Chapter 21: The Skinshaker (I)

It's just that this Pu Xuanlin, with sunken eyes and a complexion like yellow wax, is as thin as skin and bones, if it weren't for this handsome appearance, I'm afraid it would be a big shock. Seeing us walk in, the thin camel old man stood up in surprise and asked, "Village Chief Niu, who are these two?" ”

Village Chief Niu immediately introduced: "These two are foot walkers, this is Mr. Yang Yuanshan, and that is his disciple called Ergou." When they heard the news of Xuanlin's death, they felt strange and wanted to come and see it. Don't you know, old man, let's get a goblin out of Niutun! The foolish uncle who died last night died because he was sucked dry by the goblin! "I didn't expect the villagers to see the rumors spread so chaotically, and many of them changed their heads, such as sucking up the essence of the element, not referring to the yang energy, but the yang energy and the essence blood together to call the essence element.

But as long as these words can give them a general idea, they can say whatever they want.

The thin camel old man was stunned, then nodded, and said: "I heard about the death of the old fool, in the morning a few children ran to my house to find some killing blade, and finally I knew that it was to ask me for a pig killing knife, and after asking, I learned that it was the goblin who killed the old fool." Alas, tell me, the old fool hasn't done anything bad in his life, why did he end up like this when he came? ”

As he spoke, the thin camel old man greeted the master, and staggered to the side. And Pu Xuanlin's corpse lying on the broken mat has also been changed.

Maybe the old man of the thin camel was still counting on Pu Xuanlin to send him to the end, but he never thought that he would send a white-haired man to the old man of the thin camel to send a black-haired man. I was stunned and died young. It's really embarrassing!

The master bent down and lifted Pu Xuanlin's eyelids to look at it, then pressed his neck again, and then stood up directly without further examination. But Master's face at the moment was extremely solemn. I hurriedly asked, "Master, was this Pu Xuanlin sucked the essence of the demon dry and died?" ”

"It's not." The master shook his head, then looked around, and tore off a white banner hanging on the beam, and then was thrown out by the master, and after a pause, the master said coldly: "He died of taking off the yang, and the yang energy was consumed until he was overdrawn, and it is very good to be able to live until now." Alas, how can one be so indulgent in imitating oneself to imitate the ancients? Why didn't the ancients learn half a point of virtue? It's almost fair to say that he's to blame! ”

I see that Master is so angry, and I can't say anything more. But I already thought of something when I got rid of the yang and died, specifying what kind of female ghost fascinated Pu Xuanlin, and I was happy with him every night, so over time, his yang energy was quickly sucked away, until he became neither a human nor a ghost. I immediately asked in surprise, "Master, in that case, it was only a female ghost who killed Pu Xuanlin, not the sable spirit!" ”

The master thought for a while before he spoke: "Although it is just a female ghost, it is not an ordinary ghost, but an evil ghost with some Taoism, who bewitches Pu Xuanlin with her beauty, if it is an ordinary female ghost, even if she bewitches Pu Xuanlin, she will not let Pu Xuanlin not realize the idea of saving himself until he dies." This evil ghost, you must get rid of it! Presumably after sucking Pu Xuanlin's yang energy dry, the Tao will definitely advance by leaps and bounds, if you don't get rid of it as soon as possible, it's hard to guarantee that you won't frame other men! ”

My heart was in turmoil all of a sudden, now it's okay, the matter of the sable spirit has not been dealt with, and now a demon has popped up again. A village as big as Niutun is really lively!

After thinking about it, I asked with some curiosity, "Master, what is the origin of that evil ghost, can you see it now?" ”

Master looked at me and said, "There are many kinds of ghosts in the world, but this kind of ghost that confuses Pu Xuanlin is not impossible to see, because there are not many such ghosts, and they are mainly female ghosts, and male ghosts are rare." This female ghost is a skin-throwing ghost, most of her life before her death is disorderly, or she does not have a happy marriage, and her obsession is deep-rooted after death, and she stays in the yang world for a long time. But they all show the ugly face of life, and in order to confuse men, they often change their appearance with a skin. There is an old saying that thirty miles away is a ghost who shakes his skin, and the sound of shaking his skin trembles! ”

I could almost imagine a cold, desolate place, with an ugly female ghost, holding a stinky skin bag and shaking it vigorously, the sound was sharp and piercing, and it made people's hearts tremble.

