Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 245 Taboo
Five or six coffin bearers carried the coffin out of Lanruo Temple and put it on an ox cart. Naturally, it was impossible for them to carry the coffin all the way back for such a long journey.

"Hurry up, it's getting late, the young master didn't say anything, but I can see that there must be something weird in Lanruo Temple, otherwise the young master of the Li family would not have appeared in this abandoned temple for no reason. In the temple." The headed dark coffin bearer said with a suppressed voice.

Everyone nodded immediately, and immediately drove on the ox cart.

"Speaking of which, the young master of the Li family is not going to live a life of luxury, so what are you doing in this deserted temple?" asked a person next to him.

"What else can there be? Mostly it is to eliminate demons. Don't forget, the young master of the Li family has practiced in Xiahe Village for more than ten years with a master. Everyone in Guobei County knows this. It is hard to guarantee that it will not No matter how bad the methods of subjugating demons and demons are, they are protected by the priest behind them. Naturally, some ghosts and evil spirits are fearless, and have you forgotten what a ghost we met when we carried the coffin a few years ago? ?” The leading dark middle-aged man whispered.

"The ghost blocked our way, trying to confuse us, but as soon as we heard that we were from Guobei County, he immediately let us go, and even apologized, saying that there is a noble and extraordinary person in Guobei County, and my little wild ghost dare not offend us. .”

"Who else is the noble and extraordinary person in the ghost's mouth? There is only the young master in the entire Guobei County."

The leader of the coffin bearers finished speaking, paused and said: "So there must be something weird about Lanruo Temple. It is for our own good that the eldest young master urged us to return to the city before dark, lest we be lost by ghosts on the way. Not going back."

Although the group of people were bold, they all felt chills when they thought of Lanruo Temple that caused countless lives.

Killing so many people, there must be very powerful monsters and evil spirits in Lanruo Temple, but anyone who is a little afraid of ghosts will turn pale when they talk about it.

If they hadn't been accompanied by Li Xiuyuan this time, with sufficient wages and the face of the young master of the Li family, they would not have made this trip.

When they were about to arrive at Guobei County, it was completely dark.

Fortunately, it was extremely safe to arrive, and the coffin bearers were slightly relieved.

"Bangdang~!"

But at this moment, the wheel of the bullock cart hit a stubborn stone on the side of the road, and it bumped violently.

The heavy coffin on the bullock cart was shaken suddenly, and somehow the coffin slipped halfway down, and the originally closed coffin opened with a bit of weirdness at this moment, scaring the nearby coffin bearers who were following around The generals retreated in unison, for fear that some ghosts and ghosts would fly out of the suddenly opened coffin and kill them.

"what happened."

The highest-ranking coffin bearer who was walking in front immediately changed his face and turned around.

Someone tremblingly said, "I don't know, just now the ox cart hit a rock, and the coffin board slipped down, no, it couldn't be a corpse fraud."

"How could such a light coffin be a fraudulent corpse? I have some doubts about whether there is a corpse. You guys who have seen it are talking nonsense. Tian Qi, you belong to the tiger. Go over and have a look. If there is no accident, close the coffin immediately. This is the Li family. If something goes wrong with the things entrusted by the young master, the reputation in the county will be bad in the future," the leader coffin bearer said solemnly.

The coffin bearer named Tian Qi swallowed his saliva, so he could only bite the bullet and answered, then walked towards the opened coffin.

There are many taboos in their line of work, and there are many rules. Once the leading old coffin bearer speaks out, he must abide by it.

He walked cautiously to the side of the bullock cart.

"Don't be afraid, the cow is very quiet, which means there is no evil thing." The leader coffin bearer said.

The reason for choosing an ox cart is that the ox can see ghosts and evil spirits. Once any evil spirits appear, the ox will definitely be restless, which can also play a very important warning role.

Tian Qi leaned over to take a look, but saw that the coffin was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly. After all, it was very late and there was not enough sight.

"It seems nothing special." He looked at it, and then said.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw something in the coffin emitting a golden light, which was a bit dazzling.

It's gold~!

Tian Qi's eyes straightened immediately, there was a big piece of gold in the coffin.

After all, the Li family was rich, so they were willing to bury such a large piece of gold in this random coffin.

Immediately, his mind became hot, he didn't think about anything, he just wanted to reach out to take that piece of gold, and take that piece of gold as his own.

