Chapter 2 The Freesia That Does Not Wither
The next day, Su Yu was helped out of Su's house by a maid, and the people in Yangzhou City were surprised and surprised. I don't know where the news has got-the eldest young master of the Su family has come back from the dead, and he has cleverly captured his soul by painting Liaozhai.
Su Yu only smiled bitterly when he heard this, he was not dead at the time, how could he come back from the dead? He was now refreshed, his strength had regained a lot, and the smile on his face had returned. Dou Xinyan's eyes were red and swollen from crying, her face was so white, and when she saw Su Yu, she suddenly flew up and ran up and took a bite on his cheek. The maids outside the door were all smiling.
After waking up, I learned that my father was actually sick and went to the doctor to find a magic stick to treat his illness, and I didn't know how much rune water he drank and how much incense ash he ate. He is most disgusted with these superstitious things, deceiving people's hearts, defrauding people's money, and harming people's bodies. But the magical scene of "death" last night aroused his great interest, what was strange in it, like the hypnosis used by Western doctors. As long as there is a question in his heart, Su Yu is uncomfortable, and he is bent on painting and chatting with someone to try again, then he can figure it out. Sure enough, when I heard that the boy who painted and chatted about Zhai would come again today, Su Yu sneered, and he was still blackmailing money five times. This dirt bun god didn't know that he had a heart attack, but he wanted to get involved with ghosts. Let's see how he finds the goblin. When the time comes, they will debunk their tricks on the spot, show their ugliness, and beat them in the mouth. Just thinking about it, I heard a soft voice in my ear say:
"Thanks to Young Master Su's illness, he went out to greet him, it was rude to draw a chat. ”
Su Yu was surprised, turned around, and didn't find anyone around, but remembered that the voice was the stick boy. So he called the family to search for it, and when he turned around, he saw a boy standing outside the door with a grin. The maid recognized that this haunting was the little fairy who painted Liaozhai to drive away ghosts, where did he dare to slack off, and reported to the inner house early. Su Yu is in good spirits, and there are more bends in his stomach. This deceptive trick, I just hate that I don't have a chance to see it on weekdays, but this time I encountered a serious illness, see how I broke your housekeeping skills. He rolled his eyes, and immediately pretended to be lacking in energy, and the little guy next to him was very flexible, and hurriedly stepped forward to help, which was very suitable for the situation. I saw Su Yu angrily thanking him:
"It turned out to be a little master who painted Liaozhai. There are Lao Xianren who rescued him last night. We must catch this monster today. A fire was lit. ”
Su Yu decided to squeeze this boy with words first, forcing him to "catch demons", and when the time came, he would be frustrated by all kinds of superstitious tricks and called him to be alive, and the veterans behind the scenes would definitely come out to save the scene. came to the Su family to cheat money but only supported a boy, and the money was too small. I had to catch it and beat it up. Hmph, do you think the old Su family is so foolish?
But the boy said honestly,
"I can find this evil, but I can't take it. Catching demons and eliminating demons has always been my painting and chatting about the master's shot. ”
Verbally, Su Yu was very unhappy. Heart, see how you find a monster to come out and talk nonsense to justify yourself. Just thinking about it, Dou Qiuyu greeted him with a smile on his face, but he didn't see Su Cheng. When a group of people entered the hall, they saw Su Cheng sitting in the courtroom. Su Yu's heart was secretly refreshed, if he thought that this god stick was omnipotent, all kinds of stammers, he wouldn't turn the sky and go to the lion to open his mouth?
I saw Su Cheng asking,
"I was in a hurry last night, and I haven't asked Mr. who is the master of painting Liaozhai?"
