Until he was fifty years old, he was still a businessman in a small county town, and he was a typical profiteer.
But all the shops under his name are known to be short of quality and shoddy; however, this does not prevent him from making a fortune, because... he "can handle it".
In those days, in some small places, as long as the local parents and officials were willing to protect you, you could basically walk around there.
Liu Yufang followed this path of "collusion between officials and businessmen" - to use our modern concept, he successfully achieved regional monopolies in many businesses by bribing successive county officials.
Even if the local people don't want to buy things from his Liu family, they still have to buy them. If they suffer a loss, they can only swallow it. If you go to the Yamen to sue him, you will never win, and you may even get a beating.
Occasionally, there will be projects allocated by the imperial court, and the local officials will naturally contract it to Liu Yufang after "pumping the water", and Liu Yufang will pump the water again, and the whole thing will be a mess.
In the end, it is the people who suffer from the project.
In short, in those years, in Liu Yufang's hometown, it could be said that he was a "flowing county magistrate and an iron-clad Master Liu."
Not to mention how happy I am to earn that dirty money. At home, I occupy a room, lie on the floor, have fine clothes and fine food, and have a group of wives and concubines... It is more comfortable than many rich people in big cities.
However, when Liu Yufang was fifty years old, something happened.
Perhaps it was his own retribution, and at the most glorious moment of his life, he fell ill.
How he found out he was sick, how he visited famous doctors, and how he was diagnosed, I won't go into details one by one. In short, I will use a word that everyone can understand immediately - liver cancer.
Although Liu Yufang is a bad person, he is also a smart person. Faced with such matters involving his own life and death, he will not deceive himself: after listening to so many doctors talking evasive words to him, he must have understood... his disease
It can't be cured.
But he doesn't want to die. His will to live is extremely strong, but he also knows that relying on common sense or science can no longer save him, so he can only turn to ghosts and gods for help...
Of course, he didn't go looking for that kind of "charlatan" because he knew very well that ten out of ten of those people were liars. After they came to your door, they would either dance with you or talk to you about alchemy, and then rely on
The word "drag" is used to defraud your family of food, drink and money... Scammers can afford to delay, but his illness cannot afford to delay.
As the saying goes, it is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. One night, Liu Yufang simply went out on his own; he brought a bowl of rice, a few sticks of incense, a few fire folds, a stack of paper money, three candles, and a few bamboo slices and
A hammer... and headed for the cemetery.
What is he preparing to do?
The local method - "nail the grave and ask the ghost".
This matter is spread in many areas of our country. Liu Yufang heard it mentioned by his family when he was a child, but few people would actually do it, because people who really believe in this kind of thing will be afraid and will not go if they are afraid.
That's it; those who are not afraid mean that they don't believe it at all. If they don't believe it, there is no need to go... Furthermore, digging and robbing graves is a serious crime in any dynasty. If you are caught doing such an invisible thing, you will be caught.
What to do?
But Liu Yufang didn't care. He was already going to die, so why did he have so many worries?
That night, he randomly picked a grave in the cemetery outside the county, laid out the rice, put incense on the rice, set up a few candles around it, and then nailed the bamboo pieces into the grave.
.
The first grave didn't respond when he nailed it, so he wedged out the bamboo pieces again and replaced the grave head. Then... the second one... still didn't respond.
Just like that, three, four, five... Just when Liu Yufang gradually felt that this method was ineffective and wanted to back out...
Trust——please——
With the sound of bamboo pieces being hammered into the fifth grave, suddenly, the flames of the candles around Liu Yufang turned green.
This fifth grave is an "unnamed grave". There were many graves like this in ancient times. Some people died in a foreign land. For various reasons, they could not find identification documents and no one came to claim the bodies. The locals just
I could bury him nearby and get a grave, but there would be no name on the grave and no one would come to pay homage.
When Liu Yufang saw that the unknown grave responded to "nailing the grave", he continued to nail it down. After a while, the ghost came out of the grave.
Liu Yufang was not afraid, so he asked the ghost blankly: Is there any way for me to survive? Are there any gods in this world who can save me? If gods can't save me, so can demons and monsters.
Obviously, the ghost would not answer him directly. After they reached a "deal", the ghost told him that he might be able to save him if he went to Shu Mountain to find those practicing sects.
Liu Yufang was unequivocal and immediately presented him with a large amount of paper money and promised that he would send someone to build the ghost's grave and erect a monument tomorrow.
I have to say that Liu Yufang is a person with strong execution ability.