"Tian Qi, what are you doing? Are you bewitched?" The leader of the coffin bearer was shocked when he saw him stretching his hand into the coffin, and immediately shouted angrily.

The most taboo of the coffin bearer is to take the things in the coffin.

No matter what it is, even a piece of paper money cannot be taken, otherwise Yinde will be lost, let alone continue to do this job, whether he can survive is a problem.

Just when Tian Qi's arm was just stretched into the coffin, suddenly, a gust of wind blew up around him, carrying the smell of paper ash and incense.

"It's not good, this coffin is escorted by ghosts and gods, Tian Qi will suffer now."

The head coffin bearer immediately felt his heart sink when he smelled it.

Sure enough, Tian Qi's hand had just stretched in, and before he had time to grab the piece of gold, he screamed suddenly, and his arm felt a sharp pain in an instant, as if someone had cut it off with a steel knife, and it hurt immediately He retracted and fell backwards, just holding his arm and howling, but there was no wound at all on his arm, nor was it cut off, but he just felt extremely painful.

"Quick, get down on your knees and beg ghosts and gods to forgive you."

Seeing this scene, the leading coffin bearer confirmed his guess even more, greeted hurriedly, and then knelt down with a plop.

The few remaining people turned pale with fright and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Touch~!"

But there was no voice from the surroundings to answer them. They just felt a few gusts of wind blowing from nearby, came to the vicinity of the coffin, and then saw that the coffin lid that had slid down was unintentionally jumped up by itself, and then Quickly closed.

The bullock cart also seemed to be driven by someone, and started to walk, and continued on its way towards the county town.

The remaining coffin bearers looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do.

Only after the bullock cart had gone far away and there was no movement around, everyone was relieved from the panic just now.

"Now, what should we do now?" Everyone looked at the leader of the coffin bearer.

The dark man sighed: "It's your fate, the ghosts and gods who escorted the coffin didn't punish you, otherwise Tian Qi was not the only one who suffered just now. I should have thought of it a long time ago. It was so peaceful along the way, even the ghosts We didn’t even see a single one of them, it seems that it’s not because of our luck, but because there are ghosts and gods secretly escorting them, and all the little ghosts on the road were scared away.”

"Since the ghosts and gods didn't blame the previous incident, we should quickly follow up and finish this matter. We will worship the gods and pray later, and hold a banquet to calm the anger in the hearts of ghosts and gods."

After finishing speaking, everyone else nodded in agreement.

But when they helped up Tian Qi who was crying in pain, they saw that his arm was intact, but there was a bruise on his arm.

The bruise was like a thin line going around the arm, and under this thin line, the entire arm had lost the ability to move, and even the fingers could not move.

The leading coffin bearer was well-informed and sighed: "This is retribution. Tian Qi was greedy for the money in the coffin, and now he got a knife from a ghost and a god. This arm will be considered useless in the future. I told you a long time ago. There are many taboos in one line of work, which is originally a good thing to accumulate yin and virtue, but it will become a bad thing because of greed, so it has been passed down from generation to generation. Not many coffin bearers can keep their duty, most of them are like Tian Qi was so greedy that he suffered retribution, you must take it seriously in the future."

The other generals who carried the coffin were terrified when they heard the words, and they all kept these words firmly in mind, and never dared to have any thoughts about the things in the coffin in the future.

After all, the living example is here.

Several coffin bearers led Tian Qi to the county town after chasing the ox cart.

And not long after they left, on the road they passed by, the moonlight fell, and a huge tiger shadow appeared here out of thin air. The tiger shadow shook its head, and first looked in the direction of Guobei County. Then he looked in the direction of Lanruo Temple.

Finally, Huying started to move, and disappeared towards Lanruo Temple in a flash.

At this moment, inside Lanruo Temple.

Li Xiuyuan stayed in the same courtyard with Yan Chixia and Xia Houwu, and they all rested in the meditation room.

Rather than resting, it would be better to say waiting for news.

When Li Xiuyuan's Yin soldiers and ghost messengers received the exact news of the tree demon's grandmother, they wiped her out in one fell swoop.

Seeing the night fall, the night is getting darker.

Li Xiuyuan's face was calm, and he stood with his hands behind his back, standing at the door of the Zen room, looking up at the bright moon.

