[Liao Zhai] Diary of a Benefactor and Eliminating Demons

Sheng's face was so grim, it turned out that the house demon had been sucked into the yang essence.

The benefactor patted me on the back, reminding me to transform into a human form before Wang Junsheng entered the house.

After the matter was resolved, Wang Junsheng was not a stingy person, he gave his benefactor several weights of silver taels, which seemed to be his entire family property.

The benefactor didn't charge much, and only took a few taels of it. No matter how much Wang Junsheng gave, he refused to accept it.We stayed at Wang Junsheng's house for a few days, until the benefactor confirmed that there were no more evil spirits in the house, and then took me away.

"Benefactor..." I was a little ashamed, and bluntly said that I couldn't climb the donkey's back.

The benefactor looked at me twice, with a smirk on the corner of his mouth: "What? Why don't you say 'improper' now?"

I was made speechless by his teasing, and could only look at him with a dull expression.

After being stared at closely by me, he stopped laughing, and took me by the shoulders and brought me to him.

On the way, I was bumped by a donkey so that my head shook, and I hit my benefactor's jaw several times.

He just groaned.

"I... I'll change back." I shrank my head, afraid of offending him.

He held my shaking shoulders, hummed a little tune and continued to the next place.

One night, we stopped at Lanruo Temple in the northern suburb of Jinhuafu City.

The doors of the monks' houses on the east and west sides of the temple were ajar, and my benefactor dragged me to live in a room on the south side.

I sniffed, and the north side of the monastery was full of evil spirits. I am afraid that some big monsters have taken root here.

But the benefactor doesn't seem to have any plans to subdue the monsters, so I can't say much.

One night, I was sleeping next to my benefactor when I heard a sound outside the window.

I wanted to stand up and take a look, but was suddenly embraced by the people around me.

In the dim light, he opened a pair of star-like eyes and looked at me.

"Don't look."

My mind was a little confused, and I closed my eyes in a daze.

under

I feel dawn.

There was an extra handsome scholar named Ning Caichen in the temple.He came forward and greeted his benefactor.I changed back to my original form and leaned on the wall to watch them.

Ning Caichen informed his benefactor of his intention to stay in Lanruo Temple.

The benefactor shrugged, spread his hands and said, "There is no homeowner here, and I am staying here temporarily, as long as you don't think this place is desolate, you can stay here."

Ning Caichen was very happy. He laid a grass bed in a dilapidated room, and set up a wooden board as a table. It seemed that he planned to live here for a long time.

The benefactor asked him why he wanted to stay for a long time.

He said with a shy face: "Money is tight, and housing prices in the city are extremely expensive...Xiaosheng can only stay here."

The benefactor rubbed his chin, as if thinking about something.

I squatted against the wall, yawned with my mouth open, and listened to their chatter.

Ning Caichen slapped his head, as if remembering something, and asked, "...haven't asked your name yet?"

"My surname is Yan, and my style name is Chixia."

"Brother Yan is also here to take the test?"

The benefactor didn't answer, but shook his head at this question.

Of course I knew why he didn't speak, because the benefactor had failed several times in the early years, and then he became discouraged and started teaching in Changshan County.

It can only be said that he is not material for studying, but he is better able to understand the truth of life in Taoism.

Ning Caichen chatted a few more words with his benefactor, and after they had nothing to talk about, they went to bed.

I turned my eyes, my curiosity was overwhelming, and I ran into Ning Caichen's room when my benefactor was not paying attention.

In the middle of the night, Ning Caichen tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

I hid in the corner, listening to the sound of him rolling on the withered grass, and yawned again.

At this time, voices came from the north side of the house.

Ning Caichen got up and tiptoedly peeped through the stone window.

Not to be outdone, I climbed onto the beam and looked down at the situation to the north.

All I saw was a woman in her 40s talking to a crooked old woman in a dark red dress.

Another woman was mentioned in the conversation, named Nie Xiaoqian.

The woman complained that the woman was missing, and the old woman echoed it.

Before the words were finished, a beautiful young woman came in.

I shifted my gaze to Ning Caichen again, and found that there was nothing unusual about his face.

I don't know how long it took before the women finally finished speaking.

At this time, Ning Caichen also lay back on the straw bunk.

I jumped off the beam, intending to slip away, when I suddenly caught a glimpse of a white figure out of the corner of my eye.

Taking a closer look, it turned out that it was the woman named Nie Xiaoqian who walked in.

She seemed to have noticed me too, and gave me a bright smile.

What is she going to do?

I walked halfway and turned back again.Just in time, I saw Ning Caichen scolding Nie Xiaoqian righteously: "Shameless, morally corrupt! If you don't leave, I will call the people from the south room!"

I thought to myself, isn't the person living in the south house the benefactor?

Nie Xiaoqian showed a look of fear, whimpered, raised her sleeves to cover her face, turned and left, and slowly disappeared in place.

