If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 106 The miserable old man Ren

The story Ding Xiu tells is the famous Liaozhai novel "Nie Xiaoqian".

He originally thought that Dong Xiaoyu had never heard of this story, but...

"Did you also meet a bearded man named Yan Chixia?"

"Ahem..." Ding Xiu coughed dryly: "Is it possible that the girl also came from Lanruo Temple?"

"Yes, I was ordered by grandma to take you back. Grandma said that I would drain all your yang energy..."

"Girl, spare your life, I'm afraid of this kid..."

"Pfft~"

Dong Xiaoyu was amused.

The two of them kept talking, and it seemed as if they were telling the truth.

"This guy is really interesting..."

"Girl, that's a prize... It must have been too long since no one offered incense to the girl. I'll bring more paper money, incense candles, clothes, etc. to burn for the girl later."

"Oh? Is this true?"

"No jokes."

"Okay, then Xiaoyu will thank you first."

"You're welcome, girl."

"Someone is coming, please leave quickly..."

Sure enough, Wen Cai hurried over: "Ding Xiu, it's not good, let's go back quickly."

"What happened?"

At this time, Qiu Sheng also walked over quickly and raised his hand: "Let's go back and tell Master."

Yizhuang.

Uncle Jiu had a gloomy face, holding up a stick of incense brought back by Wen Cai in his hand and murmuring: "People are most afraid of three long and two short, and the most taboo for incense is two short and one long, but it just burned like this..."

This incense stick is one of the plum blossom incense arrays burned in front of Mr. Ren’s tomb.

"If this incense comes out of the house, someone must be mourning!"

Wencai couldn't help but ask: "Master, are you from Master Ren's house?"

So this guy has no brains. This incense was obviously taken from the tomb of Mr. Ren. Why should I ask?

Uncle Jiu glared at Wen Cai: "Could it be here?"

After saying that, he held his chin and walked to the coffin, looking thoughtful.

"Master, is there something wrong with this coffin?" Qiu Sheng stepped forward and asked.

Uncle Jiu shook his head: "There's nothing wrong with the coffin, but there's something wrong with the body."

"Yes, yes, Mrs. Ren's body has not decomposed for 20 years. It's really strange..."

Ding Xiu also came over and said to Uncle Jiu: "Uncle Jiu, I think that Mr. Feng Shui must have tampered with the tomb. What he said about raising the coffin in 20 years, I'm afraid there is a conspiracy."

Uncle Jiu sighed: "At first, I thought he had a conscience and didn't want to harm the Ren family for the rest of his life. But after opening the coffin, I realized that his heart was so poisonous and outrageous!"

Wen Cai asked anxiously: "What's wrong, Master?"

Uncle Jiu explained: "Generally speaking, after death, if a person fails to take his last breath, the breath will be blocked in the throat, preventing the corpse from decaying and eventually turning into a zombie."

"So, Mr. Ren didn't take his last breath, so he turned into a zombie?"

"No, Mrs. Ren does not fall into this situation. He was clearly cast under a witchcraft, which caused the corpse to become incorruptible and turned into a zombie.

The black gas that came out when the coffin was opened was caused by evil magic..."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Sheng's face was shocked: "Master, why didn't you make it clear to Master Ren at that time?"

Uncle Jiu shook his head: "He might not believe this kind of thing, so I proposed to cremate the body on the spot. Unfortunately..."

Uncle Jiu sighed.

Wen Cai hurriedly said: "Master, before this old man transforms into a corpse, why don't we burn him first?"

"Burn?" Uncle Jiu glared: "Then how will I explain it to Master Ren then? The only plan now is to seal the coffin first... Go and prepare paper, pen, ink and sword."

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai said in unison: "What?"

Uncle Jiu said angrily: "Yellow paper, talisman pen, black ink, kitchen knife, wooden sword, and prepare a chicken."

Wencai couldn't help but smile: "Great, we can eat chicken again tonight."

When everything was ready, Uncle Jiu killed the chicken himself, took the blood, mixed the chicken blood into the ink, then added the talisman ash, mixed it thoroughly, and poured it into the ink fountain.

"Okay, load the whole coffin, make sure not to miss anything."

"Yes, Master."

"Ah."

