Chapter 304: The Night of the Soul
"Snort"
The Ouroboros hissed faintly inaudible, then spun a little insignificant.
Jiang Qi stood at the door of the Wen family temple and looked up at the heavy snow.
"It's snowing."
He sighed.
Unknowingly, I have been in this stormy town for eight months, from the early spring to the current cold winter.
This heavy snowfall was the first of the year, and it had already fallen for a day, reaching ankle thick.
Next year will be a good year.
Jiang Qi thought silently in his heart.
"Jiang Qi!"
Wen Xiaoqin, who was full of vitality, stepped on the snowflakes and rushed over.
Wearing a fox fur coat, wrapped like a hair ball.
When he got closer, he was not polite at all, picked up Jiang Qi's whisk and began to dust himself.
"Let's catch a big catch today, why don't we order it today?"
Jiang Qi asked with a smile.
Since half a year ago, Wen Xiaoqin has begged her family to let her do fast hunting, and said that with her own kung fu, she is definitely the nemesis of the bandit chieftain.
Wen Busheng couldn't screw her, so he begged the county lieutenant and gave her a public position to catch fast.
It is also a small miracle for women to catch fast, and it was also cited by many people as a talking point at that time.
"There was a thief who stole the golden Buddha of Li Yuanwai's house in Changping County, and killed a guard."
Wen Xiaoqin sighed and said: "If someone died, the county lord ordered us to arrest the whole city, no, send me back to my hometown to see if the thief will escape by boat from here to the next county." ”
When Jiang Qi heard this, he asked, "How many times is this?" ”
"The eighth homicide."
Wen Xiaoqin said with a sad expression: "I don't know if Changping County has committed Tai Sui recently, and there is a murder case almost every ten days." ”
Jiang Qi sighed silently in his heart.
There is no turmoil in Fengbo Town, but Changping County is not peaceful.
"Don't say it, I'm here to call you to eat, and I'm going to be on duty at the ferry after eating."
Wen Xiaoqin said, opened the big sword, looked at the waist knife on his waist, and muttered: "I hope there will be a chance for it to come out of the sheath today." ”
"Little girl's family, why is it so angry?"
Jiang Qi glanced at her and followed her towards the Wen family's mansion.
He was holding an umbrella, but Wen Xiaoqin refused, saying that he had strong firepower, and this Xiaoxue was a hammer.
"That's what you said."
Wen Xiaoqin swore and said: "You said, I do what I think is right, it is a kind of practice, then I think it is the right thing to use my martial arts to bless the peace of the party." ”
"You dare to say it's not a practice?"
Jiang Qi smiled dumbly and said, "Naturally, yes." ”
"Isn't that all there is to it?"
Wen Xiaoqin raised her head proudly, this was the first time she had debated Jiang Qi.
After eating at the Wen family's house, the old lady left Jiang Qi to drink tea together, while Wen Xiaoqin held a piece of cake in her mouth and went straight to the storm.
"With such a wild temperament, how can it be good in the future?"
The old lady looked sideways at her son and complained: "You too, she said that if you want to catch her, you will let her go?" ”
"With this kind of appearance, how can I get married in the future? Whose well-bred daughter shows up every day and lets a group of men call her big brother? ”
Wen Busheng smiled bitterly: "Mother, you also know her temperament, if I don't agree, it can turn the world upside down." ”
"I thought she wouldn't be able to stand that suffering, and it would be hot in a few days, but I didn't expect it"
Jiang Qi smiled secretly.
Unexpectedly, Wen Xiaoqin is like a fish in water, and has already conquered a considerable part of the respect of the catcher with his fists.
"But that's fine, at least in front of the house, not running around outside like before."
Wen Busheng made up for himself.
The old lady didn't bother to take care of him, looked at Jiang Qi, and said, "Dao Chief, can you have time to calculate the marriage for my little girl?" ”
When Jiang Qi heard this, he smiled and said, "Even if you calculate it now, with Miss Wen's current temperament, I'm afraid she won't approve of it." ”
"It's better to wait for her to open her mind, after all, when a man marries a woman, it is always a human road."
"It's just that I haven't met the right person yet."
When the old lady heard this, she also felt that it made sense, and said: "That's the case, the old man's son was also good at fancy clothes and good friends in his early years, but after starting a family, he seems to have changed a person. ”
"His daughter is exactly the same as he was in his early years."
Wen Busheng: "."
"So, old lady, you don't have to worry about this, your children and grandchildren have their own blessings."
Jiang Qi said with a smile.
"Makes sense."
The old lady nodded, stood up and said, "Dao Chief, today is the day when the old man and his deceased husband form a marriage, and the old man is ready to chant and pray for him, can you ask the Dao Elder to straighten the old body?" ”
"It's a matter of duty."