The boy replied honestly,
"I am not a master, I am the son of my master. It wasn't me who rescued Young Master Su last night, but the master of my family, but it was inconvenient for the master to show up openly. Master Su invited him, but my master didn't dare to just call the boy mage to come. Don't get me wrong. ”
The words were very smooth and thoughtful. There is a way to advance and retreat, and it seems that the family education is strict. Su Cheng secretly commented, this painting has a history of 100 years in Yangzhou City, and it is really not just a god stick, and the foundation is quite thick. After thinking about it again and again,
"I interrogated a few flower farmers overnight last night, all of them were honest and duty-bound people, and they didn't do anything to spell. I don't know what Mr. has to say. ”
The boy smiled and said:
"The host had expected this. Today, the foreign body will show its tracks, and the ins and outs will naturally be clear. ”
"Very good, I don't know where Mr. opened the altar, when to do it, so that he can catch this monster?"
The boy smiled slightly and said, "My master's ability never depends on opening the altar, nor does he use it as a law. ”
Su Cheng's heart moved, and he just wanted to speak. The Suyu here can't hold it back.
"Your master doesn't dare to let you come alone, I don't know where you are now? Is it hiding from you? If you call it out, I want to see how he can catch monsters without opening the altar and doing nothing. ”
The boy smiled and took a mirror out of his bosom. Su Yu made a gesture and wanted to laugh, this mirror is your master? Su Cheng knew that this was a means. Smile to stop his son's presumptuousness, beckoning to drink and retreat, these Jianghu warlocks don't like people who have many eyes and know unique secret methods. But the boy said,
"It doesn't matter. The more popular it is, the less effort the host has. I didn't see him twisting the trick and gambling while he spoke, but he just said lightly,
"Master, you have occupied the main hall and can start. As he spoke, he withdrew his hand, and the bronze mirror did not fall, but turned around. Everyone in the court was suddenly surprised, and even Su Cheng became cautious. He had seen so much that it was the first time he had seen such a technique with his own eyes. Su Yu saw that the trick had begun, and he was extremely excited, and he wanted to disassemble it after careful observation, but he couldn't find a flaw for a while. And Dou Qiuyu's woman's heart is the most superstitious, and she has long regarded this boy as a fairy.
After a while, the bronze mirror shone slightly, not as bright as last night. Everyone felt that the light was very gentle, and their hearts were suddenly pure. Su Yu was the only one who thought that this was a trick, and was concentrating on finding a trick to expose it in person, so he didn't notice it. Then, a deep voice came from the bronze mirror, and recited a mantra-like sentence:
"Streamer like water!"
Sure enough, everyone felt that the light of the bronze mirror poured down like water, overflowing the soles of their feet and flowing in all directions. But whenever the streamer passes, even my breathing and heartbeat can be heard clearly, and what's more, all kinds of dirty thoughts on weekdays come to my mind one by one, and I can't help but be shocked. For a while, they secretly admired the magic of painting and chatting, and they didn't dare to speak out again.
Everyone was holding their breath and concentrating, curiously waiting for the supernatural manifestation of the master of the painting. Suddenly, someone came to report that the birds of Merlin were frightened in the thirty miles. Su Cheng was startled, and heard the collective restless neighing of the horses from the direction of the racecourse. Strangely, someone came to report what was going on in the water in the bathroom. Everyone secretly said in their hearts, could this be a means of painting and chatting? Sure enough, I heard the voice in the mirror and said,
"Northwest, southeast, southwest, this is the trend of the combination, and I bother Master Su to send someone to find out. Zixin, you go to the southwest and take a look. ”
Su Cheng's face was slightly gloomy, and the housekeeper Su Jiao naturally understood, and many family members were on standby in unison. They went to three places. Su Gao personally followed the boy named Zixin to the Sanhua River in the southwest. Soon the first group of people came back to report that the birds in the plum forest were flying in fright, hovering and not falling, as if they were disturbed by something. invited Hai Dongqing, who was raised in the garden, was actually frightened and didn't dare to enter the forest, but he was afraid that it was not a beast to blame. The family did not dare to be reckless, so they invited Orion to search the forest, and the situation was still unclear for a while.
