It was said that this Xiangji Temple was haunted. Every time the sun went down, there would be a female ghost in white with a long tongue hanging out. She was especially good at teasing people. She floated around the temple and shouted to the passersby in a desolate and terrifying voice,"I hate it, I hate it so much! I really hate it! I want to kill all the evil people in the world! Kill all the hypocrites! Kill all the sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, and great-grandsons!”
It was said that those who were lucky would run away when they saw the white shadow from afar. Those who were a little unlucky would make the female ghost scared witless, and even half of their hair and beard would be pulled out by the female ghost. The one with even worse luck was to die and go to Suzhou to sell salted duck eggs with his ancestors.
No one knew when Xiangji Temple started being haunted. Because Xiangji Temple had been dilapidated for a long time, there were no Bodhisattvas or Buddha statues in the temple. Looking around, there were only piles of rubble and toppled old incense burner, and a few broken pillars supporting the roof. Therefore, other than the woodcutter who passed by to cut wood and the hunters who went up the mountain to hunt, who would occasionally rest here, almost no one would come.
It was precisely because of this that when the news of female ghosts appearing in Xiangji Temple spread, the people nearby regarded Xiangji Temple as a forbidden area. Even hunters and woodsmen did not come. In addition, Xiangji Temple was surrounded by dense pine and cypress trees. The ancient trees towered into the sky, and the weeds grew taller than people. When the wind blew, it made a low rustling sound. From afar, it sounded like the wailing of ghosts. This made Xiangji Temple, which was located outside Huangliang Dream Town, look like a ghost town even in broad daylight.
However, there was one person who was not afraid of ghosts. Instead of staying in the bustling Huang Liang Meng Town, he had to slowly drive his donkey to live in the haunted Xiangji Temple. Moreover, he had chosen to come at the darkest and darkest moment before dawn when the moon had already set and the sun had yet to rise.
He was Chu Yunxuan!
It wasn't that Chu Yunxuan didn't know that Xiangji Temple was haunted, nor was it that Chu Yunxuan knew some demon-subduing magic. It was that he thought that the ghosts in Xiangji Temple weren't ghosts at all, but people in disguise. Therefore, he, who had always made it his duty to earn big money, his goal to earn small money, and his duty to collect money, accepted the request of the townspeople of A Golden Millet Dream for a hundred taels of silver and rode a black donkey to Xiangji Temple to catch ghosts.
The Xiangji Temple before dawn was frighteningly gloomy. Looking around, one could see that it was dark all around. The shadows of the trees crisscrossed like ghosts, and the leaves of the white poplars and green maples made a sound under the night wind, as if someone was clapping in the dark.
Chu Yunxuan jumped off the donkey's back, threw the reins on the ground, and strode into Xiangji Temple.
However, before she could reach the door, she saw a white figure flash past her eyes.
Chu Yunxuan's eyes flashed as he turned around and followed the white shadow.
The white shadow seemed to have sensed that someone was following it, not only did it walk faster, it moved left and right, up and down, disappeared and disappeared, and kept chirping.
Hearing this strange cry, Chu Yunxuan was even more certain that the white figure in front of him was a human and not a ghost. Which ghost would make such a strange chirping sound? And it was screaming like a stupid bird that was stuck in its throat?
Hence, he leaped lightly and stood in front of the white shadow. However, he realized that the white shadow was so small that it was not even as tall as his shoulders when it stood up!
"Little fool, is your throat broken or are you having a fever? Otherwise, why did he sound like a sparrow?”
The white shadow shouted angrily, clenching its fists tightly. Its voice sounded a little muffled." You're the little fool, the little sparrow! Let me tell you, I'm a very, very fierce hanging ghost! I once strangled a bad guy to death with my tongue and scared away two perverts. He even used his hair to hang a few stinky bandits on a tree to dry them up. Only the next day did he suck their vitality dry and let them die! If you don't want to die, you'd better leave quickly. Otherwise, I'll change my face and scare you. Don't blame me for not reminding you, my face is very scary, very scary!”
