Chapter 21 Scum Guan Hengzi

This Liu Yufang is really not a good person.

Until the age of fifty, he was still a businessman in a small county town, and he was a typical profiteer.

All the shops under his name are known for being short of quality and shoddy; however, this does not prevent him from making a fortune, because... he "can handle it."

In those days, in some small places, as long as the local parents and officials were willing to protect you, you could basically walk around there.

Liu Yufang followed this path of "collusion between officials and businessmen" - to use our modern concept, he successfully achieved regional monopolies in many businesses by bribing successive county officials.

Even if the local people don’t want to buy things from his Liu family, they still have to buy them. If they suffer a loss, they can only swallow it in their stomachs. If you go to the Yamen to sue him, you will definitely not win, and you may even get beaten. .

Occasionally, there will be projects allocated by the imperial court. Naturally, the local officials will contract it to Liu Yufang after "pumping water", and Liu Yufang will pump it again. Water, the whole project is a shoddy project, and in the end it is the people who suffer.

In short, in those years, in Liu Yufang's hometown, it could be described as "the flowing county magistrate and the iron-clad Master Liu."

Not to mention how happy I am to earn that dirty money. At home, I occupy a room, lie on the floor, have fine clothes and fine food, and have a group of wives and concubines... It is more comfortable than many rich people in big cities.

However, when Liu Yufang was fifty years old, something happened.

Perhaps it was his own retribution. At the most glorious moment in his life, he fell ill.

How he found out about the disease, how he visited famous doctors, and how he was diagnosed, I will not go into details one by one. In short, I will use a word that everyone can understand immediately - liver cancer.

Although Liu Yufang is a bad person, he is also a smart person. Faced with such a matter involving his own life and death, he will not deceive himself: after listening to so many doctors talking evasively to him, he must also I understand... I can't cure my disease.

But he doesn’t want to die. His will to live is extremely strong, but he also knows that relying on common sense or science can no longer save him, so he can only turn to ghosts and gods for help... …

Of course, he didn’t go looking for that kind of “charlatan” because he knew very well that ten out of ten of those people were liars. I'll talk to you about alchemy, and then use the word "drag" to defraud you of food, drink, and money... Scammers can afford to delay, but his illness can't afford to delay.

As the saying goes, it is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. One night, Liu Yufang simply went out on his own; he brought a bowl of rice, a few sticks of incense, a few fire folds, a stack of paper money, three candles, and There were a few pieces of bamboo and a hammer... and they went to the cemetery.

What is he preparing to do?

Old method - "nail the grave and ask the ghost".

This matter occurs in many areas of our countryRumor has it that Liu Yufang also heard it mentioned by his family when he was a child, but few people would actually do it, because people who really believe in such things will be afraid and will not go if they are afraid; what about those who are not afraid? , it means that he doesn’t believe it at all, and there is no need to go if he doesn’t believe it... Besides, digging and robbing graves is a serious crime in any dynasty. What if you are caught doing such an invisible thing?

But Liu Yufang didn’t care. He was already going to die, so why did he have so many worries?

That night, he randomly picked a grave in the cemetery outside the county, laid out the meal, put incense on the meal, set up a few candles around it, and then placed the grave there. Bamboo pieces were nailed into the grave.

On the first grave, there was no response after nailing it, so he wedged out the bamboo pieces and replaced the grave head, and then the second one... still no response.

That's it, three, four, five... Just when Liu Yufang gradually felt that this method was ineffective and wanted to back out...

Task—please—

This fifth grave is an "unnamed grave". There were many graves like this in ancient times. Some people died in a foreign land. For various reasons, they could not find their identity documents and no one came to claim them. The locals had no choice but to bury the corpse nearby and find a grave, but there would be no name on the grave and no one would come to pay homage.

As soon as Liu Yufang saw that the unknown grave responded to "nailing the grave", he continued to nail it down. After a while, the ghost came out of the grave.

Liu Yufang was not afraid, so he asked the ghost blankly: Do I still have a way to survive? Is there any god in this world who can save me? Immortals are not good, but so are demons and ghosts.

Obviously, the ghost would not answer him directly. After they reached a "deal", the ghost told him that he might be able to save him if he went to Shu Mountain to find those practicing sects.

Liu Yufang was also unambiguous. He immediately handed over a large amount of paper money and promised that he would send someone to build the ghost's grave and erect a monument tomorrow.

I have to say that Liu Yufang is a person with strong execution ability.

In the next seven days, in addition to paying to build the ghost's grave as agreed, he also donated all his property to surrounding temples and temples according to the ghost's "instructions." Taoist temples and poor people.

