Chapter 65 Friend, You Don’t Want to… Is it strange that ghosts have their own mothers? This incident itself was not unusual at all and was not enough to make Tan Jinxuan make a fuss. What’s strange is that Xiaoqian suddenly told this matter just before the wedding. When a ghost marries a human, it is already in a weak position. Xiaoqian's situation is very special. If she could have someone to rely on, why would she hide it? This shows that she has never relied on the ghosts from her mother's family. She originally did not intend to say it, but something happened recently that forced her to tell Tan Jinxuan. In line with this, why didn't the ghost from Xiaoqian's family come looking for her when she was imprisoned in the mural of the goddess scattering flowers in Wushan Temple and refined into the "Illusionary Realm of Grand View" and forced to seduce the county literary student, but jumped out just when she was about to marry Tan Jinxuan and her life was going well? How could Tan Jinxuan not be suspicious? He wondered whether the ghost from Xiaoqian's family came to send off the bride, or to ask for a betrothal gift, or had some other intention? How should Tan Jinxuan deal with his father-in-law's sudden appearance with ill intentions? After reading the private message, Tao Tie did not think about these issues or find solutions.
because…… It’s not like Tao Tie wants to marry a female ghost. Whoever wants to marry the ghost Xiaoqian will of course be the one who has to worry about these problems. What's more, it is difficult for an honest judge to judge family affairs. Can this kind of thing be controlled? No! Nothing good will happen if you get involved, it will only cause trouble. Therefore, Tao Tie quickly focused his attention on the second part of the private message. Who is Qin Shousheng? Tao Tie thought about it for a while and came up with the answer. Qin Shousheng, He was also the author of "A Hundred Beauties. Spring. Palace. Pictures", which caused many children's literary spirit to be sucked away in the county literature; He was also the person who led Tan Jinxuan to the path of using straw paper to ward off ghosts; Li Junsheng was also the culprit for having to sell the "Wen Xin Diao Long" Haoran artifact at a low price; Chu Mingtu and Su Wan'er almost had marital discord and their family broke up, and they were also the alternative "neighbor Wang"; A martyr whose name is destined to be passed down in the literature of Liuxian County for a long time. He is a magical person who appeared in the Wushan Temple/Liansheng/Padmasambhava incident and the ivory dragon paperweight incident. Although he appeared only a few times, his presence was undoubtedly very strong! Who would have thought that Qin Shousheng would suddenly reappear more than two months after he had been dead and his body had been burned to ashes as required by the county government. As a token of friendship, I would like to send a congratulatory letter to Tan Jinxuan who is about to get married! Anyone who is not so stupid would not think that this congratulatory letter was left by Qin Shousheng before his death. After all, before Qin Shousheng died of exhaustion, even Tan Jinxuan himself didn't know that he would marry a female ghost. Even though this female ghost is the ghost Xiaoqian whom he loves very much! Well……
Thinking about it this way, it would be even more chilling if this congratulatory letter was left by Qin Shousheng before his death. This means that Qin Shousheng had foreseen many of the subsequent events more than two months ago. The problem is coming. Among the several participants in the Wushan Temple/Liansheng/Padmasambhava incident, Tao Tie and Tan Jinxuan were only a ninth-rank Taoist practitioner and a Confucian practitioner who had entered the rank but not yet the ninth rank. It was not surprising that their fates were foreseen. Can…… Not only is Huang Junshi suspected to be a third-grade great cultivator, his strength is definitely outstanding. The female teacher of the county literature school who did not want to reveal her name was not an easy person to deal with. Could Qin Shousheng, a student, really foresee the fate of these two people? Tao Tie doesn't think this is possible. Unless Qin Shousheng is not just a student. The question is, Instructor Huang and the female instructor of the county literature who wishes to remain anonymous can find the Five-Power Demon, the Five-Power Evil God, and Padmasambhava, but how could they not find Qin Shousheng, who is really problematic? When both of them were involved in Baimeitu's absorption of Tongsheng Wenqi. This is possible, but not big. Therefore, the congratulatory letter to Qin Shousheng mentioned in Tan Jinxuan's private letter must have been written and sent recently. If you think about it this way, things won't be that complicated. It's simply that Qin Shousheng was not completely dead, and his ghost was not led into the netherworld by the underworld, so he came back to the door again. Commonly known as haunted! Or to put it another way, Tan Jinxuan encountered a ghost! Of course, this is obviously not an ordinary case of haunting or ghost encounter. Because Tan Jinxuan is a Confucian cultivator of the lower eighth rank. Moreover, Tan Jinxuan has extensive experience in dealing with ghosts, especially female ghosts (!), and can be called an expert in warding off ghosts. It should be the ghosts that are afraid of him, not him who is afraid of the ghosts! Considering this point of view, there must be something fishy about the fact that Tan Jinxuan received a congratulatory letter from his friend Qin Shousheng who had come back to life. And there is a high probability that it is something strange that Tan Jinxuan cannot handle properly and independently. Tan Jinxuan has no other pursuits except to save his face! If he was unable to cope with the situation himself and had no other options, he would not have asked Tao Tie for help. Well…… Although there was not a single word related to "help" in the several private messages he sent, every word expressed the desire for help. These thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, and Tao Tie did not think about it for too long. He immediately came up with a response to Tan Jinxuan's request for help. He first directly forwarded the content of Tan Jinxuan's private message to Teacher Huang, along with his own guesses and inferences. Then I plan to report it according to the procedures of the Immortal God Department.
