"I didn't expect that Magistrate Cui, who seems to be upright and capable, would have such crazy and cruel thoughts. Is he affected by the evil spirit of the Chihu Fish Spirit, or is he, as a descendant of the Cui family, just crazy?"
Seeing that Cui Zitao's words were sincere and did not seem to be hypocritical, and that the tiger girl's head had completely fallen to the ground without any struggle, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but sigh again.
"Just looking at Tiger Girl's reaction, if Cui Zitao can really fulfill his promise and the couple will stay together after death, I'm afraid Mrs. Cui, who has an unusual idea, will really agree."
"It's true that husband and wife are of the same mind, and their love is stronger than gold. They are not a family, and they don't enter the same house... If I don't help them, it will be like becoming a bad guest who beats the mandarin ducks..."
This idea suddenly came to Qi Jingzhi's mind, and immediately he felt it was absurd.
He only felt that it was true as the old servant of the Cui family who worked hard and died said, this is a family matter, and anyone who is willing to fight will be killed, and even monsters that harm human lives will be killed. This makes there is no sense of good and evil. The truth is easy to explain, and it is not something that outsiders can easily criticize.
"No wonder the Yins don't care about cultivators. Firstly, they can't control them, and secondly, they can't judge them."
"At the time, Master Xingming Master Shen Ruhai's dead soul was thrown into Hell by the Old City God. He was eaten by resentful ghosts day and night. His bad karma was not exhausted day by day, and he could not be liberated. The immortal attendant of the Saint of the White Immortal Sect also mentioned, In the teaching, there is a punishment of being eaten by thousands of snakes in the Yin Pond."
"I just don't know which one is more painful compared to the so-called "blue sea water drowning, fish eating souls"? "
With this thought in his mind, Qi Jingzhi looked at Ban Nu and said, "Let Madam Cui go."
Bannu heard this, although he was a little reluctant, he did not dare to disobey his master's wishes, so he snorted angrily, released his paws and jumped off the tiger's back, deliberately staying away from Cui Zitao and the scroll.
"Thank you Qi Ji for making things happen!"
Cui Zitao stood up immediately and bowed deeply like his old servant before.
The tiger girl on the side also turned her head slightly and nodded gently towards Qi Jingzhi. Her posture was like a woman gathering her train and giving a slight blessing.
Qi Jingzhi still accepted it calmly and waved his hand towards the other party: "You two, please take your leave. I'll take my leave now!"
Qi Jingzhi did not want to witness the subsequent scene where Cui Zitao sacrificed his tiger wife, not to mention that the other party might not be willing to have outsiders watch.
The corners of Cui Zitao's mouth moved, as if he was trying to force a smile, but the Changle County Magistrate couldn't smile after all.
Although he got what he wanted this time, his family was almost ruined. In the end, he just sighed and cupped his hands towards Qi Jingzhi and said: "The courtyard has not been swept and there is no way to entertain guests, so we won't keep Qi to investigate."
After saying that, Cui Zitao turned around and walked towards the study.
Although she was slightly injured, the tiger girl stood up quietly and followed her husband with lowered eyebrows and bowed head.
One man and one tiger walked into the room and immediately closed the doors and windows.
Qi Jingzhi shook his head, led Ban Nu out of the courtyard where the study was, and returned along the original path.
He originally wanted to go over the wall and return to the back street of the county government office, but suddenly he saw a man sitting at the stone table where Cui Zitao's family had dinner, quietly pouring himself a drink.
"The majestic tiger Cui, why has his virtue declined? The past is gone and will never come back!"
This man raised his glass and was about to drink it. He was chanting or sighing. He turned his head towards the entrance of the courtyard, and seven out of ten eyes fell on Ban Nu.
Qi Jingzhi looked at him in surprise and saw that the other person was a middle-aged man with eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a straight mouth and square lips, especially his ears that looked like hanging pearls, which was a sign of wealth.
The robes he wore were quite gorgeous and exquisite. Although they were black as the base, they were embroidered with gold threads all over with patterns, such as the Big Dipper or long strings of copper coins, which were brilliant and eye-catching.
If Qian Xiaoren saw him, he would be filled with envy and regard this person as his lifelong confidant.
"May I ask who you are?" Qi Jingzhi asked.
He was a little strange before. There was a huge commotion in the back office, and the roar of tigers shook the sky. For a long time, no one came to check. Unexpectedly, someone had arrived, but they just didn't show up.
Although Qi Jingzhi never obeyed
Fang felt a little bit of energy in his body, but just looking at the trembling look of Ban Nu next to him, trying to huddle up, he knew that he must not take it lightly.
"I am Ding Chengyuan." The middle-aged man replied calmly.
He withdrew his gaze from Ban Nu and looked at Qi Jingzhi a few more times. The corner of his mouth suddenly curled up and he chuckled: "You are Qi Jingzhi from Linzhou, right? In this day, I first became a big I have known your name from Geshu Dashi for a long time, and at noon I heard people talk about your righteous deed of returning a knife to the Wei family from a thousand miles away. I didn't expect that at night, I would meet you in the Houya of Changle County."
