Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 108 Making Friends with the Judge
Walking in front of the statue, Zhu Erdan put the food and wine on the altar, subconsciously adjusted his clothes, and then bowed respectfully to the statue.

"Student Zhu Erdan pays homage to the judge!"

After three obeisances, Zhu Erdan poured a glass of wine and slowly sprinkled it on the ground, and said: "The student took the liberty to come here to ask for something...

If the magistrate has the spirit to help the students with this favor, the students must come to offer incense and invite the magistrate to drink a few cups. "

While speaking, Zhu Erdan poured another glass of wine and spilled it on the ground.

"Stinky boy, don't splash it on the ground..."

Suddenly there was a loud shout, which made Zhu Erdan's hands tremble in fright, and the wine glass fell to the ground.

But the miracle is that when the wine glass was about to hit the ground, the wine glass stopped, and the wine inside did not spill out.

Before Zhu Erdan came back to his senses, the wooden judge statue started to move...

Fortunately, Zhu Erdan was more or less mentally prepared, but he didn't panic and panic, but stepped back a few steps in fright.

"You nerd, isn't it a waste to spill wine on the floor?"

The judge was really alive, and he reached out his hand for the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

Then he took a few gulps from the jug and "Gulu Gulu": "Well, good wine!"

Zhu Erdan came back to his senses, boldly stepped forward and gave a salute: "If your lord judge likes it, the student will send another altar over tomorrow night."

"Hahaha, okay, let's have a few drinks then."

"That's the honor of the students."

"Your name is Zhu Erdan, right?"

"Exactly!"

"Well, my surname is Lu, so don't call me an adult, just call me Lu Pan."

Zhu Erdan has always been informal, seeing the other party's generosity, he couldn't help but cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Then the student should be respectful rather than obedient."

"Okay, stop flattering, as the saying goes, you can go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, so tell me, what's your business?"

"That's right, the student has a good friend named Fang Yu, and he met a woman named Yan'er..."

Zhu Erdan gave a rough talk, and finally said: "The student went to see that woman in person, and suspects that she is a female ghost."

Hearing this, Judge Lu smiled: "Your suspicion is right."

"Oh? Could it be that Judge Lu knew about this?"

"No, because as soon as you came in, I sensed a faint yin energy on your body, which means that you have been close to ghosts before."

Zhu Erdan immediately cupped his hands and begged: "I still have a classmate who stayed on the boat with that female ghost, and begged Lu Pan to accept that female ghost."

"Alas!" Lu Juan sighed: "Today's world is too chaotic, and the underworld has also become chaotic. I am not a good judge.

Let's go, I'll go with you to see where Youhun is so bold and dare to make trouble in the city. "

Not long after, the two came to Erdao Bridge together.

"Huh? The boat is gone?"

Zhu Erdan looked at the foggy river, but did not find the shadow of the boat.

Lu Juan smiled: "It's not that it's gone, it's because you can't see it..."

While speaking, Lu Pan raised his hand and shook it in front of Zhu Erdan's eyes.After a while, Zhu Erdan finally saw the boat moored in the middle of the river, moving with the waves.

Faintly, some indescribable voices could be heard.

"Okay, just wait here for a while, I'll come as soon as I go."

Before Zhu Erdan could speak, Lu Pan disappeared from the spot in a flash.

At this time, a big drama is going on in the general cabin.

Tang Youzong finally understood why Fang Yu's eyebrows would beam when he mentioned Yan'er. This feeling was... as if he was about to ascend to heaven.

"No, Yan'er run!"

Outside the cabin, the old woman's complexion changed, she shouted hastily, and at the same time turned into a ray of breeze and wanted to escape.

"Do you still want to escape?"

Lu Pan snorted coldly, grabbed the old woman with a grab, and immediately grabbed the old woman.

In the cabin, the female ghost named Yan'er also failed to escape, and was beaten back to her original shape by Lu Pan, scaring Tang Youzong to faint on the spot.

Daringly, the beauty in his eyes is actually a ferocious ghost with a face full of sores.

Even the old woman was not a human being, and she was also a lonely ghost.

"Your Majesty, please let us go, we did not harm anyone..."

"Shut up, stop sophistry!"

Lu Juan is a judge after all, how could the tricks of the two little devils fool him?

In order to stay in the human world for a long time, some lonely ghosts do not hesitate to seduce men with their beauty and absorb men's yang energy for cultivation.

This female ghost named Yan'er is considered to be a smarter type, and she adopts the method of slow water and long flow.

However, even if this is the case, ordinary men may recover slowly once or twice, but if the number of times is too high, Yin Qi will be deposited in the body, leading to the prosperity of Yin and the decline of Yang, until they die.