Even the common people were dumbfounded: What happened to this person named Liu? Possessed? There shouldn't be any trap here, right? After we take this money, will we be visited one day and charged with loan sharking?

Looking at their reactions, you can see what kind of impression Liu Yufang gives people on weekdays, how hateful he is...

Of course, what others think of him and say about him... ...Liu Yufang no longer cares - people are going to die, and he doesn't even want money, so why would he care about that?

After dispersing all his family wealth, Liu Yufang ran to Mount Emei without saying a word to "become a disciple and seek Taoism".

You may feel strange when you see this, that EmeiIt is the top of the mountains in the Shu Mountain area. Can someone like Liu Yufang succeed in becoming a disciple?

Then I have to say one thing: the bigger a sect or organization becomes, the easier it is for some people who should not be recruited to join.

Although Liu Yufang did many evil things in the first half of his life, when he went to Emei, his heart was indeed sincere, and he did use all his wealth to do good deeds, as if he had a profound enlightenment. , the posture of becoming a Buddha immediately.

Given his condition at the time, it was not surprising that he could make it to the mountains.

To make a long story short, Liu Yufang became a disciple of Emei's "Taihao Sect" at the age of fifty, practiced there for a period of time, and received the Taoist title "Guanhengzi".

The Taoist priests of Taihao Sect not only cured his illness, but also taught him Qi refining methods and some Taoist techniques, which gave him decades of longevity.

However, paper cannot cover the fire. After all, Liu Yufang has evil intentions. When his life is no longer in danger, his true nature gradually reveals...

Twenty-five In the summer of two years ago, Liu Yufang was ordered by his teacher to travel down the mountain.

This Taihao Sect is different from the Xuanqi Sect. They are a large sect with a strong sense of responsibility, so when some disciples reach a certain level of Taoism, they will send these disciples down the mountain to "do good deeds and eliminate evil spirits." ", not only as a kind of experience, but also to do something for the world.

It was during that trip down the mountain that Liu Yufang met a young county magistrate - the magistrate was none other than Han Yu, who had just been an official for less than two years.

As soon as Liu Yufang met Han Yu, he discovered that this son was by no means an idle man. He was a very capable minister, but he had not yet waited for the opportunity.

Although Liu Yufang has been practicing in the mountains for many years, he is still a businessman at heart: before he was fifty years old, he was a profiteer, colluding with officials and businessmen, and doing business with others; when he was fifty years old, he was terminally ill. He went to the grave to ask ghosts and made deals with ghosts; but now, he was clearly a monk, but he still thought about fame and fortune in the world of mortals, and planned to make a deal with Han Yu.

He was thinking at the time... Han Yu would definitely be one of the Three Dukes in the future. If he could take him under his wing, or at least get a handle on Han Yu, then by himself With his abilities and Mr. Han’s recommendation, it shouldn’t be difficult for him to become a “National Master” in the future.

If conditions permit, wouldn't it be beautiful for him to become an imaginary emperor and dominate the country...?

Everyone, if you listen to books a lot, you will know that this guy is thinking about Peach. How can it be so easy to sneak into the palace and cause trouble? Why is the True Dragon Emperor so easy to deal with? If Liu Yu had read more Taoist scriptures on the mountain, he should have known that he would probably be struck to death by thunder.

However, this does not prevent him from "negotiating business" with Han Yu at the moment.

It was said to be a "business", but it was actually a fraud; Liu Yufang knew that Han Yu would become a high official sooner or later, regardless of whether he helped him or not, but he lied to Han Yu and said, "I can Let you be the supreme minister", but there must be conditions.

Han Yu was at a time when he was frustrated. When he saw that an experienced Taoist with real magic power (it was not difficult to prove this) took the initiative to tell him about this, he must have felt that the opportunity was not to be missed.

So Liu Yufang continued to lie. He said that Han Yu had "an unspeakable incident" in the past twenty years, and it was the karma caused by this incident that hindered Han Yu's career. Han Yu had to tell the story and ask Liu Yufang to help him settle the matter before he could get rid of this karma.

His words are just like those scammers who engage in "mind reading" or "psychic mediumship" nowadays and ask you "What worries you recently?"

Who doesn’t have troubles?

Who has lived for decades and there is nothing that he does not want others to know?

Liu Yufang just wanted to use these words to get Han Yu out of trouble, and then use them according to the situation.

As for Han Yu, after thinking about it, he said a few things that were neither minor nor serious, neither painful nor painful. Liu Yu just didn’t follow his trick. There were things that couldn’t be used as excuses. What is it for?