"A little outside police officer can get involved in so many things as soon as he arrives. It's obvious that he loves to cause trouble!"
These words were not said politely, but there was no hint of sarcasm in Ding Chengyuan's tone, but rather a hint of appreciation.
Qi Jingzhi's heart was moved when he heard this, but his expression remained as usual. He cupped his fists and saluted the other party: "It turns out that it was Marquis Anfeng who was in front of him. Qi was disrespectful."
He was busy for almost two days and two nights. Not only did he not sleep a wink, but he also hadn't eaten properly all day since he had a bowl of beef last night. He didn't feel anything at first, but when he heard Ding Chengyuan mention it, he suddenly realized that he was My itinerary was really full and I experienced a lot of strange things.
With Marquis Anfeng in charge, the anecdotes about Magistrate Cui talking softly and sleeping with a tiger in the East China Sea would probably not spread. However, Qi Jingzhi seems to have become famous in Jiuzhen County.
Marquis Anfeng put away his smile and nodded to the young man as a return gift.
When he put down his wine glass and stood up, his face had regained its previous calmness: "There are many things going on in the city today, and I cannot stay long. When my nephew has finished taking care of the family affairs, you can bring him to my house immediately. I have something to tell you two."
After saying this, Ding Chengyuan seemed to have decided that Qi Jingzhi was a troublemaker who loved to join in the fun, and without asking whether the young man agreed, he raised his right foot and lightly stamped it on the ground. His whole body immediately jumped up and crashed into Qingming.
Then I saw the brocade robe with black background and gold embroidery spread out in the air, and suddenly a gust of wind blew up, pushing him flying away into the distance.
Until then, the chaotic sound of horse hooves and the collision of armor plates could be heard from far away on the back street outside the wall, following Ding Chengyuan quickly away.
"Did you discover that something was wrong with the Changle County Houya and took advantage of the situation to use the Cui family as bait?"
Seeing that Marquis Anfeng was flying to hold the traces and control the wind, he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Qi Jingzhi raised his head and continued to watch for a while, and then slowly withdrew his gaze.
He turned his head and met Ban Nu's pitiful eyes, and saw that this guy seemed to be quite frightened. Compared with his previous heroic performance in subduing the tiger girl, it was so different that people didn't know what to say.
While he was laughing, Qi Jingzhi also felt that although his horse was a little timid, it was well-behaved and sensible, so it was not easy to treat it harshly, so he turned his left hand over, and a black mirror appeared in his palm.
Then something appeared in the mirror, it was a crystal clear jasper alms bowl, with faintly colorful smoke flowing inside the bowl.
Next to the alms bowl, dozens of small characters appeared as usual: "The ghost corpse of tiger consumption, the ghost of wasted energy, encounters a tiger and becomes a corpse, destroys the evil spirit, the ghost dies and leaves the corpse, it is cold, sweet, slightly poisonous, can be collected, Remove qi and transform evil spirits.
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but be astonished. He originally thought that the ghost boy would be like a dragon or an elephant, and would be made into something like tiger beads by the mirror, which could be used to fill Bannu's belly and be considered as a way to comfort him. So hard.
Who would have known that the boy was not a human before he became the minions of the tiger, but a so-called "ghost of waste". After death, the ghost corpse turned into the shape of an object, which is really strange.
As for the three abilities of "collecting, expelling qi, and transforming evil spirits", Qi Jingzhi had a rough idea after just a moment's thought. He suddenly became playful and took out the jasper alms bowl from the small bronze mirror.
I saw that this thing was about the same size as a mirror and could fit in my hand. It felt delicate and cold to the touch, and it really fit the word "big cold".
"Since it looks like an alms bowl, let's start with "collection". "
Qi Jingzhi looked around, and his eyes quickly fell on the wine glass that Ding Chengyuan had just used.
He raised the jasper alms bowl to his ear,
Pointing his mouth at the wine glass, he shouted in a low voice: "Take it!"
After the words fell, the wine glass remained untouched.
"Um?"
Qi Jingzhi was slightly startled: "Did I think it was wrong?"
He clearly remembered that when the tiger monk forcibly peeled off the tiger skin, the flowered garment was peeled off and destroyed, and finally disappeared. When it reappeared, it was in the hands of the two ghost boys. Now that he thought about it, it might not have happened. It's because of how miraculous the tiger-skin flower clothes are, but it should be because of the methods of the Wasted Ghost.
Therefore, when Qi Jingzhi thought about it, this "retracting" should be similar to what Lu Yunzi called a woman carrying goods. She could move things out of thin air. He didn't want it to fail to work the first time.
He was not discouraged, and pointed the mouth of the alms bowl at the wine pot, bowls and chopsticks, leftover soup and even stone tables and benches in turn, but without exception, he failed to stimulate the absorbing power of the jasper bowl.
In desperation, Qi Jingzhi had no choice but to look at Ban Nu, who was watching obediently, and turned the jade alms bowl in his hand.
Seeing this, Ban Nu's expression suddenly changed.
