In the middle of the night, a low exclamation came from the room: "Ah! It's the big housekeeper. ”

"Hurry up and help him away, don't alarm my mother."

A girl ran out of the room with a red face, her body was unusually plump, and her red jacket was almost bursting with her chest, but it was the person she saw in the courtyard just now, she hurriedly helped the injured housekeeper up, apologized in a low voice, and limped away.

"I'm afraid this shoulder is useless!"

"No, there is a blessing in the name of the big housekeeper, and it will naturally turn evil into good fortune."

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The voice gradually faded away, and when he arrived at the courtyard gate, Zhang Fu suddenly remembered something, turned his head and stared at Li Qing viciously, if it weren't for him, how could he suffer this fate.

Li Qing smiled, stepped forward a few steps into the door, the room was full of fat powder, the wall was painted plain white, a lens was nailed to the opposite side of the door, below was a small dustpan, a hinge was placed in it, and a picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts was hung diagonally, under the picture was a sandalwood table, there was only one agate plate on the table, and there were several boxes of rouge in the saucer, and a tooth bed was placed in the northeast corner of the room, and a soft smoke curtain was hung on the bed, but the color was blue after the rain, and the curtain was only half placed, only to see a young man lying inside, his face was pale, But the eyelids jumped suddenly.

Li Qing didn't step forward, just looked for a chair to sit down, looked at him, and said slowly for a long time: "I'm not a ghost hunter Taoist either, I know you're pretending, how about we make a deal?" ”

Seeing that the young man was silent, Li Qing smiled again: "I have a way for you to get the qualification of a child, but you have to help me get through today's hurdle." ”

The young man sat up and said with a smile: "Do you really have a way to get a child for me?" ”

Li Qing got up and closed the door, then turned around and said: "This Tongsheng is not a meritorious name, it all depends on the county order and a pen, I heard that your uncle is the interview envoy of Jiannan Province, and the second uncle is the judge of Jiannan, so prominent, how can the county order not be stammered?" A child, in him is just a gesture. ”

Zhang Qiu secretly said: "This is true, Liu Xian Ling often comes to my house just to get acquainted with my uncle, but if this matter is known to my uncle, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat and walk around!" ”

Then he said: "It's not right! My uncle knows my background, I'm afraid he can't let me come nonsense, besides, I want to lift people, not children. ”

Li Qingzao knew that he would say this, and smiled and enlightened him: "You have to eat the rice one bite at a time, first get the qualification of a child, and then slowly find a way to take people, like you pretend to be crazy, can you hide it for a while, can you hide it for a lifetime?" It's good to pass the test, but if you can't pass the test, you still have such a big property, so why bother yourself so much. Besides, there is still a year to take the exam, and anything can happen in the middle, but it really doesn't work, and if you pay some money to hire a knife catcher to take the exam, won't everything be fine? ”

Zhang Qiu's heart was pounded when he said this, he thought about it too seriously at first, and now that he was told by Li Qingyi, he had only come back to his senses, he had already heard of the matter of asking someone to catch the knife, his uncle and Jiannan Jiedu had a very good relationship, even if it was exposed, there would never be anything, but if it was not revealed, the post of county lieutenant would be in hand, imagining the majesty of his official uniform, Zhang Qiu's heart couldn't help but heat up. Moreover, after pretending for so many days, he was also tired, and he began to itch about the wonders of Cuihualou, and just happened to go downstairs.

Thinking of this, he looked Li Qing up and down, what he saw and heard, this was a bold and daring person, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, so he smiled and said: "If you can protect me from being a child, we will make a deal!" ”

As long as Li Qing is willing to agree, how can he think about the future, so he raised his right palm and said with a smile: "A gentleman's word"

Zhang Qiu was overjoyed, and also raised his right palm and slammed down: "It's hard to chase the horse!" He forgot that the other party was not a gentleman, just a Taoist priest who jumped out of the Three Realms.

