Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 9: Mother and Child Ghost

"Then I'll trouble you tonight, Uncle Lame."

"Don't worry, Madam San and Miss Yunqing. I will catch the ghost tonight and restore peace to the He Mansion."

Uncle Lame was talking to two women.

"It turned out to be my mother's friend, and my mother's friend's daughter."

Zhou Ping looked at the familiar figures and voices of the two women and recognized that they were Liu Ruyan and her daughter who had once wanted to help him.

"This little girl has bright eyes and gives people a sense of intelligence."

"As for the third lady, she gives the impression that her menstruation is very regular and heavy."

Zhou Ping thought secretly.

As if sensing Zhou Ping's gaze, Liu Ruyan looked at Zhou Ping, and Zhou Ping quickly and awkwardly withdrew his gaze.

Liu Ruyan was slightly surprised. She also recognized Zhou Ping, but did not say anything.

After saying this, Uncle Lame led his men into He's house.

"Yun Qing, did you see that young man just now?"

"Which boy?"

"It's Zhou Ping, the one we met two years ago. He said at the time that he could come to us for help, but he never came. He's a stubborn kid."

"Oh, I don't remember."

"you"

"Alas, mother, nothing is important now. The important thing is to quickly subdue the female ghost, otherwise we will all suffer. I don't know what He Yunlu is doing, and so is father. He is the one who made the mistake, but he insisted that I come forward to resolve the matter. Who is closer to him, his daughter or his nephew?"

"Yun Qing, this is not your fault. You are the only daughter in the family. If you had found a son-in-law earlier and given birth to a child with the surname He, your father would not have..."

"Okay, mother, I get it, please stop talking."

He family.

Zhou Ping and other bodyguards were like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking around the He family's mansion.

The houses of rich people are different. Not only are they big, but they also have all kinds of rare flowers and trees.

"When can I live in such a big yard?"

Scar couldn't help but sigh.

"Aren't you living here now?"

Zhou Ping replied.

There has been no one living in the house for a long time.

After the female ghost made a fuss in the house, Mr. He took everyone to live in another house.

The He family has many houses, so this one is not a big deal.

Uncle Lame, holding a tattered compass, led a group of bodyguards and walked around He's house for almost an hour.

"right here."

Uncle Lame stopped.

This is a remote garden, a little far from where people live.

When the escorts heard Uncle Lame's words, they all became nervous.

One of the bodyguards took out a bell and protected himself, two bodyguards held two bracelets, another took out a yellow talisman, and another took out a peach wood sword.

"Zhou Ping, here's one for you."

Scar took out two triangular amulets from his arms.

"I bought this at a temple in the next county at a high price."

"The master said this has been blessed and can ward off evil spirits."

Scar said this and gave one to Zhou Ping and kept one for himself.

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment and then took the triangular amulet.

"Each of you drop a drop of cow's tears, and then the eight of you stand in the eight corners of the garden."

Uncle Lame took out a small bottle, and several bodyguards dripped the liquid in the bottle into their eyes.

"It's a bit unhygienic. Eye dropper bottles can't be mixed."

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment, but still dripped the cow's tears into his eyes.

To catch ghosts, you must first be able to see them.

Even though he was the most powerful commander on earth, Zuo Qianhu, who couldn't see ghosts, suffered a great loss and finally had to die in the northwest.

The bodyguards stood at eight locations in the garden according to Uncle Lame's instructions, while Zhou Ping stayed beside Scar.

"Uncle Lame, where is the ghost?"

"do not know."

"what?"

Zhou Ping was surprised by Uncle Bo's answer.

"I can only roughly determine the location. The ghost is nearby, but I don't know exactly where. We have to wait here for her to show up."

Uncle Lame stared at the compass and said.

Zhou Ping stopped talking and looked around carefully, while radiating his own spiritual energy to the surroundings.

Borrowing the spiritual method of heaven.

Zhou Ping's Sky-borrowing Spirit Method could sense places more than three feet long, but this garden was about ten feet long and wide.

Within the range of perception, Zhou Ping did not find anything unusual.

The escorts stopped talking and waited quietly with their own protective treasures in hand.

Uncle Lame was meditating in the middle of the garden, looking as steady as a rock.

Uncle Bo is a 10th-rank official, and is the confidence of these escorts. In the eyes of the escorts, tonight is just a side job to earn money, and with Uncle Bo around, there is no danger at all.

At midnight, the moon was covered by dark clouds and the whole house fell into darkness.

In the garden, a few torches are like lonely boats in the ocean, which may be obliterated by the darkness at any time.

“It seems to be getting colder!”

Zhou Ping said with a frown.

"When it gets dark, it will naturally be cold!"

Scar replied.

Zhou Ping stopped talking. The cold he was talking about was not only his own feeling, but also the feeling of the entire space within a thirty-meter radius.

Not only is it getting colder around here, it's also getting more humid.

Zhou Ping looked around cautiously, trying to find the source of the cold and dampness.

The moisture comes from underground, not from the air.