Jiang Qi also stood up and helped the old lady to the family temple.
Wen Busheng hurriedly arranged for someone to hold an umbrella for the old lady.
After coming to the family temple, Jiang Qi asked the Wen family grandfather's birthday, wrote a talisman and a statement, and handed it to the old lady to sacrifice to the underworld.
In this way, the blessing can really reach the head of the Wen family's grandfather, if the old lady is still in the underworld, then the blessing will be up, and he can be reincarnated earlier, if he has been reincarnated, he will be sent to the blessing treasury and used again in the next life.
Then the old lady began to chant the sutra.
Jiang Qi listened from the side.
In fact, the old lady has been chanting the scriptures for most of her life, and it is difficult to say that she can make mistakes and omissions, but the old lady obviously attaches great importance to this day, so she asked Jiang Qi to keep an eye on it.
Time passed little by little, and Jiang Qi saw that the old lady was getting better, so he didn't pay too much attention.
And the night outside was unconsciously dark.
Underworld.
Merit Division, Prayer Hall.
The head of the prayer hall looked at the inscriptions and talismans in front of him and fell into deep thought.
It is obviously so orthodox that it can no longer be orthodox, and it is qualified to draw, at least it is the immortal truth of the realm of Taiyi True Immortal.
And it has to be authentic.
But the expressions and talismans in front of him did not carry a trace of mana.
"Strange thing."
The head of the hall muttered to himself, but he didn't dare to have the slightest slackness, and personally stared at the Fuku named "Wen Dazhu".
"This guy is really lucky, he was still a lot away from the blessing of reincarnation, but now that he has this talisman inscription, he can arrange reincarnation today."
Inside the Wen family temple.
The hour has come into the evening.
The old lady couldn't hold back a yawn, and stopped her chanting tiredly.
"It's been a long day."
The old lady thanked Jiang Qi, and then said, "The Taoist must be curious, why does the old man attach so much importance to this day, right?" ”
Jiang Qi nodded.
He is really curious, generally speaking, only on the death day will go to pray like this, which is great plus birthday, but even the "wedding anniversary" has to put so much effort into it, which is indeed a bit unreasonable.
"Because as long as it is a day related to the deceased husband, the old body will pray for him."
The old lady said bitterly: "My family started by walking darts, and my deceased husband is a famous master, so he has saved a lot of family business, but doing this business will inevitably be contaminated with murder." ”
"Although it is for the sake of livelihood, everything has a degree, and the killing of the deceased husband is too much."
"He gave me a dream, saying that he was contaminated with too much blood and too much blessing, and the underworld did not allow him to be reincarnated."
"Therefore, as long as it is a day related to him, the old body will pray for him."
Jiang Qi nodded suddenly.
There is a degree to everything, and even the executioners who work for the official family have the rule that they are not allowed to exceed 100, and this is still under the protection of the fortune of the dynasty.
Not to mention ordinary people.
"Bang dang!"
At this time, the door of the family temple was vigorously pushed open.
A limping strong man walked in, still holding a steel knife in his hand.
Seeing that there was only one young Taoist and an old lady, the strong man laughed fiercely.
"Hahaha! Good luck! ”
"Heaven will not kill me!"
The strong man laughed, obviously crippled, but he came to Jiang Qi's side in a few steps and put the knife on Jiang Qi's neck.
"Rest on your feet!"
The old lady was taken aback by the sudden change, but immediately calmed down.
"If a good man is seeking wealth, there is also some cinnabar gold leaf in this temple of the old man, and the good man will take all of it, but don't hurt the Taoist monk."
"There are also rules in the green forest, and it is ominous to kill the family!"
The old lady said in a deep voice.
The strong man smiled and said: "Old lady, I don't want to get rich, I just want to live!" ”
"If the two cooperate, it will naturally not break the rules of killing the old and the young Buddha, but if they don't cooperate"
"Heroes are well-behaved, what do you want us to do?"
The old lady nodded dryly.
She knew very well that no matter who this strong man was, saving her life now was the most important thing.
Jiang Qi was held by the steel knife and blinked.
Then he looked behind the old lady.
"Old lady, your husband has come back to see you."
Jiang Qi said with a smile.
"What?"
The old lady was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then looked back hurriedly.
She saw a vague, pitch-black shadow.
The shadow's facial features were also blurred, but she recognized that it was her husband, who had been dead for more than 20 years!
"Azhu!"
The old lady had burst into tears before she knew it.
The shadow fluctuated, seemed to laugh, and then stretched out its equally vague arms and took the old lady in its arms.
"Pretending to be a ghost! What the hell are you! ”
The strong man's legs trembled when he was frightened by this strange scene, but he forced Jiang Qi with a strong heartbeat.
