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

Chapter 121 This world is not a world of monsters and monsters after all
midnight.

During the break, Xin Jiuniang was taking a nap in Ding Xiu's arms.

Suddenly, my heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly stood up. As soon as I thought about it, my clothes were already draped around me.

Ding Xiu looked puzzled and asked, "Jiuniang, what's wrong?"

Xin Jiuniang's eyes turned red and she sobbed: "The slave family is fortunate to have this fate with the young master, but today the fate has ended. The slave family is leaving, the young master should take more care of it."

After saying that, he was about to float away.

Unexpectedly, Ding Xiu grabbed her sleeve and said, "What do you mean the fate is over? I don't believe this. What happened?"

"Young master, don't ask. The slave family has to leave immediately, otherwise it will bring trouble to the master."

Before Ding Xiu could speak, a sinister sneer suddenly came from outside: "I didn't expect Jiuniang to be so affectionate..."

Xin Jiuniang's face was startled, she pushed Ding Xiu away suddenly, and whispered: "Young Master, quickly find a place to hide. I will go out and lure them away."

As he spoke, his body moved and flew out of the door.

Outside, there were two men wearing black robes, with black faces and black mouths, and sinister looks.

These two guys are not human, they look like ghosts at first glance.

Seeing Xin Jiuniang coming out, the ghost on the left sneered: "Xin Jiuniang, you are very courageous. It is your luck that the judge likes you.

You pretended to be noble, hiding here and there, thinking you were so chaste, but in the end you came here to seduce a man in the world, you are simply shameless! "

"Yes, shameless!"

Another ghost almost nodded in agreement.

Xin Jiuniang was too lazy to talk nonsense with these two guys and said, "I know I can't escape your pursuit, so I will go back with you now."

The two ghosts looked at each other and smiled sinisterly. One of them floated and wanted to break into the house.

As a result, Xin Jiuniang took two steps to stop the ghost and said angrily: "I have already told you to go back with you, what else do you want to do?"

"Hmph, what are you doing? Of course, take that kid away too and hand him over to the judge."

Xin Jiuniang replied: "You two, don't forget, he is a person in the world of the world and is not under your control."

"Jie Jie Jie..." The ghost couldn't help but laugh strangely: "Then if he dies, will he be under our control?"

"How dare you! As underworld agents, how dare you break the law of life and death?"

The ghost boss replied with an arrogant look: "We don't know what the law of life and death is. If the judge lets someone die at the third watch, he will not survive until the fifth watch."

How arrogant and domineering is this?

It turns out that this ghost's words originated from the old saying "The king of hell orders people to die at the third watch, but who dares to leave them until the fifth watch".

If this were a normal world, how could these two little devils have the courage to arrest people's souls at will?
Just like when the government in the underworld arrests a suspect, the superior officer must first issue an arrest warrant, which is similar to an arrest warrant.

These two ghosts were so bold that they wanted to directly arrest Ding Xiu's soul to please the judge they called him.

However, this is not surprising, after all, this is the world of Liaozhai.

The world of Liaozhai is a special world. The heaven is collapsed and the management of the underworld is also in chaos.

Just like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in history, the underworld was also divided into pieces, with various princes occupying the mountains as kings and each taking care of their own small territories.

It is precisely because of this that there are so many lonely ghosts, foxes and ghosts in the human world of Liaozhai World.

Since everyone is doing their own thing, who cares about your rules?If I don’t like you, what if I arrest your soul?Even if you want to file a complaint, it is difficult to find a place.

For example, the old demon from Montenegro is a typical example. Female ghosts within Montenegro simply cannot escape its control.

"you……"

Xin Jiuniang was so angry that she couldn't speak.

It's not hard to say how deep her relationship is with Ding Xiu, but after all, they have been together for several days, and since this matter started because of her, she naturally doesn't want to involve Ding Xiu.

"Who is so arrogant?"

At this moment, Ding Xiu walked out and glanced at the two ghosts with cold eyes.

"Eh? You...can you see us?" The ghost who was about to enter the house but was blocked by Xin Jiuniang asked with a surprised look on his face.

Generally speaking, living people cannot see ghosts unless they capture the person's soul.Of course, there is another possibility that they want to be seen.