In the next seven days, in addition to paying to build the ghost's grave as agreed, he also donated all his property to surrounding temples, Taoist temples and poor people according to the ghost's "instructions."
Even the common people were dumbfounded: What happened to this person named Liu? Is he possessed by an evil spirit? There must be some kind of trap here, right? After we take the money, will someone come to us one day and charge usury?
If you look at their reactions, you can see what kind of impression Liu Yufang gives people on weekdays, and how hateful he is...
Of course, what others think of him, what they say about him... Liu Yufang has long since stopped caring - people are going to die, and he doesn't even want money, so will he still care about that?
After dispersing all his family wealth, Liu Yufang rushed to Mount Emei without saying a word to "become a disciple and seek enlightenment".
You may find it strange when you see this. Emei is the head of the mountains in the Shushan area. How can someone like Liu Yufang succeed in becoming a disciple?
Then I have to say something: the bigger a sect, an organization... becomes, the easier it is for some people who shouldn't be recruited to join it.
Although Liu Yufang did many evil things in the first half of his life, when he went to Emei, his heart was indeed sincere, and he did use all his wealth to do good deeds. He seemed to have achieved great enlightenment and became a Buddha immediately.
Judging from his condition at that time, it was not surprising that he could make it to the mountains.
To make a long story short, Liu Yufang became a disciple of Emei's "Taihao Sect" at the age of fifty, practiced there for a period of time, and received the Taoist title "Guanhengzi".
The Taoist priests of Taihao Sect not only cured his illness, but also taught him Qi refining methods and some Taoist techniques, which gave him decades of longevity.
However, paper cannot cover the fire. Liu Yufang had evil intentions after all. When his life was no longer in danger, his true nature gradually emerged...
That summer twenty-five years ago, Liu Yufang was ordered by his master to travel down the mountain.
The Taihao Sect is different from the Xuanqi Sect. It is a large sect with a strong sense of responsibility, so when the Taoism of some disciples reaches a certain level, they will send these disciples down the mountain to "do good deeds and eliminate evil spirits", both as a kind of experience
, but also to do something for the world.
It was during that trip down the mountain that Liu Yufang met a young county magistrate - the magistrate was none other than Han Yu, who had just been an official for less than two years.
As soon as Liu Yufang saw Han Yu, he discovered that this son was by no means an idle man. He was a very capable minister, but he had not yet waited for the opportunity.
Even though Liu Yufang has been practicing in the mountains for many years, he is still a businessman in his heart: before the age of fifty, he was a profiteer, colluding with officials and businessmen, and doing business with others; when he was fifty, he was terminally ill, nailing graves to inquire about ghosts, and following ghosts.
Doing business; but now, he is clearly a monk, but he still thinks about the fame and fortune in the world of mortals, and plans to do a business with Han Yu.
He was thinking at the time... Han Yu would definitely be one of the Three Dukes in the future. If he could take him under his wing, or at least give Han Yu a handle, he would be able to use his own ability to add Master Han's
With the introduction, it shouldn't be difficult for him to become a "national teacher" in the future.
If conditions permit, wouldn't it be beautiful for him to become an imaginary emperor and dominate the country...
Ladies, if you have read a lot of books, you will know that this guy is thinking about peach. How can it be so easy to sneak into the palace and cause trouble? How can the real dragon emperor be so easy to deal with? If only Liu Yu could read more books on the mountain.
He should have known that if he did this, he would probably be struck to death by lightning.
However, this does not prevent him from "negotiating business" with Han Yu at this moment.
Calling it a "sale" was actually a fraud; Liu Yufang knew that Han Yu would become a high official sooner or later, regardless of whether he helped him or not, but he lied to Han Yu and said, "I can make you a very powerful minister."
, but there are conditions.
At that time, Han Yu was frustrated. When he saw that an experienced Taoist with real magic power (it was not difficult to prove this) took the initiative to tell him about this matter, he must have felt that the opportunity was not to be missed.
So Liu Yufang continued to lie. He said that Han Yu had "an unspeakable thing" in the past twenty years. It was the karma caused by this incident that hindered Han Yu's career. Han Yu must put this matter aside.
Tell him and ask Liu Yufang to help him do something to smooth things over before he can get rid of this karma.
What he said is just like those scammers who practice "mind reading" or "spiritual mediumship" nowadays and ask you "What worries you recently?"
Who doesn’t have any worries?
Who has lived for decades and doesn’t have one thing that he doesn’t want others to know?
Liu Yufang just wanted to use these words to get Han Yu out of trouble, and then use them according to the situation.
