe." Xu You watched the old servant leave with great interest, and said, "Fenghu, go back and rest, there is such a powerful person guarding the door, it will be fine!" ”

Zuo Yan hesitated and said, "Otherwise, I'd better stay in the room...... Since Li Yifeng came to assassinate Lang Jun, I'm afraid he won't let go so easily......"

The prestige of the Heavenly Master Dao is not coaxed by dolls, if you really make up your mind to deal with a person, I am afraid that no one in the world will be able to sleep in peace.

Xu You's side face looked very soft in the moonlight, and he said softly: "Don't worry, Li Yifeng is here to find me, but he is not here to find trouble!" ”

Zuo Yan was a little puzzled and said, "Don't look for trouble? Is it difficult to catch up with Lang Jun? ”

Xu You smiled: "You guessed right!" ”

There was a knock outside the door, Zuo Yan looked at Xu You, saw him nodding, and went over to open the door. Zhan Wenjun stood outside the door, followed by Qianqin and Wanqi, and arched his hand: "The thief who broke in has retreated, which frightened Xu Langjun." ”

Xu You shrugged his shoulders, his posture was unusually chic, and said with a smile: "Madame is the first one who can call the ghost hunter a thief!" ”

"What about a thief who doesn't tell him, what about a ghost hunter? I'm just a thief! ”

This is magnificent, but grandeur requires confidence, and with a master like the old servant as the porter, Zhan Wenjun is undoubtedly very confident, and said: "If Xu Langjun is not sleepy, can Wenjun come in?" ”

In the middle of the night, although the two of them are not alone, they are also incompatible with etiquette, especially Zhan Wenjun has been widowed for a year, and he is still in mourning.

Zhan Wenjun may not care, Xu You actually doesn't care, but he can't help but consider whether Guo Mian also has such a generous mind.

"If Madame wants to ask about the specific plan after having a white snake and a person, I can only say that the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, and after two days, Madame will naturally know!"

Zhan Wenjun heard Xu You's refusal, and he was not annoyed, he smiled, his sword eyebrows rose up, and there was a lovely taste in the sass, and said, "Then don't disturb Xu Langjun's rest!" Tonight, just leave it to Wanqi to guard, if there is anything, just tell her! ”

After saying that, he left with Qianqin, Wan Qi didn't look at Xu You, and stood up at the door, like an ice sculpture beauty, so that the surrounding air was about to solidify.

When Zuo Yan saw this scene, where could he rest assured to sleep, and he also went to the other side of the door to stand still. The two of them are one left and one right, like two door gods, but they are not fierce enough, but an uncle and a girl have a sense of matching inexplicably.

Xu You persuaded a few words, but neither of them listened, so he went to sleep helplessly, and seemed to see a woman in his sleep, with green hair in red clothes, as if she was far away and near.

When he woke up on the second day, Xu You shouted two wind tigers, Zuo Yan pushed the door in, he didn't sleep all night, but he was full of energy, and he didn't show any fatigue.

"What about Wanqi?" Xu You turned his head to look, but he didn't see Wan Qi's figure, and said strangely: "Could it be that you ran away in the middle of the night?" Zhan Wenjun can't do this, none of the servants around him are obedient. ”

Zuo Yan smiled: "Lang Jun forgot? Madame Zhan ordered to keep watch at night. So as soon as it was dawn, she was gone! ”

Xu You shook his head and smiled, "It turns out that he is too obedient......"

Talking and laughing, the autumn equinox pushed the door in, served Xu You and got dressed, Xu You took everyone downstairs, breakfast had been set up in the hall, Zhan Wenjun did not show up, and Baihua was responsible for entertaining.

"Qiyi, you have dinner with the autumn equinox first, and I will go out with Fenghu."

He Wei nodded, needless to say that he also knew what Xu You was going out for, but Baihua smiled and said, "Xu Lang, my wife has ordered, let you try not to go out!" ”

"It's okay, I'll just walk around the neighborhood and I'll be back in half an hour!"

Xu You and Zuo Yan left Zhan's house and walked around casually. Qiantang is a county and a place of concentrated commerce, and the market system is not strictly divided into markets, so unlike a metropolis like Jinling, the market does not open until noon. As far as we can see, there are already a lot of business travelers running around the streets, and some sporadic restaurants have also started the business of early pedestrians.

"Li Ji soup cake, here it is, go in and try the craftsmanship of the store!" When Xu You and Zuo Yan entered, they found that the shop was doing a brisk business, with more than a dozen tables full of people, and they waited for a while to find a seat in the back room.

Zuo Yan asked the store for two soup cakes, and before they could be served, a scrawny man sat opposite the two.

Ghost Hunter, Li Yifeng!

Zuo Yan was about to make a move subconsciously, but was stopped by Xu You, looked at Li Yifeng and said with a smile: "Brother Li Dao, I haven't seen you for a few years, why are you still skinny?" The diet of the Heavenly Master Dao is really so difficult to swallow? ”