Surprised, I opened the broken window to observe.Ning Caichen didn't notice any difference, and even closed the door heavily.

This Shusheng Ning is not tempted by evil spirits and ghosts?

I wanted to take a closer look at Ning Caichen's situation, when a pair of big hands pinched the back of my neck and lifted me up.

I struggled, and suddenly met a pair of gloomy and familiar eyes.

"Benefactor..." I drooped my ears and shook my body in fear.

Why did my benefactor come here...he wouldn't think I was harming someone, would he?

"Run?" The benefactor frowned and gritted his teeth, "Where are you going?"

"Brother Yan?" Ning Caichen opened a door from the room and looked at us suspiciously, "Why are you here?"

The benefactor raised his eyebrows, and shook me with a fake smile: "Catch a fox that sneaked away."

Early the next morning, I found that there was an extra chain around my neck... The benefactor no longer allowed me to change back into a human form, but only chained me to the house and did not let me go anywhere.

I can't go out, so I can only let the mouse spirit in the temple tell me something about the outside world.

Just this morning, a scholar from Lanxi County who lived in the East Wing died of a sudden illness at night, and even the servants who accompanied him died.

After thinking about it, I know that this is the handwriting of that Nie Xiaoqian from last night.

But Ning Caichen didn't believe it was a ghost, and even dismissed his benefactor's reminder.It may be that Nie Xiaoqian and the woman he saw last night were regarded as female relatives in the temple.

The pedantic scholar loves to say things like "the child doesn't talk about the strange power and the gods", but in the end he doesn't know that he was killed by these things.

I sighed in my heart, shook the iron lock on my neck, and the clanging sound echoed in the room.

At night again, the benefactor finally opened the door.

I looked up at him, and saw him squatting down, grabbing my paw, and asked, "Are you still running?"

"I won't run away." I said obediently, and even went up to lick the back of his hand.

In fact, I still wanted to sneak out to find out.

"There are many monsters in the temple, don't run around." The benefactor put away the chain, picked me up in his arms, and fell asleep peacefully.

My heart was itchy, and I couldn't sleep for a while, so I opened my eyes and looked out the window.

Only a sound was heard from the north.It must be that Nie Xiaoqian was not reconciled, and went to find Ning Caichen again.

I couldn't hold back my curiosity, and still wanted to sneak out to have a look, but I was hugged tightly by my benefactor, and I couldn't break the slightest gap.

Suddenly a blurry figure flashed by outside the window, and I called out subconsciously.

But the benefactor still shows no signs of waking up.

In the blink of an eye, the next morning, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open roughly.I saw Ning Caichen hurried in, kneeling beside the bed and begging his benefactor to save him.

Taking advantage of the time when my benefactor stretched his arms, I shrank my stomach and got out of bed, and ran out of the room in a hurry.

Ning Caichen's eyes were wide open, and he covered his mouth in astonishment: "Fox... raccoon?!"

I can't remember clearly what happened after that, but I just remember that a bird or paper crane flew out of the house and hit me straight, and I fainted as soon as my head tilted, and I vaguely heard my benefactor laughing and scolding me, "No long memory".

When I opened my eyes again, it was time to hold the lamp.

There was no sign of the benefactor in the house.I looked to the side again, and found a person lying not far away, who should be Ning Caichen from his figure.

Ning Caichen heard the movement, squinted his eyes and sat up, and called me "Fox Immortal".

People who firmly did not believe in the theory of strange powers and chaotic gods before, now actually arouse "immortals" to me?

I think the benefactor said something to him again, which made him believe these things.

I was so happy that I changed into a boy.

Ning Caichen stared blankly, opened his mouth, and didn't speak any more.

I shook my head and imitated the tone of ordinary scholars and walked around him twice: "Nie Xiaoqian is not human—"

"Xiaosheng knows..." Ning Caichen twisted the hem of his clothes, and even under the dim light, he could see the blush on his face.

I asked "Huh?" in confusion.

It turned out that he saw Nie Xiaoqian again last night.Seeing that he was upright and kind, Nie Xiaoqian was not tempted by money and had rejected her courtship many times, so she gave up the idea of ​​harming him.

She covered her sleeves and sobbed, telling her story one by one.It turned out that she died young, and her body was buried next to Lanruo Temple, but she was often threatened by the demons in the temple to seduce the men who passed by and stayed overnight.

Ning Caichen was moved, and felt compassion for her, and was willing to help her take the bones away, so that she could escape from the clutches of evil spirits.

As soon as the two were talking, a Raksha ghost with eyes like copper bells and a black body broke in from outside the house. It held an awl in its hand and threw it at Ning Caichen.

At a critical moment, Nie Xiaoqian took him outside the house and asked him to seek help from the person surnamed Yan in the south house.

"Xiaoqian said that brother Yan is a strange person, and ordinary ghosts can't get close to him." Ning Caichen shook his clothes and looked disappointed, "I don't know what she will encounter after saving me...