Ma Dong's exclamation immediately alerted Li Xiuyuan and the guards around him, and they all looked towards the lobby in front of them.
I really saw an old man wearing purple court clothes and a white face and short beard sitting in the main seat of the hall. His eyes seemed to be cast here, looking at everyone. Although his eyes were calm, this old man was sitting in the dark and dilapidated hall.
It gives people a creepy feeling, especially the official uniform that is not the current one. It is as new as ever and seems to still be radiating light, which makes people shudder.
"This must be a haunted house, and the old man must be a vicious old ghost." Niu Er was shocked and hurriedly took out the willow stick from his waist.
He polished a willow stick cut from a century-old willow tree spirit until it shined brightly. He carried it around his waist to guard against evil spirits at all times.
Wu Fei was also frightened and said: "The Marquis Mansion really has no good intentions. It's okay to send us away with a broken house. It's also a haunted house. Everyone has seen ghosts in the daytime. At night, there are countless monsters and ghosts."
Come on, young master, I think we should go, there is an escort agency of our Shunfeng Escort Agency in Jinling City, let’s go there and stay overnight.”
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "Don't be nervous, it's just a ghost. It's not a thousand-year-old demon. What are you afraid of? How many ghosts have been destroyed by me? I don't pay attention to the rest except the thousand-year-old demon."
With strong confidence revealed in his words, he signaled to the guards around him, and then walked towards the dilapidated hall without fear.
If the mansion here is not dilapidated, it must be very grand. The layout of the wealthy mansion shows the luxury of an ancient forest garden. The two thick pillars standing in front of the gate are made of precious golden nanmu.
It has remained intact for hundreds of years, but the red paint on it has peeled off.
Li Xiuyuan walked over, and a strange wind sounded among the weeds in the front yard, making the weeds rustle. Wild birds in the garden behind made strange screams, as if they did not welcome him.
arrival.
As soon as you enter the lobby, the surroundings instantly become dark.
Even the sun couldn't shine in, and the temperature here suddenly dropped several degrees.
With such a cold feeling, there must be a very powerful ghost entrenched here.
But Li Xiuyuan was the least afraid of ghosts.
The only things he fears are monsters.
"I don't know where the ghosts and gods dare to show themselves in broad daylight. Don't you know the taboos between yin and yang? Even ghosts and yin soldiers will not show up in the daytime. This is not because they cannot show their faces, but because of yin and yang.
Taboo." Li Xiuyuan walked over and saw the old man in purple official uniform and said.
The old man in purple clothes suddenly laughed, with a chill that penetrated people: "Aren't you afraid of me?"
"Sometimes people are scarier than ghosts. Besides, why should I be afraid of you?" Li Xiuyuan looked at this man with no fear at all.
The old man in purple said: "I can eat people, are you afraid?"
"Then you have to have good teeth. If I were eaten by you, it would be because I don't have enough merit and ability, so I deserve to die here. I won't blame you." Li Xiuyuan said: "This mansion is now
It's mine, and although I don't know how many evil spirits are entrenched here, I hope you can move out of here."
"I show up to see you today to advise you to leave here. This is because you are a scholar, otherwise you will not survive tonight." The old man in purple said calmly.
Li Xiuyuan said, "I advised you to leave, but you advised me to leave. But until now, this mansion belongs to me, not to you ghosts and gods."
"You just arrived. I and others have been here for hundreds of years. Who do you think this mansion belongs to?" said the old man in purple.
"Is the whole world a royal land? If you live in the Song Dynasty, you should follow the rules of the Song Dynasty. People are no exception, and ghosts and gods are no exception. I have the land deed in my hand. Even if I go to the government, I can prove that this house is mine.
, you ghosts and gods are just occupying this place by force, not allowing living people to live there, just like robbers and bandits, occupying the mountains and becoming kings. No, you are not even as good as robbers. The robbers still occupy the unclaimed things, which are barren mountains and wilderness.
But what you are occupying is other people's property and private homes, which is tantamount to depriving others of their wealth." Li Xiuyuan said.
"You don't even respect ghosts and gods. Do you want revenge?" The old man in purple said expressionlessly.
Li Xiuyuan said: "You seize other people's mansions and commit robberies. Although you are a first-class ghost and god, your style is so low and you lose your authority and morality. Aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"
He didn't expect that this ghost and god appeared to drive him away, but how could he let his house be lived in by these wild ghosts and gods who didn't know where they came from? It used to be that this place was haunted in the past, but now he is here
It is necessary to clean up this place.
When the old man in purple saw Li Xiuyuan's resolute attitude and correct reasoning, he didn't know how to retort for a moment. He just looked at Li Xiuyuan with a blank expression, then his body became lighter and lighter, and finally disappeared from the main seat, disappearing.
Already.
When the old man in purple disappeared, Li Xiuyuan saw a mural painted on the wall behind.
On the mural, there is an old man wearing purple court clothes, stroking his beard and looking ahead. He is majestic and has an extraordinary bearing.
The old man depicted in this mural looks exactly like the ghost and god who disappeared just now. This is probably what the old man looked like in front of him.
"Then the old ghost has run away? What should the young master do now? We can't keep this house. Leave quickly, otherwise more monsters and monsters will appear at night." Ma Dong said urgently.
"No, I want to stay here tonight. I want to see how many ghosts and gods are entrenched in a Jinling city." Li Xiuyuan stood with his hands behind his hands, his attitude indifferent.
