Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 618

The prosperity of the ancient capital somewhat exceeded Li Xiuyuan's expectation.

This kind of prosperous age that only belonged to ancient times, that kind of heavy sense of history, and a unique charm of this era made Li Xiuyuan, who was walking on the street, feel a little shocked.

No matter how weak and corrupt the Great Song Kingdom is.

But in the capital city, you can't feel these at all, all you can feel is the scene of a prosperous age like a raging fire cooking oil.

Merchants gathered, scholars traveled, and the style of writing flourished.

It's a pity that such a scene only exists in the capital.

Li Xiuyuan's tour of the capital was not without purpose, he first went to the mansion he investigated yesterday.

"Whose official residence is this, so magnificent?" He asked intentionally or unintentionally when passing by the official residence.

The accompanying escort smiled and said: "Young Master, this is the official residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so it is quite grand."

Ministry of officials?
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, so the person who was sent to assassinate yesterday had an inseparable relationship with the official minister.

"It's not indecent to come and go. Since the servant of the official department treats me so kindly, then I have to do something."

He glanced at it, and his eyes stayed on the two stone lions in front of the official residence of the official minister.

That is not a stone lion, but a suanni, but the appearance is a little familiar,

These two stone lions were built by experts. They have cast spells and opened their lights. Just standing there has a sense of majesty and gravity, and has a special charm. It seems that this stone lion is real and it is majestic at the moment. Linlin squatted there to guard the home, and the stone lion saw countless pedestrians, absorbing
Popularity has long been psychic.

With these two suanni guarding them, it is enough to stop ghosts and gods who have practiced for less than 500 years. Even ghosts dare not easily break into the mansion of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials at night.

This is just the stone lion at the gate. Maybe there are door gods, kitchen gods, and even some gods and Buddhas in the mansion.

Therefore, a seemingly simple mansion may actually be a forbidden place for ghosts and spirits.

Li Xiuyuan pondered for a moment, and immediately strode towards the mansion of the official minister.

"Young master, please stay still. If you want to visit my master, please hand over the greeting card." The guard at the door immediately stopped Li Xiuyuan, and his tone was quite polite.
Seeing that his clothes are brightly made, his bearing is extraordinary, and there is no fear or respect in his eyes, he is not an ordinary person at first glance, maybe he is in the yamen of some adult, or a relative of the emperor.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "I'm not here to see this is Mr. Minister, but I just passed by here and saw that the two stone lions in front of your mansion seem to be shifted. I want to remind you to move them a little bit. , some quirks, I can't see these unpleasant things, such as
If you two don't mind, I'll have my guards help you move around. "

As he spoke, he pointed to the two stone lions at the door.

The guard said, "It turns out that this is the case. I also feel that the direction of the lion is a bit wrong. Every time I enter the door, I stare at people, which is a bit offensive. It would be best if this young master can help me move a little bit. "

Thinking of such a free good thing, he immediately let go of his vigilance and did not refuse.

You can't take the two stone lions away under your nose.

"Wu Xiang, come here and move the two stone lions three inches left and right." Li Xiuyuan ordered.

Wu Xiang immediately responded, and strode over immediately, lifting a stone lion with just one arm, which was easier than lifting a bucket of water.

"Okay, what a lot of strength." Seeing this, the guards in front of the mansion opened their eyes wide, looking shocked.

Is it still possible for a human to lift a stone lion with one arm?

Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately saw the stone lion's spirituality condensed and turned into a ferocious lion, about to jump out of the stone statue and bite Wu Xiang. This was the natural reaction of spiritual things, because they sensed something inside Wu Xiang's body , Thinking that there is an enemy coming, instinctively loyal to protect the Lord.

But this 狻猊 was built by an expert and consecrated to cast spells, but how could it compare to the bravery of the idol.

Wu Xiang just felt that the stone statue in his hand suddenly became a little heavier, and he immediately exerted force with his palm.

"Crack~!"

There was a slight crackling sound.

Li Xiuyuan saw a divine image manifested on Wu Xiang's arm, and he kicked the lion on the body of the lion. The spirit of the beast was immediately annihilated, and the body disappeared, and the charm left on the stone statue disappeared immediately. gone.

"Boss, this thing is really heavy, and you have to use some strength to carry it with one hand." Wu Xiang said in a low voice.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Move the stone lion next to it."

Wu Xiang followed the same pattern and continued to move another stone lion. Without his knowledge, he crushed the two lions to death.

Although the stone lion is still there, its spirituality is no longer there. In other words, from today on, the stone lion is just a decoration, and it no longer has the ability to guard the house from evil spirits. If there are any evil spirits in the capital, it may be Sneaked into the mansion of the official minister.

Even if there were no evil spirits or ghosts, it would be easy for Li Xiuyuan to send ghosts and gods to the official residence of the Minister of Officials in the future.

"It's really divine power, divine power." The guard was amazed again and again, admiring Wu Xiang's strength.

But Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "The stone lion has been moved to the right position, so I won't bother you two. Let's leave."

He didn't stop there, and immediately left with his subordinates in big strides.

The guards looked at it and found it much more pleasing to the eye. The stone lion was not as fierce as before, and its eyes no longer stared at people all day long. Immediately, they felt complacent and thought that they could report this matter to the officials to claim credit.

"Why did the young master go so well to help the mansion of the official minister move the stone lion?" The escort who accompanied him did not understand, and asked cautiously.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Don't say it, don't say it, don't be curious about it."

Hearing this, the escort leader naturally didn't dare to ask more questions, even if he was curious, he kept it in his heart.

