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

Chapter 113 The Arrogant Shi Jian and His Son

In the afternoon, Sister Fang sat in the yard, holding her cheek in her hand, letting her thoughts drift.

She seemed to have returned to Renjia Town, to the lake, and to that night that she would never forget.

Not long after, an old man in a long gown came over.

This person is none other than Sister Fang's master, Liu Yusheng. He is thin, has no beard under his chin, and is weak and has the aura of a white-faced scholar.

"Fang'er, what are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing..." Sister Fang replied somewhat perfunctorily.

"Alas..." Liu Yusheng sighed: "Fang'er, I've wronged you."

The grievance he mentioned was naturally referring to Sister Fang's marriage to the Chen family.

Sister Fang replied numbly: "There is nothing to feel wronged about."

"You still say you are not aggrieved?" Liu Yusheng frowned: "You have already spoken to me in this tone."

Sister Fang smiled self-deprecatingly: "Then what should I say, disciple? If the disciple says he is wronged, will the master take back his life?"

"you……"

"So, Master, there is no need to say these hypocritical words. Master has been kind to his disciple, and the disciple has repaid this kindness by agreeing to get married..."

The implication is that the kindness has been repaid and I will owe you nothing in the future.

Liu Yusheng felt bored, snorted heavily in his nostrils, turned around and walked away.

As soon as he left, Sister Fang couldn't help but look into the distance and murmured: "Ding Lang..."

But she didn't know that Ding Lang had arrived in the provincial capital before her, but she didn't know.

The reason why Ding Xiu came to the provincial capital was because he vaguely sensed two things that were wrong from Sister Fang's conversation.

The first was Liu Yusheng's identity. According to Sister Fang's description, Ding Xiu always felt that the old guy seemed to be hiding some secret.

The second point is actually based on the first point. If the old guy's identity is doubtful, then there must be some ulterior secrets in his marriage to the Chen family.

After doubts arose, the intuition in my heart became stronger.

really……

After Ding Xiu quietly arrived in the provincial capital, after some secret inquiring and following Liu Yusheng, he discovered a big secret: this guy turned out to be an eunuch!

Also commonly known as eunuchs.

Upon closer inspection, eunuchs are equal to eunuchs, but eunuchs are not equal to eunuchs. Those who are qualified to be called eunuchs in the palace are those who supervise the affairs of the inner palace.

The word eunuch originally referred to those eunuchs of higher rank, but later it gradually came to refer to eunuchs who entered the palace.

Ding Xiu had been in the world of Xiuchundao for many years and was very familiar with the eunuch's words and deeds. No matter how he disguised himself, Liu Yusheng couldn't hide it from his eyes. This guy must have been in the palace.

Speaking of which, although Jiannu died, there were still many eunuchs left alive.

But people outside could hardly see these eunuchs. These eunuchs seemed to disappear out of thin air, so much so that there was a legend circulating in the outside world that the eunuchs in the palace were buried collectively.

In fact, those eunuchs did not disappear, they just changed their appearance. Most of them entered the temple and became monks.

This originated from a mysterious organization formed by eunuchs: the Pension Society.

Almost no outsiders know the existence of this organization, and the official will not record it, because the nature of this organization is very special, equivalent to a nursing home for eunuchs.

Eunuchs are a special group. No matter how hard they fight to the death in the palace, they all have to face one problem: old age care!
As a result, some eunuchs spontaneously organized themselves and established a retirement society exclusively for eunuchs.

They purchased land and built temples. When they got old or were kicked out of the palace due to crimes, they could go to these temples to spend the rest of their lives.

Even if there are occasional people outside, they will hide in a low-key manner.

But instead of hiding, the old eunuch Liu Yusheng became a famous celebrity in the provincial capital, and no one knew his identity as an eunuch. This was a bit unusual.

In addition, Ding Xiu also discovered that this old guy had practiced martial arts and should be pretty good.

It's no wonder that this old guy can become the Master of Liyuan. He has no other skills than the eunuchs in the palace. The ability to please the master is indispensable, and opera is one of the important talents.

