Chapter 109: Concubine of the Huang Mansion
“Why choose us?”
"Although I have left the temple, I still hold the Buddha in my heart. The first time I saw you, I felt that you had a connection with the Buddha."
Tao Zi pondered for a moment before speaking: "We have something to do, and it might be a little dangerous."
"As the Buddha said, everything is dangerous."
Did the Buddha say these words? Zhao Xue, who had read some scriptures, was a little confused, but seeing his righteous face, he suppressed his doubts.
In the end, Tao Zi still didn't give in.
Li Xiu also understood and said, "How about this, you stay here for the time being, and we can talk about the future later."
"Thank you, benefactor."
After discussion, Zhao Xue lived in the same room with the monk.
Han Yueshan was a little worried, and when the monk was away, he asked, "Can this monk be trusted?"
Tao Zi expressed her opinion: "I don't see anything wrong, but I still need to pay attention."
He still couldn't let go: "Why would he want to be with us?"
The senior sister was silent for a moment, then looked at Li Xiu and said, "Maybe it's because we look rich, so having him here wouldn't hurt. Or maybe, he asked many people, but we were the only ones who agreed."
Several people were speechless.
Li Xiu, considering that the restaurant was full, asked the waiter to bring the food up and asked about the monk's condition.
The waiter was well-informed and explained the monk's situation in a few words: "The monk arrived three days ago and has been wandering around the inns for the past few days. We couldn't chase him away for the sake of Buddha, so we gave him food from time to time."
Tao Zi asked, "Did he ask anyone else besides us?"
The waiter couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "I asked, and asked several groups, but except for a few kind-hearted people, no one agreed to provide food and accommodation."
Li Xiu calmly took out half a tael of silver and played with it, saying, "Are there any other unusual things happening in the town recently?"
Looking at the silver, the waiter's eyes lit up and he couldn't stop talking: "That's true. The first and foremost rare thing is that the Huang Mansion is haunted!"
"Three months ago, Master Huang took in a beautiful concubine named Yu'er. Naturally, the old man's love for a young concubine was out of control. At the time, everyone who talked about the Huang family would say, 'What a pear tree overshadows a crabapple tree.' Unexpectedly, after just one month, Master Huang was fed up with her and even deducted half of his concubine's monthly salary. What a heartless man!"
At this point, the waiter slammed the table in anger.
Li Xiu coughed and said, "How did the concubine become a ghost?"
"A month and a half ago, that concubine, for some unknown reason, was beaten five times with a stick by Madam Huang. After returning home, she was so depressed that she jumped into a well and committed suicide! It took the Huang family two weeks to find her body, and the night they found it, the place was haunted! Several people died intermittently."
The more Xi Jing listened, the more frightened she became. The more frightened she became, the more excited she became. She couldn't help but ask, "How do you know it was the concubine who turned into a ghost?"
"Someone has seen that ghost's face. It was the concubine. Besides..." The waiter paused at this point, piqued their curiosity, before continuing, "That same night, the concubine's body disappeared! Later, the first victim turned up, a servant in the Huang Mansion. After that, Madam Huang began to fall ill, and even doctors couldn't help."
Xi Jing asked directly: "Is there any reward?"
"What?"
"Is there any reward for exorcising ghosts and curing illnesses?"
Looking at her sparkling eyes, the waiter scratched his head and said, "Yes, both curing illnesses and exorcising ghosts cost ten taels of gold."
Then he told some anecdotes, and Li Xiu was satisfied and threw the half tael of silver to him.
Just as the waiter was about to leave, Tao Zi suddenly asked, "It sounds like the master of the Huang Mansion is quite old?"
"Half a year ago, I just celebrated my sixty-third birthday."
"That's really old."
"you do not say."
The waiter took the money and left with a smile.
Xi Jing spoke up: "Is it a ghost? Senior Sister, is it a ghost?"
Tao Zi made a rare joke: "Senior Sister is not a ghost, but that concubine really might be a ghost."
Zhao Xue was a little unsure and asked, "Aren't they said ghosts have no physical form? How can they move a corpse?"
She casually said, "How do you know it wasn't moved by a living person?"
Han Yueshan asked in confusion, "Who would help a ghost move a corpse? What's the point of moving it?"
Li Xiu, who knew more, began to explain, "Some ghosts cannot be killed unless their bodies are found."
The remaining few people suddenly realized.
He sighed again: "What good can I get with ten taels of gold..."
Amidst Xi Jing's smile, he swallowed the rest of his words and changed his words, "The most important thing is reputation and the joy of helping others, so there will definitely be many cultivators going there."
"Of course, Senior Sister~"
Xi Jing's subsequent call of "Senior Sister" was so complicated that Han Yueshan and others couldn't help but get goosebumps when they heard it.
Tao Zi agreed: "Have a good sleep and I'll be there tomorrow morning."
"Yeah!"
The next morning, the monk showed up, ate two breakfasts each, and asked them vaguely, "Where are you going next?"
"Huang Mansion."
He immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "What a coincidence! I'm also going there to catch ghosts. Why don't we go together?"
The monk knocked on the door. The doorman opened it and saw it was him. He immediately wanted to close the door: "Why are you here again? Our master said you are not welcome!"
The monk put his hand through the crack in the door and said anxiously, "It's not just me who's here today, my companions are here too!"
"Oh my, Master, you alone aren't enough? You even brought a companion with you? Please, go find someone else to cause trouble! Our house is in turmoil!"
I always feel like I've been ripped off...
This idea came to the minds of the people behind the monk at the same time.
Tao Zi gave Li Xiu a look, and he immediately understood what she meant. He stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, I'm a medical practitioner. I heard that Madam Huang was seriously ill, so I came here to treat her."
"Medical cultivator?!"
The doorman was particularly shocked. No matter how powerful the Huang Mansion was, they could only afford to hire Taoist priests, but they had rarely seen any real immortal cultivators.
It should be noted that although monks call each other fellow Taoists, they are not Taoists.
While cultivators aim to achieve immortality and maintain a distance from mortals, Taoists, on the other hand, wander among mortals, performing tasks for them in exchange for profit. For example, blind fortune tellers on the streets are examples of Taoists.
In a sense, a Taoist priest is equivalent to half a cultivator.
He said quickly, "I'll go inform the master immediately. Please wait a moment."
Soon, heavy footsteps were heard.
A pot-bellied man with half-white hair came to open the door. He kicked the doorman as he did so: "What are you doing? Huh? Even an immortal dares to block me outside the door. How can you be so ungrateful?"
The concierge kept apologizing with a smile.
The man looked at them respectfully, bowed, and said, "I am the master of this mansion. Please come in, immortals."
Under the watchful eyes of the doorman, the monk followed in reluctantly.
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