Just when Li Xiuyuan entered Huaxian. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, Guo Beicheng is in the city.

Today is noon, the sky above Guobei City is cloudless, a piece of blue, the bright sunlight sprinkled down, seems to dispel a lot of haze and sadness in the hearts of the people in the city.

However, in the city of the Lee Mansion in public.

A Taoist in a sloppy robe was sitting casually in the courtyard, with a red pen, yellow paper, scissors, and constantly folding and sketching next to him.

"Dao Chief, the coffin you want is here, there have been a lot of funerals in the city recently, and the coffin is a little insufficient, and the shopkeeper of the coffin shop still heard that it was our Li Mansion that wanted to use it, so he gave up the good coffin he prepared for himself, and he hasn't collected the money yet. Lu Bo came over at this time, gave a salute to the wooden man, and then a few workers carried a heavy coffin in.

This coffin is covered with dust, and it looks useless for a long time, but the wood is extremely exquisite, extremely heavy, and it is a rare and good coffin.

"Hey, poor Dao Fu is shallow, you can only enjoy a thin coffin, this coffin is too thick, and it will be wasted when the time comes. ”

Mu Daoren patted his buttocks and stood up, patted the heavy coffin, and couldn't help laughing.

The Taoist chief laughed, the thin coffin decays quickly, and it is easy to destroy the corpse, but all the richer people will prepare a thick coffin, and our Li family is not a family that is short of money, how can we buy a thin coffin, if it is rumored, won't it make outsiders look down on our Li family. Lu Bo said.

Mu Dao said: "That's it, the thick coffin is the thick coffin, it doesn't matter, Poor Dao folded some armor and swords with yellow paper yesterday, you burned those things at night, your Li family's Yin soldiers can use it, anyway, Poor Dao has little time, if you can help a little, it will be a little." ”

After speaking, he pointed to the pile of yellow paper on the ground.

The yellow paper was folded into armor, the shape of a sword, with some incomprehensible talismans drawn with red pens on it, and a faint red light came out in the daytime.

Lu Bo was a little puzzled, but he still respectfully agreed.

"Boom~!"

At this moment, there was a thunderclap in the clear sky, low and loud.

Mu Dao Man looked up at the sky and said, "The calamity of the poor road is coming..... It seems to be ahead of time, hey, can't even a day tolerate the poor road, so it's okay, you have a bad time, and the poor road is dead or alive is not necessarily. ”

After speaking, he pushed open the coffin and lay down, covered with a brocade robe.

The brocade clothes are Li Xiuyuan's clothes, and the Mudao people asked Li Xiuyuan to come two days ago.

Before the coffin lid was closed, suddenly a thunderbolt flashed in the sky, and then a thunderbolt suddenly fell, accurately drilling into the coffin in public.

"Boom~!" a burst of smoke rose from the coffin, and there was a strong smell of sulfur in it.

Lu Bo next to him was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly retreated in fright.

Before he could take a few more steps, another thunderbolt slashed from the sky, and the entire coffin was split with a loud noise, and it shook violently, and the thick coffin was shaken by the broken wood that flew sideways, sending out cracks.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The thunder rang non-stop, and in the blink of an eye, three thunderbolts fell, each of which burrowed into the coffin.

For a while, there was thick smoke and flames all around.

Those who don't know thought there was a fire here.

This thunder and lightning came and went quickly, and the thunder no longer continued to fall after five successive splits from the beginning to the present.

But the coffin was torn apart by lightning and lightning, and flames were ignited on it, and a puff of smoke lingered inside the coffin for a long time.

"Dao Chief. It took Lu Bo a long time to come back to his senses.

Only then did I remember that the Taoist chief was still lying in the coffin just now, and immediately panicked, and hurriedly took water to extinguish the fire, to see what was going on with the Taoist chief, whether he was killed by thunder.

If he was really hacked to death, he didn't know how to explain to the eldest young master when he came back.

This Dao chief is the eldest young master's uncle, he is a master of Taoism, and the eldest young master is very respectful on weekdays, if there is a problem, then I really don't know what to do.

Soon, Lu Bo took water and extinguished the fire on the coffin.

Originally, a heavy coffin was struck by lightning five times, and after the earthquake cracked, it was burned again, and finally only a thin piece of charred black coffin remained.

After Lu Bo dispersed the smoke, he looked into the coffin, and his face was immediately shocked.

But I saw that there was only one piece of the eldest young master's coat left in the coffin, and the figure of the wooden road man had disappeared.

"How could it be gone?"

Lu Bo took out Li Xiuyuan's coat and shook it, but saw that this ordinary brocade robe was struck by lightning five times in a row, but there was no trace left.

It's neither charred nor tattered, it's still brand new.

It's hard to believe that this dress has just been struck by lightning and burned.

But the coffin saw only this shirt, not anyone.

"Could it be that the Dao Leader has been struck into smoke by lightning?" Lu Bo couldn't help but think with some trepidation.

If that were the case, wouldn't it be that there were no bones left?

But before Lu Bo could think about it, suddenly there was a cry from the eldest young master's study, but he saw a big fiery red rooster coming out of nowhere, flapping his wings and quickly rushing towards here.

Before Lu Bo could react, the big rooster opened his mouth and pecked, picked up Li Xiuyuan's brocade coat and ran away.

With the big rooster fluttering its wings a few times, the rooster easily flew over the tall courtyard wall, and in a blink of an eye, there was no trace, and I don't know where it disappeared.

However, the strange things that happened here were not known to Li Xiuyuan at this moment.

He has now entered Huaxian and walked on the streets of Huaxian.

"This Hua County is far worse than Guobei County. Li Xiuyuan glanced at it and said.