Just like Fang Yu, if he didn't get rid of the pent-up Yin Qi in his body in time, he might not be able to survive for a few days.

After a while, Lu Pan took Tang Youzong back to the shore.

"Brother Tang, Brother Tang..."

Zhuo Erdan called anxiously.

"It's okay, he's just overly frightened, and his body is a little weak. Go home and take some supplements, and he will be fine after a few days of rest."

"Then... those two on the boat..."

"I have already sent them to the underworld. At that time, another judge will punish the two of them."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Erdan cupped his hands gratefully: "Thank you Lu Pan, thank you very much!"

At this time, Tang Youzong was blown by the cold wind on the river, and finally woke up...

"Ghost!"

As soon as he opened his eyes, seeing Lu Pan's frightening appearance, he rolled his eyes and was about to faint again.

As a result, Lu Pan raised his hand a little, and a ray of light entered Tang Youzong's brow, making him dizzy even if he wanted to.

Zhu Erdan also quickly explained: "Brother Tang, this is Judge Lu, the judge enshrined in the Ten Kings Hall on Xiaonan Street."

Having said that, Tang Youzong finally came to his senses.

After all, he has also been to the Ten Kings Hall and seen the statue of Lu Pan. The Lu Pan in front of him is indeed almost the same as the statue enshrined in the temple.

"Thank you Lu Pan for saving my next life, thank you Lu Pan..."

Tang Youzong bowed again and again to express his thanks.

"Lu Pan, the student has one more request..."

Before Zhu Erdan finished speaking, Lu Pan laughed and said, "Do you want to save your friend Fang Yu?"

"exactly!"

"Actually, it's not difficult to save him. The next few days will be sunny, so you should go over there to accompany him and make him more popular.

The important thing is not to let him lie down in the room, let him bask in the sun more, and then take some medicines to replenish qi and blood..."

……

The next morning, Zhu Erdan called two friends to come to Fang Yu's house together.

After chatting with Fang Yu for a few words, Zhu Erdan called Zhuo Shi aside and whispered the reason.

Zhuo was taken aback: "What? My husband, he actually..."

"Keep your voice down, don't let Brother Fang know the truth, so as not to frighten him. Judge Lu said that Brother Fang's illness needs more exposure to the sun..."

Next, Zhu Erdan found another excuse to help Fang Yu into the yard, where he drank tea and chatted in the sun, and then left in the afternoon.

After going on like this for three days, Fang Yu's spirit finally recovered, and blood came to his face.

At this time, Zhu Erdan just told the truth, and Fang Yu was in a cold sweat.

"Erdan, is this true?"

"Could it be possible that I will still lie to you? You haven't seen You Zong and hasn't shown up? He is also recuperating at home."

Hearing this, Fang Yu looked ashamed, and thanked Zhu Erdan sincerely: "Erdan, you really saved Brother Yu's life this time, please be respected by Brother Yu!"

Zhu Erdan stretched out his hand to ask: "Brother Fang, you don't have to be polite, the younger brother went to the Palace of Ten Kings to beg Lu Pan in a moment of urgency."

"By the way, since Juan Lu helped Da Ji, shouldn't we buy him a few drinks?"

"Well, tonight I'll ask Judge Lu..."

On the second night, Fang Yu found a clean place, set up a table with sumptuous food and wine, and waited for Lu Pan to come.

Not long after, a gust of wind blew through the room, and Lu Pan appeared out of thin air.

Fang Yu, Zhu Erdan, and Tang Youzong hurriedly stood up to greet them.

After a meal of wine, Zhu Erdan found that Lu Pan was not much different from human beings except for his appearance and behavior.

After coming and going, the two became drinking friends.

That night, Zhu Erdan had a strange dream.

He dreamed that Lu Pan cut open his chest and dug out his heart...

Zhu Erdan was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Lu Pan, there is no enmity between us, why did you kill me?"

Lu Juan smiled and waved his hands: "You misunderstood, Lu has no friends in his life, and you are the only one.

So after much deliberation, I decided to help you.

You have been dull since you were a child, and your intellect is not quick enough. I am afraid it will be difficult for you to go to high school just by studying hard.

I spent a lot of effort and finally found an exquisite heart for you, and if you replace it with this exquisite heart, you will be enlightened in the future..."

The next morning, when Zhu Erdan woke up, he felt a slight itching in his chest.

Thinking of the strange dream last night again, he couldn't help tearing off his shirt... There was a faint scar on his chest.

"Sanggong, what's wrong with you? Huh? Why do you have a scar on your chest?"

Zhuo Shi also woke up, and asked with a surprised face.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Erdan finally explained how he met Lu Pan in detail.

"Ah? You... are you telling the truth?"

Obviously, Zhuo was a little frightened and shocked.

