"I haven't been a ghost for a long time, more than 4,000 years, but according to the algorithm of the yang world, that is, one hundred and fifty years, one day in the yang world, one month in the underworld, before I did the ghost errand, I was just an ordinary person living in the yang world, at that time, I was a poor talent...... "Brother Chang slowly stood up, carried his hands behind his back, walked to the door, looking at the vast sky, as if recalling that distant past.

It is said that one hundred and fifty years ago, the ghost of Changshou was an ordinary talent in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, living in a poor ravine in the mountains of Guizhou, that year Changshou was twenty-three years old, the so-called ten years of hard study, when it came to the time of the Beijing examination, he was the same as other students, lightly traveled, hoping to rush to the capital as soon as possible to participate in the examination, win a fame, and shine on the lintel.

But just arrived at the border of Hebei, when staying in the inn, all the belongings on his body were stolen, seeing that the capital is still hundreds of miles away, and there is still a part of the arrears of the store unpaid, no relatives, no friends to help, Chang Xiucai is full of despair.

I didn't expect the hard work of thousands of miles ahead, and I had to fold into this square inch of land, and when I was desperate, I happened to meet a kind-hearted person Chen Dengke who passed by in business, this person was the great-grandfather of the old gourd, Chen Dengke did dry goods business, and ran back and forth in the north and south of the river all day long.

But why did the Chen family fall to this, this is a later story, Chen Dengke has always admired people with lofty ideals, and he does more good deeds and accumulates virtue on weekdays, and happened to meet the desperate Chang Xiucai in the inn.

Chen Dengke sighed, immediately gave birth to a heart of help, took out the fifty taels of silver accounts that had just been recovered, and handed them all over to Chang Xiucai, so that he could enter the capital as soon as possible to participate in the examination.

When Chang Xiucai was leaving, he insisted on writing down a note for Chen Dengke, which was an IOU, the so-called world is poor, and the literati are not poor, because the literati are ambitious, Chen Dengke was stubborn, so he had to accept the IOU, but he turned around and threw it away, his pure heart deeply moved Chang Xiucai.

On the occasion of separation, the two left each other's addresses and hoped to meet again in the future.

Chang Xiucai finally rushed to the capital with the help of businessman Chen Dengke, who knew that the officialdom at that time had gradually become corrupt, and there was no longer the scene of the prosperous Kangqian era of that year.

Late at night on the second day after the exam, there was still a day before the release of the list, the chief examiner summoned Chang Xiucai overnight, and said that his article was gorgeous and substantial, and the policy of determining the country and the state was even more exquisite, and the handwriting was beautiful and elegant, not losing to Wang Xizhi in ancient times, in short, everything was good, the examiner was full of joy, but there was one point, the chief examiner wanted to accept Chang Xiucai as his son, and promised to assist him in the future to add an official to the knighthood, and the glory and wealth are endless.

Chang Xiucai didn't know that this examiner was nothing more than trying to recruit talents, intending to expand his power in the court, and this person was lustful for profit, and he was summoned before the list, and he must have a bad intention, although Chang Xiucai was a scholar, but he was not lacking in arrogance, and immediately refuted the examiner, and the examiner was annoyed and angry, and ordered the slave to beat Chang Xiucai out with a stick.

This beating, but it cost Chang Xiucai most of his life, and when Chang Xiucai was recuperating from his injury, he heard that the list was released, and asked someone to inquire whether he was on the list or not, but in exchange for shaking his head and sighing.

At this time, Chang Xiucai realized that the examiner saw him before the release of the list, and it turned out that it was to draw up the list, and after his article was praised by him, he did not win the fame, the reason for this is self-evident, Chang Xiucai is almost desperate for the current corrupt court.

In the end, I found out that the champion of the first place was actually the nephew of the examiner, and the gorgeous article of the new champion was also praised in the capital, Chang Xiucai saw the article, and immediately fainted, because the article was not written by the examiner's nephew at all, but his own exam paper.

Unexpectedly, the examiner concealed the world and changed his signature to his nephew's signature, so that he should have been on the list, but let the dog official's own family become famous, Chang Xiucai was immediately completely discouraged by the officialdom, a mouthful of blood spurted out, Chang Xiucai was seriously ill, because the money he brought on his body had already been spent, so his illness was not cared about, so he died of depression.

Chang Xiucai's arrogance, and his heroic righteousness, not succumbing to the integrity of the powerful, were greatly appreciated by the underworld Yan Jun, and let Chang Xiucai be a ghost under the seat of the two ghost generals of black and white impermanence, looking at the vicissitudes of the world, and wandering away from the two worlds of yin and yang.