The space within three meters around Zhou Ping was extremely sensitive, just like Zhou Ping's body.

"There's a problem underground!"

Zhou Ping looked at the ground beneath his feet.

After a while, the whole garden became increasingly humid, and even a white mist rose.

Not only in the garden, but in the entire He family mansion, there was white fog.

However, the range of the white fog was limited to the He family’s house and did not spread outward.

"Zhou Ping, stay closer to me and don't run around. Something seems wrong."

Scar said.

Zhou Ping nodded slightly. The fog was so thick that he and Scar were close to each other and could barely see each other. He could not see anyone else, including Uncle Lame.

However, Zhou Ping could still sense a distance of more than three meters by relying on his own Heavenly Spirit Method.

Three meters away, Uncle Lame was still sitting upright, not at all flustered.

Suddenly, a woman appeared within Zhou Ping's range.

The woman was dressed in white and her long hair covered her face.

female ghost!

The female ghost’s face was pale, but one could tell that she had a good foundation.

"What are you thinking about?"

Zhou Ping slapped himself.

The female ghost was very close to Uncle Lame. She floated to his side and stretched out her long claws to grab his neck.

"lame"

Before Zhou Ping finished his reminder, he saw Uncle Lame move.

Uncle Lame turned sideways to avoid the female ghost, and at the same time, he turned his body and three yellow talismans flew out from his arms.

The yellow talisman flew out and landed on the female ghost.

There were sudden crackling explosion sounds from the female ghost's body.

"what!"

The female ghost let out a wail.

The yellow talisman posed a threat to the female ghost, but the threat did not seem great. It did not kill the female ghost, but only injured her.

The ghost's screams let everyone else know that the ghost had appeared.

Cow's tears can make people see ghosts, but the fog was too thick and no one knew where the female ghost was.

"Zhou Ping, stop running around, the female ghost is here."

Scar holds a knife in one hand and an amulet in the other.

"kindness."

Zhou Ping hummed in response, but his attention was all on his own field of perception.

The female ghost was hurt by the three yellow talismans from Uncle Lame and ran away, out of Zhou Ping's perception range.

Uncle Lame chased after him without hesitation and was out of Zhou Ping's perception range.

"what!"

"my hand!"

"Who pushed me?" "You stinky men, go to hell."

With waves of panicked shouts and the sound of metal and stone colliding, the female ghost seemed to launch an attack on the other bodyguards.

"What! Serial zombies?!"

In the garden, there was an exclamation from Uncle Lame, followed by a shrill scream from Uncle Lame.

After Uncle Lame's scream, the garden fell into silence.

"Oh my god, Uncle Lame is dying, what should we do?"

Scar pressed close to Zhou Ping, with their backs to each other.

Zhou Ping frowned. He wanted to help Uncle Lame, but he didn't know where the female ghost was. His perception range was too short, and neither the female ghost nor Uncle Lame was within his perception range.

Suddenly, a female ghost appeared in Zhou Ping's perception range.

The female ghost came towards Zhou Ping and Scar.

The female ghost was very fast. Just as Zhou Ping was about to warn him, she rushed in front of Scar and waved her claws.

"what!"

Scar screamed.

Zhou Ping hurriedly pulled Scar back!

There were five ghost claw marks on Scar's chest, and blood was flowing from his chest.

If Zhou Ping had been a bit slower just now, Scar would have to be renamed Ghost Claw Scar.

"Go to hell, you bunch of stinky men."

The female ghost rushed straight towards Zhou Ping and Scar.

"Amulet, save me!"

Scar held the amulet in front of him, but the ghost girl's claws still fell on Scar's arm without any hindrance, leaving a few more scratches on Scar's arm.

The amulet is useless.

Scar felt the pain and rolled to the side.

As a result, Zhou Ping was separated from Scar and could not see each other, but Zhou Ping knew through his perception that Scar was not far away from him.

"Zhou Ping, run, the amulet is useless."

Scar was injured, but he still remembered to remind Zhou Ping.

At this time, the female ghost had already set her sights on Zhou Ping. She floated towards Zhou Ping, and her ghost claws were as long as a long sword.

Seeing the ghost claw falling in front of Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping was not panicked at all.

Zhou Ping stretched out his hand and a red ribbon flew out from his arm.

The moment the red ribbon touched the female ghost, a burst of golden light burst out.

"what!"

After the golden light, the female ghost disappeared.

The female ghost not only disappeared from Zhou Ping's sight, but also disappeared from Zhou Ping's perception range.

"Sure enough!"

Zhou Ping understood clearly. This cassock already had spirit, it must be extraordinary.

Unexpectedly, the female ghost was driven away by Zhou Ping.

As the ghost girl's screams disappeared, the fog in the garden gradually dissipated.

In the garden, the figures of a group of bodyguards gradually appeared.

The escorts were lying on their backs, all of them seriously injured.

"Uncle Lame."

Zhou Ping saw Uncle Lame lying on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, his hair messy, his eyes cloudy, and blood on his head.

