Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 361
These few days Li Xiuyuan lived in seclusion and rarely went out of the house.

I just occasionally entertain friends who used to work together in Guo Beicheng, and take Xiaomei to Jinling City for a short stroll at night, most of the time I am busy governing Yangzhou.

The city gods from all over Yangzhou have been dispatched, those with high morality are dispatched to the city, and those with low morality are dispatched to villages and towns, and there are corresponding ghost soldiers and ghost messengers.

It's just that after the duties are arranged, the city gods from all over the country need to start accepting them.

And this trouble will naturally follow.

There are ghosts and ghosts, doves occupy magpie nests, pretend to be immortals and Buddhas, and earn incense, which need to be chased away and captured.

There are mountain spirits that often haunt the villages and towns, seduce men, absorb energy, and endanger the world, which need to be exterminated.

There are also some ghosts and gods staying in some cities, and these need to be dealt with.

In short, the heavenly palace left a mess after the imperial ghosts and gods left. Of course, even those imperial ghosts and gods did not leave, most of them were still a mess, because many imperial ghosts and gods only manage their own one-acre three-point land. And it's just managing according to their own selfish desires, just maintaining the calmness that's all, in fact, they don't even care about the raging demons and ghosts.

Just like the City God of Guo Beicheng.

The ghosts outside the city have already opened a ghost market, and he has not been seen to catch them. This is undoubtedly conniving the ghosts to wreak havoc.

Humans and ghosts have different paths, and if there are too many ghosts, people will naturally be harassed, influenced, and even ravaged by ghosts.

However, ghosts in this world have become the norm, appearing in life like pigs, cattle, dogs and sheep. Li Xiuyuan has no way to completely prohibit them, and what he wants to do is not to make ghosts disappear, but to make them abide by order , just don't mess it up.

And he believes that as long as there is order, the number of ghosts in the world will decrease accordingly.

Li Xiuyuan felt that the current busyness was worth it.

As long as Yangzhou is well governed, the ghosts and gods in the world will not be difficult to govern.

This is the best opportunity to accumulate experience and management methods, how could he give up because of a little fatigue.

"Husband, this is the charter for the distribution of positions. The concubines have been governed, the distribution of ghosts and gods' monthly salary has also been sorted out, and the regulations for punishment have been roughly drawn up by Li Linfu based on the laws of previous dynasties. It's just that the governance of ghosts and gods is different from that of people. Same, there are many differences, and the husband needs to refer to it more."

In the study, Qingmei is well-behaved and docile, sorting out the messy documents and regulations for her husband.

Li Xiuyuan put down the pen in his hand and said: "It is not difficult to govern Yangzhou. The most difficult thing is not the reward, but the punishment. The reward is the distribution of positions, the offering of incense, and the way of heaven will also give blessings to ghosts and gods who do good deeds, but Punishment is very difficult, no one knows that ghosts and gods have done bad things, ghosts and gods with positions such as city gods and land are easy to restrain, but the ghosts and ghost soldiers below are not. There is a saying that goes well, little ghosts are hard to deal with."

"Restraining ghosts and evil soldiers is like the imperial court restraining small officials, and governing the country is governing officials. There is a certain reason for this."

While speaking, Qingmei poured another cup of tea and put it on the desk, she said: "Don't you have a book of life and death in your husband's hands? The good and evil deeds of the people are all recorded in the book, why not use this as a basis to divide good from evil and distribute Position, determine rewards and punishments?"

Li Xiuyuan's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Xiaomei, what you said is reasonable, but you reminded me."

But then he shook his head slightly and said, "But this is not enough for the time being. I only have one book of life and death in my hand, which can only manage the local ghosts in Yangzhou, and there are also some big monsters. It is recorded in the book of life and death, and the gods and Buddhas in the sky are the same, they are not in the book of life and death, but you don't have to think about such things for the time being. where?"

"Only when the books of life and death in the world are in my hands, can I completely improve the system of punishment for good and evil. It is not enough to rely on one book."

Having said that, he couldn't help feeling a little hopeful.

