Wang Ji visited this time, not just by himself, but by a large group of people. There were more than a dozen old Taoists alone. It is estimated that the entire Ganxu Temple had been dispatched. In addition to these old Taoists, there were also a group of strong men. Even Master Lu, who had been in Baoqing for decades, looked at him and was probably from a foreigner. "You can invite a local man Baoqing, why do you want to invite him from a foreigner?" Master Lu was puzzled, but he didn't say it.

After a while of greetings, Wang Ji asked He Yongwan again: he would take these civilians to "work" tonight, hoping that He Magistrate could make it easier, and send a few yamen runners to maintain order and evacuate the onlookers. According to Wang Ji, this job will take three days, and no one can watch the "work site" during this period. He Yongwan agreed without thinking, but after these civilians started working, He Yongwan felt puzzled.

It turns out that the place where this group of people works is the most wasteland in Baoqing City, not far from the city wall, and according to the current standards, it is about 5,000 and 6,000 square meters. No one has lived since the Tang Dynasty, and no one has opened a store to do business. And the strangest thing is that these civil servants only work at night and go back to the shop to sleep during the day, leaving only Wang Ji to rest on the scene. The yamen runners guarding the four outside work in three shifts, but only Wang Ji is walking around. It seems that this person doesn't have to rest at all. All the guardian yamen runners must face.

He couldn't look back. At first, some people around him wanted to see the fun, but they were coaxed away from each other dozens of meters away. Even He Yongwan wanted to go in and see it, but Wang Ji was blocked outside the isolation circle. Originally, He Yongwan wanted to ask the old Taoists and the civil servants who lived in the shop for curiosity, but he didn't expect that before he could speak, the civil servants who were asked knelt down and even begged the adults not to ask anything. The old Taoists even recited the Dharma name without saying anything else, which made He Yongwan even more curious.

On the third night, the old Taoists who had lived in the inn suddenly disappeared, but at this time, Wang Ji asked someone to transport the three iron coffins to the open space overnight. In the second half of the night, the missing group of old Taoists suddenly recited scriptures and carried two coffins into the city gate. It seemed that they were all newly dug out. After that, even the guardian yamen runners were sent home. The next day, the old Taoists and the civil servants who lived in the inn left early in the morning and left in an instant.

Jing, the inn shopkeeper handed He Yongwan a note: Lord He is in the sky, and I am injustice, and I cannot repay my family. I only pray for the treasure to celebrate the peace of the land to repay the grace of the Lord for rebirth. Now that the grievances have been eliminated, the sky has been clean, and the people can live in peace. I hope that the sky is as bright as yesterday, and the people's hearts are as shaped, then all ghosts will not invade. In addition, we must not touch the ground where we cast magic. Once we see the sun, we will turn back. If the source of praise has gone, we will have nothing to do.

He Yongwan didn't care much about the first few words of flattery, but the last sentence "When you see the light of the sky, you will turn back when you are in danger of evil." It means that the "construction site" that yamen runs martial law must not be damaged, otherwise the evil ghosts will make a comeback. However, He Yongwan's neck was filled with cold air, and the decree that the place was not allowed to be damaged by land on the same day. Since then, Baoqing has indeed never had any evil things. After the people heard that the Three Ghost Immortals personally drove away the monsters, the people's hearts became much more stable. The news reached the nearby Zhou Mansion, and many people who had moved away had indeed returned.

Later, He Yongwan came to Ganxu Temple again and learned that Baoyuan was Wang Ji's name. When he wanted to see Wang Ji again thank him in person, he realized that Wang Ji himself had long disappeared. The old Taoists did not mention anything about the night of casting the spell. The civil servants who experienced the rituals were all foreigners, and their traces were nowhere to be found. What happened that night became a mystery.

Time flies. After the two emperors Hui and Qin were kidnapped by the Jin soldiers, the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty ended. In order to avoid the war, a large number of people fled to the south of the Yangtze River. Many people settled in Baoqing, including some wealthy families. At this moment, Liu Wei's ancestors, who dug out an iron coffin at home, were one of them. At this time, no one remembered He Yongwan's decree of "not allowed to break ground" and the Baoqing Mansion was overcrowded, so the ancestors of the Liu family bought this open space that was "not allowed to break ground" and built a house.

Hearing this, Xue Laoxian's eldest disciple Guo Fangru's face turned pale. The "resentment of the earth's eyes" has always been the "cancer" in the Taoist sect. Even the famous Quanzhen ancestor Chongyangzi was powerless. How could a second-rate Taoist priest like Xue Laoxian be able to solve it? What's more, he was the disciple of the "second-rate Taoist priest". Although he didn't know how Wang Ji did it at the beginning, since he left He Yongwan a note that "the source of praise has gone, there is nothing to stop it" for He Yongwan, probably the method of using both jade and stone to die. At that time, He Yongwan's great grace for his revenge for his reign, and he repayed his death with death. At present, he and the rich man Liu Wei don't even know each other. Even if he knows that way to die together, he can't make a living...