Uncle Jiu walked out the door with his hands behind his back.

Ding Xiu knew in his heart that he could never count on Qiu Sheng and his two brothers, so he didn't bother to pay attention and chased them out.

"Uncle Nine..."

"Is there a problem?"

"Uncle Jiu, I don't think sealing the coffin is a good idea. I'm afraid it's just treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

Uncle Jiu sighed: "Of course I know, but Master Ren insists not to be cremated, so he can only do this."

"Uncle Jiu, I have a plan..." Ding Xiu said this.

"Well..." Uncle Jiu pondered for a moment and replied with one word: "Good!"

Silent night.

A watchman walked through the streets and alleys, knocking "bang bang bang" a few times from time to time and shouting: "Second watch at midnight, close the doors and windows to prevent theft and theft."

At this moment, most people were sleeping soundly.

At the entrance of the town, there was a figure carrying large and small bags and walking towards the cemetery in the east of the town.

Very few people would dare to go alone to a place like Grave Mountain in broad daylight, let alone in the middle of the night.

But Ding Xiu is not afraid.

He promised to burn some paper money, incense candles, clothes, etc. for Dong Xiaoyu, and he was going to do these things tonight.

Of course, it’s not just about doing these things.

As soon as he entered the tomb, a thick yin energy hit his face. Ding Xiu could even faintly sense that there were several ghosts staring at him in the dark.

Ding Xiu was too lazy to pay attention to it, his true energy circulated, and a faint golden light flashed, frightening the ghosts into disappearing without a trace.

Soon after, Ding Xiu came to Dong Xiaoyu's grave, took out the incense candle from his bag and lit it.

Then he took out paper money, paper clothes, and some paper trinkets, such as lipstick boxes and jewelry.

As a woman, even if you become a female ghost, I believe you still can't lose your beauty-loving nature.

After Ding Xiu lit the paper money, he smiled at the grave and said, "Miss Xiaoyu, I am so sincere, why don't you want to come out and meet me?"

In the end, Dong Xiaoyu really replied: "I'm afraid I'll scare you when I come out."

Ding Xiu couldn't help but smile and said: "Since I dare to come here alone in the middle of the night, do you think I will be afraid?"

"Makes sense..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a wisp of dark wind passed by, and a graceful figure appeared in front of Ding Xiu.

She was wearing a plain white dress, with long flowing hair and light makeup. Although she could not be called a great beauty with fragrant beauty, she still had a unique charm.

Judging from the inscription on the tombstone, she was 20 years old when she died.

But perhaps because she has been a female ghost for many years, she does not look more than 20 years old, but almost [-] years old. She is round and round, with a mature charm.

"Young Master worked so hard to bring so many things to the little girl. I don't know why?"

Ding Xiu was about to speak, but Dong Xiaoyu said with a cold face: "Actually, I know that Mr. Ren is a Taoist. Could it be that you want to lure the little girl to show up and take the opportunity to accept the little girl?"

Ding Xiu smiled and waved his hand: "Girl, please don't misunderstand me, I have no such intention."

"That……"

"I just feel that I am destined to the girl, and I want to ask her for a favor."

"help?"

"Yes! Did the girl remember 20 years ago..." At this point, Ding Xiu raised his hand and pointed: "The scene when Old Master Ren was buried?"

"Who still remembers what happened after so long? Why do you ask me this?"

"That's it..."

Ding Xiu briefly talked about Mr. Ren’s situation.

After listening, Dong Xiaoyu frowned and thought for a while: "I really can't remember it, and I didn't pay much attention to this matter back then."

"Well, that's so so..."

Ding Xiu stepped back and spoke in a low voice for a while.

Dong Xiaoyu smiled charmingly: "Since you are so caring, I will help you once."

"Thank you girl!"

In the afternoon of the next day, Ding Xiu came to Ren Mansion again.

It just so happened that Ren Fa went out to drink tea, so Ding Xiu made an appointment with Ren Tingting to take a walk by the lake outside the town.

After chatting for a while, Ding Xiufang said solemnly: "Tingting, the main reason I came to you today is to tell you something important."

Ren Tingting was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked: "What's the matter?"

"About your grandfather."

"My grandpa?"

