The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

The Li family of three woke up early, got up early, and sat in the restaurant waiting.

When the family of three was really hungry, there was still no sound from the two Taoist priests' room, so the three of them ate first in disappointment.

When Pan Yun and Li Wenying walked to the front hall while admiring the Li family's architecture, Mr. Li had been holding a book for two quarters of an hour without turning the page.

When he saw the two of them, he immediately put away the book in his hand and walked over to them quickly: "Did you two Taoists sleep well last night?"

Pan Jun: “Excellent.”

He thought so too, otherwise how could he sleep until now?

Young Master Li looked like he wanted to ask something but didn't know how to. Pan Jun raised his eyebrows and said directly, "After dinner, let's go to the places where your father encountered evil spirits."

Master Li: "Can't we go at night?"

Pan Yun: "Why scare yourself? Anyway, whether it is day or night, it exists objectively, the only difference is whether it is visible or hidden."

Young Master Li was not afraid, but his legs were a little weak, and he thought his father might be even more afraid.

It’s scary enough when you can see it at night, but wouldn’t it be even scarier when you can’t see it during the day?
Master Li rushed over and heard the last two sentences. He almost fell to the ground. He was supported by the housekeeper and walked over tremblingly. He asked tremblingly: "Master Pan Pan Pan, was that thing from the daytime also there?"

Pan Yun looked him up and down, and felt very sympathetic: "He is still here, and after a night, the evil spirit on Master Li has become even stronger."

Master Li fell to the ground with the help of the housekeeper, sobbing, "No wonder I had nightmares last night. I always felt like ghosts were chasing me. Master Pan, you must save me!"

Pan Yun nodded: "Okay, okay."

Pan Yun quickened his breakfast pace and urged Li Wenying: "Brother, hurry up, my customers can't wait."

Mr. Li, who was sitting next to her, was deeply moved and his attention finally shifted from Li Wenying to Pan Yun. As expected, young people are the best and they are sincere!
Especially for teenagers like Pan Yun, this is the time when they are exposed to the best moral education, and when they have a pure heart, it is also the time when they set the strictest demands on their own moral character.

Think about his son's age...

A look of reminiscence flashed in Mr. Li's eyes. Life was so good back then. Whenever his son saw a pile of cow dung on the road, he would find the cow and return the dung to the owner!
Now, he only knows how to cheat me of my money and talk back to me.

Pan Yun put down his bowl and chopsticks in surprise: "Master Li, why are you crying?"

Master Li lifted his sleeves to wipe his eyes, choking with sobs, and said, "I was thinking about the past, and I couldn't help feeling sad. Master Pan, don't worry about me. Let's eat first."

Pan Yun couldn't eat any more, so he took a bun and gave it to Pan Xiaohei, picked it up and stood up: "I'm done, Master Li, let's go, let's go to the place where you encountered the evil spirit."

The places where Mr. Li encountered evil spirits were in all directions of east, south, west, and north, but fortunately they were all not far from Dalizhuang.

It was also because no matter which direction he went home from, as long as the sky was a little dark, he would encounter evil spirits, and he could be sure that the evil spirit was targeting him.

Mr. Li shivered: "Several times, I felt a chill on the back of my neck, and it didn't get better even after I got home. I vaguely felt that there was something dirty following me."

Pan Yun admired the scenery of Dalizhuang and nodded: "Anything else?"

"Yes!" Master Li said seriously, "I am getting more and more unlucky. My shop has problems every now and then, and my farm also has problems every now and then. Officials from the county and the prefecture often give me trouble..."

Pan Yun looked at him with even more pity, and after a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Master Li, in your opinion, what do you think of the current county magistrate of Ji'an County?"

Mr. Li tried to smooth things over, "The county lord is naturally good, and the bad ones are all the people below."

Pan Yun: "That's not so good."

Mr. Li: ...

"When Yang Ji got into trouble, he wasn't implicated?"

Master Li frowned and looked at Pan Yun warily: "What does this have to do with Yang Ji?"

Pan Yun stopped and asked: "Aren't you implicated because of Yang Ji's evil deeds?"

Mr. Li opened his mouth, then suddenly turned his head to glare at Mr. Li.

Master Li: "...Dad, you have to tell the truth to Master Pan."

"Tell me the truth!" Master Li yelled, "Stop making wild guesses. I was possessed by evil spirits myself. That person has nothing to do with me."

He was so angry that he slapped Master Li several times but still couldn't get rid of his anger. He simply twisted his ear and turned it around until he was screaming and almost fell to the ground. Then he leaned over to his ear and gritted his teeth and said, "Idiot! How can you tell anyone about what we have done as father and son? Anyone who gets involved with Yang Ji at this time will be in trouble. We are already trying to avoid him, and you are still trying to get close to him!"

Mr. Li must have been getting angrier the more he thought about it, so he let go of his ear and raised his foot to kick him a couple more times.

After all, he is his accomplice, oh no, his ally.

Pan Yun immediately stepped forward to stop Mr. Li, pulled him aside and said, "Mr. Li, you are my client, so I naturally put your interests first, so there is no need for you to hide these things from me."

He added, "Besides, exorcism requires honesty. Otherwise, I don't know where the evil comes from, so how can I prescribe the right medicine?"

