“This guy…”
Looking at the hint of fear on Xue Cheng's face, combined with the two sentences pointed out by his future brother in the Book of Life and Death, Xue Cheng died at the hands of evil spirits. Now, after his own interference, Xue Cheng was obviously on guard and did not die at the hands of Xishui.
But he must have been attacked before, so once bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of ropes for ten years.
Zhang Mingtu even suspected that Xue Cheng's underwear and clothes were full of Buddhist and Taoist talismans. Well, there shouldn't be any handwritten words from the great scholar. The great scholar couldn't stand that insult.
Writing on someone else's underwear is quite humiliating, even for a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
However, after taking a quick look, Zhang Mingtu secretly admired the wealth of the Xue and Han families.
Don't be fooled by Xue Cheng's funny and ridiculous outfit. The talismans for warding off evil spirits drawn in large temples and Taoist temples are quite expensive.
The evil-repelling talisman is fine, it will only make the evil spirits stay away from you. At the same time, when you find evil spirits around, it will get slightly hot to give you a reminder.
Usually only one or two taels of silver can be exchanged for one.
The exorcism talisman can actually cause some damage to evil spirits.
Its refining cost is more expensive, generally around ten taels of silver, and those from large sects can even cost more than twenty taels of silver.
Looking at the talisman paper on Xue Cheng's body, the texture is top-notch, the runes are drawn smoothly and rhythmically, and the cinnabar is also bright red.
It can be seen that each one comes from a major sect. If it is in the Jiangnan West Road area, it is very likely to be from Donglin Temple.
The relevant Taoist runes are likely to come from the Wanshou Palace.
He had pieced together dozens or even hundreds of talisman papers throughout his life. Just this set of talisman papers would be enough for ordinary people in Jianyi to live on for ten years, considering their frugal lifestyle.
And this does not include more expensive items, whether it is a jade hairpin or Buddhist bracelets and pendants, which are all more expensive.
In the eyes of those who know what they are doing, Xue Cheng's clothes are all high-end custom-made and are the top trend.
It’s just that ordinary people cannot accept this trend.
"Well, there is indeed an evil aura about him."
Zhang Mingtu was mixed in the crowd. Even though Xue Cheng was covered in runes to dispel evil spirits, he could still sense a subtle evil aura from Xue Cheng.
It seems that Xue Cheng was attacked by evil spirits recently.
And after a closer look, he found that although Xue Cheng was in the realm of true essence and had a lot of true essence, his face looked a little abnormal and pale. This was a sign of unstable qi and blood, and loss of essence and blood.
Zhang Mingtu was somewhat familiar with this situation.
He was not attacked by evil spirits often enough in Oshita, but in the Land of the Rising Sun, after his brother went there, he experienced the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons every night.
I have seen all kinds of monsters and demons, and evil spirits always like to associate with monsters.
In the Land of the Rising Sun, going out and seeing ghosts is as easy as eating and drinking water. If you go out one day and don’t see any ghosts, you will feel uncomfortable and uneasy.
If there are no little ghosts nearby, it means that there is a high possibility of a powerful demon king or ghost king nearby.
"We still have to find a way to solve Xue Cheng's problem."
Zhang Mingtu looked at Xue Cheng, who was timid and reluctant to go out. He found it funny but also felt that it was a bit too much.
Xue Cheng was his top tool man, who did all the things he was told to do directly, and after that he even took the initiative to give gifts to Zhang Mingtu.
Although the tea and wine in the storage bag are of no use, the storage bag is quite useful.
When there are demons, this tool man will really go forward, and when there is danger, he will really stand up.
Not only did he take charge himself, he also brought a large number of capable people with him, and even took the initiative to invite people from his family to come and do the work.
When it comes to getting things done, Xue Cheng is really the best.
However, Xue Cheng, who was so capable, was always in bad condition and was often killed by demons or attacked by the imperial court.
Zhang Mingtu thought about it carefully and could remember that this top tool man had died several times.
He killed the evil spirit once, killed Hongji with the blood knife once, and seemed to have been seriously injured once as well.
It seems that his only truly glorious days were after he eliminated the underground demons in Jianyi and when the Jinyiwei were promoting his work everywhere. The rest of the time, he was either being beaten or on the way to being beaten.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mingtu felt heartbroken for this tool man.
It’s too difficult, really too difficult. Will life ever get better?
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