Since the old man is not in a hurry to get to the point, then I will accompany him to talk about it. Anyway, he has a request for me now, and my safety is not a problem.

The old man walked around the house twice, then came back and said, "I was fenced off at that time. But it wasn't as airtight as it is now. The old man couldn't care about the injuries on his body, but he was still able to send one or two people away. The first thing that comes to my mind is you. ”

I glared and asked, "Why?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "Don't be afraid of little brother jokes." Your empty house in Huaicheng is the closest to me, and I send people to your side, which is most likely to succeed, but the rest of the places are a little too far away. I'm afraid that before I could send the news out, I was arrested. ”

I nodded and said, "I see." ”

The old man said: "There is another reason, the little brother is different from us, you are human. ”

I asked curiously, "What about being human?" ”

The old man said, "Only people can gain the trust of those Taoist priests and save us." ”

I was about to ask again, but the old man put the topic aside again. He smiled and said, "Before you came, my two scoundrels didn't be rude to you, right?" ”

I scratched my head and said, "It's not too rude. But the paper elm money scared me. ”

The old man said with a smile: "The little brother is still young, I'm afraid I don't know much about the origin of the paper elm money. If it's a yin ghost woman, I'm afraid I'll recognize it at a glance. ”

I said, "I once got a book about the origin of paper elm money. Then I read the book that the owner of the bun shop had given me.

The old man nodded intently, and then smiled: "Fresh, fresh." It's the first time I've ever known how people see this. ”

The old man sighed for a while, and then said, "Little brother, do you know my identity?" ”

I said strangely, "What identity?" Aren't you the owner of an empty house? ”

The old man stood up and paced as he thought of the wording, and after a while he said, "There are a thousand empty houses in this world. Most of the people who live in it are demons and monsters. And you are the only one who lives in it. ”

I hummed a little uneasily, but thought to myself, "How? Am I suddenly in league with these demons and monsters? ”

The old man said again: "I used to be a white fox all the time. ”

I couldn't help but stand up and look at him curiously.

The old man laughed, "Are you looking for my fox tail?" Hehe, the old man has been dead for many years, and now he is just a soul. ”

I sat down slowly and agreed, "It turned out to be a soul, a fox's soul." ”

The old man said, "When I was in Yucheng, there was a famine here. It's like it's written in the book you read. Ten rooms and nine emptiness, many people died. People don't have anything to eat, and I can't find anything to eat. Every day, I just want to live every day, thinking about one day at a time. ”

"At that time, I don't know how many people lived on elm money. At the beginning, everyone was still worried, saying that after eating all the elm money, there would be nothing to eat. But then, the city began to get sick again, and it is said that the cause was eating elm money for days and eating bad clothes. In short, people at that time were very weak, and when they fell ill, they generally died. A few days later, the rest of the people found that more than half of the people were missing, and they couldn't eat all the elm money, so they began to burn it as paper money. ”

"At that time, I had already opened my spiritual wisdom, so I naturally didn't want to be a fox for the rest of my life, but I also wanted to cultivate into a human form and walk in the world for a good time. It's a pity that I didn't succeed before I was caught by those people. A few villagers killed me, boiled a pot of broth with a bunch of elm money, and ate it. ”

I saw the flesh on the old man's face jumping uncontrollably as he recounted this, and he was obviously resentful of the scene.

I didn't dare to interject, just listened quietly.

After a while, the old man said, "After I died, I should have been reincarnated. But the resentment in my heart was not gone, so I turned into a ghost. Hovering in Yucheng. Then, the empty house was discovered. At that time, there was no owner in the empty house, so I lived in it as a matter of course. Collected the little ghosts near Yucheng and began to take revenge on those people. ”

The old man said, "Just like it is written in the book." Before I kill someone, I send my disciples to give out paper elm money. It's kind of giving them a few days to prepare for the aftermath before they can make a move. ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a little numb in my scalp: "I'm not a vegetarian, and I've eaten a lot of chicken, duck and fish in my life." If they all come to me for revenge, wouldn't I be in danger? ”

The old man seemed to see through my thoughts, and he said lightly: "Little brother, do you think that I am just a wild fox, caught and eaten by someone, it is nothing, and I should not take revenge?" ”

I quickly denied it and said, "I didn't think so. ”

The old man didn't seem to care about my thoughts, and he said to himself, "At that time, I was already enlightened, what is the difference between me and you humans?" It's just a different look. These people kill people to pay for their lives, and it is not a big deal to pay a little price. What's more, I took revenge on them afterwards, and I only killed a few people who ate meat, and did not hurt innocent people. ”

The old man laughed: "I didn't expect it. This thing will be a sensation. Not only are the people of Yucheng afraid, but even the nearby ghosts are also aware of it. said that in the empty house in Yucheng, a ruthless character came. A string of paper elm money, killing all sides. Since then, paper elm money has become a symbol of the old man. The old man hasn't killed anyone for a long time. This paper elm money is not a talisman, it is a door sticker. "Surrounded by Jicai.

I nodded, "I see. ”

The two of us are talking about this. Suddenly, a slender hand lifted the curtain. Out of it came a very beautiful woman.

The woman held a teapot in her hand and two teacups, and placed them on the table with her head bowed. Turn around and leave.

The old man grabbed her and said, "Why are you so rude? ”

The woman turned around, lowered her head, and said softly, "Hello sir." My surname is Gu and my name is Gu Yue. ”

I was already stunned, silently chanting the name: "Gu Yue, Gu Yue." Isn't it just Hu? ”

The woman lowered her head, saw that I had not spoken for a long time, and looked up at me.

I woke up immediately, coughed, and said, "My surname is Zhao, Zhao Mang." ”

The woman hummed and said softly, "Thank you Mr. Zhao for your hard work and coming here to save us." Then she turned and walked behind the curtain.

The old man sneered and said, "This is my daughter, I haven't seen anyone since I was a child, and I don't know how to be polite, so I'm surprised." ”

I asked curiously, "Sir, your daughter, is it a fox?" ”

I didn't mean to say this, but the old man didn't seem to care, and he smiled and said, "Like me, it's also a soul. Otherwise, at her age, she doesn't have the ability to transform into a human form. ”

I nodded: "I see, it makes a lot more sense." ”

The old man said inexplicably: "Since the little brother lives in an empty house, in fact, the boundary between the living and the soul can be broken." Everyone is a family, so why take the distinction between good and evil so seriously? As long as the temper is not bad, what does it matter? ”

What he said was a little abrupt, and I didn't think much about it, so I nodded and praised: "This truth is very correct." ”

Then, the old man began to mess around again.

I listened for a while, and suddenly my heart moved: "Something is wrong." Could it be that it was a beauty trick just now? In order to win me over, the old man plans to use Gu Yue to tie me up? ”

Although Gu Yue is beautiful, she is a ghost after all. Can I marry her?

The cold sweat on my head flowed involuntarily, and I fidgeted and thought: I can't talk to him anymore, I don't know what strange tricks this old man will use next.

So I interrupted the old man and said, "Sir, what do you want me to help with?" As long as I can do it, I will do my best to help you. ”

The old man had a relieved smile on his face, as if today's plan had finally paid off. He said: "The old man invited the little brother over because he hoped that you could save our lives. If you treat us as our own, then this is very easy to do. If the little brother is an evil demon outsider, it will be difficult to do. ”

I stubbornly said, "Of course I think you're your own." What do you want me to do, just say it. ”