Seventy-two Changes of the Evil Spirits

Outside Yulin city.

Wang Shen and his wife are tidying up the hotel guest rooms. Nowadays, the world is not peaceful, and the number of tourists on the road is decreasing. On weekdays, this hotel is just trying to maintain it.

Today, the wind and rain are flourishing, and I am afraid that there are not many guests staying in the hotel.

At this time, a young man with red lips and white teeth opened the door and walked in. It was Wang Shen's only son, who only helped greet guests on weekdays.

"Daddy." Young Lang called, and led a young girl in from behind.

This girl seemed to be in her twenty-eight years. She was wearing a green skirt and a white silk scarf. She looked very cute. She bowed to Wang Shen and his wife Yingying and said:

"The little girl was originally from the town of Zexiang more than ten miles south. Her husband died young and had no children, so she was driven out by her cruel in-laws. Her parents had died, so she came to join her aunt. How did she know that her aunt has also passed away. I don’t know where to rely, but it's raining again, so I asked the store to show kindness and take in for one night..."

While speaking, the green-clothed woman seemed to be in grief, hiding her face and crying.

Wang Shen couldn't help but moved his compassion when he saw the woman's words pitifully, and her body was wet by rain, so he agreed.

After eating together, the woman was also diligent, and took the initiative to help tidy up the dishes and chopsticks. Finally, she helped the prince's wife make clothes.

The clothes made by this woman have fine stitches and exquisite craftsmanship, which is not comparable to ordinary people.

Wang's wife couldn't help but sigh.

"With such looks and craftsmanship, your in-laws are really dizzy."

Having said that, she looked at the woman more and more happier, turning her heart, half-jokingly said: "It would be nice if you were my daughter-in-law!"

Who knows, the woman lowered her head shyly.

"If you don't dislike..."

The world is chaotic, and ordinary people don't pay much attention to it.

Wang Shen and his wife arranged hastily, and sent the woman and son into the bridal chamber that night.

Wang Shen's son was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and he was still an ignorant boy.

"Why is the lady holding a wooden rafter?"

The woman was standing by the door at this time, holding a thick wooden rafter as if she was carrying a rice stalk.

"There are many thieves nearby, so I have to pay attention to it at night."

After speaking, the woman put the wooden rafter against the door and looked at the bridegroom sitting by the bed.

"Is Xiang Gong's skin really tender?"

"What?" Young Lang was taken aback when he heard the words.

"I mean the grandfather is really good-looking."

The boy who said this was blushing, he gathered up his courage, raised his head and said to the woman, "Sister is better-looking."

The woman smiled lightly, approached and sat on the bed, grabbing the boy's hands.

The young man hurriedly called: "The red candle hasn't been blown out yet."

"Don't worry about it." As she said, the woman stomps the boy onto the bed and lifted the quilt to cover the two of them.

There was a stir in the quilt, and suddenly, it rose in a circle.

The shadow of the red candle moved, and was rolled violently by the waves.

A creepy chewing sound can be heard faintly.

……………

"Mother, the bride is a ghost!"

The Wang's wife woke up from her dream in a cold sweat, only when she dreamed that her son was crying to her with a disheveled hair and blood all over his body.

She shook her husband next to her quickly and told him what was in her dream.

"Married a good daughter-in-law, so happy to go crazy! What dreams to talk about."

Wang Shen sneered, turned around and fell asleep again.

Wang Shen's wife also fell asleep, but it didn't take long.

"Mother, my son will be eaten up by ghosts."

Wang's wife sat up abruptly, her son's sorrowful cry seemed to be still in her ears in her dream.

Once is a dream, then twice?

She shook her husband again quickly, and Wang Shen also felt distressed at this time. The couple got out of bed and went outside the door of the new house. They only saw the candlelight shaking inside the house, but there was no sound.

The couple looked at each other and quietly attached their ears to the door. But faintly heard some chewing sounds.

