Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 196
After taking the book, Li Xiuyuan turned and left the garden.

It's pointless to continue wasting time here. If Aunt Hua is not here, it's better to see each other at night.

Returning along the original road, there was no fake nun in the temple on the way.

When he returned to the vicinity of the Zen room before, he saw his two guards still hugging a beautiful woman in the room.

But at this moment, their sanity has recovered, and the medicinal effect has dissipated.

"Sure enough, female sex is the most powerful, surpassing any monsters and ghosts. Why are you still hugging these two women? Could it be that you still fall in love with them? Get dressed quickly and leave here with me." Li Xiuyuan walked in, coldly Said with a straight face.

"Big, young master?"

The two guards were startled, but then they were ashamed immediately, and then hurriedly pushed away the gorgeous woman in their arms, and put on their clothes blushing.

"Young master, we are in love with these two heroes, and our affection is endless. How can you beat mandarin ducks and insult people's innocence." A disheveled woman looked at Li Xiuyuan with a smile and said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Insulting people to be innocent? Do women like you still have innocence? If you are really innocent and chaste women, I won't be able to beat mandarin ducks anymore. Why don't you pack up your things, leave here, and serve as concubines for my two guards?" "

The woman's face changed, and she smiled again; "We are happy for a while, how can we talk about marriage, since these two heroes are the guards next to the young master, then our fate must be exhausted, so let's say goodbye, but we sisters The two of you served the two heroes once, so we should leave some silver taels for a change of clothes at the time of parting, you see, our plain clothes were torn to pieces by the two heroes."

After speaking, he grabbed the tattered plain clothes beside him and showed them to several people.

Li Xiuyuan asked: "How much do you want?"

"Fifty taels per person is enough," said the woman.

A guard next to him said in surprise: "Didn't you say that you love me and are willing to be with me? Why do you charge 50 taels so expensive? Aren't you inlaid with gold?"

The woman giggled: "Emotions also cost money. Could it be that this young master wants to renege on his debts? If the young master doesn't pay, the sisters in the temple will not let the young master go. We will lose face after a lot of quarrelling." It doesn't matter at all, if this young master's reputation is ruined, then it's no wonder the two of us."

With a calm face, Li Xiuyuan took out a small ingot of gold from the ghost king's bag and threw it on the couch: "Okay, I'll give you a mere 100 taels, don't show off here."

"My lord, you are welcome to come back next time. You will be paid half the price then." The other woman immediately picked up the gold and said with a smile.

"What are you looking at, let's go." Li Xiuyuan glared at the guard next to him and said.

The guard looked away from the gold with some heartache, and just now he lowered his head and left with his young master in shame.

"You know the rules. This is your prostitution fee. I'm just helping you pay it in advance. After that, the monthly fee will be halved until it is paid off. I will also fine you another month's monthly fee. This is a punishment for your lack of security. In the situation just now, I I told you not to go, but you were still hooked up and left." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, young master."

The two guards responded bitterly.

Of course they are aware of the rules of the Li family. Such money will naturally be counted on their own heads. If they are injured due to work, not only will the money not be deducted, but the monthly money will be added and they will be rewarded.

After all, there are rewards and punishments.

After leaving Guanyin Temple, Li Xiuyuan didn't go to Hua County for a stroll, but returned to Qiao's house immediately.

As soon as he arrived at Qiao's mansion, the old servant who guarded the door said: "Mr. Li, you are back. My master told this old slave that if he sees Mr. Li coming back, please invite Mr. Li to the study."

"Oh, is that so? Thank you for telling me. I understand. I'm going to pay a visit to Master Qiao." Li Xiuyuan saluted.

"Young Master Li is being polite."

The old servant showed a smile on his old face, as if he didn't expect Li Xiuyuan to be so polite.

"Go back to rest. Remember to wash off the smell of rouge and powder on your body. It smells a little uncomfortable." Li Xiuyuan turned around and said.

The guard responded, and then he went to Qiao's study.

The door of the study room was opened, but Master Qiao was covered with a white cloth at the moment, as if he had been wounded and bandaged, he was standing with his hands behind his back, staring at a wall in a daze, even Li Xiuyuan didn't notice it when he approached.

Li Xiuyuan followed his gaze, but saw Zhang Sengyou's picture of a dragon and a horse hanging on the wall.

Master Qiao lost his mind looking at this picture of a dragon and a horse.

"Master Qiao, Wansheng is here. I don't know why Master Qiao is looking for Wansheng?" Li Xiuyuan bowed.

Suddenly.

Master Qiao came back to his senses, and he murmured, "Listen, Mr. Li."

"Ok?"

Li Xiuyuan listened, but he didn't hear any sound.

"Did you hear that?" asked Master Joe.

Li Xiuyuan moved his eyes and looked at the picture of the dragon and horse, but saw that the dragon and horse inside seemed to be very happy after seeing him coming, and was running around in the painting, neighing.

