"Salary?"
Master Ziyun Temple did not expect Zhang Zhiwei to ask this. He was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, this little master is really pragmatic. If he becomes a Celestial Master in the future, it will be a blessing for our Celestial Master's Palace.
"Xiao Gaogong is really considerate, but don't worry about wages. People in the county are quite respectful of ghosts and gods. Under normal circumstances, they will not default on their debts. After all, this incident has caused a lot of trouble. It’s very big, and the county is also paying attention.”
"After the county gives the money to get rid of the ghosts, we should take on another business, which is to come to this town again, open several altars to ward off evil spirits, perform a few rituals, and keep the evil spirits and ghosts here. Clean it up, and this matter will be over!"
Master Ziyun Guan told the general process of this business.
After listening, Zhang Zhiwei nodded. It was indeed true. Ghost removal and performing rituals were generally supporting businesses. In comparison, the latter had less risks and more profits.
"I participated in the ghost removal. The next step is to collect the corpses, perform rituals and so on. I have important things to do in Longhu Mountain, so I won't participate!" Zhang Zhiwei said.
Temple Master Ziyun nodded with a smile: "I understand, I understand, it is really not necessary for a small expert to do something as small as doing something. As for collecting the corpse, we are not responsible for it. We only need to report it, and someone will come to collect the corpse later." !”
"Oh?" Zhang Zhiwei was a little surprised, "These corpses were all harmed by evil spirits. Resentment has entered their bodies, and they can easily transform into corpses. Aren't our people the ones handling them?"
Master Ziyun Temple explained: "Actually, we also have a Rebirth Hall in Longhu Mountain that specializes in processing corpses, that is, Yizhuang. However, there is no arrangement here in Huangshi Town."
"Because the corpse collection business here is controlled by the Qing Sect of Maoshan Mountain. Our Tianshi Mansion is the leader of the Three Mountain Talismans, so naturally we cannot steal the business of our brother sects."
"However, the Shangqing Sect also has a tacit understanding. They don't stand here and work with us to conquer demons and ghosts, and do business such as errands. Everyone is harmonious. Sometimes they are too busy, and they will help each other."
"The reason why I didn't call them this time is mainly because the situation is a bit dangerous and we can't let them come over and die in vain. I just sent someone to send them a message, asking them to quickly pick up the bodies!"
Master Ziyun Temple has a good-natured character, a bit like a saint, but he also understands the general outline and listens to opinions.
He heard that many people died in Huangshi Town before, so he thought about bringing more people with him to fight the ghost and save the innocent people from fire and water. However, the junior brothers in the temple disagreed, and he listened to the advice. , instead of taking the risk with others, he chose to wait for the arrival of the top masters in the general arena.
"That's it, it turns out it's people from Maoshan who are in Kaiyizhuang!"
Zhang Zhiwei nodded, thinking that he was worthy of being a Taoist priest, he was just talking about morality.
I'll slay the demons, you collect the corpses. I collect the corpses, you eliminate the demons, and everyone cooperates with each other to make money in harmony and not engage in involution.
Like in later generations, if you open a milk tea shop, within half a year, there will be more than a dozen milk tea shops around you. This will definitely not happen.
"Little Gao Gong, do you want to go into the innermost part of the ancestral hall and take a look? Count how many people have died inside, and are there any fish that have slipped through the net?"
Master Ziyun Temple asked Zhang Zhiwei for his opinion. Although he was senior, he had done all the actions along the way, except for the final arrangement of the altar, in accordance with Zhang Zhiwei's instructions.
"Do what you do to the end, let's go!"
Immediately, the group came to the door of the ancestral hall where the ancestor's tablets were placed.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw that the gap in the door of the ancestral hall was constantly soaked with blood, forming a small pool of blood at the door.
"Push away!" said the Master of Ziyun Temple.
A middle-aged Taoist priest stepped forward and pushed open the door of the ancestral hall.
Immediately afterwards, blood, a large amount of blood that had been accumulated here, spilled out.
Everyone took a step back, waited for the blood to disperse, and then looked inside the door.
