Chapter 42: The Living Seek Ghosts
Daoist Qiu said: "When we first came to Turing that day, did you ever hear a voice from inside the Temple of Broken Dao? ”
I hummed.
Daoist Qiu said that these were the voices of the dead chanting scriptures, and among these dead people were Li Shuo, the son of Master Li. Daoist Qiu's words reminded me that there were so many corpses hanging on the plane tree in the broken Taoist temple, so it is very likely that the dead man chanting the scriptures happened, plus the lintel was hung red, and the coffin fell to the ground. Three-quarters of these things have happened. No wonder Daoist Qiu said this as soon as he entered the door.
"What about the other thing?" I asked Daoist Qiu.
Daoist Qiu stroked his beard and said that it won't be long before you can see it.
It should be early in the morning, and it looked cold outside, but it didn't take long for a voice to sound inside Li's mansion. Like an excited voice, it didn't take long for a subordinate to run over in a hurry, and said with a smile on his face: "Master, you are really a god, Madame is alive." ”
I hummed and didn't say much.
Then Mr. Li and Mrs. Li appeared in the lobby, and as soon as I stood up, they knelt down with a "poof".
I only heard Mrs. Li say: "Thank you for saving your life, otherwise the old woman would have died unjustly." ”
When Mr. Li heard Mrs. Li call me an adult, he was obviously stunned for a few seconds, and asked, Mrs. Li said to talk to you later, kowtow to your lord first. I picked them up and said no thanks. After they stood up, Mrs. Li told Master Li that I am now a senior official of the prefecture and the lord of the city god.
When Master Li heard this, he wanted to kneel down for me again. I hurried to stop it.
At this time, Daoist Qiu stepped forward and asked, "Master Li, how is the corpse of your son now?" Take us to see it. ”
When Master Li and Mrs. Li heard Daoist Qiu's reminder, they seemed to wake up like a dream, and begged me again, saying that I should save Li Shuo. I said that I would listen to Daoist Qiu and go to see Ling Lang's body first.
The housekeeper led the way, and we came to Li Shuo's room, where the light was not turned on, but there was a fire swaying. That is the soul-attracting lamp that Daoist Qiu said earlier, after entering, the housekeeper pulled it away, and when we stepped forward, there was no trace of foul smell in the house. It seems that Master Li has kept Li Shuo's body well.
Daoist Qiu squatted down and looked at it, saying that the soul had not come yet.
I took Daoist Qiu's words and said, "Could his soul be in the underworld?" ”
Mrs. Li's face was nervous, and she said, "Master Chenghuang, I am such a son, you must help me save him." ”
Daoist Qiu waved his hand and said, "Not in the underworld." Daoist Qiu's tone was very firm. At the meeting, Daoist Qiu said, "I have seen him before. ”
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Li heard that Daoist Qiu said that they had seen it, they immediately asked where they had seen it?
I was also aroused by Daoist Qiu's curiosity, and I stared at Daoist Qiu and didn't ask. Daoist Qiu smiled and said: "Don't worry, you two elders, you haven't rested all night, and Madame is finally in Huiyang, you go to rest and rest first, and leave the matter here to Poor Dao and Master Chenghuang, we will definitely bring your son back to see you." ”
Although Master Li and Mrs. Li were reluctant, they couldn't help it, after the two went out. There were just four of us left in the room.
In fact, there is nothing to do with Cao Tianshi now, but Cao Tianshi said that he would stay here and learn from Daoist Qiu.
I waited for Daoist Qiu to say the following, but Daoist Qiu looked at it with a smile, and I had goosebumps all over my body, and after a pause, he said to me, "Congratulations to Zhang Chenghuang, Master Zhang." ”
I asked Daoist Qiu to stop joking, but Daoist Qiu said that it was not a joke, and he should be congratulated if he was promoted.
I'll let Daoist Qiu get down to business. Daoist Qiu said: "You are also tired all night, go back and rest, and when you have rested, Poor Dao will take you to a place." ”
Xiao Wanwan yawned at this time, and finally, I hummed and said okay.
Xiao Wanwan and I walked outside, the wind was a little cool, Xiao Wanwan belonged to the kind of small and delicate girl who was long, her facial features were soft, she felt very comfortable, her long black hair was cleaned up very well by Xiao Wanwan, dignified, elegant, and demure These words can be used on her.
The wind blew, Xiao Wanwan's hair was a little messy, and I helped her tidy up her hair.
We were standing relatively closely, and Xiao Wanwan's ears suddenly turned red. Then he said, "I'll go to sleep first, and I'll see you tomorrow." ”
I looked at Xiao Wanwan's back and froze for a few seconds, and then returned to the room. I slept until the afternoon, and when I got up, I felt sore, I stretched my body, opened the door and went out.
I took a deep breath and stood for a short time. I saw Master Li walking towards me, and Master Li called me Master Chenghuang, and I listened weird. Just let him call me by my name, and call me Zhang Yan. He said he didn't dare, and finally said that he was called the master.
I hummed and didn't bother to say. Mr. Li asked me if I wanted something to eat.