The two suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly into the room, but there was no response at all. The two slammed into the door, but the door was resisted by the wooden rafter and could not open.

The movement here drew neighbors around.

The young men and women who came together slammed open the wooden door.

But I heard a few screams.

The people gathered at the door suddenly dispersed.

There was blood flowing across the room, and a turquoise-blue ghost with round eyes and teeth was sitting on the bed, holding a head, and drank his brain.

Seeing Wang Shen Yigan people shouting outside the door, it just glanced at the bell-like eyes, a pair of big jagged mouths cracked open and seemed to be laughing, and then the skull in his hand was thrown out of the door. Falling into the arms of the king's wife.

"My son!"

Wang's wife looked at the skull in her arms and screamed, and she fainted.

Everyone outside the door was suddenly in a hurry.

The evil spirit took this opportunity to rush out the door, frightened the crowd, and broke out.

Only the night was left, crying with Wang Shen sternly.

……………

Two strange Taoists came from Yulin City.

The old man is normal, his face is weathered, his beard is gray, and his Taoist robe is so old that he is about to make up a quilt. Just a traveler.

The young are weird. Although they also wear an old robe, they look like a rich young master with thin skin and tender flesh, but with short hair like a monk.

The old and the young are naturally Liu Laodao and Li Changan.

At this time, it has been nearly a month since the ghost market.

In the old way, Li Changan's "Tongyou" ability obtained from Xiaohuangshu seems to be regarded as a very good talent, and he wants to accept Li Changan as a disciple.

On Li Changan's side, he didn't know where to go. Secondly, the old way and his life-saving grace. He is not a hypocritical person, and he agreed right now. However, there is a rule that accepting disciples in the old Taoist school must have an observation period of at least half a year, so Li Changan has not formally been included in the door wall.

The two of them walked on the official road, looking at a pair of soldiers blocking the gate of the city from a distance, and they were very strict with the passers-by entering and leaving the city.

Lao Dao took out a paper book folded from his bag and handed it to Li Changan. Li Changan opened it up and saw that it was a copy of the Taoist priest named Xuan Xiao.

"Who is Xuan Xiao?"

"Your uncle?"

"where it goes?"

"For the monster to eat."

The soldiers at the city gates not only checked strictly, but they all seemed to be facing an enemy.

The two were searched carefully, but still couldn't enter the city. Instead, they brought a bowl of water.

The soldier stuffed the bowl into Li Changan's arms and shouted:

"Drink!"

Li Changan took it, looked at the muddy water, frowned and asked:

"what is this?"

Unexpectedly, the soldier turned his face horizontally: "If you want you to drink, drink, why is there so much nonsense!"

"you…"

The old way hurriedly grabbed Li Changan, sniffed his nose, and said in relief: "It's okay, it's just Fushui."

Upon hearing this, the soldier's attitude suddenly eased. He arched his hand towards the old road and said: "The Daoist seems to be a really capable person. After entering the city, you might as well read the notice."

The notice board is just beside the city gate.

After entering the city, Li Changan stopped to check. Most of the notices on it were outdated, and they were rewards from thieves. There were two new notices. One was that the big family in the city had haunted ghosts and asked the master to exorcise ghosts.

The other one is offering a reward for removing the evil spirits outside the city. There are also portraits of evil spirits on it. The whole body is blue with round eyes and chiseled teeth.

…………

I went to town and found a cheap hostel.

The veteran goes out to buy wine as usual to calm the noisy wine bugs in his belly.

Li Changan sat down in the room, his expression fluctuating, and it took him a long time to let out a sigh of relief. He took out the yellow-shell book that he had been carrying close to his body from his arms.

Over the past month or so, nothing has changed in this book, except that the images of evil spirits have gradually gained color.

Li Chang'an turned the pages of the book open, and there was a vividly painted evil spirit on it. The evil spirit was blue all over with round eyes and teeth, just like the painting on the city wall.