Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 142 I'm Alive Again
Meng Jiusheng took Zhou Ping's paper, glanced at it, his face looked normal, but he was ecstatic in his heart.

Meng Jiusheng thought that his fame would be ruined in Qinghe County, but he did not expect that there would be a sudden turn of events.

Zhou Ping’s poems are actually the best poems in the world!
When Meng Jiusheng heard the scholar recite Zhou Ping's Spring River Moon Night, he knew: I am alive again!

"County Magistrate Lu, why don't you arrest these scholars who are causing trouble?" Meng Jiusheng said proudly.

County Magistrate Lu was also an experienced man. He could see that the situation had changed. “Wang Cheng, quickly arrest these scholars who are causing trouble.”

Wang Cheng still didn't understand what was going on: "Sir, according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, officials cannot be punished, and scholars cannot be punished."

County Magistrate Lu shook his head and said, "A group of scholars, without any evidence, framed Meng Daru. Are these scholars? Have they read so much that they are like dogs?"

County Magistrate Lu also became tough.

If Zhou Ping's poems were really a mess, or were just mediocre in writing, then County Magistrate Lu would not be so tough.

Who made Zhou Ping write such good poems?

Anyone who has read books should understand that even if Zhou Ping did not write the second question, he could still qualify as a student with this poem.

"I'm just going to be gone for a while and you guys are making such a fuss?"

"I don't know who spread the rumor, but Zhou Ping made a deal with me."

"I, Meng Jiusheng, have never made any deal with Zhou Ping. I just saw this poem a long time ago and knew that this poem could win the qualification of Tongsheng, so I persuaded him to save people."

Meng Jiusheng spoke so righteously that Magistrate Lu could not help but give him a thumbs up: He said one thing in front of others and another behind their backs, he is indeed a great scholar.

County Magistrate Lu knew the real situation. Meng Jiusheng had not even read Zhou Ping's poem at that time. He was just making a deal.

But since Meng Jiusheng said so, no one would refute him.

The scholars who were making trouble were quickly subdued. After hearing Zhou Ping's poem, they realized they were in the wrong.

Fan Shiyi gently waved her paper fan and watched Meng Jiusheng scolding the scholar. She shook her head. She didn't expect Meng Jiusheng to be so shameless.

Although he didn't know the specific situation, Fan Shiyi could guess a little.

"He is worthy of being the dean. Not only does he write good poems, but he also has a perfect grasp of the ways of the human beings." Fan Shiyi couldn't help but sigh.

Meng Jiusheng turned public outrage into a mob riot.

This is good for the government, as the government's dignity will not be lost. It is also good for Meng Jiusheng and County Magistrate Lu, as they will not be punished.

For Zhou Ping, this was also a good thing. He was exempted from the punishment for cheating and was able to obtain the qualification of a Tongsheng.

Of course, the most important change here is due to "Spring River Moon Night".

Fan Shiyi didn't expect that Zhou Ping could write such a great poem.

It would be fine if it was just a good poem, but this "Spring River Moon Night" is so good that Fan Shiyi began to think whether his own poem could compare to it.

After thinking for a while, Fan Shiyi finally shook his head and said with emotion: "This is the best work of mine!"

Fan Shiyi learned to read at the age of two, wrote poetry at the age of three, and had his own collection of poems.

With Fan Shiyi's talent and learning, everyone believed that Fan Shiyi was the best among his peers in Confucianism and a genius that had not appeared in the past one or two hundred years!

But at this moment, Fan Shiyi had some doubts. Am I really a genius?

"A single poem surpasses Mr. Fan's?" Meng Jiusheng looked at the Spring River Moonlit Night and could not help but nodded, "Eleven, you are right. I also think this poem is better than all your poems."

With the endorsement of Meng Jiusheng and Fan Shiyi, Zhou Ping's case was considered over.

Chen Chao was stunned. He didn't expect things to develop to this point. What he didn't expect was what Meng Jiusheng had just said.

Qianzhou Academy will not accept scholars from Qinghe County within ten years!

Originally, Chen Chao had been appreciated by Meng Jiusheng and was able to enter the academy to study, but now Meng Jiusheng does not allow scholars from Qinghe County to enter the academy to study.

At this moment, Chen Chao felt as if he had fallen into hell.

At the same time, the scholars were all subdued. They had no physical strength, and after realizing they were in the wrong, no one chose to resist.

After Magistrate Lu arrested the scholar, he asked Meng Jiusheng, "Meng Ru, what should we do now?"

Meng Jiusheng nodded and looked at the group of scholars: "They are making trouble out of nothing and stirring up trouble without knowing the truth. They are just reading books into dog's stomach. However, they can correct their mistakes and no one resists. They have read the books of sages for several years and are reasonable. Let them copy Spring River Moon Night a hundred times and then let them go."

County Magistrate Lu nodded: "Okay."