The two of them didn't take the initiative to reveal themselves, but as soon as Ding Xiu came out, he glanced at them, their eyes were eye-to-eye, and there was no mistaking them.

What's important is that Ding Xiu's cold eyes made the two guys shudder involuntarily.

How can it be?

They are ghosts. How could a mortal scare them?
After hearing what the ghost said, Xin Jiuniang couldn't help but glance at Ding Xiu.

However, her eyes were not that surprised.

Because before that, she had a vague feeling that Ding Xiu was not like an ordinary scholar. Especially after spending a night together, she felt that Ding Xiu was extremely talented and had an indescribable mysterious power.

She asked, and Ding Xiu told her seriously that that kind of power is called the righteousness of a scholar!
Xin Jiuniang believed this somewhat, but of course, she still had some doubts in her heart.

"What do you say?"

Ding Xiu replied with a joking look on his face.

The word "he" was still on his lips, but his man flashed in front of the ghost, grabbed the ghost's neck, and picked him up like a chicken.

"Ho..."

The ghost kicked his feet desperately and struggled in vain, making a sound like air leakage from his throat.

The other ghost seemed to be stunned, his eyes widened in disbelief.

Xin Jiuniang also looked stunned.

She never expected that Ding Xiu would take action as soon as he said he would do it... No, he didn't say anything at all, he just took action.

The ghost was restrained with just one move, and he had no power to resist?

Sure enough, this guy is hiding his secrets.

Xin Jiuniang's eyes suddenly became surprised and coquettish.

After being stunned for a moment, the other ghost finally came to his senses and rushed forward, but he did not dare to approach Ding Xiu. He kept a few steps away and raised his hand, shouting with a stern look on his face: "You are so brave. , let go quickly, otherwise the judge will not be able to spare you."

It's okay not to say that. After saying this, a ray of golden light suddenly appeared from Ding Xiu's left palm.

"Hey……"

The ghost was startled and was about to scream.

"puff!"

Ding Xiu raised his hand and slapped Guizha on the head, who was choking his neck, making a sound like a bubble bursting.

The ghost immediately turned into a wisp of black mist and disappeared into the night sky.

Of course, this was not an escape, but a direct slap from Ding Xiu that made him disappear into thin air, completely killing him.

Such a cruel method scared the ghost to scream, turned around and tried to escape.

Unexpectedly, Ding Xiu swayed and caught the ghost again.

"Mage, spare your life..." The ghost was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

If he pees.

"and many more!"

Xin Jiuniang also came to her senses, shouted quickly and hurried to Ding Xiu's side.

"What's wrong?" Ding Xiu turned his head and slapped the ghost again.

However, this palm did not kill the guy, it just stopped him in place and made him unable to move.

He was also curious about how arrogant that judge was, even his two little brats were so arrogant and domineering.

Xin Jiuniang called Ding Xiu into the room and looked at him with complicated eyes.

"What's wrong? Are there flowers on my face?" Ding Xiu rubbed his nose and made a joke.

"You guy..." Xin Jiuniang looked happy, ashamed and annoyed, and raised her hand to hit Ding Xiu on the chest.

Ding Xiu took advantage of the situation and grabbed her little hand and said with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"What do you think? Fortunately, the slave family was worried about your safety before, but I didn't expect you to hide it."

"I didn't mean to hide it from you. If I had told you earlier, I'm afraid you would have run away. Would you still be with me?"

After saying this, Xin Jiuniang couldn't help but laugh, which was regarded as acquiescence.

However, although Ding Xiu did not tell her the truth, one thing Xin Jiuniang knew in her heart was that at least Ding Xiu would not harm her, unlike some cultivators who would attack monsters, foxes and ghosts indiscriminately whenever they saw them.

"Okay, let's not do this for now..." Xin Jiuniang sighed and began to explain the reason.

"The judge's surname was Lei. He was a rich man who did no evil and did nothing. People like him will go to hell after death.

However, Mr. Xianglai also knows that the current underworld has been in chaos for a long time, and there is no justice at all. "

"Well, I've heard of this a bit."

Xin Jiuniang continued: "I don't know how that guy climbed up to the Black Mountain King..."

"Who? The King of Montenegro?" Ding Xiu was stunned: "You are talking about the old Montenegro monster in Montenegro, right?"