And said that the front yard Confucius Taoist has changed his line, I saw that he was wearing a crown of Yunxia Wuyue, wearing an apricot yellow heavenly robe, a mixed color silk around his waist, a horizontal bronze sword on his back, two feet wearing amphora hemp shoes, holding a five-ming ghost fan, and a Taoist immortal, and the lady was delighted that the old man was frightened, and he was happy that his son was hopeful, but he was surprised that he forgot to negotiate the price with him.

Kong Fang Taoist slowly out of the sword, only to see him lightly step on small steps, walk three times in the east, travel two weeks in the west, as if drawing a picture of Tai Chi Liangyi, suddenly to the south to stop the figure, eyes slightly closed, he held the sword in his right hand, held the water bowl in his left hand, and read in his mouth: "My water is very water, the water of five dragons and five stars of true qi." My sword is an extraordinary sword, which can be refined and strong......"

After reciting it several times in a row, his eyes were staring nervously at the moon gate, and suddenly, he saw Li Qing's figure flashing, knowing that the big thing had been completed, he was secretly happy in his heart, and read it aloud: "Hurry like the law of the mixed yuan Taishang, and tell all the spirits: the heavens will rule the world, cut down the heavenly drums, raise the heavens, wave the gold stars, throw the fire bells, catch no shadows, and search silently." ”

He jumped a step and shouted, "Hurry! "The sword was pointing at an invisible qi that struck the fleeing demon.

The bluff made everyone next to him tremble, and they didn't know what was going on, but when they saw the little Taoist priest helping Zhang Qiu slowly walk from the moon gate, Mrs. Zhang was shocked, and hurriedly rushed over and shouted: "Son! Are you awake? ”

"Mother, my legs are so soft! I'm so dizzy! While speaking, as soon as his body was weak, he was about to collapse to the ground, and was pulled up by Li Qing, but this was not pretended, he lay on the bed for a long time, and he was naturally weak.

"You know your mother, this is great, daughter-in-law, come and see your husband, he is awake!"

Although the young woman understood it in her heart, she still had to accept this scene, and forced her face to take her husband's hand and ask long and short questions.

Zhang Yuanwai next to him took advantage of his wife's lack of time, and hurriedly pulled Kong Fangdao aside and whispered: "I forgot to talk to the Taoist chief about the price yesterday, I don't know how much the chief will cost?" ”

"Huh! The poor road is only for self-cultivation, but I really didn't consider this money word, but if I don't symbolically collect points, I'm afraid it will seem insincere. ”

Zhang Yuanwai hesitated for a moment and said: "Last time, I gave the monk two times, what does the Taoist think?" ”

"Outside!" Kong Fang Daoist rolled his eyes to the sky with a pair of mung bean eyes, and his nose spewed out bursts of cold air: "Do you know that at the beginning of the year, the four sons of my Taoist family were all named real people by the emperor, and the Xuanyuan Temple in the world was also changed to the Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor's Palace. ”

Zhang Yuanwai's face turned slightly red, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, the Dao Master's spell is stronger than him, so how about Sanguan?" ”

"It's just that these few charms are not easy to refine, and you have to collect some additional capital from outside the staff."

Zhang Yuanwai scolded in his heart, but he was helpless, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Then add more consistency, four through, but it can't be higher." ”

Seeing that her son was fine, Mrs. Zhang was happy in her heart, and looked east and west to find the Taoist, and when she saw that he was staying with her husband, she smiled and walked over.

"Wuguan!" Zhang Yuanwai secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, if his wife opened her mouth, she would give at least ten times.

"Alright! Then it's up to the staff. "Accepting it when you see it is the way to be safe for a long time.

Zhang Yuanwai was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and stuffed it: "This is a full five taels, only a lot more!" ”

Kong Fangdao took it, weighed it slightly, was very happy in his heart, carefully put it into his sleeve, and when he saw his wife coming over, he made a long gesture and said: "Since the son is fine, and the poor road still has important things, I will leave first!" ”

"Thanks to the Taoist chief this time, master, can you thank the corridor chief?"