In addition, this guy is very skilled, so he is naturally more comfortable on stage.

Later, Ding Xiu quietly sneaked into Chen's house, and unexpectedly discovered a bigger secret.

The reason why Liu Yusheng asked Sister Fang to marry into the Chen family was not to repay a favor at all. The old eunuch and the Chen family were basically in the same group.

To be precise, they all belong to the same evil organization.

Although Ding Xiu didn't hear the entire conversation, he roughly guessed the other party's intention after a little analysis. It was whimsical and crazy.

That night, Ding Xiu quietly sneaked into Sister Fang's room.

Although it was already midnight, Sister Fang was full of thoughts and not sleepy.

When she felt someone in the room, she couldn't help but turn pale with fright. Just as she was about to call out for help, a familiar voice came to her ears: "Sister Fang..."

"It's you?"

Sister Fang widened her beautiful eyes and looked at Ding Xiu in disbelief.

Then he turned over and got out of bed, threw himself into Ding Xiu's arms and sobbed: "Ding Lang, take me with you, let's get out of here..."

Ding Xiu held her in his arms and whispered a few words of comfort, then helped her sit on the bed and asked softly: "There is something, do you know?"

Sister Fang was stunned: "What's the matter?"

"Your master is actually a eunuch. Do you know this?"

"Eunuch?" Sister Fang looked stunned: "How could it be?"

It seemed like she really didn't know, which showed how deep the old guy was hiding.

"He is indeed a eunuch, I will never mistake him."

Seeing what Ding Xiu said so firmly, Sister Fang couldn't help but look back carefully and finally remembered something.

"No wonder..."

"What? Did you remember something?"

Sister Fang sighed: "No wonder Master has never grown a beard, and his voice is shriller than that of ordinary men. It turns out... that's it."

"It seems that this old guy is really hiding deep. Even you didn't suspect him."

Hearing Ding Xiu's tone, Sister Fang also guessed that the matter might be a bit complicated, and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Ding, what happened?"

"His identity is not just as simple as a eunuch. He and some people created a secret organization with the dream of restoring the Manchu royal family..."

"This……"

Sister Fang looked stunned.

After the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were more than one or two people who wanted to recover, and some even took advantage of the chaos to proclaim themselves emperor. But what was the result?

The wheel of history is irreversible, so why are there still people dreaming of unrealistic restoration dreams?

She didn't understand, but Ding Xiu did.

Murong Fu and his son are a living example. The Yan State founded by the ancestors of the Murong family has been dead for hundreds of years, but the father and son still want to regain the Yan Kingdom.

Not to mention, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had just fallen, and there were still many young and old who dreamed of returning to the dynasty.

"Ding Lang, how do you know these secret things?"

Ding Xiu replied: "I didn't know about it at first. I just thought your master's motives were a bit suspicious, so I went to the provincial capital to conduct a little secret investigation. Unexpectedly, I overheard their shocking conspiracy."

Sister Fang's heart moved, and she couldn't help but ask: "Then...then why did he insist on letting me marry into the Chen family? Could it be that the Chen family knows his details?"

"He Zhi knows that they are basically on the same team. But why he insists on letting you marry into the Chen family, I haven't figured it out yet.

However, there are still a few days until you get married, and I will definitely find out the truth..."

Hearing this, Sister Fang didn't say anything, but her tears couldn't stop flowing down.

Ding Xiu seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, and couldn't help hugging her and smiling: "I don't really want to see you get married, I just want to find out what conspiracy they have."

Hearing this, Sister Fang's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but ask: "Did you ever think about not letting me get married when we were in Renjia Town?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I come to the provincial capital one step ahead?"

"Ding Lang..."

For a moment, Sister Fang's eyes were like a pool of spring water. She hugged Ding Xiu tightly and offered her a pair of warm red lips.

When she was in Renjia Town, she didn't expect to be with Ding Xiu, but she was unwilling to marry a fool like this.

And I also felt like repaying my gratitude, so I indulged myself once.

