Chapter 42: Ghosts Invade

After a short time, the group set off for the east. Young Marshal An specially prepared a carriage for Nangong Han's "family". Nangong Han asked Ling Hu Zhao and Ling Hu Yan to sit in the car and come to catch the car by himself, never thinking that he was not good at driving the car. Ling Hu Zhao had to come out and take the reins to let Nangong Han sit back in the car.

Nangong Han was a little surprised when he saw Ling Hu Yan, and asked softly: "Lady, why are you still so happy?" ”

"Isn't Luoyang better than Jing'an?"

"Oh, it's a good thing that you think so."

"I just like prosperity, I like Chang'an, Chang'an can't live for a long time, and Luoyang is also very good!"

"Haha! Indeed, it is better than being embarrassed in Jing'an Town. ”

Ling Hu Zhao vaguely heard the two talking outside the car, and he couldn't help but worry, but it was useless to worry, only when he arrived in Luoyang City.

After the war, Luoyang, there are still traces of the battle on the city wall, and under the city wall, there are still corpses that have not had time to be cleaned up, although it is late winter, but you can also smell the stench of the corpses after decay. Ling Hu Yan had never smelled the smell of corpses, and unconsciously vomited all the food she ate in the morning, and after vomiting several times in a row, her face turned pale and she was dizzy. Seeing this, Nangong Han hurriedly pressed her inner pass, took out the moxa wool that ignited the fire, blew a breath, burned immediately, and gave birth to a wisp of green smoke, and then calmed down.

Seeing this, Linghu Zhao hurriedly stopped the carriage. The young marshal's guards immediately came forward to ask when they saw the carriage stopped, Nangong Han hurriedly lifted the curtain and said: "Humble Jing Xu is tired of the carriage, and now he is vomiting and dizzy, please report to the young marshal, let me go into the city to find an inn and settle down first." ”

After going to report to the young marshal, he came to pass the word: "Sir and his family can stay first, and the sergeant will come to serve later, so as to avoid being disturbed." ”

Ling Hu Zhao and Nangong Han exchanged glances, and they both knew that they were not at ease with them. But for Nangong Han, if he can send Uncle Linghu and nephew to the inn, and follow the young marshal An Qingxu into the Tokyo Palace to meet An Lushan, he will definitely be able to collect some information, and maybe he can also connect with some hidden spies. But after thinking about it, An Qingxu would not take Nangong Han into the inner palace so rashly, he must report it first, it can be seen that eighty or ninety percent of the people who want to go for diagnosis and treatment are An Lushan. But why do you want to find a doctor from the countryside, the huge Luoyang is a famous doctor.

I didn't have time to think about it, I had already come to a Yuelai Inn outside the Dongdu Palace, and the three of them got off the carriage, and the sergeant stepped forward to lead the way, and placed the three of them in two rooms on the second floor of the inn. "There are not many words, but there is no denial.

Nangong Han also knows that if you are in a bandit's nest, it's better not to act rashly, not to mention that even if you can get out of the inn, you are a headless fly, where can you hit it? It's better to wait quietly, don't cause trouble, if you can find out An Lushan's physical condition, it is also a great achievement.

Linghu Zhao is different, thinking that he has arrived in the Eastern Capital, and then goes east, out of the place where the two armies are fighting, it is not difficult to return to Huating, but if you want to inform Nangong Han, he will not allow it, if you don't tell him to escape, he will be killed. Besides, Yan'er, this girl may not be willing to leave. I was conflicted in my heart, and I simply wanted to push the window to see the street scene, but I never thought that the window lattice had been nailed, and I didn't know if this was to prevent escape, or what other arrangement?

The sergeant brought dinner upstairs, set up a small table for the three of them in the room where Ling Huzhao lived, put wine and food, and the sergeant went out.

The three of them looked at each other for a moment, and Nangong Han spoke first: "Father-in-law is hard, the journey is tiring, take a drink first to relieve fatigue." Seeing this, Linghu Zhao also said loudly: "I'm really tired after a tiring journey today, don't worry about me, you can have a drink too." ”

"I won't drink, in case the young marshal comes to me at night and drinks and makes a mistake."

