This Liao Zhai is not right

His eyes glanced at the calm Chang'e, and then fell on Su Fu, who looked indignant.

A clear distinction between superior and inferior.

"You two should stop this. How can you openly talk about such private matters in the boudoir?" the woman surnamed Sun scolded in shame and anger.

"..."

Su Fu realized that the woman surnamed Sun had misunderstood him, and explained hurriedly, "Don't get me wrong. I was just saying that I was being held down by her during the night..."

"Shut up, you shameless vixen. Who wants to know what dirty things you did last night?" The woman surnamed Sun walked away quickly, her ears red with embarrassment.

The more you smear it, the darker it gets.

Su Su still wanted to struggle: "Hey, why are you scolding me? It's really not what you think."

However, the woman surnamed Sun ran away regardless and had no intention of listening to Su Su's explanation.

"It's all your fault. You called me some meaningless names. Now I can't explain it clearly."

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Su Su simply passed the buck.

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault."

Chang'e came forward and said sternly, "If you don't call me Foxy, then what should I call you? Master Su? Miss? Lady City God? Or should I call you Sir? Or Madam?"

Ok.

These names were more unpleasant to Su Su's ears, one more than the other.

"forget it. I'm done here."

The plan of finding a place to lie down was ultimately not realized, and I had no choice but to return to the nearby Yanshen Town to kill time in the few hours before nightfall.

This place is adjacent to Laiwu and is under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture together with Lijin County. It is famous for its developed pottery industry, with many pottery factories and the air is always filled with the smell of burning charcoal.

Before they reached Yanshen Town, Su Su and the other two saw a group of laborers sweating profusely as they carried large urns down the mountain. They were piled all over the ground, and there were at least dozens of them.

Looking up the mountain again, there was no sign of a pottery workshop. Instead, there was a pavilion with a plaque of "Kui Xing Tower" on the top of the mountain, and there were quite a few large jars piled up.

Such a scene feels particularly strange.

These large ceramic jars are not very valuable, but the cost of hiring laborers to move them up and down is not a small amount of money. Who would be so idle as to do such a thankless task?

I randomly asked a laborer who was carrying the pottery jars down the mountain and found out that the culprit was a peddler from Lijin County named Li Jiantian. The day before, he had done business with the pottery workshop owner who hired them, but they could not agree on the price and ended up parting on bad terms.

As a result, when the kiln was opened at night, the owner of the pottery workshop suddenly found that dozens of large jars that had just been fired in the kiln had disappeared. He immediately suspected that Li Jiantian was behind it, so he had to go to Li Jiantian's house to apologize and beg Li Jiantian to return the pottery jars.

It was later confirmed that this was indeed the work of Li Jiantian. He used some unknown sorcery to move all sixty or so large urns in the kiln to the foot of Kuixing Tower on the top of Nanshan Mountain.

These laborers have been moving up and down the mountain for three days, and they are finally done.

"When business negotiations fail, he resorts to sorcery to harm others. This Li Jiantian behaves exactly like a white lotus demon. He doesn't even shy away from doing it in broad daylight. He is really very rampant."

Chapter 73 Heavy Rain

"The day before yesterday, after Master Tao came back from Li Zaitian's place, he secretly reported to the authorities. Six or seven county yamen runners came and surrounded the hotel where Li Zaitian was staying and rushed into the guest room to arrest him. However, they found nothing. There was only a set of clothes covered with a wooden mannequin under the bed. The county yamen runners were so angry that their faces turned green."

"What's that? I heard that the county has issued a warrant for Li Zaitian's arrest, saying that he is a demon of the Scent of Fragrance Sect, and they are offering a reward of 100 taels of silver for his capture, dead or alive."

"Hiss... In recent years, strange and bizarre cults have become more and more rampant, and the world is becoming more and more chaotic."

"How much more chaotic can it get? Last year, the barbarians from outside the Great Wall invaded and even captured the emperor. The north of Jinan was also looted and many people fled here. It has only been a little peaceful in recent months."