Su Yu ******** in the mirror and ignored it. After a while, it was reported that the horses in the stables were unprovoked, and kept rushing to the fence, and the groom could not be appeased for a while, but found nothing suspicious. Then, the boy came back soaking wet, arched his hand towards Su Cheng, and said to the mirror:
"Master, the Sanhua River is backtracking, and the water objects are frightened and scatter and flee. Regardless of upstream and downstream, they all fled outside the house. ”
I saw that the voice in the mirror relaxed, and said,
"The birds of Merlin are frightened, the horses of the stables are convulsed, and the water in the river is scattered. Only plants and trees can raise birds, beasts and fish, and can pass through the heavens and the earth. Sure enough, it was the herbaceous elves who did the trick. ”
Su Cheng's heart was moved, this method is almost the unity of heaven and man, and it seems to be Taoist orthodoxy. Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the master of the mirror say:
"Is the freesia in Young Master Su's room still there last night?"
Su Cheng didn't dare to take the shelf again, so he hurriedly accosted:
"Listen to your boy's orders, and don't dare to move the things in the room. ”
Speaking of this, Su Cheng's mind moved, and he immediately shouted:
"It's this foreign object! Ah, go, bring this thing. The butler hurried away.
Then Su Cheng stood up and straightened his clothes, bowed to the mirror, and bluffed Dou Qiuyu hurriedly to learn from him, Su Yu was stunned, and everyone in the hall had already knelt in a bunch. The master of the painting in the mirror asked:
"Why didn't Master Su have such a courtesy?"
Su Cheng smiled,
"I've always admired people who have the ability the most, and the gentleman is really wonderful. Last night, I was asked to burn the flowers and trees in the house, but I didn't touch anything in the house. I think it's because I'm worried that the root of the child's illness is not broken, and it's not easy to clean up for a while, and I clearly see through the location of the monster, but I don't break it, this monster will definitely be proud and think that it has escaped a catastrophe. Mr. Today exerts his skills to reach the sky, find out the root cause, and cut off the three back roads of the monster, even if the monster leaks, there is no escape, quite a wonderful art of war. It seems that the master of the painting is not only the way of Huang Lao, but also familiar with the theory of soldiers, and he is indeed a master. Su has traveled back and forth between the east and the west, north and south, and his knowledge is not shallow, but he also rarely sees such talents as Mr. I was impressed, so I saluted. There was a lot of slackness in my attitude before, and I also invited Haihan. ”
A seat of words Su Yu straight hair. What's wrong with Daddy today, he was fooled by this magic stick in two clicks? Only the boy couldn't help but laugh and interject,
"Master Su, you are also amazing!"
After a long time, the master of the painting in the mirror sighed:
"That's right, Zixin, you're right. Master Su peels off the cocoon, has sharp eyes, and can draw inferences from one to three, and is a great person. It's just that, first, last night I wasn't sure that only one freesia in Young Master Su's room was making trouble, so I used a flock of geese to roar and burn freesia to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and hit the grass and scare the snake.
The qi of plants, trees and beasts is fed by heaven and earth, which is conducive to cultivation, and there are often monsters parasitic on it. But no matter how you hide it, the breath of the youkai will always leak one or two. I draw a goose that is raised in a fasting house, and I can perceive this breath best when I hear the scriptures and psychics. The geese are singing, so that the monsters know that their deeds are revealed, and if they are confused, they will break away from the grass, trees, birds and beasts and return to their bodies. Once all things lose their essence, they will be abnormal, so pay attention to the changes in plants, trees, birds and beasts, and sure enough, find the dead seedlings of old age. The burning of freesia is used to beat grass and scare snakes. Second, if the monster is frightened, it will definitely seek a way out, if it escapes, it's just that, after all, it's not easy to enlighten all things, and I have a heart to open up, so wait until the next day. But this monster didn't take my painting in his eyes, and he was wantonly disturbed by the investigation just now, and he didn't restrain it at all. Only cut off its three back roads and catch turtles in an urn. Third, now it seems that the freesia is not a monster parasite, but the body. The essence of the flowers and trees in the house is probably involved. ”
Su Cheng kept twisting his beard and smiling, and Dou Qiuyu couldn't stop saluting.
