Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 689: Longyin Lake

"Huh? What's the smell, Brother Li, what happened to your house? Why is there a fishy smell? Could it be that the fish you're selling stinks and you have to throw it away quickly. This smell is very strong."

"No, it's not the smell of fish, but also the smell of paper ashes and incense."

"Is there? Why didn't I smell it?"

In the afternoon, several scholars including Zhang Bangchang, Qian Jun, Zhu Yu and Gao Pan were invited to the Escort Bureau.

Before they entered the door, they asked about a strange smell, and after they walked in, they couldn't help but open their mouths.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan was instructing Han Meng and the others to move a total of twelve large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry that had been dried into the cellar and put them away.

"Brother Li."

"Master Li."

After seeing Li Xiuyuan, they all bowed their hands and saluted.

Li Xiuyuan bowed back and said: "You guys guessed it. There was no fish bought in the escort agency, and there was nothing smelly. It's just that the haunting was serious last night. The smell was left after the ghost was killed, because The time is short, and the smell has not dissipated,"

"Haunted?"

Everyone was surprised.

Zhang Bangchang immediately asked: "Brother Li has the ability to catch ghosts and exorcise demons. Could it be that the house is also haunted by ghosts?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "It is precisely because of the ability to catch ghosts and eliminate demons that the evil spirits will take revenge. Have you never heard of a good swimmer dying in water? I am the same as a good swimmer. No benefits, only disasters, but this is not the first time such a thing has happened,

Get used to it a few times. "

When several people heard this, their hearts trembled.

Although they don't understand ghosts and gods, they understand the truth.

It is estimated that Li Xiuyuan has caught ghosts and eliminated demons too many times, which has attracted the revenge of evil spirits, and more than once.

"Hehe, but you don't have to worry about me. Now that you have learned the ability to catch ghosts and eliminate them, how can you ignore them when you encounter them? Fighting in the market with a full body of martial arts, it's like being king and overlord," Li Xiuyuan laughed

said.

Zhang Bangchang said with emotion: "Before, I only envied Brother Li's ability to catch ghosts and eliminate demons with one hand, but now I know the danger behind it."

"Let's not talk about this disappointing thing, did you guys invite me to visit the capital? Then what are you waiting for? If you don't leave now, if it's late, don't blame me for procrastinating." Li Xiuyuan laughed.

It seems that he is going to play, but in fact he is going to see how chaotic the capital is on the day of Lantern Festival.

And playing with these scholars is easy to get in touch with some things that you can't touch in your daily life.

"You're right, you're right, I almost forgot about the time when I was talking about gods and ghosts with Brother Li." Zhang Bangchang patted his forehead and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, I was delayed because I was waiting for Brother Gao A lot of time."

"That being the case, let's talk as we go."

Li Xiuyuan went out with them, and asked on the way: "Gao Fan? Is Gao Fan's wife still like that? Force him to keep him from going out?"

Gao Pan on the side stopped in his tracks, and bowed solemnly and gratefully: "Last time in Xiangguo Temple, I thank Brother Li for casting spells on my wife. Since my wife left Xiangguo Temple last time, she has completely changed her appearance. Quit all the previous evil deeds, and return to me,

There are also parents, relatives, and friends who came to apologize one by one. Now our husband and wife have rebuilt the old relationship, and we will never fight or quarrel anymore. "

He has an indescribable gratitude to Li Xiuyuan. If it weren't for Li Xiuyuan, he would have long since been unable to bear to hate his wife, and even had the idea of ​​committing suicide.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Brother Gao, you thanked the wrong person. How can I help you? It is not me who really enlightened your wife, but Master Shikong from Xiangguo Temple. He is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao. Master Shikong resolved your wife's grievances from her previous life, allowing her to restore her usual kind nature.

However, it is a good thing that you and your husband can restore the old relationship, and I should congratulate you. "

"Isn't that right, Brother Li, you didn't know before that when we went to Gao Fan's house, her wife insisted on keeping us and offered tea to each of us as an apology, which made me feel embarrassed." Zhu Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "And the reason we stayed in the first place was because we were afraid of the dishes in her hands.
It's just a knife. "

"Yeah, it almost caused a farce." Several other people also smiled.

Obviously they were frightened by Gao Fan's wife Jiang Cheng.

