I don’t know how long it took, but the moon came out again.
The dim moonlight slightly opened up the oppressive darkness, allowing everyone to see the things in front of them clearly again.
At this moment, there was an extra person in the yard - a woman.
She was wearing an orange-red coat, her hair was shawl-length, and her skin was so white that it seemed to glow in the moonlight.
Even though there is no makeup or hairpin on her face, she is still extremely beautiful, just like a fairy in heaven, without any trace of the dust of the world.
Everyone, this is a world where looks are important. If monsters and monsters look good enough, humans will naturally have a different attitude toward them.
For example, if the "ghost nun" looks like Anne Hathaway and makes trouble in your home, will you suddenly feel that you can handle it?
Of course, you may not be able to handle it in another situation, but that’s another matter, right?
Now, as soon as the "woman in the painting" appears, the terrifying atmosphere of the scene suddenly becomes less. If there is a weak scholar or handsome young man present at this moment, he is afraid that he will have to see the whole scene. Everyone is so excited, how can they be afraid?
Fortunately...the reality is that there is no such waste in this courtyard.
The five people standing in the yard at this moment will not forget about their good looks.
First of all, Master Wojian, the head of the majestic Lingyin Temple, grew up in a small temple, and has very good concentration.
Secondly, Mr. Lu Wenlu is already forty-eight this year. Although he has not reached the age where he has completely lost his ability in certain aspects, he was a little drunk and lustful when he was young, and he has long been beyond his capabilities, so his beauty He won't lose his mind now.
Then there is Hu Qiu and Hu Captou... Without him, the husband and wife are loving and their will is relatively strong.
Next, it’s Yun Shili. As mentioned before, I’ve seen him before. Isn’t he just a stunning beauty? What's all the fuss about? Besides, since he is also a martial arts practitioner, his willpower is no worse than Hu Qiu's.
Finally, Sun Yixie... is a coward. He doesn't care what other people look like. Ensuring his own safety is the top priority...
The environment around him just now was so... When it was dark and bright, the other four had not made any move, but Sun Yixie had already "transformed" the trident hidden in his body and copied it in his hand.
"Hey! Where did you get this from?" Yun Shili stood closer to Sun Yixie. He was not frightened by the woman in the painting. Instead, he was frightened by Brother Sun's sudden change. The weapon that came out was startling.
"Why do you care if you keep an eye on that goblin?" Sun Yixie replied impatiently. At the same time, he narrowed his little eyes and moved the "goblin" up and down. Scanned back five times.
"Who do you think is a goblin?" The beauty in the painting was not happy when she heard this, and immediately said, "I am the 'Tama Tail Immortal', please speak with respect." A little!"
Sun Yixie was heartbroken when he heard this.You're right, it's fairies who are called this. How can a real god be called this?
"Okay, then...Is there something wrong with your appearance today, Great Immortal?" Sun Yixie did not argue with the other party, but immediately started to talk.
"Hmph..." The Yuwei Immortal snorted coldly and replied, "Originally, I had something to tell you and Master Yun, so I used some tricks to lure you in, but who knew You two are afraid to enter the house, and you even found a monk to come and make endless noises in the courtyard... Then I can only come out by myself."
Before she finished her words, she went to bed over there. Jian had already clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha... It turns out that the female donor has something to do with Mr. Sun and Mr. Yun, so I won't bother the poor monk anymore..." After that, the guy turned around and ran away.
Can Sun Yixie let this monk escape? At that time, he just said "Fuck me," and ducked over and grabbed Wo Jian's collar with one hand: "God damn female donor, is she a human being? She claims to be a great immortal, so why don't you still be a donor?" Also, you are here to catch monsters. What will we do if you leave?"
"Yes, Master Sun is right, Master, you can't leave," Lu Wen also agreed at this time. , while starting to move towards the entrance of the courtyard, "But... I really can't do anything about catching monsters, so I won't bother you here..."
As he spoke, he also wanted to dodge.
But just as he was about to pass by Sun Yixie, he heard a "whoosh" sound, and the trident's blade was placed in front of him.
"Master Lu, you sent me the 'Wandering in the Lake and Encountering Immortals'. Isn't it inappropriate for you to leave now?" Sun Yixie would not let Lu Wen escape. .
He pulled and stopped, making both Wojian and Lu Wen feel uncomfortable, but they did not dare to resist.
Unexpectedly, after a breath, it was the Great Immortal Yuwei who came to the rescue for them: "Okay, Lu doesn't know or care about my affairs, and that monk doesn't have any power either. They can't help me, and the catcher... If they want to leave, just leave." At this point, she paused, her eyes resting on Yun Shili and Sun Yixie respectively, "What I'm looking for. ...It's you two."