The Heavenly Palace has complied with the agreement and removed the consecrated ghosts and gods from Yangzhou. There are only two types of ghosts and gods left behind, either the little hairy gods who have not been consecrated, or a group of demons and ghosts. Apart from this, there is no third possibility.
This way it would be easier for him to deal with it.
He will keep the good ghosts and gods and get rid of the evil ghosts and gods.
"You go out and get some food and clear out a few rooms. We will stay here tonight." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Here, young master, this is a haunted house. There are ghosts and ghosts appearing in broad daylight. It can be seen that the situation here is extraordinary. My suggestion is to retreat temporarily and come back after figuring out the situation here.
Not too late." Ma Dong said a little frightened.
I already felt bad when I entered here. If I stayed here for one night, I wonder if I would be a corpse when I woke up tomorrow.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Don't worry, I am sensible, nothing will happen to me."
Seeing that Li Xiuyuan's attitude was so resolute, the guards could not persuade him any more, so they had no choice but to go buy some food and supplies, and then clear out a few rooms to prepare for resting at night.
After some preparations, it soon became dark.
During this period, Li Xiuyuan took a tour of the mansion. To be honest, this is indeed the residence of the former prime minister. The scale and grandeur are not mentioned, but it has not been taken care of for hundreds of years. Many houses have been damaged. If you want to repair them,
, it will definitely cost a lot of money. However, he does not plan to repair everything. He thinks that the front hall and a few nearby rooms can be repaired, and there is no need to repair the garden at the back.
It's midnight.
A bonfire was lit in the open space in the front yard, and the fire burned brightly, illuminating the front yard.
The fire here even made some people nearby couldn't help but be surprised.
Because I don’t know how many years, there has been no fire in this mansion. I didn’t expect someone to suddenly live in it today, and I don’t know that person who is so bold and risking his life would dare to live in this haunted house.
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan was sitting on a stool in front of the bonfire, holding a book in his hand, reading it carefully, killing time and waiting for something to arrive.
The four guards did not dare to stray too far away. They stayed close by, glancing around from time to time. It seemed that several ferocious ghosts might appear here at any time, so they had to take precautions in advance.
"This mansion is only worth eight hundred taels of silver in Jinling City because it is haunted, and no one has dared to take it over. The barren mountain is only worth one thousand taels of silver. The two land deeds to the Marquis' Mansion are only worth a small part, and they still owe me
Twenty-eight thousand, two hundred taels of silver. Since the Marquis's mansion is not going to pay it back, let's help him cross out the same amount of money and add this sum to my father's head."
Li Xiuyuan held the book of life and death in his hand and checked the fortune of Mr. Li Hou in the Marquis Mansion. Then he dyed the pen with cinnabar and wrote something on it.
The pen is an ordinary pen, but the cinnabar is not ordinary cinnabar. His blood is mixed in it.
Only in this way can he leave traces on the Book of Life and Death. Ordinary pen and ink would not be able to write on it.
"Reduced 28,000 taels and returned to Guobei County Li Dafu." Li Xiuyuan added a stroke on it.
He has no name in the book of life and death, so he can only return it to his father.
And this is not actually a real change of the book of life and death, but a flexible change, because even if the Hou Mansion does not pay back the silver, he will use his wealth to offset it, and he will invisibly lose 28,000 taels in the future.
, the same Li family will also increase their wealth by 28,000 taels, and then their income will increase invisibly, and a balance will be reached.
However, this is too slow. It will take at least several years or even more than ten years to see the results. If Li Xiuyuan writes, he will see the results within a few days.
He did this to let the people in the prince's mansion know what karma is.
People who don't know how to fear have no bottom line, and such people are very dangerous.
Just when Li Xiuyuan had just finished what he was doing, suddenly, a strange wind blew in the entire mansion.
This wind did not blow from far away and then disappear here. Instead, it hovered near the yard, making the nearby weeds rustle, and the broken doors and windows nearby also swayed violently, making a crashing sound.
There were sounds, and at the same time, several vague figures flashed in various dark and dark corners. At first glance, they looked like a person walking quickly, but if you look carefully, they were just shadows of swaying weeds.
"Are you coming?"
Li Xiuyuan's expression changed, he put down the book of life and death in his hand, and looked up.
He saw many little ghosts hiding among the weeds. There were starving ghosts with sallow faces, hanged ghosts with long tongues sticking out, old ghosts in graveyards wearing shrouds with dark faces, and even dead ghosts with missing arms and legs.
Wrongful ghost.
I don't know how many evil ghosts are living in this house.
No wonder the people nearby don't dare to go near this place. Anyone who inquires will say that this is a haunted house.
With so many ghosts, it is indeed a truly haunted house.
"Now that you're here, why bother showing off with these cheap tricks? Do you think these brats can scare me?" Li Xiuyuan said lightly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew up, and the door of the mansion was blown open with a bang.
Rows of red lanterns extended all the way from the streets in the distance, lighting up until they reached the front door of the mansion.
Red lanterns floated in mid-air, emitting a strange red light.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed, and he saw that behind every lantern there was a government servant on duty. Some of these government officials had green faces, some had dark faces, but they were all one level worse than ghosts.
"The ghosts are lighting up the lights, and the pomp is huge. There seems to be something extraordinary in Jinling City."
Although I was surprised and doubtful, it was within the acceptable range.
He couldn't believe that there were no powerful ghosts and gods in a big city like Jinling City.