Therefore, the three hundred taels of silver were also Yu Xia's reward given by the county magistrate for that matter.

She wasn't wrong, but what she didn't know was that in fact, the county government generally couldn't give so much reward, and the money Yu Xia took out was actually just a reward for helping a rich family find the treasure glass bottle by the way.

A Xuan Master with a little ability will hardly be short of money, this is true, Chen Daoren did not lie to himself, Yu Xia thought.

"Xia girl, what skills did that old Taoist teach you?"

Yu Xiuhe asked with some curiosity, her eyes were shining, like a child.

"I've heard that people say that priests are good at catching ghosts, is that true?"

Then Yu Xiuhe didn't wait for Yu Xia to answer, and talked endlessly about the situation when she followed her husband into the city and saw a Taoist priest in a large family to catch ghosts.

"The Taoist priest was holding a peachwood sword at the time, and then it crackled and danced, I can't see what the trick is, anyway, it looks very good, very powerful, and then not long after, the Taoist priest pointed to the paper turtle on the table and said that the ghost has been trapped on the paper turtle by him, and then he put the paper turtle into the water, and the paper turtle seemed to come to life, and he swam up in the water!"

"But it didn't take long for the paper turtle to stop, and the Taoist priest said that the ghost escaped from the paper turtle, and immediately cast a spell, the ghost seemed to be very powerful, and the Taoist priest also spurted a mouthful of blood, but fortunately, the Taoist priest had strong mana, and he finally caught it after fighting with the ghost for half an hour."

Yu Xia asked with a smile, "Where did he detain the ghost this time?" Is it yellow paper, or bones, or porcelain bowls? ”

Yu Xiuhe was stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of surprise, "Xia girl, you are really a god!" He later trapped the ghost in the porcelain bowl! ”

"The Taoist priest said that the paper turtle is too easy to destroy, and the porcelain bowl can better detain the ghost, so that it will not escape easily."

"And then he put the porcelain bowl on the fire and burned it, revealing the original form of a ghost?" Yu Xia asked with a chuckle.

Yu Xiuhe nodded excitedly.

"Yes, yes! That's it! It turned out to be a snake spirit who was accidentally trampled to death by their family and came back for revenge! ”

Saying that, Yu Xiuhe looked at Yu Xia with a contradictory look of expectation and worry.

"Xia girl, you know this, does it mean that you can also catch ghosts?"

"What? Second girl, do you catch ghosts? ”

Yang Cuilian exclaimed.

The second daughter of his own family, how did she become a master of catching ghosts?

How powerful and vicious the ghost is, how can she catch the ghost?

That old Taoist priest is really, how old is his daughter, so let her do such a dangerous thing.

When Yu Xia saw Yang Cuilian like this, she guessed what she was thinking.

She pursed her lips and laughed mischievously, with a little narrowness in her eyes.

"Sister-in-law, you have been deceived!"

"There are no ghosts in that family's house, it's the Taoist priest who deceives people."

"No ghosts? How can it be? ”

Yu Xiuhe had an unbelievable look on her face, although she was not close at the time, she could see it clearly, there was really a ghost!

Didn't you see that paper turtle swimming in the water by itself? Later, the bowl was roasted over fire, and the prototype of the ghost was directly revealed.

How can this be faked?

"Paper turtles swimming in the water and gods detaining ghosts are all common deceptions on the rivers and lakes."

"The paper turtle used by the Taoist priest is specially processed, mixed with male dog bile and carp bile, stirred well, applied to the paper turtle, then dried, and put it in the water to swim freely."

Later, when the ghost was confined to a porcelain bowl, it was only a matter of drawing an image on the bowl with special ink in advance, and then encountering an open flame, and the special ink burned on its own. If the Taoist priest liked to draw hedgehogs, then the hedgehog spirit he caught that day should have been a hedgehog spirit. ”

Yu Xiuhe still looked unacceptable, she frowned and couldn't help shaking her head.

"It shouldn't be, it's obviously so powerful, and then he got a reward of 1,000 taels of silver from the rich man, but the master turned out to be a liar?"

Charlatans hurt people! The most taboo in the Xuanmen is this kind of thing, under the banner of occultism, abduction and deception, in order to seek fame and fortune, which is despised by the righteous way of the Xuanmen.

Yu Xia sighed and continued:

"In addition to the paper turtle swimming in the water, the gods and ghosts, there are other ghost catching tricks on the rivers and lakes, similar to the smoke of the lamp and the snake, the ghost fire is hidden, and what kind of fried ghosts are fried in the oil pot, these are all common tricks used by charlatans."

When Yu Xiuhe heard this, he believed Yu Xia's words for seven or eight points - later, when the Taoist priest got rid of ghosts, he really used the method of frying ghosts in an oil pot.

One guess is a coincidence, and the next guess can only be said to be clear.

"That Taoist priest is so hateful, he deceived people for a thousand taels of silver in vain!"

One thousand taels, which is already an unimaginable amount of money in a farmer's house.

Previously, Yu Xia took out more than 200 taels and handed them to his family, saying that he had earned a total of 300 taels, and he had left the money after buying hairpins for Yu Chun, which scared his honest father and mother so much that he couldn't speak for a long time.

An ordinary family in the countryside chews a few taels of silver a year. If the family is a little richer, it can cost about ten or twenty taels of silver.

There is no way, the villagers basically have land in every household, so they will not go hungry, plus they grow vegetables and fish, and they can't spend a few dollars a year.

It is a marriage between men and women, and it is already very remarkable that a man's family can give more than ten taels of dowry.

Therefore, this thousand taels of silver is enough to feed a family of villagers for a lifetime.

"The charlatan trick has always been like this, but what they get is also ill-gotten gains, and they must spend it quickly to avoid the punishment of the Heavenly Dao, so such Taoist priests look even more depressed."

If you have money, you will immediately spend it all lavishly, how can you still save money, build a house, and marry a daughter-in-law?

Yu Xiuhe nodded.

Although the Taoist priest looked in good spirits and was cleanly dressed, it was obvious that he was actually not doing well, if she hadn't thought that the charlatans must have deceived many people, she would have been rich a long time ago, and she might not have believed it so easily.

"Xia girl, has your master also taught you these skills? Otherwise, how would you understand so clearly. ”

As soon as Yang Cuilian heard Yu Xiuhe's question, she immediately tensed her nerves.

She naturally didn't want Yu Xia to be in danger, but at the same time, she didn't want her daughter to do the immoral thing of being abducted and deceived.

Yu Xia smiled and shook his head.

"I have very strict rules, and I must not do such a thing, otherwise I will be expelled from the school."

What Yu Xia said is actually right, among the Xuanmen, the abductors and abductors are not accepted.

"Are there really ghosts in the world?" Yu Xiuhe asked curiously again.

Since the Taoist priest who caught the ghost before was a liar, what kind of Taoist priest is not a liar? Is it a Taoist priest who catches real ghosts?

Yang Cuilian's expression that had just eased down became tense again.

Yu Xia shook her head affirmatively.

"No, there are no ghosts in the world."