It was sunset at dusk, but lanterns and candles had already been lit along the Qinhuai River.
The light shone in and reflected on Shiniang's body, but under the light, it did not add any mysterious beauty to her. Instead, because of the unexpected reveal of her long tongue, she looked a little weird and evil.
That beautiful face has now become a symbol of ghost foxes and spirits.
"Ghost."
Following the scream of a scholar, everyone looked around and saw Shi Niang standing there with her long scarlet tongue sticking out. Their faces suddenly changed with fright.
It's like a fierce ghost has revealed its true form, and it's like a monster showing its flaws.
The scholars who discovered this immediately had different reactions. Some fell to the ground in fear and overturned the desk in front of them. Others screamed and ran away from the window, rolling and crawling away from here.
Some scholars were trembling, unable to move, and didn't know what to do.
"I, I'm not a ghost."
Shiniang reacted, looked panicked, hurriedly retracted her tongue, and then closed her mouth.
Just now, in a moment of impatience, I accidentally exposed my tongue, which really frightened these scholars.
"You said you're not a ghost. I, we clearly saw you spitting out your tongue and looking ferocious." A scholar trembled and said, "No wonder you are so beautiful, Shi Niang, it turns out you are not human."
Shi Niang didn't know how to defend herself. She wanted to stick out her tongue when she spoke, so she hurriedly covered her mouth and prepared to return to the second floor.
"Friends, don't panic. I have a way to deal with the evil ghost. Don't let the little evil ghost escape. I, Zhu Erdan, am here and I will make sure you reveal your true identity." At this moment, Zhu Erdan shouted loudly, picked up a pot of wine on the table and drank.
Throw it out to Shi Niang.
"Wow~!"
The drink spilled on Shiniang's body.
Shi Niang exclaimed and hurriedly stretched out her hand to cover her.
Everyone thought she was afraid of wine, so several bold scholars hurriedly threw the wine bottles out according to the gourd's instructions, some spilled on Shiniang's body, and some of the wine bottles hit her.
"What Li Gui is most afraid of is fire. She is full of wine now. If I put down the fire, I will definitely burn Li Gui to death." Zhu Erdan grabbed the candle next to him and prepared to throw it out.
It can be seen that Shiniang looked so pitiful and silently crying, but she hesitated again.
A scholar next to him urged: "Quick, quick, Brother Zhu, burn her to death. We can't let her go. Evil ghosts are the best at revenge. If we don't burn her to death, she will definitely demand her life from us."
"Don't be fooled by her appearance. The female ghost can change her appearance. She is not Shi Niang at all. I remembered that there were rumors in Qinge some time ago that a girl hanged herself and later came back to life. That life
It must be this female ghost who came over, the real Shi Niang is already dead."
"Burn her, burn her."
After hearing what the scholar said and the urging of others, Zhu Erdan immediately stopped hesitating and threw out the candle in his hand, preparing to burn the female ghost to death.
Shi Niang was trembling all over, lonely and helpless, and her whole body was wet and full of wine. She didn't expect these scholars to be so cruel. They had been trying to please her in every possible way before, but now they wanted to burn themselves to death.
Is the viciousness of the human heart more terrifying than ghosts?
She was heartbroken and watched helplessly as the candle fell. She was no longer a female ghost, but a weak woman who was unable to resist all this.
"Huh~!"
However, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of strong wind, and a figure suddenly came and stood in front of Shiniang. He stretched out his hand to grab the fire candle that had not fallen yet, and he caught it in his hand.
"Zhu Erdan, do you want to kill someone?" Li Xiuyuan stared at Zhu Erdan coldly and waved his hand, extinguishing the candle in his hand.
With the concentration of the wine, it would be impossible to ignite a fire, but Zhu Erdan didn't know that.
Because these scholars believe that wine can ignite, Zhu Erdan threw it with the intention of burning Shi Niang to death. The difference is different.
"You, when did you show up?" Zhu Erdan took several steps back in fright, pointing at Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan walked forward and grabbed Zhu Erdan. Although he was tall and burly, he was lifted up with one hand and said angrily: "You are not even afraid of ghosts, are you still afraid of me? You are really capable. Heroes save you."
Beauty is so powerful, but the beauty is right in front of you, but you want to burn her to death, how can you be so cruel?"
"She is not a human, she is a ghost. I saw with my own eyes that she had a long scarlet tongue. It looked like a man-eating ghost." Zhu Erdan was frightened when faced with Li Xiuyuan's anger.
Like a hare encountering a tiger, his momentum is so terrifying.
"You can't tell the difference between humans and ghosts, how dare you talk about dealing with evil ghosts? It's a shame for such a arrogant guy to be on the same list as a scholar like you." Li Xiuyuan threw Zhu Erdan out.
He cried out in pain and fell heavily to the ground.
Li Xiuyuan didn't need to care about Zhu Erdan's verbal humiliation, or the fact that he was jealous of him. After all, this was just a normal little fight between people, it was nothing.