The scholars thought they would have to spend two days in jail, but they didn't expect the punishment to be so light; they were just asked to copy poems.

Moreover, this poem is a peerless masterpiece.

Even if Meng Jiusheng didn't say it, many people would copy poems.

Because this poem "Spring River Moon Night" is so well written!
While in the tunnel, Zhou Ping still didn't know what happened in Qinghe County.

At this time, there were still many people gathered at the entrance of the secret realm.

And at the entrance of the secret realm there are still a lot of broken arms and remnants of value.

There are still people who can't help but go to the secret realm to hunt for treasures, but many people can't even pass the level of the top-grade corpse worm.

After a night of travel, Wu Laosan brought Zhou Ping to the entrance of the secret realm.

In front of Wu Laosan were three people, Zhou Ping, Yue Yunfeng and Wu Dage.

"Yunfeng, I know you have storage jade. Take these magic weapons with you and give them to Dafu when the time comes." Wu Laosan gave a bunch of things to Yue Yunfeng.

Yue Yunfeng put the things into his storage jade.

Wu Laosan looked at Wu Da Ge and Zhou Ping again: "Your mission is to protect Yue Yunfeng and find Mr. Zhao and the Wu family."

As Wu Laosan finished speaking, a new route appeared on Zhou Ping's panel.

The life span reward is two years.

Zhou Ping didn't expect that this mission would last for two years.

Looking at the route on the map, the distance is not long.

However, Zhou Ping knew that although the distance was not long, the process was very dangerous. Perhaps it was because the secret realm was too dangerous, so the panel reward was changed to two years.

The secret place shown on the map includes mountains, water, caves and clouds.

Zhou Ping was amazed, and he didn't know how the secret realm was formed.

However, because of the panel, Zhou Ping did have a map of the secret realm. But Zhou Ping also knew that this was just a map, and the poisonous insect traps in the secret realm were not marked on the map.

"Okay, go in quickly." Wu Lao San urged. It has been two days, and I don't know if the people inside are still alive.

The three of them stepped into the entrance of the secret realm.

Wu Laosan sprinkled some powder on the three people, and then the three of them entered the secret realm.

"Three more people are going to die."

"Yeah, a dwarf, a bodyguard, and a corpse driver, what kind of combination is this?"

"I think they will escape soon." The people at the entrance of the secret realm whispered. These cultivators knew the dangers of the secret realm, and some of them were lucky enough to come back alive, so they thought that Zhou Ping and the other two would not be able to hold on for long.

In the secret realm, the ground was crawling with dead worms the size of rice grains.

After these corpse worms sensed the breath of living people, they began to rush towards the three people.

However, these corpse worms avoided Brother Wu and Yue Yunfeng and all rushed towards Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping's eyes narrowed, and the maggots that were rushing towards him seemed to slow down for a moment. Then countless maggots caught fire and turned into ashes in an instant.

Once these maggots enter a person's body, they will instantly eat the person's flesh and blood and reproduce in large numbers. They can kill a person in just the blink of an eye.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you mean?" Zhou Ping looked at Wu Dage coldly.

Wu Dage had just sprinkled powder on the three people to repel corpse worms, but he did something and did not sprinkle the powder on Zhou Ping.

Wu Dage wanted to see what Zhou Ping could do.

Wu Da Ge smiled awkwardly: "Maybe I didn't apply enough insect repellent powder."

Yue Yunfeng on the side frowned and said, "Wu Laosan, we are now grasshoppers in the same boat, this is not good."

Yue Yunfeng knew that Wu Dage was testing Zhou Ping.

At this time, there were a lot of heavenly corpse worms rushing towards Zhou Ping. A wall of fire appeared around Zhou Ping, burning the corpse worms. There was a faint smell of barbecue in the air.

Wu Dage sprinkled some powder on Zhou Ping again, and the Tianpin corpse worms stopped attacking Zhou Ping.

Wu Da Ge picked up a pile of roasted corpse worms and put them in his mouth to chew, then grinned at Zhou Ping: "It's okay, I just want to see if Master Zhou has any tricks."

Wu Da Ge was just trying to test Zhou Ping, especially to see if the ghost bride had followed him. As he expected, the ghost bride also entered the secret realm.

It was the ghost bride who helped Zhou Ping burn these heavenly corpse worms to death.

Wu Da Ge's preference was not so much for Zhou Ping as for the ghost bride. In the secret realm of the ancient tomb, a ghost bride played a much greater role.

Wu Dage fell from the seventh rank to the sixth rank just to enter the secret realm. He guessed that Zhou Ping would definitely let the ghost bride fall in realm to accompany him into the secret realm.

However, Wu Dage guessed half right. The ghost bride did follow Zhou Ping into the secret realm, but she did it voluntarily, and Zhou Ping did not force her to do so.

