This Liao Zhai is not right

This strange dream came and went quickly. When Su Su slowly opened her eyes and put her hand out to block the sunlight in front of her eyes, she realized that it was just noon and it had not even been an hour since she fell asleep.

"How strange! Why did I dream about Jinse?"

Although there had been physical contact yesterday, Su Su could guarantee that he had not had any inappropriate thoughts.

Su Fu looked at Heng'e, who had put down her needlework and was resting on the couch with her eyes closed, feeling somewhat guilty. He muttered in his heart, "The hidden dangers left by the demon have been eliminated. Logically, I should not be affected by Jinse's demonic calamity again. There is really no reason to have such a dream."

After thinking for a long time, Su Su still couldn't figure it out.

Helplessly, she had to put it aside for the time being.

After all, at this point, Su Su didn't have the courage to run up to Chang'e and tell her that another woman had appeared in his dream. If he did such an unwise move to provoke the other party, he would probably have to ask for leave from the King of Hell tonight.

He stood up from the recliner and yawned slightly.

The karmic fire of the red flower ornament between the brows trembled, and all distracting thoughts disappeared, and he suddenly felt full of energy.

Looking towards the side room on the left side of the courtyard, Nie Xiaoqian was lying on the bed to avoid the sunlight. When she saw Su Su coming, she became extremely stiff and dared not move.

"I didn't do anything, don't act like I flirted with you!"

Seeing Nie Xiaoqian's strange behavior, Su Su felt that he was deeply sinful, so he quickly hid himself and walked to the City God Temple.

It was noon, and most of the people who had been burning incense and adding oil to the City God Temple had dispersed. Occasionally, a few people could be seen sitting in the shade of the corridor to rest, while the temple keeper who lived in the side hall was making a fire and cooking.

The City God Temple is very popular, and the financial difficulties of the temple keeper have also improved significantly.

Guobei County was a poor and remote place, so the common people who came to burn incense could not afford much money, but the number of believers was large, so some were generous, such as Tan Jinxuan, who came from a wealthy family. Su Su watched him put a few copper coins into the merit box without blinking, and then he bowed in front of the statue of the City God and asked him to bless him to pass the imperial examination in the autumn.

According to the civil and military judges of the City God Temple, ever since Tan Jinxuan learned of the rumor that the land god of Baishui Village would take over as the City God of Guobei County, he has come to burn incense and worship the gods every now and then, completely replacing his previous belief in the art of guiding qigong with instead burning incense and worshiping the gods.

It’s just that the City God Temple is in charge of monitoring the good and evil, fortune and disasters in the world. Aren’t you worshipping the wrong god if you want fame and fortune?

Just when Su Su was feeling both amused and annoyed about the fact that Tan Jinxuan had worshipped the wrong god.

Judge Wen emerged from the clay statue, bowed to Su Su and said, "Tan Jinxuan's face is pale, and there is a black aura floating on his forehead. It is difficult for him to concentrate on his studies. He has come to the City God Temple many times to burn incense and worship the gods. We would dispel the evil spirit for him, but after a few days, the black aura on his forehead would revive again. At first, we suspected that there was an evil ghost in his house, but we sent ghost soldiers to stake out his house for several days but found nothing. In the end, we can only use this temporary solution instead of a permanent solution."

Chapter 140: Monsters in the Old House

Tan Jinxuan is a student from Guobei County. He is quite talented, but he is so obsessed with the art of Qi training that his mind goes blank. Not only has he forgotten everything he has learned in the past, but on his way back, he is targeted by a Taoist priest who intends to incite refugees in Guobei County to revolt, and suffers from his evil magic.

This series of events has lasted less than a month.

Su Fu originally thought that he had been unlucky for so long, and although he couldn't say that good things would come after bad times, at least he could calm down and study to prepare for the autumn examination.

But this guy is indeed an unlucky guy.

I don't know what kind of evil spirit he has attracted recently. Judging from the black forehead and pale face he has,

If he had not come to the City God Temple many times to burn incense and worship the gods, allowing Judge Wen to help dispel the evil spirits, I am afraid that disaster would have already happened.

After burning incense, Judge Wen was about to take action to dispel the black energy on Tan Jinxuan's forehead as usual, but Su Su immediately stopped him. He watched Tan Jinxuan wander around in the City God Temple for a while, and then he turned around and left in a hurry.

"Why is Yama stopping me?" Judge Wen asked puzzledly.

"You sent out ghost soldiers to stake out Tan Jinxuan's home for several days but found nothing. It must be that the evil spirits are on guard. It is better to let them go for now and use this as bait to lure out the evil spirits."