As for Han Yu, after thinking about it, he said a few things that were neither serious nor serious, neither painful nor painful. Liu Yu just didn't follow his trick, so what's the use of things that can't be used as excuses?
So Liu Yufang pretended to be angry and gave the other party an ultimatum: "If you don't tell the truth, I won't be able to help you."
Han Yu was now anxious, so after some inner struggle, he sold the "Jade Tail Immortal" who had helped him in the past.
When Liu Yufang heard this, he was overjoyed and said in his heart: "Okay, it turns out that you, the number one scholar, went to Beijing to take the exam with the money given by the monster... This matter needs to be made more jealous and jealous.
It's okay for this monster to help you cheat in the exam. Once this matter spreads out, your reputation will be "from a bad origin". By then, no matter how big your official position is, it will be useless, ha... With this matter, you will never be able to do it in your life.
Take it in my hand."
He had made up his mind in his mind, but on the surface Liu Yufang remained calm; he told Han Yu that he would settle the matter. In the next three to five years, Mr. Han will definitely rise to the top, but in the future, if I am a poor man,
If something is asked of you, you have to help.
The "deal" between the two of them is now concluded.
Afterwards, Liu Yufang followed him straight to Yueyang, intending to kill the Great Immortal Yuwei to silence him.
Although the possibility is not very high, if someone can find this goblin to testify against Han Yu in the future, it will be an extraneous matter, so it is better to kill her to be safe.
So, a few days later, on the edge of Taihu Lake, Liu Yufang opened an altar at night to catch monsters.
He summoned the Great Immortal Jade Tail, kept saying, "Han Yu asked me to come," and used magic to create its prototype, destroying its body and cutting off its two souls and four souls (the monster's soul is incomplete, but through practice it can be slowed down).
slow completion).
Just when the Yuwei Immortal had only one soul left and was about to die, the Taoist Taoists of Taihao Sect arrived...
The old Taoists captured Liu Yufang on the spot. The latter wanted to argue that he was "eliminating demons," but the old Taoists did not accept his tactics.
However, because Liu Yufang did not commit any heinous crime, but only "attempted", the old Taoists simply expelled him from the school on the spot and abolished his Taoist practice.
Liu Yufang, who lost his magic power, suddenly became very old, his beard and hair were all white, and he was as skinny as a stick... Where did he go and what did he do? How did he go to the pawnshop to become that "Mr. Tongquan", and why did he end up because of that "Mr. Tongquan"?
"Jiu Yu Zhuri Furnace" entered the Five Spirit Sect... We will describe these later, but here we will talk about the Great Immortal Yuwei first.
That night, Yuwei didn't know whether those old Taoists who suddenly came to kill her would be harmful to her, so when she saw that Liu Yufang was under control, she quickly ran away; but her remnant soul had nowhere to show up in the world, and ended up wandering.
It was actually attached to the "Visiting the Lake and Encountering Immortals" picture.
From a certain perspective, the painting painted by Han Yu actually saved her life.
After staying in the warehouse of Lu Wen's family for several years, as Han Yu's reputation grew, Lu Wen took out the picture "Encountering Immortals in the Lake" and framed it and hung it in the study.
In the next twenty years or so, Immortal Tamao stayed in Lu Wen's study, slowly waiting for his strength to recover. At the same time, he also watched and listened to the scandalous activities in the officialdom every day.
Until today, Lu Wen sent this painting to Sun Yixie's house...
As soon as the Yuwei Immortal entered the Sun Mansion, she found that this place was different - almost as soon as she leaned into the house, the demon became energetic. In those few short hours, she recovered more vitality and mana than she had in the previous years.
There are even more.
What's going on? The hidden meaning in the book is actually because of something on Sun Yixie's body.
I wonder if you all still remember that when we were at Nalanruo Temple, Miao Yinzi gave Sun Yixie a red gadget that was similar to an egg, and told him that from this day on, he would never leave his body.
I can save his life.
We still can't say the real use of this thing. You just need to know that because this thing can slowly release spiritual energy, a lot of free spiritual energy has accumulated in the Sun Mansion in the past few months after Sun Yixie returned home.
This makes Yuwei cheaper.
It was precisely because of this that Yuwei was able to create all kinds of strange phenomena tonight to lure Sun Yun and the two into the house to talk.
But she didn't expect that those two guys were so cowardly. Not only did they not dare to enter the house, they even tried to "shake people up"... In order to prevent them from making the matter worse, Tamao had no choice but to show up.
At present, Yuwei has explained her experience to Sun Yixie and Yun Shili - of course, she is not very clear about those things about Liu Yufang, she just said what she knows from her perspective
Those ones.
