In the middle of the mountains, on a shady hillside, many tall cypress trees stood, like black-clad guards looking down on the ants on the ground. Next to each cypress tree is a raised grave, in front of which there is a tall or low stone tablet on which the owner of the tomb is recorded. The cemetery has been around for some years, overgrown with weeds, many of the tombstones are dilapidated, and some of the graves have even collapsed to reveal decaying coffins in which human bones can be seen.

As the sun set, the whole mountain gradually sank into darkness, and not far from the slope where the cemetery was located, a dense bush with a crooked yellow oak tree surrounded the cemetery far away. When the sun had completely set, a thick cloud blanket the graveyard plunged the whole graveyard into darkness with no fingers to be seen, and the mountain wind whistled through it, mixed with the cooing of night cats, adding to the ruin and desolation of the place.

At this moment, in the cocoon woods, there are a few sparks flashing, and the sound of "clacking" sounded immediately, and the sparks ignited a pile of dead grass, and then a lot of small broken branches were thrown on it, and finally a few thick dry woods, a fire appeared, and the branches and leaves above the fire were carried by the heat to the smoke, and the flames also reflected several figures in different clothes.

A tall monk sat cross-legged by the fire, with a thick Zen staff on his right hand, he opened a big gourd he was carrying, took a sip of unknown liquid, wiped his mouth and said: "This time the Yang family cemetery caught ghosts, all the friends on the road hope to let go, don't fight with me, the poor monk will accept your affection." ”

"Haha! You monk is so angry! This time the ghost hunting Yang family has paid a whole thousand taels of silver, there is a way for those who can live in it, why let the big guy give you this great benefit!?" A raunchy man next to the fire hugged a very scantily clad woman and sneered. While talking, the man's right hand grabbed the woman's waist vigorously, and the woman's body twisted, and then laughed coquettishly. attracted the attention of many men in the field.

"That's right! Brother Zhong is right, whether you can get the reward or not depends on your ability, to see who catches the ghost in the end, and what you say will not let you go, it's really unreasonable!" In the gray shadows a little further away from the fire, several men followed.

"Haha! Why?!" The monk laughed loudly, and his voice resounded throughout the woods, startling the night birds one after another, "The poor monk is the second apprentice of the Great Wisdom Zen Master, and his Dharma name is Jueming! I became a monk at the age of four, practiced at the age of five, and a pair of dragon grips ranked fifth in the palm of the rivers and lakes. If you are not satisfied, you can have a few tricks with the poor monks. After the great monk finished speaking, he glanced around disdainfully, waiting for everyone's reaction.

"Hehe, when will the dragon gripper be ranked fifth?" The man who was holding the exposed woman was not afraid of the origin of the great monk Jueming at all, "The two of us also have a small name, called 'Male and Female Yama', I wonder if the great monk has heard of it?"

After the name of "male and female Yama" came out of his mouth, most of the eyes that had secretly gathered on the woman's exposed body immediately disappeared, and several men beside him were even far away from the two of them for a short time, lest they get into trouble.

"Amitabha! Since the two donors insist on getting along with the poor monks, then when you catch ghosts, let's talk with your true skills. When the great monk heard the name of the male and female Yama, he closed his eyes and folded his hands.

"You know each other!" snorted.

"Who should I be! It turned out to be a male and female Yama! When will the characters in the underworld be able to openly say their nicknames?" Just as the whole scene was about to fall silent, a voice sounded from the periphery of the forest, and then a middle-aged man in Taoist robes walked to the fire, and he sat down on a piece of wood generously, and looked at the male and female Yama defiantly.

The great monk and the male and female Yamas all stared at the comer with wide eyes, "Who are you, and dare to look down on us?"

"Hehe! Poor Dao is the third disciple of Zhang Zhenren of Taiping Temple, Wang Changqiu! Dao number is no Hua Sanren!" The middle-aged Taoist smiled.

"Hmph! Who am I? It turns out to be a Wuhuasan person! If your master Zhang Zhenren comes in person, our husband and wife may be able to give some face, but unfortunately it is an apprentice or the third child! If you want to take away the reward in the vernacular, you are not qualified enough! If you are not convinced, you will first have two tricks with our husband and wife, and let us weigh and weigh! How about it? Do you dare?" Xiong Yan Luo provoked viciously.

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey!" Wang Changqiu got up and made a gesture of invitation, then pulled out a long sword from behind his back and made a dashing gesture.

Xiong Yan Luo let go of the hand holding the woman, slowly got up, and grabbed his own ghost head knife from the ground, this knife has nine iron rings on the back, it is the most powerful and skillful nine-ring knife on the rivers and lakes.

The big monk on the side saw that the two of them were about to make a move if they didn't agree on a word, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a trace of shame.

