Not long after Liu Hanyan returned to the shop, shopkeeper Huang walked up and said, "Girl, shopkeeper Ren from Sihai Bookstore is here."
Sihai Bookstore was the bookstore that wanted to cooperate with Yunyan Pavilion in publishing "Liao Zhai", but was rejected by Liu Hanyan. Liu Hanyan stood up and said, "Invite him in."
After a while, a middle-aged man came up, looked at Liu Hanyan, and pretended to be surprised: "We haven't seen you for a few days, why is Shopkeeper Liu so haggard?"
Liu Hanyan smiled slightly and said: "There are a lot of things to do in the shop. Maybe it's because I have been too busy these days and haven't had a good rest."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "I'm not saying that, shopkeeper Liu is still young. Business is important, but it is not as important as health. You can do less business, but your health cannot be broken..."
Liu Hanyan glanced at him and said, "That's what shopkeeper Ren said."
The middle-aged man smiled again and said: "If the business of Yunyan Pavilion Bookstore is heavy, I, Sihai Bookstore, would not mind helping Shopkeeper Liu to share the burden."
Liu Hanyan shook his head and said, "This is Yunyan Pavilion's own business. I don't want the shopkeeper to worry about it."
Shopkeeper Ren sighed and said: "I'm afraid that Shopkeeper Liu's body won't be able to bear it if he continues like this. If this person is too tired, he will easily have nightmares at night, dreaming about evil ghosts seeking his life..."
Liu Hanyan looked at him sharply and asked, "Did you do it?"
Shopkeeper Ren shook his head and said, "What did I do? I didn't do anything. Shopkeeper Liu, please don't just frame me up..."
Liu Hanyan took a deep breath, looked at Shopkeeper Ren again, and said, "As long as you can prevent me from having that kind of nightmare, I agree to the conditions you mentioned last time!"
"I don't know what kind of evil ghost it is." Shopkeeper Ren smiled and said, "However, I think Miss Liu may be too tired, so she often has nightmares like that. Why don't we let Sihai Bookstore help you share some of the nightmares?
If you are under pressure, you will naturally not have such nightmares..."
Liu Hanyan glanced at him coldly and said, "Now that the matter is over, if you are still secretive, then we will have nothing to talk about!"
Shopkeeper Ren looked at him, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and said sarcastically: "So what, Shopkeeper Liu, you are new here and don't understand the situation in Yangqiu County, so you want to get a share of the book publication, which is a bit too naive.
Bar?"
Liu Hanyan asked: "Aren't you afraid that I will report to the official?"
"You think I haven't investigated you. You are a foreigner with a maid. You have only been in Yangqiu County for a long time. There is no one behind you. How dare you report it to the official?" Shopkeeper Ren curled his lips and said: "Besides, there are reports to the official.
What’s the use? If you say I did it, do you have any evidence?”
Liu Hanyan looked at him and suddenly smiled.
Shopkeeper Ren's expression turned serious and he asked, "Why are you laughing?"
Liu Hanyan said: "You said something wrong."
Shopkeeper Ren asked suspiciously: "What?"
Liu Hanyan said: "There is someone behind me."
Shopkeeper Ren was shocked and puzzled when a cold iron chain was wrapped around his neck.
Zhang Shan kicked him on the butt and said angrily: "It's against the law, and it's useless to report to the official. Are you the yamen opened by your family?"
Li Mu held the chain, looked at the panicked Shopkeeper Ren, and said calmly: "Take it away."
…
Sihai Bookstore and Yunyan Pavilion are in a competitive relationship and have a motive for committing the crime.
When shopkeeper Ren admitted that he was involved in the matter, Li Mu, Zhang Shan, and Li Si were present, and there were also witnesses.
However, this person made all kinds of excuses on the road, and even denied it when he got to the court. When faced with the cross-examination by County Magistrate Zhang, he firmly said: "Sir, the common people are wronged. The common people have always been impartial and law-abiding. How could they do such a thing..."
Magistrate Zhang said expressionlessly: "Look up at me."
Shopkeeper Ren looked up at Magistrate Zhang. When the two looked at each other, the shopkeeper of Sihai Bookstore suddenly paused. At the same time, Li Mu also noticed that Magistrate Zhang's eyes seemed to have turned into
It was a deep pool, and just by looking at it, his eyes seemed to be sinking into it.
