"This young master is really a god. A few days ago, the young master said that there would be a dragon and horse to deliver a son to my Zhang family. Sure enough, the young master agreed. Two nights ago, a snow-white dragon and horse actually came through the air with a precious jade in its mouth. I
After the lady swallowed the jade according to the young master's instructions, she became pregnant today and is in labor."
At this moment, Zhang Yuanwai bowed his hands respectfully to Li Xiuyuan.
Although he was confused about the military uniform Li Xiuyuan was wearing, he didn't ask any more questions.
Li Xiuyuan said: "There have been some changes in this matter. Originally, Zhang Yuanwai could successfully have a son today, but because of these changes, there are some risks."
"What does this young master mean?" Zhang Yuanwai was shocked.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "There are evil spirits who don't want to see the birth of an heir in your Zhang family, and want to murder your heir."
"Evil ghosts are killing people? So, my grandson won't be able to give birth?"
At this time, an old man who was nearly seventy years old walked over hurriedly with a cane.
"Father." Zhang Yuanwai said.
This old man, who is nearly 70 years old, is named Zhang Xiangui, and he is Zhang Yuanwai’s father.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Whether an evil ghost can harm people depends on how capable it is. Aren't I still here to guard you today? Don't worry about delivering the baby. No matter what happens outside tonight, don't leave this courtyard.
, as long as you don't leave this courtyard, I can keep you safe tonight. If you leave the courtyard, I can't predict what will happen. Remember, remember."
Zhang Xiangui was shocked and said hurriedly: "I have written it down. I dare to ask the master, what will happen tonight?"
"If anything can happen, you can tell just by looking at my military uniform. There will be a fight and a fierce fight tonight." Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly and said, "Your name is Zhang Xiangui, right."
"That's right, I am," Zhang Xiangui said.
Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "Do you still remember a woman named Xiaoyan?"
Zhang Xiangui recalled it, trembled, and said: "I remember, that was a concubine of me when I was young. She caused my wife to die in childbirth, so she hanged herself out of fear of guilt. How did the master get this?"
Do you know the name of my concubine?"
"I met her in the underworld. She was punished by the King of Ghosts to wash the placenta in the underworld to atone for her sins. I think she is still somewhat kind. She has been obsessed with killing your wife for so many years after her death, and she wants to give your Zhang family a son.
To atone for your sins, you should thank that Xiaoyan for the birth of this heir to your Zhang family today. If it weren't for him, I would not have given this jade fetus to your Zhang family," Li Xiuyuan said.
"Xiaoyan, Xiaoyan...she is still thinking about this matter. Decades later, she still misses what happened back then in the underworld."
Zhang Xiangui couldn't help but knelt down and burst into tears: "She was originally a kind woman, but she only caused such a disaster because she temporarily believed in the wrong ghosts and gods. She cannot be entirely blamed for what happened back then."
"I dare to ask an expert, Xiaoyan has been atoneing for her sins in the underworld for decades, can't she still be reincarnated?"
Li Xiuyuan said: "No, she can only atone for her sins by washing her hands to pieces. She killed two people, a baby and a woman and a child. Her sins are not small, and this cannot be offset by kindness."
"Okay, I have finished what Xiaoyan entrusted to me. Now I have other things to be busy with. You can leave." After saying that, he took out another sachet from his arms.
"I give you this to ward off evil spirits, just in case."
The sachet contains a human bone, which is the golden body of Master Han, and has the function of warding off evil spirits and exorcising ghosts.
"Thank you, Master."
Zhang Yuanwai hurriedly married his father, and then helped his tearful father to stand up.
Zhang Xiangui hurriedly said to his son: "Xiaoyan has not forgotten our Zhang family for decades in the underworld, and she has obtained a descendant for our Zhang family. The sins of the past have been redeemed. Our Zhang family cannot be unkind and righteous.
I want to set up a memorial tablet for Xiaoyan, move the grave mound to the ancestral grave, let her enjoy sacrifices and offerings, and write her name into the family tree."
"What my father said is absolutely true. I have remembered it," Zhang Yuanwai nodded.
Zhang Xiangui saluted Li Xiuyuan again and said: "Tonight, I will be protected by the master. I don't know what the master has to ask for. I will do my best to fulfill it."