So Liu Yufang pretended to be angry and gave the other party an ultimatum: "If you don't tell the truth, I won't be able to help you."

Han Yu now But he was anxious, so after some inner struggle, he sold the "Tama Tail Immortal" who had helped him in the past.

When Liu Yufang heard this, he was overjoyed and said in his heart: "Okay, it turns out that you, the number one scholar, went to Beijing to take the exam with the money given by the monster... This matter is going to happen. To add fuel to the fire, it’s okay to say that this evildoer helped you cheat on the exam. Once word spreads about it, your reputation will be “shady.” By then, no matter how big your official position is, it will be useless, ha... there is such a thing Son, you will be in my hands for the rest of your life."

He had made up his mind, but on the surface Liu Yufang remained calm; he told Han Yu that he would do it. It's settled. In the next three to five years, Mr. Han will definitely rise to the top. But in the future, if I need help from you, you will have to help me.

The "deal" between the two of them is considered settled.

Afterwards, Liu Yufang went straight to Yueyang, hoping to kill the Yuwei Immortal and silence him.

Although the possibility is not very high, if someone can find this goblin to testify against Han Yu in the future, it will be an extraneous matter, so it is better to kill her to be safe.

So, a few days later, on the edge of Taihu Lake, Liu Yufang opened an altar at night to catch monsters.

He summoned the Great Jade Tail Immortal, kept saying, "Han Yu asked me to come," and used magic to create its prototype, destroying its body, and cutting off its two souls and four souls (the souls of monsters) It’s not complete, but it can be gradually completed through practice).

Just when the Yuwei Immortal had only one soul left and was about to die, the Taoist Taoists from Taihao Sect arrived...

The Taoists took Liu Yufang on the spot Next, the latter wanted to argue that he was "eliminating demons," but the veterans did not accept his trick.

But becauseLiu Yufang did not commit any heinous crime, it was just an "attempt", so the old Taoists just expelled him from the school on the spot and abolished his Taoist practice.

Liu Yufang, who lost his magic power, suddenly became very old, his beard and hair were all white, and he was as skinny as a stick... Where did he go, what did he do, and how did he go to the pawnshop to become that "Mr. Tongquan"? , and why he joined the Five Spirit Sect because of the "Nine Feathers Chasing the Sun Furnace"... We will describe these later, but here we will talk about the Great Immortal Yuwei first.

That night, Yuwei didn’t know whether those old Taoists who suddenly came to kill her would be harmful to her, so when she saw that Liu Yufang was under control, she ran away quickly; but her remnant soul had nowhere to rest in the world. The shape, in the end, was floating and attached to the picture of "Encountering Immortals in the Lake".

From a certain perspective, the painting Han Yu painted actually saved her life.

After staying in the Lu Wen family's warehouse for a few years, as Han Yu's reputation grew, Lu Wen took out the picture "Encountering Immortals in the Lake" and framed it and hung it in the study.

For the next twenty years or so, Great Immortal Tamao stayed in Lu Wen’s study, slowly waiting for his strength to recover. At the same time, he also watched and listened to those officials in the officialdom every day. The dirty business.

To this day, Lu Wen sent this painting to Sun Yixie's house...

As soon as the Yuwei Immortal entered Sun's house, he found that this place was different—— Almost as soon as she entered the house, the demon became energetic. In those few short hours, she recovered more vitality and mana than she had in the previous years.

What's going on? The hidden hint in the book here is actually because of something on Sun Yixie.

I don’t know if you still remember that when he was at Lanruo Temple, Miaoyinzi gave Sun Yixie a red gadget that was similar to an egg, and told him that from that day on, this thing would be with him forever. He can't leave him, this thing can save his life in the future.

We still can’t say the real use of this thing now. You just need to know that because this thing can slowly release spiritual energy, it has been accumulated in the Sun Mansion in the past few months after Sun Yixie returned home. After absorbing a lot of free spiritual energy, Yuwei was able to gain advantage.

It is precisely because of this that Yuwei is able to create all kinds of strange phenomena tonight to lure Sun Yun and two people into the house to talk.

It’s just that she didn’t expect that those two guys were so cowardly. Not only did they not dare to enter the house, they even tried to “shake people”... In order to prevent them from making the matter worse, Tamao had no choice but to show up.

Right now, Yuwei has explained her experience to Sun Yixie and Yun Shili - of course, she doesn’t know much about Liu Yufang, she just stands by her The perspective told what she knew.

