Gao Juren, who was sitting at the table, was even more haunted by evil spirits. His energy and blood were weak and dim. At this rate, he might not live until the end of the month.
"Dad! Let me introduce you. This is Li Qinglin, Master Li, the flag bearer of the Ministry of Justice, and a direct disciple of the Five Elders of Qingxinzhai."
Gao Jingshu introduced to Gao Juren.
"Mr. Li greets Mr. Gao!" Li Qinglin bowed.
Gao Juren saw Li Qinglin's tall and straight figure, with a white-haired sword on his waist, and his movements were like an eagle and a wolf. His eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Heroes have always emerged from youth. I was too arrogant to call you my nephew. I heard Jingshu mention you, and seeing you today, it is true!"
Gao Li, who was standing nearby, couldn't help feeling jealous when he saw this scene. He looked at Li Qinglin's back with unfriendly eyes, as if Li Qinglin would divide up Gao's family property.
"Dad, Master Li is a martial arts master, and he is also a judge in the court. He has a fierce aura and a high position in the government. Maybe he can break the evil!"
Gao Juren did not respond to Gao Jingshu's words.
During this period, there are still few martial arts officials invited? But they are only treating the symptoms and not the root cause.
No one knew where the evil spirit came from. It came and went like the wind and disappeared without a trace. If Gao Jingshu had not said firmly that she had seen a ghost, Gao Juren would have thought that his end was near.
and……
Li Qinglin, too young.
There is more or less distrust in the hearts of those who exalt themselves.
If you rashly intervene in this matter, not to mention whether you can kill the evil, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing, and you may even risk bringing disaster upon yourself.
After all, Gao Jingshu was so eager to save her father that she lost her composure and tried every possible means to find a cure, but she never thought about the consequences.
Gao Juren coughed, then said to Li Qinglin with a smile, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. How about this, let Jingshu take you around. I have an art studio with many famous paintings and calligraphy. You can visit them and let me judge for you."
"father!"
Gao Jingshu's voice was clear and a little annoyed. She felt that Gao Juren was stubborn and looked down on Li Qinglin and was unwilling to let him help.
But Gao Juren waved his hand, showing a firm attitude and not wanting to say more.
The Gao Mansion does not cover a large area, and the decoration can even be considered ordinary, and there is no pavilion or loft.
It is just quiet and elegant, with bluestone paths covered with greenery, which looks quite elegant.
Walking in the corridor in the courtyard, Gao Jingshu said to Li Qinglin apologetically, "Mr. Li, my father has always been like this, please don't be offended."
"Nothing, nothing. Could you please take me to your father's bedroom?"
"Oh, this way, I'll lead the way for Master Li..."
After a while, Li Qinglin walked out of Gao Juren's bedroom, his eyes flickering, and suddenly asked, "Since your father is the one who set the questions for this autumn exam, may I ask why you don't take the exam?"
Gao Jingshu heard this and explained,
"Mr. Li may not know that in our Great Jiang imperial examination, the person who sets the questions and the examiner cannot be the same person, and there is a measure to avoid suspicion, that is, the disciples of the person who sets the questions cannot participate in the imperial examination in the same year."
When Li Qinglin heard this, some doubts arose in his heart.
At first, he heard that Gao Juren was one of the people who set the questions for the examination. After the mansion was haunted, he guessed that maybe someone raised a ghost to steal the papers and became a thief.
But now that we have arrived at Gao's house, we can see that this ghost is not just trying to steal the scroll, he also wants Gao's life!
That's strange.
Raise a ghost to steal scrolls. The whereabouts are secretive, leaving almost no trace. After stealing, just leave.
Why go to so much trouble to use ghosts to devour Gaojuren's vital energy and cause him to die suddenly!
This is too unwise.
After all, Gao Juren was considered a veteran among the Chinese people in Fengxian County. If he died suddenly, there would definitely be trouble.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a noise coming from the front door of Gao's house.
Then he saw the door was wide open, Gao Kuo and the Gao family's housekeeper came to greet him in person, and Gao Li stood respectfully at the door.
Seeing this, Li Qinglin became curious. Who deserves such careful treatment from the Gao family?
The sound of chanting was heard, and after a moment, two boys and girls came sprinkling nectar from willow branches and led the way.
Behind him, there are four strong men, holding incense burners, trident bells, passing on ordination tokens, and sprinkling gold foil, moving as fast as the wind.
Amidst the lingering incense and gold foil, a Taoist priest in feathered robes, eight feet tall, with a slender waist and a straight back, an immortal look, and with his hands making the Ziwu Seal, came floating in.
Not to mention others, even Li Qinglin, who had witnessed and even killed immortal cultivators, was frightened.
Taoist Long Eyebrows stopped in front of the door and looked up at the sky above Gao's mansion with a serious expression, "Sure enough, there is an evil spirit causing trouble! I'm afraid it's quite powerful!"
