Lingxian Zhenjun

Chapter 4 Curse

Half a round of red sun rose on the top of the mountain at the beginning of the day, and the morning sun shone on the yellowish mountains and the fog gradually dissipated.

After the three donkey carts were inspected and entered the city, the sky was already bright, and the streets and alleys in the city were noisy with people. Qingshan County is the most prosperous area in Shiliba Township, and it is a little bit in the middle of the Canglan River. They will also go to the city to rest and stay overnight.

Tea shops and wine shops on the street are thriving. In front of the shops with flags and banners, the waiters are yelling hard to attract the passing caravans, and the people in the city come in and sit down for a while, have a warm meal, and then drink a cup of green tea. .

Chen Yuan followed the convoy and walked behind. This was not the first time he came to Qingshan County. The street scene in the city was nothing unusual. He looked around along the way to see if there was any crazy old man on the street. Not long after, he followed Old Man Zhao to inquire all the way to find the location of the Liu Mansion. .

The long street is paved with bricks and stones, and the courtyard wall with black tiles and blue bricks is carved in a square, and the old trees in the courtyard protrude from the wall to cast shade.The red lanterns on the tall courtyard gate over there rise to the corners of the eaves, and the painted red doors are opened. There is an endless stream of figures carrying gifts and gift lists. Most of them are merchants and wealthy gentry in the city.

Chen Yuan glanced at the door plaque with the word "Liu's Mansion" hanging on the gate, followed the seniors to the alley next to it, and entered through the side door.Waiting over there was a steward of the mansion. After talking to the old man Zhao, they asked everyone to take their burdens and follow a servant to wait in another courtyard. Chen Yuan was among them.

Follow the servant into the side door. It is a large house with three entrances and three exits. Under the green brick wall, there is light moss on the base of the wall. The long alleyway and the high eaves always give people a kind of gloomy feeling. Feel.

Because of the big banquet, many guests brought their children to play and play together, which dispelled the coldness in the courtyard a lot.

"Brother, are your family members celebrating their birthdays? Or are you getting married?" After walking all the way, the senior elder brother looked at the grandeur of the courtyard with envy, and couldn't help but gossip with the servant who led the way.

The servant looked back at how well dressed they were, but they were outdated, not even comparable to the clothes of the servants in the mansion, but his tone was still more polite.

"Congratulations."

The servant didn't speak much, but his expression flickered. When he arrived at the other courtyard, he pointed to a row of three side rooms. The window lattices were old, and many places had holes and cobwebs hung on them. When he opened the door, the dust suddenly fell. It fell on top of people's heads.

Brushing off the dust, the servant stepped aside.

"There are very few people living in the west wing. Anyway, you are only staying for two nights, so just make do with it. Someone will come over later to prepare the bedding."

Looking at the empty room, Chen Yuan probably understood that several people were going to make the floor, so he threw the bundle in the corner and said with a smile.

"It's not bad, it can always keep out the wind and rain."

The senior brother and the second senior brother didn't speak, shaking the dust on their bodies, it could be seen that they were in a bad mood.Not long after, the steward of the mansion brought old man Zhao over, they cupped their hands, and the former left with a plea.

After seeing off the steward of the Liu residence, the old man turned around and saw a few apprentices still standing there, urging him impatiently.

"What are you doing in a daze? Just now, the second manager of Liu's residence said that it will be lively tonight. Hurry up and move the belongings on the car to get ready."

Chen Yuan has long been used to the old man's temperament, and she greeted the three senior brothers with a smile to go to the back, and leader Zhao also followed, probably ready to help, so that moving things together would be faster.

"Master, this family doesn't marry, and doesn't celebrate birthdays, so who are you celebrating?"

What the servant said before still lingers in the mind of the elder brother. While moving the food in the car, he asked the old man Zhao who was guarding them next to him.

The old man stared and scolded: "Don't inquire!"

But after he finished speaking, he looked around and saw that there were no people in the mansion, and he approached again. Chen Yuan and the others quickly stopped their work and approached the old man.

Leader Zhao suppressed his voice.

"I'm telling you, this is for the young master who is not a member of the staff. You guys, don't go to the east chamber if you have nothing to do, and get dirty with unclean things."

Originally, he wanted to say that he was tainted with bad luck, but the previous haunting of the Wang family made him feel that this young master must have provoked a ghost, otherwise, he would be a good-looking person who would sleep on the bed for several months and rely on some soup to pour into his stomach every day. hang your life.

"I heard about it on the way here as a teacher. I also asked the second housekeeper just now. Two months ago, this Mr. Liu's family was still alive and kicking, but for some reason, every day when he woke up, he was drowsy. One day I slept for a long time, and when I got to the back, I couldn’t wake up. The staff hurriedly called all the doctors in the city to look at them, and the prescriptions could fill half the room, but the person was still lethargic. You said Is it strange?"

"Could it be haunted again?" San'er's expression suddenly changed, and his body trembled.

The second senior brother, who was not very talkative, couldn't help but said, "Then the Liu family didn't invite a mage?"

"Please."