At this time, Su Yu finally couldn't help but speak, but instead of spitting at the mirror, he sprayed at the boy:
"I said god stick, I really underestimate you, a god stick who doesn't have a lot of money, a bastard who runs the rivers and lakes, and a little liar who specializes in abduction! Although I still don't understand how you fly this mirror, your ventriloquist can't hide it from me. You really worked so hard and acted so well! Where did you get any mess of birds and pegasus calling, it was a good show that you had prepared in advance last night, and when the sun shone, the heat evaporated. You just went to the south, did you go away under the pretext, and laid some doubts under the water in advance, and then led my father to see it, and got something out in public, as a sign or something, fooling my old Su family's ocean? ”
The boy was stupid on the spot, Su Cheng's face was purple, Dou Qiuyu panicked, and he only hated to give birth to a small palm, covering Su Yu's big mouth. The whole hall was quiet all of a sudden. Everyone felt that the young master had offended others miserably. Even if people are playing tricks, they are doing a decent job, isn't it? How can they lose face like this? Not to mention that this painting and chatting method is unique and looks like it is real.
After a while, I heard the voice in the mirror burst out laughing. I was so happy. After laughing for a long time, Su Cheng felt that he was laughing at his godson, and his face sank and he was about to reprimand Su Yu. I only listened to the painting in the mirror and said to the master of the fast,
"Master Su doesn't need to be annoyed. The eldest young master of the Su family is straightforward and fast-talking, and his thoughts are lively, which is really interesting. The mind is pure and single, no wonder the Linjiang mirror is full of light, and he can keep his mind unmoved. Anyway, now the root cause has been identified. Do some idle work. What do you want me to do to prove that I'm not a god stick, a gangster, and a little liar who specializes in abduction?"
Su Yu seemed to be prepared, and said with a smile,
"It's simple, you just need to come out of the mirror in front of my wise and confused father. Then my suspicions will be shattered. I should apologize and kowtow. And call my foolish dad thank you for the money. How?"
Su Cheng didn't care about his son, anyway, he already believed in the means of painting and chatting fast. But he also wanted to see the ability of the master of this painting to come out of the mirror, so he let his son come to Hu and did not stop it. Only the boy seemed to be in a panicked look. Seeing this, Su Yu was even more sure that there was a ghost in this, and he was even more confident. The master of the painting in the mirror was silent for a long time, as if he was thinking about something.
"I have a heavy oath in my body, if it is not a natural disaster in this life, I will not appear in the world as the master of the painting. Otherwise, there is no need for Zixin to accompany me on my behalf, and I must have come in person. Not to mention ,......"
The voice is low and sincere. Su Cheng is sophisticated, and he feels that people have put the words on this, and it is inconvenient to force each other again.
Unexpectedly, Su Yu insisted that this painting was a ghost charlatan, and refused to let it go, interrupted the conversation, looked at the son Xin Tongzi and sneered,
"--What's more, you painted the master of the Zhai to catch ghosts and subdue demons, and you have never been present in person, and they are all spokespeople for children. If you don't believe it, you can go to a certain mansion or a certain house to inquire and verify. Are you going to say that next, Zixin boy?"
There was silence in the mirror. The boy was also speechless, and his face was full of anxiety. Since then, Su Yu has been convinced that he has hit the nail on the head. This boy plays two roles, and he is specially here to cheat money. Su Cheng was also said to be blindsided, judging from the intelligence information collected by the housekeeper Su Jiao overnight last night, it seems that this is the case, and no one has ever seen the true face of the so-called master of Hualiaozhai. Faith is mysterious, and suspicion is full of flaws. I can't help but feel a little moved.
The atmosphere was embarrassing, and suddenly I saw the housekeeper Su Jiao running in in a hurry, only to shout,
"Master, madam, something is wrong! The flower was taken away by Miss Niang, and there was only a mud mark left!"
Dou Qiuyu was startled and very anxious. She loves this maiden daughter as much as she loves Su Yu, but she is anxious that this idiot loves flowers and loves flowers so much that she doesn't know the depths, and hurriedly handed Su Cheng a look.
