Chapter Forty-Seven: Stepping Down as a City God
At this time, it was already late at night, and Master Li's mental state didn't look very good, and after listening to Daoist Qiu's words, a gleam flashed in Master Li's eyes.
Master Li said thank you, and then his eyes fell on Yuan Zhen and asked Yuan Zhen who he was?
Yuan Zhen said lightly, just an ordinary person.
Master Li didn't ask, and ordered his subordinates to arrange a room for Yuan Zhen.
It was also late at this time, so we went back to our room to rest.
When I slept until midnight, there was a sudden knock on the door, and in the middle of the night, I asked who it was?
"It's me." Yuan Zhen's voice sounded outside the door.
After I heard Yuan Zhen's voice, I hurriedly got out of bed, opened the door, and I turned sideways to let Yuan Zhen in. Yuan Zhen didn't come in, and said to me, you get dressed and go out with me.
I said okay, I'll follow Yuan Zhen out with my clothes on.
Walking to the door of the Li Mansion, Yuan Zhen said to me: "Zhang Yan, I have something to leave." ”
Hearing Yuan Zhen say that he was leaving, I was a little reluctant, after all, I had just met, and he left early. I asked Yuan Zhen, "Master, where are you going?" ”
Yuan Zhen smiled and said, "Where to go, I can't tell you yet, but the master has to explain a few things to you now, you remember to do it well." ”
I hummed, and my expression became a little solemn.
Yuan Zhen put away the smile on his face and said, "First, the underworld city god can't be in charge. Second, there is a family surnamed Wu in the county, and the teacher owes him a favor at the beginning, so you have to pay it back for me. Third......"
Yuan Zhen said this for a while, looked left and right, and then asked me to lean over, and he whispered to me. When I heard this, I was a little shocked. He didn't forget to say that you should keep this third thing in mind and don't tell anyone about it first.
I hummed and said I would. I then said to Yuan Zhen: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely do my best to do what you said, and I will go to the underworld tomorrow night to ask for my resignation." ”
After I said this, Yuan Zhen frowned, and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Yan, how can you say hello to the teacher!" You don't have to talk to the underworld about this, you have to talk to Daoist Qiu. ”
Well? I looked at Yuan Zhen in some surprise, I didn't understand very much. I said, what if Daoist Qiu doesn't agree to help me?
Yuan Zhen said, as long as you tell him, he will definitely understand.
Yuan Zhen said it very firmly. Naturally, I don't have anything else to say. After Yuan Zhen finished explaining, he suddenly sighed and said, "For the teacher to leave, you have to take care of yourself, and be kind to the girl." ”
I nodded emphatically. Seeing Yuan Zhen disappear into the night, his posture was chic and he didn't look back.
After he had taken a few steps, I shouted, "Master, you have to take care." ”
The voice drifted away, and Yuan Zhen's figure disappeared completely.
I froze at the door for a few seconds before returning to my room. On the second day, he was woken up by the subordinates of the Li Mansion. While eating breakfast, Xiao Wanwan asked me where Yuan Zhen went? I said he left last night. Daoist Qiu didn't say anything, drank porridge, ate steamed buns, and didn't forget to wipe his mouth.
He picked up his cloth with the hexagram on it and stretched his waist, saying that it felt good to be full.
The sun shone in outside, and Master Li said with a smile, "If the Taoist likes to eat, eat more."
Daoist Qiu waved his hand, walked out, and sat in the courtyard to bask in the sun. After I finished eating, I remembered what Yuan Zhen had told me, so I walked over to Daoist Qiu, and I was just about to speak. Daoist Qiu said, "Does your master have something you want to explain to Poor Dao?" ”
I was stunned for a few seconds, but then I thought about it, Daoist Qiu is so powerful, he can calculate anything, and it is normal to guess that Yuan Zhen ordered things.
"Say it."
"Huh? Dao Chief, haven't you figured out what my master is going to say? ”
Daoist Qiu was originally stroking his beard with his hands, but when he heard my words, he almost didn't pull his beard off, and said to me angrily: "Poor Dao is not a god, how can you calculate what your master said to you, hurry up." ”
I was stunned for a while, and then said, "My master told me that I can't go to the local city god anymore." ”
Daoist Qiu stared at me, and soon the expression on his face became a little strange. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he then asked, "Did he say anything else?" ”
Then I also said the second thing that Yuan Zhen explained, and Daoist Qiu sighed. said lightly, I know the poor way. What else do I want to say, Daoist Qiu said, you go in first, bring a reclining chair for Poor Dao, Poor Dao wants to bask in the sun, go to bad luck.
