The difficulty of managing the ghosts and gods of Yangzhou is no less difficult than managing the military and political affairs of Yangzhou, and there are many aspects that need to be considered.

Fortunately, Yangzhou's current management is from scratch, and there are not so many shackles, so you only need to arrange ghosts and gods to serve as city gods and improve the system.

Fortunately, Li Linfu, the former prime minister, has the experience of managing a country, and now he is an old ghost, and there are many places to learn from the ghosts and gods in Yangzhou.

However, on this day, the mansion is called the murderous house, and few people pass by on weekdays.

But today, three scholars came to the house to visit.

As in the past, Li Xiuyuan, who was dealing with things, heard Niu Er's announcement.

"The eldest young master, there are three friends of the eldest young master outside the door who have come to visit, will the eldest young master see it or not?" Niu Er came to the lobby and arched his hand and said.

"Huh?"

Li Xiuyuan, who had been immersed in the case for the past few days, stopped writing and raised his head and said: "I have no friends in Jinling City, and I am just a showman, and I am not conspicuous in Jinling City, and there are still people who come to visit me?"

"It's Wang Ping, Zhu Yu, Ning Caichen, and the three of them. Niu Er said again.

Li Xiuyuan suddenly put down the brush and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the three of them, I really didn't expect them to come to Jinling City, most of them came to see the list, but I don't know where I learned that I live here, and since they are friends, then naturally I should invite them in to talk about it." ”

"Yes, young master. Niu Er answered and went out.

Li Xiuyuan packed up the copywriting, closed the book of life and death, and prepared to welcome the guests.

Before he could get ready, Zhu Yu's laughter was heard outside the door, "Brother Li, I asked the officer who guarded the list about you before, I didn't expect you to come to Jinling City so soon, congratulations to Brother Li, this time you have a reputation for showing off your talents, ranking ninth in the first class, this time you meet, Brother Li, you must treat you to a meal and drink, who made you so generous, a piece of gold said that if you lose it, you will really lose it, and you won't blink your eyes, this time I will definitely eat you a few times." ”

"Ahem, Brother Li, this is his idea, it has nothing to do with me, you know, I am a poor showman, but I can't afford to invite you. Wang Ping coughed lightly, with a little embarrassment on his face.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile, "You haven't seen you for a few days, and your demeanor is better than before, but don't be busy congratulating me first, Ning Caichen is the one who really wants to congratulate, this time he won the first place, Jinling City is famous, but he is much better than me, why don't you ask him for wine and food." ”

Ning Caichen blushed and said, "I'm really sorry...... Xiaosheng is shy in his pocket, please, please can't afford it, go back to Guobei County to collect the account, and almost go in vain, thanks to Xiaosheng said that he was a friend of Li Gongzi, and the shopkeeper settled the bill happily, if it weren't for Li Gongzi's face, Xiaosheng was only afraid that he would come to Jinling City hungry to see the list. ”

Zhu Yu smiled next to him, "Ten businessmen and nine traitors, you are also a talent now, you shouldn't do these things anymore, this affects your reputation, the shopkeeper of Ji Bao Zhai must know that it is difficult to know this account, so he let you, a scholar, go out, you are being used by him." ”

"I didn't think about it so much before, I just thought about going to Guobei County to send a message to Li Gongzi, and then help the shopkeeper ask for an account, after all, the shopkeeper has also taken care of Xiaosheng for a few months, but thinking about it today, it seems that it has really been used by the shopkeeper of Jibao Zhai....." Ning Caichen said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said with a smile, among these people, Ning Caichen is simpler, perhaps because of this simplicity, he can read with all his heart, and his literary talent is also the best among everyone.

"This should be regarded as a return for the peach, and it is enough to repay the shopkeeper's affection, and deal less with this profiteer in the future. ”

Ning Caichen nodded again and again, indicating that he would no longer go to that set of treasures to copy books.

"Brother Li, I heard from the yamen officer, this house you live in is a murderous house, I heard that the haunting is very serious, you haven't encountered some evil things in the past few days. ”

Wang Ping looked around at this time, the lobby was bright and new, but when he walked in before, he saw piles of weeds in the backyard, old trees towering to the sky, shadows and shadows, and a few gloomy atmospheres.

