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Ning Caichen suddenly woke up from his dream and shouted Xiao Qian's name.

He broke out in a cold sweat, but when he reacted, he found that it was just a dream, an extremely real dream, and everything that happened in the dream seemed to be real, vivid and fresh in his memory.

"Is it just a dream? Or did Xiao Qian really come here just now?" Ning Caichen turned over and sat up, gasping for breath, and feeling sleepy.

He felt that he should ask Li Xiuyuan about this matter, Li Gongzi, he was very proficient in the affairs of gods and ghosts, and might be able to analyze the dream just now.

But when he just lit the candle, he suddenly found that Nie Xiaoqian's columbarium on the table was gone.

There was also a piece of ceremonial straw paper on it, on which there was a line of juanxiu handwriting, as if written by a woman, and the content of the letter was also very simple, just a line of farewell.

Seeing this, Ning Caichen's expression darkened, and he understood that the dream just now was true.

Nie Xiaoqian really went to reincarnate.

"Is it just a dream after all?" Ning Caichen muttered, lost in thought.

And in a flash, it was the early morning of the second day.

After destroying the tree demon, Li Xiuyuan, as promised before, gave the remaining few jars of wine to Yan Chixia, and drank with Xiahou Wu in Lanruo Temple to celebrate.

Yan Chixia and Xiahou Wu fell asleep after getting drunk.

Li Xiuyuan meditated for a few hours, recovered his spirits, and prepared to go back to Guobei County today.

I didn't go to say hello to the two of them, I had already said it yesterday, as soon as the tree demon was destroyed, Yan Chixia naturally continued to be chivalrous, slaying demons and demons, catching thieves, taking the four seas as her home, and seeing you again in the future, as for Xiahou Wu, he thought that there was a big gap between himself and Yan Chixia's martial arts, and he no longer pestered him to compete, and decided to travel around.

But Xiahou Wu also said that if Li Xiuyuan needed his help in the future, he would be obligated to open his mouth.

With Ryoma, alone, he walked towards the outside of Lanruo Temple.

On the way, I met Ning Caichen, who was wandering in the temple.

"Gongzi Li, are you going back?" Ning Caichen said.

"Yes, the tree demon has been destroyed, and the old demon of Montenegro doesn't know where to go, all the ghosts of this Lanruo Temple have disappeared, and this place can be regarded as restoring peace, and the time for me to come out is not early, it's time to go back home, aren't you going to Guobei County to collect the accounts, why don't you go together?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen gave a salute and said, "Xiaosheng still wants to stay here for a few more nights, and then go to Guobei County to visit Li Gongzi in a few days." ”

"Lanruo Temple is now safe, secluded, and a good place to live, and it would be nice for you to rest here for a few more days. Li Xiuyuan nodded, and he didn't break it.

He could see that Ning Caichen still missed Nie Xiaoqian and was reluctant to leave.

It's just that people and ghosts have different paths, Nie Xiaoqian went to reincarnation, and this fate can be regarded as the end of it.

The two said something, and finally Li Xiuyuan said goodbye to Ning Caichen and returned to Guobei County on a dragon horse.

After spending a few days in the gloomy Lanruo Temple, it still feels a little strange to return to the lively Guobei County.

In order not to surprise people, Li Xiuyuan had already put away the dragon horse before entering the city, and then walked a little way into the county seat.

"Isn't this the eldest young master? Why did you come back from outside the county early in the morning? ”

"Yo, the eldest young master is early, have you eaten breakfast, do you want to give you a bowl of noodles?"

"Go, go, do you want the eldest young master to solicit business for your family, you want to invite the eldest young master to sit down with a bowl of noodles, you are too stingy. ”

Many people in the county who knew Li Xiuyuan greeted them warmly, especially the shops on the side of the road, who were eager to pull Li Xiuyuan into the store to eat something.

If you can get a compliment from Li Xiuyuan, it is a very face-saving thing for people who cook in Guobei County.

Business will be much more prosperous.

And when Li Xiuyuan passed by a steamed bun shop that he frequented, he found that the store that had a good business was deserted, and almost no one patronized it, while the shopkeeper was frowning and sitting there with a heavy heart, as if he had encountered something difficult.

"Shopkeeper, what's wrong, your face is not very good? Is it that some time ago, I gave a bun, and I gave a lot of charity, and I folded the book?" Li Xiuyuan asked with a smile.

"Oh, is it the eldest young master?" The shopkeeper looked quickly, and when he saw Li Xiuyuan coming, he was immediately startled, hurriedly stood up, and bowed respectfully: "The little one has seen the eldest young master." ”

"There's no need to be so polite, I'm not an official, and I don't have that much prestige. Li Xiuyuan said.

The shopkeeper smiled: "It's a matter of time before the eldest young master gets fame, and sooner or later he will be an official master." ”

"You think that being an official is a very majestic and magnificent thing, but I don't think so, but I think being an official is a responsibility, so if you say that I will be rich and glorious in the future, and I will have a group of wives and concubines, I will be very happy, but if you praise me for being an official, I am not so happy. Li Xiu said from afar.

