The night was dark.

When Li Xiuyuan returned to the abandoned mansion at this moment, he saw that the four guards who had been blown away had already come to their senses, and they re-lit the bonfire and sat around to talk about the previous incident.

"Damn, it's really evil, Lao Tzu felt as if the whole person flew out just now, cold, through the houses, walls, and finally was swept into the forest outside the city, and also met a lot of people in the forest outside the city, it was scared to death Lao Tzu, and after careful questioning, I knew that those were ghosts who had been dead for decades, and they were not living people at all. Wu Fei touched his bald head, and he was afraid for a while when he recalled what happened just now.

The taciturn Xing Shan also rarely spoke: "This should be what people often say that the soul is lost." ”

"It must be, the eldest young master told us not to be afraid when we encounter ghosts and gods, as soon as we are afraid that the spell will take effect, it must be that we were frightened by the evil ghost just now and lost our composure for a while, so we were hit, and our souls were blown away. Ma Dong said with some shame.

It seems that his courage is not enough, and he is frightened when he encounters a more fierce ghost.

"Yes, but that evil ghost is also too fierce, and the flying sand and rocks just now, the appearance of pitch black, is simply worse than any ghost we have encountered before. ”

Several people discussed with each other, and they all had some lingering palpitations.

"It's not vicious, it's high. At this time, Li Xiuyuan strode over and spoke.

"Young Master. ”

"Great young master. ”

Several people hurriedly stood up and bowed.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It seems that you are all fine, since you are fine, go and rest early, you are sleepy when you come so late, there will be no ghosts and monsters tonight, you can sleep with confidence." ”

Sure enough, the ability of this long-bearded ghost king is still very high, and he said that he had summoned their souls, and as soon as he came back, he saw that the guards had all woken up, and they were all sitting here chatting.

"Young Master, where did the evil ghost go?" Wu Fei looked left and right, and said cautiously in a low voice.

"I was injured, and now I should go back to recuperate. Li Xiu said from afar.

"You won't come to take revenge on us after you recover from your injuries, I heard that ghosts and gods hold grudges the most. Wu Fei said with some fear.

Li Xiuyuan said: "If you want to retaliate, you are also looking for me to retaliate, what are you afraid of, you still have to be busy tomorrow, go and rest, don't sit here." ”

"Since the eldest young master said that it is okay, then it must be fine, let's go, let's go back and rest, don't disturb the eldest young master. Ma Dong said.

A few guards went to the side room that had been arranged before to rest.

Of course, it's hard to say whether he will sleep early tonight, but Li Xiuyuan is meditating and practicing qi on the roof in the bright moonlight.

This meditation and qi training can not only restore the spirit, but also enhance the martial arts, and it is not impossible to practice mana later in the cultivation.

However, not long after meditating, there was a flurry of movement in the dilapidated mansion.

There were snakes, insects, rats and ants who came out of nowhere, and began to move around in this dilapidated mansion, among which there were all kinds of ghosts, and the figures of powerful ghosts flew back and forth, making bursts of sounds.

"Huh?"

Li Xiuyuan took a look, but saw that these snakes, insects, rats and ants were actually cleaning up the weeds, dust and rubble in the yard, and those unjust ghosts flying around were repairing the houses, doors and windows here.

Thinking that this was the means of the long-bearded ghost king, he was driving the ghost servants to take care of Li Xiuyuan's front yard, making it more suitable for people to live in.

After all, people are more particular about where they live, but ghosts are not particular about where they live, so this mansion is dilapidated like this, but ghosts and gods can turn this place into a bright and glamorous mansion as long as they cast a little spell, but this method is only useful for ghosts and gods, and in the daytime, everything still has to be revealed, but ghosts prefer this kind of unpopular place, so the more dilapidated the ghosts live in more comfortable.

It is a truth that people want ghosts, and ghosts also hate popularity.

"It's okay to clean it up, after all, you have to live here for a while, and the long-bearded ghost king is also a shrewd ghost god, and he knows the importance of human affection. Li Xiuyuan said secretly.

He looked at it a few times, but saw that the weeds had been bitten off by the insects and rats, and the roots had been dug up, and then they were quickly transported away, and in a short time the weeds in one place were gone.

