I became an immortal in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 163 The Dead and the Living

They observed the spirits, and the spirits observed them in return.

Inside the rat cave, the rat demons spoke very softly, afraid of being overheard.

"They're talking nonsense!"

"I don't even know what human flesh tastes like!"

A tiny gray mouse was holding a half-eaten biscuit. As it spoke, the crumbs shook and fell to the ground along its fur, where they were eaten by its companion.

A mouse was worried:

"Mr. Jiang won't hear this, will he..."

"Mr. Jiang is the most reasonable person!"

"And there's this guy in white laughing, thinking we can't hear him... What's his name again?"

Li Bai slightly suppressed his smile.

He didn't want to wake up to find several talking mice by his bedside arguing with him.

It's not a cat.

At the entrance to the main room, three small children listened suspiciously. "It sounds like there's some noise, like voices."

Children have sharper hearing and often hear things more clearly than adults.

"Yes, there really is!"

The courtyard was not a place to linger. The three of them looked at each other, hesitated for a long time, and then tiptoed back into the house.

The chubby boy tilted his round little head up and asked Jiang She.

"Aren't you scared...?"

Jiang She laughed and stroked the kitten in his arms.

"After hearing about it so many times, you won't feel scared anymore. These spirits and monsters don't harm people."

The chubby boy glanced at the old screen but didn't say anything.

The girl was also scared.

The screen spirit realized its mistake and stopped scaring children and speaking in a stuttering manner.

He offered a rare word of comfort.

"I don't even have a mouth, so what am I supposed to eat?"

The chubby boy had tears in his eyes.

"There's a general standing outside the gate, he... he's so fierce..."

General Red Blade shrank back in his sword sheath, not daring to utter a sound. His figure had become much weaker. These three children only knew how to whine and scream; he had only shown himself to ask one question, why had they been holding onto it for so long?

After a while.

The three children are feeling much better and seem to have recovered.

The chubby boy was the bravest and most talkative, and he even started communicating with the screen spirit.

"Where are you from?"

“I came from the market in Chang’an,” the old screen said with a hint of pride. “The family that bought me was an official.”

The chubby boy was indeed taken aback.

He was quite pleased with the old screen.

The chubby boy scratched his head, not understanding, and asked the question.

What is being an official?

The old screen failed to make a name for itself; who would have thought that these three didn't even know what it meant to be an official?

It took special effort to explain this to these tiny local children from Yanzhou.

"He is an official working in the capital! A sixth-rank official, he also has to attend court assemblies and can see the emperor frequently."

Even the chubby kid knew about the emperor.

He nodded, pretending that he understood.

Yuan Danqiu asked a question from the side.

"Since you're an official in the capital, why are you in Yanzhou? Has your master been demoted?"

The screen spirit then refused to speak.

Li Bai whispered to his teacher, "No wonder they heard these spirits discussing poetry on a snowy night on their first night in Yanzhou. The spirit behind the screen is actually an official who passed the imperial examination, but was demoted."

He has a real thirst for power.

A few soft, fragmented laughs drifted from outside the courtyard.

The three children instinctively looked at Jiang She.

Meeting three pairs of bright, sparkling eyes, Jiang She smiled and gave them a few directions.

"The three of you may go and take a look in the courtyard."

The three children went off on an adventure.

The boy looked down at the clothes he had accidentally touched the chubby boy with; they were clearly a little dirty. He moved away from the two of them and walked at the very back.

The girl tugged at the chubby boy's clothes and whispered:

“My mother never lets me go there, I never expected the yard to be like this…”

The chubby boy also regretted it.

Who knew this haunted house was so interesting? Why didn't they come sooner?

I witnessed firsthand a screen that could talk.

He said with relief:

"Luckily we came looking for Nuo masks."

Jiang She smiled, picked up his chopsticks, and continued eating the roasted mutton, and also drank half a bowl of fish soup.

Old Deer Mountain God always finds a way to get the best-tasting fish in the water. Unlike the currently popular braised bream in soy sauce and ginger soup, this fish has no fishy smell at all; just a sprinkle of salt is enough to make it incredibly delicious.

Jiang She served a little bit and gave it to the cat to try.

The cat only eats fish.

Li Bai and Yuan Danqiu enjoyed roasted mutton with their wine.

The lamb that Pei sent was really good; the roasted cured lamb was sprinkled with spices, and the aroma burst forth with every bite, making it perfect for drinking with.

yard.

The sound of three children shouting could be heard.

They were all so excited that they forgot their fear.

"The mouse can talk!"

"This will scare Changxi and the others to death, hahaha!"

Hearing the shouts from the courtyard, the food tasted even better. Jiang She held his wine cup, squinting at the children in their courtyard who were running around with wide-eyed surprise.

The three children stayed in the haunted house for more than an hour.

When the evening glow stretched for miles across the sky, they finally remembered to go home.

That night, we ate fragrant mutton and fish soup, saw a talking screen, a nest of mice that had become spirits, and also noticed that the soapberry tree in the courtyard was unusual. Although I was startled by the general at first, now that I think about it, the general was quite interesting.

Not only did they find their old friend, Nuo Mian.

I also made a few new friends.

The three children were reluctant to part.

Their eyes blinked as they awkwardly approached Jiang She. The boy nudged the girl, and the girl nudged the chubby boy. The three of them spoke.

"Can we... come again in the future?"

"can."

Jiang She smiled and said, "Don't talk about what happened today."

"The chubby kid asked."

"Is this a secret?"

"Correct."

The three children nodded repeatedly. They dared not tell their families that they had gone to a haunted house, for fear of being beaten.

When it was time to say goodbye.

The girl hesitated for a long time, then suddenly ran up to Jiang She, exhaling white mist from her mouth, looking both nervous and expectant.

"Since there are spirits and monsters, can you see my little brother? Can you bring him back to life?"

Jiang She simply patted the girl's head.

……

……

The three children had a hearty meal at someone else's house, so naturally they couldn't eat dinner when they got home.

The family was surprised and kept asking questions.

The three children had already exchanged their statements, and the girl's eyes darted around.

"Fan Pang and I went to find Nuo noodles. The family there saw that we were cold and invited us in to eat fish soup. We also got to try mutton. They had a lot of cured meat!"

Did they really find it?
The family asked again, "Whose family is it?"

Their child had eaten a free meal at someone else's house, with fish soup and mutton—even the richest family couldn't afford to eat like that. They wondered if they could reciprocate with a small gift.

Send some fruit, receive a few eggs in return.

The girl kept a secret to herself.

at night.

She lay on the same bed as her older sister, who was already asleep, and the two shared a blanket. The girl was reflecting on the interesting things she had seen during the day when she suddenly heard a sound.

"Second sister."

The sound was soft and faint.

Very familiar with it.

The girl suddenly sat up on the couch, blinked, and looked around the room.

I couldn't see where the sound came from.

The older sister was somewhat awakened when she was pulled back from her blanket.

He asked, still half-asleep.

"Xiao He, what are you doing?"

The girl looked a little confused. She rubbed her ears and said, "I think I just heard my little brother talking."

The eldest sister was very sleepy.

He closed his eyes and patted her back.

"Go to sleep..."

She hummed a couple more lines of a lullaby for the baby. Her sister had gotten up so fast that a cold draft had blown into the bed. Her older sister had to get up tomorrow to do her embroidery, so she didn't have time to chat about this.

The girl said.

"He really is a junior."

The older sister gave a casual reply, her voice muffled.

"Yes, that's right. I'll have your mother exorcise the evil spirits for you in a couple of days..."

【Ask for monthly ticket】

(End of this chapter)