Chu Yunxuan looked at the white figure whose face was wrapped in a silk cloth, only revealing two eyes."Alright! I've never been scared by a ghost in my life, and I've never seen what a ghost looks like. Now you've changed your face. Let me see how terrifying your face is.”
The white figure's round eyes darted around as if he was considering the reliability of the man's words." Are you really not afraid? I'll say it again, my face is very scary, very scary! You'll be scared to death if you see me. You don't really want to be scared to death, do you?”
Chu Yunxuan smiled." Didn't you come to Xiangji Temple to scare people? Since that's the case, I'll let you scare me. I've never seen a ghost's face before anyway, so I really want to see it. If you really scare me to death, then I'll take it that I'm unlucky and definitely won't seek your life. How about it?”
The white figure tilted her head and looked like she was seriously considering it." Really?”
"Of course it's true. A real man keeps his word and won't go back on his word!”Chu Yunxuan almost swore to the heavens.
"You really won't come to me for revenge?"
"No way!" Chu Yunxuan laughed. You're already a ghost. Are you still afraid that I'll come and take your life?”
"Of course! Haven't you heard that ghosts are afraid of ghosts too?" the white shadow growled in a low voice.”
Chu Yunxuan stared at the ghost in front of him with great interest. It was 99% human, and judging from the voice, it should be a little girl's ghost. "Oh? Why are ghosts afraid of ghosts?"
The white shadow snorted." Because ghosts are different too! There were big ghosts, small ghosts, medium ghosts, small ghosts, old ghosts, lecherous ghosts, ugly ghosts, beautiful ghosts, handsome ghosts, fierce ghosts, and ghosts with great strength.”
"Then what the hell are you?"
"Me?" The white shadow glared at Chu Yunxuan." I'm just a pitiful, weak, and skinny ghost. You're so tall and stronger than me. If you turn into a ghost, I definitely won't be able to defeat you!”
"So, you only scare those who look younger, more pitiful, and weaker than you?”
The white shadow glared at him as if he was an idiot." Nonsense. Don't you know that ghosts bully the good and fear the evil just like humans? Besides, I'm not scaring people randomly. I have my targets. For example, those who are not filial to their parents, bully weak women and children, or those who specifically vent their anger on the kind people in the local area. Or those who are obviously very strong but are lazy. Such bad people deserve to die. It's not too much for me to scare them! As for you…"
The white shadow jumped in front of Chu Yunxuan and circled around him." I don't think you're a bad person, and I've never heard of you doing anything bad, so you can go!" I don't want to scare you, and I don't want to hurt innocent people.”
The white shadow generously opened up a path for Chu Yunxuan to leave.
Chu Yunxuan couldn't help but laugh. Specializing in scaring people and finding bad people? Was there such a ghost in the world? She even said that she didn't think he was a bad person, so she didn't scare him. Please! Which bad guy would write on his face to admit that he was a bad guy?
What an overly naive little girl!
"You don't want to scare me?" Chu Yunxuan pursed his lips and slowly approached the white shadow." But I feel like a bad guy and I really want to be scared by you. What should I do?"”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yunxuan reached out his hand to the white shadow's face at lightning speed, trying to pull off the cloth wrapped around the white shadow's face.
The white shadow was screaming and retreating in a flurry." You lecher! What do you want to do?"
Chu Yunxuan said with a faint smile,""Didn't you say that you only scare bad guys? I'm a bad guy. Since he's a bad guy, of course he deserves to be scared by you, right?”
The white shadow waved its hands and shouted," Don't come any closer! If you come over again, I'm going to scare you!”
"Alright, you change. I came all the way here just to see you change your face. If you don't change your face, wouldn't I have come all the way here for nothing?”As he spoke, Chu Yunxuan advanced without hesitation.
The white shadow jumped around, avoiding Chu Yunxuan." Don't come over! If you come over again, I'll really make a face to scare you this time!”
"Go ahead and change!" Chu Yunxuan replied fearlessly. I'm waiting here!"