With the sunlight shining during the day, the black energy on Tan Jinxuan's forehead can hardly cause any trouble, so there is no need to worry too much about his safety.

Leading Judge Wen out of the City God Temple, Su Su watched Tan Jinxuan wandering away on the street and followed slowly.

Tan Jinxuan was seen wandering around the city for a long time. He first went to a restaurant in the city to have a meal, and then ran to the Broken Bridge in the north of the city to chat with several scholars gathered there. He repeatedly boasted about his glorious feat of beating the White Lotus Demon so hard that he vomited three liters of blood. It was not until the afternoon that he went to a bookstore in the city to buy some current affairs, classics, pens, ink and paper, and then walked along the street straight to the city gate.

Then he walked out of the city gate and went to the distant suburbs.

"There's nothing unusual about his behavior. It seems like he didn't offend any evil spirits or ghosts."

Seeing that Tan Jinxuan was heading straight to the outskirts of the city instead of returning to his home in the city, Su Fu glanced at Judge Wen and asked, "The black energy on Tan Jinxuan's forehead, wasn't it provoked at his home in the city?"

"Reporting to Yama, some time ago, the White Lotus demon wreaked havoc on the Tan family's residence. Afterwards, Tan Jinxuan's family moved to the old house outside the city. After a period of time, he was attacked by evil spirits. The place where we sent the ghost soldiers to stake out was also the old house of the Tan family outside the city."

Judge Wen reported the truth.

After hearing this, Su Su actually felt a little sympathy for the unlucky guy Tan Jinxuan.

From Baishui Village to Guobei County, and then from Guobei County to the old house outside the city, he could be said to have spent more than a month in the process of constantly encountering evil spirits.

"Tan Jinxuan started to encounter evil spirits when he was practicing the art of guiding Qi training last year. After I exorcised the evil spirits, he returned to his old house and encountered evil spirits again. It seems that this so-called art of guiding Qi training is closely related to his old house outside the city."

After confirming that Tan Jinxuan's encounter with evil spirits was closely related to his old house, Su Su was too lazy to continue wasting time following Tan Jinxuan. He called for Judge Shangwen to lead the way, and then started walking using the art of walking with divine speed.

The rocks and streams flowed past quickly before my eyes, and soon the village with the archway of "Tanjiazhuang" came into view.

This place is about five miles away from Guobei County, and is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Behind the village is a stretch of bamboo mountain, lush and green with undulating hills; in front of the village there is a gurgling stream. The terrain is relatively flat, and there are paddy fields of varying sizes for planting crops.

The manor is surrounded by a wall as high as a person, and the houses inside are compact and densely packed.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Su Su stood firmly and walked towards Tanjia Village ahead. He heard a series of banging sounds coming from the village. When he got closer, he found that there were several craftsmen chopping bamboo and weaving bamboo products.

There is a saying: live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water.

Tanjiazhuang is backed by the endless bamboo mountains, and there are many people who make and sell bamboo products to supplement their family income. Just as Su Su looked around, he saw five or six families with newly made bamboo products piled up in their courtyards, which had not yet been sold in the city.

Su Su and Judge Wen entered Tanjia Village in stealth, and ordinary people could not see them. However, the dogs raised in the village for guarding the house had keen senses and all tucked their tails between their legs to avoid them.

Judge Wen had led the ghost soldiers to this place several times. He found the old house of Tan Jinxuan in the north of Tanjiazhuang among the densely packed houses with ease. At this time, Tan's father and mother were not in the house, only a few servants were busy coming in and out.

A quick look revealed that the old house of the Tan family was quite old. Perhaps because it had been vacant for many years, many of the bricks and tiles on the side walls in the courtyard had decayed, but it had not yet been repaired. There were two tall jujube trees planted on the left and right sides of the courtyard. It was mid-spring, but the trees had not yet sprouted, and were obviously dead.

The dead branches of the jujube tree were sparse on the south side, but dense on the north side. Su Su looked around and found nothing in the yard that could block the light from the jujube tree. He listened carefully and found that apart from the sounds of servants coming in and out, there was not even the rustling sounds of snakes, insects, rats and ants. The yard was completely silent.

"Just from the surface observation, Tan Jinxuan's old house is very abnormal. A group of ghost soldiers squatting here have not found the evil ghost that is causing trouble. It's quite interesting."

There were servants coming in and out of the main entrance of the old house, which was quite inconvenient. Su Su walked into the yard lightly, skipped the front yard where there was no obvious problem, and walked quickly to the even more dilapidated backyard of the old house.

As soon as I entered the backyard, a vague feeling of coldness came over me.