The laborers carried the pottery jars down the mountain in groups of three or four. They chatted for a while while drinking water and resting, and then went back up the mountain along the path. The laborer who was stopped by Su Su for questioning also turned around and left quietly.

Gazing from afar at the Kuixing Tower built on the top of Nanshan Mountain, there are still seven or eight pottery jars left that have not been moved down the mountain, which will be enough to keep the laborers busy for a while.

Su Su originally wanted to go and look for the White Lotus demon named Li Jiantian while it was still early, but the laborer who answered his call said that Li Jiantian had left Yanshen Town on the day he was approached by the owner of the pottery workshop and his whereabouts were unknown.

It seems that Li Zaitian has some self-awareness and knows that it is not advisable to stay here for long.

"Scent of Fragrance Sect, Taoist Shan did say that the Sect leader Xu Hongru is expected to be elected as the leader of the White Lotus Sect. He does have some skills, but that's all. It's hard for him to achieve anything great."

As far as Su Su knew, the White Lotus Sect had many sects in the open, including Hunyuan Dao, Hongyang Dao, Wenxiang Dao, Qingcha Sect, Laojun Sect, Mahayana Sect, Bazhen Sect, etc. There were countless sects that spread their doctrines and deceived the people into forming secret associations.

In the chapter "Xiaoer" in Liaozhai, it is recorded that in Teng County, Shandong, south of Laiwu, Zhao Wang and his wife believed in Buddhism and did not eat meat. They were well-known for being kind people in the village. They had a daughter, Xiaoer, who was smart and beautiful. She studied in a private school with her brother Zhao Changchun and read the Five Classics in less than five years.

Later, Zhao Wang and his wife were bewitched by the White Lotus demon and joined the sect. Xiao Er was knowledgeable and well-informed, so she learned all the simple magic spells of paper soldiers and bean horses taught in the sect and soon became proficient in them. Then, she and five other young women were accepted as disciples by Xu Hongru. Among them, Xiao Er was the most talented and learned most of Xu Hongru's methods.

This kind of generous attitude of teaching all the skills to anyone with talent in the Wenxiang Dao has certainly enabled the Wenxiang Dao to grow and develop at a very fast speed, and made Xu Hongru famous, with him even showing signs of vying for the position of the leader of the White Lotus Sect.

However, the members of the Wenxiang Taoism were of varying quality, and there was no effective restraint. Many of them learned some rudimentary magic from Xu Hongru and began to commit crimes. They would use evil magic to harm others at the slightest dissatisfaction. Although they seemed to be very powerful, their cohesion was actually similar to that of bandits who rushed in to rob houses.

It would be fine if they secretly developed followers and encroached on local areas, but if they were to jump out and start an uprising and rebel openly, defeat would be only a matter of time.

Seeing Su Fu looking down on Xu Hongru, the leader of the Fragrance Sect, and making sharp comments in a low voice, Chang'e couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Then tell me, how can we achieve great things?"

The woman surnamed Sun also tilted her ear, wanting to hear her opinion.

"Achieve great things? What great things can I achieve? I come from a good family and I am not capable of such things." Su Su said cautiously.

When you are in an unfamiliar place, who knows if there might be gods, demons, or monsters eavesdropping on you? Be careful not to speak out of turn.

I didn’t go into Yanshen Town, but found a pavilion near Nanshan to rest and sit there to kill time.

Looking up at the sky, it was pitch black in the southeast direction, with bright lightning constantly appearing in the clouds. Even from a long distance, one could still hear the rumbling thunder.

"Yishu is about a hundred miles southeast of Yanshen Town. Those dragons have been calling the wind and rain for several hours and haven't stopped yet. They are almost digging three feet into the ground around Yishui County."

Looking at the woman surnamed Sun in green, Su Fu asked with some concern, "As long as you don't use any tricks, the dragons of Kunming Lake will never be able to find you, right?"

"That's true." The woman surnamed Sun nodded slightly.

Su Su calmed down and made up his mind: "That's good. As long as we pretend to be convincing enough, we can go to Yishui when it gets dark, and go down to the underworld from the Ghost Gate. There's nothing to worry about those dragons."

