Chapter 137: Manifesting the Holy Spirit and Destroying Disasters
"Mo Lao!"
Zhou Shi hurriedly turned around and took the iron abacus in his hand, went through the possible tricks in his mind, and thought of a countermeasure.
Look at Mr. Mo, still leaning on the counter, smoking leisurely.
"Why are you panicking?" He exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Do you think that after the trouble last time, I can't take precautions?"
Zhou Shi's face stiffened, he really didn't expect this.
"I have already asked people to come to Fengde Building to set up a formation. As long as the ghost steps forward to the threshold, Lady Xu will not be able to notice it even if she stands at the door."
The formation... "When was it deployed? I have no idea..."
"Of course you won't notice. It's just a handful of cinnabar sprinkled in the stove and a talisman drawn behind the sign. You'd better ask these new customers quickly."
Zhou Shi looked around and found that there were no free seats for the six new drowned ghosts, so he had to ask them to lean against the wall and have a rest while drinking a bowl of Yin wine.
"Many, thank you shopkeeper..."
The six ghosts panted for a long time before talking about their origins, which can be said to be similar to Lu Tao.
These six people were originally fishermen. They met Xu Niangniang on the river and were caught in the cave. After luckily escaping, they ran away. When they saw the conspicuous word "wine" on the door of the inn, they rushed in.
While Zhou Shi reassured them that Lady Xu could not find them here, he thought: It seems that Lady Xu deliberately released Lu Tao and these six people, otherwise it would be impossible to escape from the monster's cave. It seems that Lady Xu has been watching.
Went to the inn and wanted to confirm the location...
Thinking of this, he raised his head suddenly and saw the moon and stars outside the window, and the street was quiet and deserted.
"That's not right. The last time Lu Tao broke in, Lady Xu was there in person and there was a storm. Why this time...and when Lu Tao arrived at the inn, Lady Xu already knew the location of the inn, so why put out the bait again?
'Come?"
After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Lady Xu should cast her spell through the drowned ghosts. If the drowned ghosts she released lost contact, like now, she would be helpless.
The inability to cast spells freely indicates that the cultivation level is not high. It seems that the strength of Lady Xu was still overestimated before.
"Mr. Mo, accept them."
Mr. Mo lit a white candle and took the new drowned ghosts in together with Lu Tao. They were also beginning to show symptoms of going crazy, so they could only go in first to calm down.
"This won't work." Mr. Mo blew out the candle and said, "The capacity of the inn is limited. So many ghosts have broken in at once, which has broken the balance of yin and yang. If things go on like this, this inn will be useless."
"I know, but they can't even speak a single sentence clearly. We can only send them away after we get rid of Lady Xu."
Zhou Shi gritted his teeth, there were still not enough guests in Fengde Building, otherwise Yinhun Inn would not be so stretched... Another store? But there is no suitable store in Jiangdu City, and he can't take care of it.
As we turn around and enter the twelfth lunar month, the alms offices of Fengde Building and Yueqing Building will start charging fees.
"Are you kidding me? I'll charge you for eating a few mouthfuls of your food?"
"I think you, Fengdelou, are the real beggars!"
The alms-giving place was located in an alley not far from Yueqing Building. When the man guarding the scene - a former beggar who was recruited by Zhou Shi - announced that meals would be charged from today, the beggars who came to the "banquet" coaxed
A ball.
"Let's go, let's go to Fengde Tower again!"
"Go, go!"
"Well, but that shopkeeper is quite fierce..."
Among the beggars, there are many who are making noises, but few are really willing to surround Fengde Tower. They all have lingering fears about Zhou Shi's power.
"Hey! If you want to eat, bring money. The three big men will take care of it! If you don't have money, go aside and don't cause trouble!"
Among the waiters distributing meals, Ma Jishi, who has a leopard head and ringed eyes, shouted.
The three elders would not be able to buy even a pot of tea in an ordinary restaurant. Although the food brought by Fengdelou is rough, it is quite delicious. It is a delicacy for beggars who eat rotten rice to satisfy their hunger every day.
, not to mention having enough to take care of...
The beggars swallowed their saliva. The three eldest men had almost enough income from begging for a day, so it was not unaffordable. So most of the beggars still lined up in a long line and used money to buy food.
The few bastards who wanted to make trouble saw that no one supported them, so they could only stare. Those who had money in their pockets went to line up, while those who had no money gathered around and decided to go to Tian Xinan to beg for food.
"When we came here, we agreed that if we surrounded Fengde Building for one day, we would be responsible for the day's food! He still owes us a meal!"
"Let's go, let's go..."
Ma Jishi watched as order was restored to the scene, and these rogues lined up obediently. He couldn't help but admire Zhou Shi's clever plan in his heart.
"Uh, old horse..."
A beggar came up, rubbed his hands and said:
"Can you ask Shopkeeper Zhou if he wants anyone else..."
At this time, Tian Xinan stood at the entrance of the alley and peered inside, sometimes stamping his feet and sometimes gritting his teeth, very annoyed.
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Three days later, Zhou Shi was cleaning the tables with his waiters in the store when he suddenly heard "Shopkeeper Zhou" coming from the door. Looking back, he saw that the person who came was Fu Yujiang, the man who retrieved the body.
"I heard you were looking for me."
"Mr. Fu!" Zhou Shi was surprised and happy. He didn't expect Fu Yujiang to arrive so quickly. It was a timely help. "Quick, please come to the private room. Xiaosi, make a pot of good tea."
The two of them sat down in the private room, and Zhou Shi was the first to speak: "I thought you wouldn't be able to come to Jiangdu until the middle of the month."
"Haha, it just so happens that I have something to ask you for, so I came to the city specially." A smile appeared on Fu Yujiang's rough face, which was worn by the river wind and the sun, but it soon became serious. "Have you received any reports of drownings recently?"
Ghost?"
"Yes." Zhou Shi thought to himself. The people who were fishing for corpses were coming and going on the river, and they must have been aware of what happened to Lady Xu. "They all ran away from Lady Xu's cave."
Fu Yujiang was slightly startled and said, "Empress Xu's cave? Please explain it carefully."
Zhou Shi recounted the experiences of Lu Tao and other ghosts, and the corpse collector showed surprise: "The information about the horseman is really well-informed. The Queen Xu has recovered to such an extent, she will definitely be a disaster."
"Recovery?" Zhou Shi noticed the word.
"Yes." Fu Yujiang took a sip of hot tea and said, "Ms. Xu was once a local god of earth, worshiped by the people on both sides of the upper reaches of the river. According to legend, she appeared several times, but she did not harm the common people. But two
Ten years ago, Lady Xu suddenly appeared and demanded that boys and girls be sacrificed alive, otherwise the river would be diverted.
"But at that time, there were not many believers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to worship Empress Xu. They were almost all Yi people living in the mountains. In the end, they were unable to collect the sacrifices. As a result, there was a sudden heavy rain in late autumn that year, and there were signs of flooding." Zhou Shi searched for a moment in Shopkeeper Zhou's memory, and sure enough he found the memory of the unusual rainstorm twenty years ago.
"It rained heavily for seven days and nights, and the water level of the river rose sharply. Residents on both sides of the river began to prepare to flee. Fortunately, the predicted diversion did not happen, and the heavy rain stopped soon."
"Huh?" Zhou Shi was puzzled. Is it because Xu's cultivation is not enough, she is too boastful, or...
"It is said that a Wudang Taoist priest sneaked into the river to fight with Xu Niangniang, and finally suppressed her as an evil god in the river."