Xin Jiuniang hesitated for a moment and nodded silently: "Yes, the King of Montenegro controls the ghosts, foxes and monsters within a hundred miles of Montenegro, and Judge Lei is one of his capable men."

"That's not right..." Ding Xiu said with a puzzled look on his face: "I heard that the old Black Mountain demon is afraid of the sun. It uses magic to make the Black Mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, making it impossible to leave the Black Mountain. How can it control a hundred-mile radius?"

"That's because it has recruited many subordinates, and those subordinates are loyal and willing to work for it."

"So that's it..." Ding Xiu suddenly realized.

Next, Xin Jiuniang talked about her experience again.

Back then, she accidentally met a scholar while traveling and married the scholar because she admired his talent.

Just a few years after the good times, the scholar died of illness.

It's not that Xin Jiuniang doesn't want to save him, it's mainly because she has no choice. After all, life and death are determined.

Unexpectedly, not long after her husband died, one day she accidentally learned that her husband had not been reincarnated, but had become a lonely ghost wandering around.

After all, Xin Jiuniang went to Judge Lei, hoping that her husband could enter reincarnation.

As a result, Judge Lei took a fancy to her beauty and said that he could agree to her request, but Xin Jiuniang had to agree to stay with him as a concubine.

Xin Jiuniang refused, and the guy actually wanted to use force. Fortunately, Xin Jiuniang was not weak in cultivation and finally escaped.Hearing this, Ding Xiu couldn't help but said: "Since you have escaped, why don't you escape farther?"

Ding Jiuniang sighed: "After all, the slave family couldn't bear to leave after all. Judge Lei became so angry that he captured the soul of his deceased husband and threatened the slave family..."

Hearing this, Ding Xiu couldn't help but said angrily: "It's simply lawless, a little judge can be so arrogant. Come, take me to meet Judge Lei."

"Ah?" Xin Jiuniang was surprised: "Sir, that Judge Lei..."

Ding Xiu waved his hand: "I know, isn't it just a dog raised by the old demon from Montenegro? If I don't enter Montenegro, what can the old demon do to me?"

"But that old... old demon has many subordinates."

"It doesn't matter, after all, this world is not a world of monsters and monsters."

Soon after, Ding Xiu and Xin Jiuniang arrived in front of the Judge's Temple not far from the west of the city.

As soon as he arrived in front of the temple, Ding Xiu started to demolish the temple without saying a word.

Sure enough, this cruel move immediately alarmed Judge Lei, who showed his true form outside the temple and roared: "Who is so bold and dares to demolish the Judge's temple?"

After yelling, I saw Xin Jiuniang was there.

So he sneered again: "I wonder who is so bold? It turns out that you, a bitch, cheated and found a helper?"

"Who are you scolding?"

Ding Xiu shouted, and before Judge Lei could come to his senses, a palm shadow struck, causing the guy to vomit blood and fly away. He hit the temple door so hard that it also collapsed.

The reason why Ding Xiu stood up for Xin Jiuniang was not only because of their companionship for several days, but also because he was cleaning up the surroundings of the Black Mountain old demon.

If you can't beat the old demon, you can't beat the dog raised by the old demon?
If it were an upright judge of the Yama Palace, Ding Xiu might not be able to beat him, but judges were also divided into grades, and the highest level was naturally the judge of the Yama Palace.

There are also many judges in the Yangjian, most of whom are under the jurisdiction of the City God in various places. Their statues are usually located in the side halls of the City God's temples.

If the city god is equivalent to the county magistrate in the underworld, then the judge is similar to the auxiliary officials such as the chief secretary and the dianshi. In short, the level is not high, and he is better than the official.

Not to mention that Judge Lei was not a judge sent by the underworld. He could only be regarded as a wild judge at best. How could he be Ding Xiu's opponent?

Before Judge Lei could get up, Ding Xiu swayed and picked him up by the neck like a chicken.

At this time, several ghosts rushed over. It seemed that the protector was eager to capture Ding Xiuteng while he was unable to take action, so as to show his merit.

They seemed to ignore Xin Jiuniang, who was standing aside.

Although Xin Jiuniang's strength is far inferior to Ding Xiu, she still has no problem if she really wants to deal with this ghost.