I was surprised, but I did it. Moved a chair over, Daoist Qiu was lying on the chair, the corners of his mouth were still twitching.
I couldn't help but ask, "Dao Chief, are you okay?" ”
Daoist Qiu didn't want to say a word, waved his hand, and motioned for me to go in.
Soon the evening came, and Mrs. Li asked Daoist Qiu again, can his son come back?
Daoist Qiu said that he would come back, and Daoist Qiu asked me to hang a yellow cloth at the door, and then hang a bell, which should be big, like a small "bell". After Master Li heard this, he quickly asked the housekeeper to do it. It was about nine o'clock in the evening.
Daoist Qiu continued, "Wait."
Cao Tianshi is now full of admiration for Daoist Qiu, and he has to kneel down several times to worship Daoist Qiu, but he is rejected by Daoist Qiu.
When it was almost twelve o'clock, Daoist Qiu asked his subordinates not to watch here, and he was not responsible for what happened when he turned back. Master Li also asked timidly: "Dao Chief, are we leaving?" ”
Daoist Qiu said that the two elders were casual.
Finally, at the third watch, the bell outside suddenly rang, and soon there was a knock on the door, and our eyes were immediately attracted to it.
Daoist Qiu calmly asked, "Who is coming?" ”
"The criminal Tang Huiyun."
Daoist Qiu asked me to open the door, and after I opened the door, I saw a person riding a paper horse standing at the door, his face was a little depressed, and the whole person lost the high-spirited feeling when they first met. On the contrary, it looks a little more decadent.
I stepped aside and let him in.
He entered, followed by a few paper figures. You must know that paper figurines are generally the property of the living to be burned to the dead. At this time, I saw the paper figure walking vividly in the yard. Master Li and Mrs. Li were almost scared out of half their lives.
Daoist Qiu calmed down a few words, and they calmed down a little.
When the man on the paper horse came in, he asked the Taoist priest, "What about Yuan Zhen?" You tell him that I know my mistake and am willing to kneel. ”
Daoist Qiu smiled and said, "Yuan Zhen has already left, but let me tell you a few things, are you willing to do it?" ”
Tang Huiyun said: "The lower officials are willing." ”
Daoist Qiu began to say slowly: "First, release all the souls you caught, and let them go to the underworld where they should go, and return to the yang when they should return to the yang." ”
"Okay."
"Second, there is one less grave keeper in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, if you go there to guard him for a hundred and ten years, you are also willing."
Tang Huiyun's face was embarrassed, but he still answered and said yes. After Daoist Qiu finished speaking, he stopped talking.
Tang Huiyun asked, "Is there anything else?"
Daoist Qiu said no. He continued to say to Daoist Qiu: "Did he tell me where my body is? ”
Daoist Qiu smiled and said, "You will know when you go to the East China Sea Dragon Palace." Now you're up to business. Tang Huiyun replied, and in an instant I saw all the paper figures around him turn into ashes, and then I saw many dark blue points of light.
Many of them went to the outside of the courtyard, and after a while, Tang Huiyun's eyes turned to me and asked me, "Which direction did he go?" ”
I told the truth, and then he knelt on the ground, and in that direction, knelt down and kowtowed, and after kowtowing, he led a paper horse out......
I asked Daoist Qiu, "When did my master tell you about these things?" ”
Daoist Qiu said, "If your master can tell you, can't you talk to Poor Dao?" I didn't continue to entangle with Daoist Qiu. Tang Huiyun finally took the bell away, and about ten minutes after he left, a soul came from outside.
But Master Li and Mrs. Li couldn't see it.
Daoist Qiu and I both recognized it, this was Li Shuo. Li Shuo knelt down before us, and then disappeared in front of us.
After a while, I said to Master Li, "You can take a look at your son's room now, and remember to put out the soul-attracting lamp." ”
Master Li and Mrs. Li were immediately extremely excited and hurriedly walked towards the room.
After they left, Daoist Qiu suddenly said to me: "Boy, didn't you say that you don't want to be a local city god?"
Just as Daoist Qiu was speaking, suddenly there were several strange black shadows in front of us......