After returning to the provincial capital, she realized that this man's shadow had been engraved in her heart. As long as Ding Xiu said a word, she would leave with him even if she gave up everything, even if she wandered around the world.

After noon, Liu Yusheng came to the small courtyard.

"Master!" Sister Fang stepped forward and bowed.

"Well..." Liu Yusheng smiled and nodded: "Fang'er, freshen up and dress up, and then go meet a few people with me."

Sister Fang couldn't help but frowned: "Who are you meeting?"

"Several of my old friends who are my teacher came here from other places to congratulate you on your wedding."

Unexpectedly, Sister Fang shook her head: "Master, I don't want to get married."

"What did you say?" Liu Yusheng thought he heard wrongly.

Haven't you always said it well?Why did you change your mind all of a sudden?

Sister Fang said loudly: "Master, I don't want to get married!"

"Rebellion!" Liu Yusheng finally showed his ferocious face and angrily shouted: "This matter is a foregone conclusion. The wedding will be in three days, and you will not be allowed to regret it!"

Sister Fang sobbed: "Why must master let his disciple marry a fool?"

"Didn't I say this a long time ago? I owe the Chen family a great favor, so I made this decision out of necessity."

"Sorry, master, if you want to repay the favor, you should find someone else. This disciple will not marry into the Chen family."

"Bold!" Liu Yusheng's forehead was scarred, and he raised his hand and slapped him away.

"Snapped!"

There was a loud slap in the yard.

Several bloody teeth also fell to the ground.

Liu Yusheng almost turned in a circle, and his body swayed a few times before he could stabilize his body.

Half of his face was swollen into a pig's face, and several of his teeth were chipped, so the corners of his mouth were covered with blood foam. His face was full of anger and fear.

At some point, there was a man in the yard.Liu Yusheng covered his face and was stunned for a while before subconsciously asking: "Who are you?"

He has always been relatively confident in his own skills, but in front of this man, he didn't even have the slightest ability to fight back?
Ding Xiu said coldly: "It doesn't matter who I am. Tell me, what are you going to do?"

Liu Yusheng was shocked and blurted out: "What do you mean by this?"

"Haha, you damn eunuch, it seems like you won't shed tears without seeing the coffin."

Ding Xiu was too lazy to talk nonsense with this guy. He raised his finger and directly used a method similar to ecstasy. Without forcing a confession, Liu Yusheng couldn't help but confess everything obediently.

Unexpectedly, things were far more exciting than Ding Xiu imagined.

The key to the whole conspiracy lies in that fool named Chen Dong.

This fool's original name was not Chen Dong. His real surname was Ai Xinjueluo, which was the royal family of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The reason why he changed his name to Chen Dong was to deceive others.

Back then, Liu Yusheng and other eunuchs took advantage of the chaos in the capital to escape from the capital and took a young prince with them.

Although this child has intellectual problems, it doesn't matter. To this group of people, a fool is easier to control, as long as he is of royal blood.

They secretly created a so-called restoration organization and secretly recruited many people, among whom a guy named Chen Desheng was one of its core members.

After that, the young prince was fostered in Chen Desheng's home and changed his name to Chen Dong.

The reason why they chose Sister Fang was because there was a "master" in the organization who said that in order to achieve great things, they must choose a queen for the future emperor.

And this queen must be born in a yin year and a yin month in a yin time.

For this reason, after many searches, a group of people finally found a suitable candidate, Sister Fang.

Therefore, Liu Yusheng kept Sister Fang by his side on the pretext of accepting a disciple, waiting for the opportunity.

What is outrageous is that what they need is not actually a living queen, but a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven on the chosen auspicious wedding day.

Unfortunately, Sister Fang is the sacrifice in this ceremony.

This group of people will sacrifice her blood to heaven!

After hearing this reason, how could Sister Fang be able to bear it?He rushed to Liu Yusheng and kicked him violently, then threw himself into Ding Xiu's arms and cried bitterly.