But she didn't do it.

Because she believed that it would be unnecessary for her to take action.

As expected, Ding Xiu glanced at the ghosts coldly, raised his left hand and patted the air...

"puff!"

A ghost was unable to escape, and the scene turned into a black mist and disappeared.

"puff!"

Another slap, and another ghost disappeared out of thin air.

The other three ghosts finally realized that they had encountered an evil star today, and they were so frightened that they quickly turned around and ran away.

Ding Xiu didn't bother to argue with these little minions and shouted at Judge Lei: "Hand over Zhang Sheng's soul."

Zhang Sheng is Xin Jiuniang's late husband.

Naturally, Judge Lei would not be so cheerful. He roared with all his strength: "You are so brave. You dare to disturb Yin and Yang. The King of Montenegro will definitely..."

"boom!"

Ding Xiu threw it to the ground heavily, then raised his hand, and a ray of golden light penetrated Judge Lei's body.

This golden light seemed like nothing, but to Judge Lei, it was like a raging flame entering his body, burning his body and soul.

"It doesn't matter if you don't hand over to me. I will incinerate you completely now so that you will never be reincarnated."

As soon as these words came out, Judge Lei was frightened and quickly begged for mercy: "Let him go, let him go now!"

When his own life was threatened, Judge Lei was very cooperative. Not only did he obediently release Zhang Sheng's soul, but he also took the initiative to send it to the underworld.

Of course, this underworld is not the underworld occupied by the Black Mountain Old Demon, but the real underworld.

Although the underworld in the Liaozhai world is very chaotic, it does not mean that the underworld does not exist at all. Otherwise, how could so many people enter reincarnation?
However, many places are controlled by some big demons, and each has its own territory, forming a state similar to the separatism of the princes in the world.

After everything was done, Judge Lei pretended to admit his mistake again, saying that he would think about the people from now on, stop killing people at will, and do things impartially.

It's a pity, how could he deceive Ding Xiu with his nonsense?
I'm just afraid that after escaping this disaster, he will take crazy revenge when he turns around.

So, Ding Xiu smiled and then slapped him down...

He never said he wouldn't kill Judge Lei from the beginning, he just didn't want to kill him for the time being.

Now that Ding Xiu has come to the world of "A Chinese Ghost Story", the Black Mountain Old Demon will have to deal with him sooner or later, but it is not the time yet (mainly because he is not strong enough to fight). However, there is no problem in cutting off some of the Black Mountain Old Demon's minions first.

Once this matter was over, Xin Jiuniang finally solved the knot in her heart and followed Ding Xiu wholeheartedly, sometimes as gentle as water, sometimes as passionate as fire, sometimes enchanting, sometimes shy, sometimes elegant, sometimes charming...

All in all, with her by his side, Ding Xiu felt that his life was filled with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple every day, not to mention how happy he was.

Xin Jiuniang understands men's thoughts very well.

Perhaps, she understands Ding Xiu's thoughts very well, so she uses magic to change it from time to time...for example, to create a pair of three-inch golden lotuses.

Many people think that the three-inch golden lotus refers to a woman's jade feet.

actually not.

why?

This starts with a traditional bad habit: foot binding.

There are different opinions on the origin of foot binding, most of which tend to be that it started in the Song Dynasty.

As early as the Han Dynasty's poem "The Peacock Flies Southeast", there is a line that "the delicate steps are delicate and exquisite, unparalleled in the world", praising the delicate feet of women.

Later, there were also praise poems such as "The lotus steps on Pingting" and "A curve of soft jade is small and the waves are small, and two red lotus petals fall lightly".

In fact, this is all about praising a woman’s body.

Her feet are small, so walking is naturally a bit unsteady, so her waist is slender and twisted, like a willow supported by a weak wind, giving people a kind of beauty that I feel pity for.

Perhaps this is the reason why women have their feet bound.

There is also a widely circulated theory that women's foot binding originated from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (that is, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the various princes were in chaos one after another, until Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe, unified the world, and founded the Song Dynasty. This period of great division has just ended).

During this special period, a famous emperor emerged: Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, known to the world as the "Eternal Ci Emperor".

Li Yu is not a good emperor, but from ancient times to the present, no emperor can compare with him in terms of talent.