" You... I..." The white shadow seemed to be angry. She reached out and wiped her face, revealing a small face that was painted in red and green colors." If you like to look, I'll let you look." Look, look, look! Look carefully. If you're unlucky enough to be scared to death by me, don't complain!”
Chu Yunxuan didn't know if he had eaten the guts of a bear or a leopard, or if he was certain that the white figure in front of him was a human, but he actually went forward and looked at it with his eyes wide open. He didn't forget to look up and down, from front to back, carefully and criticize it. "Hmm…his face is bruised, red, and purple. His teeth are quite sharp. However, you said that you were a hanging ghost, right?”
"Yeah, so?"
"What about the tongue? Hanged ghosts usually have long tongues. Where's your long tongue?”
The white figure's mouth opened slightly. Why did he forget to put on his tongue?
So she covered her mouth with her hand and took the opportunity to put on her tongue. Then, she said proudly,"This is my tongue. Let me tell you, I've strangled someone with this tongue!”
Chu Yunxuan looked at the long and red tongue hanging in front of her chest and asked with a smile,""Is this your tongue? How long did you use? Two feet or three feet?”
The white shadow replied without thinking,"No!" I used four feet of cloth and spent an entire night to make it. It looks very similar, right? Even I would be scared when I look in the mirror…"
Suddenly, the white figure stopped talking as if he had remembered something. His round eyes widened as he stared at Chu Yunxuan.
"So ghosts can look in the mirror and stick a white cloth on their mouth to pretend to have a tongue!" Chu Yunxuan said coldly.”
" You, you, you…" The white figure stuttered and almost bit off its own tongue.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! He was really stupid! Which ghost in the world needed to look in the mirror? Besides, could a ghost look in the mirror with a body?
The white shadow paused for a moment and tried to argue." Of course I do. I just died not long ago and I'm not a complete ghost yet, so I can still look in the mirror. Otherwise, how would I know if I've become scary enough?”
"What about the tongue? What's with the tongue? Aren't you the Hanging Ghost? Why would you need a fake tongue?”Chu Yunxuan advanced step by step.
" That's because…because…" The white shadow looked at Chu Yunxuan guiltily, not knowing how to explain.
What should he do? This person seemed to be very powerful. He was completely different from the other pustules in the past. He was not afraid of ghosts at all. Moreover, he seemed to have seen through her fake ghost. What should she do?
Run! Nanny had said that if he couldn't be scared, he would run away. If he couldn't snatch the silver, he would run away. Although he hadn't snatched the silver yet, it seemed that he couldn't be scared anymore. Naturally, it was impossible to snatch the silver from him. He followed the 36 strategies taught by the nanny!! Sneak away!
The white shadow screamed and pointed behind Chu Yunxuan. There's a ghost!"
Chu Yunxuan couldn't help but laugh. This girl was already acting like a ghost, so why would she be afraid of ghosts? However, despite this thought, he still turned his head away.
The moment Chu Yunxuan turned his head, the white shadow immediately disappeared into the grass beside him.
It was late at night. Yun Xiuyi ran around the forest in a panic. As she ran, she didn't forget to turn around to see if Chu Yunxuan had caught up with her. She muttered and cursed in a mess.
She was the white-clothed female ghost who pretended to be a ghost in Xiangji Temple to scare people, but Chu Yunxuan thought that her throat was broken.
" Damn you, stinky ghost, bad ghost, lecherous ghost, perverted ghost, boring ghost," Yun Xiuyi cursed." I've already been very polite to you by showing you the ghost face. How dare you try to sneak attack me?" I can't pretend to be a ghost in Xiangji Temple to earn money.”
After a pause, Yun Xiuyi continued to curse, I curse that you will never earn money in your life. I curse that your son, your grandson, and your grandson will never earn money. You will always be a poor and unlucky person! It's fine if you don't have a wife. Otherwise, I'll curse you to marry a poor and unlucky woman who will spend all your money and property to avenge me! Hmph hmph hmph!"
While cursing, Yun Xiuyi did not forget to kick the big tree in the forest and pull out the wild grass and flowers beside the tree to vent her anger. Who taught her to work for free tonight? Not only did she not earn even one tael of silver, but she also almost let that lecher take advantage of her and see through her true colors.