"The moon in Lanruo Temple is hazy no matter when you look at it, as if it is shrouded in a layer of haze, and you can't see it clearly enough." He thought secretly in his heart.

However, Li Xiuyuan knew that the reason for this situation was that Lanruo Temple was very evil.

This evil spirit soared into the sky, condensed and did not disperse, it blocked the sight just now, and even the moonlight was not bright.

Therefore, this seemingly bright moon in the sky is actually not a good sign.

Sometimes the moon doesn't have to be dark and the wind high, but dark clouds are the time for ghosts and evil spirits to come out.

"Hoohoo~!"

A gust of strange wind blew up, and several lanterns in the Zen courtyard were swayed by the blowing, and the candlelight kept shaking, as if it was going to be extinguished at any moment.

But in the end it has not been extinguished.

"Husband~!"

A shy and clear voice sounded out, but Qingmei actually appeared and came in front of her.

Li Xiuyuan immediately smiled and said: "Xiaomei, why don't you go back to the house and catch up with Xiaodie, what are you still doing here?"

"I miss my husband in my body and mind, so I never left Lanruo Temple. Now it's late at night, so I dare to come out to meet my husband." Qingmei said shyly.

She got a title during her lifetime, but she didn't continue this unfinished love affair. After death, she finally repeated it, and she was willing to part immediately.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, but I don't pay attention to what the tree demon grandma said." Li Xiuyuan said.

Qingmei responded softly; "Your dryad's face changes when you hear your husband's prestige. It can be seen that the tree demon is jealous of your husband. It's just that I want to spend more time with my husband, so that my husband will not be lonely and boring here alone."

"You are very considerate. It is my blessing to marry you home." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.

"It's a concubine's blessing to be able to renew her relationship with my husband." Qingmei said coquettishly.

While the two were talking, Ning Caichen in the nearby meditation room heard a woman's voice outside, and it was impossible for there to be other women in the temple at such a late hour.

Immediately, he thought it was Nie Xiaoqian who had appeared, and hurriedly ran out of the house, "Xiaoqian, is that you, Xiaoqian?"

Ning Caichen held the ashes urn in his hands, he didn't know where the courage came from, and he didn't shy away from it.

But when he rushed out of the meditation room, he saw a strange woman. This strange woman also had a beautiful face, and her pretty and charming appearance was different from Nie Xiaoqian.

"Li, Mr. Li, this, this woman is"

"This is my family member, not your Nie Xiaoqian." Li Xiuyuan said.

"My wife?" Ning Caichen opened his eyes and said in surprise, "Mr. Li, is your wife a human or a ghost? Why did she suddenly appear here?"

"If you don't care about Nie Xiaoqian's identity and like a female ghost, can't I have a ghost wife?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen was stunned: "Yes, but Mr. Li, you said during the day that people and ghosts cannot stay together, otherwise it will be bad for everyone."

"Yeah, this is a fact that I can't change, that's why Xiaomei and I are so far apart, I hope you can remember my words, even if you like Nie Xiaoqian, you have to restrain yourself, I won't be by your side every day Remind you." Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen blushed and said, "Me, Xiaoqian and I, it's okay, we're innocent."

"Innocent?" Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "I still heard you talking about her during the day. You and Nie Xiaoqian stayed in the room for so long last night, and there were bursts of charming smiles from time to time, and Nie Xiaoqian blamed you Take off her clothes."

"Huh, nonsense, we were just discussing poetry, and we didn't do anything against ethics." Ning Caichen was thin-skinned, blushing at this moment and said: "Mr. Li, you can't insult people's innocence."

"Then tell me why Nie Xiaoqian blamed you for taking off her clothes?"

Ning Caichen said in a hurry: "How can you blame me? It was Xiaoqian who said she was a little hot and wanted to take off her clothes. Besides, just taking off one piece of clothing is called losing her innocence. It's just taking off one piece of clothing." , can't be counted, can't be counted. Besides, Xiaosheng and Xiaoqian are in love with each other, "

Qingmei and Li Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing when they saw him like this.

"Husband, don't make fun of your friend." Qingmei smiled, feeling a little impolite, and said.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, now you see, who is here." Li Xiuyuan suddenly pointed to the door of the yard and said.

But I don't know when, a beautiful woman in a white dress with a sad face is standing here, looking at this place with complicated eyes.

　The past two days are not in good condition, the weather is too hot, my head is melting, today is a big chapter, let's make up for it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)