"Thank you, Great Immortal!" After hearing this, Lu Wen bowed to the monster, and then turned around and bowed his head from under the trident. The drill ran away.
"Amitabha..." Wojian also took advantage of the situation and ran away when Sun Yixie's hand loosened slightly.
But Capt. Hu still had some sense of loyalty. Before he was discharged from the hospital, he said to the two of them: "Take care, you two..." before leaving.
Sun Yixie and Yun Shili did not stop those people anymore, because they also realized that even if the three people stayed, it would not help. Since the goblin had said that it had nothing to do with other people and only wanted to find As for Sun Yun and the other two, they could only bite the bullet and ask about the situation first.
"Damn it...forget it Master Lu, even a monk can't be trusted these days." After those others had left, Sun Yixie cursed and said,"If you charge so much money for incense from our family, just say Amitabha Buddha to me at the critical moment."
Yun Shili is not as talkative as Brother Sun, and Master Yun has calmed down by this time. , and accepted the situation that changed his perception.
Once he accepted this setting, he was no longer afraid.
As Shui Hanyi once said, although Yun Shili is a bit frivolous on the surface, he has justice in his heart - if a person has a clear conscience in life, there is no need to fear anything. spirits.
"This Great Immortal, can you tell me why you are looking for us now?" Yun Shili quickly asked the Yuwei Immortal in a calm tone.
Tamawei Daxian was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly sighed softly, and then said in a plaintive tone: "I want to ask you two to help me with something."
< p>"What's the matter?" Yun Shili asked."Revenge." Tamao Immortal's answer was concise and to the point.
"Wait!" Sun Yixie's mind was quick. As soon as he heard these two words, combined with the information he had so far, he immediately speculated, "Let me guess... is it you?" You had an affair with Han Yu back then, and then he turned against you when he became the top scholar, so you committed suicide angrily, and after your death you turned into a ghost and possessed him in the portrait he painted for you. Now you want us to avenge you? "
His reasoning is quite logical, but unfortunately...
"No." Tamao Immortal denied Brother Sun's conjecture without any emotion.
"Huh?" Sun Yixie was stunned at this time, "What's going on?"
"Oh..." Tamao Immortal was asked this question, She let out another long sigh, and then began to tell her story about that year.
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This must have been said about twenty-seven years ago.
At that time, in the realm of Yueyang, there appeared a fox who had become a spirit. Although her magic power was not very high, she still gave herself a very resounding name, called " Tamao Immortal".
This Yuwei Daxian is not an evil monster. She is a spirit slowly created by absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and accumulating merit through a vegetarian diet.
On weekdays, she does not harm anyone. On the contrary, she often transforms into a beautiful woman to scare or tease local gangsters, lechers, etc.
For a kind-hearted little demon like her, if one day the opportunity comes and she meets an expert passing by and takes her back to the mountain gate, she might be able to cultivate into a spirit beast or something in the future.
However, it is in line with what Miaoyinzi said - "Whether it is a person or an object, the name must be chosen according to the destiny. If the name is too big and cannot be tolerated, It will be a serious disaster."
She, Yuwei Daxian, was destined to have such a disaster in her life...
One night, she met a man by the Dongting Lake. .
He was a well-mannered scholar in his early twenties; to put it nicely, he was called a "scholar", to put it harshly, he is just a poor scholar.
I don’t even have to tell you, but you all understand that this is Han Yu when he was young.
This night, Han Yu came to the lake for no other reason than to commit suicide...
Why did you seek death? It's very simple. It's time to go to Beijing to take the exam, but his family is so poor that they don't have the money to support him on the road.
The concept of "travel expenses" in ancient times is different from that in modern times. From our modern point of view, long-distance travel is nothing more than that the ticket is more expensive than short-distance travel, and people stay in the car longer. , that’s it. Compared with a long-distance journey of dozens of hours and a short-distance trip of several hours, it only costs a few more meals; but in ancient times, you might have to walk for several months to go to a farther place. Excluding the cost of carriage and horses along the way, food and accommodation are the real big expense.
If Han Yu’s hometown is not too far from the capital, it would be okay. Even if he sells iron to a pawn shop to pay for it, it should be enough. But from Yueyang (Hunan) to the capital (Beijing) to take the exam, How long will it take and how much money will it cost? Even if Han Yu went to borrow money from usury, no one would dare to lend him money... The mountains are high and the roads are far away. What if a poor scholar who can't afford a book boy dies on the way? Even if he didn't die, if he didn't get anything good in the exam, wouldn't he still be unable to pay back the money?
Youdao means that a penny can drive a hero to death. Money can drive a hero to death, but it would be easier to drive a scholar to death, right?