Therefore, she was so angry that she had to find something to vent her anger on. Otherwise, she might die of anger.
Besides, if she didn't kick these trees to vent her anger now, she would be kicked by that bastard Ma Wanqun when she went back. Perhaps even Nanny would suffer.
Thinking of Ma Wanqun, Yun Xiuyi's anger instantly disappeared.
What should he do? If he couldn't even get a tael of silver tonight, how would that hateful Ma Wanqun teach him a lesson? If he knew that she had been exposed as a fake ghost and could no longer pretend to be a ghost to scare people and rob money, how angry would he be? Maybe…maybe…
Thinking of Ma Wanqun's ruthless methods, Yun Xiuyi couldn't help but have goosebumps all over his body.
She was still young and had learned a bit of martial arts. No matter how Ma Wanqun kicked or hit her, she could endure it. However, Nanny was different. Nanny was so old, how could she withstand Ma Wanqun's kicks?
If she was not careful, Nanny might be beaten to death by him…
No, no! She could not let anything happen to Nanny. Nanny was her only family in this world. She couldn't lose Nanny, and she couldn't watch Nanny get bullied by Ma Wanqun because of her. So she had to find that pervert to take revenge and rob him of a few hundred taels of silver. That way, Nanny and she wouldn't be bullied by Ma Wanqun.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiuyi nodded vigorously and muttered to himself,"Let's go rob that beautiful lecher of a few hundred taels of silver. Maybe he's lucky and has a few thousand taels of silver on him! Anyway, the sky is so dark and the wind is so strong. If I suddenly appear and rob him, and then pretend to be the old demon of the Black Mountain to scare him, he definitely won't recognize me!”
At this moment, a lazy voice sounded behind Yun Xiuyi." What's the Old Monster of the Black Mountain?"”
"The Old Fiend of the Black Mountain has long hair, a long tongue, and long black clothes…" Yun Xiuyi replied without thinking.
Suddenly, she turned around as if she had noticed something. Chu Yunxuan's tall figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
" You, you..." Yun Xiuyi's eyes were wide open, and he couldn't help but step back. He had even forgotten how to disguise himself as the Witch of the Black Mountain.
Chu Yunxuan had a half-smile on his face." You what? Didn't you want to pretend to be the Witch of the Black Mountain to scare me and steal my silver? Now that I'm here, you can pretend for me.”
Yun Xiuyi shook his head desperately. His eyes were filled with fear." I, I…I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to go home!"”
With that, Yun Xiuyi ran away.
Chu Yunxuan reached out his hand and grabbed Yun Xiuyi like an eagle catching a chick." How can this be?" I went to great lengths to follow you all the way to Xiangji Temple. If you don't dress up, wouldn't it have been a waste of my efforts to follow you all the way here and there and live in the deserted temple?”
Yun Xiuyi's small mouth opened slightly, and she could not close it for a long time." You…you're following me?”
Chu Yunxuan smiled and leaned closer to her, looking at her colorful face that was 30% human and 70% peacock tail. Since I saw you for the first time in the ruined temple outside Longhua Town, I have been following you. Let me calculate, you have been to Xinyang, Queshan, Yidu, Nanfeng, Guoxing, Sishui, Zheng County…"
Chu Yunxuan mentioned about ten places in a row. Those were places where Yun Xiuyi had been to and even disguised as a ghost to scare people. She had even forgotten the names of some places, but he remembered them.
"I didn't expect that you, a young girl, would actually pretend to be a ghost and run all over the country? It really wasn't easy! Which ghost in this world can run around like you?”Chu Yunxuan said coldly.
"You…What do you want to do?" Yun Xiuyi nervously looked at the strange man in front of him. He clenched his fists tightly and bravely threatened,"Let me tell you, I'm not alone! If you dare to bully me, my companions will seek revenge on you and beat you up!”
"Is that so? Since I dare to follow you, then I have some confidence. Besides, with your mediocre martial arts, I think…your companions are probably not much better. Why should I be afraid of your revenge?”