Naturally, they don't know that Li Xiuyuan is counterattacking what happened yesterday, first destroying your two guardian lions, and maybe one day he will send ghosts and gods to visit your house and never leave.

"Hey, why are there so many people watching? Is there anything exciting to watch?"

After continuing to walk for a while, Li Xiuyuan suddenly saw that the side of the street was suddenly full of people, [-]% inside and [-] floors outside, it seemed that there was some excitement.

"Young master, someone is playing tricks." Said the escort who was familiar with the capital.

"Is it a trick? Then you really should go and see it." Li Xiuyuan said.

He leaned over, taking advantage of the crowd being attracted by the trick, he took out a stool from the ghost king's cloth bag, stood on the stool and looked towards the center of the crowd.

But he saw an old man with gray hair and beard performing tricks.

"The trick I'm going to perform today is the legend of the lost trick Immortal Suo. All guards, please keep your eyes open and watch carefully. Don't blink for a moment, otherwise I will miss the good show. I won't perform it again." The old man knocked on the gong Drummed, shouted, and untied from his waist again

belt.

The belt was a cord twisted from linen.

"The judges can see clearly that this is a hemp rope, three feet long, nothing special, but in the hands of the old man, this hemp rope can be turned into a ladder, leading directly to the Heavenly Palace. If someone can climb up the rope, You will be able to reach the heavenly palace, see the gods in the sky, maybe you can get elixir, pick

Lai Xianguo, after taking it, you can live forever. "

As the old man spoke, there was a bit of mystery on his face, which aroused the curiosity of others.

"I also ask my father-in-law to act quickly. What kind of tricks is this Immortal Suo? It's so powerful."

"Still going to the Heavenly Palace, why do you like to brag like an old man, why do you say you ran to the sun."

"Don't make noise, don't make noise, I am interested in this Immortal Suo, please do me a favor and let this old man perform quickly."

There is a lot of noise nearby, and there are all kinds of voices.

The old man who was about to perform a trick heard that: give me a face, his eyelids twitched, his body trembled, and he immediately looked for the sound.

Seeing that the person who spoke was an ordinary-looking wealthy young man, the old man was relieved again.

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense. I am new here today, old man, so I won't talk nonsense. Now I will show you this fairy rope." The old man immediately yelled, wrapped the hemp rope around his waist, and continued Throw it into the sky.

"Shenxian Suo, get up~!"

Shout out.

But I saw the hemp rope rustling towards Tianshan Mountain, but the three-foot-long hemp rope flew into the sky as if it were endless, and disappeared into the clouds high in the sky.

And the hemp rope is still getting longer and longer, as if it is about to join the heavenly palace above the nine heavens.

The eyes of those who watched were straightened immediately.

"Really, it really flew into the sky." Someone exclaimed.

The old man said triumphantly: "It's not enough, I haven't reached the Heavenly Palace yet, just wait."

After a while, the rope flying into the sky stopped suddenly.

The old man laughed again and said, "It's done. The rope has already been wrapped around the jade pillar in the Heavenly Palace. Fortunately, it was not discovered by the patrolling soldiers and generals above. Otherwise, it would be bad if the rope was cut off."

"Okay, good tricks, I dare to ask my father-in-law, is this rope really connected to the Heavenly Palace?" A wealthy master asked a little excitedly.

"It's natural." The old man said.

The rich man said: "So, if you climb up this rope, can you really see the gods and get the panacea? Can you live forever?"

"This is not necessarily the case. Immortal elixirs are not given to others casually. It depends on fate and sincerity." The old man said.

The rich man immediately shouted: "I am the treasurer of Chengxibu in the capital, whoever dares to go down the rope ladder to the Heavenly Palace to fetch the elixir for me, I will give you a thousand taels of silver."

Immortal, the temptation of the elixir made the shopkeeper greedy, and if he wanted a big reward, there must be a brave man, so he asked someone to fetch the elixir for him.

"Give me 100 taels of silver, and I will go back to the Heavenly Palace for you. If you get the elixir, you can give me another 900 taels." An idle man smiled, and agreed without fear of death.

But at this time the old man suddenly said in surprise: "Oh, it's not good, my rope was discovered by the immortal, and I saw him looking at us along the rope in the heavenly palace. No, I have to take the rope back, or I will suffer To God's wrath."

Immediately, he hurriedly tugged on the rope to take it back.

"No, I have to go to the Heavenly Palace." The idle man grabbed the old man's hand and stared at him.

The 100 taels of silver in hand can't fly away.

"No, it must be taken back, otherwise disaster will be imminent." The old man said in a panic.

During the dispute, the rope shook violently again, and immediately after that, many pills fell from the sky like rain.

"Oh, it's the immortal who saw us eager to ask for medicine and dropped the elixir." The old man pushed the idler away again, and picked up the elixir on the ground.

Hearing that it was the elixir dropped by the immortal, the eyes of the other watching people were hot, and they immediately ignored other things, frantically picking up the elixir, but immediately hid the ones they found.Fear of being taken away by others.

"Eldest young master, the elixir has fallen, I picked up a few for the young master." The head of the escort who accompanied him said excitedly, but at this time he still did not forget to respect Li Xiuyuan.

These two dart heads are indeed quick-witted.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile; "Picking up any elixir is just a blindfold. If there is really an elixir of immortality in the world, it's not our turn to pick it up, so don't waste this time, just watch the fun, don't worry about it because Greedy and out of control, the old man is looking at him right now
What about their jokes. "

(End of this chapter)