"Hou is a villain in vain and is really ashamed of himself!"
Hou Changqi shook his head and smiled bitterly. He cupped his hands towards the young man and said, "I have long heard that strange people in the world often behave in unexpected ways and are very different from ordinary people like us. When I saw them today, I realized that the rumors were true."
Qi Jingzhihun waved his hand nonchalantly and asked directly: "Come on, what do you want from me?"
Hearing this, Hou Changqi couldn't help showing a look of astonishment on his face, but Master Meng on the side laughed and said: "When you treat others with courtesy, you must ask for something, let alone someone like Mr. Hou who has eyes above his head and a fiery temperament? Respect him. He is not a stingy person, if you have any difficulties, you might as well make it clear to him."
Hou Changqi nodded gratefully to Master Meng, then looked at Qi Jingzhi and said solemnly: "To be honest, Hou is acting coyly just to gain understanding and ask for something from your honor."
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but become curious. After all, Hou Changqi is a county historian, but for some rare thing, he is willing to humble himself in front of a young man from the mountains.
Qi Jingzhi was noncommittal, but he couldn't help but become interested: "Let's talk and listen."
Hou Changqi immediately said: "Hou is from the capital. A letter came from home a few months ago, saying that my youngest son had a heart attack and almost died. He also said that an expert had pointed out that the dog's heart disease was not an ordinary disease, but a serious illness. It is caused by the entanglement of a trace of evil energy brought in by birth in the fetus, which can only be driven away by drinking burning tiger pills."
Hearing this, Xiong Taifeng couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Yueqian? Then why did you stop me from reporting the matter of the tiger spirit to the county? If you can invite the Demon Suppressing Captain to eliminate this harm, you can ask for it again. , at most spending some silver, wouldn’t this Tiger Pill have been obtained long ago?”
Most of the people here have heard about the use of tiger pills to dispel evil spirits and treat heart diseases, and they all looked at it as novel.
Especially Mandu, who was sitting under Xiong and Hou, had an expression as weird as possible when he heard the two Shangguan talking about Tiger Maru in public.
However, Qi Jingzhi was more concerned about the word "evil spirit" and couldn't help but look at Master Meng, wanting to find out whether it was true or false from this resident ghost and god.
Master Meng was sitting upright, without squinting, but the voice rang in the young man's ears: "Don't be surprised, this is a small magic that can transmit sounds into the secrets, and others can't hear it. The method Hou Dianshi said does have some effect, and he is not making up nonsense. Came out to deceive you."
Qi Jing was stunned, he looked away without any trace, and nodded slightly and imperceptibly.
Hou Changqi waited for everyone's novelty to subside, and then he bowed his hands to Xiong Taifeng with an apologetic look and explained: "My mother loves her grandson the most, and she doesn't think about food and tea all day long. In order to forgive her, I wrote in my reply When he mentioned the matter of the tiger spirit, he said that he would get the tiger pills as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, when the expert who treated the child heard about it, he came to get it himself. Hou did not dare to disobey him, so he had to stop the county magistrate. Don’t let the Demon Suppressing Captain know.”
Xiong Taifeng was immediately angry: "I see, I thought Mr. Hou was deliberately trying to avoid me... How could that master be so overbearing? In order to wait for him, he actually taught Nangang to have many dead souls for nothing!"
The Xiong County Magistrate was so indignant that he obviously wanted to put on a show in front of everyone. If he really loved the people like a son, he would not have stopped Hou Changqi. He would have done nothing and allowed the tiger spirit to cause trouble.
Qi Jingzhi's brows were filled with coldness. If Master Meng hadn't brought Dong Mao here, how many lives would have been lost just because of Hou Changqi's selfishness and Xiong Taifeng's stupid delay!
He immediately sneered and said: "Bullshit master! If he wants to come, let him come. What else are you asking me to do?"
Seeing the young man getting angry, Hou Changqi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, you are joking. The tiger spirit has died in your hands. If I don't beg you, who else can I beg? Alas, in the final analysis, this matter is all a matter of my thoughts."
At that moment, Hou Dianshi could be seen gritting his teeth, as if he had made a lot of determination: "Since the words have been said to this extent, Hou will not hide it from you. That expert... is actually not a human being, it said If you want to come, how can I dare to say no?"
Xiong Taifeng was stunned and opened his mouth to ask another question.