Su Cheng thought about it through the back and forth, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he shouted, "It turned out to be her!"
This Dou Xinyan usually loves flowers, and this pot of freesia was planted by her own hands and given to Su Yu after taking care of it in every way. I usually don't pay attention to it, but now I think about it carefully, this pot of freesia blooms for a month and does not wither, the weaker and weaker Su Yu is, the more blooming the flowers are, I am afraid that I have absorbed the essence from Su Yu! I didn't expect to take in this hard-working girl kindly, and she wanted to murder her own son! Su Cheng thought and was furious, and he didn't care about his wife's face, and shouted, "Bring Dou Xinyan to me!"
Su Yu was bluffed when he heard this, but when Dou Xinyan was obsessed at this critical time, he didn't care about debunking this charlatan and hurriedly followed Su Prison.
Su Jiao asked where Dou Xinyan went, and the old maid said that she had gone to the garden of the ancient well in the south, Su Gao shouted that it was not good, that garden had been abandoned for a long time, and it was really not a good place to go. Last night, the yard was full of flowers, and Dou Xinyan was already hysterical. Today should be heartache, this flower has been tossed all night before it is taken. Su Jiao stumbled and sighed, "Obsessed young lady, this flower is a monster! Even the young master who is hard has been half dead.
As soon as he entered the garden, he heard the maid screaming. Su Gao's heart was cold, and he stepped forward quickly to take a look, and gasped even more. I saw Dou Xinyan holding the pot of freesia in her hand, bowing her head and closing her eyes, without saying a word, as if she had lost her mind. The pot of freesia is also growing wildly, covering from the shoulders, and it is completely invisible below the body, almost wrapping the head and face into a zongzi. Seeing this, Su Yu screamed and hurriedly jumped forward to pull. Who knew that Dou Xinyan suddenly raised her head, sneered, her eyes became blood-red, how could she still have her usual delicate appearance? The slender branches of the freesia strangled Su Yu's limbs and neck, suspended him in the air, and let out a sharp scream, "You die, why don't you die? If you die, I'll be free, die, die, hahahaha......"
Su Yu has just recovered from a serious illness, how can he stand this kind of hospitality? After struggling for a while, Venus fainted, and the vine branches on Dou Xinyan's body quickly budded and bloomed bright freesia flowers.
No matter how dull the person is, he knows the good and bad in this, and Su Jiao even crawled to the ground and turned around to run to call someone. Unexpectedly, Dou Xinyan's blood-red eyes glanced at it, and the other flowers and plants in the garden also shook like poisonous snakes at once, entangled Su Jiao's right leg, and fell firmly. Su Prison's soul was scattered, and he worked hard to die, and finally broke free from the shackles, and he didn't care about the screams of the girls in the courtyard, and he seemed to be rolling to the front hall as if he was dead. It's easy to climb to the front hall, and the preface doesn't match the afterword, and I talk intermittently. Su Cheng felt a chill down his spine when he heard this, and Dou Qiuyu's face turned pale.
The mirror shone again in an instant, and the master of the painting chatted about something, and the bronze mirror was so glorious that everyone couldn't open their eyes, and only heard the boy's promise. Then there was the sound of breaking the sky, and the light receded like water. When Su Cheng and Dou opened their eyes, the court was empty, where was there any mirror, what kind of boy? Rao is Su Cheng is capable, and he has never encountered such a thing as disappearing out of thin air, and he can't help but feel a little sore, but his mind is not shrewd, and he suddenly shouted, "Go to the backyard house quickly!"
The family in the hall came to their senses, and several strong men surrounded Dou Qiuyu behind him, and went straight to the backyard, leaving only a limping housekeeper Su Jiao to deal with the situation. Su Jiao endured the pain in his feet, and hurriedly ordered all the family members to guard the major important positions in the mansion and not leave without permission, so as not to fish in troubled waters and have many accidents. I also copied a stick and ran to support it.