He quickly looked away.
At this time, Magistrate Zhang looked at Shopkeeper Ren and asked calmly: "The Shopkeeper of Yunyan Pavilion has been haunted by evil spirits recently, is it your fault?"
Shopkeeper Ren nodded mechanically: "Yes."
Magistrate Zhang continued to ask: "Why do you do this?"
Shopkeeper Ren said: "Yunyan Pavilion took away the business of our Sihai Bookstore. Their shopkeeper is a woman. She just came to Yangqiu County from other places and has no background. I want to force her to give up part of the profits..."
"Who drives the evil ghost?"
"I found a Taoist priest on the street and spent ten taels of silver to ask him for help..."
"Where is the Taoist priest?"
"The Earth Temple in the West of the City..."
…
Practitioners are not subject to the jurisdiction of the government, but if there are those who commit crimes and violate laws, they cannot escape legal sanctions. The court has always had zero tolerance for practitioners who harm others with the help of Taoism. Anyone who harms human life will be killed and expelled.
If a ghost harms people to achieve a certain purpose, a hundred sticks will destroy the whole body and drive away...
Han Zhe led his people straight to the Earth Temple in the west of the city and found a wandering Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest only had soul refining skills. Han Zhe sealed his Taoist practice and took him to the Yamen. After being identified by the shopkeeper, County Magistrate Zhang personally abolished his Taoist practice, destroyed his Dantian, and cut off his ability to practice harmful practices in the future.
possible.
As for the shop owner of Sihai Bookstore, as the mastermind behind the scenes, he naturally could not escape the punishment. After receiving fifty sticks, he only had half a life left. In addition, Sihai Bookstore was closed for three months and fined one hundred silver. As Yunyan's punishment,
The compensation from the shopkeeper...
As for the resentful spirit, it was a pity to eliminate it. Li Mu simply applied to Magistrate Zhang to send her to Jinshan Temple. Anyway, Xuandu liked to save these ghosts and demons, so it was Li Mu who repaid him a favor.
The man named Ren was carried away by two police officers. Liu Hanyan looked at Li Mu and said, "Thank you..."
Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Thank you. This is a case that happened in my jurisdiction."
Liu Hanyan was no longer polite and said, "Then I'll go back first. Remember to come back for dinner in the evening."
After Liu Hanyan left, Han Zhe, who had been paying attention to this direction, came over and asked Li Mudao: "Do you know the female shopkeeper of Yunyan Pavilion?"
Li Mudao: "She is my neighbor."
Han Zhe glanced at him and asked, "Just a neighbor?"
Li Mu asked: "What else?"
Han Zhe asked again: "Is your neighbor married?"
Li Mu glanced at him: "Why do you ask this?"
Han Zhe asked tentatively: "She is so beautiful and she is not married. Don't you have any other thoughts about her?"
Li Mu said impatiently: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Han Zhe said: "I just want to ask, if you choose between her and Miss Qing, who would you choose?"
Li Mu glanced at him inexplicably and asked, "Why should I choose?"
Looking at Li Mu's leaving figure, Han Zhe touched his chin and fell into deep thought. The best outcome, of course, would be for Li Mu to be with Shopkeeper Liu. In this way, there would no longer be an eyesore between him and Li Qing.
The presence.
But what did he mean by what he just said?
Why choose...? What does this sentence mean, do you want to choose neither, or do you want both?
…
In the check-in room, Lao Wang looked at Li Mu and asked uncertainly: "You want them all?"
Li Mu nodded: "I want them all."
Lao Wang looked at the few books Li Mu selected and asked: "These books contain basic knowledge before practicing. You don't need them, so what do you need them for?"
Li Mu said: "I have other uses, and no one will read these books anyway. Why don't you lend them to me for a few days, and I will return them to you in a few days."
Although Li Mu didn't need these books, Liu Hanyan and Wanwan still needed to lay a foundation and broaden their knowledge when they first entered the path of spiritual practice. Li Mu explained to them one by one about the spiritual practice. It was a bit unrealistic, so it was better to
Throw them a few books and let them read by themselves.
Lao Wang nodded and said, "Okay, remember to come back after reading it."
Lao Wang is well-read and well-informed. Li Mu thought of what happened in Wanwan and asked: "By the way, Lao Wang, can ordinary people see resentful spirits?"