I saw a lot of blood inside, even the beams and the surrounding walls were covered in blood.
The ancestral tablets that were enshrined were even toppled over, all face down, submerged in blood.
In front of the row of fallen ancestors, there were two rows of headless corpses kneeling with their heads in their arms.
Zhang Zhiwei glanced at the two rows of headless corpses, then looked at the rafters and the blood around them.
The blood in the Hall of Expectations was like a fountain, spurting out from the necks of these two rows of headless corpses.
"Little Gao Gong, the one in the middle wearing a black robe and mandarin jacket is the mayor, and if I remember correctly, the headless corpse next to him is his son, Xia Liuhong's husband. As for the other people, It should be the mayor’s family, but I don’t know their specific identity.”
Master Ziyun Temple explained to Zhang Zhiwei.
"It seems that the whole family has been wiped out!"
Having said that, Zhang Zhiwei was not afraid of blood. When he walked into the ancestral hall, he had killed many people, and several times he had done things even bloodier than this, so there was no reason to be afraid.
Entering the ancestral hall, Zhang Zhiwei looked at the two rows of corpses and noticed that even though the two rows of corpses were kneeling, they looked quite complete, but in fact they were all pieced together.
Each corpse was torn to pieces, and there was almost no good piece of meat. Either the bones were picked out of the skin, or the intestines were dragged outside the body, or they were cut into pieces.
And the mayor's son died in the most fragmentary way, so broken that Zhang Zhiwei didn't dare to touch it, for fear that if he touched it, he would fall apart like the dominoes.
"Look at the bloody ground. The resentment is so deep. Is there any hidden secret in it? Senior brother, didn't you ask when you were getting rid of the ghosts?"
Tian Jinzhong said, swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, trying hard to suppress the surging impulse in his abdomen.
He had rarely gone down the mountain, and this was the first time he had seen such a scene. He didn't vomit on the spot, which was considered mentally tough.
"Does it matter?"
Zhang Zhiwei patted Tian Jinzhong on the back and said: "No matter what the cause is, she killed four or five junior brothers in our Tianshi Mansion. The result remains unchanged. If she kills my people, I will still show mercy to her." Heart?!"
"Four or five junior brothers..." Tian Jinzhong muttered to himself.
Although these junior brothers are separate and have never met each other, I have taken the place of senior brothers from Tianshi Mansion...
Tian Jinzhong's face suddenly straightened up and he said quickly: "Junior brother has learned a lesson!"
The other people in Ziyun Temple had different expressions after hearing this, but they all looked at Zhang Zhiwei with more reverence.
As for the master of Ziyun Temple, he sighed in his heart. He is extremely talented, powerful, pragmatic, and still protects his little ones. This is the luck of my Tianshi Mansion...
"These corpses died in miserable conditions, but they are still intact. Let's go out first. Don't damage them and cause trouble for the people in Maoshan!"
Zhang Zhiwei said, turned around and left the bloody ancestral hall.
The others quickly followed and walked out, closing the door behind them as they left.
The wind was strong at night. If the two rows of corpses were blown apart, the people in Maoshan would have to use shovels to collect the corpses.
"Two little masters, you have traveled all the way from the main altar and come non-stop to succumb to demons. You must be tired."
The master of Ziyun Temple arranged: "In this way, I will let people take care of the things here. You can go back to the temple to rest first. Tomorrow, I will go to the county to book some tables and cleanse the dust for you two!"
Upon hearing this, Tian Jinzhong was a little moved. The county's standards were naturally not low.
But Zhang Zhiwei refused: "There is no need for me to be so open-minded. I plan to rest tonight and return to Longhu Mountain tomorrow morning!"
"So urgent?" Master Ziyun Temple was a little surprised. He still wanted to get close to the future Celestial Master.
"You have something important to do, and you must be the same. I'm afraid this follow-up matter will be very troublesome, so there is no need to distract me and wait!" Zhang Zhiwei said.
Of course he has his own considerations in being so anxious.