"I heard it, it was the dragon horse neighing."

"Yes, the dragon horse in the painting is neighing excitedly."

Master Qiao turned around and said with a smile, "Mr. Li is indeed a stranger, he is not surprised when he encounters a dragon and a horse. It's getting more and more restless."

Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that he was seen by Master Qiao yesterday when he was riding a dragon horse around the city.

"Mr. Li, don't be surprised. Zhang Sengyou's painting of a dragon and a horse can transform into a living horse. I have known about this for a long time. I have seen it when I was a child. It's just that I have seen the dragon and horse so restless once in the years since my Qiao family got this painting. , It seems that there is no way to stay in the picture scroll any longer, and I want to fly out of the painting and run outside, hehe, it seems that it met Mr. Li last night, and it identified Mr. Li."

After finishing speaking, Master Qiao took down the painting and looked at Li Xiuyuan and said, "I thought about it all night yesterday. This painting is related to Mr. Li. I am also a scholar, so I naturally know the beauty of adults. It's just that this painting is from my Qiao family. If it is a family heirloom, I would be reluctant to give it to Mr. Li for nothing, so I want to make a deal with Mr. Li with this painting."

Agreeing to send a painting, yesterday's words were not sincere enough, and they didn't mean to send a painting, but today's words are a bit vulgar, but they show sincerity.

I don't know what kind of stimulus Master Qiao received yesterday, so he changed his mind.

"Master Qiao doesn't know what kind of deal he wants to make with Wansheng?" Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands.

Mr. Qiao shook his head mockingly and said, "As a scholar, it's really hard to say the word business, but I still have to say this. I would like to exchange this painting with Mr. Li for the peace of my family and my little girl's life."

"I have taken care of Miss Qiao's safety, but I just don't know the word "An Ning" in the mansion, why not?" Li Xiuyuan asked: "I see that Master Qiao's mansion is peaceful day and night, and there is no ominous omen."

Master Qiao said: "Mr. Li is a stranger who can understand ghosts and gods. How can some things in the house be hidden from Mr. Li's eyes and ears. Doesn't Mr. Li really know that there are evil spirits occupying my house and extorting money?"

"There are evil spirits in your mansion?"

Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, thinking of those ghosts that appeared in Qiao's residence last night.

The escaped ghosts should be the ghosts entrenched in Qiao's mansion.

It was also the ghost smell that I smelled when I first entered Qiao's mansion.

"For my own reasons, I brought in three evil spirits. They haunted the mansion day and night, frightened the servants, and played tricks on my wife and concubine. At the beginning, I burned paper to worship, and offering incense and candles could bring me peace for a while, but after a while For a few days, these three ghosts have become more serious. I have been tossed and tired these days, and I am miserable. Only Mr. Li stayed in the mansion yesterday, and for some reason, the three ghosts have disappeared and are not at the mansion. gone."

"The departure of the ghosts must have something to do with Mr. Li. Before, Mr. Li, you also said that you have the ability to subdue demons and eliminate ghosts. Can you completely exorcise your three ghosts for me, so that my mansion will not be occupied by the ghosts?" disturb?"

"If Mr. Li can help me save the little girl's life and exorcise the ghost, I would like to give this painting away."

Master Qiao picked up the painting, lowered it in front of Li Xiuyuan, and bowed solemnly.

Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he thought to himself: This Master Qiao is indeed a smart person. After seeing Longma recognize his master, he immediately changed his mind and gave him a treasured painting in exchange for his daughter's life and the peace of the family.

Probably, he was also worried that if it was too late, Ryoma really jumped out of the painting and ran away with him.

It will be a big loss at that time, so now I want to be a favor.

"Gift from the elders, I dare not resign. Since Master Qiao said so, Wan Sheng is willing to do his best for your family."

Li Xiuyuan did not refuse either, but accepted the painting very solemnly.

Seeing this, Master Qiao immediately felt refreshed and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, I did not misunderstand the person. Mr. Li is indeed a gentleman with both talents and virtues. It is my greatest fortune to know you."

Li Xiuyuan's gift from an elder can be said to have given him enough face, turning this transaction into an elegant thing worth talking about drunk, and also respecting him as an elder. Because of love, if the elder asks for something in the future, the younger generation will naturally not refuse.

Otherwise, it is immoral for scholars.

In this way, why is Master Qiao uncomfortable?Not only did it solve two headaches for the family, but it also won a favor, so the painting was worth it.

"Master Joe is serious."

Li Xiuyuan smiled slightly and said: "But it's not too late now, Wansheng already has a way to wake up Miss Qiao, can Master Qiao take Wansheng to Miss Qiao's side to cast spells to save people?"

"Mr. Li, please." Master Qiao's eyes lit up, and he immediately said in a loud voice, quite excited.

(End of this chapter)