Upon hearing this, Gao Kuo and his companions respectfully welcomed him into the mansion.
But after entering the mansion, the Taoist with long eyebrows looked around and hesitated. The more he looked, the uglier his expression became. "This ghost has a history. It may even have escaped from the land of immortals. To catch this ghost, I have wasted twenty years of my skills..."
At the end, Taoist Changmei's tone became embarrassed.
"That's all right, Master. Please help me. I have a hundred taels of silver to give you."
Gao Kuo understood the meaning of the music when he heard the sound of the strings, and immediately asked someone to bring some silver from the warehouse.
Taoist Long Eyebrow nodded, and suddenly saw Li Qinglin, especially took a look at his criminal badge, frowned and said, "Isn't this person from Gao's house?"
Gao Kuo explained, "Oh, this Mr. Li was invited by my daughter. He had good intentions and wanted to see the master's illness."
"oh?"
When Taoist Changmei heard this, there was more or less a hint of hostility in his eyes when he looked at Li Qinglin.
Afterwards, Taoist Changmei started a ritual in the courtyard, with colorful banners placed on the left and right, fluttering in the wind, to consecrate the ritual instruments.
The two Taoist boys sat on the altar, chanting scriptures and making confessions.
The Taoist priest with long eyebrows was practicing magic in the courtyard, chanting spells all the time.
Then, everyone waited for night to fall and for the evil spirit to reveal its whereabouts.
Li Qinglin watched the performance of Taoist Changmei with great interest at first, but the more he watched, the more bored he found it.
There is not a single spiritual energy fluctuation in the body of this Taoist with long eyebrows. He has a basic understanding of martial arts, but it seems that he is only at the bone-penetrating level.
The incantation he chanted, on the other hand, was quite mysterious, as if it came from some immortal scripture. Those who heard it felt calm and relaxed, with a clear mind.
Li Qinglin's spiritual power has greatly increased now. When he heard the scriptures, he felt faintly that his soul was moving. His soul, which had been growing rapidly and was a little impetuous, became much clearer.
After reciting the scriptures for a while, I saw that Taoist Changmei seemed to be tired of chanting the scriptures, so he pretended to meditate.
Li Qinglin then asked Gao Jingshu to resign.
After all, he didn't want to stay in Gao's house and compete with this Taoist priest with long eyebrows.
But after all, Gao Jingshu had done him a favor.
After thinking for a while, Li Qinglin took out a fang from his arms.
This is the fang on the upper jaw of the mountain lion. It contains a fierce and evil spirit that can kill evil spirits and drive away ghosts.
After thinking about it, Li Qinglin felt that it seemed a little unsafe, so he cut his palm, forced out a trickle of blood, and smeared it on the fangs.
The peculiar thing is that this strand of blood has a faint golden color, and it does not drip when it touches the fangs. It is as if it has its own divine will. It crawls all over the fangs, flashes with golden light, and then becomes silent.
After informing Gao Jingshu, Li Qinglin hung the tiger tooth in front of Gao Juren's bedroom door and turned away.
…
The sky was dark, and the lonely stars peeked out through the night.
The moisture of late autumn permeates the air.
The lights in Gao's mansion were on, and many servants were hiding in their rooms, looking at the altar in the courtyard with fear.
Gao Juren had already gone to bed and fallen asleep.
The idle people around him left, Gao Li walked up to the Taoist priest with long eyebrows and asked in a low voice, "Master, may I ask if there are really ghosts in my house?"
Taoist Changmei heard this, his expression remained unchanged, but his heart was beating fast.
How would he know whether there were ghosts or not? He didn’t practice Dharma, and he hadn’t cultivated any divine power.
Back then, he was just pioneering in the wilderness and occasionally discovered a place where a Qigong cultivator sat in meditation and passed away. He received some inheritance, but although he had low-grade spiritual roots, he had no master to guide him and no cultivation techniques, so there was no way for him to become an immortal.
Relying on some techniques of inviting gods to build altars and a book called "Shangdong Yunji Soul God Notes", he has encountered several wandering ghosts over the years, but they were all subdued by him with the help of the altar and scriptures.
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Seeing that the Taoist priest Changmei did not answer, Gao Li glanced around and said, "Whether there is a ghost or not, I wonder if the Taoist priest Changmei can be more ruthless and make a fuss to really drive away the ghost!"
When Taoist Changmei heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Gao Li's words. He said in embarrassment,
"As cultivators, how can we create trouble out of nothing and use our magic to deceive others?"
Gao Li felt a little regretful when he heard this.
"It costs extra money."
The voice of Taoist Changmei came faintly.
…
The night watchman has sounded twice.
In Gao's mansion, many people were drowsy and exhausted.
Taoist Changmei got another unexpected fortune and was so excited that he didn't want to sleep at all.
Instead, he hopes that a lonely ghost will emerge, reveal itself, and let everyone know how powerful he is.