It was obvious to him that the jasper alms bowl was conjured by Qi Jingzhi from the palm of his left hand, and the clear light that made him feel extremely fearful and willing to surrender was also hidden in the palm of his left hand!
Since this bastard only thought that he had sold himself out and taken refuge, he had been able to stay on his own for almost a day and two nights, and he even obeyed his master's words. He could even hold back the meat on his lips. He couldn't be more submissive. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't escape the murderous hand. !
Thinking of this section, Bannu immediately felt weak and felt desolate.
It wanted to run but didn't dare, for fear of angering this terrifying young man and provoking that even more terrifying clear light, and then it would be too late to regret it.
Fortunately, the new thing in his master's hands didn't seem to work very well. Bannu still had some luck in his heart, so he simply imitated the appearance of the female tiger just now and slumped down, lying on the ground unable to get up.
Qi Jingzhi didn't know that this coward was so worried and full of grievances, so he immediately said the word "accept".
This time, before he could finish his words, the jasper alms bowl suddenly shook, and the tiger evil smoke in the bowl surged out. In the blink of an eye, it condensed into a colorful tiger claw, which suddenly poked out from the alms bowl and grabbed directly towards Bannu.
The tiger's claw was only about the size of an ordinary person's hand at first, but when it was about to touch Bannu's head, it had swelled into the shape of a dustpan in the wind.
Seeing this, Ban Nu's eyes suddenly lit up. He did not just lie down and pretend to be dead. Instead, he raised his head like lightning and took the tiger claw in his mouth.
It flicked its neck without hesitation, and immediately tore off half of the tiger's claw, toes and palm, chewed it and swallowed it.
Then there was only a soft pop sound, and the heavily injured tiger claws immediately disintegrated into colorful smoke, and quickly got back into the jade bowl. It really went as fast as it came.
Seeing this change, Qi Jingzhi and Ban Nu were slightly startled, and then looked at each other with different expressions.
Bannu was obviously radiant, looking at his master with a flattering expression, but his eyes couldn't help but wander around, constantly peeking at the jade alms bowl.
Qi Jingzhi was mostly surprised, his eyes looked thoughtful, and he had many thoughts in his heart.
"I have seen the scene of evil spirits turning into claws at the bottom of the Xunjiang River. It is not that unusual. Especially the ability of the tiger corpse to collect ghost corpses seems to only be effective on living creatures. At the very least, it has to be something like a tiger skin. Just wait until something possesses evil aura."
"I have a mirror and a tiger Zen, both of which have miraculous effects on evil spirits. The "Secret Technique of Qiu Chu Cheng Yun" can also directly manipulate the essence of heaven and earth. This alms bowl is inevitably a bit useless, but it is better than nothing."
At this moment, Ban Nu's expression changed again, and he suddenly raised his head and sprayed out a large cloud of frosty white mist from his mouth and nose.
This frost mist obviously has a cold air, and there are also tiny blue-black ice crystals floating inside, making it feel chilly just looking at it.
Bannu shivered hard, with a strange expression of discomfort and relief on his face. It seemed that he was fine.
Qi Jingzhi felt a little relieved, but he couldn't help but remember that when he was at the ancient temple of Xiaosongshan, he was grabbed by the demon boy's two small hands by his ankles. He immediately felt bitingly cold, and his feet were like lumps of ice, and there was no trace of them.
Unable to move.
Even with a strong body like Senior Mandrill, a slap from the Demonic Boy would leave a green slap mark on his body, presumably because the essence in the skin and flesh was removed.
Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi lowered his head and looked at the jade alms bowl in his hand, and his impression was different again.
"The ability of the Void Ghost to absorb and pull out Qi actually landed on the tiger evil spirit in the bowl, and it became a rather vicious and fierce means of fighting the enemy."
"That is to say, Bannu feeds on the tiger evil spirit, and he happens to be a nemesis. If it were an ordinary person or even a low-level monk, if he were caught by the claws of this tiger-eating ghost corpse, I am afraid that it would be impossible to break free in a hurry, and it would happen after a long time. There is fear for one’s life.”
"As for the final evil..."
Qi Jingzhi thought for a moment, then stretched out the jade alms bowl towards the white frost mist floating in the air.
Sure enough, a suction force immediately emerged from the mouth of the bowl, swallowing all the food into his belly.
Qi Jingzhi retracted his arm and put it in front of his eyes to take a closer look. Even Ban Nu stretched his head over curiously.
Under the gaze of the master and the servant, they could see the frost mist rolling and swimming in the alms bowl like living creatures, but like the ebb of the sea water, it became thinner and lighter visibly to the naked eye, and soon it was revealed that it was sinking in the alms bowl. Blue-black ice crystals at the bottom of the bowl.
These ice crystals only lasted for a while before they all disintegrated and melted into the crystal clear blue bowl body. They merged with the beautiful smoke inside and were no longer separated from each other.
"Huh? In this way, the power of this jade bowl can be increased. If fed properly, it will be very impressive sooner or later."
Qi Jingzhi was thoughtful, then turned to look at his mount.
Bannu sensed the young man's gaze, and the expression on his face suddenly froze, while the white mane on his neck suddenly stood up.