Instead, the master asked the thin camel old man, "Old man, was he dead when you came?" ”

The thin old man nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, it was evening when I came, and when I saw him dead, I found someone to inform the village chief." As for when he died, I didn't know at first, but I saw him write a poem in the inner room, and the following date is today, presumably in the morning or awake, at most around noon. I'll show Mr. Yang here. ”

After a while, the thin camel old man walked out with a piece of paper, the master picked it up and looked at it, and read casually: "Changjie Pavilion, fireworks, I pick up the lights to look back, the moon is like a shuttle, the red dust rolls, you sigh again, listen to the broken strings, only hate to part, three lives are cloudy and sunny, once the joys and sorrows are separated, use my three lives of fireworks, in exchange for your life...... In the year of Wuxu, the month of Jiazi, the dawn of Xinsi Day...... This, this is not Pu Xuanlin's poem, but one of Pu Songling's poems on the book, but the artistic conception in it may be more able to set off his heart. Xin Si Ri ...... Well, that's right, it was written this morning, so there is a way! ”

I couldn't help but approach Master curiously and asked, "Master, it turns out that you have also seen Pu Songling's Chat about Zhai Zhiwei?" Otherwise, how do you know that this poem is from Liao Zhai Zhiwei and not Pu Xuanlin himself? ”

Master glared at me angrily and said, "Talky! Of course, as a teacher, you are also a mortal, and you have naturally read some ancient texts and miscellaneous studies, but if you urge you to practice the Tao all day long, you will know that you are lazy, let alone read ancient texts! ”

I stuck out my tongue and asked, "Master, then you have a way, what is the solution?" ”

Master nodded and said, "If Pu Xuanlin died last night, then the skin-slinger will definitely not come back tonight, because Pu Xuanlin has no value to it anymore, but Pu Xuanlin died this morning, which means that the skin-slinger doesn't know about Pu Xuanlin's death, and he will definitely come to meet Pu Xuanlin again tonight." As long as the skin shaker comes again, it will never come back! ”

It turns out that this is what the master meant, but it's right to think about it, if Pu Xuanlin has no value to that skin-throwing ghost, it can't come back. And Master can't kill that skin-throwing ghost!

But what about the sable spirit? I frowned and asked with a stunned expression, "Master, the sable spirit is still eyeing the villagers here, how can we deal with it when we have to deal with the skin slinger and the sable spirit on the other?" My Dao is so shallow, I can't deal with any of them at all, and I can't separate from the master soldiers, this is too embarrassing! ”

Master smiled and said, "I don't practice well on weekdays, do you know that I am worried now?" But don't worry, we've got help! ”

"Who?" I looked around curiously, and when I saw Village Chief Niu, Village Chief Niu immediately hurriedly dodged to the side, as if he was completely scared.

"Silly two dogs! Of course it's my old pig fairy! Hey! ”

Cold, there was a cheap laugh of the old pig fairy outside the gate, until the old pig fairy smiled into the yard, I suddenly slapped the back of the head, this whole day of busy work, I actually forgot the old pig fairy. With the help of the old pig fairy, we will be able to deal with the sable spirit and the skin slinger at the same time.

The master glanced at the old pig fairy angrily and said, "Why did you come?" ”

The old pig fairy glared at the master even more angrily, but in an instant, he shook off the master's orchid finger and smiled cheaply: "Only when I come late can I show that I am important!" What's more, I haven't seen you die yet, how could I miss the show, hehe! ”

The master shook his head and sighed lightly, as if he couldn't do anything about the old pig fairy, but then said, "Tonight, you and Ergou will deal with that spitting ghost, and I will deal with that sable spirit alone!" ”

The old pig fairy pouted and said, "The sable essence is now suffering a big injury, where are you going to deal with it?" It's better to detain the soul of the foolish uncle and ask carefully, if it is really the sable essence attached to the cow and run, it will be easy to do, unless it recovers, otherwise it will not be able to get out of the cow body for a while, you only need to hold a big knife, and cut it when you see the cow, that's right, you can destroy the sable essence in a while! ”

"I don't need you to teach me how to do it!" The master replied angrily, and turned to the village chief Niu and said: "There is an old pig fairy here to take care of you, you can rest assured, you go back to the village now and tell the villagers to rest early, close the doors and windows tonight, no matter what movement you hear outside, don't go out, remember to remember!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Village Chief Niu to reply, the master turned around and walked out.

Village Chief Niu hurriedly nodded yes, and asked the old pig fairy: "Old pig fairy, I can rest assured that you are here." By the way, if you need anything, please let me know, I can do it for you! ”

The old pig fairy tilted his head and thought about it, and said casually: "Why don't you stay and help me with chores." ”

"Go!" Village Chief Niu trembled, and immediately flicked his sleeves to the old pig fairy, turned around and left, muttering as he walked, "You are stupid to me...... Stay, stay and not be eaten by that goblin and evil ghost? You old pig fairy, you will make fun of me, so I won't fall for you! ”

When the village chief ran away, I glanced up and down at the old pig fairy, and at this moment the old pig fairy returned to that confident appearance, full of energy, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Old pig fairy, how is your beautiful wife?" By the way, if you run out at night, will your beautiful wife be occupied by the sable essence again? ”