This Liao Zhai is not right

The Yellow Turban Rebellion sounded the death knell for the Han Dynasty, which had lasted for 400 years.

Of course, this is the description in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The real "Taiping Qingling Book" is divided into ten parts, namely Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui, with a total of 170 volumes. The content involves heaven and earth, yin and yang, five elements, ten branches, disasters, gods and immortals, etc. It widely describes the way to govern the world, the principles of ethics, as well as the techniques of longevity, becoming an immortal, curing diseases and maintaining health, and communicating with gods and divination. It can be regarded as an encyclopedia of Taoism.

Su Su looked at the ancient book wrapped in silk with the four big characters "Taiping Yaoshu" appearing on the cover, and couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.

If this so-called "Taiping Yaoshu" is the latter, it would be fine, but if it is the former, she would really be speechless.

He had just said that he was from a good family, but then he came across the three volumes of the heavenly book which were famous for enabling Zhang Jue to easily launch the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It really made people think about it.

He stretched out his hand and made a fist, and "Taiping Yaoshu" fell into his palm.

I couldn't wait to open the yellowed paper, and the first thing that caught my eye was: Shengmen Liu Bing combined with Liu Ding, this is Tian Dun. There is also a note that says: Tian Dun, Shengmen combined with Liu Bing and Yue Qi, under Liu Ding, is Tian Dun, at this time it is covered by the sun.

Then, looking down, it is: Kaimen Liuyi combined with Liuyi, the earth escape is like this. And there is also a note: For earth escape, Kaimen and Liuyi are combined with the day, facing the underground Liuyi, which is earth escape, and at this time it is covered by the moon essence.

The Taiping Yaoshu in his hand was only a finger thick, with thousands of words, based on Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. It vividly described the three escapes of heaven, earth and man, as well as Yin and Yang, fortune and misfortune, and disasters. It included all the methods, techniques, and Taoism. Even though Su Su had half a foot into the realm of refining emptiness, he felt benefited a lot from just skimming through it.

After understanding what was written in the book, Su Su vaguely felt that this so-called "Taiping Yaoshu" seemed to be a mixture of the two. It included means of calculating fortune and using the three escapes of heaven, earth and man to block and reverse the general trend; it also included means of avoiding disasters, overcoming calamities and eliminating difficulties based on yin and yang and the five elements, also using the three escapes of heaven, earth and man.

If Su Suyang, after achieving great success in his divine powers, studies this book carefully, then the path to becoming an immortal will be just around the corner.

She didn't know if it was Su Su's illusion, but ever since she was entangled by Chang'e in the City God Temple of Guobei County, she had encountered some good things that were almost pie in the sky every time she went out. First, she got the City God Seal of Jiangdu County by chance and didn't have to return it. Then she got this Taiping Essential Technique that led directly to the Heavenly Immortal. Even the information about the chaos in the underworld and the throne of Yama was provided by the other party. This could no longer be explained by simple good luck.

If we have to make a far-fetched explanation, it would be that he was blessed with great luck and everything went smoothly no matter what he did.

Thinking about it this way, Su Su felt that it really made sense.

Most of the protagonists in the chapters of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, no matter whether they were rich or poor beforehand, would always become prosperous to varying degrees afterwards. This was due to their good fortunes as well as some inexplicable destiny.

As Su Su had just briefly skimmed through the Taiping Yaoshu, this feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Time comes and the world has the same force, and it is not free to transport heroes.

When good luck is still there, everything can turn out well and turn disaster into blessing; when good luck is gone and you become unlucky, even drinking cold water may get a toothache.

Nothing more than that.

"If it weren't for the fact that Taiping Yaoshu had the method of calculating fortune and intercepting fortune with the art of Dunjia, I really wouldn't have realized this."

Su Su thought to himself and turned to walk out of the study in the old Tan family house.

"Yan Luo, do you want to take away the real body of the book monster?" Judge Wen said belatedly.

Su Su looked back and saw that the "Taiping Yaoshu" had indeed fallen into her hands, but the ancient book with a blank cover and yellowed paper was still in the square piece of silk.

With a slight flick of the finger, a breeze blew by, lifting up the yellowed paper. The lifted page was like the cover of an ancient book, without any ink inside.

"The book demon has been suppressed, and the ancient books have been returned to their original owners and are still hidden in the secret compartment."

With another snap of his fingers, the package containing the ancient books returned to its original place. After a few clicks, the secret compartment closed, and there was no more trace left in the study.

Coming out of the study in the old Tan family house, Su Su walked quickly towards Guobei County. As for the issue of her good fortune, she had to ask Chang'e clearly to get the truth.

The thoughts about the Taiping Art were floating in his mind, when he suddenly saw the craftsman who had chopped bamboo and weaved bamboo products walking nearby. Just by observing his face, Su Su could tell that he had been unlucky recently and might meet with a bloody disaster.