I said okay, and Master Li quickly ordered his subordinates to do it. I came to Xiao Wanwan's room and knocked on the door, Xiao Wanwan came out of the room, I said she was hungry, wait for something to eat. She said yes.
Daoist Qiu and Heavenly Master Cao also came from not far away at this time.
I asked Daoist Qiu, "Daoist, where are you going later?" ”
Daoist Qiu said, you will know later. After eating, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather is a bit muggy, and the town is more lively. Daoist Qiu led us forward, directly through the town, and stopped in front of the dilapidated houses not far outside the town.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I smelled a smoky smell, and there was a yard outside the house, but there was no door. When we went in, we saw several lying inside. At first glance, you know it's a beggar.
The channel room did not hurry and walked towards the house, where there was a beggar who was holding a broken jar and boiling rotten vegetable leaves to eat, and the smell was really terrible.
But how this beggar looked familiar, but I didn't remember it for a while. Daoist Qiu sat down beside the beggar unceremoniously, and said a word. But the beggar was ignorant of Daoist Qiu.
Daoist Qiu was very patient. The two said a few words, and Daoist Qiu suddenly changed the topic and said: "Your soul lives in other people's bodies, are you still used to it?" ”
These words made the beggar's hand pause, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Daoist Qiu. Daoist Qiu still had a smile on his face.
The beggar said, "I don't understand what you're saying." ”
Daoist Qiu said, don't you understand? The poor way will make you understand, there should be three real fires on the body of a living person, one on the top of the head and one on each shoulder, but now the two true fires on the top of your head and on the left shoulder have been extinguished, only the right shoulder remains, and when this fire is extinguished, you will not be able to live.
The beggar stared at Daoist Qiu with wide eyes, and Daoist Qiu continued: "The death I am talking about here is the suffering of the soul being scattered, and there will be no reincarnation forever. With that, Daoist Qiu got up and sighed.
The three of us watched from the sidelines and didn't interject the whole time. After Daoist Qiu finished speaking, he called us away.
As soon as he walked less than ten steps, Strange chased him out. He looked left and right, as if cautious. He suppressed his voice and said, "Let's go out and talk." ”
When I arrived at the door, I walked a few hundred meters and stopped in a bamboo forest.
Daoist Qiu stroked his beard with a calm expression.
The beggar seemed to be unable to hold back his mouth and asked Daoist Qiu how he saw it?
Daoist Qiu said, it was calculated, Li Gongzi is a good young master of a rich man, how can he be a beggar, you can stand this kind of hard life. Daoist Qiu blurted out these words, and I was also shocked, is he Li Shuo?
Cao Tianshi couldn't help but ask: "Dao Chief, you're not mistaken." ”
Daoist Qiu glanced at Cao Tianshi and said, it shouldn't be wrong, Poor Dao will definitely not be wrong.
This is like the original Li Gongzi.
The beggar was silent for a few seconds and said, "If I tell you, can you not tell my father first, I am afraid that he will be affected." ”
Daoist Qiu said yes.
When the beggar said this, he acquiesced in his identity.
I will also think about it, he is the beggar who cried sadly at the door in the days after Mrs. Li died. He was supposed to go to mourn his mother that day. The sky gradually darkened, and Li Shuo's image was really dirty now, and his whole body was still smelly.
Li Shuo sighed and said, "Didn't I enter the Broken Dao Temple by mistake before? Then the body stayed inside, and the soul escaped, but at that time, there were little ghosts everywhere to catch me, Turing's land lord died, and the Turing land realm was a mess at that time, if I was caught, it would definitely not end well, so I hid everywhere, but the soul is no better than the living, and the little ghost can easily find me. Just that day I was taken away by the little ghost, but I met a person, this person is also strange to say, normal people are afraid of ghosts, but he is not afraid, he also asked me at the time, do you want him to save me? I didn't even think about it, so I said yes. So he chased the imp away and rescued me, but what I didn't expect was that this was the beginning of my nightmare......"
When Li Shuo said this, his expression became a little depressed, and his unkempt appearance made him look even more miserable.
Cao Tianshi asked, "What happened later?" ”
Li Shuo said that what happened later was even more bizarre, and afterwards I wanted to return to my body, but the person who saved me told me that he saved my life and I should repay him. I thought about it, so I asked him what he wanted. He said to give me a body first, my previous body was trapped in the Taoist temple and I would definitely not be able to get out. If I wandered around like this, I would definitely be discovered by the imps, so I thought about it for a while, and agreed, and then I took possession of the beggar's body. Afterwards I asked him what he wanted me to do for him. He told me that five kilometers outside of Turing Town, there was a waterhole called Longjitan, and he asked me to go inside and get something for him. It's just that the waterhole is more evil, I went in several times, and when I came out, my whole body began to rot.
As he spoke, he stirred up his tattered clothes, and I saw that there was a lot of rotten flesh on his body, and he was a little disgusting.
Daoist Qiu answered: "This is not the most terrible, the most terrible is that your soul is also in trouble, can you take Poor Dao to meet the person who saved you?" ”