Chapter two hundred and forty-three moving the coffin
In the back mountain of Lanruo Temple.
The banyan tree that was lit by Li Xiuyuan in the morning was not extinguished yet, but the tree that was parasitized by the tree demon suddenly collapsed.
But I saw that the trunk of the collapsed banyan tree was empty, with no core, as if it had been eaten away by insects.
And deep underground of this big tree, the roots here are crisscrossed and densely packed, forming a huge underground cave. In the cave, there are houses and palaces transformed by magic power, which look more majestic and prosperous than the human world.
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Originally, ghosts and monsters gathered here every day and night, making it quite lively.
But today, the underground palace was deserted.
In a building, a middle-aged man who looked like a man was sitting on the ground panting the whole time. His face was full of deep wrinkles and had wooden lines. It didn’t look like a human face, but more like a human face.
A human-shaped wood carving makes people shudder to see it.
"What a Yan Chixia, what a Li Xiuyuan. The two of them really didn't leave any way for me to survive. They insisted on killing them all. That old monk also did a great job. He even wanted to hold me down with his golden body after death.
Knowing that there was no Lanruo Temple when I grew up here, the old monk didn’t want to help me, but actually wanted to destroy me.”
Grandma Dryad's voice was hoarse, and there was a look of resentment in her eyes, but she couldn't help but reveal a bit of weakness when she spoke.
The few little ghosts serving next to him were trembling and keeping silent, for fear that if they did anything inappropriate, they would be spotted by the Dryad Granny and then killed.
"Xiaoqian, get over here." Suddenly, the tree demon grandma stretched out her hand to grab, and countless tree roots flew out, tying up Nie Xiaoqian who was not far away, and threw her in front of her.
"Xiaoqian, yesterday I asked you to deal with that swordsman. Why did you seduce that stupid scholar, causing me to fall into Li Xiuyuan's trap and lose a hundred years of Taoism? Otherwise, how could I not be able to fight against a mere Yan Chixia?"
Nie Xiaoqian fell to the ground in pain and quickly begged for mercy: "Grandma, I know I was wrong. I just thought that the scholar was easier to deal with. That Xiahou swordsman was already on guard against me. If I tried to seduce him again, I would definitely be beaten by him."
He was killed with a sword. Grandma, you saw the sword in his hand. I don’t know how many maids and maids died under that sword.”
"You can't even find such an obvious trap if you can't even find such an obvious trap. I think you want to use Li Xiuyuan's hand to kill me. Isn't it so good to give you freedom?" Grandma Dryad's tree root tightened.
He grabbed Nie Xiaoqian's neck and said violently.
Nie Xiaoqian looked pale and said hurriedly: "Xiaoqian definitely has no such idea. Grandma, you have misunderstood me."
"There is no best, but don't think that because I was injured this time, you think that I can't do anything to them. I don't take Yan Chixia and Xia Houwu seriously. Only Li Xiuyuan is a trouble." Grandma Dryad
With a heavy groan, Nie Xiaoqian was thrown away.
It really wanted to kill Nie Xiaoqian who had caused her injury, but now it had no subordinates available, the female ghost.
Nie Xiaoqian has always been a very capable subordinate. If she were to be killed, it would undoubtedly weaken her own strength.
"Thank you grandma for not killing me. Xiaoqian will definitely make up for it and never make the same mistake again." Nie Xiaoqian fell to the ground again. She ignored the pain and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
Grandma Dryad's anger subsided slightly, and she suddenly turned into a smile. She said with a kind look: "Xiaoqian, you are the only one beside grandma now, and you are so well-behaved and smart. Grandma is encountering difficulties now, you
You will definitely help grandma, right?"
"Please give me your instructions, grandma." Nie Xiaoqian trembled and felt cold all over her body.
I'm just afraid something bad will happen again.
"Since Li Xiuyuan and Yan Chixia are determined to kill me this time, I will not let them have an easy time. They will only die, so I will fight with them. I need you to seduce that Li Xiuyuan tonight." Grandma Dryad.
said.
Nie Xiaoqian was shocked and said: "Grandma, grandma, how dare Xiaoqian seduce him? Grandma, you have seen how powerful he is. Xiaoqian can't even get close to him. Once she gets close, it will be like being thrown into a frying pan and being fried. It is extremely painful."
If that scholar hadn't helped me last night, I would have been out of my mind right now."
Grandma Dryad said, "I didn't ask you to seduce him. You only need to attract Li Xiuyuan to the back mountain. I will naturally have a way to deal with him."
"I wonder if grandma has any way to deal with him." Nie Xiaoqian asked.
"You ask so many questions about what to do. If you are asked to do it, just do it. There is no need to ask anything else." Grandma Dryad shouted.
"Xiaoqian doesn't dare. It's just that Xiaoqian wants to know grandma's arrangements so as not to ruin grandma's affairs later." Nie Xiaoqian said.
The tree demon's grandma said: "Grandma likes to hear this, and I won't hide it from you. This Li Xiuyuan's identity is extraordinary. There are many monsters and ghosts who are interested in him. There is a monster named Black Mountain Old Demon who has a grudge against this Li Xiuyuan. He wants to steal him."