Although he was a ghost in the underworld, Chang Xiucai still couldn't let go of the help of the businessman Chen Dengke, he always wanted to repay this kindness, but the Chen family had a good year, from Chen Dengke to the next two generations are rich on the first side, so Chang Xiucai wanted to help and didn't know how to start, until the third generation of the Chen family passed on, to the old gourd's generation, but it was in the middle of the family, the old gourd's parents died early, and the old gourd was a silly person, the family's money was divided by relatives and friends, and soon there was little left, and finally caught up with the Anti-Japanese War, The mansion was also blown up, and he had to live in these two thatched houses.

The ancestors of the Chen family were kind to Chang Xiucai, Chang Xiucai naturally would not sit idly by, although it was the kindness of fifty taels of silver, but the grace of dripping water, since the spring reciprocated, Chang Xiucai hoped that the old madman could come back to life, live a personal life, and pass on the blood of the Chen family.

The old gourd is now in his sixties, and it is impossible to continue the offspring, but Chang Xiucai hopes that the old madman will be able to sober up in the future, buy some family business, and enjoy his old age in peace, so that he owes the Chen family a favor, and it can be regarded as repaying.

Hearing this, I was also deeply impressed by Brother Chang's integrity, originally if he complied with the conditions of the examiner, he could be rich and noble for a lifetime, but he did not bow to the powerful, refused to act for the tiger, this arrogance, but it is an example for the world to learn, I stood up silently, looked at Brother Chang's back, hugged his fist, and then asked: "Brother Chang, what about the ingots?" ”

"That ingots are the Chen family's yin virtue accumulation, if the descendants of the Chen family can set up an ancestral shrine, burn incense, fortune will naturally change, but it's a pity that the gourd is stupid for half a lifetime, there is a chance to change luck, but I don't know how to do it, I am a ghost, and I can't interfere with the order of the yang world, so I am helpless, now it happens that your Maoshan master and apprentice come here, if you have a way to make the gourd wake up, and tell him the method of worship, you can let him completely change his bad luck, and my task is also completed." Brother Chang said, turned around slowly, and said earnestly.

"It turns out that Brother Chang wants my master to cure the old gourd's madness, but although my master knows some ambiguity, the old gourd's madness has been decades, and it may not be cured." I'm worried about the trust of Brother Chang.

"No, he's not really crazy, in fact, it's not difficult to cure his illness, because he is only missing one soul and six spirits, if you can help him find those six souls, he can return to normal." Brother Chang said, and couldn't help but sigh with some embarrassment: "My duty is not to change the burden of the people in the yang world without authorization, otherwise it will go against the way of heaven, not only will it not help him, but it will harm him, so this matter is up to you, it is the most appropriate." ”

"Soul incomplete? He's missing a soul and six souls! I stared at the old madman in astonishment, it turned out that this was the case, no wonder he sometimes made people feel that he was not really crazy, but sometimes he felt that he was really crazy, and that his daring was a few things less soulful.

"Yes, as for how to help him recover his soul, your master knows what to do, if you can help with this, I can also do you a favor." Brother Chang said, and said with a slight smile: "Your master is now suffering from the enemy, and the foundation of the Dao Law has been destroyed, if you blindly borrow the law from heaven and earth, Yang Shou will be exhausted sooner or later, but this time it is already your master's catastrophe, if you are willing to help with this, I can help your master through this catastrophe by the way." ”

"Doom? What catastrophe?! As soon as I heard that Master had a calamity recently, I couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly asked.

"Don't leak it!" Brother Chang refused and refused to reveal half of it to me.

"But can't you take care of the burden of the yang world?" I wondered.

"For people, I can't shoot casually, but for ghosts, there are no restrictions, don't worry, your master can't die this time, but ...... Do not say. Brother Chang stopped talking halfway, and stopped talking, which made me anxious, but I couldn't force him to finish, looked at me, Brother Chang waved his sleeves suddenly, only to see a black shadow thrown out of his cuffs, dripping on the ground into the appearance of an old man.

As soon as the old man appeared, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, stared directly at the spirit flag I was carrying, and approached step by step, Brother Chang saw this, and immediately waved his sleeves, and a yin wind swept the old man's soul in an instant, and instantly submerged into the spirit flag, and said coldly: "Go!" ”

Originally, it was still a withered yellow soul lamp, but at the same time that the old man's soul was trapped in it, the fire suddenly turned blue, and gradually turned green again, which was very strange.

Of course, I know that this old man is the soul of Wang Shanren!