Daya pursed the corners of her mouth, not looking too scared, but as if she was smiling, it seems—and a little bit of joy.

Did I read it wrong? Xu Qilin carefully looked at Daya's expression, but the people had turned into smiling faces.

"How to be honest, how to be obedient?" Daya propped her elbows on the table, supported her chin, and looked at Xu Qilin with a smile.

Do you want to dance a glamorous dance?! Xu Qilin rolled his eyes, dispelled this dirty idea, coughed dryly, and said: "Just stay here honestly, have food and drink for you, and don't let you harm others." ”

"Can't go out and walk around?" Saya stared at her wide eyes and protested.

Daya poured a cup for Xu Qilin with a pot, and said with a smile: "We have never harmed anyone." Look at Xiaoye, I can't even learn to be scary, so it can be seen that we are both good ghosts. ”

The little ghost's tongue can reach the chin, which is actually quite scary.

Xu Qilin looked at the Lori ghost who was eating vegetables, and swallowed the words back.

"Okay, you can go out and walk around, no one else can see you anyway." Xu Qilin compromised, but asked again: "There are a lot of ghosts outside, what do you have to do with them?" ”

Daya pursed her lips and said, "It's not what you think, there aren't many wandering spirits and wild ghosts in the world. Those ghosts didn't dare to provoke us, so they had to stay away. ”

As she spoke, she took out the jade Ruyi and shook it, and said proudly: "See, this is also a magic weapon, this girl is a ghost who knows the law." ”

Ghosts who know the Dao Fa, this seems to be a bit contradictory, ghosts also have to practice?

Daya looked at Xu Qilin's confused appearance, rolled her eyes, raised her glass, drank it dry, and poured it for herself. I don't even eat food, and I look like an alcoholic.

"I don't know where you got the magic weapon, which has both yin and yang eyes, and can collect ghosts." Daya pursed her lips with some disdain and said, "It seems that you don't often use yin and yang eyes, cowards, don't dare to look, and think that there are wandering spirits everywhere at night!" ”

Xu Qilin laughed dryly twice, and people were not wrong, he just thought so.

Daya snorted and continued, "People will starve to death if they don't eat, and ghosts are the same. If you don't know how to do it, it won't take long for it to dissipate naturally. There is also the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Tribulation, as well as all kinds of taboos, which will also destroy ghosts. ”

Xu Qilin pondered for a moment and thought it was true.

Ghosts should be regarded as a kind of energy body, and like people, they also need to be replenished. Otherwise, the energy will continue to decay and eventually come to naught, which is a bit of a scientific reason.

"Then you know the Fa!" Xu Qilin stared at Daya and said with a smile: "If you are a ghost, how many years have you survived?" ”

Daya pursed the corners of her mouth, laughed twice, and said, "Well, I won't tell you, anyway, you called Aunt Sheng to take a big advantage!" ”

Xiao Ye giggled, stretched out her little finger and pointed at Xu Qilin and said, "You have to call me my aunt and grandmother." ”

Cut! Xu Qilin snorted, although he knew that this might be true, but he was just unhappy and unhappy.

Daya smiled and leaned back, reaching out to stroke Xiao Ye's hair, her eyes full of doting and love.

Xu Qilin wanted to open his mouth several times to ask, "Can ghosts become humans", but he still suppressed his impulse. If you are just in contact, don't worry, let's observe for some time first.

After Daya laughed, he drank again, but the amount of wine didn't seem to be too big, maybe it was also because of the high degree of wine, and after drinking most of the pot of wine, he was already a little drunk.

"Boy, you, you don't have to be afraid." Daya smiled a little silly, and even Xiao Ye rolled his eyes when he was next to him, "People and ghosts have nothing to do with each other, people are more powerful than ghosts, they should be ghosts, ghosts are afraid of talents, right." ”

"If you drink high, go back to your jade Ruyi to rest." Xu Qilin said: "Xiaoye has eaten yet, I will call someone to come in and clean up." ”

Xiao Ye doesn't eat much, and it is estimated that ghosts are not very good at restraining the food of the world, and each dish is only eaten in two bites.

"Sister, go back and rest!" Xiao Ye got up and pushed Daya who was lying on the table.

Daya blinked drunken eyes, looked at Xu Qilin, and then at her sister, muttering words that no one could understand, turned into smoke and disappeared into Yu Ruyi.

Xiao Ye let out a long breath, turned his head to Xu Qilin and said, "It's Obon in two days, will you give food to the hungry ghosts, right?" They are also pathetic. ”

Xu Qilin nodded and said, "If you say it, you can do it, this thing is not difficult to do." ”

Xiao Ye grinned and said, "If you are short of money, I will help you, and it can be regarded as the cost of wine and dinner for me and my sister." ”

Xu Qilin nodded and said, "I guess you also know, how can a certain person be short of money if he is rich?" ”

Xiao Ye blinked, and suddenly stuck out his tongue at Xu Qilin, red to his chin. Then, with a giggle, it turns into nothingness and throws itself into the mud doll.