If you don’t know who Li Yu is, you must have read his poems.

For example, "The flowers in the forest faded away in a hurry, but the cold rain came in the morning and the wind came in the evening. The tears of rouge are drunk together, but when will they come again? It is true that life grows and hates the water."

"When is the spring flower and autumn moon? How much do you know about the past. The small building was windy last night, and the old country can't bear to look back at the moonlight.

The carved railings and jade masonry should still be there, but Zhu Yan has changed.How much can I ask you to worry?Just like a river of spring water flowing eastward. "

Among them, the poem "A River of Spring Water Flows Eastward" is the most famous because it is Li Yu's last poem in his life.

At that time, Li Yu was under house arrest in Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, now Kaifeng.

Li Yu was originally an emperor, but now he has become a prisoner, and he has also been conferred an insulting title: Marquis of Disobedience.

What is disobedience?It is a violation of the order of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. When I first advised you to surrender, you refused to surrender. Now that you have been beaten to the point where you are unable to fight back, you have to surrender. This caused me, the Song Dynasty, to waste a lot of time.

Therefore, I will humiliate you by ennobling you for disobedience.

More importantly, it was just that he himself was humiliated. Even the beauty around him was not spared, that is, the famous Little Empress Zhou in history.

According to unofficial records: Xiao Zhou, the lord of Li Kingdom, later returned to the dynasty and was given the title of Mrs. Zheng Guo. She followed her into the palace.Every time he comes out after a few days, he will cry loudly and scold his master. This will be heard outside and many people will avoid him.

Think about it, everyone, you entered the harem with a group of married women and came back a few days later, and you came back crying and cursing Li Yu, do you have to guess what happened?
Under such circumstances, the grief, anger and helplessness in Li Yu's heart can be imagined, so he wrote the eternal song: Poppy, When Will Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon Come?

As a result, this poem brought him death.

The emperor at that time was no longer Song Taizu, but his younger brother Zhao Guangyi, also known as Song Taizong.

After the song "Poppy Poppy: When Will Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon" spread, it caused a sensation for a while. In today's terms, it became a popular hit overnight and was sung by people in the streets and alleys.

At the same time, many people sympathized with Li Yu's experience.

But this made Zhao Guangyi unhappy.

You, Li Yu, have already perished. What are you still thinking about?What do you mean by "the motherland cannot bear to look back in the bright moonlight" and "the carved railings and jade masonry should still be there, but the beauty has changed"? Do they mean to restore the country?

In a fit of anger, he gave him a very vicious poisonous wine: the opportunistic poison.

The reason why this poison is said to be vicious is that the person who was poisoned was in extreme pain, and his whole body convulsed, and eventually his head and feet were connected and he died, which seemed to be caused by an accident.

A generation of Ci emperors fell like this.

Once Li Yu died, Xiao Zhou no longer had any worries in the world. She had endured the humiliation because she still loved Li Yu after all. If she resisted, Li Yu would die.

Now that Li Yu is dead, will she still have to endure the humiliation?Therefore, without eating or drinking, he died of hunger strike.

Regarding the matter between Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou, there is also a poem written by Li Yu as evidence.

At that time, the queen of Zhou Dynasty was seriously ill, and the queen of Zhou Dynasty went to the palace to visit her. As a result, she and Li Yu looked at each other, and something happened after that.

Li Yu wrote a poem: "The flowers are bright and the moon is shrouded in mist. It's a good idea to go to Langbian tonight. I put on my stockings and walk on the fragrant steps, and carry my gold-leafed shoes."

See you at the south bank of the painting hall, always cuddling with people and trembling.It is difficult for a slave to come out, and teach the king to pity you freely. "

This poem is a portrayal of his tryst with Xiao Zhouhou.

Let’s talk about foot binding again.

There is a palace maid in Li Yu's harem. This girl is a mixture of the Western Regions and the Central Plains. She has obvious characteristics of the Western Regions, the most obvious of which is the deep-set eye sockets.

Because of her pretty appearance and exotic charm, she was eventually spotted by Li Yu, who named her Yao Niang himself.

Xiao means deep purpose.

This is recorded in official histories such as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is not some unofficial history.

The name Yao Niang is based on the characteristics of her eyes, describing her eyes as beautiful.

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(End of this chapter)