"The words of the eldest young master have a smell, and they need to be savored, how can the little ones understand those big truths. The shopkeeper said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "What's the matter, I didn't come out of the stall today? It can't really be the last time I gave a lot of buns, so I folded the book." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Charity to save people is a matter of immeasurable merit, the little one is too late to be happy, and the eldest young master has also reduced the rent for the small one, the small one has not been discounted, on the contrary, it is also taken care of by the eldest young master, the business is much better, and the money earned is also a lot more." ”

"That's a good thing, so why are you worried? ”

Li Xiuyuan said: "I wanted to eat something at your stall, but who knew that you didn't come out of the stall this morning." ”

"It's not that the small ones don't do business, but this business can't be done, and every time the small ones steam out a basket of steamed buns, strange things happen, which makes this business unable to sit down." The shopkeeper said.

Li Xiuyuan asked curiously, "Oh." What kind of strange thing. ”

The shopkeeper said it carefully, roughly as soon as the buns came out of the cage, they immediately shrunk a circle, and when they were delivered, the bowl-sized buns shrunk into a ball of flour, and they were tasteless.

"Well, you can send a basket of steamed buns up, and I'll see what's going on. Li Xiu said from afar.

The shopkeeper didn't think much about it, but just ordered Xiao Er to send a basket of steamed buns.

Soon, Xiao Er went to the back kitchen of the store to take a basket of steamed buns, and sure enough, when Xiao Er didn't come out with a cage of steamed buns, the steamed buns shrunk and shrunk with the naked eye, and finally only a small ball of white noodles remained.

"Young Master, look at this ......," said the shopkeeper.

Li Xiuyuan smiled: "It's not a big deal, it's eaten by a ghost." ”

"Eaten by a ghost?" the shopkeeper was shocked.

"Yes, the ghost eats the essence of the food, if the wine is sacrificed to the ghost god, if the ghost god enjoys it, the wine will immediately lose the taste of the wine, become rancid, and become sour, this is because the wine has been eaten by the ghost god, and the same is true of the food, if it is enjoyed by the ghost god, the food will lose its original taste, just like your bun. Li Xiu said from afar.

"In broad daylight, how can there be ghosts. The shopkeeper trembled with fright.

"Who said that there are no ghosts during the day, there are no ghosts during the day and there are not necessarily fewer ghosts at night, it's just that ghosts hide in dark places during the day and don't come out to move, but it doesn't mean that they don't exist, it seems that you have a few ghosts hiding in this store. Li Xiuyuan looked towards the store.

But I saw that there were five or six black-faced and emaciated men curled up in the dark place of the store, motionless, and it was really not easy to see if I didn't pay attention.

"What, what, there's a ghost in the store?"

The shopkeeper was shocked: "This, how is this good." ”

"Don't worry, since you happened to meet it today, I'll help the shopkeeper do this favor and solve these little ghosts. Li Xiuyuan said and walked to the store.

As soon as he entered the store, he felt a gloomy aura, which was often found on ghosts.

Li Xiuyuan walked towards the five or six ghosts and said, "Why do you ghosts hide in other people's stores in the daytime and steal other people's food, don't you know that this is a very immoral thing?"

When these five or six ghosts huddled in the corner saw that Li Xiuyuan could actually see themselves, they immediately understood that this was an unusual master.

A tall ghost came out respectfully and said: "We are also forced to hide here to beg for food, we were all affected by disasters in our lives, there is nothing to eat, people who starved to death, and after death, they became starving ghosts, and because there were no relatives to sacrifice, they came here only because of unbearable hunger in their stomachs, so they had to hide in this shopkeeper's shop Li begging for a few meals, and left after they were full of food and drink." ”

"Please forgive me, we just ate a few meals, absolutely no intention of harming people, this shopkeeper is also a blessed, kind person, we dare not harm him, it is the shopkeeper passing by, we also have to hide in the corner to avoid far away, for fear of being affected by our ghostly spirit, so that the shopkeeper is sick. ”

Another hungry ghost said with some timidity.

"How many days have you eaten here?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"It's been five days, just wait for the last day of the day to eat before leaving, we have agreed that one person will eat for one day, and we ghosts can endure for a year after eating a full meal, and I believe that we can support the day of reincarnation. "The taller hungry ghost said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "You six starving ghosts, you have eaten the shopkeeper for six days, how can you repay this kindness?"

"I will give him a free year of work in the next life. ”

"I'll help him with ten things in my next life. ”

"I will give him a hundred taels of silver in the next life. ”

"......," these starving ghosts said one after another, all of them saying how they compensated the shopkeeper.

It can be seen that all the benefits that a person gets in his life are all due to the good deeds and accumulation of virtue in his previous life, and the so-called noble people's help is actually the good fortune left in the previous life.