In broad daylight, the backyard of the Tan family's old house was filled with gloomy energy, and most of the evil spirits and ghosts were lurking here.

"You really have nothing to gain from this?"

The problems with the Tan family's old house were too obvious. Su Su really couldn't believe that the evil soldiers who had been waiting in the yard for days had not found the evil spirits lurking there.

As soon as Su Su finished speaking, Judge Wen bowed with a face full of fear and said, "How dare we lie to Yan Luo? The courtyard was filled with such a gloomy aura during those few days. We searched almost every corner of the old house but could not find the source of the gloomy aura. However, according to our previous investigation, the place with the strongest gloomy aura in the backyard is the attic study. Yan Luo may want to go there and take a look."

Look up at the study in the attic.

The vague chilly feeling I had felt before became more obvious.

"There is an evil spirit in the study."

He leaped through the wall and landed lightly on the floor of the study. Looking around, all he could see was a bookshelf with hundreds of books and a desk with ink hanging on it by the window.

Tan's father and mother were not at home, so Tan Jinxuan also went out early to burn incense and worship the gods at the Guobei County City God Temple. However, the servants of the Tan family did not have the courage to break into the study and touch the pens and ink inside.

Feeling the faint evil spirit in the study, Su Su finally figured out why Tan Jinxuan had been possessed by evil spirits so many times.

Studying classics in the study room to prepare for the autumn examination and being in the same room with monsters, it is inevitable that you will encounter evil spirits.

Chapter 141 Li Daitao is stiff

The common methods used by ghosts to harm people are to confuse, conceal and scare. They also need to take advantage of the strong negative energy at night to harm people. Unless it is a fierce ghost with a strong resentment and has returned to the underworld for the seventh time, it will have the ability to show up and kill people.

The monsters that have gained intelligence through ignorant practice would hide in abandoned ancient Buddhist temples or occupy places with abundant spiritual energy in deep mountains and old forests, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon and taking in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation.

At this time, the monster is in the stage of refining essence into qi, its intelligence is still ignorant, and it acts on instinct. Except for its physique being stronger than ordinary birds and beasts, there is not much difference from ordinary birds and beasts in other aspects.

Only after one has mastered Qi training and transformed Qi into spirit, entering the realm of refining Qi into spirit and cultivating into Yin Spirit, can one speak human language and use the Yin Spirit to leave the body to perform some minor magic spells, which can barely be considered a real monster.

The three snake monsters that Su Su killed with a rake in Guojia Village belonged to this category.

The demonic aura she felt in the study room of the Tan family's old house was much weaker than those of the three snake demons.

His eyes swept across the small study room, where there were all kinds of objects. At first glance, they were all dead objects such as books and paintings, paper scrolls, etc. There was no way there were any monsters.

"It's not uncommon for birds and animals to become demons through cultivation, but it's quite rare for dead things to be born with intelligence and become spirits to cause trouble."

As a fox spirit, Su Su is very sensitive to evil spirits.

With just one glance, he could see that the faint evil aura in the study came from the bookshelf containing hundreds of volumes of books.

Holding the soul-beating ruler in his hand, Su Su raised his eyebrows and looked at the bookshelf and said, "Do you want me to ask you to come out, or do you want to show up on your own initiative?"

"Click! Click!"

The bookshelf, which was obviously old, trembled slightly, shaking off the fine dust accumulated in the cracks. There were a few sounds of secret buttons being opened, and a secret compartment half a foot square quietly opened from the corner of the bookshelf.

Su Su looked in the direction of the sound and saw a square silk package hidden in a secret compartment in the corner of the bookshelf.

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A rustling sound came from the silk package. Along with the sound, the tightly covered package slowly opened bit by bit. A faint fragrance of rue wafted out, and an ancient book with yellowed paper and a blank cover appeared before the eyes.

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Su Su looked carefully and saw a little man about three inches tall with a ferocious face, like a yaksha, walking out of the ancient book. The faint evil spirit in the study came from it.

This three-inch-long little man with a ferocious face is indeed a book monster born from ancient books with intelligence.

Although it is extremely rare, there are relevant records.

As far as Su Su knew, the story "The House Monster" in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio told the story that there were many monsters in the house of Mr. Li in Changshan County. A flesh-red, round spring stool was often seen in his house, but Mr. Li never remembered buying this item. Out of curiosity, he walked over and touched it, and the spring stool immediately bent up, as soft as human flesh.

Mr. Li was so frightened that he ran away on the spot, and the spring stool was also frightened by him so much that its four legs moved and escaped into the wall.