"What should I do? Return the money to him?" Guo Fangru asked the master tremblingly.

Xue Laoxian actually doesn't care about the incense money of 200 taels of silver, but in Taoism there is an unwritten rule, which is "you have to do things when you collect money." There is no saying that you don't charge money or just don't accept this business. As long as you collect money, you have to bite the bullet even if you pay for your life. Otherwise, you don't make a living in the local area, and you will be laughed at by the people. The current situation is: This so-called "resentment of the earth's eyes" may not be able to be solved even if you really pay for your life...

In "Records of the Grand Historian", Chen Sheng and Wu Guang once said a famous saying during the uprising in Daze Township: "Now you die and die, and you will die if you take a big plan. If you wait for death, can you die in the country?" It means that today you are dying, and doing big things will also be dying. Why not die vigorously?

Xue Laoxian's idea is somewhat similar to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's, but the meaning is reversed: if you refund the silver today, it is notorious, and if you don't refund the silver, it is notorious. Since they are all infamous, why don't you let the silver go around?

After thinking about it, Xue Laoxian brought two disciples and grandsons, as well as all the valuables and silver that could be taken away, rented a cart and left Baoqing overnight. When Liu Wei sent someone to Tongyun Temple to urge him the next day, the Taoist temple was already empty.

After learning that these stinky Taoist priests had taken the money and let out, Liu Wei was so angry that he was half-hearted. Although he was a big family, the money was not blown by the strong wind. Two hundred taels of silver were quite serious! In a rage, Liu Wei simply started to find someone to set up a shelf and install a lock, preparing to dig out the coffin and get it away by himself...

Ten days later...

Maoshan Twenty-Two Generation Supervision Institute * Liu Zhaotong traveled to Baoqing in the clouds and had almost used the money around her waist. When he saw a big family holding a funeral, he went up to knock on the door and wanted to ask if he needed to do rituals to make up some money. However, after entering the yard, he found that five large coffins were parked in the mourning hall at the same time. There were not many people in the yard, and only an elderly butler and two or three little book boys were busy.

With a sense of professional sensitivity, Liu Zhaotong felt that this family seemed a little strange. If it weren't for an infectious disease, it would be basically impossible for a family to die at the same time. But if it was really an infectious disease, the place should have been blocked by the government. How could there be a servant busy in the yard?

After asking the old housekeeper for the name, Liu Zhaotong realized that the family's master was named Liu. He dug out a few iron coffins while digging a wine cellar a few days ago. At first, he wanted to hire a Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest in the city took the money and ran away. The master was angry and moved the coffin himself. Unfortunately, because the coffin was too heavy, the rope broke when it was hanging out with a sling. After the coffin fell, it was inserted into the soil. No matter what, it could not be hung again. That night, even the master and his family died five people. The rest felt that it was a ghost and ran away. The old housekeeper who left was named Zhou Liang.

Because the master had been kind to him, he stayed alone to collect the corpse and keep the master's body and keep the spirits. These little book children were also orphans adopted by Zhou Liang. But at night, even Zhou Liang did not dare to continue living in the Wang family. Instead, he took a few little book children out to stay in the hotel. According to the people around him, at night, the Wang family would occasionally hear the sound of several people crying at the same time, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman. For this matter, Zhou Liang had also been to Ganxuguan, but when the Taoist in Guanzhong heard that he had dug out three iron coffins, he shook his head like a rattle, indicating that he could do nothing about this matter.

Liu Zhaotong was also a person who was unconventional. After hearing what Zhou Liang said, he went to the excavation site of the iron coffin to take a look. Although he was very knowledgeable about Maoshan Education and Supervision Institute, he had never seen such an iron coffin. Helplessly, Liu Zhaotong asked Zhou Liang for some travel expenses and came to Ganxu Temple.

When he learned that it was the Maoshan School's prison, Chen Guanyun, the host of Gan Xuguan, was of course very kind, but he was not willing to mention the iron coffin. However, Liu Zhaotong kept asking questions. In order not to offend the famous sect, Chen Guanyun told him about Wang Ji's trip to Baoqing Mansion. Only Liu Zhaotong was speechless...

In the principle of Taoism, the creatures in the world are roughly divided into three categories, namely, humans, animals and evil ghosts. The word "biology" was actually explained separately during the Taoist ancestors, namely "birth" and "spirit", living things are humans and animals, and spirits are evil ghosts*. Among these three, animals are the closest to evil ghosts. Some animals can even show the same characteristics as evil ghosts, such as liking yin energy and even being able to emit drinking energy themselves, etc. According to Chen Guanyun, Wang Ji seemed to have broken through the boundary between humans, animals and evil ghosts, but because the presidency who personally experienced the scene had been in power for many years, he was not very clear about the specific situation...

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The supervisor: The title of the Taoist sect, the presided over the Pingshi period tells the classics for the people of Guanzhong, and during the major period of fasting and worship, he serves as the presided assistant.
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