"Say! Isn't it your demonic way! ”
When Jiang Qi heard this, he smiled and said: "It's a coincidence that I happened to bump into someone's husband passing by Wangxiangtai." ”
The so-called Wangxiangtai is the last time to take a look at the living relatives before reincarnation, and if you are blessed, you can temporarily come to the yang world and say goodbye to your relatives in person.
It's just that it is said to be face-to-face, but in fact, they usually meet in dreams, such as Wen Dazhu, who appears directly, there is only one possibility.
That is, the blessing is too generous, and it belongs to preferential treatment.
The strong man still had a vicious expression, but his eyes were trembling.
Ghost!
I've hit a ghost!
The strong man couldn't stop churning this thought in his heart, and he was afraid for a while.
But in the end, he gritted his teeth and grabbed Jiang Qi's next door and blocked him in front of him.
"It doesn't matter if you're a ghost or something! Lao Tzu has killed a lot of living people, and I'm afraid that a ghost won't make it?! ”
He shouted loudly, cheering himself up.
"Ugh."
Jiang Qi sighed and looked at Wen Dazhu.
"Buzz!"
The rich ghost aura lightly bypassed Jiang Qi, and then rushed in along the strong man's seven orifices!
"Ahh
The strong man subconsciously screamed, his expression became confused, and the steel knife in his hand fell to the ground with a loud bang.
The whole person also collapsed softly.
Jiang Qi bent down, grabbed his collar, and said to the old lady and Wen Dazhu: "The two of you have a lot to say, hurry up." ”
After saying that, he dragged the unconscious strong man out of the family temple and closed the door casually.
About a quarter of an hour later, Wen Dazhu's dark shadow appeared in front of Jiang Qi, and then knelt on the ground.
"Thank you for your success!"
Jiang Qi accepted this gift and said with a smile: "It is the kindness of the old lady that makes your husband and wife have this time to meet again, and the poor road is just a boat pushing the boat." ”
"You have a good wife."
Wen Dazhu said: "No matter what, if it weren't for the lack of a Taoist, the villain doesn't know how long he would have to wait, thank you!" ”
"Poor Dao has made your family's temple blessing, then this is the business of Poor Dao."
Jiang Qi smiled: "Let's reincarnate." ”
Wen Dazhu nodded, reluctantly glanced at the family temple, and then the figure slowly disappeared.
"Stomp, stomp!!"
After a few breaths, Jiang Qi heard a rush of footsteps.
I saw Wen Xiaoqin running over with hurried steps, with a waist knife out of the sheath in his hand.
Seeing Jiang Qi, he was obviously relieved, and before he could speak, he saw the strong man who passed out at Jiang Qi's feet.
"Sure enough, it's this guy!"
Wen Xiaoqin recognized at a glance that this was a bandit wanted to be arrested by the county government, and he didn't have time to think too much, so he took out the rope, tied the strong man, and unloaded his joints, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jiang Qi, what's going on? This guy is your uniform? ”
Wen Xiaoqin said in a row: "I blocked him at the ferry, and I chased him all the way here, for fear that he would break into the family temple." ”
Jiang Qi hurriedly interrupted her cannon, and said, "You go in and see the old lady, and you will know what's going on." ”
"Grandmother?"
Wen Xiaoqin blinked suspiciously and pushed open the door of the family temple.
Then I saw my grandmother sitting on the futon and crying silently.
"Grandmother! What's wrong with you? But was you shocked by the villain? ”
Wen Xiaoqin hurriedly stepped forward to help.
The old lady wiped her tears and said with a smile: "It's your grandfather who came back to see me." ”
"That villain was also subdued by your grandfather."
"My grandfather?"
There were a lot of question marks on Wen Xiaoqin's face.
"Didn't you say that my grandfather was born before I was born."
The old lady nodded, looked at Jiang Qi, and said with a smile: "It's all the credit of the Taoist." ”
"Huh?"
Wen Xiaoqin was even more confused.
Jiang Qi held back a smile and said, "You better hurry up and tie up that bandit and put him in prison, if you wake up, there will be twists and turns." ”
"The old lady here has her own poor way to take care of her."
"When I wake up, I can knock him unconscious again."
Wen Xiaoqin said subconsciously.
Then he said to the old lady, "Grandmother, my granddaughter will first release the bandit to the prison, and then come back to listen to you." ”
"Go, go, go."
The old lady smiled and nodded, her heart was full of joy to see her husband again.
Seeing Wen Xiaoqin leave, the old lady bowed to Jiang Qi.
"The deceased husband has already told the old body that thanks to the help of the Taoist chief, he can be reincarnated as soon as possible."
"Please bow down to the old body."
Jiang Qi didn't stop him, and after taking a bow, he saw that the old lady was going to worship again, so he hurriedly stopped him.
"It is natural to be worshiped by you, but if you continue to worship, you will lose the life of the poor road."
(End of chapter)