The old man Zhao stretched his neck and looked around again, before continuing: "I have invited quite a few, even the eminent monks from nearby temples, and recited scriptures at home for a few days, in addition to donating dozens of Guan Qian, Mr. Liu's family is still the same, skinny and skinny."

hiss~
Everyone took a deep breath, there was no ghost, and it wasn't a serious illness, just laying on the bed alone and lethargic, it was really evil.Chen Yuan has practiced spells in the past few days, and her vision in this area is much wider than ordinary people.

'Could it be a curse? '

'That's not right, monks and priests have been invited, doesn't anyone see something strange?Those who won't invite are fakes again. '

If it wasn't for that crazy old man who let him come into contact with the other world of cultivating Taoism, he might think that Mr. Liu had some strange disease and fell into a coma.

When it comes to cultivating the Tao, Chen Yuan thinks of the crazy old man.

"Master, he is an old man, where will he go?"

Thinking about it, he carried the box containing the wooden dolls to the wing room. After finishing the preparations, a servant outside asked them to eat. Before leaving, Chen Yuan opened the box and took out a man in green robe and gold armor with a heavy face. Even put it on the box.

"Second Lord, no one in this world knows about you, so you are the only one left. Please bless me with a long life."

Chen Yuan lit the three incense sticks jokingly, inserted them into the incense burner, bowed to the puppet opposite, and then went out.In the room, slowly green smoke floated over the bearded puppet.

Those red phoenix eyes seem to be watching the back of Li Bi going out.

It was almost noon, and after dinner, Chen Yuan and the others were wandering in the side yard. There were lively sounds from the front yard, but they were just watching from the aisle. Why is the front yard so lively.

The servant girl rolled her eyes at them, and said: "It's mostly distinguished guests from outside the staff, so don't inquire about it." Holding the plate, she walked to a gravel path leading to the front yard with lotus steps shaking her waist.

"A dog's eyes look down on people." The elder brother cursed in a low voice, kicked over the potted plant next to him, and then hurriedly squatted down to straighten the broken branches and leaves, for fear that the people in the house would see him and ask him to lose money.

"Seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate, these maids and servants live in Yuanwai's mansion, and live a more miserable life than us, so naturally they don't look down on them." Chen Yuan patted the man's shoulder in relief. At this time, there was a commotion over there. Not long after, I saw a group of people leaving the front yard and walking to the corridor, surrounded by many people.

Ok?
Why does that person look familiar to Chen Yuan? During the past few days of practice, Chen Yuan's eyes and ears have become more intelligent. When she was more than ten feet away, she focused her attention on it. The bulging belly and the Taoist robe came into view first, followed by the fat and short figure. The gray and black Taoist robe was quite eye-catching, and he raised his hand from time to time to lower the Taoist hat on his head, and said something seriously to an old man beside him.

"Hey, look, does that person look familiar?" The senior brother also had sharp eyes and saw a general outline.San'er next to him patted his thigh, "Like the Taoist priest who came from the Wang family haunted by ghosts."

"What kind of Taoist priest is a fake." The second senior brother crossed his arms, looked at the sky, and motioned to Chen Yuan and the others, "Go, take a look."

"But Master."

"Never mind him, if we expose this fake Taoist priest's identity, we won't be able to make people look at him differently!" The senior brother thought through his joints, rubbed his hands excitedly, opened his arms to hug San'er and the second junior brother, and motioned for Chen Ibi also followed.

At this time, there were too many people, and no one noticed that the four of them followed behind to the east chamber and stood outside with the group of people in the front yard.

In the gap between the movement, it should be the old man Liu Yuanwai standing by the wall, watching a fat Taoist priest pinching his fingers and quickly licking his fat lips as he walked around the room.

On a carved wooden bed inside, a thin figure was sleeping under the mattress, presumably he was the son of the Liu family.

"I know the truth." The fat Taoist said in a hoarse voice.The fingers on his hand rattled and rattled, finally stopped, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat stains.

"Taoist, how is it?" Liu Yuanwai looked at his bedridden son, and hurried over to ask, it was his lifeline, and if something went wrong, it would basically cost him half his life.

"It's okay."

The fat Taoist waved his hand and put on his handkerchief, raised his face slightly, and said with a smile: "But a kid wants to find a substitute, so it's not easy to do it directly, so he made a trick to make your son unconscious and lie in bed every night. Squatting in front of you is just trying to catch your breath."

Mr. Liu staggered in fright at his sinister words, and almost fell down. The old wife beside him cried and begged the Taoist priest to drive the ghost away.

The group of people outside were even more horrified, whispering outside the door.

"No wonder, I always feel gloomy when I come to Liu's Mansion recently."

"It's so good, why did you recruit something unclean?"

"After returning home, I have to cleanse myself properly. Don't bring the ghost back."

Outside the crowd, the three elder brothers squeezed forward relying on their strength. They didn't believe the Taoist priest's nonsense, especially after the incident with the Wang family, and they didn't believe the fat Taoist priest, so they simply yelled.

"Member, don't trust him!"

Behind them, Chen Yuan stood outside the crowd and looked at the room silently. After practicing, she was quite sensitive to Qi mechanism, and she clearly felt that there was a hidden magic power circulating in this room.

There is yin, and mana
Looking at the sleeping son of Liu's family on the bed, Chen Yuan suddenly remembered a story about spells in "Miscellaneous Mysteries of Huangchuan".

"Hook the disc!"

Soul talisman——

(End of this chapter)