It was inferred that it was made not long ago, but the craftsman accidentally lost his grip on the newly made winnowing basket, and the sharp edge of the unpolished bamboo strips scratched his hand, leaving a wound less than two fingers wide, and drops of blood overflowed.

In a blink of an eye, the craftsman's bad luck disappeared and became ordinary.

"Time, luck, and fate are not immutable, but are changing all the time, weaving together a mighty and unstoppable world trend. If you want to change the trend, you have to start from the details and use the fulcrum to change the overall situation. This method of starting from luck and promoting the decline of the enemy and the rise of oneself is actually not much different from the principle of building high walls, storing up food, and slowly becoming king."

"Zhang Jue intercepted the fortunes and pushed the general trend, but he had no foundation to rely on, so he could only fail in the end. That's why it is said that things in the world are unpredictable and there is no fixed number. Therefore, the Taiping Essential Technique is more effective in avoiding disasters, overcoming calamities, and eliminating difficulties."

He walked leisurely and unknowingly arrived at the gate of Guobei County. He glanced at the people who walked past him into the city. The fortunes of most of them were relatively good, but the people coming from the south of Guobei County mostly had bad fortunes, and many were in danger of bloodshed and their lives were in danger.

Following them into the city and listening to their conversation, it seemed that they were planning to travel together to Jinhua City to do some business in the near future.

"Chunyan said a few days ago that there are many evil spirits in Jinhua, killing many innocent people. Based on the bloody disasters that almost killed people who planned to go to Jinhua City to do business, it can be inferred that a disaster is coming to the vicinity of Jinhua City. The personnel who were sent to Jinhua City to buy food and fill the vacancies in the granary have not returned yet. I am afraid that they are in great danger."

After figuring out the source of their bloody disaster, Su Su's heart sank.

Chapter 143 Play hard to get

Going south from Guobei County, crossing mountains and ridges, and following the narrow and winding post road, you can reach Jinhua in just over fifty miles.

The mountain road was steep and difficult to walk on. It would take an ordinary person a whole day to walk across this short distance of more than 50 miles, not to mention that the people who were sent to Jinhua City to purchase grain some time ago to fill the vacancies in the granary also had to transport a large amount of goods, which was definitely not feasible by carrying them on their shoulders or by hand. They could only hire a local caravan to take a detour and transport the purchased grain back to Guobei County from the official road.

Counting the time, it has been more than six days.

It would take no more than two days to travel from the steep mountain road south of Guobei County to Jinhua, and it would take a few more days to purchase food and hire a caravan in Jinhua. Logically, they should set out to return to Guobei County in the near future.

As the bloody disaster was overwhelming in front of them, when several people who were in danger of their lives were preparing to set out for Jinhua City, they happened to run into a hired convoy returning to Guobei County to purchase grain.

In this way, it is not difficult to infer that the disaster that is about to happen in Jinhua is imminent.

"Just a few days after we resolved the threat from Lord Black Mountain, something unexpected happened in Jinhua City again. It's really hard to cope with it."

Su Su sighed silently in his heart.

It was almost dusk now. Even if he used the power of speed to hurry to Jinhua, it would be dusk when he arrived. He would soon have to go down to the underworld to try a case, so he would not have any extra time to act.

So she turned around and went directly to the City God Temple, summoned Judge Wen who had entered the city earlier, and said, "Something unexpected will happen in Jinhua. To prevent the people who went to Jinhua to buy food from being affected, you will lead a team of ghost soldiers to investigate the situation tonight. Remember to be careful."

"I will obey Yama's order." Judge Wen bowed and accepted the order.

Jinhua City is the residence of the City God. Unless there are refugees who are bewitched by the White Lotus Demon like in Yangzhou and develop to the point of attacking the city and rebelling, this disaster should be within the controllable range.

After Su Su entrusted the task of leading the ghost soldiers to explore Jinhua City at night to Judge Wen, the sky was gradually getting dark.

He walked hurriedly into the small courtyard of the land temple, found Chang'e, who was embroidering patterns on a bright red wedding dress with white and gold threads, and sat down beside her. He said nothing, but just stared at her with wide eyes.

At first, Chang'e didn't care much. She thought Su Fu was just being naughty and ignored her.

Until a few strange auras emerged from Su Su's eyes.

Chang'e suddenly stood up, stretched out her hand and gently lifted Su Su's chin, lowered her head and looked straight into her eyes, and said, "I've been out for less than two hours, why are you staring at me like this?"

"Is my luck a little too good lately?"

Su Su asked meaningfully.

But as soon as she finished her words, Chang'e gently lifted her chin and pressed down on Su Su's lips as she wanted to continue speaking, blocking her doubts.

