Chapter 8
After everyone had gone far away, he turned back and bought a fish to celebrate his wealth.
The old man knocked a large fish unconscious and wrapped it in a lotus leaf. Wang Sheng was about to say that he couldn't finish it all by himself and asked for a smaller one, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly said, "How much?"
The old man made a ten.
So cheap? Wang Sheng picked up the fish, took a look at it, and decided to buy fish from the old man from now on.
After he leisurely walked into a small road, the downtown area became farther and farther away, and gradually there were fewer people around. He walked forward for a long time, and when there was no one around at all, Wang Sheng had also arrived home.
The wall of the house in front of me is just a little bit higher than a person, and it is tattered. I can see the whole inside by just standing up high.
Wang Sheng saw that the grass in the corner had grown a lot taller because he hadn't been home for a few days, so he pulled the grass out before going in.
He took out a key from his arms. Although there was nothing worth stealing in this house and all the valuables were on him, it was still his place to rest, so he usually locked the door when entering and leaving.
After opening the door, the small yard was tidy enough, with a lounge chair, a wooden table, and washed clothes hanging in the corner.
Wang Sheng hurried over to collect the clothes. Fortunately, it didn't rain in Zhang County in the past few days, otherwise he would have to wash them again.
After cleaning up, Wang Sheng took out the fish, gutted it, scraped off the scales and cleaned it. After washing the side dishes, he lit the pot and skillfully stir-fried the dishes. The aroma wafted from far away.
He had eaten very well in Zhang's house these days. He was served three dishes and a soup by himself. One of them was called Delicacy Fish, which was prepared just right, retaining the sweetness of the fish while infusing it with sour and spicy flavors. He only took one bite and then asked for the recipe.
Wang Sheng placed the food on the wooden table and took a bite without waiting for it to cool for a while. It was really delicious.
A civet cat followed the smell and climbed up the wall. It licked its paws, then jumped down towards Wang Sheng. It ran to Wang Sheng's feet in a few steps, then lay there pretending to look down on the plate of fish.
This civet cat is very familiar with Wang Sheng. Since there are no other houses around, they are neighbors. Usually when Wang Sheng is at home, the civet cat will come to see him.
Wang Sheng: "Oh, you're here. Just in time. I cooked a fish today."
He picked out the fish bones and put them on the ground. Sure enough, the civet cat came over without any pretense and ate up all the fish meat immediately.
In this way, the man and the cat ate the big fish one bite at a time.
Before it got dark, Wang Sheng quickly took a bath, then lazily lay on the chair, stroking the civet cat leisurely.
The sky was completely dark, and a gust of wind blew a lit red candle into pieces.
A bony hand holding dozens of paper figures was suddenly thrown into the air, and the shadows of the paper stretched out, like ghosts.
"The dead are fickle, their grievances have their creditors, the living must stay away, obey my command and come out."
In an instant, all the paper figures seemed to come alive, and their faces with eyes turned hideous.
A cold and outstanding face in the dark night is more unfathomable than a paper man.
Shi Ye: "I know someone in the Zhang Mansion has placed a ban, so that you can't touch Zhang Wei. I have only one condition, do not touch anyone."
After he finished speaking, the paper figures rushed out of the window and flew straight towards somewhere.
Inside Zhang County Prison, Zhang Wei was still clinging to the cell door, shouting, "Who are you? Let me out! You dare arrest me if you don't know who's above me? Are you tired of living?"
However, no one paid any attention to him. He would be beheaded and displayed on the street at noon tomorrow. Zhang Wei was still dreaming of killing all these people after he got out, and he didn't realize that the cell behind him was full of "people".
Soon, the paper figures flew back, all covered in blood. At the same time, he sealed them one by one and blew out the candles.
Shi Ye suddenly smiled, then relaxed and poured himself a cup of tea.
The father-in-law started to eat a melon seed on the table. Shiye peeled two for him. He immediately kissed the back of Shiye's hand and said, "Thank you very much, thank you very much."
Shi Ye touched his father-in-law's little head. He was ordered by his master to go into the world to search for the souls of those who died unjustly. His purpose was to seal the evil spirit in the mountain behind his master's sect.
This fierce ghost is impervious to fire and water, and its magic is extremely powerful. If it were to escape to the human world, it would surely cause a bloody storm. The master has tried every possible means to dispel it, but has been unable to do so, and can only temporarily seal it away.
But as time went by, the evil spirit became more and more powerful, and it was about to be suppressed. If it could be refined with the souls of those who died unjustly, perhaps there would be a way.
As a leader in his sect, Shi Ye was sent out into the world to gain experience.
On the hilt of the sword called Wumen Sword hangs a soul weapon called the Sin Bell. With the help of the Sin Bell, he has found many souls who died unjustly.
The reason why I came to Zhang County this time was because the sin bell rang.
At the same time, he placed his hand on the Sin Bell. A golden light flashed and then disappeared, and the Sin Bell suddenly rang wildly.
At first, the sin bell rang before he arrived in Zhang County. Shi also thought that there was a very powerful ghost in Zhang County, so he went into the city to search one by one until he found the prefectural government and met Wang Sheng and the female ghost.
He thought it was the ghost girl's fault, but after he easily subdued the ghost girl, the sin bell was still ringing, so he knew something was wrong. So he secretly set up a ban to stop the sin bell.