Just when the tension between the two sides was about to break out, a voice sounded outside the woods again: "Oh, it's really lively today! The Yang family will pay a thousand taels to catch a little ghost, I thought this thing was strange enough, but I didn't expect so many people from the rivers and lakes to come, not bad!"

Wang Changqiu and Xiong Yanluo, who were about to fight, immediately stopped when they heard this, and everyone looked in the direction where the voice came from. I saw two samurai dressed in tight armor walk in, the leader of them was slender, with sword eyebrows and high noses, bright eyes, and a simple sword in his hand. The man behind him was a little shorter, but his legs were very slender, his facial features were exquisite, his big eyes were extremely beautiful, and he still had a bun behind his head. Clear-eyed people can see at a glance that she is a beauty dressed as a man, but everyone is a person in the rivers and lakes, so naturally they will not say it immediately.

"Who are you!?, how dare you make a big fuss here?" said Xiong Yama unceremoniously to the visitor.

The crowd in the woods looked at the two samurai, waiting for them to answer.

"Haha! Nowadays, people in the rivers and lakes are particular about meeting each other, and they have to report their names first, so I have to tell my nickname every few days, which is really troublesome!" the male warrior shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"I don't feel troublesome, but I feel very imposing!" said the samurai.

Just now, this great monk said that he was the second apprentice of Zen Master Dazhi, what a coincidence, Zen Master Dazhi is my senior brother. The warrior spoke.

"What!? What nonsense! I don't believe it! But there is a certificate!?" the great monk asked with wide eyes when he heard this.

"I knew you were going to ask!" the male warrior pulled out a jade plaque from his waist and threw it to him.

The great monk took it and looked at it carefully, and his face suddenly became extremely respectful: "It turns out that it is really Uncle Shi who is here! The nephew is rude, please don't blame Uncle Shi!" After speaking, he respectfully handed the jade plaque back to the male warrior.

"It's okay, it's okay! How can my elders care about the juniors. The male warrior put away the jade plaque and smiled,

"And I also have an identity, that Zhang Zhenren is also my senior brother, and there is also a jade plate as proof!" After speaking, he took out a fish-shaped jade plate and threw it to Wang Changqiu.

Wang Changqiu took the jade plate and looked at it for a long time, and then showed a respectful look: "My nephew has seen my uncle!"

"No need to be polite!" the male warrior waved his hand, "And the two of you, male and female Yama! How did Qiu Zhutou, the head of the six gates of the capital, teach you, and why is he still so short-tempered!?"

The male and female Yama looked fearless at first, but when they heard the male warrior talk about Qiu Zhutou with six doors, fear flashed in their eyes, and their attitudes immediately became much more submissive: "This son, I don't know what you have to do with Qiu Zhutou?"

"Actually, it doesn't matter much! This sword in the hand of this son was given by Qiu Zhutou!" At this moment, the female warrior who had never had a chance to show it suddenly spoke, and then threw the sword in her hand to the male and female Yama.

Yama carefully took the sword, looked at it carefully, and then handed it to the female warrior very respectfully: "It turns out that the two are Qiu Zhutou's friends!

"Hmm!" the male warrior saw that everyone around the fire was obedient to him, so he nodded with satisfaction, and found a comfortable place to sit down, the small armor he wore was a kind of armor designed for both defense and action, and it was by no means something that ordinary people could afford to wear, and even if they could afford it, they would cherish it very much, but the male warrior sat on the ground without any care, but the female warrior dressed as a man preferred to be clean, and found a piece of wood to dust off before sitting on it.

"Since Uncle Shi has arrived, then this place will naturally be arranged by Uncle Shi. The great monk said very politely, "If you don't listen to the call, be careful of the poor monk's Zen staff!" The latter sentence was obviously said to the rest of the people.

"And the sword of the poor road is not used to see!" Wang Changqiu said to the side.

"My male and female Yamas also listen to Childe!" "The male and female Yamas also expressed their obedience.

The remaining men saw that the most powerful person in the audience had expressed their position, and naturally none of them dared to speak out, and they all obediently expressed their obedience.

"Very good! Not bad!" The male warrior showed a smile on his face, "The so-called unity, as long as everyone works together, tonight's mission will definitely be completed! If you catch a ghost for a while, you must distinguish it well, and if it is a fake ghost, you will naturally have to teach it a good lesson and send it to the official; if it is a real ghost? Alas! I hope to meet a real ghost! Unfortunately, I have traveled to countless places all over the country, and I have never encountered a real ghost! If I catch a real ghost this time, I will not need a penny of 1,000 taels of silver, and I will reward everyone with 20 taels of silver. I hope you don't let me down. ”

When everyone heard this, they all shouted happily: "We all listen to (uncle)'s son!"