"Yes, you could clearly see the coffin opening that day. Something was obviously wrong."

Ren Tingting couldn't help but sigh: "I know, I also talked about this with my father after I returned home. My father said that my grandfather's body cannot be cremated under any circumstances, otherwise he will not be able to see his ancestors when he returns home."

"That's what I said, but the situation now is very special. To tell you the truth, that Feng Shui master back then was quite vicious, and he took advantage of the opportunity of arranging your grandfather's burial to do something secretly.

The reason why your grandfather's body does not rot is because of this, he has actually become a zombie..."

"Ah? What should we do?" Ren Tingting looked panicked and couldn't help but tighten Ding Xiu's clothes.

"Don't be afraid. I have already discussed it with Uncle Jiu, so I will communicate with you first."

Ren Tingting couldn't help but ask: "Do you mean you still want to cremate my grandfather's body?"

"No!" Ding Xiu shook his head: "If we force cremation, your father may misunderstand, so it is necessary for him to see clearly..."

Ding Xiu gave some careful instructions, and the two of them returned to the town.

That night, Mrs. Ren turned into a corpse.

In fact, with Uncle Jiu's ability, he could use the Corpse Suppressing Talisman to suppress Old Master Ren before he transformed into a corpse, and then add a magic circle outside the coffin. Double insurance, there is almost no possibility of Old Master Ren coming out.

However, it happened to overturn the coffin and sneak out of Yizhuang.

Why did it sneak out of Yizhuang?
Find a blood relative!
Although zombies have low intelligence, they have an instinct to find blood relatives based on their own feelings, then suck their blood and infect them with corpse poison, turning their blood relatives into zombies.

In this way, the family can reunite and become a zombie family.

Generally speaking, zombies are divided into three and six categories.

Their strength is usually linked to the year, just like ginseng, Shouwu and other medicinal materials. The longer the year, the stronger the strength.It stands to reason that Mr. Ren has only been lying in a coffin for 20 years. How strong can he be?Among zombies, it's probably at kindergarten level.

But there are exceptions to everything.

He was not supposed to become a zombie. Like an ordinary corpse, he would slowly decay after a certain period of time, and dust would return to dust.

All this happened because the Feng Shui master, Luo Sanping, secretly used magic to cultivate Mr. Ren into a zombie.

Moreover, his strength is not simple, and he even retains some intelligence.

Luo Sanping's purpose was to completely destroy the Ren family, leaving no one alive.

As for why he did this, Ding Xiu discussed it with Uncle Jiu and believed that there was another reason, not just for the cemetery.

After all, even if Mr. Ren bought the cemetery with coercion and inducement, he still spent a lot of money. It was not an open robbery, and it would not lead to a life-or-death feud.

If the two sides had become enmity over this, the Ren family would not ask him to preside over the burial of Mr. Ren.

Renfu.

Even though it was getting late, Mr. Ren was still burning the midnight oil in his study, checking the business accounts.

He had no choice but to have no children. He only had a precious daughter like Ren Tingting. Unfortunately, this precious daughter was not interested in running a business.

Therefore, as an old man, he could only work harder and do the accounting by himself.

He is worried about handing it over to others.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was a sudden movement outside the door.

Ren Fa couldn't help but raise his head and asked: "Uncle Fu, is that you?"

There was no answer outside the door.

Did he misbehave?Ren Fa rubbed his sore forehead, picked up the account book, and was about to continue checking the accounts.

"boom!"

At this time, there was a huge roar, the study door fell apart, and a tall figure jumped over with his arms raised and his eyes glowing red.

The person who appeared in the study was none other than Mr. Ren who had transformed into a corpse.

Ren Fa was so frightened that he lost his mind. Although Mrs. Ren's appearance changed a little and became extremely scary, he still recognized him at a glance. This was the old man.

No wonder something was wrong when the coffin was opened that day, no wonder Uncle Jiu repeatedly suggested cremation on the spot, no wonder...

Ren Fa figured out a lot of things in an instant, but unfortunately it was too late to figure it out now. There is no regret in the world about selling medicine.

"Dad, I am your son..."

Ren Fa yelled while looking for a place to hide, trying to impress his dead father with affection.