He felt that getting all the books of life and death was the beginning of his own governance of Yangzhou, and even the governance of ghosts and gods in the world.

The book of life and death is not just a simple record of human life and death, but also the good and evil of ghosts. Because ghosts will be reincarnated, they will become human again after reincarnation, so ghosts will not disappear in the book of life and death.

"Husband, where will the rest of the life and death book be?" Qingmei asked softly.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "The underworld is already in chaos, Yan Luo is no longer guarding the underworld, and the whereabouts of the book of life and death have long been unknown. The nine books of life and death are scattered in the Yin and Yang realms. They may have fallen into the hands of a ghost king, or they may have fallen into the hands of a monster. , or it may fall into the hands of the Immortal Buddha, it is a coincidence that I can get this book of life and death, and it is only by chance to find the rest of the book of life and death."

"Shouldn't my husband ask a few ghost kings? After all, my husband's book of life and death is also obtained from the red-haired ghost king, maybe other ghost kings will have news of their life and death books." Qingmei said.

Li Xiuyuan slapped his head fiercely: "Yeah, why didn't I think about this, it seems that I have been so busy with these governance regulations that I have been a little dizzy recently, all these ghost kings have lived for thousands of years, what I don't know, what era I have never experienced it before, and I believe that they also know about the turmoil in the underworld, and maybe know a thing or two about the whereabouts of the book of life and death, besides the book of life and death, there is one more important thing, the judge's pen."

The judge's pen is also a treasure of the underworld. It has always been held by the judges around Yan Luo, and it has become known as the judge's pen over time.

The judge's pen and the book of life and death are together, only the judge's pen can cancel the life and death of the book of life and death, otherwise even if they get the book of life and death, ghosts and gods would not dare to change it at will.

Guo Bei Chenghuang said before that he can make small changes, but at the cost of compromising Yin De, it is not worthwhile.

It can be considered if it is used for a private purpose, but what if it is for public use.

How can so much merit be lost?
There are so many wicked people in the world who need to be punished, and life and death can be changed by thousands a day, who can bear it.

"Tieshan, please go and call the Long Tongue Ghost King, I have something to ask him." Li Xiuyuan suddenly called out the door.

"Yes, young master,"

Tieshan responded, and immediately a gust of dark wind whizzed past, blowing the nearby doors and windows and whistling.

In just a moment, a tall figure appeared outside the kung fu gate.

"This subordinate has met you, Young Master." The Long Tongue Ghost King respectfully saluted outside the door.

Five of the ten ghost kings in the Hall of Ten Kings have been killed, and the remaining five have become obedient and obedient one by one. They have already experienced Li Xiuyuan's methods, and even if they have dissatisfaction in their hearts, they dare not reveal it Come out, because now they have no other way to go except to serve Li Xiuyuan, leaving is death, and the saints in the world will not show mercy.

To deal with such a powerful ghost king, Li Xiuyuan felt that the prestige was greater than the kindness, otherwise it would not be enough to deter and subdue him.

"The long-tongued ghost king doesn't need Dolly. I called you here just to ask you a few things. You are a thousand-year-old ghost. You must know a lot about the world." Li Xiuyuan said.

"I don't dare to be a subordinate. I don't know what the young master wants to ask. I must know everything and talk about it." The long-tongued ghost king said politely.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I want to ask about the book of life and death in the underworld. I heard that there are nine books of life and death in the underworld. I have one in my hand that you ghost kings know. I don't know where the other eight are?"

The Long Tongue Ghost King immediately said: "I dare not hide anything about such an important matter. I do know the whereabouts of several books of life and death, but I dare to ask you to keep it a secret."

"I can agree with this. It must not be easy for ghosts to get the book of life and death. I understand that you are afraid of getting burned. You can write it out for me to read, so as not to spread your voice and be detected by other ghosts and gods." Li Xiuyuan said.

After he finished speaking, he motioned for a look.

Qingmei next to her nodded, took out a piece of white paper and threw it out, the white paper immediately flew out of the room.

The Long Tongue Ghost King took the white paper and blew on it, writing appeared on it immediately, and then Qingmei sent it back.