"I don't know if it's an evil thing to run into some ghosts. Li Xiu said from afar.

"What, is there really a ghost here?" Zhu Yu was startled.

Wang Ping trembled and said: "Since there is a ghost, why does Brother Li still live here, no wonder I felt that something was wrong when I came in before, as if something was peeping in secret." ”

"Hey, when did Brother Wang become so keen, didn't you cultivate some Tao and get some fate. Li Xiu said from afar.

Wang Ping coughed lightly, and said with a slight smugness: "It's not a secret, I have been thinking about it since I knew about the ghosts and gods, and recently I have watched some Taoist treasures, miscellaneous books, and I am very interested in some Taoist techniques of subduing demons and eliminating demons, and flying to the heavens and the earth. ”

Zhu Yu hurriedly said: "When did you learn Taoism, why didn't you hear you mention it on the road." ”

"The Dao technique is here to protect the body, how can I use it casually, the immortal chief has already told me, if it is not an urgent moment, you must not show off, otherwise you will withdraw my Dao technique, I promised the immortal chief. Wang Ping said.

"I don't know what Taoist techniques you have learned? Is it a little stone into gold, or is it shrinking into inches, or is it soaring clouds and fog?" Ning Caichen next to him asked with some surprise.

After he went through the affairs of Lanruo Temple, he had seen Yan Chixia Imperial Sword flying, and he was also fascinated by the magic of Taoism in his heart.

Wang Ping blushed and said: "Those are all top-grade Taoist techniques, the immortal chief said, if you want to learn at least one jiazi, I don't have so much time to practice, in the end I only learned a life-threatening Taoist technique from the immortal chief, called the wall piercing technique, and the next time I encounter demons and monsters, I can escape through the wall." ”

Piercing the wall?

Zhu Yu's eyes lit up: "Why don't you cast such a magical spell to show us insight, we have never seen a wall piercing technique." ”

Wang Pingdao hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, I promised the immortal chief not to show off in front of others." ”

"It's done once, and once again, the next time I will never mention it again. Zhu Yu pleaded.

Being said by this, Wang Ping was a little moved, he has never performed it since he learned to penetrate the wall, and today he is a close friend here, if he doesn't show it, wouldn't it be a pity for life?

"Well, well, I'll make an exception once, just once, and I'll never show off in front of people next time. He said seriously.

"Of course, it's all over again. Zhu Yu nodded again and again.

Li Xiuyuan, who was next to him, saw that several people were so interested in talking about the wall piercing technique, and for a while he couldn't help but think of a story in his mind.

In the story, it is about a scholar named Wang Sheng who went to ask for immortals, but because he couldn't endure hardships and wanted to give up cultivating, he asked the Taoist for a spell when he went down the mountain, and learned a wall-piercing technique, and as soon as the scholar got home, he couldn't help but want his wife to show off, and he performed the wall-piercing technique, and he hit a headbag.

"Hey, the Wang Sheng in the story? can't it be you, right...... It shouldn't be, he learned the spell in Guo Beicheng, not in the mountains. ”

Li Xiuyuan suddenly came back to his senses, and suddenly looked at Wang Ping with a strange expression.

"Everyone, look at my wall-piercing technique. ”

At this moment, Wang Sheng had already taken a few steps back, and then ran out with a shout, slamming into the wall next to him.

"Wait, wait. Li Xiuyuan hurriedly shouted, he wanted to stop Wang Ping.

He didn't have the jade belt tied to his body now, because he was afraid that the ghosts and gods would take revenge on him, and he was worried that the ghost king had not yet returned to his heart, so he acted carefully in the past few days and did not block his breath.

At such a close distance, Wang Ping was close to him within three zhang, regardless of whether he could penetrate the wall or not, the result would be ......

"Bang~!"

With a muffled sound, Wang Ping's head hit the solid wall, and he didn't pass through it as he imagined, and immediately he fell to the ground with a wail, covering his head and shouting: "It hurts me, it hurts me." ”

I saw a bag the size of an egg swollen on his forehead.

"Sure enough, it's you. ”

When Li Xiuyuan saw this scene, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and it was too late to stop it.