I became a saint in the world of Liao Zhai, and flirted with monster girls

The shopkeeper suddenly looked up, and seeing that it was him, he quickly stood up and bowed respectfully:

"I greet Mr. Zhou."

"No need to be so polite."

Zhou Kao waved his hands and said, "I'm not a high-ranking official. I don't have that much prestige."

"It's only a matter of time before Mr. Zhou passes the imperial examination and becomes an official sooner or later." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"You think being an official is something very prestigious and dignified."

Zhou Kao shook his head and said, "But I don't see it that way. I believe being an official is a responsibility. So if you say I will be rich and prosperous in the future, with many wives and concubines, I will be very happy; but if you praise me as an official, I will not be so happy."

"Mr. Zhou's words have a certain flavor that needs to be savored carefully. I don't understand those big principles." The shopkeeper smiled.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhou Kao said as he walked to the stall.

"I was hoping to have something to eat here, but you weren't setting up your stall this morning? Could it be that you ran out of money last time supplying food to the soldiers defending the city?"

The shopkeeper said sternly, "Contributing food to the soldiers defending the city is a meritorious deed. I couldn't be happier! And didn't Mr. Zhou also take the initiative to reduce my rent?! I haven't lost money at all. On the contrary, thanks to your care, my business has improved a lot, and I'm making a lot more money."

"This is a good thing."

Zhou Kao nodded, "Then why are you worried?"

The shopkeeper sighed, a trace of uneasiness appearing on his face:

"It's not that I don't want to do business...it's just that this business is really impossible to do."

"Oh?"

Zhou Kao raised his eyebrows. "Strange? What kind of strange thing?"

The shopkeeper then elaborated:

It turned out that since a few days ago, every time he steamed a basket of buns, the buns would shrink rapidly shortly after they came out of the oven, as if something had sucked out all their essence.

When it was served on the table, the buns, which were originally the size of a bowl, had shrunk to the size of a ball of flour. They were bland and had no aroma at all.

"Is there such a thing?"

When Zhou Kao heard this, he frowned slightly and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

How dare there be any evildoers in Qiantang now, doing evil under your nose?

"Send me a basket of buns so I can see what's going on."

The shopkeeper did not dare to delay and quickly told the waiter to go to the kitchen to get a basket of fresh buns.

Soon, the waiter brought out a basket of steaming buns from the kitchen, but before he took a few steps, everyone watched the buns shrink little by little, until only a ball of white flour was left.

When it was brought to the table, a light pinch of the hand turned it into powder and had no edible value.

"Mr. Zhou, look at this..." The shopkeeper's voice trembled a little.

Zhou Kao smiled, and said lightly:

"It's not a big deal, it's just being eaten by a ghost."

"Eated by a ghost?"

The shopkeeper was startled and his voice changed.

"Yes."

Zhou Kao nodded and explained:

"Ghosts eat qi, the essence of food. If you offer wine to ghosts and gods, once they enjoy it, the wine will lose its flavor and become sour and rancid. This is because the qi has been consumed. The same is true for food; if ghosts and gods enjoy it, it will naturally lose its flavor."

He paused, his eyes sweeping towards the dark corner of the store:

"Just like you, a bun."

The shopkeeper's face turned paler and he asked tremblingly:

"But...but it's broad daylight, how could there be a ghost?"

"Who says there are no ghosts during the day? There are no fewer ghosts during the day than at night. It's just that ghosts hide in dark places during the day and don't come out to move around. It doesn't mean they don't exist. It seems that there are a few little ghosts hiding in your store." Zhou Kao looked into the store.

But in the dark corner of the store, I saw five or six dark-faced and thin men huddled there, motionless. If you didn't look carefully, it would be hard to see them.

"W-what, there's a ghost in the store?"

The shopkeeper was horrified: "What should I do?"

"No rush. Since we happened to meet them today, let's do the shopkeeper a favor and get rid of these little devils." Zhou Kao said as he walked into the store.

After entering the store, he felt a gloomy aura, which was a common aura of ghosts.

Zhou Kao walked towards the five or six ghosts and said, "Why are you hiding in someone else's shop in broad daylight and stealing their food? Don't you know that this is a very immoral thing to do?"

When the five or six ghosts curled up in the corner saw that Zhou Kao could actually see them, they immediately realized that he was an unusual master.

A taller starving ghost slowly stood up and said respectfully:

"We're hiding here begging for food out of necessity. We were afflicted by demonic calamities in our lives, had nothing to eat, and eventually starved to death.

After death, he turned into a starving ghost, and because he had no relatives to offer sacrifices to him, he came to this county town for some unknown reason.

It was only because I was extremely hungry that I had no choice but to hide in this shopkeeper's shop to beg for food for a few meals, and I will leave as soon as I am full.

The other starving ghost continued in a somewhat timid voice:

"Please forgive us, sir. We just stole a few meals and absolutely had no intention of harming anyone.

This shopkeeper is also a blessed and kind person. We dare not harm him. Even if he passes by, we will hide in a corner and stay away from him, for fear that our ghost energy will affect him and make him sick.

After hearing what these ghosts said, Zhou Kao nodded secretly, but did not kill them directly.

These ghosts came here by chance. They were not killed by the national destiny, discovered by talented people, or killed by the vigorous energy and blood during Zhou Kao's battle.

With such good luck, he must have accumulated enough merits in his lifetime.

"How many days have you been eating here?" Zhou Kao asked.

"It's been five days. We are just waiting to leave after we finish eating today. We have agreed that each of us will have a full meal for one day. We ghosts can survive for a year after a full meal. I believe we can hold on until the day of reincarnation." The taller starving ghost replied.

