Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 185
This black-shirted old ghost's Taoism has lasted for more than a hundred years.

Li Xiuyuan has even beheaded the Dragon King of Wujiang, the city god, and the ghost king have to bow their heads in front of him, not to mention this little old ghost, he doesn't even need his own identity to deal with such a ghost, relying on the simplest things It can be taken down by means of exorcising ghosts.

However, this black-shirted old ghost still has the ability to confuse ordinary people, and his guard was confuse by him just now.

Looking at the arrow that sank deeply into the ground, Li Xiuyuan felt that the strength of this arrow was terrifying, at least it had exceeded five stones, and it was still under the condition that it was not fully drawn.

If it is full, the strength will be even more astonishing.

The point is, the bow is easy to pull, and I don't know what method Mu Taoist used to make the bow.

I really want a treasure. If someone who is good at archery holds this bow, it will definitely be a dream-like bow.

At this moment, the guard saw that this old ghost had been nailed to the ground by an arrow in a blink of an eye, and he couldn't break free. At this moment, he felt even more admiration for his young master's method of catching ghosts and eliminating demons.

"Go and stop the wedding procession and rescue Miss Qiao. We are also going to Hua County. We will return this girl to Qiao's family when we arrive in Hua County tomorrow." Li Xiuyuan ordered at this time.

"Don't worry, young master, we will definitely rescue that woman."

The two guards responded, and immediately turned over with willow sticks in their hands and mounted their horses, catching up with the wedding procession.

With a wave of willow sticks in the hands of the guards, the head of a servant who was beating gongs and drums was broken, and half of his head flew out. However, when he took a closer look, it was not a servant, it was just a paper doll , I don't know what Taoism and evil methods were used to make the paper figurine move by itself.

"Touch! Touch! Touch!"

The guards were startled at first, and then when they saw the paper figurine knocked down by him with a stick, they suddenly became courageous again.

It turned out that these ghosts were all scaring things, and they were all paper figurines. No wonder these people hadn't reacted at all since the beginning when the old ghost was subdued, and they just hurried on their own way.

Since they are paper figurines, they are even less afraid. They rode horses and charged through the ranks, knocking all the servants who were beating gongs and drums into the air. With the stomp of the healthy horse's hooves, all the servants who fell on the ground melted into pieces. They made paper figurines and scattered them on the ground, and then they were swept away by the wind and sand around them.

After the spell was broken, these paper figurines became ordinary objects, and they no longer had the ability to move.

Soon, the guards smashed the paper figurines into pieces, and finally stopped the sedan chair.

"Look, young master, they are all paper figurines. There is no one alive. There should be only that old ghost just now. We didn't see any other ghosts." The guard said.

Li Xiuyuan nodded: "Naturally, if there are other ghosts, they must not escape my eyes."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the sedan chair, tore it casually, and the paper sedan chair was dismantled, and the woman in the sedan chair seemed to be ignorant of everything outside, sitting quietly in the sedan chair, like a statue.

"It's not right, this woman is motionless, she must be dead." The guard said in a low voice.

Li Xiuyuan frowned, ignoring any etiquette, and directly lifted the red cloth from the woman's head, and his face changed slightly immediately.

But he saw that the woman's face was a little pale, her blood was lacking, her eyes were closed tightly, and she had no breath. Although she was dressed neatly, she had no breath.

"Young master, this bride is really dead." The guard stretched out his hand to sniff, and then said.

Li Xiuyuan looked at it and said: "It's not completely dead, this corpse is still alive, it should be the soul has left the body, as long as we can find the soul of Miss Qiao, it should bring her back to life."

For a real dead person, the body is definitely cold and stiff at this time.

But Miss Qiao's body was still warm, bloody, and not stiff, which was exactly the same as the sign of a lost soul.

"Eldest young master, what should we do now?" the guard asked.

Li Xiuyuan said: "There is no other way, since we have met, we can't just leave this girl Qiao's body on the side of the road, take her with me."

The guard nodded and had no choice but to take the female corpse with him.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan turned back to the old ghost who was nailed to the road, and asked, "Do you know where the soul of this clever girl is?"

"No, I don't know." The old ghost shook his head again and again, ignoring the pain and hurriedly said.

Li Xiuyuan asked: "Do you really know or you don't know? Now that your life is in danger, do you still want to keep it a secret?"

The black-shirted old ghost cried and shouted: "I really don't know."

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "You are very strict with your mouth, but you said before about marrying a daughter of the Qiao family, so let me ask you, who do you want to marry this girl?"

"Well, I don't know about it, I'm just in charge of giving it away, and I don't know about other things." The old ghost in black said.

Li Xiuyuan frowned. He looked at the old ghost seriously. The old ghost must know the reason of this matter, but he gritted his teeth and didn't say anything out of fear.

Of course there is another reason.

That is, this old ghost really doesn't know anything, he just escorted the team to see off the relatives.

"Forget it, since you don't know, then I won't ask you any more, and you will continue to be nailed to the ground like this, and it will be dawn soon, I hope you won't feel regretful about your stubbornness this time. "

After finishing speaking, he didn't bother to continue to torture the old ghost anymore. Seeing that the guards had moved the body of Miss Qiao to the horse and was ready, he waved his hand and said.

"Continue on your way. This happened in Hua County, and it will be clear when you arrive in Hua County."

He believed that if he found Qiao's parents, he would naturally be able to ask them clearly.

Soon, the group continued on the road.