Qingmei put the paper on the desk, not daring to get too close to her husband.

After Li Xiuyuan took it, his eyes were fixed when he saw it. Several names were written on it: "Lu Pan, Lord of West Lake, God of Mount Tai, Old Demon of Montenegro."

The four names are all well-known existences.

What concerned him the most was the Black Mountain old demon. This fellow was a thousand-year-old black tiger who had attained enlightenment. He actually had a book of life and death in his hand. Why didn't he mention it when he fought against him before?
Yes.

The Book of Life and Death is useless in the hands of the Black Mountain old demon. He is not interested in mortals, and he doesn't care about little ghosts and gods. .

"If you want to get the life and death book of the Black Mountain old demon, you have to kill him. This is not possible for the time being. This guy's morality is extremely high, much stronger than that Huagu. Ghosts and gods can no longer subdue such a big monster. , I have to do it, but if I do it, I have to arrange it carefully." Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly, thinking that this guy's things should not be taken.

As for the Taishan God and the Lord of the West Lake, these are incredible existences.

The Lord of the West Lake is the power that controls most of the waters in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Xiuyuan doesn't know who the owner is, but he must be an incredible monster or god.

The God of Mount Tai has a lot of background, he is a serious god, and his status is not lower than that of the real martial arts god, and it may even be higher.

The last one left was Lu Juan who looked the most bully.

"This name is a bit familiar. It seems that I have met it recently. Wait, let me think about it." Seeing the name above, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help feeling that he seemed to have met it before, but when he thought about it, he found that he had never met it again.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and he remembered.

"By the way, Zhu Erdan, he has a relationship with Lu Pan."

Suddenly, he thought of Lu Pan from Zhu Erdan's name, but he didn't know if this Lu Pan was the same Lu Pan that the long-tongued ghost king mentioned.

"You have to let ghosts and gods stare at Zhu Erdan." Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he felt that he had to act.

But there is no rush.

Suddenly, he raised his head and said, "Long Tongue Ghost King, are these the only names? What about the others?"

The long-tongued ghost king said helplessly; "The subordinates only know these names, but they don't know anything about the others. Perhaps other ghost kings will know a thing or two."

Knowing that the four ghosts and gods have a book of life and death, the news of the long-tongued ghost king can be regarded as well-informed.

Li Xiuyuan did not continue to ask; "Your news is very timely, and it has helped me a lot. Only I know what happened today, and no one else will know. Just don't worry." He said, and set the paper in his hand on fire. burn it.

Ghosts and gods can know other people's affairs, but they can't know what's happening around them, so it can be regarded as keeping promises.

"Don't dare to do it, it's just a subordinate's job." The long-tongued ghost king said.

"By the way, I just called you here today. Let me ask you one more thing. If a person comes back to life after being hanged, but his tongue sticks out and cannot be retracted, how should he be treated?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The Long Tongue Ghost King said without hesitation: "This is a sequela of life and death. Herbal medicine can't cure it. Some strong methods must be used."

"What way?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The long-tongued ghost king said: "This subordinate has a pair of scissors in his hand, which can cut off a long tongue and return to normal."

"Cutting off the tongue? Is there any harm?" Li Xiuyuan's expression changed when he heard this. This method of treatment is violent enough.

"If you need your subordinates to do it yourself, there will be no harm." The long-tongued ghost king said.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "That's good, I'll trouble you to come tonight. There is an artist named Shiniang in the Qin Pavilion on the Qinhuai River. Her tongue is too long. I asked the ghost king to trim it."

"How can the subordinate refuse the son's order, the subordinate will set off immediately." The long-tongued ghost king responded and immediately roared away.

After a moment.

Inside the Qin Pavilion on the Qinhuai River.

In Shi Niang's wing room, she had worries in her heart, and she didn't fall asleep at night, just leaning against the window and looking at the Qinhuai River in a daze.

She looked at the stone bridge on the Qinhuai River.

If Mr. Li came to Qinhuai River, he would definitely pass there.

"Today, Mr. Li won't come again." Ten Niang sighed quietly. Since she said that day, she has missed Mr. Li more and more in her heart. pick up.