"If you see evil, just drive it away. I know that the Taoist priests have drastic measures," Master Li hinted in a low voice, "Money is not a problem."

Pan Yun shook his head repeatedly: "That won't work. Suppression will also generate violence. Even if we eliminate it with thunder and lightning, we will still be tainted with bad karma and bad consequences." Pan Yun said seriously: "I exorcise demons and eliminate evil to accumulate merits and plant good causes. Isn't it putting the cart before the horse to act like this?"

She is indeed young~ Mr. Li quietly stuffed a fifty-liang silver note into her hand and said, "Money is not a problem."

Pan Yun said righteously: "No! We still have to explore the cause and effect..."

Master Li stuffed another one into her hand and said, "Looking at what the Taoist said and did, I know that you are really capable. As long as you can help me exorcise the evil spirit, money is not a problem..."

Pan Yun frowned and shook his head.

Mr. Li stuffed one more card in.

Pan Yun looked at him unhappily, and Mr. Li stuffed another one into his pocket.

Mr. Li on the side: ...

Seeing his father stuffing more and more, he hurried forward to stop him: "Dad, Dad, just answer whatever Taoist Pan asks, ouch!"

Master Li angrily snatched the money back and stuffed it back into Pan Yun's hand, glaring at him and saying, "Shut up! Children should not interrupt when adults are talking. Get out of the way!"

Mr. Li: ...

He was also angry and walked aside.

Pan Jun looked at the banknotes stuffed in his hands, raised his eyebrows, smoothed them out one by one, folded them up, and stuffed them into his sleeves, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Master Li insisted, so I have to spend more time thinking about it."

Master Li exhaled and smiled, "Thank you, Taoist Pan."

Pan Yun kept smiling and said, "Let's go to the place where Master Li encountered evil spirits for the first time."

Mr. Li was stunned.

Pan Jun turned her head slightly to look back at him, smiling: "Since we are encountering evil spirits from all directions, the first time is very important."

As she looked at him, Master Li felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet. He opened his mouth and tried to refuse several times, but he couldn't. What if, to exorcise the evil spirit, he had to go there?

She was right. The evil was most likely there. If she didn't go, wouldn't it be impossible to drive it away?
Master Li slightly avoided her gaze and said, "Come with me."

He always felt that her eyes could see through people, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, but it seemed to be an illusion, because when he calmed down and looked back at Pan Yun, she was also smiling, and she had returned to her previous gentleness and thoughtfulness. Seeing him, she asked in a gentle voice, "Are you tired, Master Li?"

"No, no, I'm not tired from just this short walk."

Pan Yun smiled and nodded: "Mr. Li is not old. Once this evil is eliminated and his righteousness returns, his health will gradually get better."

This was exactly what Mr. Li was pursuing, and he smiled happily.

The place where he encountered evil spirits for the first time was very close to the county town. It was on the way back to Dalizhuang from the county town. It was only three miles out of the city and about two miles away from Dalizhuang.

Pan Yun was standing by the road. Master Li was still a little scared when he recalled it: "The sun had just set and it was not yet dark. I was sitting in the carriage. Suddenly, all the sounds disappeared, including the sound of the wheels and the sound of the horses' footsteps. I suddenly felt very cold and wanted to lift the curtain to see where I was..."

Mr. Li was shocked: "When the curtain was opened, it was pitch black outside, and there was nothing."

Pan Yun, who was observing the road carefully, was startled and said unhappily, "There's nothing here, so what are you afraid of?"

Master Li cried out, "I am afraid because I have nothing. Where are my followers and my coachman? They are all gone!"

Li Wenying and Pan Yun looked at each other, walked forward, and asked curiously: "Then what?"

Master Li lowered his voice slightly and said, "I thought they were just being lazy, so I cursed them a few times. Unexpectedly, two balls of black air suddenly rushed down from the sky and pierced through me directly. My heart felt stuffy and my eyes went dark. I was in the underworld!"

Pan Yun's eyes lit up: "The underworld? You've been to the underworld? Did you see the ghost messenger? What does the underworld look like?"

Mr. Li's face was covered in sweat, and he said in horror: "It's spooky, with ghosts crying and wolves howling, and there are so many monsters. In short, it's scary."

Pan Jun calmed down immediately: "Is that so~~"

Mr. Li's face darkened: "You don't believe me?"

"Yes," Pan Yun nodded, "but what you saw should not be the underworld."

"Do you also think I'm drunk and imagining things?" Master Li said unhappily, "I've confirmed it. I touched it myself and I was able to grab the real thing. I even bit my arm. Look, the bloodstain on my arm is still there."

Pan Yun took a look at his rolled-up sleeves, which had two rows of teeth marks on them. It was obvious that the person bit very hard. Pan Yun praised him, "Master Li is really kind to himself."

Master Li put down his sleeves with a serious face: "Master Pan, don't you believe it now?"

"Yes!" Pan Yun turned around and pointed at the hillside in front of him and asked, "Does this hill belong to the government, or someone else?"

Mr. Li's heart was beating hard, his face was pale, and he was silent for a moment before he said, "My family."

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows: "Let's go up and take a look." (End of this chapter)