Then there were ghost servants and imps who were sent to smear something on the cracked beams and pillars, and when the thing was smeared, they saw that the cracks in the wood had been repaired, and they were as good as new, and then they were painted with the paint of the temple, and in a short time a room was as new as new, as if it had just been built.

This is not a trick, but a real means to mend it.

For some damaged brick walls and stone slabs, the Yin soldiers went to the city to transport the stones, and then the ghost servants and craftsmen polished and filled them.

All night, there was the sound of clanging knocks, footsteps, and the shouts of all kinds of ghosts.

Those who don't know think that someone is building a house outside, but if you really look outside, you will find that there is nothing outside at all, only a gust of wind blowing, which makes people shudder.

It is a common thing for ghosts and gods to build houses.

It's just that there aren't many ghosts and gods who can use such methods, after all, in addition to a large number of subordinates, it also needs a sufficient number of ghosts and ghosts with Taoism to help.

However, the Longbearded Ghost King obviously has this qualification.

However, Li Xiuyuan saw so many ghost servants, yin soldiers, ghosts, and even many beautiful female ghosts under the command of the long-bearded ghost king from time to time, so he felt that this long-bearded ghost king would not lose by his own knife.

Even if the long-bearded ghost king helps the ghost reincarnation here to some extent, there is also selfishness, otherwise how can there be so many subordinates for him to drive?

"No one is perfect, even the real saint has something wrong, the long-bearded ghost king is not a good ghost god in the first place, I really can't ask too much of him, what I ask for is order, only when the real order comes, the chaos will be stopped, and everything will gradually improve. Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes and didn't look at it anymore.

Since he chose to keep the long-bearded ghost king alive, he had to tolerate some of his things.

A series of weird things are happening here at the same time.

And in the local Hou Mansion, an incident also happened.

This night, there was a courtyard in the Hou Mansion that I didn't know what the situation was, and suddenly there was a fire, the fire was burning, and there was a tendency to continue into pieces, and the people in the house took water to put out the fire, but the fire could not be extinguished, and the water was poured into it only temporarily extinguished, but soon it burned again.

It was not until the fire had burned for a full hour that it lost its strength and was extinguished.

"What's the matter, how can there be a fire in the good house?" the old marquis had a calm face and sniffed the housekeeper.

The housekeeper knelt on the ground in fright and said: "Back to the master, the old slave doesn't know how the fire started, I heard that a firefly flew from nowhere, landed on the roof, ignited the dead grass on the roof, and then the fire grew bigger, and when I found that the house behind me had been covered by fire." ”

"It's nonsense, how can a firefly set the roof on fire. The old marquis said angrily: "It must be that the man who set the house on fire by mistake, deliberately lied and shirked his responsibility, come on, kill that person, if there is such a thing next time, don't do it as a housekeeper." ”

"Yes, yes, sir. The housekeeper said in a frightened trembling voice.

"Hou Ye is a little restless, but Poor Dao knows the cause of this fire. At this time, a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe walked over with a smile on his face.

This Taoist is a diner of the Hou Mansion, no name and no surname, and the people in the mansion call him a single Taoist person, because he has the ability to be like a ghost and a god, and he is deeply respected by the old Hou Ye.

"Daoist, do you know the cause of this fire?" asked the old marquis.

Shan Daoren said with a smile: "This fire is the will of heaven, in order to take away the old marquis's money, because the old marquis, your fortune is missing 28,000 taels tonight for no reason, so this fire is to fill this gap, so that your missing fortune and family belongings match, if you don't believe it, old marquis, it is better to send someone to calculate the loss of this fire." ”

The old marquis's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately sent a housekeeper to the accounting room to estimate the loss of this fire.

After a while, an accountant said: "Back to the master, the little one has been calculated before, and a total of 18,000 taels of property have been lost." ”

"Dao Chief, this number is not right. The old marquis wondered.

Shan Dao Chang pinched his fingers, and then said with a smile: "The old marquis forgot, there is still a box of silver tickets that have not been counted, this silver ticket is privately owned by one of your concubines, the old marquis, and it is worth 10,000 taels." ”

"What? and this?" the old marquis was shocked and angry.

I was surprised that this amount was not bad, and I was angry that there was a concubine who hid private money behind her back, and it was so much as 10,000 taels.

"Dao Chief, who is it, which of my concubines is secretly hidden?" the old marquis asked.

Shan Daoren smiled and said: "The silver has been taken away by the heavens, what does it matter who put it?"