But when he was about to send the "email" to the Immortal God Si Gongcao, he stopped. This evening, Tao Tie flashed back to the scene where Tan Jinxuan was dragging Chen Luhui, one in each hand, and that rude old man, bumping into each other on the way to the Gongcao's duty room. "Ugh!" With a sigh, Tao Tie gave up the idea of pushing Tan Jinxuan's request for help to the Immortal God Department. After all, the person involved, Tan Jinxuan, was an inspector of the Immortal God Department. When he encountered such an incident, he could have directly applied for support from the department, but he did not do so. There must be a reason. There must be a reason why he did not seek help from the county literature where he came from, but instead turned to Tao Tie. No matter what the reason was, Tan Jinxuan chose to trust Tao Tie more than trusting Liuxian County literature, its teachers and classmates. Tao Tie felt that he should not betray this trust too easily. Although Tao Tie has never been the kind of person who would "give me a peach and I'll repay you with a jade pendant". It is impossible to go against the spirit of "not daring to be the first in the world" that we have been trying to practice in the past seven days because of this kind of Schrödinger-style trust that can be described as cheap yet seems to be sky-high. However, we can try to find a way to have the best of both worlds. Thinking of this, Tao Tie put away the high-quality communication terminal and sent out the five little ghosts that had escaped the "restraints" of the Five Ghost Bag. The five little ghosts, "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn", "Winter" and "Center", have just settled down in their new home. They are so happy that they are planning to have a celebration. Just when I was getting excited, a bucket of cold water was poured over my head. I received a task that I couldn't refuse. He could only reluctantly leave Tao Tie's body and spirit, cursing as he escaped into the void, heading towards Jiadi Lane in Dongcheng District. This feeling is quite amazing. In fact, Tao Tie could not understand the language mumbling from the five little ghosts, just like cat slaves could not understand their cat masters' dirty words but could feel their cat masters' anger. "Well……" When this metaphor came to his mind, Tao Tiezhi wanted to cover his face. What on earth has he been thinking about all day? Resisting the urge to cover his face, Tao Tie sat on the Diaoyutai and took out the grain of Void Debris that fell from the sky. While waiting for the five little ghosts to find out the details, he followed the instructions given by [Knowing All Things] and refined the grain of Void Debris into the storage bag to increase the volume inside. Why not choose to visualize Taotie, eat this grain of empty gravel, and quickly get started with the Earthly Evil Technique "Hutian"? The reason is simple: you can’t chew too much! If you carefully count the skills and spells that Tao Tie is currently learning and practicing, you will find that Tao Tie’s energy is not enough. 【Knowing Everything】 is the foundation of life and must be practiced every day. The Taotie Visualization Method is the best method so far for the stubborn stone leaking body and it should not be neglected. The Taiyi Five Elements Guiding and Refining Body Technique is the fundamental method of Taoism and you should not be lazy about it for even a day. The Earthly Evil Techniques of "Passing through the Netherworld", "Slaying Demons", "Swordsmanship", "Controlling the Wind", "Jumping over Rocks", "Guiding", "Averting Disasters" and "Resolving Evils" each have their own uses, and one would not be willing to delay the progress of any of them. The Taiyi Fenguang Sword Art is an unparalleled sword technique that was taught by Huang Junshi as a model and by the Eight Immortals themselves. How dare we talk about putting it aside? Every day, I have to attend morning and evening classes, perform duties for the Immortal God Department, expand my knowledge, and read various classics... In other words, "Xingyiquan" is of little use, and you can discard "Taiyi Sect's Basic Magic Spells" which you are not in a hurry to spend a lot of effort to learn.