Zhou Ping helped Uncle Lame up and found that he was only injured but not dead.

"I miscalculated. This turned out to be a mother-and-child serial ghost."

"This ghost is so resentful!"

Uncle Lame looked around and saw several bodyguards, including Scar, slowly moving towards him.

Except Zhou Ping, all the other nine people were injured and covered in blood. The most seriously injured person was unconscious and his life or death was unknown.

"Zhou Ping, what happened just now?"

Scar asked.

Uncle Lame also looked at Zhou Ping.

"The female ghost rushed over to me, and I took out the amulet in a panic. The amulet emitted a golden light and scared the female ghost away."

Zhou Ping lied. Of course he wouldn't say that it was the red silk on his arm that drove the ghost away.

"How is that possible? My amulet is useless. The Jinhua Temple also said that it was blessed by a high monk. Damn it. Next time I go to Jinhua Temple, I will beat up the monk who sold me the stuff."

Scar cursed.

"It's possible that some amulets are real and some are fake. Yours is fake, but mine is real and has been blessed by a high monk."

Zhou Ping smiled.

Scar was stunned and didn't say anything. He had already believed what Zhou Ping said.

"Zhou Ping is right. It's possible that the amulet is real and fake. Yours is fake, and his is real."

Uncle Lame looked at the amulet in Zhou Ping's hand, but couldn't figure out what it was.

"Scar, thank you very much, otherwise I would have died today."

"But I think the amulet is useless. The power of the Buddha must have a limit. The Buddha's power on the amulet must have been used up just now. The amulet should be useless."

Zhou Ping returned the amulet to Scar.

Scar looked at the amulet with both hatred and love.

"Zhou Ping is right. The power of Buddha is high and deep. I see that there is no spiritual power fluctuation on this amulet. It should be useless."

Uncle Lame also said.

"Hi!"

Scar threw the two amulets on the ground and was about to step on them when he picked up Zhou Ping's amulet and spat on his own amulet.

"Okay, all of you go out first. I'm going to try to cast the spell again."

Uncle Lame said.

Several bodyguards carried the unconscious bodyguard out of the yard.

Uncle Lame came to the wellhead at the edge of the garden.

Zhou Ping also left with the escorts, but he deliberately walked behind to disperse his spiritual energy.

The well was at the edge of the garden, and outside it, separated by a wall, were Zhou Ping and others.

Several bodyguards walked forward, and Zhou Ping deliberately fell behind, squatting on the ground pretending to pick up something.

This distance is just enough to sense Uncle Lame.

"Miss, I'm sorry. I was rude tonight."

"This bottle of Ghost Dew is my apology. From now on, we will not interfere with each other."

"If you agree, I will give you this ghost dew."

"But you have to promise not to cause trouble for the escort agency in the future, and I promise not to get involved in your affairs with the He family."

Uncle Lame took out a bottle and pretended to throw it into the well.

A column of water slowly flew out of the well, and it seemed to be alive, like an octopus claw.

Shui Zhua took the bottle from Uncle Bo's hand.

"it is good!"

The voice of the female ghost came.

Zhou Ping grinned, quickly stood up and took two quick steps to catch up with the escort in front of him.

The escorts were unaware of this scene. Only Zhou Ping sensed that Uncle Lame had actually given in to the female ghost.

Outside the He family residence.

Zhou Ping, Scar and a few other people who were lightly injured were waiting for Uncle Lame, while a few others carried the unconscious bodyguard to find a doctor for treatment.

He Yunqing was also waiting outside the door, but her mother was not there.

"Masters, has the female ghost been killed?"

Of course He Yunqing saw that several people were injured and knew that the escort agency had a fierce battle with the female ghost.

None of the escorts responded.

"Your name is Zhou Ping, right? I'm Miss He. We've met before. My mother said she would help you."

He Yunqing saw that Zhou Ping was not injured, so he asked.

Zhou Ping hesitated for a while and said nothing.

The female ghost was definitely not dead. Uncle Bo even took out something to apologize to her, which meant that he knew he had hit a wall.

Uncle Lame must have known that the female ghost was very powerful and didn't want her to vent her anger on the escort agency, so he apologized.

But Zhou Ping would not tell these words to He Yunqing.

"Let's wait until Uncle Lame comes. He should still be fighting the female ghost!"

As soon as Zhou Ping finished speaking, Uncle Lame walked out of the door.

Uncle Lame looked even more embarrassed at this moment, even more embarrassed than when Zhou Ping helped him up.

Zhou Ping was slightly stunned. Uncle Lame had already made peace with the female ghost, so why was he in such a mess again?

"Uncle Lame, how is that female ghost?"

He Yunqing asked anxiously.

Uncle Lame coughed dryly, then described how he fought with the female ghost for three hundred rounds and how badly he was injured.

Zhou Ping was stunned by Uncle Lame’s words.

Zhou Ping: Uncle Lame, I have never seen such a shameless person.

(End of this chapter)