In her opinion, Han Yu had received her kindness back then, so it was fine that he didn't want to repay it. He even found a Taoist priest to get rid of him. This "revenge" was unjustifiable.

In the afternoon, Yuwei listened to Lu Wen talking about his experience in the "West Lake Elegant House" and learned that he was going to be sent to the Sun Mansion, and that the young master of the Sun family, Sun Yixie, was aThe young hero was Yun Shili's friend. At that time, she felt that the opportunity for revenge had come.

Yuwei has been "hanging" in Lu Wen's study for so many years and has listened to countless conversations between officials. She naturally knows that Mr. Yun Shiliyun of Jinyiwei... is one of them officials. If there is anyone in the current dynasty who can get rid of Han Yu, it is definitely Yun Shili.

When she came to the Sun Mansion, she found that Yun Shili lived here. That was better, and it would save her the trouble of finding him through Sun Yixie.

"Oh~ So that's it." After listening to Yuwei's narration, Sun Yixie immediately shook his head and said, "Then now that the two of you have met, there shouldn't be anything wrong with me, right? I'll do it first Please wait and chat."

"Sun Shaoxia, please stay." Unexpectedly, Yuwei stopped him immediately.

"What are you doing?" Sun Yixie answered before the other party could say anything, "I must declare in advance that I am just a commoner. You want me to stand up to you as a young master?" It's possible that my whole family will pay for whatever they do."

"Sun Shaoxia misunderstood, I want to ask Mr. Yun to make the decision for me," Yuwei continued. , "But... I discovered after I came to this house, Sun Shaoxia, that you have great spiritual energy and extraordinary bones. You just used Taoist methods to send the magic weapon... If I didn't guess, you should have received Taoism." Someone’s advice, right?"

"Hmm..." Sun Yixie thought for a while, but did not answer directly, but said, "So what?"

" If Sun Shaoxia knows someone from the Taoist sect, Yuwei would like to ask you to help me find out where Guanhengzi is now. If possible, I hope Sun Shaoxia will tell my grievances to the Taoist sect and let them make the decision for me and get rid of this scum. ." Tamao replied.

When Sun Yixie heard it, he realized that he was just passing on a message, so that was no problem: "Oh... OK, if I meet any Taoist priest in the future, I will definitely convey it to you."

"Then Tamao thanks Sun Shaoxia first." This fairy is quite interesting. Although her tone of voice is not very polite, she is actually quite polite.

"Hey, I'm talking about you." Yun Shili finally spoke again. He looked at Yuwei and said, "Yi Xie promised you, but I didn't."

"Oh?" Yuwei's expression suddenly changed again, "Could it be that...Master Yun and Han Yu are the same species?"

"That's not the case," Yun Shili said. , "But..." He paused, "Not to mention that what you have said up to now is just one side of the story, and there is no evidence... Even if I believe you, I can't use the excuse of 'repaying kindness to monsters with vengeance'. Did you kill the current young master? If you really say this, not only will you not be able to take revenge, but I will also be imprisoned as a madman."

"This..." Tamao is a fairy after all. Thinking about things is not that complicated. When Yun Shili said this, she was stunned.

"Hey...Brother Yun, you are so humble." Sun Yixie said at the right time, "Who is Han Yu? I want to do it...It can be done. You, the royal guards, can't find a way to punish people? His surname is Han, who forgot to eat pork when he was at home today. You can also say that he is a deceiver... You can just find a few homophonic or acrostic words in the memorials and letters he has written and say that he is a rebel... Anyway Find an excuse to send him to jail. If he is not guilty, he can be found guilty, right? "

"Heh..." Yun Shili smiled, "Yi Xie, it's a pity that you don't come to serve as our Jinyi Guard. "

"No, I'm not interested. Sun Yixie waved his hand and said, "I don't know anything. I just talked casually." "

"Then you'd better remember..." At this time, Yun Shili put away his smile and reminded him seriously, "You can say these things in front of me. I said it, but in front of other Jin Yiwei... you'd better be careful what you say, lest what you just said will end up being used on yourself. ”

Although these words sound a bit threatening, they are good words that only friends will tell you.

After Yun Shili said this, he He put on his careless expression and continued: "Okay, I'll take this 'Wandering in the Lake and Encountering Immortals' away tomorrow. I'm sure you won't feel at ease if I leave it in your house. Let's discuss how to follow him." People outside the hospital should settle this matter tonight so as not to cause uproar in the city. As for Han Yu..." He curled his lips and thought for a few seconds before continuing, "...I'll think of a solution. ”