Zhou Kao pondered for a moment and then asked, "You six starving ghosts have eaten the shopkeeper's food for six days. How are you going to repay this favor?"

"I will work for him for free for a year in my next life."

"I will do him ten small things in my next life."

"I will give him one hundred taels of silver in my next life."

……

These starving ghosts spoke up one after another and each proposed a way to compensate the shopkeeper.

From this we can see that all the benefits a person receives during his lifetime are due to the good deeds and virtues accumulated in his previous life. The so-called help from noble people is actually the blessings left over from the previous life.

Zhou Kao nodded after listening to this. "Very good. What you have done is more than enough to offset the kindness of a meal. Since today is your last day of eating, I will have the shopkeeper send you on your way so that you can be reincarnated soon and not have to stay in the human world any longer."

"Thank you, master!" All the starving ghosts bowed in gratitude.

Zhou Kao nodded, reaching an agreement with these starving ghosts.

He did not use tough measures to drive away these starving ghosts. After all, these starving ghosts were good people in their lives. They only became starving ghosts after encountering disasters and had to hide here to beg for food.

Moreover, they did not use any sorcery to obtain food; they simply stole it out of necessity, which was a much smaller sin.

When Zhou Kao walked out, the shopkeeper outside hurried forward and asked, "Mr. Zhou, what's the situation?"

He had previously seen Zhou Kao talking to the air and the wall in the store, as if he was talking to someone, but he could not hear any sound. He only heard Zhou Kao talking to himself, which surprised him.

It seems that there really is a ghost in my store.

However, seeing Zhou Kao's calm and fearless look, the shopkeeper felt a little relieved.

Zhou Kao explained, "Shopkeeper, a few starving ghosts have hidden in your shop. They starved to death because they had no food to eat, and no one offered sacrifices to them after their death. That's why they couldn't bear the hunger and hid in your shop to eat for a few days. I hope you won't blame them.

You can hold a banquet, place six paper figures on the table, perform a sacrifice, and then burn them in the temple at night, and this strange phenomenon will be quelled."

"I've remembered it, but I don't know which temple to send the paper figure to for burning?" The shopkeeper asked after writing down everything.

Zhou Kao said, "The Qiantang City God Temple will do."

The shopkeeper nodded to show that he understood.

"Although business has been affected in the past few days, don't worry about it. Although you have lost six days of business, you will get more in the future, which will definitely exceed the business money of these six days. If it happens to other people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get it." Zhou Kao said.

Although the shopkeeper didn't quite understand, he still agreed.

"Okay, I won't disturb you from doing business, boss. I'll come here to eat next time." Zhou Kao said.

"Goodbye, Mr. Zhou." The shopkeeper bowed again hurriedly.

In this world, there is a long way to go!!

As the sun sets,

Zhou Kao ate the side dishes prepared by Yu Niang, took a sip of wine, put down his chopsticks and said,

"The demons outside the city have been making noise all day. I'm afraid they're trying to tire us out. I won't wait any longer. Let's raid their camp tonight!"

Little Tai Sui put down the salted pork trotter in his hand and slowly asked a question.

"what?!"

"What are you afraid of? If you see someone who can't run fast, just hit them twice and kill them instantly!"

Zhou Kao didn't care at all.

"I've seen them too. The two largest ones are a giant, aged whale and a giant crab. I don't like rotten whale meat, but I'm craving that giant crab. I think it's the brother of General Zuo Sun who was killed last time."

"That giant crab is also a demon king! And it has revealed its true form. That crab meat is incredibly delicious!!!"

As Little Tai Sui spoke, he shook his cat head unconsciously.

Zhou Kao laughed out loud: "Let's go, pack up and kill that Crab King. When we get there, bring back two big crab claws. That'll be our midnight snack!!!"

"Boom~!"

But at this moment, suddenly a loud noise was heard from the distant sky, as if something had exploded, and with this loud noise, the entire guesthouse, no, the entire Qiantang County was shaken.

The dust on the beams in the room also fell down with the vibration.

"earthquake?"

Zhou Kao stood up suddenly and hugged Yu Niang who almost fell. Then his face changed slightly, he frowned, and then pulled Yu Niang out of the room.

There is an earthquake at this time, I am afraid it is caused by some demon.

soon.

Everything was calm again.

"My dear, this is not a dragon turning over, but a place outside the county has collapsed." The little Tai Sui listened for a while and spoke.

At this time, a loud laugh was heard from outside the county.

"Hahaha, Zhou Yixian, I hope you like this gift from me!!! I'm leaving now!!"

Sure enough, that Taishan Saburo was up to something again.

Zhou Kao grabbed the little Tai Sui and ran towards the city wall.

Chapter 149: You bastard, you gave me a big one before you left (two in one)

Outside the city of Qiantang County, there is a small mound not far away. This is where Zhou Kao killed the three-headed dragon.

The small hill was cracked apart by Taishan Saburo's blow, and huge cracks appeared on the ground of the hill. Each crack was four or five feet wide, enough for a person to fit through.

The crack in the ground was extremely deep and no one knew where it led to. All one knew was that if one stood next to it, one could feel a cool breeze blowing out, making a whistling sound.

It seems as if there is another world in there.

"The vibration caused by the Taishan's Gouzhong just now came from here?" At this moment, Zhou Kao hurried over, pulling the little Tai Sui.

I saw Wang Jiaqi and several centurions standing guard around the crack in the ground, with serious expressions on their faces.

When some capable people came here later, they seemed surprised to see the huge cracks on the ground.

But what is even more surprising is the peculiarity of this crack.

It is so deep and bottomless that it doesn’t look like it was dug through by Saburo Taishan, but rather like it existed naturally.