"It's good to know it in your heart. If you say it out loud, it will no longer be of any use in the future."

Su Su's doubts gradually became clear with the other party's words.

In recent times, I have repeatedly encountered good things that can be described as pie in the sky, all thanks to the other party.

Old problems are solved, and new problems emerge in my mind.

He leaned back slightly, avoiding the fingers pressing on his lips, and asked again: "There is gain and loss. Since the last time I went on a long journey to Yangzhou, many of the changes in my life have been related to this, right?"

“Times make heroes, and heroes make times. Just like a stone thrown into a pond, it only creates a few ripples at most, but when a boulder hits a pond, it creates a raging wave that turns the world upside down.”

Although Chang'e did not answer her question directly, her meaning was self-evident.

Now that troubled times are approaching, Su Su's cultivation level of half a step into the realm of refining emptiness can be regarded as a big stone. If she stays honestly in the remote area of Guobei County, she can only stir up some harmless ripples at most; but if she runs around everywhere, affected by the fortune bestowed by the other party, she will certainly have good luck and encounter such good things as pie in the sky one after another, but she who has half a step into the realm of refining emptiness thinks that it is a good thing that has fallen from the sky, how can it land smoothly.

Seeing Su Su retreating backward, Chang'e took advantage of the situation and moved forward, bent her knees and sat on her legs, her eyebrows raised: "By the way, you vixen just provoked the devil in the underworld last night, and you still refuse to learn your lesson. You ran out to cause trouble again. Are you really planning to cause some trouble so that you can find an excuse to delay the wedding?"

If you tease the other person enough, any topic brought up will quickly be diverted to other places.

Su Su had no choice but to describe with an innocent face the repeated experiences of the unfortunate Tan Jinxuan who had been possessed by evil spirits. Just when she was about to tell him about the Taiping Technique, Chang'e, as she had anticipated, reached out and covered her mouth.

"There is no need to say more about this matter. If you say more, it will cause changes."

"Isn't this okay?"

Su Su looked down at her hand. The Great Peace Technique was placed in her sleeve, but Chang'e did not feel anything unusual. She thought, "The Medicine King Sun Simiao is entangled in a calamity, so much so that Sun Si Niang dared not even reveal her real name. It seems that this fortune is just like a calamity, which can only be understood but not explained."

Although the methods of avoiding disasters and overcoming calamities in the Taiping Essentials can lead directly to the path of immortality, they are nowhere near as profound as the cultivation level of the real female immortal in front of him.

"of course."

Chang'e looked at Su Fu's thoughtful expression, lowered her eyes for a moment, and suddenly came close to her and whispered in her ear, "The difference between immortals and mortals is like heaven and earth. Just by making an engagement with me, you, a seductive girl, have enjoyed a lot of blessings. Don't you want to go further? Maybe it won't take long for you to achieve Yang Shen Dacheng!"

"what!"

The warm breath beside his ear and Chang'e's words startled Su Su's eyes.

She wanted to lean back and move away, but her legs were clamped tightly together. The slight movement of leaning back made it easy for the other person to push her down onto the couch.

Su Su blushed, and subconsciously said, "Go one step further, is there really such a good thing? Bah... You just want to trick me into taking the bait."

Faced with her inconsistent behavior, Chang'e smiled but said nothing.

She stood up and sat back in her original position, leaning against the window, continuing to embroider patterns on the bright red wedding dress with needle and thread in her hand. She said in a tone that showed she had taken Su Su's advantage: "It's getting late. Didn't I say that I have to go to the underworld tonight to try cases and make judgments? Why would I go to such great lengths to trick you into falling into my trap? I'm so busy day and night, leaving me alone in my empty room. It's really hateful."

Ever since Su Fu's weakness of being soft-hearted and not hard-hearted was exposed, Chang'e has been able to manipulate her more easily.

It took a while for Su Su to calm down his hot face. He then glared at the other person fiercely, took out the pitch-black Yama Seal, and went to the underworld.

Chapter 144 Seeking Death

Standing in the underworld, looking at the towering and vast city walls and government offices, there are obviously fewer ghost soldiers stationed and patrolling here day and night. The other side of the Wangchuan River of the Naihe Bridge is shrouded in smoke and clouds, and the white fog is vast. From time to time, figures emitting bursts of divine light pass by quickly, traveling back and forth between the two sides of the Wangchuan River.

Looking into the distance, there are military camps arranged in a crisscross pattern, stretching for dozens of miles. Among them, there are ghost generals with command flags shuttling back and forth, spear arrays like a forest, flags covering the sky, and a mighty force crossing the Naihe Bridge and entering the vast white fog on the other side of the Wangchuan River, and then disappearing.

"Meet Su Yanluo."

When Lu Pan, a man with a green face, red beard and green robe, saw Su Su appear in the underworld, he walked out of the government office without stopping and bowed before Su Su.