Li Xiuyuan noticed it when he was walking on the road.

Tonight, there are many more soldiers patrolling in the capital.

They are not ordinary guards, they are real soldiers of the imperial army, and they are all elites, not the kind of embroidered pillows that are paid for.

Li Xiuyuan heard from General Yasha before that the prince will go out on the Lantern Festival tonight, accompanied by many dignitaries, so for the security of the capital, in addition to General Yasha and the imperial army, people from the six doors are also dispatched.

It's just that such a seemingly tight patrol is really useful,
It is not possible to rely on martial arts to harm people with certain things.

"Last time we went to Zuifeng Tower and Xiangguo Temple. This time, let's go to Longyin Lake. It will be very lively there today. I heard that many painting boats have sailed on the lake, and there is another one there." The Wenhui, I heard that it was held by some great Confucian scholars in the capital, and many literati attended.
Even the dignitaries who want to come to the capital will not refuse to go. "

Suddenly, Qian Jun opened his mouth and said.

"Longyin Lake? Is there such a lake in the capital?" Li Xiuyuan questioned.

"It was dug and built by the current government in the early years. There was no canal connected to the capital before. At first, it was dug and built because it was close to the imperial palace, so it was convenient for the royal family to visit. So gradually the common people followed. Now it is considered It is the busiest place in Bianjing City." Zhang Bangchang said, apparently for a long time
Living in the capital, he is quite familiar with things here.

"Then why is it called Longyin Lake? This name should be a taboo." Li Xiuyuan said.

"How can it be regarded as a taboo? It was taken by the current officials. I heard that the officials played Dragon Yin and heard the sound of Dragon Yin, so they splashed ink and brush and named it Longyin Lake."

"Is there really a dragon in the lake?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"There is no dragon, there is only a treasure temple standing in the middle of the lake." Zhang Bangchang shook his head and smiled; "If there is a real dragon, I really want to see it. I have seen monsters, ghosts and gods, but I have never seen one. A real dragon, but I heard that there were some visions when the Longyin Lake was dug and built.

, What torrential rain, thunder and lightning, etc., but they are not worth mentioning. "

However, when Li Xiuyuan and his party came to the shore of Longyin Lake, he realized that this lake was indeed unusual.

The entire Longyin Lake is built in a square shape, with carved railings and jade bricks by the lake, which is both exquisite and luxurious.

And in the center of the lake, there is a treasure temple in it.

Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly, but saw that the shape of the treasure temple was slightly different from that of ordinary treasure temples, like a sword hilt pierced into the center of the lake, with a kind of sharpness and sharpness, without the peaceful aura of a treasure temple.

He has seen Dao Zang, and knows that this arrangement is not for the simple construction of a treasure temple, but to use the name of a treasure temple to invite gods to enter and suppress something with the power of ghosts and gods.

It is not uncommon to have this kind of treasure temple in some big lakes, and the big lakes with treasure temples are usually haunted by evil spirits, so the nearby people and the government will spare no effort to build such a treasure temple and stand in the lake. , Suppress evil spirits and keep one side peaceful.

But the construction of treasure temples in those big lakes is only because there are evil spirits in those lakes.

But this Longyin Lake was dug out by today's officials using people's power.

It is impossible for the dug out lake to be haunted by evil spirits, so there is no need to build a pagoda to suppress it.

Unless Li Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

He remembered what Monk Kasyapa had said.

Under the imperial city of the capital, a real dragon was suppressed.

Could it be that the monk Kasyapa was referring to this Longyin Lake?

Although he was not sure, he already felt in his heart that this matter was almost inseparable.

The purpose of digging the lake is not to watch, but to suppress the real dragon?

How many secrets are actually hidden in the seemingly calm surface of the lake, I am afraid that no one here can tell the tourists.

Li Xiuyuan tried to check it out with God's Eye Technique.

Sure enough, the lake was blocked, and his divine eyesight couldn't see through the bottom of the lake.

"Brother Li, what are you doing standing here? Let's go over there and have a look. It seems to be much more lively there than here." Zhang Bangchang reminded Li Xiuyuan when he saw Li Xiuyuan staring at the lake in a daze.

Only then did Li Xiuyuan come to his senses, he looked away, and was no longer curious to visit this Longyin Lake.

(End of this chapter)