From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 4 Lonely Soul Xiu Niang

Henry Zhang’s voice was stern but also majestic, and he used the Taoist method.Deterring ghosts and gods and alerting others is similar to the Buddhist mantra of the Buddha's name.

As soon as the voice on this side fell, the yin energy on the beam turned into mist and surged up.Henry Zhang didn't see the slightest fear, and watched the Yin Qi surge from the beam to the ground, and then gathered into adults little by little.

I saw a young woman in white clothes suddenly appearing in front of me. This woman is only in her twenties. Although she is not beautiful, she has good features.It's just that she is a ghost after all, her face is pale, and she lacks the vitality of a human being. These behaviors make people feel weird and cold in the back.

Henry Zhang saw that the ghost was a young woman, and asked, "Are you Xiu Niang?"

"Little girl Xiuniang, I have met Mr.

Xiuniang's voice is clear, but her tone is polite. It seems that she was a lady from a wealthy family before she was alive, and she actually knew to call people like Henry Zhang Mr., instead of casually calling Taoist priests and celestial masters.You must know that those who have not been able to become teachers can not be called masters.

Henry Zhang nodded, but instead of asking her why she hurt the three tenants, she asked pointedly: "You are the only ghost in this old house?"

When Xiu Niang heard this, she bowed her body and bowed her head, not daring to look into Henry Zhang’s eyes, and hurriedly said: “No, I’m the only one.”

Henry Zhang didn’t answer, and his eyes focused on the beam.Just now the female ghost Xiuniang was still up there, he still couldn't tell, now that Xiuniang has come down, there is actually a soul wave on it, what is it if it's not another ghost?
Henry Zhang waved his left hand, and threw three black beetles from his sleeve, more than an inch, with feet like thorns, but he still had a big forehead, so hideous.The ghost stag beetle, the stag beetle that Henry Zhang collected from the tomb robbers specially for eating coffins, was fed rooster blood, black cat blood, and black dog blood every day until the yin and yang were reversed in a hundred days.It is also because of the conflict between yin and yang that there are only these three left out of a hundred or so. They have the ability to absorb yin qi and hurt ghosts.

Fortunately, these three have only a male and a female, and they can breed again, otherwise it will be really troublesome to cultivate next time.In the final analysis, apart from life Gu, Gu techniques are all consumables, which take a lot of time and energy. This is also the reason why there are not many people who practice them. Unless they are determined to harm the nature and practice Gu, they can only wait for the right time, place and people.

Not to mention the origin of these three ghost beetles, I saw the three ghost beetles turned into three black lights and shot straight at the beam, like bullets.That Xiuniang thought that Henry Zhang was going to attack the ghost on the beam, her expression changed drastically, her eyes were full of panic, she quickly flew to block the ghost stag beetle, a faint blue light flashed, the soul body was directly knocked into the air, and fell underground.

"Xiuniang!" Aunt Li couldn't help exclaiming when she saw Xiuniang flying out, she shouted full of distress, and ran to her side quickly.

Henry Zhang didn't pay much attention to it, and a smile could not help showing at the corner of his mouth.This ghost stag beetle was already gnawing on coffins and eating corpses, and it was extremely Yin Qi. Now it has been trained by Zhang Xuan to become a Gu insect. It has eaten all kinds of rooster blood, black dog blood, and black cat blood. , The insects that can hurt the ghost body, how can Xiu Niang, who is only an earth-bound spirit, resist.Fortunately, Henry Zhang's order was to fly up to the beams to take down the ghosts on the beams, not to kill them, otherwise the ghost shovel armor would open its mouth and bite the ghost's body. This Xiuniang might not be able to stand it.

The three ghost stag beetles bumped into Xiuniang, paused, circled in the air, flew up to the beam, and fell down.Not long after, he flew down the beam, and in one of the leading paws was actually holding a white jade pendant the size of two fingers, the jade pendant was not big, even a little old.Henry Zhang took the jade pendant, and began to investigate suspiciously. The fluctuation of the soul on the beam was not a ghost but came from the jade pendant. This is not right, it is obviously a weak soul.