Yesterday, Feihe sent a letter to the Lu family and the Lu family. If Lao Lu and Dabi and Dabi set off after receiving it, they would be able to reach Longhu Mountain in only two or three days.
Before that, he had other arrangements. Just now, Xin Yuan had digested the female ghost, and from the fragments of the female ghost's soul, he learned about the cultivation methods and precautions for the godhead mask.
Zhang Zhiwei plans to play himself during this period and cultivate the godhead mask to the third level.
In this way, you will have one more way to become stronger when you go down the mountain. Since the last opening of the altar and the confrontation with Emperor Zhenwu, Zhang Zhiwei has become somewhat interested in this Taoism. Do you want to add another Emperor to Taoism?
"Since the young master is in an emergency, I won't force you to wait. However, please be sure to finish the breakfast in the temple before leaving, and let me wait to show my gratitude to the landlord. Otherwise, it will be too rude!" Ziyun Guan The Lord said quickly.
"The visitor is welcome!"
Zhang Zhiwei agreed, and they were about to return to Ziyun Temple.
Suddenly, several Taoist priests wearing apricot-yellow robes hurried over with a bunch of magical weapons.
"Xiao Gaogong, it's a fellow Taoist from Maoshan who is here!" Master Ziyun Temple introduced to Zhang Zhiwei.
"Just go and see me, don't mention me!" Zhang Zhiwei said lightly. He was not interested in the people from Maoshan.
Master Ziyun Temple responded and went over to chat with the people in Maoshan.
Afterwards, several Taoist priests from Maoshan ran into the ancestral hall with solemn expressions.
Master Ziyun Temple came back and said, "Xiao Gaogong, I just got some information about this matter from fellow Taoists in Maoshan."
"What news?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.
The Master of Ziyun Temple said: "There is something really strange about this matter. It's not like what was reported in the town. It was this female ghost named Xia Liuhong who stole a man and was put to death by being dipped in a pig cage."
"It was the mayor's son who climbed up a high branch and met a young lady from the warlord leader's family. This young lady was a little interested in him, but she didn't want to marry him as a concubine."
"When the mayor's son heard this, he became crazy and wanted to divorce his wife, but he didn't want to be criticized, so he made some plans under the arrangement of the mayor!"
"He knew that his wife Xia Liuhong had some cultivation skills, so he pretended to deliver soup and poisoned her to death with a packet of potent rat poison. After her death, he even called a man to insult the body."
"Then he brought someone in with a stick and beat him all over the face. He made it look like his wife had stolen someone and was knocked unconscious by him. Then he directly immersed her in a pig cage and buried her body at the bottom of the river, destroying all traces of the body."
Speaking of this, Master Ziyun sighed: "This man's heart is really vicious, but he never calculated that Xia Liuhong, the champion, was playing the role of a soul child, a ghost fox. Moreover, His cultivation level is not low. When he was singing opera, he used ghost steps to confuse the real ones with the fake ones, which often made the audience really think that it was a ghost singing the opera."
"She acted to the point where she believed it and others believed it. Moreover, after her death, her resentment remained, so she turned into a ghost and came to claim her life as the ghost fox Dan Li Huiniang!"
"So that's it!" Tian Jinzhong suddenly realized: "She was poisoned by her husband, her body was insulted after her death, and her body was buried in the river. She was also accused of adultery and was cast aside by the whole town. No wonder she took revenge so fiercely!"
"Where did those fellow Taoists from Maoshan get such details?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.
It's not that he doubts the truth of this matter. This world is not as beautiful as the storybook or the opera. How can a judge bestow treasures, talents, beauties, and deep love between humans and ghosts?
Most of them are motivated by sexual desire, start chaos and finally give up. They are evil ghosts seeking revenge and demons cannibalizing people.
He just felt that everyone who knew about this matter would have been killed by Xia Liuhong, who turned into a ghost and came back to take revenge.
So how did you learn the whole story?
Master Ziyun Temple said: "As for the source of the news, I also asked fellow Taoists in Maoshan, and they said it was a short, round-headed, bald boy in his teens who said it!"
(End of chapter)
