Chapter 269 Layout(1/2)
Du Ruhai accepted the invitation of several wealthy families in the city tonight and went to Yuxianlou to attend a banquet. The meal was dark and the earth was dark until the moon was over.
After returning home, he was blown by the night wind and he immediately got drunk. He was drunk now and sobered up in the study. Master Liu was waiting aside.
Hearing someone knocking on the door, Master Liu turned his head and asked, "Who, what's wrong with it so late?"
"Master Bing, the youngest one is Liu Bao. He is at the office tonight. Someone just sent a letter saying that he had something urgent to find the master." After getting the money, the yamen runners naturally did their best. Although the ghost messenger did not mention the urgent matter, he still added it automatically.
"An urgent matter... but was sent by Mr. Liang sent someone?" Du Ruhai woke up most of the time after hearing this and asked in confusion.
"You will know after reading the letter," Master Liu said loudly, "Liu Bao, please send it in."
"Yes," Liu Bao responded and hurriedly pushed the door and entered.
After taking the letter, Master Liu tugged it openly. As soon as he opened the letter paper and read it, his face changed slightly. When he saw the big seal stamped under the letter, he suddenly started to tremble.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Du Ruhai asked in confusion when he saw that his expression was wrong.
"Old... Master... has come to the door, you... look..." Master Liu handed over the letter with a trembling trembling.
"The City God...is the City God is coming to visit the prefect at the third update tomorrow..." Du Ruhai became even more unbearable after reading the letter, his face turned pale and he collapsed on the chair.
They were guilty of being a thief. They had a bottle of spiritual medicine that day. Du Ruhai ordered his master to write a sacrifice to criticize the City God, and even dozens of crimes were found. After doing this, the two of them were uneasy. However, seeing that there had been no movement for so long, they thought that the City God had forgotten about this matter, and they had never thought that they would come to the door.
In their opinion, this letter is simply a death-demanding talisman.
Seeing the magistrate and the master reacted like this, the yamen runner who delivered the letter was shocked and became anxious. He hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Master, Master Liu, what happened? But this letter is wrong. You can wait. The young man will arrest the sender and ask the mansion to the mansion for questioning."
Du Ruhai was frightened and stuttered when he mentioned the word "City God" and didn't say it clearly at all. The yamen runner was confused when he heard this. After that, he turned around and went out and ran all the way outside the government office.
I saw that it was dark outside, and the sender had disappeared long ago.
"Where are people," he asked loudly at the yamen runner next to him.
"Brother Liu, who are you looking for?" The yamen runner next to him asked in confusion.
"Where did the person who sent the letter just now go? The prefect wants to see him." Liu Bao said anxiously.
"I've left long ago."
"Leave? Chase me." Under Liu Bao's order, several yamen runners hurriedly chased the person who sent the letter. The street was dim and they searched for a stick of incense, but they didn't even see a ghost. Helplessly, Liu Bao had to return to report.
The master's expression recovered a little at this moment, and he shouted anxiously: "I'll ask you, what does that person who sent the letter look like
"I didn't pay attention to it," Liu Bao replied uneasy. Now even a fool can see that this letter is strange. If I had known this, I would not have been greedy for those taels of silver.
"You tell me all the things that happened just now, and you can't hide it at all. Tell me quickly..." Master Liu urged again.
"Yes..." Seeing that the other party stared at him as if he was about to eat him, Liu Bao did not dare to hide anything at all, and even told him about asking for money.
"Where is the silver?" Master Liu heard that he actually dared to ask for money from the other party, so he wanted to go straight to the face.
"Here," Liu Bao saw his uncle's cannibalistic gaze and reluctantly took out the money. It was because his master was his uncle that Liu Bao became the little leader. However, Master Liu explained in advance that in order not to cause gossip, the two of them could not be called uncle and nephew in front of others.
The silver was taken out, and the faces of the people in the study changed again.
"How is it possible? It's obvious that it's real money, I've bitten it with my teeth." Liu Bao was startled at the palm of his palm.
"You don't know what you are living or dead. Do you know who was the one who sent the letter just now? It was the ghost messenger of the City God. How dare you ask for money from him? You are impatient to live..."
"Uncle, you want to save me." When Liu Bao heard that he was a ghost mess, he was so scared that he fell to the ground. He sweated coldly on his forehead, and even his name changed.
At this time, he found that there was a clear tooth mark on the human bone, which he must have bitten off just now. Thinking of this, Liu Bao felt that something seemed to have penetrated into his stomach and jumped up and down.