But Zhuerdan's vicious intention to kill Shiniang was intolerable to him.
"Shi Niang, are you okay? I came a step too late and made you humiliated." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Thank you, thank you Mr. Li."
Shiniang's beautiful eyes were filled with tears and tears of gratitude, but as soon as she spoke, she stuck out her tongue and hurriedly reached out to cover it, lowering her head and not daring to see anyone.
"Look, look, ghost, it's just a ghost. She stuck out her tongue just now. Li Xiuyuan, you were confused by the female ghost. I'm saving you out of kindness regardless of past grudges. Do you know?" Zhu Erdan suddenly pointed at Shiniang and shouted
said.
Li Xiuyuan shouted: "Stop making random excuses to save me out of kindness? Thank you for saying so. You don't even have the ability to distinguish between ghosts and ghosts, yet you dare to insult people's innocence and harm their lives here."
"Nonsense, I am getting rid of ghosts, how can it be considered as killing people?" Zhu Erdan got up from the ground angrily. He only felt the pain all over his body from the fall just now, and he was about to fall apart.
"Destroying ghosts?"
Li Xiuyuan sneered and said, "Have you gotten rid of the real ghost? How many evil ghosts have you seen in this world? You are still quibbling here. I thought before that although you were a bit stubborn, you were still good-natured and at least dared to
You act bravely when it comes to justice, but now it seems that I have misjudged you. Your true intention is just concealed by your stubborn character. If you become smarter and enlightened one day, you will definitely be a treacherous person."
"Li Xiuyuan, why do you think I haven't seen ghosts? You are not me, how do you know what I think, and how do you judge my character? None of my friends here know that I, Zhu Erdan, am bold and not even afraid of ghosts. Just now
My act of justice is the best proof." Zhu Erdan said confidently.
"Are you brave? You have never seen a ghost. Well, today I will let you see what a real ghost is."
Li Xiuyuan was also irritated by Zhu Erdan's sophistry. He turned around and shouted to the night sky outside the gate: "Where are the ghosts and gods in the four directions?"
"Hoo~! Hoo~!"
Less than a moment after his words fell, a cool breeze suddenly blew over the Qinhuai River. The dust on the street rolled up, forming whirlpools one after another. A faint sound drifted in from the Qin Pavilion.
The smell of paper ash and incense.
The tiles on the roof creaked, as if something had stepped on them.
"Master, what happened? I heard Master's cry just now, so I rushed over to take a look." Suddenly, a voice came from the street outside the door, but when I looked outside, I couldn't see anyone.
People pass by.
The Qinhuai River is not far from his mansion, and ghosts and gods will know it immediately if he shouts.
Although Li Xiuyuan has sent most of the ghosts and gods to various places to serve as city gods these days, there are still some ghosts and gods who have not yet been dispatched, staying in the house, waiting for appointment.
"It's nothing serious. I just have an unquenchable anger in my heart, and I want to use the hands of ghosts and gods to punish someone. This person's name is Zhu Erdan, who has a vicious heart to murder people. He said he is brave and not afraid of ghosts. I want to test his courage.
"Li Xiuyuan pointed at Zhu Erdan and said.
The voice outside replied again: "So that's it. When we understand, we will leave this matter to me and we will definitely punish this person."
"Huhu~!"
For a moment, the whirlpool of cold wind outside blew into the piano pavilion again. For a moment, the scholars in the store felt cold all over, and their bodies seemed to have been hit by something. They felt that something invisible was passing through here.
"W-what's the noise outside?" A scholar was frightened. He had obviously realized that something was wrong.
"I really wanted to feel someone tap my shoulder just now." Zhu Erdan also felt his heart tremble. He felt his left shoulder sink, and a cold air invaded his body, making him shiver subconsciously.
Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "This is the ghost and god trying to extinguish the fire on your shoulders. You are a scholar with an extraordinary status. I have to use some tricks to make you see ghosts."
While talking, Zhu Erdan felt his right shoulder was tapped again. This time, it was not that the area was cold, but that his whole body was cold, as if he had suddenly entered the ice and snow naked, and his breath seemed to be cold.
, no heat.
However, the next moment, he suddenly saw an old man standing next to him.
The old man was wearing a shroud, his face was black, and there were purple corpse spots all over his body. His eyes were hollow and white, without any expression, like a corpse that had been dead for more than ten days.
However, this old man put an arm on his shoulder, and his wrinkled black face was very close.
"Ah, ghost."
Zhuerdan screamed, rolling and crawling around in fear. He panicked and ran down the stairs to the second floor.
But while Zhu Erdan was running, he stumbled and fell on the stairs. When he looked back, he saw a pale arm growing on the stairs and grabbing his ankle, stopping him from running.
As soon as he touched it, he felt that his hand was uneven. When he glanced at it, he saw that he was holding a person's head.
"Help." Zhu Erdan was so frightened that he almost cried. He shouted for help, but he still had the courage he had before.