She never expected that Liu Yusheng would have such vicious intentions in accepting her as his disciple.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay..." Ding Xiu comforted him for a while, and then asked Liu Yusheng to write a long accusation, including a list of his accomplices.

After getting the list, Ding Xiu quickly launched a liquidation operation.

Most of the people on the list were in provincial capitals or suburbs. Ding Xiu liquidated most of them in just one day at lightning speed.

Although a few escaped in the end, all the main figures were killed.

Afterwards, Sister Fang handed Liu Yusheng's confession to people in the theater troupe and asked them to make it public. Afterwards, she and Ding Xiu left the provincial capital without knowing where they were going.

It wasn't until a year later that the two returned to Renjia Town together and lived a leisurely life.

At this time, Sister Fang had completely transformed and started practicing Changchun Gong.

Although she no longer sings on stage, sometimes she will still sing to someone in the dead of night.

The sound is like the cooing of an oriole, a bit charming and a bit happy.

Unconsciously, the annual Hungry Ghost Festival has arrived again, and Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, the living treasure pair, made another big mistake.

The Ghost Festival is a day when the gates of ghosts are wide open. Ghost messengers will lead some ownerless souls to the earth to enjoy people's charity.

For example, going to the theater is one of the benefits.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai's tricks caused chaos on the scene, causing the ownerless souls to escape the control of the ghosts and flee one after another.

Although the two guys also escaped, the monk could not escape from the temple. The four ghosts angrily ran to Uncle Jiu to ask for an explanation.

When something like this happened, Uncle Jiu had no choice but to promise Gui Cha that he would find a way to catch the escaped souls and send them back to the underworld.

With his guarantee, the four ghosts left Yizhuang and returned to the underworld, waiting for Uncle Jiu to fulfill his promise and send the escaped ghosts back to the underworld.

"These two bastards!"

As soon as Gui Cha left, Uncle Jiu was so angry that he threw the tea bowl in his hand to the ground, smashing it to pieces.

"Uncle Jiu, what's the matter?"

Ding Xiu was meditating in another room and came over when he heard the noise.

"I'm so angry! Those two bastards got into big trouble..."

After hearing Uncle Jiu explain the reason, Ding Xiu couldn't help but be stunned.

He remembered clearly that this was the plot of "Zombie Supreme". How did it integrate into this world?

However, it doesn't have any impact on him, just take advantage of it.

"Well, we have to catch thousands of ghosts at once. It seems that we can only ask a group of brothers to come and help..."

Afterwards, Uncle Jiu set up an altar, lit incense, cast spells, recited incantations, and informed all his fellow disciples with the secret incense formation of the sect.

To put it simply, it is a group message.

After Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai came back, Uncle Jiu did not tolerate them this time. He hung them up and whipped them severely.

Even after the beating, they did not loosen their bonds and hung up the two guys for a whole day. No matter how much they begged, they refused to give them a sip of water or a morsel of food.

Three days later, a group of fellow apprentices arrived one after another.

Ding Xiu saw many familiar faces: Taoist priest Simu, Taoist priest Qianhe, Taoist priest Mamadi...

The last one to arrive was Uncle Jiu's senior brother: Shi Jian. He was accompanied by a disciple named Shi Shaojian.

In fact, Shi Shaojian was not only Shi Jian's disciple, but also his illegitimate son.

It's just that this old man is obsessed with saving face, and all the fellow apprentices know this and don't try to point it out.

"Big Brother..."

As soon as Shi Jian arrived, all the junior brothers came forward to say hello, and Uncle Jiu also came forward to greet him personally.

Unexpectedly, Shi Jian was full of energy. He glanced at Uncle Jiu sideways and then walked to the main seat in the center and sat down. Shi Shaojian stood beside him, raising his head and chest, quite like a prince.

"Who made this happen?"

Shi Jian asked gloomily as soon as he sat down.

Uncle Jiu replied with an embarrassed look on his face: "Sir, it's my two untalented disciples Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai."

This was originally a common self-effacing statement, but Shi Jian knew it and asked: "What does it mean to be untalented?"