Su Su looked around and saw that there were no ghost soldiers guarding the area. The ghost team waiting in line for trial was also sent far away, and King Yama was nowhere to be seen in the underworld. He immediately knew that Lu Pan had made such an arrangement while King Yama was fighting with Lord Black Mountain outside.

He asked directly, "I wonder what the purpose of Lu Pan's action is?"

"As a lowly official, how dare I have any extravagant thoughts? But King Yama is leading his troops to engage in a fierce battle with the Black Mountain Old Demon, and the underworld is not well guarded. This is a good opportunity from heaven. Su Yama may take this opportunity to accomplish great things."

When Lu Pan saw Su Fu asking, his throat moved slightly, and the sound of his words passed by Su Fu's ears in an instant.

Good guy.

After your long-term plan was exposed, you actually planned to go all out and stab the King of Hell?

Su Su was speechless when she heard about Lu Pan's evil intentions. If she really believed Lu Pan's lies, she would be out of her mind.

Not to mention that Su Su had no intention of intervening in the mess of the underworld. Even if she had this intention, she would not put the trump card to succeed on Lu Pan, a traitor.

As long as he believed his lies, Lu Pan would be invincible.

If he could succeed and successfully stab the King of Hell in the back, and take over the underworld while the underworld is in chaos, then Lu Pan's plan to flee elsewhere would naturally be unimportant; if the plan was exposed, Lu Pan only needed to take advantage of the situation and defect, pretending to be loyal, saying that he had endured humiliation for a long time and finally found Su Su's weakness, so he could use the same trick against him and lure the snake out of its hole, and then take action to defeat Su Su's crime of disobedience.

As the head of the Fertility Delivery Department under King Yama, who holds considerable power and responsibility, Lu Pan's words are credible beyond words.

At that time, no matter whether Su Su exposed Lu Pan's evil intentions towards Zhu Erdan on the spot or revealed the replacement of the throne of King Biancheng, he would be unable to defend himself and his credibility would be questionable.

And with his cultivation level that has already stepped half a step into the realm of refining emptiness, he is no match for the blind and sighted King Yama.

Lu Pan is indeed an old fox who has been immersed in the affairs of the underworld for hundreds of years. If he does not take action, it will be fine. But once he takes action, it will be a vicious plan that allows him to kill two birds with one stone.

After all, seeing how Su Su easily seized the military power from him and the Five Cities Patrol Envoy Xue in the world of the living, and how he stood idly by when the fierce battle between King Yama and Lord Black Mountain took place, Lu Pan really couldn't imagine why Su Su had spent so much effort on this, other than wanting to stab King Yama in the back and occupy the underworld.

Greed blinds one's mind.

No matter how smart a person is, he will always show his stupidity when it comes to his own interests.

It’s a pity that Lu Pan had made all kinds of calculations, but he still missed one thing.

"I was originally planning to wait until I got rid of Heishan Jun before I dealt with you two insects. I didn't expect you, Lu Pan, to jump out and cause trouble so impatiently. It seems that I can't let you go."

Su Su's thoughts were in turmoil, and he made up his mind.

But he pretended to be shocked and said, "You and I are both working for King Yama. Why did Judge Lu say that? What good opportunity has God given us? What great things can we accomplish with this opportunity? Does the Five Metropolitan Patrol Envoy Xue know about this?"

Su Su asked a series of questions.

But to Lu Pan's ears, the meaning was very different.

"The location of Xue Jiguan's tomb is in the hands of the officials in charge of the Five Capitals Patrol. How dare we say no to such an important matter? Su Yanluo, don't worry. We will work together to accomplish this great event."

No need to worry...

Knowing that Lu Pan and the Five Cities Patrol Envoy Xue had already colluded with each other and that there was no innocent person among them, Su Su certainly had nothing to worry about.

Although Lu Pan could not see the expression of Su Fu, who was wearing a crown and a tassel on her head and whose face was blurred, he saw the shocked tone in her voice gradually subside, and immediately thought that Su Fu had been persuaded.

He immediately said, "I have made arrangements in advance. All we need is Su Yanluo to raise his arm and thousands of underworld soldiers will turn against us. The Black Mountain Demon will hold King Yanluo back. We will be at a loss as to where to go when attacked from both sides. It will be just a matter of time before we can conquer the underworld and wipe out the seventy-two divisions. I hope Su Yanluo will not hesitate. If we miss this God-given opportunity and the truth is revealed, we will all die without a burial place."

With his red beard trembling and his green face filled with fear, Lu Pan perfectly portrayed the contradictory psychology of excitement and fear before launching a rebellion.

"this......"

As they met a rival in acting, Su Su also became interested. He pretended to be very hesitant and thought for a long time, as if he had gone through a well-thought-out psychological struggle.