He could no longer help but vomited directly in the study.
"Get out, get out quickly." I was afraid that my nephew's ugly appearance would annoy the prefect, Master Liu kicked him with a kick.
"Master, that evil god... No, Master Chenghuang came to the door, what should I do?" It was not until this moment that Du Ruhai woke up and asked anxiously.
Although he is mediocre ingenuity, greedy and incompetent, he also understands that gods cannot be afforded by him, a mortal.
"Master, the incident was caused by the Taoists of Wushanguan. When the two Taoists left, didn't they leave a talisman for the master, saying that it would be crushed when something happened." Master Liu reminded.
"Yes, why did I forget this? With those Taoists in Wushan Temple, the City God would definitely not dare to act rashly." After saying that, Du Ruhai hurriedly took out the talisman he carried with him and crushed it according to the method taught by the immortals.
After the talisman was broken, a red light flashed out, which was extremely dazzling and then turned into nothingness.
The two of them didn't know what to do next, so they could only sit in the study and wait patiently for the arrival of the two immortals. Unfortunately, they waited in vain. Brother Xuanfa had been dead for many days and had not even preserved their souls. Where could they sense the warning of the talisman.
Before he knew it, half an hour passed, and the two of them became uneasy again. Du Ruhai was even more anxious and circled around the study, saying to himself: "Why haven't you come yet, why haven't you come yet?"
"Master, maybe this talisman has failed, and the two immortals did not sense it. Why don't we go to Wushan Temple to personally meet the two immortals tomorrow? How about..." At this time, Master Liu suggested to come again.
"Yes, it must be that the talisman has expired. I will ask someone to prepare a sedan chair tomorrow morning and go to Wushan Temple." After hearing the master's words, Du Ruhai seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and became excited again.
All night, Du Ruhai was lying on the bed toss and turned and couldn't sleep. He waited until the rooster crowed and fell asleep. However, not long after he fell asleep, he dreamed that two ugly ghosts came to the bed, holding iron chains to hold him into the underworld.
Du Ruhai screamed in shock, opened his eyes and found that he was still lying on the bed, with a concubine sleeping beside him, and there was no ghost in front of the bed.
"What's wrong, lord?" the concubine stood up and asked hurriedly, revealing her white body.
If he had seen this scene in the past, Du Ruhai would have to move his feet. At this time, he had no intention of appreciating it, just wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "It's okay, I'm having a nightmare, go to bed."
As soon as he closed his eyes, the two ghosts came again. They tossed and tossed again and again until dawn, and Du Ruhai did not fall asleep.
When he saw the master, he was still staring at two dark circles.
Master Liu did not sleep well last night, after all, the derogatory sacrificial text was written by him. If Master Chenghuang blamed him, he would definitely not be able to escape Yu Shi.
In this way, the two of them came to Wushan Temple with dark circles in front of them, seeking to see Xuanfa and Xuanshang two immortals.
The Taoist boy who was guarding the gate quickly returned after reporting and said coldly: "Xuanfa, Xuanshang and his two masters returned to the Immortal Court a few days ago and no longer presided over the affairs of Wushan Temple. Please come back."
"I wonder which immortal chief is now hosting Wushan Temple?" Master Liu asked unwillingly.
"You can't inquire about my Yuqingdao affairs, leave quickly." The boy did not answer, but just urged them to leave.
Knowing that these Taoists in Wushanguan could not afford to offend him, Du Ruhai and Master Liu were dissatisfied and had to leave embarrassedly.
After returning to the mansion, Du Ruhai immediately ordered his servants to pack up and said he would leave here for a while.
"Master, there is still a turning point in things, so don't be disturbed by Ge." Master Liu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Those Taoists in Wushan Temple are unwilling to stand up. We can find other monks. Didn't Ma Tong introduce a Taoist priest to the master? The other party must be still in the Tongzong's mansion..."
"Yes, ask for help from others, hurry up, order someone to go to Matong's Mansion and invite him over." After hearing his mention, Du Ruhai immediately remembered what happened a few days ago.
At that time, Ma Tong came to the government office to ask for a meeting and said that he wanted to introduce himself to a capable and strange man. Du Ruhai and Wushanguan were fighting fiercely, so he was not in a mood to understand an unknown casual cultivator.
He just asked a few questions and completely lost interest and did not mention meeting at all. The other party was a casual cultivator, not a Taoist sect. How capable could such a person have.