Li Xiuyuan said: "I don't have any other requirements. It's just that it's dark and the visibility is not good. It would be best if we could buy a brazier here."
"This is the simplest thing. Please wait a moment, Master."
Zhang Xiangui saluted, and then hurriedly ordered his subordinates to buy a brazier. Be sure to prepare enough charcoal to prevent the brazier from extinguishing.
However, just when the brazier was placed, I heard strong gusts of evil wind blowing around, making the trees in Zhang's house rustle. The candlelight in several nearby rooms was extinguished one after another at this moment.
The whole house was plunged into darkness. The darkness was as thick as ink and seemed to be able to swallow people up. But in this darkness, only a room in the courtyard where Li Xiuyuan was located still had candlelight.
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In that room, Mrs. Zhang was giving birth.
"This, this is?" Zhang Xiangui, who was about to leave, was shocked when he saw this scene.
It doesn't matter if the wind blows, but it can even blow out the candlelight in the house. How can this wind be so evil?
"Hey, hey hey."
Waves of weak and strange laughter sounded, like the grass and trees rustling in the wind, and like people whispering to each other in the dark night. Through the lights here, you can vaguely see many black figures walking back and forth outside the yard.
Every time I cast my peripheral vision, I can find one or two figures passing by.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you've seen it wrong.
"Yes, yes, the evil spirit is coming?" Zhang Xiangui and Zhang Yuanwai, father and son, turned pale with fright.
Li Xiuyuan, on the other hand, was calm and sat in front of the steps, motionless: "You two should go into the house, as long as you remember not to leave the yard, you will be safe."
The two of them left in a hurry and walked towards the brightly lit room.
Strangely enough, as soon as they entered the house, they felt that the wind and strange laughter outside had completely disappeared, as if everything had been isolated.
At this time, the silly monk came out from a corner of the yard. He wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "I just ground a bone of my master into gold powder and sprinkled it around the house. This method can isolate ghosts and evil spirits and protect the environment."
The Zhang family is fine. Hey, what kind of ghosts are laughing so unpleasantly in that dark place? It's like killing a pig, it's very noisy. Do you want me to go and save them?"
"This is a ghost, a kind of ghost that specializes in harming children. This kind of ghost only needs to touch the child a few times to take away the child's soul and cause the child to suffer from amnesia. If not treated, the child will be haunted for the rest of his life.
Everyone is going crazy, and Mrs. Zhang is giving birth now. If the ghost takes away the child's soul, the baby will be stillborn and will not survive." Li Xiuyuan said.
"So vicious? I went to fight them off." The silly monk said angrily, like a vajra arhat.
Li Xiuyuan stopped him: "No, ghosts are just little ghosts, they can't make a difference. Not to mention us, even ordinary people with a stronger yang energy stay here and ghosts are not allowed to enter the house. Folks have ghosts every year on the 30th night."
Customs, it can be seen that most people are on guard against this kind of imp."
"Since they are useless brats, what did Aunt Hua send them to do?" said the silly monk.
Li Xiuyuan said: "You are testing me. Look at the fire in the brazier in front of me."
The silly monk looked along the firelight, only to see that the firelight only extended nine feet away and reached its limit. Beyond that, it was pitch black. Not even the candlelight from other places in the county or the starlight in the sky could be seen.
It's dark and a little weird.
"I have the fate of a saint. Gods and ghosts are not close, but I can only protect the distance of nine feet and prevent ghosts and gods from getting close to the ninety-foot range. But this is not absolute. If a person with advanced Taoism can cross this distance, and against monsters
It's useless, but although the monster can get close, it can't cast spells, so 90% of the problem is lost."
Li Xiuyuan said: "So I ask you, monk, to guard this place later. Just stay out of the area covered by the fire."
"So that's how it is, I already knew it." The silly monk nodded.
Li Xiuyuan also had to admit that ghosts and monsters in the past thousand years were very shrewd. Whether it was the original Black Mountain Lord, the Wujiang Dragon King he met later, or the current Hua Gu, they all had their own methods to detect whether they were ghosts or ghosts.
close range, and then use this range to find ways to deal with yourself.
And before they figure it out, these thousand-year-old ghosts will never act rashly.
Strong but not reckless, arrogant but shrewd.
Ordinary people are indeed no match for such monsters.