"Keep in mind what I said today, and remember that there is no crooked path to practice. Otherwise, if I let you go today, God will not let you go either."
Li Xiuyuan stretched out his hand out of the window, and the dragonfly immediately buzzed and vibrated its wings and flew away.
Maid Xiaoqing originally thought that she would be killed, but she didn't expect that she would just be beaten back to her original shape and sealed. Although she would not be able to recover until a year later, this was already the best result for her.
Turning into a dragonfly, she buzzed and paused for a while by the window, looking at the face of the person in front of her who stretched out her hand to let herself fly.
As if she had already remembered this person in her mind, Xiao Qing quickly flew away with a buzz, and flew towards the outside of the capital without looking back.
"Is the dragonfly a goblin? How is this possible? I haven't seen anything special about this dragonfly." Zhang Bangchang was a little confused at this moment.
All he saw in his eyes was that Li Xiuyuan stretched out his hand to catch a dragonfly, and a dragonfly landed in his palm. Then he stretched out the window and released it. Of course, he also said some words of warning.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "So, catching monsters is a very boring thing. You must first distinguish whether they are good monsters or evil monsters, whether to kill or release, whether to punish or to suppress. How should the release be done? How should the punishment be done?
What kind of punishment? If you rely on your ability to catch demons and eliminate them
If you kill a demon on sight, you are no different from a demon."
Qian Jun nodded and said: "I understand, this is the same as being an official. The person in charge of the government, governing the people, and handling cases must all be weighed and considered. Once he acts according to his temper, it will harm the people of the place.
This has made it difficult for the people to make a living, and the people are full of complaints."
"Yes, that's the truth. In fact, it's the same principle as a human being." Li Xiuyuan said: "It's just that there are many people who understand the truth, but there are very few people who truly uphold the truth. This is a very contradictory thing.
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"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Today we are here to catch monsters. There is still one monster that we haven't caught yet. Well, it shouldn't be considered a monster. It's an old ghost."
After saying that, he immediately turned around and left.
After walking out of the room, Zhu Yu, who was suddenly deep in thought, exclaimed: "Yes, I remembered it. It's Xiaoqing. That dragonfly is the maid next to the lotus girl named Xiaoqing. I saw her holding the lotus flower before.
The girl came downstairs, but she disappeared before. She must have hidden in the boudoir. Just now Li
The one I caught was the little Qing."
Xiaoqing?
Hearing such a bit of nonsense, Qian Jun, Zhang Bangchang and other scholars were immediately shocked in their hearts.
Yes, the names are so similar, and Xiaoqing also has an inhuman appearance. Could it be that she was really transformed into a dragonfly?
It's just that I haven't seen Xiaoqing transform into a demon with my own eyes. Although I believe it in my heart, I still have some hesitation.
Li Xiuyuan continued to wander around Zui Feng Building, and then came to the accounting room at the back.
The door here is tightly closed, and there is a guard guarding the door. They did not escape even if there was a demon in Zui Feng Tower.
"Open the door. There is an old ghost hiding inside. I want to take him away. You two won't stop me," Li Xiuyuan said.
The two guards were immediately frightened when they heard this: "Don't talk nonsense, how could there be a ghost inside?"
"If you didn't, why did you stop me from entering? Do you think that we, a group of scholars, are here to steal money?" Li Xiuyuan said.
Zhang Bangchang said: "I am a second-ranked Jinshi and a bachelor of Tongtian Pavilion. Could it be that you can't even trust me? Please open the door."
"Since it was Prime Minister Zhang who said it, how dare you not obey?" The two guards were too nervous to stop him and hurriedly stepped aside and opened the door.
The accounting room faces north and is shaded.
As soon as he walked in, Li Xiuyuan felt a cold air.
"How can it be so cold here?" Qian Jun shuddered and asked.
"Ghosts are entrenched, and the atmosphere is naturally gloomy." Li Xiuyuan said.
"You're talking nonsense. This is a warehouse area. I'm the accountant here and responsible for counting the money here. Who are you and why don't you hurry up and get out." A middle-aged man with a beard scolded.
"excuse me."
Several scholars said apologetically: "We are following this Li Xiuyuan, Brother Li here to catch ghosts. We don't mean to disturb you. We are also curious to see how this strange man, Brother Li, catches ghosts today."
The demon slayer didn’t mean to offend.”
"Hmph, you'd better not mess around, otherwise I can't afford to lose something valuable." The middle-aged man said, "That's where the treasures are. You are not allowed to step in. Pearls from the South China Sea, gems from the Western Regions."
, the calligraphy and paintings of the ancients are all placed there, any one of them is worth thousands of gold.
They were all given to the girl from Zuifenglou by the dignitaries and relatives of the emperor."
Several people were a little surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect such a small brothel to contain such valuable treasures.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "I'm not here for the treasure, I'm here for an old ghost. To be precise, I'm here for you. How many years have you been a ghost? Can't you even remember that you are a ghost?"
What? Is this accountant a ghost?
Immediately, everyone's eyes widened and they were startled. Qian Jun who was close was even more frightened and backed away, almost falling to the ground.
The cashier's face changed slightly and he scolded: "What the hell are you doing? I don't understand a word of what you are doing. If you are so rude again, I will ask you to kick you out."
"Don't get angry. I'm not here to kill you. I just think it's not a good idea for you, a poor old ghost, to help the tyrants. There are still a few accounting offices in the underworld. Are you interested?" Li Xiuyuan said: "This is a good profession.
Work, if you do it for a long time, you might be able to get promoted, and your future is bright.
Ah, it's better than doing long-term work for someone else."
"Come here, drive these scholars out," the accountant shouted.
Li Xiuyuan smiled, but didn't say much. He just walked over and waved his sleeves.
The accounting room in front of him immediately disappeared without a trace, like a bubble in a dream, but there was a blackened silver ingot on his chair.
Two guards walked in at this moment. They saw their accounting room disappear and turned into a black ingot of silver falling there. They couldn't help but trembled in fright.
"I took this silver and gave it back to you as compensation." Li Xiuyuan took the black silver and put the same amount of silver on top.
After leaving the house, Qian Jun couldn't help but ask: "Brother Li, is that accounting office really a ghost? Why can't you tell at all?"
"Of course he's a ghost, and he's also a poor silver pawn." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yinqi? What is Yinqi?" Zhang Bangchang asked curiously.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Since ancient times, there have been wealthy and prominent families who like to dig cellars to store money. However, on the day when the cellar is sealed, one person will be buried in the cellar in the name of keeping money. On the day of burial, he will either starve to death or commit suicide in the money cellar.
In the middle, the deceased's resentment persists and turns into evil ghosts, attached to copper coins, gold and silver, and becomes evil spirits.
Silver coin, if the person who opens the cellar doesn't understand the truth and takes the ingot of silver that is possessed by a demon, he will be haunted by evil spirits and his family will be destroyed."
"Did you see this black silver ingot in my hand? This is evil money. Once it is placed in a cold place, a silver coin will appear. However, I never thought that this silver coin would be an accountant. It seems that he was the same during his lifetime.
He made false accounts and embezzled the master's money, and was thrown into the money cellar by the master.
He was buried as a sacrifice, so I say this is also a poor old ghost."