The old ghost who was nailed to the ground wailed: "Please let me go, I really don't know, I only know that there is a very skilled paper maker in Hua County, and these paper figurines are bought from him." Yes, you can ask the paper maker, he must know what's going on."

"There are a lot of nonsense, and none of them are really convincing. Now even if the truth is told, I have to doubt it."

Li Xiuyuan didn't bother to pay attention to the evil spirit, and quickly left with his guards.

Seeing that Li Xiuyuan had really left, the old ghost in black shirt became flustered at this moment.

"Excuse me, forgive me, I said, I will say everything, don't go, please let me go, I will tell you everything now."

However, at this time Li Xiuyuan had already gone far away, unable to hear the old ghost's shout.

After shouting for a while, the black-clothed old ghost was sure that Li Xiuyuan had really left, but regretted it endlessly. He wanted to reach out and pull out the arrow pinning him, but he couldn't pull it out no matter what. Touching this arrow will make your hands and feet weak.

If the pure yang energy above does not dissipate, he will not be able to shoot the arrow.

But it will probably take several days for the yang energy to dissipate.

But it will be dawn in a few hours, and when the scorching sun shines, he will feel as if thrown into a frying pan, suffering until death.

However, after being delayed by this matter for a while, Li Xiuyuan and the guards could have gone to Hua County, but now they didn't go to Hua County until the sky became light.

But there are already people living here, there are villages nearby, and there are post stations and teahouses by the roadside.

The outline of the county town can be seen in the distance.

"Stop, take a break at this teahouse and have something to eat." Li Xiuyuan said.

He is considered a person in the process of cultivation, and he is full of energy, so the guards around him can't stand it anymore.

Although it is still early, the tea shop has already opened, and the hard work of the people is sometimes unimaginable.

"It seems that there is no disaster here." Li Xiuyuan looked around while resting, and saw that the ground was dry and there were no signs of flooding.

"Young Master, this place is a hundred miles away from Guobei City, so it must not be within the scope of the disaster. From this point of view, the area affected by the disaster this time is not too large."

The guard was a little hungry, so he had tea and noodles.

"You can't think of it this way. The terrain here is high, and it's normal for the water to not reach here. The real disaster is the low-lying and downstream places." Li Xiuyuan said.

As the sky was getting brighter, people from the vicinity came to Hua County one after another. Some people would also eat some noodles, drink tea, take a break and settle down when they passed by the tea shop.

However, among these people, Li Xiuyuan also saw several batches of disaster victims.

The floods destroyed their houses, fields, and everything, and they had to flee everywhere.

At this moment, a group of strong and strong disaster victims strode towards this side, and then occupied a table carelessly.

"Xiao Er, hurry up and serve five or six bowls of noodles. If it's late, I'll tear down your dilapidated shop."

A tattered man shouted.

Seeing that this group of people were not easy to mess with, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted them, brought tea and water, and brought over boiled noodles.

This group of people ate and drank while talking loudly, they didn't know what to say, they all spoke local dialects and accents, and Li Xiuyuan couldn't understand eight out of ten sentences.

"Young master, do you want to drive these people away? They don't look like kind people." The guard was vigilant and guarded against these people.

"No, we will leave after the horses are full, and ignore them."

Li Xiuyuan gave a signal, and didn't bother to pay attention to these people, but looked bored, took out the book of life and death from his arms, and started to read it.

It's boring to check some people's lifespan and Fulu situation, such as their parents, friends, maids around them, maids and so on.

There is no limit to reading the Book of Life and Death, and anyone can read it. Since he has this opportunity, he naturally wants to check the situation of the people around him in advance.

However, at this time, after eating and drinking enough, an idler at the table next to him saw that there was still half a bowl of noodles in the bowl, and he couldn't eat any more, so he joked to his companion: "Look, do I look like this?" The woman who hanged herself."

After speaking, he hung up a noodle to form a circle. The idle man stuck his head in, rolled his eyes, then stared straight into the distance, sticking out his tongue, pretending to be a hanged ghost.

"Haha, it's a bit like it, it's a bit like it." The companion next to him smiled and patted the table.

"Hey, that woman is so stupid. It's a pity that we brothers hanged ourselves after just getting along with her once."

"Yes, yes."

"Young Master, this group of people seems to be the culprits who killed the victims yesterday."

Hearing these words, the guard immediately narrowed his eyes, and saw the idle man pretending to be a hanged ghost, he looked very much like the humiliated and hanged woman.

So there is no doubt that this group of people is the villain.

"There is no one around, it is better to end up with this group of villains. Even if they are arrested for such crimes, they will inevitably be stabbed in the government."

Another guard pressed Shen Yu and said that under the influence of Li Xiuyuan, he also became jealous, and when he encountered such a villain, he couldn't help but want to draw his sword.

Li Xiuyuan raised his head slightly and looked at the group of idlers with a cold look in his eyes.

Suddenly, he saw a small wooden sign on the neck of an idler with his name written on it.

"San Shi."

"Check it out."

Li Xiuyuan immediately looked down at the book of life and death in his hand.

At this time, after the man named Shi San finished laughing, he pushed the other idler away and said, "You are just pretending to be dead, look at me."

After finishing speaking, he got his head into the noodles again, rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue, looking like a hanged ghost.

"Haha, it's like, it's very like, much more like before." These idlers laughed again.

However, everyone laughed back, but this Shi San has maintained this appearance, motionless, his body seems to be frozen, frozen in place, his eyes are rolled up, his tongue is sticking out, and his breath is gone. .

(End of this chapter)