Su Cheng heard the sound of the girl screaming and fleeing from a distance, and he was concerned about Su Yu's safety, and he couldn't wait to give birth to two more legs. On weekdays, I don't feel that the house is big, and the Buddha who is in a hurry has to jump his feet. Seeing the white light flashing in front of him again, I guessed that the master of the painting chatting had arrived first.
Sure enough, a mirror fell from the garden, and it was so radiant that it was impossible to look at it directly. Everyone only heard the voice in the mirror, "Harming others and harming oneself is really self-defeating!"
Seeing Haoguang Dasheng, Dou Xinyan screamed, her expression was painful, and the freesias all over her body quickly dried up and fell. The Su fish hanging in the air fell, but a red light rushed into his forehead. Su Cheng rushed to see this scene, his heart was beating wildly, his hands and feet were weak, and he sat down in the hall.
Another family member came out of breath to report, saying that the grass and trees in the house were strange again, emitting a strange fragrance, and the lady had fainted. Su Cheng's scalp exploded when he heard this, and he only said towards this mirror,
"Sir, why is this monster so powerful all of a sudden? ”
Su Cheng guessed that the movements of the past two days had angered the monsters, and the coming and going of the master of the painting was a mirror, after all, the Tao was not enough, and he couldn't suppress it. The businessman's heart is to compromise. Unexpectedly, the master of the painting sneered:
"Master Su said it's bad. This is by no means a monster, but a wicked act by the hearts of the people! It seems that someone has done it with me! Zixin, I can't spare it anymore!"
After that, I saw that the bronze mirror was getting bigger and bigger, and a small figure could be vaguely seen in the white light. He stood in the court with a jade horn in his hand, took a deep breath, and blew. Su Cheng only heard the voice was deep and majestic, and his mood slowly calmed down for a while. At this time, Su Yu hugged his ears and screamed and rolled, and immediately, a blood-red red light escaped from between his eyebrows, and was stirred by the sound of the horn, and even let out a miserable scream, turning into a wisp of smoke and dust. Everyone present was all heartbroken, and Su Yu tilted his head and fell into a coma again. The sound of the horn became more and more high-pitched, as if urging thousands of troops and horses, murderous and awe-inspiring, moving the liver and gallbladder, and the entire Su Mansion was heard everywhere. When everyone heard the sound of the horn, they couldn't help but be bold, and a warm current gushed up from the soles of their feet, rising majestic and heroic, and it was extremely agitated for a while. But the strange plants and trees writhed in pain, and countless red rays flew out, and they were strangled by the sound of the horn. The entire Su Mansion screamed again and again for a while, like hell on earth. The horn urged for a while, and the roughness gradually became gentle, and everyone felt that there was no intention of killing for a while, and the agitated blood slowly sank. The plants and trees gradually withered and withered, and eventually turned yellow, as if they were dying of old age. Gradually, the sound of the horn became inaudible, and the garden was quiet, exuding the fragrance of the first sunny day after the rain.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, and their minds gradually settled down, knowing that the monster had been eliminated, and the matter was settled. So they checked their injuries, and a maid said that the lady had also woken up, but she was very tired, so she went back to her room to rest.
I heard the sound of the flower pot cracking again, the soil fell from Dou Xinyan's body, and a small piece of wood fell with a clatter.
The boy stepped forward and picked it up, and it was two puppets in human form. The two humanoids hugged tightly and presented a posture of intersection, and the boy was shocked: "It turns out that it is not the freesia becoming a essence, but the art of disgust, master, but what is the origin of the disgust of these two figures, Zixin has never seen it!"
The voice in the mirror paused slightly, and asked, "Young Master Su, is there a marriage approaching?"
Su Cheng was slightly stunned, "When I was a child and twenty, I had a marriage contract with Miss Cousin, and this time I asked him to return to China to complete the marriage." Does it have anything to do with it?"
The master of the painting chatted twice when he heard it, and showed excitement from his voice, "Wonderful, wonderful, this is the rumored charm, rare to see, the person who placed the spell is quite original!"