Mr. Ren cannot speak. If he could speak, he would definitely say: If you were not my son, I would not come to you.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Mr. Ren finally brought his own son to the corner and raised his paws...

"boom!"

At this extremely critical moment, there was another bang in the house.

The window of the study room was knocked open, and a golden light flew towards Mr. Ren.

Mr. Ren seemed a little afraid of the golden light and quickly took a few steps back.

The next moment, Uncle Jiu jumped out of the window into the house and rushed towards Mr. Ren with a mahogany sword in hand.

"Uncle Jiu, it's great that you're here..."

Ren Fa cried with joy, his legs softened, and he collapsed to the ground with a "gudong" sound.

Qiu Sheng also turned over and dragged Mr. Ren up to the door.

"Ow..."

Old Mrs. Ren roared angrily and quickly rushed to the door to block the path of Qiu Sheng and the others.

Uncle Jiu, with his sharp eyesight and quick hands, rushed forward and kicked Old Mrs. Ren hard, causing Mr. Ren to stagger a few steps. Then, Uncle Jiu brandished his mahogany sword and stabbed Mr. Ren.

Mr. Ren was not slow and jumped back to avoid the Taomu Sword.

Qiu Sheng took the opportunity and dragged Ren Fa out of the study together.

Mr. Ren was so anxious that he hit it hard, causing the wall to collapse, and even many tiles from the roof fell down.

It was fine, but Uncle Jiu was not a man of steel, so he could only dodge and avoid the broken bricks and tiles, thus giving Mr. Ren some time.

It can also be seen that this old man's intelligence is far beyond that of ordinary zombies.

However, Uncle Jiu was fully prepared for this visit. After Qiu Sheng dragged Ren Fa out and ran out, Wen Cai jumped out again and sprinkled a large handful of glutinous rice on Old Man Ren.

It’s true that one thing brings down another. This glutinous rice itself is a kind of rice and can be used to make many delicacies, such as glutinous rice, glutinous rice cakes, yuanxiao, zongzi, etc.

Why can it restrain zombies?Can it even remove corpse poison?

I'm afraid, no one can tell the reason.

The most amazing thing is that after the glutinous rice was sprinkled on Mr. Ren, it was like burning fire, making a "sizzling" sound and wisps of black smoke. The pain made Mr. Ren cover his face and scream in agony, and he retreated repeatedly.

Is this the end?
of course not.

Although the couple Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai often get into trouble, their performance this time was remarkable. Wen Cai took advantage of Mr. Ren being caught off guard and spilled several handfuls of glutinous rice.

Then Sa Yazi ran away.

But this was enough. In any case, Old Master Ren was left in a panic. Uncle Jiu took the opportunity to rush out, holding a yellow talisman on the tip of his sword, and stabbed it with his sword.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Ren instinctively ducked and missed the critical point, but was still seriously injured. He once again burst out with strength, knocked open the corridor wall, and jumped out quickly.

Uncle Jiu avoided the flying broken bricks and tiles, and when he chased out through the big hole, Mr. Ren had already jumped several feet away.

At this time, Uncle Jiu patted the dust on his body and did not chase him, letting the old man disappear into the darkness without a trace.

As for Ding Xiu... he has been staying with Ren Tingting in her room to prevent unexpected situations from happening.

"Will my dad be okay?"

Ren Tingting snuggled into Ding Xiu's arms like a little bird and asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, Uncle Jiu, Qiu Sheng, Wen Cai, they are all here, everything will be fine."

After a while, Ren Fa's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Tingting, Tingting, are you okay?"

Ren Tingting's face lit up and she quickly got up and ran to the door: "Dad, I'm fine..."

After a while, a group of people gathered in the living room.

Ren Fa said with a sad face: "Uncle Jiu, I really didn't know it would turn out like this. If I had known, I should have listened to you."

Uncle Jiu sighed: "It's my fault that I didn't explain it clearly to you at the time..."

However, there are still some things that have not been said. Even if they are explained clearly, I am afraid that Mr. Ren will not believe it and think that I, Lin, want to blackmail you.

Ren Fa asked again: "Then what should we do next?"

Uncle Jiu replied with one word: "Wait!"

"Ah?" Ren Fa looked pale. Could it be that he was being used as bait again to lure the old man to bite him?