Now when he heard from the master, he seemed to have caught a life-saving straw.
"Master, why not let me go there yourself so that the people will not delay the trouble." Master Liu said and stood up.
"Yes, you go in person, and you must invite the priest." Du Ruhai nodded quickly.
At the Tongzong Mansion, a middle-aged man was sitting upright at the table to pour tea. This man had a stiff face and could tell at a glance that he was a gloomy person. He was Ma Jin's father, Ma Tongzong.
A snow-white old Taoist sitting opposite Ma Tongzong, the man with big sleeves fluttering, his every move seemed to have a bit of fairy spirit.
Ma Tong poured the tea and sent it over with both hands and said, "Master Guo, please use tea."
The priest took the tea and sniffed it, nodded slightly: "No, good, Mao Jian, the judge is interested."
"Thank you for your praise, for your praise, you must use the best things to entertain the Taoist priest." A stiff smile appeared on Ma Tong's face.
The two chatted for a few more times. Master Guo put down the tea cup and frowned slightly and said, "Prime Minister Tong, I have already drunk the tea. When will the matter you promised me before work?"
"Master, it's not that I'm not attentive. The Yuqing Taoist Sect often appears around the magistrate. I'm afraid of disturbing them, so I dare not say much. In two days, I'll invite the magistrate to come to the mansion for tea, but how about recommending it to the magistrate?
"Okay," the old Taoist nodded and promised: "If this matter is done, I will not be stingy with the elixirs."
"There is no need for pills. As long as the Taoist priest can make things difficult for Yuqing Dao, I will be very happy." Speaking of this, a little black air flashed on Ma Tong's face.
Feeling the great resentment suddenly emanating from the other party, the old Taoist was slightly shocked and asked, "I don't know what entanglement between Master Tong and Yu Qingdao. Can you tell me if I can hear it? I may be able to help me."
"The Taoist priest is really not afraid of the Taoist sect of Yuqing?" Ma Tong asked.
"I have my own sect, but I am not afraid of the Yuqing Taoist sect's members." Taoist Guo responded lightly.
"Oh, so, the Taoist priest should be a disciple of the Taoist cemetery in the fourteen states in the world." Ma Tong siped the tea channel.
Taoist Guo smiled slightly and did not answer.
Prison Ma Tong had a conclusion in his mind, stared at the other party's eyes and asked again, "Dao Master is here to fight for the dragon?"
"You" Guo Daoren's face changed drastically, and he said sternly: "You are a secular mortal, how do you know about fighting for dragons?" When he spoke, a talisman had already fallen into his palm. This time he came to Wanshan Mansion, and it was the master who secretly made a secret to fight for dragons. Such a secret matter was actually pointed out by the other party, how could he not surprise him?
At this moment, his spiritual sense was released. As long as there was something strange about Ma Tongzhe opposite him, the talisman would be issued immediately. In order to prevent the planning of the matter from being sensed by Yuqingdao, Dao Ren Guo planned to suffer the human retaliation and also wanted to kill this person.
"The Taoist priest has murderous aura, but wants to kill me?" Ma Tongzong was not surprised, but still looked lifeless. "I am an official appointed by the court. I have the protection of my luck. Isn't the Taoist priest afraid of killing me and suffering backlash?"
"You even know the humanistic backlash. Who told you?" Master Guo asked again when he saw the other party's calm look.
"It's so good for Taoist priest to know that I like to make friends with talented people by nature, and I have naturally heard of the secrets of fighting for dragons in troubled times. Now there are wars everywhere in the Great Yan Dynasty. I'm not a fool, so I can naturally see one or two. Taoist priest wants me to recommend you to the prefect Du, but I'm afraid the intention is to the Liang Hou behind it. This matter is not difficult. As long as the Taoist priest agrees to eradicate Wushan Temple later, I can directly introduce you to the Liang Hou."
"I underestimate you." Taoist Master Guo listened to his explanation and put away the talisman again, "You haven't mentioned any entanglements with Yuqing Dao?"
"The Revenge of Killing a Son" Ma Tong said gritting his teeth, with a biting coldness in his voice.
Although it has been several years since his son died, Ma Tongzong never forgot to take revenge. Unfortunately, Wushan is very powerful and he can only suppress his hatred in his heart.
When he saw this Taoist, he knew that the opportunity had come.
"What's going on with the revenge of killing your son...? Can you tell me to listen to me?" Guo Daoren asked without fully trusting his words.
To be continued...