He sat in the pavilion to rest at a leisurely pace. Occasionally, pedestrians passed by on the road. They saw three scholars and young men with extraordinary looks sitting in the pavilion, but did not dare to disturb them. They just looked at them for a few seconds and then continued on their way.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. I felt the air becoming more and more dull and depressing. I glanced towards the dark southeast direction and saw that the previously impenetrable dark clouds were spreading from Yishui to all directions. The thunder in the distance was getting closer and closer. Strong winds were rising and heavy rain was approaching.

This is the rhythm of the dragons who have searched Yishui County in vain and are preparing to expand the search range.

"A heavy rainstorm is coming. I saw a dragon swimming in it."

Su Fu yawned lazily, glanced at the obviously uneasy woman surnamed Sun, and reminded her: "Be more natural, just think of yourself as a passerby hiding from the rain."

"Yeah." The woman surnamed Sun responded softly.

Soon, dark clouds floated over Yanshen Town. At first, there were only a few slanting raindrops, followed by a few deafening thunders. Heavy rain poured down, accompanied by gusts of wind. The pavilion was soon soaked by the heavy rain.

Su Su and Chang'e, who were lightly disguised, were soon swept into the pavilion by the wind and rain, and their clothes got wet. The rouge and watercolor on their faces that concealed their skin color seemed to melt slightly. However, the woman surnamed Sun's attire did not change much. Although her body was also wet and she looked quite disheveled, she still managed to maintain the handsome appearance of a young man in green.

"this......"

When the woman surnamed Sun saw that Su Su and Chang'e's disguises were torn apart by the rain and there was a risk of them being exposed, she couldn't help but panic.

Chang'e suddenly stepped forward and said, "It's not that I intentionally lied to you, sir. We are both weak women, and it's inconvenient for us to walk around. We have no choice but to disguise ourselves."

At first, the woman surnamed Sun was a little slow to react. But when she saw Su Fu turning his head, raising his eyebrows and slightly looking up to indicate that something was happening in the sky, she immediately realized what was happening.

The dragon in the dark clouds noticed the pavilion built on the roadside for people to rest.

He quickly replied, "The world is becoming increasingly unstable these days. Aren't you two girls afraid of running into bad guys when you two go out dressed as men?"

But Chang'e hugged Su Fu and her face was full of resentment.

"To be honest, we were forced by our families to elope and escape."

Chapter 74: The Underworld

Chang'e's words made the woman surnamed Sun so confused as to how to respond.

He stood there in a daze for a long time, without saying a word.

Outside the pavilion, the wind and rain became even stronger, and the rain curtain that covered the sky and the sun enveloped the entire Nanshan Mountain.

For a while.

The woman surnamed Sun said stiffly, "I'm afraid your actions are against etiquette."

"You have achieved great success and playing with male paramours is a refined thing, but our mutual affection is not tolerated by the law. I see that you are young, but you are still a person who is clinging to the old ways and is not obedient to change."

Chang'e is indeed a great actress. No matter how the woman surnamed Sun reacts, she can continue to act accordingly.

The woman surnamed Sun also felt something was wrong, and was ready to play out her conservative character to the end: "How can this matter be confused? You two eloping is really a disgrace to our family. You will bring shame to both families and become a laughing stock in the area."

"If we don't agree, just go away."

Chang'e sneered in response, pushed the woman surnamed Sun to the ground, and mocked her, "How dare you, a piece of trash like an embroidered pillow, bark like that?"

"Boom!"

A loud thunderclap suddenly struck, and flames could be seen above the South Mountain.

This clearly showed that the dragon in the dark clouds had taken action.

The thunder that was so close made Chang'e's face change drastically, and Su Su was also frightened and turned pale.

The woman surnamed Sun who was pushed to the ground angrily cursed: "Even God can't stand it anymore and wants to take you two away."

Before he finished speaking, the violent storm outside the pavilion subsided.

"The acting was too exaggerated. The dragon is gone."

After breaking free from Chang'e's arms, Su Su saw the violent storm gradually subside and the dark clouds drifting towards the northwest. He hurriedly stopped the woman surnamed Sun's exaggerated acting skills and felt extremely uncomfortable as he felt his clothes sticking to his body after being wet by the rain.