"Don't worry, Mr. Ren. I will make more arrangements when the time comes to ensure that Mr. Ren is safe."

There was something that Uncle Jiu didn't tell Master Ren.

In fact, he deliberately let Mr. Ren go, just to see if the black hand behind the scenes would reach out.

Since Luo Sanping carefully set up such a vicious situation, if this guy was still alive, he would not miss the good show.

But this guy is hiding in the dark, and it's not easy to find him out.

So, Ding Xiu came up with an idea and secretly found a helper, Dong Xiaoyu.

Let Old Mrs. Ren go, and then let Dong Xiaoyu keep a watch on him secretly to see where Mr. Ren is hiding and if anyone appears.

After all, Dong Xiaoyu is a female ghost who can fly and become invisible, so it would be best to let her track a zombie.

Around the fourth watch, Ding Xiu walked to the backyard alone.

Dong Xiaoyu lived up to his trust and told Mr. Ren in detail where he was hiding.

Moreover, one thing was confirmed: "The Feng Shui gentleman you mentioned did appear. The old guy was hiding in a cave, and I was almost discovered by him."

Ding Xiu looked pleased: "Xiaoyu, thank you very much."

Dong Xiaoyu smiled charmingly: "I have helped you so much, and it's all just a thank you?"

Ding Xiu said seriously: "Why don't you pledge yourself to me?"

"You are beautiful, unless you marry me."

"This……"

"Looks like I'm scaring you, but actually I have something to ask of you."

Ding Xiu smiled: "I know even if you don't tell me, you want to be reincarnated, right?"

Dong Xiaoyu sighed: "If you can enter reincarnation, who would want to be a lonely ghost?"

Ding Xiu already knew something about her situation. The reason why she had not been reincarnated for so many years was because, as she said, she was a lonely ghost.

In human terms, it is a black household.

She has been dead for many years and should have entered the underworld and reincarnated.

As a result, for some unknown reason, he was unable to enter the underworld and remained in the upper world, unable to be reincarnated.

In fact, the reason is very simple. It is caused by the negligence of the underworld.

Relatively speaking, the workload of the underworld is much more complicated than that of the earth, especially when it encounters chaos in the world, such as wars, natural disasters, plagues, etc., which lead to a large number of deaths of people.

At this time, the workload of the underworld increases sharply, and Yinzhao is simply too busy, so mistakes will inevitably occur at this time.

The more chaotic the world is, the more lonely ghosts will be stranded in the world, and over time they will become black households.

Dong Xiaoyu is in this situation, so her biggest wish is that someone can help her regain her ghost status and go to the underworld to enter reincarnation.

Otherwise, one day both form and spirit will be destroyed and disappear completely between heaven and earth.

So this time she tried her best to help Ding Xiu, and she also hoped that Ding Xiu could also help her. This is called mutual benefit.

Ding Xiu smiled and said, "Don't worry. Uncle Jiu is a disciple of Maoshan. There are people above and below. Your trivial matter is not a big deal. When Old Master Ren settles this matter, I will definitely help you get it done."

With these words, Dong Xiaoyu was naturally excited and couldn't help but rush forward and give him a kiss.

Although my body is a bit cold...well, it still feels different.

The next morning, Uncle Jiu took Ding Xiu and Qiu Sheng into the mountain to look for the cave. Ah Wei also followed with a dozen of his men and dozens of guns.

After finding the cave, Ah Wei and his party dispersed and ambush around to prevent Luo Sanping from escaping in the chaos.

Uncle Jiu stood outside and shouted: "Luo Sanping, get out!"

Luo Sanping was indeed hiding in the cave and was casting spells to heal Mr. Ren.

He was not reconciled to this failure, and planned to take Mr. Ren to another place after dark to kill people and suck blood in order to make Mr. Ren stronger.

Unexpectedly, someone would come to such a hidden place?
Seeing that there was no movement in the cave, Ding Xiu shouted: "You can't come out, right? Then you can only set fire to it."

The fire may not be able to burn the cave, but the smoke will definitely choke it. The cave is not big, so how can we hide when the time comes?

In desperation, Luo Sanping could only grit his teeth and rush out...

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(End of this chapter)