The people on the street had vegetables on their faces, obviously their lives were not very good, in addition, he also found that the vendors and shops on the street were mainly selling sacrificial items.

For example, incense candles, paper money, paper people, paper houses, paper sedan chairs and the like.

"Young Master, Guobei County has our Li family on top, I don't know how many taxes have been blocked for the people, the people's lives are naturally good, and other places are not so lucky. The guard said proudly, as if he was proud of his life in Guobei County.

But it does have proud capital.

The lives of the people in Guobei County are indeed much better than those in other places.

It is precisely because of this that there are more and more people in Guobei County, and it has vaguely developed into a prosperous city.

"Young Master, these paper figures, paper sedan chairs, look like the ones we encountered on the road when we came. Another guard said.

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "You go and inquire about where the Qiao family is, and we will send this Qiao girl back first." ”

"Yes, young master. ”

The guards answered, and soon asked the nearby vendors about the location of Qiao's house.

The county seat is not big, and some things are easy to ask clearly, and soon, a guard ran back and said, "Big young master, the little one has asked clearly, Qiao's house is in the alley on the street over there." ”

"Go, visit, visit. Li Xiuyuan said.

After a while, he came to the front of an ordinary family's house.

knocked on the door, and an old servant of Qiao's Mansion opened the door, and when he saw Li Xiuyuan and the others, he couldn't help but feel a little vigilant: "This son, who are you looking for?"

If it weren't for Li Xiuyuan's dignified appearance, extraordinary temperament, and the appearance of a scholar and a noble son, this old servant didn't seem to even want to ask more.

Li Xiuyuan gave a salute and said: "In Xia Guobei County, Li Xiuyuan, I have something to visit Master Qiao in Qiao's Mansion, and I also ask the old man to report it, by the way, this matter is related to Qiao Nu." ”

The old servant of the Qiao family looked at Li Xiuyuan again, and saw that he should not be a bad person, so he nodded and said, "This son, wait a minute, I will go and inform my master." ”

After saying that, he closed the door and left quickly.

After a while, the old servant of the Qiao family opened the door again: "Master Li, my master is invited." ”

"I'm tired. After Li Xiuyuan was polite, he entered Qiao's mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he smelled a fishy smell in the air.

"There are ghosts in this house. ”

Li Xiuyuan's eyes condensed slightly, he had more contact with ghosts, and it was inevitable that he would be a little sensitive, not to mention that he had also encountered a ghost last night, and he still had some ability to distinguish the taste and breath of ghosts.

For example, when you encounter a water ghost, you will smell a smell that is almost fishy.

If you encounter an ordinary ghost, then there will be a smell of paper ash, which means that this ghost is worshipped by someone, not a nameless ghost.

If you encounter a lonely ghost, then it will emit a fishy smell, almost a rotten smell, because the lonely ghost is not enshrined, the grave is unattended, and the bones are soaked in water, rotten and smelly.

Of course, if you meet a temple deity, all you smell is incense.

There is only a ghost difference, which is in between, and there is both the smell of paper ash and the smell of incense.

Li Xiuyuan came to the lobby of the Qiao family under the guidance of the old servant of the Qiao family.

At this time, I saw a man about fifty years old with white temples and a square scarf standing in the lobby, ready to welcome Li Xiuyuan's arrival.

"Li Xiuyuan, who was born late, has seen Master Qiao. Li Xiuyuan bowed.

This old man Qiao is dressed as a scholar, and obviously he is also a scholar.

"Late life, you are also a scholar?" Master Qiao put away his contempt, and returned the salute.

"The late student is a child from Guobei County, and he just finished the hospital exam last month. Li Xiuyuan said.

When Master Qiao heard that Li Xiuyuan was a child and was about to be admitted to Xiucai, his face immediately became a lot kinder: "What article is the final test in this college exam?"

"It's an article on governing the country and securing the country. Li Xiuyuan said.

"It's still the same, there's no new tricks. Master Qiao shook his head and smiled: "How did you write it." ”

Since ancient times, governing the country is to govern people, governing people is to govern the heart, people's hearts are the root of all disasters, and the officials' hearts are not right, and if there is more corruption, the people will suffer, and the people will suffer, and the world will be chaotic. ”

Li Xiuyuan said.

Master Qiao nodded and said, "It's decent, I can't find faults, but there is nothing brilliant about it, if there is nothing wrong with other places, this show is not difficult." ”

"The first time I took the hospital exam, I didn't seek skill, I only sought stability. Li Xiuyuan said.

"Not in a hurry, not bad. Master Qiao nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing that Li Xiuyuan, who came to visit suddenly, was only fifteen or sixteen years old, he could be so serious at such a young age, and his future achievements were limitless.

After some answers, the relationship between Li Xiuyuan and Master Qiao has also become much closer.

After all, there are topics for readers.

"Li Gongzi, please take a seat, come here, serve a good tea. After talking, Master Qiao entertained Li Xiuyuan.

After Li Xiuyuan just sat down, Master Qiao asked again, "When the old man listened to Li Gongzi's briefing, Li Gongzi said that this visit was for the old man's daughter?"

"It's for the sake of the noblewoman. Li Xiuyuan said.

"Is it for proposing?"

Master Qiao said: "If it is for this matter, Gongzi Li, you are one step late, something happened in the house, the old man's daughter has suffered from dementia a few days ago, and there is no medical treatment, and now she can't see anyone."

After saying that, he sighed.

It seems that from the conversation just now, he was very satisfied with Li Xiuyuan, but because of his special situation, he could only reject Li Xiuyuan.

"Master Qiao misunderstood, he came to visit late and did not propose marriage, just to return the noble daughter. ”

After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he then gestured to the guards waiting outside the door.