"This...this...how could this happen!" Shanda collapsed on the ground with a plop, his face pale and his eyes dull.
Sheng Yushan was also frightened, and looked at Liang Jiunan and Jinghua Tiannu tremblingly: "You two, may I ask... what is going on? Why did my second brother suddenly..."
Liang Jiunan frowned, and he was also confused about the matter of ordinary people turning into monsters.
The Mirror Flower Goddess suggested:
"This demonization of human beings is really unbelievable. It is probably related to some special evil magic."
"I think so."
"Why don't you ask my good friend to come over and take a look at the situation."
Liang Jiunan was stunned: "The goddess is talking about Wutongzi?"
The Mirror Flower Goddess nodded: "Although he is a casual monk, he is quite proficient in some weird ways. Let him see, maybe he can gain something."
Naturally, Liang Jiunan would not refuse. He originally wanted to take the person to the Demon-Conquering Division first and then deal with it.
But Shanda people disagreed, and even issued a hush order to the maids and servants around them, telling them to strictly prohibit outside rumors.
Sheng Yushan had no choice but to ask Liang Jiunan if he could invite Wutongzi to the Sheng family.
Liang Jiunan thought for a while and could only agree.
He also understands the concerns of Shanda people. A seventh-grade official who joins the army will be promoted very quickly.
If something happens at this time that his son turns into a monster, there is no need to have evidence. As long as the rumor spreads, his promotion will be completely ruined.
Moreover, it is very likely that this will remain the case for the rest of his life.
Seeing this, the Mirror Flower Goddess said, "In that case, I will go look for Wutongzi. You can check the Nine Difficulties first."
Liang Jiunan nodded.
Although Sheng Yuhong was tied up, as a mountain spirit, his strength and speed were beyond ordinary people.
Just in case, Liang Jiunan took out two more charms and attached them to Sheng Yuhong, and then arranged for someone to carry them to his room.
Looking at Sheng Yuhong who was lying unconscious on the bed, Shanda Ren didn't know whether it was anger, sadness, or fear. After all, he left without saying a word.
Sheng Yushan smiled bitterly: "Brother Liang, is it possible for my second brother... to recover?"
Liang Jiunan shook his head:
"I can't say that."
"It's just that when a person turns into a demon, someone will kill him."
"Does Sheng Yuhong have any enemies in his daily life?"
"Or...had he been to any special place before today?"
"This..." Sheng Yushan frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he smiled bitterly:
"My second brother is a playboy, and he gets into too many things on a daily basis."
"The most common thing he does is hanging out with the two legitimate sons of the Lu family and the Gu family, drinking and sleeping with prostitutes."
The implication is that Sheng Yuhong may have too many enemies outside, so many that even he, the eldest brother, cannot remember them clearly.
Thinking of the blood stains on Sheng Yuhong's collar in Mrs. Sheng's memory, Liang Jiunan said meaningfully: "For example...Lin Xiufang, what about the human life lawsuit?"
Sheng Yuhong's face turned pale for a while:
"This matter is ultimately my second brother's fault."
"However, we also paid silver to those two cheap girls afterwards, and we did not neglect this matter."
Liang Jiunan shook his head: "It's not just that time, is there anything else?"
Sheng Yushan showed a look of confusion. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said:
"To put it this way, it was probably more than two months ago. My aunt did bring my second brother back in a hurry before the curfew, with a hint of anger in her words."
"At that time, my father also asked, but my aunt claimed that nothing happened."
"It's just...the next day, my aunt quietly went out through the back door. I don't know where she went."
"But after that, no one really came to the door. I thought... the second brother might have committed something trivial."
Liang Jiunan nodded, looking around, and suddenly noticed the desk next to him.
In front of me, pens, ink, paper and inkstones are spread out completely.
There are even wet ink stains in the inkstone.
Liang Jiunan looked at Sheng Yushan: "You said earlier that Sheng Yuhong went out very early yesterday?"
Sheng Yushan nodded:
"Based on the past situation, the second brother will definitely go out with the two legitimate sons of the Lu family and the Gu family."
"They are used to finding a restaurant first, then going to places like Lin Xiufang, and finally... if they feel like having fun, they will go to a gambling house, just like today."