Eat his skin and eat his flesh. If I join forces with him, it will not be difficult to kill him as long as we arrange it properly. He is special, but after all, he is only a mortal, and it is easy for a mortal to die accidentally."
Having said this, a gloomy sneer appeared on its face.
"Xiaoqian, you must lead him to the back mountain tonight, otherwise you will know the consequences." Grandma Dryad suddenly reached out again, pinched Nie Xiaoqian's neck and said fiercely.
After saying that, without waiting for Nie Xiaoqian to answer, she turned into countless tree roots and escaped from the ground, apparently going to find the old Black Mountain demon for help.
"I can't continue to be manipulated by grandma, otherwise I will be killed by it sooner or later. That Mr. Li is here just to cut off grandma. If I help grandma kill him, I will only be controlled by grandma for the rest of my life. There is no way to escape.
Only by helping Young Master Li kill the Dryad Grandma can I truly be free, and this is also my last chance." Nie Xiaoqian thought to herself.
She knew very well that if she continued to work for her grandma, she would eventually die in her hands.
Just like the other female ghosts, didn't they all die yesterday?
He was able to survive because that stupid scholar Ning Caichen saved him. If he hadn't been saved, he probably wouldn't be able to come back today.
And Li Xiuyuan didn't know what happened in the dark underground.
At this moment, Lanruo Temple was very peaceful.
After Yan Chixia and Xia Houwu drank heavily, they became brave enough to fall asleep like this without fear of the tree demon appearing again and killing them both.
Ning Caichen, on the other hand, didn't think about the meal and hid in a Zen room. Thinking back to Nie Xiaoqian's beautiful figure yesterday, he couldn't help but twist his pen and sharpen his ink. He was drawing a portrait of Nie Xiaoqian from memory. He didn't write so carefully.
I don't know how much I attach importance to it.
But in the afternoon, Li Xiuyuan came.
He didn't bring many people, just a few coffin bearers.
When the coffin bearers heard that they were going to Lanruo Temple to carry Li's coffin, they were so frightened that no one wanted to come. In the end, they paid more, and since they couldn't disgrace the eldest young master of the Li family, they had no choice but to accept the job.
"It's going to be dark soon. I heard that Lanruo Temple is haunted. All the monks in the temple ran away. Some passers-by who stayed at Lanruo Temple were also killed one after another. Young Master, why do you come to this unclean place?
?" A dark and thin middle-aged man was confused.
"We'll leave after carrying the coffin. If there's nothing else to do, don't worry. If there are monsters or ghosts, I will keep you safe. Mother-in-law and mother-in-law, hurry up and move the coffin in the back mountain. Don't delay it for too long." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, yes, yes." The leading coffin bearer did not want to waste time.
Following Li Xiuyuan to the back mountain, after finding Qingmei's grave, they immediately began to dig out the earth and lift up the coffin.
After the soil was dug up, a large solid wood coffin was found lying in the soil, with the roots of old trees densely covered nearby.
It was wrapped around the coffin like a spider web.
"Young Master, roots have grown out of this coffin. There must be a demon inside." The dark-skinned man at the head hesitated and did not dare to take action.
Li Xiuyuan said: "There is no such thing as a monster. You can just watch and make a fuss."
After saying that, he took out the golden gun that swallowed the tiger's mouth and cut it a few times to cut off the roots.
"Look, nothing happened? Hurry up and pick up the coffin. Don't stop on the way. Take it to my house overnight and go through the back door. Someone will naturally give you wages then." Li Xiuyuan said.
Seeing Li Xiuyuan's calm look, the coffin bearers felt relieved. They were all brave people, otherwise they wouldn't be able to do this job.
"Get up, get up the coffin."
The leader of the coffin bearers said hello, and after some preparation, five or six men lifted the large coffin from the soil.
"Is the coffin heavy?" asked the leading coffin bearer.
"This coffin is very light." The man carrying the coffin said, but he breathed a sigh of relief.
Generally speaking, the lightness of the coffin means that there are no evil things, because most of the bones inside have melted or rotted, and will not produce evil spirits.
On the contrary, if the coffin is extremely heavy, it is probably because of evil spirits and the body has mutated, which is the last thing the coffin bearer wants to see.
"Just be light and get on the road quickly, it will be dark in a few hours," said the leading coffin bearer.
Everyone responded and immediately carried the coffin on the road.
"Young Master, let's go first and make sure we deliver this coffin to your residence before dark," said the leading coffin bearer.
"Go." Li Xiuyuan said.
Seeing this group of people carrying Qingmei's coffin away, he was worried and said to the left and right: "Li Zhong, send a few Yin soldiers to follow. I don't want any accidents to happen on the way. Don't let anyone touch the coffin. If anything happens,
If the problem cannot be solved, please notify me immediately."
As his voice fell, a dark wind blew under the shade of the surrounding trees.
A few strands of dark wind carrying the smell of incense and paper ash immediately shuttled through the shade of the trees in the forest, blowing the leaves and making a rustling sound. Several strands of dark wind stayed together and followed the group of coffin bearers.