He began to doubt Wang Sheng again. Some low-level ghost hunters wouldn't suppress the spirits they caught, and would instead imbue themselves with ghostly energy. He then locked him in the room and observed him, but he later discovered that Wang Sheng wasn't even a low-level ghost hunter, but a pure charlatan.
He then thought that the sin bell was ringing because of the large number of concubines who were tortured to death. But after he recovered all the ghosts, the sin bell was still ringing.
Then he realized that the problem lies with this man named Wang Sheng.
On the surface, this man seemed to be alright, but the ghost paper figurine and He Bo's concubine kept asking Wang Sheng for help. Last night, he performed a ritual to ask He Bo's concubine, but He Bo's concubine said she didn't know what was going on, as if she had been summoned to Wang Sheng by a force.
He covered the sin bell again, and the ringing stopped. Then he pulled out a strand of hair and wrapped it around his fingertips, leaving half of it free. The hair stood straight up, pointing in one direction.
I followed the indicated direction to the end, climbed over a tree, and suddenly heard the sound of a flute.
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a dozing civet cat lying on the flute player in the moonlight. The flute player himself was blindfolded, with the ribbon on his chest blowing in the evening breeze, and he was playing a light and bright country tune, looking very happy.
You can tell that he is very happy, but after a song, he sighed again. It is hard to imagine that someone like Wang Sheng could also have sad moments.
He remembered that he had seen Wang Sheng with his eyes blindfolded last night. Could it be that he had night blindness?
Wang Sheng lay there for a while, then stood up and carried the civet cat away. As he moved, the collar of his pajamas opened slightly, revealing the willow-leaf birthmark.
After Wang Sheng stood up, he stretched his waist, yawned, and walked into the house with hazy vision to prepare for sleep, without realizing that someone was watching him in the dark.
He also jumped down and passed by the civet cat. The civet cat saw that he was a stranger and barked twice and then stopped. He could not expect it to tell Wang Sheng that there was a thief in the house.
He searched the entire courtyard as far as the eye could see, but he didn't find anything amiss, nor any ghostly aura.
Seeing no results, he glanced inside the house and then left.
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It was a good night's dream. Wang Sheng finally woke up dazed when the sun was high in the sky. He scratched his butt.
No, he suddenly opened his eyes. He had to go to the city quickly to find someone. If Shi was gone, who would he find to learn from him?
The pots and pans in the house were smashing everywhere. After Wang Sheng hurriedly cleaned up, he put on his food basket and began to search the streets for Shi Ye.
He looked one by one, and after searching for almost a whole morning, he still didn't see a single person.
He put down the backpack and leaned against the pillar to catch his breath.
Zhang County is neither big nor small, so why hadn't he realized how hard it was to find someone before? He searched everywhere, even checking the children passing by and the old men selling things on the street.
The old man setting up a stall?
A familiar person appeared in Wang Sheng's sight. He thought about it and thought that maybe they were not destined to meet. It would be better to set up a stall and make some money.
So he simply set up the small table next to the old man, shook the tattered flag and stuck it behind him, and started a new day of cheating.
He turned around and asked the old man, "Uncle, it's almost noon, why don't you go home for dinner?"
The old man's stomach rumbled at the right time, but he didn't react at all, as if he had been hungry all day.
When Wang Sheng was setting up a stall on the other side of the bridge, he also saw that he hadn't eaten anything all day long. Maybe there was no one at home to cook, or he was short of money. In short, Wang Sheng felt that he was even worse off than himself.
He fished out a few coins, thinking of buying two cakes, but then he thought, what cakes? Why treat myself so badly? So he called out, "Auntie, two bowls of wontons, with chili and chopped green onions, and an egg!"
"Okay, wait a moment!"
While I was waiting for the wontons, some people were having tea at the wonton stall after their meal.
"Have you heard? Someone died in the county jail. Guess who it was."
The person next to him asked curiously, "Who is it?"
"Grandmaster Zhang, oh no, it's the former Grandmaster Zhang Wei!"
"What!" Immediately a lot of people gathered around to listen, it was very lively.
Wang Sheng looked up and asked, "Zhang Wei died last night?"
Someone retorted: "You must have eaten too much wonton and become stupid. And the governor Zhang is dead."
The old lady threw down her spatula, put her hands on her hips and said, "You're the one who's eaten wontons so much that you've become stupid!"
The man waved his hand and didn't argue with the old lady.
"That's right. My brother-in-law went to the prefect's residence to deliver food the day before yesterday. How could such a big thing not be spread?"
The gossiper said in a profound and mysterious voice, "You probably don't know this. Yesterday, the Prince of Huai'an sent a group of elite soldiers to Zhang County. They raided the prefectural governor's residence and arrested Zhang Wei. Some people even saw Zhang Wei being taken to jail. Is this true?"
The people around were sighing. The prefect who had just married a concubine and was in great glory the day before was arrested the next day. How could this not make people sigh?
He continued, "I heard that Zhang Wei was corrupt and had been apprehended by the Prince of Huai'an to uphold the law. Do you know who the Prince of Huai'an is? He was the current emperor's brother, born of the same mother. Today was supposed to be the day Zhang Wei was beheaded, but he died suddenly and mysteriously last night. His death was horrible. The leader was extremely angry that someone had died right before his eyes."
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