Shi Shaojian responded with a mocking look on his face: "Master, being untalented means a useless talent, a fool, or a donkey, or else an idiot."

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but change their expressions. This boy, this was just slapping Uncle Jiu in the face in public.

Qiu Sheng and Wencai may not be talented, but this kid actually called himself an idiot or a donkey in front of so many elders. Didn't he even scold Uncle Jiu at the same time?

"You..." Qiu Sheng was about to have an attack, when Uncle Jiu raised his hand and said, "Stay back!"

Although he was also very angry in his heart, he put the important things first, so he tolerated it for the sake of his senior brother.

So he said again: "Senior Brother, it seems that this matter was caused by the carelessness of my two apprentices..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Jian said in a righteous tone: "It's you who teach poorly. How can you shirk responsibility just by being careless?"

Uncle Jiu was in the wrong, so he could only respond, and then said: "Senior Brother, I have discussed with a group of junior brothers before and prepared to use the innate Bagua Formation to collect those escaped ghosts."

"Hmph, since you have already discussed it, why would you invite me, your senior brother, to do this?"

"Then what's the big brother's opinion?"

After hearing this, Shi Jian pondered for a while and wanted to think of another way, but after much thought, he really couldn't think of a better way.

Then he said: "Innate Bagua Array, well, it's the Innate Bagua Array. However, this array needs someone to lure those ghosts into the array. Who should be allowed to go?"

Shi Shaojian said again: "Of course it's the two idiots who let the ghosts go."

Uncle Jiu had no objection to this. After all, the trouble was caused by these two living treasures, so naturally they had to be taught a lesson.

However, how to attract ghosts has become a headache for everyone.

After all, there were too many ghosts who escaped, and they were scattered. It would undoubtedly be very difficult to bring them back together again.

If you catch only a part of it, it will definitely scare the ghosts away and make other ghosts flee far away.

In the original plot, Qiu Sheng and Wen were the ghosts who picked a load of tofu to attract.

This is pure nonsense. Those ghosts are not fools. How can they gather together just to eat some tofu?
Therefore, Ding Xiu suggested: "Since these ghosts like to watch plays, why not find a troupe to sing a big play in the wild to lure them out."

"Well, it seems this is the only way."

"Then let's try first."

All the people joined in.

So, everyone started to prepare separately, looking for a theater troupe, finding a suitable venue, preparing props for the innate Bagua formation, etc.

There is strength in numbers, and by the evening of the next day everything was ready.

The stage is set up outside a cemetery on the edge of the town. The place has a strong gloomy air and is also a place where ghosts like to live.

As soon as it gets dark, the drama begins.

Moreover, there are a lot of food prepared beside the stage, such as tofu, fruits, chicken legs and so on.

This method is really good, attracting many ghosts to come here, watching the show and eating at the same time, not to mention how happy they are.

After midnight, a group of people lurking in the dark finally activated the innate Bagua array and began to use their magical powers to collect ghosts.

Some use cloth flags, some use jars, some use umbrellas, some use copper bells, and some use charms.

These are just to collect ghosts, not to destroy them. After all, these ghosts are brought to the underworld by ghost messengers. After collecting them, they will cast spells and send them back to the underworld.

However, there was one person who was too lazy to stop, and directly used the Maoshan sect's thunder and lightning technique to destroy ghosts. Moreover, it was a group attack. The thunder and lightning passed by and the ghosts were wiped out.

This person is Shi Jian.

Uncle Jiu quickly stepped forward to persuade him: "Elder brother, if you do this, those ownerless souls will never be reincarnated."

Shi Jian said proudly: "So what?"

Ninth Uncle: "..."

In fact, he really didn't want to inform the senior brother this time. Firstly, he knew that the senior brother was always ruthless. Secondly, the two senior brothers had already had a grudge when they were studying in the mountains.

But there was no way, the secret technique he used could not avoid the senior brother, either he would not notify, or he would notify all the senior brothers within the range.

……

(End of this chapter)