In her opinion, Han Yu had received her kindness back then and it was fine that he didn't want to repay it. He actually found a Taoist priest to get rid of her. This "revenge" was unjustifiable.
In the afternoon, Yuwei listened to Lu Wen talking about his experience in the "West Lake Elegant Seat" and learned that he was going to be sent to the Sun Mansion, and that the young master of the Sun family, Sun Yixie, was both a young hero and Yun Shili's
My friend, at that time she felt that the opportunity for revenge had come.
Yuwei has been "hanging" in Lu Wen's study for so many years and has listened to countless conversations between officials. She naturally knows that Mr. Yun Shiliyun of Jinyiwei... is a person that they, the officials, talk about.
, if there is anyone in the current dynasty who can get rid of Han Yu, then Yun Shili must be the one.
Then when she came to the Sun Mansion, she found that Yun Shili lived here. That was better, and it would save her the trouble of finding him through Sun Yixie.
"Oh~ So that's it." After listening to Yuwei's narration, Sun Yixie immediately shook his head and said, "Then now that the two of you have met, there shouldn't be anything wrong with me, right? I'll leave you guys and talk slowly.
"What are you doing?" Sun Yixie answered before the other party could say anything, "Let me declare in advance that I am just a commoner. It is impossible for you to ask me to be a young master in front of you. People can do whatever they want.
My whole family has to pay for it."
"Young Master Sun has misunderstood. I want to ask Mr. Yun to make the decision for me regarding Han Yu." Yuwei continued, "But...when I came to this house, I discovered that Young Master Sun, you have great aura and strong bones."
Bufan, you just used Taoist methods to sacrifice that magical weapon... If I guessed correctly, you should have been taught by someone from the Taoist sect, right?"
"Hmm..." Sun Yixie thought for a while and did not answer directly, but responded, "So what?"
"If Sun Shaoxia knows someone from the Taoist sect, Yuwei would like to ask you to help me find out where the 'Guan Hengzi' is now. If possible, I hope Sun Shaoxia will tell my grievances to the Taoist sect and let them make the decision for me to get rid of this person."
Scum." Tamao replied.
Upon hearing this, Sun Yixie realized that it was just a message, so that was no problem: "Oh... OK, if I meet any Taoist priest in the future, I will definitely convey it to you."
"Then Yuwei thanks Sun Shaoxia first." This fairy is quite interesting. Although her tone of voice is not very polite, she is actually quite polite.
"Hey, I'm talking about you." Yun Shili finally spoke again. He looked at Yuwei and said, "Yi Xie promised you, but I didn't."
"Oh?" Yuwei's expression suddenly changed, "Could it be that... Mr. Yun and Han Yu are the same species?"
"That's not true." Yun Shili said, "But..." He paused, "Not to mention that what you have said up to now is just one side of your story, and there is no evidence... Even if I believe you, I can't
You used the excuse of 'repaying a favor to a monster' to kill the young master of the court? If you really say this, not only will you not be able to avenge me, but I will also be locked up as a lunatic."
"This..." Yuwei is a fairy after all, so thinking about things is not that complicated. When Yun Shili said this, she was stunned.
"Hey...Brother Yun, you are so humble now." Sun Yixie said at the right time, "Who is Han Yu? You can do whatever you want... you are a royal guard, how can you still find someone to help you?
What is the way to punish people? His surname is Han. He forgot to fry the pork when he was at home today. You can also say that he deceived the king... You can just find a few homophonic or acrostic words in the memorials and letters he wrote.
Rebellion... Anyway, find an excuse to send him to jail, and he can be found guilty of something if he is not guilty, right?"
"Ha..." Yun Shili smiled, "Yi Xie, it's a pity that you don't come to serve as our Jinyi Guard."
"No, I'm not interested." Sun Yixie waved his hand and said, "I don't know anything, I just talked casually."
"Then you'd better remember..." At this time, Yun Shili put away his smile and reminded him seriously, "In front of me, you can say these things as you say, but in front of other Jin Yiwei
...You'd better be careful what you say, lest what you just said end up being used on yourself."
Although these words may sound a bit threatening, they are actually kind words that only friends would say to you.
After Yun Shili said this, he put on his nonchalant look again and continued: "Okay, I will take this 'Wandering in the Lake and Encountering Immortals' away tomorrow. I guess you won't let it stay in your house."
Don't worry, let's discuss how to settle tonight's matter with people outside the hospital, so as not to cause uproar in the city. As for Han Yu..." He curled his lips, thought for a few seconds, and then continued, "...I'll think about it again.