Just about to use spiritual energy to probe the situation in Yupei, Xiuniang over there thought that Henry Zhang wanted to clean up the soul inside, so she struggled to stand up and begged: "Sir, please stop, don't hurt Nian'en."

"Never mind?"

"Nianen!?"

Henry Zhang and Aunt Li actually said the name at the same time, but Henry Zhang was suspicious, and Granny Li was suspicious. She turned her head and stared at the jade pendant in Henry Zhang’s hand, as if she wanted to see every bit of the jade pendant clearly.Grandma Li saw tears in her eyes, her hands trembling slightly, and she kept whispering, "It's this piece of jade, it's this piece of jade. It's Nianen's jade."

Immediately Aunt Li thought of something, turned her head quickly, and asked Xiu Niang with a trembling voice: "Axiu, tell Auntie quickly, tell Auntie, is Yu Peili's Nianen, is it called Ren Nianen?"

Seeing Aunt Li's excited expression, Xiu Niang shook her head blankly. She only knew that the male ghost was called Nian En, but she didn't know his last name.

Henry Zhang looked at this person and one ghost, shook his head, and said, "If Nian En calls you out, you will know. I also want to see what the male ghost you are hiding looks like."

After finishing speaking, ignoring Xiu Niang's pleading eyes, he made a fist with both hands, and shouted: "Don't show up yet!"

The jade pendant turned around, and a figure floated out of the jade pendant and landed on the ground.This figure is the male ghost called Nian En, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a light blue military uniform, his eyes are closed, and his facial features are correct, but now he can't sleep deeply, and his soul body is erratic, clearly exhausted. Almost out of my wits.

"Nian'en!" "Nian'en, it's really my family's Nian'en!"

When Xiuniang and Aunt Li saw this ghost, they both exclaimed in surprise, and Aunt Li threw herself on Ren Nianen's body, crying with tears in her eyes.Although she had expected her son to go to the battlefield, she might be gone if he didn't come back, but seeing his ghost now, the last ray of hope in her heart is really gone, how can she not be sad.

In this situation, how does Henry Zhang not know that this male ghost is Ren Nianen, the son of Aunt Li.It's just that Ren Nian'en heard that he participated in the Northern Expedition and went all the way north. How did this ghost return to his hometown across several provinces?I'm afraid there is still a story with this Xiu Niang.Thinking of this, Henry Zhang turned his head and said to Qiu Sheng: "Brother, go to the incense and candle shop in the town to buy some incense sticks for offering sacrifices to the gods."

When Qiu Sheng heard this, he immediately showed embarrassment, and said, "Junior brother, why do you still need to sacrifice incense?"

It's not that he's dissatisfied with his junior brother, after all, just now, his junior brother's methods have let him know that this junior brother's cultivation level is far above his own, and he's just embarrassing about this incense.Incense candles and ingot paper figurines, although these things look the same, they are actually very different, especially this incense, which can be enjoyed by people, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, and ghosts. Ordinary incense candles are naturally cheap, but the incense that the younger brother said is considered a high-end product. It is usually used in big festivals, the materials are unusual, and the price is not cheap.

Zhang Xuanbai glanced at his senior brother, and said: "This soul body is ethereal, and it has fallen into a deep sleep. Do you think ordinary incense candles are useful? Let alone ordinary, the spirit awakening incense can't condense his ghost body."

After finishing speaking, he saw his senior brother sticking there, looking down. Well, Qiu Sheng smiled, and rubbed his left thumb and index finger back and forth, making gestures for counting money. It's not because he doesn't know how to stop and ask, but because he doesn't understand. It is because there is no money to buy incense for offering sacrifices to gods.Henry Zhang took out two oceans and said, “Brother, go and come back quickly.”