But now is not the time to change clothes.

Seeing the dark clouds drifting farther and farther away until they were far away from the territory of Yanshen Town, Su Fu pulled Chang'e and the woman surnamed Sun into the underground. After running for more than fifty miles in one breath, he used his divine power to disperse the water vapor around the three people and rushed to Yishui County in the southeast direction.

Being in the underground, the woman surnamed Sun could not help but lament that her poor acting skills were completely incomparable to those of Su Fu and the others. She was just being led along the whole time and could not say much. She turned to ask, "Do you two really want to use the underworld to leave Shandong? That is not a peaceful place."

"Why, do you have enemies in the underworld? It would be better if you tell us earlier so that we can avoid them earlier."

Su Su's attention was mostly on the outside world, and he responded casually.

"I don't have any enemies. After all, people who practice medicine are somewhat wary of the underworld. But things have come to this point, and there is no other way to go. Let's just go through the underworld." The woman surnamed Sun was speechless. She could never keep up with Su Su's unconventional ideas.

"It's good that you don't have any enemies in the underworld, but I have a big enemy in the underworld. He is a leader in the underworld and occupies a large area. His name is Black Mountain Lord. Yesterday at noon, I killed one of his clones that came to the world of the living outside Yangzhou City. This grudge is really big."

Since she planned to let the woman surnamed Sun stay in Guobei County, Su Su did not want to hide her hostile relationship with Heishan Jun.

Speaking frankly sounded the alarm for the woman surnamed Sun in advance.

"That's fine. The underworld is vast, and the Black Mountain Lord's territory is limited to a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. It's difficult for him to interfere in the affairs of Shandong. His real body is in the mountains of the underworld, so his movements are restricted. Most of the time, he can only move with his clones. As long as you don't get close to his real body, you don't need to worry too much about the threat."

The woman surnamed Sun obviously knew about the existence of the ghost king named Heishan Jun, so even when Su Su said that her arch enemy was Heishan Jun, she did not show much worry.

It was far less panicked than when the previous dragon passed overhead.

"You guys don't take ghosts and immortals seriously?"

Su Su was speechless for a while.

It would be fine if Chang'e looked down on Heishan Jun.

How come the woman surnamed Sun, who had to hide from the dragons in Kunming Lake and were being hunted down by them, didn't regard Heishan Jun as a threat?

Sure enough, the weakest among the three is me, Su.

I rushed to Yishui County with a sad heart. It was already dusk. Compared to the wilderness where the woman surnamed Sun was standing on the roadside crying, the area around Yishui County was much more densely populated.

Wisps of smoke rise into the sky, revealing a bit of the human touch.

"Lijin's Wen judge said that Yishui Ghost Gate is on the outskirts of the city. It is filled with gloomy air, so it shouldn't be difficult to find."

Without worrying about whether to enter the city or not, Su Su went straight to look for the ghost gate outside Yishui County.

During the day, heavy rain fell throughout Yishui for several hours. Mud potholes and puddles were everywhere on the unpaved roads. Even the official roads that were maintained by special people were muddy. In order not to dirty their shoes, most pedestrians walked barefoot. Su Su and the other two were traveling underground, so they naturally did not have this trouble.

"The Ghost Gate on the outskirts of Yishui is controlled by others. What's the point of you searching everywhere like a headless fly? Even if you find the Ghost Gate, it will be futile if the owner refuses to let you in. Just wait until nightfall. If the newly dead ghosts in Yishui want to be reincarnated in the underworld, there will be ghost messengers to lead them to the Ghost Gate. Just follow them then."

Seeing Su Su wandering around in the underground, his level of inexperience was shocking, and Chang'e couldn't stand it any more.

The woman surnamed Sun remained silent, which was considered as her agreement with Chang'e's statement.

"..."

Su Fu pulled the two of them out of the ground and said in a shocked voice, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

"No one asked either." Chang'e answered righteously.

The country fox who had never seen the world was humiliated.

Not long after, the sun set and the stars lit up the night sky.