Liang Jiunan pointed at the inkstone:
"He seemed to want to write something yesterday and didn't pack it up. He obviously left in a hurry."
"Do you have the impression that he wrote something to give to others before leaving?"
Sheng Yushan was stunned: "I never asked about this."
When Liang Jiunan saw this, he searched on the desk.
Soon, Liang Jiunan pulled out a pile of hidden poems from the middle of the books.
At a cursory glance, Liang Jiunan's eyebrows revealed a strange look.
Sheng Yushan also came over. When he saw those poems, his face turned red and he quickly took them away:
"I'm sorry, my second brother is too cool. Please stop reading these bad spring poems."
"My second brother's literary talent is really not good. It's an insult to your eyes."
Liang Jiunan waved his hand and pointed to the end of the poem: "Master Shanda, look here. The person who is gifted at the end of each poem is the same person."
Sheng Yushan was stunned, looked down, and couldn't help but wonder: "Yu Linglong? I have never heard of this name."
"She was the top courtesan before Lin Xiufang." A slightly cold voice came from behind.
Liang Jiunan took a closer look, but it was the goddess in the mirror standing at the door.
The young Taoist priest talking next to him was the handsome Taoist priest he had seen at the entrance of Qingshui Temple before.
"Fu Sheng Boundless Heavenly Lord, I have met two of them."
Wutongzi held the scroll in his hand, and just as the Mirror Flower Goddess said, he and Chief Li Shangjing exchanged tokens of each other.
This scroll was clearly a gift from the previous head of the department, Li Shangjing.
Sheng Yushan quickly handed over his hand: "Thank you so much, Taoist Priest, for coming..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wutongzi flicked his sleeves and walked past him:
"I don't like dealing with young men from aristocratic families, so you don't have to be polite to me."
"I came here reluctantly for the sake of Tiannu and Shang Jing."
Liang Jiunan saw this and secretly clicked his tongue.
This Wutongzi's temper... doesn't seem to be easy to get along with. .
As a Buddhist cultivator, Mirror Flower Goddess already has a special understanding of Buddha.
This Wutongzi seems to be even more different from ordinary monks.
But...thinking about my boss, could it be that people with special temperaments are more compatible with each other?
While thinking wildly in his mind, Wutongzi made secrets with his hands and pointed a finger on Sheng Yuhong's eyebrows.
In an instant, Sheng Yuhong, who was originally unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes and let out a roar like a beast.
"Presumptuous!" Wutongzi was not polite. He concentrated his Yuan Gong on the scroll in his hand and slapped Sheng Yuhong on the forehead hard, making Sheng Yuhong foam at the mouth.
"Taoist Master, please be gentle..." Sheng Yushan couldn't help feeling a little distressed.
Wutongzi turned around and sneered:
"You are not his biological brother, you don't have to be like this."
"Besides, if I hadn't been heavier, how could I have taken out the evil things in his body!"
While speaking, Sheng Yuhong suddenly showed a look of pain, and then opened his mouth wide, and a black stone tablet was actually vomited out by him!
Wutong raised his hand, and the stone tablet floated in the air.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that it was a woman whose upper body was a human and whose lower body was a deer. The woman was holding a harp in her arms and sitting under an inexplicable big tree, her fairy posture fluttering.
"This is..." Liang Jiunan was stunned.
"Mountain ghost." Wutongzi said slowly: "In other words, it is a mountain spirit that has not been canonized by the mountain god, but due to various reasons, it is worshiped by the residents of the mountain, so it has such a name."
"Mountain ghosts, if they are evil, are ferocious beasts that eat people without spitting out their bones."
"If you do good, you can also protect the safety of the people around the mountain and prevent them from being killed by ferocious beasts."
"Obviously, it's under a spell."
"This incantation must be assisted by the Mountain Ghost Temple. Only by worshiping the Mountain Ghost Temple every day can it be successful."
"It's interesting. As far as I know, the closest mountain ghost temple to Yangzhou City is Qingling Mountain, which is thirty miles outside the city."
"Who actually hates this Sheng Yuhong so much that he wants to worship him day and night at the mountain ghost temple thirty miles away, so that he curses this person to become a mountain spirit thirsty for blood?"