Where do you get so much time and energy? Even if it was just the "Hu Tian" technique, which was essential for household use, travel, murder and arson, Tao Tie would be powerless to learn it. It is very likely that you will be like the indecisive cat, and in the end you will neither catch dragonflies, butterflies, birds, nor fish. Everything has been delayed! Tao Tie made a resolute decision and focused on refining the Kongming fragments into the storage bag. At this moment, Huang Junshi, who received two "harassment" private messages, was entertaining guests. "If Huang Duguan has something to do, I will come back tomorrow and will not bother you tonight." After patiently waiting for half the night, Miao Zongren, the magistrate of Liuxian County, finally waited for Huang Junshi to return to the cave. He narrowed his eyes and spoke in a natural expression and tone. "Please sit down, my dear father and mother. I have nothing to do. I am just undecided about something and would like to ask you something." How could Huang Junshi follow Magistrate Mu's words and let him go back after waiting for half the night? He immediately explained. Huang Junshi did this not because he was abiding by the rules of officialdom, so he treated Magistrate Miao "differently" and allowed himself to compromise. But Huang Junshi truly felt that Magistrate Miao was worthy of respect. Although Liuxian County has the Eight Immortals Mountain, a place where eight immortals feasted and feasted, it has never developed. Not to mention that it is a mess, but at least it is not a good place. It was not until Miao Zongren took office and worked as the county magistrate for thirty years that he developed Liuxian County. This example, although not unprecedented in the entire territory and history of the Dayong Dynasty, is definitely unprecedented! Is there any county magistrate in the world who has been in office for thirty years? Miao Zongren did it. Moreover, Liuxian County was not allowed to "secede", and it still completely supported the central government of the Celestial Empire and the emperor! Of course, human resources and material resources are sometimes exhausted. In order to develop as quickly as possible, County Magistrate Miao often had to sit back and watch bad things happen for the sake of greater interests. Among these bad things, there was the main reason why Miao Zongren secretly came to Huang Junshi tonight to seek support. "Ah." Miao Zongren nodded, accepting Huang Junshi's words without hesitation, and then continued the conversation to talk about the main business of this trip, "The management of Yudai River still needs Huang Duguan and the Immortal God Bureau to take care of it. As for the Eight Immortals Mountain..." As he spoke, Miao Zongren swallowed the words that were about to rise up in his throat. It seems like he has some concerns. Huang Junshi smiled faintly and said, "Just tell the officials what they want to say. I am a very open-minded person. If I can agree, I will agree. If I can't agree, I won't talk about it." Upon hearing this, Miao Zongren immediately showed a look of shame on his face, and said sadly: "Alas! I was judging others by my own standards. Huang Duguan, I apologize to you." After he finished speaking, Miao Zongren bowed to Huang Junshi without paying any attention to Huang Junshi's refusal. You must ask for something from others. Huang Junshi could not avoid Miao Zongren's forced apology and could only listen quietly to what Miao Zongren said next. Miao Zongren said, "In the Eight Immortals Mountain, Miao has petitioned the court and asked the Ministry of Rites and Shrines for approval to confer the title of Mountain Ghost Girl as the mountain god of the Eight Immortals Mountain to cope with the inevitable fluctuations in the situation. As for Jingling Mountain and the Yu family in Siming Prefecture..."
After hesitating for a moment, Miao Zongren gritted his teeth, his eyes full of shame, and he bowed deeply with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "I still have to trouble Huang Duguan to come forward and cover up for Miao and the 130,000 people in Liuxian County." "What is this official doing?" Huang Junshi immediately reached out his hand to help Miao Zongren up, and said as if making a promise, "I am the governor of the Immortal God Department of Liuxian County, and I will perform my duties. If Jingling Mountain and the Yu family cross the border, there is no need for the parents to say so. I will come forward to meet them." "in this way……" Upon hearing this, Miao Zongren's eyes filled with tears and he choked up as he bowed and said, "I'll leave this matter to Huang Duguan." After saying this, he bowed deeply and remained in worship for a long time. This time, Huang Junshi did not stop him, nor did he offer any support. Instead, he let Miao Zongren bow to the end. After a while, Miao Zongren, who looked normal, stood up, bowed again, and said, "It's getting late, so I won't disturb Huang Duguan to rest. Goodbye, please stay." Huang Junshi really stayed and just watched Miao Zongren leave the cave and walk into the night. The figure of Old Qiu suddenly appeared from nowhere, glared at Huang Junshi, and sighed unhappily: "A gentleman can be bullied! Dao Xiaofeng, oh no, now I should call her Fairy Nihuang, bullied you. This fellow Miao Zongren also bullied you. Haha..." In a long tone, Mr. Qiu continued, "From now on, I don't know what kind of people will bully you." Huang Junshi was not annoyed at all, and there was no ripple in his heart. He just stretched out his hand and summoned two light mirrors. A light mirror was pointed at Miao Zongren in the night, observing where he would go and what he would do next; A light microscope was facing Tao Tie, observing what he was doing and where he would go next. In the second light mirror, Tao Tie used a combination of the spells "Clear Water Like Spring" and "Circular Light Technique" to create a display screen, allowing him to view the five ghosts' feedback from a first-person perspective in real time. The five little ghosts have now arrived at No. 16, Jiadi Lane, Dongcheng District, Tan Jinxuan's home, hiding in the void, eating melons and watching the fun. "Jie Jie Jie..." Li Junsheng, who looked haggard and as if drained of his energy, first laughed like a typical villain, then said sinisterly, "Friend Tan Jinxuan, you don't want everyone to know that your wife has absorbed the spiritual and yang energy of your friends, right?" "Where will you put your face in that case?" (End of this chapter)