This little naughty ghost, if he practiced to stick his tongue out of his chest, he could barely scare a few people. At first glance, he is a lazy ghost, and he is not good at practicing scary kung fu.

Xu Qilin shook his head with a smile, and called for his subordinates to come in and clean up.

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When I was a child, I was afraid of ghosts, but when I grew up, I found that people are more terrible than ghosts.

Although Xu Qilin has not experienced the pain of being killed, he also knows that many people have done evil. Murderous, violent and cruel, there has never been such a wicked person in history.

Therefore, for these two ghosts, as long as they don't harm people, Xu Qilin is willing to keep them like this. Well, it's not for nothing, people give money.

Finally settled the ghost, Xu Qilin returned to Chang'an's mansion the next day. He returned home with his front foot, and Xiao Zhao and others entered the house with his back foot.

"I almost forgot the Midyear Festival, this excitement can't be missed." When Xiao Zhao saw his brother, he explained: "There is also Princess Jinyang, who has been approved by His Majesty, and asked me and Ah Ke to go to Jiucheng Palace to accompany her." ”

Xu Qilin touched the little sister's head and said with a smile: "I don't want to go, I have a bitter look on my face." ”

Xiao Zhao sighed and said, "There are many royal rules, how can you be so casual and happy at home." ”

Xu Qilin agreed, but he also had to comfort his sister and said: "At most, in a month, the emperor will return to Chang'an." If you take the time to rush back and forth, you can stay in Jiucheng Palace for more than ten days, very quickly. ”

Xiao Zhao nodded and said, "After the Midyear Festival, I will go to Jiucheng Palace, and walk slowly on the road." ”

Is it so resistant to the palace or something? Xu Qilin looked at his little sister and felt that this was also very good, and it should be his indoctrination that played a role.

Calculating the time, he will stay in Chang'an for a month at most, and then he will go to Luoyang, and even have to walk on Cao Road. Thinking of this, Xu Qilin was also a little reluctant and melancholy.

If it weren't for the sake of his relatives and having a more ambitious goal, with his current industry and income, Xu Qilin could have enjoyed a good life of being happy and eating and waiting for death.

With these subtle and complex emotions, Xu Qilin returned to his yard and saw a large basin placed there at a glance.

"Aaron is back." What is rare is that Adjani greeted her first.

Xu Qilin pointed to the large basin with flowers, lamps and candles, and asked suspiciously, "What is this?" Is it for the Midyear Festival? ”

"That's right!" Adjani nodded, and said with some merit: "Sister Jiali and I asked the housekeeper to buy it, and we have to buy some flowers, fruits, snacks, and vegetarian vegetables and put them in the pot, so that it is complete!" ”

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "Well, I'm not at home, you guys have worked hard to do this." ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard at all." Adjani looked very happy, and followed Xu Qilin to the house, and said, "Sister Jiali is practicing donkey riding in the back!" By the way, the donkey has a name, and it's called Qianya. ”

"Mother's?" Xu Qilin really didn't pay attention to this, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Just say it, donkeys and donkeys have a bit of a donkey temper." ”

Stepping into the outer room, Xu Qilin found that there was a mess on the table, and fruits and snacks were placed randomly, obviously being enjoyed by Adjani, a foodie.

Hey, hey, Adjani didn't wait for Xu Qilin to look at her, so she laughed embarrassedly.

Xu Qilin waved his hand indifferently, who eats differently. It is said that it is dedicated to the gods and Buddhas, but it is not withdrawn into the belly of the monks in the temple.

"Xiao Qi and Xi Xi brought back the letter from Her Royal Highness the Princess." Seeing that Ah Lang didn't blame, Adjani couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and reminded: "It's on Ah Lang's bookcase, and no one between me and Sister Jiali has read it." ”

Xu Qilin nodded, walked to the back room, and said, "Read the letter first, you continue to enjoy the offerings, and put the rest in the basin." ”

"Thank you, thank you, Lang." Adjani thanked her repeatedly, diligently made tea, and then withdrew.

Xu Qilin leaned on the sofa and loosened his muscles for a while, before taking the small bamboo tube from the bookcase, pulling out the letter inside and looking at it.

The son didn't have anything serious to talk about, reading what was written in the letter seemed to be small talk, probably because he liked this way of flying birds and pen pals communicating.