"Uh-huh! That's fine. Yan'er have a drink? ”

Ling Hu Yan hadn't recovered from vomiting and dizziness, and said, "Father, I have no appetite for this food at all, so I'd better go back to the room and lie down first, right?" ”

Nangong Han hurriedly said: "Then I'll go and boil some half-summer rice porridge to reduce adversity." Ling Hu Yan nodded wistfully, and after Nangong Han left, he lay down on the couch in Ling Hu Zhao's room.

Linghu Zhao hurriedly said, "Yan'er, go back to your own house." ”

"Father, let me lie here, I'll go back to my room alone and be afraid!"

"Are you weak and ghostly?"

"I don't know, I'm just scared."

"Don't be afraid, child, don't be afraid if you have a father, Mr. will cook you half a summer rice porridge, and when you can drink it, it's good to go against the tide." After speaking, he opened the door and saw a sergeant waiting at the staircase, and hurriedly called: "Master Jun, my daughter may have been sick from the journey, so she went to the courtyard to break a peach branch, went to the pharmacy to buy a tael of cinnabar, and went to the slaughterhouse to find a pinch of bristles." ”

"What are you doing with so many things?"

"She may have fallen into a ghost due to her physical weakness, and I need these things to dispel it."

"Okay, I'll look for it, it's so late, I'm afraid the bristles are hard to find."

"If you can find the best, if you can't find it, you can find the first two things." After the sergeant left, Ling Hu Zhao looked back, causing Hu Yan's eyes to be frightened and curled up in a ball. Ling Hu Zhao hurriedly went over and hugged her shoulders and comforted: "Yan'er don't be afraid, Yafu is here, nothing can hurt you." ”

"Father, I hear someone wailing outside, what a miserable wail, afraid, Father......"

Ling Hu Zhao pinched her Hegu acupoint, Ling Hu Yan didn't know the pain, no wonder she was so scared and scared, so she had to comfort: "Yan'er, they can't come in, they can't hurt you, with Ya Father here, no one can hurt you......"

Not long after, Nangong Han pushed the door in, and when he saw this scene, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Ling Hu Zhao said softly: "Xu has fallen into a ghost." ”

Nangong Han saw the fear in Ling Hu Yan's eyes, and he couldn't help it, and hurriedly told Ling Hu Zhao, "Quickly put her on the couch." Ling Hu Zhao wanted to put Ling Hu Yan on the couch, but Ling Hu Yan grabbed Ling Hu Zhao's arm, refused to let go, and kept saying: "Father, don't let go of my ......"

Seeing this, Nangong Han hurriedly took out the silver needle from the medical bag, grabbed a hand, and pierced it into the Shenmen acupoint on his wrist, twisting it for half a moment, so that Hu Yan didn't feel it, and there were still words in his mouth, saying that he was afraid. Nangong Han found Baihui and Si Shencong on the top of his head again, and after piercing five stitches, he took out a moxa stick, lit it, took off the shoes and socks on Ling Huyan's left foot, and moxibustion against the Yongquan acupoint.

After about a quarter of an hour of moxibustion, Ling Hu Yan's face became a little ruddy, and she fell asleep in Ling Hu Zhao's arms. Nangong Han hurriedly removed the silver needles on his head and hands, put them on the couch, and continued to smoke the spring. Ling Hu Zhao said, "I have sent a sergeant to cut a peach branch and buy cinnabar and bristles. ”

"Is it okay to be sure?"

"Chudi's witchcraft technique, when you get up, you have to give her a bowl of boiled Banxia rice soup, don't get seriously ill at this juncture."

"In this year, she has been tired from traveling and traveling, coupled with too much thinking, and her body is weak and mixed with depression......"

"You have to worry more, she is still young, and she has experienced this dynasty, and her life has been in vain."