After that, Wang Junsheng, a scholar who taught in Mr. Li's house, suddenly saw several little men carrying a coffin appear in his bedroom when he just lit the lamp and lay on the bed at dusk one day. They were dressed in mourning, covering their mouths with their sleeves, and sobbing like the buzzing of flies. Wang Junsheng was frightened so much that he fell under the bed, trembling all over, and his legs were so weak that he could not stand up.

The house monster hiding in Mr. Li's house and the three-inch little man in the study of the old house of the Tan family are probably the same kind of monster.

After the villain walked out of the ancient book, he knelt straight on the ground, kowtowed to Su Su repeatedly, and mumbled some indistinct words begging for mercy. The sound was as soft as a mosquito's whisper, making it difficult for people to hear clearly.

Looking at the three-inch villain who kept kowtowing, Su Su asked, "Tell me, why did you keep causing trouble to Tan Jinxuan?"

"It's unfair. It's really unfair."

The villain kowtowed and answered with a feeling of grievance: "I have been living in the Tan family's study room since I can remember, for more than fifty years, and I have never had the intention of doing evil or harming anyone. It's just that the young man named Tan An learned a simple breathing method from somewhere, and often guided me to practice Qi in this study room. He unknowingly absorbed the weak evil Qi that overflowed from my practice into my Dantian, causing trouble. It was really not my wish."

Listening to the three-inch man's speech full of grievances, Su Su looked at the bookshelf where the ancient books were hidden. Looking at the corners, it seemed that it had not been moved for many years. Although it was impossible to confirm the three-inch man's claim that he had stayed in the study of the Tan family's old house for more than 50 years, it was enough to show that he had been hiding in the study for quite a long time.

If they wanted to commit evil and harm people, they would not have to wait until Tan Jinxuan's family moved here.

Under normal circumstances, what the three-inch villain said was reasonable and logical, and it was really hard to find any loopholes in it.

However, when Su Fu used a stone with the power to exorcise evil spirits to dispel the black energy on Tan Jinxuan's forehead in Baishui Village a month ago, he cried about the hardships of studying hard for more than 20 years and being harmed by the evil book. It can be seen that Tan Jinxuan gradually became addicted to the art of guiding qi training after he came into contact with this ancient book and could not extricate himself.

When Su Su heard this, it was full of loopholes.

"Oh? If it's true as you said, the reason why Tan Jinxuan encountered evil spirits again and again was because he learned a simple breathing method from somewhere, and guided the Qi training in the study to absorb the weak evil spirit overflowing from your practice into his Dantian. But as far as I know, Tan Jinxuan started to encounter evil spirits years ago. At that time, he was clearly living in Guobei County. I wonder how he could absorb the weak evil spirit overflowing from your practice into his Dantian when he was breathing and training?"

"You are not good at flattery, and you dare to lie to me?"

Su Su's tone suddenly turned cold, and a fire of karma shone through the red flower ornaments on his brows. His majestic and cold gaze fell on the three-inch figurine, causing its legs to tremble, just like when Su Su was trying a case in the underworld court.

Whatever it was thinking was burned by the fire, and it blurted out: "I have been practicing hard for many years, but it is difficult to achieve the Tao. If I don't take over Tan An's body, how can I break the cage and see the light of day?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole story suddenly became clear. This three-inch-tall man who walked out of the ancient book was actually trying to take over Tan Jinxuan's body.

Before the three-inch villain with an increasingly ferocious face could finish his words, Su Su's Soul-Slaying Ruler had already been added with the power to exorcise evil spirits and smashed it through the air, crushing it in the Soul-Slaying Ruler with ease.

Divine light overflowed, dispelling the faint evil spirit that permeated the study.

The cold and gloomy feeling that had lingered in the Tan family's old house for a long time disappeared without a trace in an instant.

As the three-inch man was suppressed by Su Su's soul-beating ruler, the yellowed ancient book wrapped in a square piece of silk moved without wind, and the four big characters "Taiping Yaoshu" appeared on the blank cover.

Chapter 142 The Art of Peace

"Taiping Yaoshu", also known as "Taiping Qinglingshu", is said to be about Zhang Jiao who went into the mountains to collect herbs. He met an old man with blue eyes and a childlike face, holding a rhubarb stick. The old man called Zhang Jiao into a cave and gave him three volumes of heavenly books.

These three volumes of heavenly book are the so-called "Taiping Yaoshu".

Later, Zhang Jue used this as a foundation, widely distributed talismans and water, saved the people, called himself the Great Sage and Good Teacher, and shouted: The Blue Sky is dead, the Yellow Sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world will be blessed.