"Thanks, thanks!" Zhang Yuanwai hurriedly replied, but he was afraid that the Taoist would not leave, so he hurriedly ordered his family to say: "The Taoist chief is still in a hurry, why don't you go and help pack your luggage!" ”

"So, the poor road is gone." Kong Fangdao shouted to Li Qing again: "Disciple, let's go!" ”

Li Qing responded, and wanted to leave, but Zhang Qiu next to him panicked, as soon as he left, what should he do with his children and people? In a hurry, he grabbed Li Qing, his eyes were about to spurt blood, 'Ah! Yes! Two sounds, and a crazy appearance, the Zhang couple were shocked when they saw this, could it be that the evil that was driven away has come back?

"Son! What do you think? ”

Zhang Qiu didn't answer, pointed at Li Qing with his left hand, and grabbed his shirt with his right hand, Li Qing knew what the problem was, and he smiled bitterly in his heart, did he really want to stay and complete the oath of that palm.

Zhang Yuanwai hurriedly ran to Kong Fang Daoren and said, "Dao Chief, do you think this matter ......?" ＂

Seeing this situation, Kong Fangdao also guessed seven or eight points, it must be Li Qing who promised him something, so he was willing to stop pretending to be crazy, and now he saw that he was leaving, so he refused to let him go. He pondered for a moment and replied: "The demon is naturally removed, but there are still some remnants in the body, Shicai has been pressed by my apprentice, as soon as he leaves, this remnant will become active, but it will not be in the way, it will be fine in a day or two." ”

Where is Zhang Yuanwai willing to believe his words, he has given the money, but in the end he repeatedly, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world, he grabbed Kong Fang and hurriedly said: "Now there are only two ways, either the Taoist will return the money to me first, or your master and apprentice will leave one person as a hostage, and then let him go when there is really nothing to do." ”

At this time, Mrs. Zhang also came over and said: "I think the key to the problem is still in the disciple, it is better to let him stay with my son, if the Taoist chief feels that there is a loss, we should compensate ourselves." She turned around and ordered: "Go quickly, get five dollars!" ”

Immediately someone came over with five pieces of money, Kong Fangdao saw the money, but forgot his identity as an immortal, and was confused by the white flesh on Mrs. Zhang's chest, and took it in a daze, his hands sank, and then he came back to his senses, first put the money in the bag, and then whispered to Zhang Yuanwai: "I don't have an opinion, but this matter needs to be agreed by my apprentice himself, I, I don't have his deed of sale." ”

Zhang Yuan was extremely angry when he saw that he had lost five yuan in vain, and he didn't dare to show half of his dissatisfaction in front of his wife, so he had to run to Li Qing and say, "Little brother! Your master is willing to let you stay, if you are willing to stay for half a year, I will treat you well! ”

"Stay for a year!" Zhang Qiu next to him said hurriedly, Zhang Yuanwai saw that his son was conscious, and he was slightly surprised in his heart, and he didn't have time to think about it at the moment, so he changed his words and said: "One year, as long as you stay for one year." ”

Li Qing was actually moved, only when he stabilized, he could do something, but he promised to carry a year's bag for Lao Dao, but it was not good to regret it, now that Lao Dao has money, he is willing to terminate this verbal contract, which is very good.

He smiled and said, "It's okay to stay, but I have to make it clear first, I'm not selling myself to your family, I'm just doing a favor, at most for a year." ”

"This ....." Zhang Yuanwai hesitated, there was no contract, he could leave at any time, and he would lose a lot.

"It's better to do this, I will hire you as my son's Xixi, including food and lodging, limited to one year, let's sign a contract, if you can do it for a full year, I will pay you ten times, if you run away by yourself halfway, you will have to pay me ten times."

Kong Fangdao on the side was afraid that he would not agree, and also loudly helped: "If you agree, the love you owe me will be written off!" ”

"Alright! I promise you" Li Qing remembered that he had nothing to do, and he happened to use this year to get a good understanding of this era.