Qiu Sheng took the money with a smile, turned around and went out, Henry Zhang turned to Xiu Niang and Aunt Li and said: "You two have heard it too, I have already asked my brother to buy incense for offering sacrifices to him to condense his soul body, don't worry. Just But I’m still curious about how this Nian En came back here from the battlefield of the Northern Expedition? Xiu Niang, you should tell the truth, right?” Henry Zhang stared at Xiu Niang closely with his eyes like torches.

When Xiu Niang heard that Henry Zhang was going to condense the soul body for Nian En, she knelt down gratefully and thanked: "Thank you, sir, for your kindness."

Henry Zhang waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about the story between you and this Nianen, and Aunt Li is listening too?"

After hearing this, Xiu Niang stared at Nian En with bewildered eyes, and said slowly: "The matter starts with the jade pendant I got."

Xiu Niang's faint voice sounded in front of the mourning hall, and she began to tell the story of her and Ren Nian'en.The story between her and Ren Nianen started with the dragon and phoenix jade pendant.

Her full name is Zhang Xiu, and she is a lady from an official family in Nanjing. Her family can be regarded as a scholarly family with a good life.

It's just that one day, the elder brother in the family suddenly told her not to go out in the near future, the city is not peaceful, so he gave her a dragon and phoenix jade pendant.

How did this jade pendant come from, she didn't know, and she didn't ask.All she knew was that during those few months, her father and elder brother were busy and looked anxious. She knew that the world was going to be chaotic and the Northern Expeditionary Army was coming, but she couldn't do anything as a woman.

When a woman has something on her mind, she can't tell anyone, so she can only talk to herself in the boudoir. For some reason, she always feels that this jade pendant is very special. Holding it in her hand, it is always warm and comfortable. , very relaxed, so many of her inner thoughts were spoken to Yupei.

She likes to read books, and likes to recite the "Book of Songs" with an expectant voice beside the peony flowers in spring: "Guanguan Jujiu, in the river continent. A fair lady, a gentleman is very good."

Every time she reads the poem gently, the red peony will move without wind and sway gently, as if it is catering to it, and it seems to want to continue reading. There will always be one or two petals falling on the line "Sleep Ask for it".

She likes embroidery. She embroiders a pair of mandarin ducks and a pair of phoenixes. Every time she gets tired from embroidery, as soon as she raises her head, there will be a breeze blowing by, Kazuki's flowers and leaves are dancing like dancing, but there is always the most beautiful one every time A flower fell steadily on her head.

She felt that there seemed to be someone around her who was accompanying her, reading books with her, embroidering with her, catering to the sound of her books, and picking the most beautiful flowers for her.

She didn't know what was beside her, she thought it was the magical jade pendant, but she didn't tell anyone, but told more of her heart to jade pendant, and she was only willing to tell jade pendant.

Speaking of this, Xiu Niang paused, looked affectionately at Ren Nianen who was lying in her arms, and then continued to tell the following story.

Henry Zhang couldn't help shaking his head, and sighed in his heart, I'm afraid it's the love between humans and ghosts.

The second half of the story that Xiuniang told also came slowly.

As spring went and autumn came, the Northern Expeditionary Army finally reached Nanjing. On that day, the sound of artillery fire resounded all over the world, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, not only the revolutionary army, but also those thugs who took the opportunity to cause chaos.

In the Zhang residence, the servants fled in all directions, all packing their luggage.She stared blankly at the city gate.Tears rolled down her cheeks, she knew that if the city gate was broken, her father and elder brother would never come back.

Because they said: the city is where the people are.

The servants all around were frantically packing up the owner's things, and the ambition in their hearts finally made them focus on their own young lady, and filed in one after another, forcing her to ask for precious accessories.Facing the fierce servants, she was as weak as a wounded beast, helpless.

At this time, the jade pendant lights up, and the chairs and benches in the boudoir seem to be controlled by someone, flying down to people.The beatings frightened those murderous servants half to death, and they ran out of the boudoir in a hurry.

Seeing such a scene, Xiuniang was startled and frightened, but when she saw that it was the radiant jade pendant, she calmed down for a while, as if she had the jade pendant to accompany her when she was studying.

It was this time that Xiuniang asked the question for the first time: "Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)