Yun Xiuyi became even more nervous." You…What do you want to do?”
"What are you doing?" Chu Yunxuan pursed his lips and reached out a hand to Yun Xiuyi." Give it to me!"”
"What is it? I don't know you, and I've never taken anything from you.”Yun Xiuyi kept struggling.
" You didn't take anything from me, but you took a lot of silver from others. Let me calculate…" Chu Yunxuan counted with his fingers." You've been to seventeen places in the north and south and cheated fifty-eight people of their money. Twenty-three of them were disloyal, unfilial, heartless, and unjust. So, excluding these twenty-three people, you robbed a total of fifteen hundred and twenty-seven taels of silver from the other thirty-five people. Hand over the money!"”
Yun Xiuyi was full of courage when she mentioned the silver. Even her voice became louder." Why should I give you the silver? You're not an official, nor are you the county magistrate, nor are you the parents or children of those people. Why should I give you the silver? Besides, it wasn't easy for me to earn it. I don't want to give it to you!”
"I am indeed not an official, nor am I the magistrate, but have you heard of a saying?”
"I've heard a lot of things. Who knows which one you're talking about?”Yun Xiuyi glared at him angrily. She took the opportunity to kick him with her calves and hit him with her fists.
Chu Yunxuan grabbed her collar as if he was watching a monkey show. He looked at her with cold eyes as she twisted and kicked her body like a flea." The world is under the control of the world, especially this kind of thing that scams, scams, and scares the people. It's even more so!"”
"When did I disturb the hearts of the people and scare them?”
"Isn't it disturbing people's hearts when you pretend to be a ghost to scare people? Do you know how many people in the town of A Golden Millet Dream are so scared by you that they don't dare to go out at night, and even tremble in fear during the day?”
"But I didn't go to town to scare people. I only hid in the temple! Besides…besides, I've asked everyone who passed by. I'll only scare them if I can. If they're good people who do good deeds, I won't scare them!”Yun Xiuyi argued.
Chu Yunxuan snorted coldly." You think you can find out a person's character just by asking around?”
" I…" Yun Xiuyi lowered her head and played with her fingers guiltily.
Chu Yunxuan looked at her." Since you didn't mean to scare me, I'll let you off this time, but you have to hand over the money you cheated and return it to those people."”
Speaking of silver, Yun Xiuyi became bold again. She shamelessly said,"No! I worked hard to get those silvers, I'm not handing them over!”
Chu Yunxuan frowned." You're not handing it over?”
Yun Xiuyi was full of courage and nodded with certainty." Yes, I won't." Even if you beat me to death, I won't hand it over!”
He stared at her." Are you really not going to hand it over?"
Yun Xiuyi raised her head arrogantly, looking like a hero who would never return." Miss, if I say I won't hand it over, then I won't."”
Chu Yunxuan's beautiful and deep eyes flashed with a hint of slyness." I'll ask you again, are you really not going to hand it over?”
"It's the same even if I ask a hundred times. I won't hand it over, I won't hand it over, I definitely won't hand it over, I won't hand it over at all, I won't hand it over even if I'm beaten to death!”
"Alright, in that case, don't blame me for not giving you a chance.”
Yun Xiuyi widened her eyes and looked at him." What do you want to do?”
Chu Yunxuan smiled faintly and tapped her body a few times before putting her on the ground. He then tied her hands and feet with a vine and carried her out.
At this moment, the sky was almost bright. A red light could be seen rising in the east.
"What are you doing? Where do you want to take me? Let me go, let me go!" Yun Xiuyi shouted nervously, his body twisting non-stop. Unfortunately, her acupuncture points were first struck and then tied up by the tree vines, so she could not move at all.
Chu Yunxuan put the little girl on the donkey's back and lowered his head to look at her flushed face. He said softly,""Parade."
Yun Xiuyi was stunned." What?"
Chu Yunxuan smiled strangely." I said I would take you to the streets to show the people of Yellow Millet Dream what the ghost of Xiangji Temple looks like."”#
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