"There's a question I haven't asked, didn't you take her to Chang'an to get married? Why did you turn back again? ”

Ling Huzhao heard a busy "shh ”

"He can truthfully report that he has a marriage contract, and he won't be in such an embarrassing situation!"

"There are too few people in the world like you Nangong Han, and there is no evil idea to live in the same room with a girl who is like a flower and jade."

Nangong Han: "It seems that you haven't slept well in recent months!" ”

"Can you sleep well? Not a stopgap measure, who would dare to take such a big risk. You're a lot better than your father. ”

"You're still struggling with what happened thirty years ago! He has been dead for more than ten years, and your loyalty and courage are commendable, but his choice at that time was not wrong, after all, there is such a big family behind him. If the princess wins, we may also become ghosts under the sword. ”

"Let's not talk about the past. Those who survive may not have the joys and sorrows of the rest of their lives. ”

"Well, it's useless to talk about the past. So that the fox lady can know about her husband? ”

"I didn't dare to tell her, I only lied to her that Xu Chen went out of town because of his busy military affairs, and planned to meet Huating to make plans again. She is still young and doesn't know much about emotional matters, and she likes Captain Nalan a little in Qinglong Town. ”

"Haha, there's still this."

"It's not to blame her, she hasn't seen Xu Chen at all, she just knows that he is a person in the army, and when she sees the handsome Captain Nalan, she wants to be Xu Chen. Which girl is not pregnant with spring, which teenager is not infatuated. ”

"If the two of them can do it, it will be a good thing."

"The Creator makes man, and nothing can be as good as you wish. In fact, when I returned to Huating, I didn't know what to do and how to explain the experience of this year to her parents. ”

"Let's save our lives first."

"Only in this way, it may not be possible to be with you as a spy. But if I don't be with you, a spy, it's still not thoughtful. Hehe, I hope that the court Qinwang's temperance will calm down this chaos as soon as possible. We return to Huating with peace of mind. ”

"Uncle, I want to ask you one more thing."

"You say. We are all degraded now, and we know everything, and we have no end to what we say. ”

"I heard you say last time that the ugly makeup on the face of the fox lady was dressed by Huangfu Dan, what is the reason for it? Uncle, I've been staring at this person for a long time in Qinglong Town, and I've dug up some of their inside stories. ”

Linghu Zhao paused for a moment, and replied briskly: "I can trust you all these days and nights, let me tell you the truth, while I helped Nalan capture Murong Cheng and his gang, Huangfu Dan plundered Yan'er, and I was forced to agree to her conditions, so she let Yan'er go, let us go back to Huating, and wait for the opportunity to raise troops when the world is in chaos." This matter has always been in my heart, and I think that I am also a rare person in the seventies, as long as I can send Yan'er back to Dongting, I will solve this matter. ”

"How are you going to fix it?"

"Life has been dead since ancient times, as long as I am gone, what can they do with me?"

"Why does Huangfu Dan trust you so much?"

"Her father is the emperor."

"Ahh It's incredible! ”

"It's incredible, where don't we meet in life?"

"Did they give you any tokens?"

"There's a token!"

"If you can use your token to help us in Luoyang, would it be good?"

"I don't know if it's okay or not, Huang Fu Dan said that when I go back to Huating, someone will naturally contact me, but I don't know how their organization can contact me. She was afraid that I would regret it, so she forced me to write a paperwork, and it was estimated that if I did not comply, she would be blackmailed by me. As long as I send Yan'er back to Huating, I am not afraid of any paperwork from her, but I crawled out of the pile of dead people. ”

"I know you're not afraid of death, but now we have to live. You lend me the token and see if you can find someone to contact me. ”

Ling Hu Zhao took out the token from his arms and said: "It's not that I can't bear this thing, it's that this thing is put in your hands, and I don't know the good luck." ”

"As long as it's useful!" Linghu Zhao handed the token to Nangong Han, Nangong Han put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, the token is cast in copper, the front is engraved with a phoenix, and the reverse side is a phoenix, there is nothing unusual, but the bronze medal is thicker than that of the palace. Nangong Han continued: "This animal should represent the internal level of the organization, uncle, your level is not low." ”

Ling Hu Zhao smiled and said: "A group of rabble, I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic." ”

"Don't worry, I'll use this token well."