After all, her man actually made friends with the magistrate of the underworld, and she didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow.

"Of course it's true. Look at this scar. It was obviously not there last night, but I had a dream last night. I dreamed that Lu Pan helped me change my heart..."

"My God, is there such a miracle? Come on, let me hear it."

Zhuo was worried about her husband, so she quickly leaned her head against her husband's chest and listened for a while, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the "dongdong" heartbeat.

"My lady, don't tell anyone about this matter, not even my father, lest I frighten the old man."

Zhuo Shi nodded: "Well, I know Mr. Xiang."

Then, he hesitated and said: "By the way, Mr., you... You have changed your mind, you won't change your mind, right?"

"Fool, aren't we on good terms?"

At the beginning, Zhu Erdan did not experience the benefits of changing hearts.

But when he entered the study room and started to study, he suddenly found that not only his memory was much better, but also his comprehension was far better than before.

Many things that were difficult to understand before are much easier to understand now.

As a result, Zhu Erdan couldn't help being overjoyed.

Before, he was thankful for being able to pass the examination of scholar. Although he joined Zhou Yu's sect, he didn't have the extravagant hope of passing the examination, he just wanted to learn more knowledge.

But now, he suddenly had ambitions.

Not to mention the number one scholar in high school, at least you have to be a Jinshi, right?
Before you know it, the year is coming.

It's the end of a year and the beginning of a new one.

The city is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the sound of firecrackers creates a joyous atmosphere.

Zhu Erdan visits relatives and friends when he has nothing to do, or receives relatives and friends at home, which is also a traditional Chinese New Year rule.

One day, a friend named Song Guanglin came to visit and accidentally mentioned a talented woman named Wu Xiaoyi during the chat.

"Her grandfather used to be a censor in the capital, and her father was also an official. She has been fascinated by it since she was a child, and she is proficient in poetry, poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

It's a pity that the fate was not good. At the age of 15, she booked a marriage. As a result, her future husband died of a sudden illness.

I finally got married at the age of 17, but within a month of getting married, my husband was ransacked by robbers outside, and even murdered to silence him..."

Hearing this, Zhu Erdan couldn't help laughing and said: "I've heard about this woman, and they all said she was ordered by Kefu, so she has been staying at her mother's house since then."

"That's right, she's 21 years old this year. I heard that matchmakers occasionally come to her door, but the introductions are all crooked melons and dates. Master Wu lost his composure and cursed at those matchmakers."

Zhu Erdan nodded: "It's also understandable...By the way, Brother Song, why did you mention her? Could it be that you have some thoughts about her?"

Song Guanglin shook his head with a wry smile: "Speaking of which, I also met her by accident, she is really a rare beauty, she can be called both talented and beautiful.

It's a pity...my younger brother's family background is mediocre, and he already has a wife..."

Zhu Erdan said with a smile: "If the family is right, I'm afraid you won't have the idea of ​​marrying her."

"Hahaha, Brother Zhu is right. It's just that I feel sorry for her. She is such a beauty. I'm afraid she will be lonely for the rest of her life."

It's fine to talk about it, Zhu Erdan didn't take it to heart.

Unexpectedly, fate is so inexplicably wonderful.

On the evening of the Shangyuan Festival, people in the city flocked to the streets to hang out, watching fireworks, admiring lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, and watching juggling...

Zhu Erdan and a few friends played river lanterns together happily, guessed lantern riddles, and recited some poems for fun from time to time, which can be described as enjoyable.

When turning to a stone bridge, Zhu Erdan's eyes suddenly froze.

On the bridge, a beautiful woman about twenty years old was leaning against the bridge railing, looking lonely at the river lanterns floating in the river.

There was a maid standing by her side, who seemed to be distracted as well.

At that moment, Zhu Erdan felt his heart beat faster, and for some reason he felt sorry for the woman on the bridge.

Maybe, who is she missing?Or are you full of worries?
"Erdan, let's go, why are you in a daze?"

"Oh……"

Zhu Erdan came back to his senses, followed a few steps forward, but stopped and said: "Why don't you go first, my little brother goes to see what the lady is doing."

"She won't get lost, besides, isn't your maid also with her?"

"It's okay, I'll look for it, and I'll come to you later..."

After getting rid of a few friends, Zhu Erdan returned quietly, hiding in the crowd and staring at the woman.

After a while, the woman and the maid left the stone bridge and walked slowly along the river.

Zhu Erdan pretended to admire the river lantern, and followed from a distance...

I wanted to strike up a conversation, but I couldn't muster the courage.

After all, judging from the other party's age, attire, hair accessories, etc., the woman was obviously married.

Going up to strike up a conversation for no reason, if someone treats you as a disciple and swears at you, how embarrassing it will be?
(End of this chapter)