Hou Changqi didn't mean to show off, and explained first: "My father has been in high and low officialdom for many years. He has no other hobbies than collecting rare ancient books. Before he passed away, he left behind a large house full of books. My descendants are unworthy and no one likes to read." Yes, seal all those books and lock the house."
"Then one day, I happened to pass by the door of the bookstore at night. There was an old man inside who called me by my nickname loudly and said that he had not seen the light of day for a long time. His body was damp and infested with maggots. He told me to open the door and put in the door when I came. Books are taken out from the house to dry."
Everyone here became more and more surprised as they listened, and Jiao Yulang blurted out: "This must be a book spirit, some are also called book ghosts."
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to him. Even Master Meng's eyes were filled with wonder, and he took a good look at this little boy who had been silent since entering.
"There's nothing unusual about this. Any time-old library or place where the manuscripts of sages are placed will inevitably breed this kind of thing."
Jiao Yulang was a little proud and said with a smile: "Because they come from different books, their philosophies and skills are also different. Generally speaking, the good ones are called book spirits, and the evil ones are naturally book ghosts. Although they are called ghosts, they are actually the same person. A kind of spirit born from ancient books."
When he said this, everyone understood.
Qi Jingzhi also nodded secretly. Both tigers and souls can become spirits. Books and manuscripts may be contaminated with the spiritual spirit of the person who wrote them, so it may not be impossible.
Master Meng withdrew his gaze from Jiao Yulang and nodded with a smile: "Yes, there was a scholar who joined the army in the past. His name is unknown, but two poems have been handed down. The poem goes, I am willing to bring an iron halberd to attract book ghosts. No order. Hate is filled with bones. Ghosts like book ghosts only need to be suppressed with a large iron halberd stained with literary spirit, and they will not cause trouble."
Hou Changqi's eyes widened suddenly, with a look of remorse on his face: "That's it! There was indeed a large iron halberd standing in my late father's library. Before he died, he specifically told his descendants not to move it. Later, my mother felt that The murder weapon was unknown, so I sent the servant to sell it.”
Having said this, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Since that night, the book ghost gradually became familiar with my family. It actually entered the house and claimed to be Hou's uncle. Because it did help the family a lot, Everyone treats it like family."
"It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. It searched all over the house for the iron halberd and couldn't find it, so it often asked my mother for it. My mother said she sold it, but it didn't believe it. It just said that we hid it and wouldn't give it to it. As time went by, it He becomes ferocious and violent, beating and scolding him if he doesn't get his way at all. The whole family is afraid of the power, and dares to get angry but dare not speak out."
"This time, the child suddenly became ill. He said that he could cure it by swallowing tiger pills. Later, he heard about the tiger spirit and wanted to kill the tiger in person to get the pills. He also said that he had to give him the iron halberd first. succeed."
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi also felt sad and thought to himself: "What happened to Hou Dianshi's family is very different from what happened to me when I met Lu Yunzi. The difference is that I have only one sword to kill." A human sharp knife can hurt it, and there is a small bronze mirror that comes from nowhere to protect it. The Hou family also had an iron halberd, but they sold it themselves, which really makes people speechless."
At that moment, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but said: "I think the book about killing tigers and taking pills is fake. It's true that I took the opportunity to defraud your family of the iron halberd. But I don't know that the iron halberd is really gone. But the more this happens, Cai Yue should get rid of the tiger spirit as soon as possible so that the book ghost has no reason to attack. Why did Hou Dianshi prevent the county magistrate from asking for help?"
"Since it said it would come in person, if things are not harmonious, no matter what the reason is, it will anger my family!"
Hou Changqi smiled bitterly again: "My original intention was to find an old iron halberd of similar style to deal with it. In this way, I can not only remove the tiger spirit, but also cure the child's disease. Isn't that not convenient? I just heard Master Meng say You have to be tainted with literary spirit to realize that I take it too much for granted, and the ordinary iron halberd is probably useless."
Xiong Taifeng was a little indignant and complained: "How pedantic I am, I should have sent a letter to the Demon Suppressing Academy long ago to cut off this alien who occupies the magpie's nest! Why do you tolerate adultery and make your family uneasy?"
Before Xiong Taifeng finished speaking, Jiao Yulang burst into laughter.
I heard this little kid say with a sarcastic tone: "Master Dianshi just said that that guy has done a lot of things for the family. It's not that he can't get rid of it, but he can't let it go! Compared with these advantages that are not as good as those of outsiders, what's the point of suffering?" What does beating and scolding mean? Not to mention that the iron halberd at home is gone, but it is still there, hehe..."