I can also be his wife and concubine with peace of mind, and serve him with all my heart.

"Who, it's so late, who is still going upstairs?" Suddenly, Shi Niang heard footsteps coming from the stairs.

It is especially clear at night.

The footsteps were dull and powerful, not like the footsteps of a maidservant, but more like the voice of a burly man.

"It can't be a villain, can it?" Shi Niang was startled, and subconsciously hid behind the window.

"Hoo~!"

A cold night wind blew up, and the wooden door opened with a slamming sound.

But I saw a man in black with a vague appearance rushing in, looking around as soon as he came in, as if he was looking for something.

"This man is a ghost, he has no shadow." Ten Niang glanced secretly, and was shocked, but saw that the man in black had no shadow under the light of the candle.

The man in black took a sniff.

Ten Niang hastily covered her tongue and suppressed her anger.

She knew it was a ghost asking for taste, looking for strangers, she had done it before when she was a ghost.

"Is Ten Niang hiding behind the bed?"

Suddenly, the man in black spoke, his blurred face was expressionless, and he just walked straight straight away.

No, this ghost found me.

Ten Niang was startled, not knowing what to do.

She is a human being now, and if she is still a female ghost, she can still escape.

The man in black didn't speak, but strode over.

"Ah~! Don't come here."

Ten Niang exclaimed in shock and wanted to leave the house.

The man in black immediately chased after her, but he grabbed her tongue that was stuck out because of the exclamation, and then quickly stretched out a pair of scissors, and cut it off with a click.

Ten Niang felt a pain in her tongue and immediately retracted it.

"You don't need to be afraid, Mr. Li sent me to treat your illness." After saying this, the man in black disappeared, holding a pair of bloody scissors and a bloody severed tongue in his hands. .

Before Shi Niang could hear clearly, she trembled suddenly because of the pain in her tongue.

A gust of cold wind blows over the face, and Shi Niang faintly wakes up from the table by the window.

"Just now. Was it a dream?"

Shi Niang woke up from the cold and hurriedly stood up, looked at the door, but found that the door was closed and no one came in at all. What happened just now must have been a nightmare.

"I was scared to death, I thought I had encountered a ghost," Shi Niang patted her chest, feeling a little terrified.

She moved her tongue, feeling that the pain before was extremely real, as if someone really cut her tongue with scissors, and she still hasn't recovered.

"It seems that I'm too tired, it's time to go to rest." She sighed inwardly, preparing to rest on the bed.

But when she walked to the side of the wooden couch, she saw a few drops of blood dripping on the ground, and the blood hadn't dried up yet.

Seeing the blood, Shi Niang woke up immediately. She opened her mouth and touched her lips, but found that her tongue hadn't come out anymore, so she ran to the bronze mirror on the dressing table to have a look.

She was pleasantly surprised to find that her long tongue had returned to normal, and she no longer spit it out.

"I, my illness has been cured?" Ten Niang was surprised and happy, and she couldn't express her joy for a while.

But after a while, Shi Niang put down the bronze mirror and immediately understood.

"Mr. Li, it must be Mr. Li. He said that he would ask ghosts and gods to treat my long-tongue disease for me. Mr. Li is indeed a man who trusts Chengruo. The ghost in black said before that he was sent by Mr. Li. He came here on purpose. Healed me."

When she was overjoyed, she thought of Li Xiuyuan, and her heart couldn't help beating.

There is no news from Mr. Li in the past few days. I thought Mr. Li had forgotten about him, but now it seems that he has not forgotten. Maybe Mr. Li has been running around to treat his illness these few days.

At this point, she was moved again.

In fact, Li Xiuyuan was just too busy to have time to see her, and he didn't run around to treat her, but just asked the long-tongued ghost king.

I have to say that women just like to think about things sometimes.

"Since Mr. Li has not forgotten me, he will probably come to Qin Pavilion again, and maybe he will pick me up and leave here soon." Ten Niang muttered to herself, her beautiful eyes sparkling.

　There are five thousand chapters in this chapter, let's count it as one chapter, and another chapter will be added tomorrow.

　　
　
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