Han Yu was still too young and high-spirited at this time. If you asked him to beg for food all the way to Beijing, he would not be able to let go of his figure, and he did not have the ability. After much thought and he couldn't think of a way, he became anxious. , I thought I might as well die.
But it’s still the same sentence - you only know how difficult it is to die when something happens.
When they arrived at the lake, Han Yu hesitated and struggled, and finally sat down... and started crying.
Some people may say, why does this person look like a woman?
But if you put yourself in my shoes, if your life had reached this point, you would also cry.
It is well said in "Night Run", a man does not shed tears lightly, just because it is not the time to be sad; if one of you is here, 80% of them are not as good as Han Yu, no matter what We cry because we encounter major life problems and encounter practical difficulties that cannot be solved. Many young men in our modern times cry when they encounter small setbacks in work, study and life, such as losing a love or something. Worse than women.
Let’s get back to the topic...
Han Yu was crying, and the Jade Tail Immortal happened to see it. This fox was well versed in human nature, so she changed her appearance and came over to ask Han Yu. What's going on?
Han Yu was also overly sad at the time and was a little confused. He didn't think about how a beautiful girl came to the lake in the middle of the night... Anyway, he was just pouring out bitter water. Tell me what you are doing.
After hearing this, Tamao Immortal felt that the scholar was quite pitiful, and she could see that there was no evil in this man, so she decided to help him.
How can I help? Just give money.
It stands to reason that goblins generally have no money. When they encounter situations where they need to spend money, they only need to use blind methods to disguise some stones and branches as silver, and this kind of silver is used in spells. After the time limit has passed, the original shape will naturally appear.
But Tamao Immortal is really rich, because when she teases those gangsters and bullies, she will take away their money as a means of punishment, so she has a lot of real money on hand.
When Han Yu heard that the other party wanted to give him money, he was happy at first, but then he realized many problems. As he gradually calmed down, he began to ask about the identity of the woman in front of him and the origin of the money.
Tamawei Daxian first lied, saying that she was an opera singer, but Han Yu asked a few more details, and her lie could no longer be fulfilled.
At this time, Han Yu was really a good person, and could even be said to be very pedantic. When he saw that the origin of the person and the money were unknown, he refused to accept it, for fear that he would take it to the other party after accepting it. What trouble.
There was no other way. Yuwei Daxian thought about it and told Han Yu the truth - it was obviously easier to prove that he was a goblin than to prove that he was a human being. He could just perform a few small spells. .
After Han Yu knew the truth, he was not afraid, because he felt that if the monster was willing to help him like this, then it was a good monster; so he accepted the money with great gratitude and promised again and again. I will come back to repay this Great Immortal Yuwei in the future.
Originally, this matter just passed...
The Great Immortal Yuwei did not think that Han Yu must come to repay her. For her, money is something external to the body. This is a It takes a little effort.
As for Han Yu, he had never had any ill intentions towards Yuwei Immortal. He was inspired by this idea on the way to Beijing to take the exam, and drew the painting "Encountering Immortals on a Lake Tour"; In the picture, there is just a little lake scene and a beautiful woman... There were actually quite a lot of paintings like this in that era, and no one would think that the person in the painting really existed.
However, after winning the first prize and entering the officialdom, Han Yu changed, and he changed quickly.
The officialdom is a place where upright young people can be transformed into the kind of people they hate the most.
Those who emerge from the mud and remain unstained are rare.
There are still many people who died without a burial place before they emerged from the mud.
Han Yu is a good man, but he is not a saint. The suffering from a poor family in the first half of his life made him extremely utilitarian after seizing the opportunity, because he was afraid of going back to the days of the past.
So he turned himself into the same muddy appearance as everyone else in the big dyeing vat, and even the "Wandering in the Lake and Encountering Immortals" was treated as a bribe by him without blinking an eye. He gave it away... When he gave it away, he even felt that the painting was a bit hard to sell, because in his eyes at that time, everything could be measured by the transaction of money and power, and his calligraphy and painting were not very big at that time. The value of him and the story behind this painting are even worthless.
Actually,It would be okay if the matter came to an end at this point, after all, Tamao Immortal himself had no expectation of repayment.
But calamity is calamity, and Yuwei never imagined that in the end, Han Yu not only failed to repay her kindness, but also repaid her with kindness, causing a disaster for her.
The cause of all that was one summer twenty-five years ago...
On that day, an old Taoist suddenly came to Han Yu and said he wanted to talk to him. A deal.
The old Taoist called himself "Guan Hengzi".
You may have heard this name for the first time, but you may have an impression when I mention another name he later used - "Mr. Tongquan", Liu Yufang.