Taoist Changmei waited until the second drum, lit a candle, burned a stick of incense respectfully, and said in a clear voice,
"Respected Immortal Master, I, the mortal disciple Gu Tairan, am in Gao's mansion catching monsters and guarding the house, exorcising evil spirits and curing illnesses. I hope the Immortal Master will bless me. The god Zhu Yingying, Zhu has purity in it, draw talismans to banish the ghosts, and set up the altar!"
As soon as these words fell, a group of young boys and strong men started moving, waving their flags.
The Taoist with long eyebrows drew out his sword, dipped a willow branch in rootless water, flicked the sword with it, took out cinnabar, and drew a few talismans in a very realistic manner.
As the talisman burned, the Taoist priest with long eyebrows shouted,
"Hey! Monster, why don't you show up!"
Everyone in the Gao mansion was no longer sleepy at this moment. Gao Kuo stood by the door, staring intently at the talisman.
Gao Jingshu could not stay at the altar due to her incompatible zodiac sign, and was "invited" by Taoist Changmei to stay in her boudoir.
Hearing the noise, she clenched her sleeves with her little hands and looked out the window from time to time.
Gao Li had a smile on his face and veins on his hands were bulging with excitement.
Gao Juren in the bedroom huddled in the quilt with his eyes closed, but his eyeballs rolled from time to time.
He was not nervous at first, but he was frightened by the scene of the Taoist with long eyebrows, and he began to feel worried and anxious.
The night wind blew, blowing up the ashes of the talisman.
Taoist Changmei took out two more talismans and burned them, but there was nothing unusual in the yard.
Just when everyone was feeling a little strange, suddenly...
It's windy.
In the blink of an eye, the entire Gao Mansion was shrouded in pale fog.
Door after door, everything looks desolate and cold, and the chilly wind blowing over shoulders makes it seem like a ghost is before one's eyes.
When Taoist Changmei opened his eyes, he saw a shadow coming out of the mist.
Taoist Changmei was overjoyed at first and was about to chant a spell to exorcise the evil spirit.
But I saw this shadow, which was about ten feet tall, with bloodshot hair and red eyes, holding a white skeleton in both hands, with nails nailed on its back, and under its feet, there was a sinister aura like a snake!
When the Taoist priest Changmei saw this, he was so frightened that his soul was about to die. He knew that he had met a ruthless person, and he screamed, "My life is over!"
The blood-haired ghost opened his mouth and spit out a ball of dark energy. The long-browed Taoist priest didn't even scream and fell to the ground. His sword fell to the ground and the altar was overturned.
"Master!"
"Master!"
Everyone exclaimed. They didn't have immortal roots, nor did they cultivate their spirits, so they couldn't see the appearance of the blood-haired ghost. But seeing the mist in the courtyard and the long-browed Taoist suddenly falling to the ground, how could they not know that a ghost had come! The Taoist children and strong men fled in all directions.
Gao Li was so frightened that his legs were shaking. He went straight under the bed, only to find that the bed was already crowded with people.
Without saying a word, he grabbed a person's leg and pulled him outside.
The man whose legs were grabbed was almost fainted with fear, and begged for mercy, "Master, please don't pull me, there's still room under the bed over there!"
In the yard, Gao Kuo stood in front of Gao Juren's door as if facing a formidable enemy, his blood gushing out, holding a big knife and glaring at him.
When Qi and blood meet Yin Qi, it is like boiling oil entering water, making a gurgling burning sound and a pungent and dizzying smell.
But this blood-haired ghost was extremely ferocious. With a casual grab, Gao Kuo's blood and energy were suppressed, and a series of scratches from nails appeared on his body. The wounds were black and blue, and the blood was dark purple.
Gao Kuo groaned and took a step back. The sword light in his hand poured out like water, but was swallowed up by the gradually spreading negative energy.
"Master, don't panic. With me here, this evil spirit can't enter your body!"
Gao Kuo spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes moved rapidly, and he opened his eyelids wide, but he could not see any trace of the blood-haired ghost.
Gao Jingshu, who was in the side room, heard the sounds of ghosts howling outside the house and Gao Kuo drawing his knife.
Unable to hold back any longer, he pushed the door open and walked out.
"If you want to kill my father, then take my life first!"
Gao Jingshu beat the drum and shouted loudly. Her graceful figure was like the wind, blowing away the negative energy, but was then swallowed up by the negative energy that was gradually enveloping her...
When the blood-haired ghost saw Gao Jingshu's figure, a hint of greed appeared in his eyes, and he rolled up the mist and left.
"Miss!"
When Gao Kuo saw the fog rolling and completely swallowing Gao Jingshu, he could not help but feel furious and tears of blood flowed from his eyes.
Just in time,
A wisp of yin energy spread out and hit the tiger fangs on the door.
All they heard was a tiger roar, like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting.
In the courtyard, there was a sudden red light! (End of this chapter)
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