"I hope you can use it well!"

As soon as the words fell, someone came upstairs and Linghu Zhao said, "The peach branches, cinnabar, and bristles have arrived." So he opened the door, and sure enough, the sergeant came over with a peach branch the size of his thumb in his hand, and said to him, "Sir, you have found the peach branch, cinnabar, and bristle you wanted." ”

Ling Hu Zhao hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I can't thank you enough!" Nangong Han took out a string of money from his sleeve and stuffed it into the sergeant's hand. The sergeant smiled, put it away, and went downstairs.

Ling Hu Zhao took the peach branch, pulled up his robe, and pulled out a sharp blade from his thigh. Nangong Han saw it and said: "Sure enough, it's an old army, and the weapon of self-defense is hidden so deeply." ”

"Before the rebels raised their troops, I only needed a whistle stick in my hand, but now it's different, once I encounter it, it's your life and ......death," after speaking, he sharpened a peach wood wedge, a peach branch, and four wooden wedges.

"Why cut four?" Nangong asked puzzled.

"Four is a shock hexagram in the gossip, which leads to a shock to dispel ghosts. You mix cinnabar with wine into red clay, which is useful. ”

Nangong Han found a bowl, poured cinnabar into the bowl, and then poured the wine into it and blended it, and soon it became cinnabar mud.

When Linghu Zhao saw it, he repeatedly smeared cinnabar mud on the wooden wedges, and soon the wooden wedges were dyed vermilion and hung in the four corners of the house.

After taking out the bristles, he looked at the bristles and said: "This sergeant really has a heart, what he is looking for is a black bristle, he must know that it is only used to ward off evil spirits, and it is a free-range wild boar with a hard mane, piercing hands, and good things." ”

Nangong Han listened and said, "If you shouldn't ask, you crawled out of the pile of dead people, are you still afraid of these?" ”

"Crawling out of the pile of dead people, people are afraid of three points when they see ghosts. But Yan'er can't. ”

"Do you think this helps? She's almost as good as she is now. ”

"It's not good, I'll still cry out when I wake up. Hurry up and bring the half-summer rice porridge. ”

The sound of opening the door woke Ling Huyan, only to see her open her eyes, not as frightened as before. Linghu Zhao asked, "Yan'er, can you drink some porridge later?" ”

"Father, there is still the sound of ghosts crying outside."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, those dirty things can't get in, don't worry." After speaking, insert a small piece of cinnabar mud into a pinch of pig's bristles and place it under the pillow. At this time, Nangong Han came in and brought a bowl of hot half-summer rice porridge. Ling Hu Zhao said again: "You go to find a stack of paper money and incense candles again." ”

Ling Hu Zhao fed Ling Hu Yan a small half bowl of porridge, which made Hu Yan sweat all over, and the complexion on her face became ruddy.

When Nangong Han came in again, he was also happy to see this. It seems that the doctor and witchcraft have freed Ling Huyan from the ghost. Ling Hu Yan also said: "After drinking this porridge, I feel that I no longer feel nauseated, my whole body is warm, and I can't hear the ghostly sound outside." ”

Linghu Zhao said: "That's good, Mr. Nangong in Qinglong Town will treat you once, and here again to let you get out." What a benefactor! ”

Ling Hu Yan wanted to get up from the couch to thank her, Nangong Han said: "It's the same person who has fallen from the end of the world, what do you care about?" It's good to make the fox lady well. ”

Ling Hu Zhao listened to it and said: "If you talk so unfamiliar in the future, they will see that it is not a family." ”

Nangong Han borrowed and said, "Father-in-law, the paper money and incense and candles have been brought. ”

"Alright! You can stay with your lady in the house. I'll go up to the roof, burn incense and paper to appease those souls who have no peace! ”

After saying that, he went out of the house.