The ghost bride had been injured several times, so it was no surprise to her that her cultivation level had dropped.

This time she dispersed her own ghost energy, and then let the ghost baby absorb most of the ghost energy, and the ghost baby's cultivation level also reached the ninth level.

As Wu Dage sprinkled the powder on Zhou Ping, the Tianpin corpse worms no longer attacked Zhou Ping, but dodged several people.

Wu Dage walked forward on his own, Yue Yunfeng followed quickly, but Zhou Ping did not keep up.

"Brother, let's go." Yue Yunfeng urged.

Zhou Ping looked at Wu Da Ge calmly: "I want an explanation."

The ghost bride behind Zhou Ping waved her hands, and a gust of wind blew over. Then the wind swept up the top-grade corpse worms and surrounded Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng.

Both of them looked changed.

Although the medicinal powder can block the Tianpin corpse worms, it can only do so for a period of time. Once trapped by the Tianpin corpse worms, the medicinal powder will lose its function after a short while.

Yue Yunfeng was furious. He looked at Wu Da Ge and said, "It's all your fault. You had to test him!"

Wu Da Ge hurriedly said, "Brother, brother, I am wrong. I will compensate you!"

As Wu Da Ge was speaking, he took out some gold from his bosom and threw it to Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping did not take the gold, but the ghost bride took the gold.

The secret realm is very dangerous, and those who dare to go down there are even more dangerous. Zhou Ping is afraid that the gold may be poisonous.

Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng also noticed Zhou Ping's caution.

"I want the medicine powder you just gave me." Zhou Ping took the gold nugget, but did not choose to go with the two men. Instead, he put forward his own conditions.

Wu Dage's face darkened slightly, and then he took out a bottle from his arms.

The ghost bride took the bottle and threw the powder in the bottle into the pile of Tianpin corpse worms, and the Tianpin corpse worms all hid away.

Wu Da Ge and Yue Yunfeng both looked unhappy. They saw that Zhou Ping was not that easy to deal with. They valued the ghost bride beside Zhou Ping, but they did not expect that Zhou Ping was also a ruthless character.

The ghost bride took the gold and the medicine powder. Zhou Ping looked at the two and said, "If you want to harm me again, be careful that I will kill someone behind your back."

Yue Yunfeng didn't say anything. He had no grudge against Zhou Ping. It would be best if Zhou Ping was on this mission, but Yue Yunfeng didn't care if Zhou Ping wasn't on the mission.

However, Wu Dage snorted slightly. He insisted that Zhou Ping enter the secret realm because he had his eyes on the ghost bride.

Firstly, the ghost bride plays a very important role in the secret realm of the ancient tomb. Secondly, Wu Da Ge had a ghost before, but it died when he entered the secret realm, so he coveted the ghost bride.

“Ahh.”

A ghost baby crawled out of the ghost bride's belly. He could sense Zhou Ping's anger, so he came out to scare the two of them.

"Mother and child ghost!"

Wu Da Ge exclaimed. He thought the ghost bride was weird, but he didn't expect Zhou Ping to have a ghost baby.

And the ghost baby came out of the ghost bride's belly.

Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes: Could it be that this guy made someone pregnant before marriage and then killed the woman on the wedding night?
The two speculated that the ghost bride and the ghost baby were killed by Zhou Ping, and that the ghost bride should be Zhou Ping's woman and the ghost baby was also Zhou Ping's child.

Because the devil has the magic to train his own children into ghost babies, which makes the ghost babies very ferocious.

The two felt troubled again, especially Wu Da Ge, who did not expect that the ghost bride was actually a mother and child ghost.

Wu Da Ge had seen mother and child ghosts and a ghost bride, but the ghost bride plus the mother and child ghosts was even more sinister.

"I didn't expect that there is someone more perverted than you." Wu Dage said to Yue Yunfeng.

Yue Yunfeng snorted coldly: "If you dare to say that to me again, I might stab you in the back."

The three of them calmed down and set off. They entered a cave.

The entrance of the cave is surrounded by stones above, below, left and right. There are various skeletons in the cave, and it seems they are from different eras.

“Judging from the situation, it seems that people from the previous dynasty have also been here.” Yue Yunfeng said.

Wu Da's thin body shuttled back and forth among the corpses. He said with a sigh, "It's not just the previous dynasty. I think people from the Six Dynasties have been here."

The human race has been established for ten thousand years, and there have been six dynasties.

This secret place belongs to Dayu, but the clothes found in the cave are from several dynasties.

This shows that the secret realm has existed for so many years and has been discovered by people, but has not been taken away by anyone.

"I suddenly don't want to go in." Wu Dage felt like backing out.

The secret realm has existed for thousands of years, but it is still here. There are so many bones just at the entrance of the cave, which shows how dangerous it is inside.

Yue Yunfeng ignored Wu Dage and touched the coffin, then walked straight in.

(End of this chapter)