The letter specifically mentioned that she still insisted on drinking orange tea, and the frequency of chest tightness and cough decreased a lot compared with previous years, which was very effective. The son also said that he sent someone to give Fang Zi to his sister Princess Changle, because like himself, he also had a qi disease.

Qi disease is almost the definition of asthma in later generations, and both the son and the princess Changle are inherited from their mother, the eldest grandson. According to Xu Qilin's observation, it is not allergic, but rather cardiogenic asthma, which is usually caused by heart disease or hypertension.

His Majesty Li Er must have high blood pressure, which was collectively referred to as wind disease in ancient times, and the descendants of the Li family were also plagued by this genetic disease.

Asthma and high blood pressure are also incurable diseases in later generations. For today's plan, the only way to enhance the physique is through exercise, plus diet and tea therapy, so that the symptoms can be reduced or the frequency of the disease can be reduced.

Xiao Gongju, you are a child with a pure conscience and love, and I hope that you can grow up healthily and become a dazzling royal pearl, instead of dying before you bloom.

Xu Qilin was quite sad when he thought of his son's death, although he had tried his best to change, but he could not remove the shadow in his heart.

The son is kind-hearted, and in the letter he also talked about inviting Xiao Zhao and Ake to the Jiucheng Palace, and promised that Ake would be taken care of well, and would never treat her as a commoner.

Xu Qilin pursed the corners of his mouth and smiled, took out a pen and paper to write a reply to the little son.

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On July 15, Taoism is called the Zhongyuan Festival, and Buddhism is called the Bon Festival.

Although the names are different, the connotation of the festival is similar, they are all prayers for the blessing and forgiveness of sins of deceased relatives, and prepare offerings to feed the hungry ghosts in the underworld so that the souls of relatives will not be harmed.

It was originally a very solemn and solemn theme, but it made the Tang Dynasty a grand festival with the participation of the whole people, from the emperor to the peddlers and pawns.

In this regard, Xu Qilin is not unusual. The Qingming Festival of the Tang Dynasty people who spent a four-day long holiday was happy to go out, picnic, sing and dance, not to mention this Obon Festival.

Therefore, Xiao Zhao was in a hurry to come back to see this lively and celebrate this "Ghost Festival" that was happy for the whole people.

Early in the morning of July 15, Xu Qilin took Xiao Zhao, Scarlett and others out of the house to the temple.

First implement the theme, everyone came to the temple of the main workshop to worship the large basin. Anyway, it is for the Buddha to eat, and in the end, it is also a monk to dip the light, and the size of the temple does not have to be picked, it is a sincere expression.

Another advantage of sending offerings to small temples is that you don't have to compare with other people's offerings and watch other people's offerings compete.

Moreover, the big temple may not look down on this offering, but the small temple is overjoyed, with a kind attitude and hospitality.

"Brother, you see that our pot is the biggest!" Xiao Zhao stretched out his hand and pointed to the offering basin in front of the Buddha, grinning very proudly.

Xu Qilin smiled and nodded, and also felt that he had a lot of face.

In fact, this is the first time that Scarlett is not willing to spend money, although the funds are sufficient, but it is still not atmospheric enough to be extravagant.

Adjani's eyes stared at the vegetarian dishes, snacks, and fruits in other pots, and took a look, and they were no better than their own, so they could be regarded as having the idea of eating.

There are also a lot of pilgrims who send pots, and small civilian households have to be more or less interesting. What's more, this is still an offering to the ancestors!

Xu Qilin took everyone around the temple, which was considered to have completed today's business, and the rest was to go to the temple to see the excitement.

Last night, Xiao Zhao and Scarlett discussed it, first go to Jingshanfang Daxingshan Temple, then go to Qinglong Temple in Xinchangfang, and if you have enough time, you will go to Ximing Temple in Yankangfang.

Daxingshan Temple is amazing, it is the royal temple of the Sui and Tang dynasties, covering an area of one square, and it is also one of the three major translation sites for translating Buddhist scriptures in Chang'an at that time.

Everyone got into the car, Xu Qilin, Wu Xiang and others rode horses and rushed to Daxingshan Temple. Before I got there, I couldn't walk, so I had to stop on the side of the road and wait.

There were crowds of people on both sides of the road, who were watching the royal procession of "pot delivery officials". The emperor made offerings to his ancestors, and the scene was naturally grand.

"Brother, hold me." Xiao Zhao stretched out his hand and asked Xu Qilin to pick up the horse and look at the grandeur of the royal offering basin.

Scarlett and Adjani stood in the car, tiptoeing and stretching their necks to look at each other, also full of excitement.

I'll go, this royal style is a cow break! Xu Qilin stared at the big basin inlaid with gold and jade, just casting this guy, plus decoration, is it worth 1.8 million yuan, right?