I'm looking for longevity in Liaozhai

Chapter 228 Missing One Soul and Three Souls

"On a day like this, we should light a fire in the pavilion in the yard and cook a jug of wine."

While Zhuo Siwei was lazily lying on the ground, suddenly a person appeared outside the room.

"What's the matter, so urgent?"

"The King of Zhennan has sent troops!" the visitor said.

"What, so fast?!" Zhuo Siwei sat up from the ground all of a sudden, his eyes became sharp and bright instantly.

"How's the preparation over there?"

"It's very hasty, I'm not prepared enough, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop it." The visitor said after a moment of contemplation.

"Well, Yangzhou is a rich and prosperous place. Since ancient times, there have been rich people and beauties, and it is the same now, but there are no strong soldiers and horses.

One came prepared, the other rushed to the challenge, the result can be imagined. Zhuo Siwei turned his head to look at the map hanging on the wall.

"Who is the general leading the troops?"

"Li Kaishan."

"That guy, hiss, his temper is not very good, now the people of Yangzhou will suffer!" Zhuo Siwei frowned.

Xiao Ren's people attacked cities and lands all the way, but they went down four cities in two days, and encountered little resistance, and even some people even surrendered on their own initiative.

Li Kaishan, the general who leads the army, is a ruthless man.He didn't care about the burning, killing and looting of soldiers passing by, but he deliberately condoned them.

It was supposed to be about the time of spring plowing, but soldiers started to attack.

The fire of hope that had just been raised by the people was extinguished by a bucket of cold water.

Outside Kuaiji Mansion, in a ruined temple, a fire was burning, and a person was lying there.

He suddenly sat up and stared at the door.A gust of wind blew up, and a person entered the ruined temple.

"It can be regarded as finding you."

"Brother Lin, why are you here?" Ye Zhiqiu was a little surprised to see the person who came.

"I haven't received your letter for a long time, so I came here to see you." It was Lin Zhiyou who came.

"Why don't you live in the courtyard prepared for you? Is it not good enough?"

"No, I was chasing a thief recently, so I settled here." Ye Zhiqiu said.

"It's only a few steps away from Kuaiji Mansion." Lin Zhiyou said with a smile. "Why didn't you go back this Chinese New Year?"

"Things here are not over yet."

"You can't finish your work. Zhennan Wang Xiaoren has already launched an army to attack Yangzhou, and this place is about to be a place of turmoil." Lin Zhiyou's words made Ye Zhiqiu slightly startled.

"So soon?"

"Well, why so fast, you also got the news in advance?"

"I have heard some news." Ye Zhiqiu nodded.

"Why didn't you report such a thing to the church?"

"I wasn't sure at the time either." Ye Zhiqiu said calmly.

"The main altar originally planned to increase the development of the Yangzhou area, and now is the opportunity."

"Is it a chaotic situation or an opportunity?"

"Naturally, Yangzhou is now recruiting troops. All monks above the eighth rank can enter the barracks at least as a lieutenant. Brothers from the sect have been sent to join Dayong's barracks."

Ye Zhiqiu didn't speak after hearing this.

"Zhiqiu, are you interested?"

"Me?" Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback after hearing this.

"That's right, one's own strength is limited after all, and one more person is more powerful. If you have hundreds or even thousands of people under your command, wouldn't it be much easier to wipe out the bandits in the whole place?"

"The truth is true, but I have completely given up on the current imperial court. The officers and soldiers in the barracks are probably not much different from the bandits." Ye Zhiqiu said.

The passing of soldiers is like a comb, and the passing of bandits is like a grate. The trouble of soldiers is better than the trouble of bandits.

"It is precisely because of this that people need to restrain them." Lin Zhiyou said with a smile.

Sitting in the ruined temple, he smiled and chatted with Ye Zhiqiu sentence by sentence.

"This is the elixir recently refined by the general altar. It can heal injuries and increase your cultivation. Keep it safe." Lin Zhiyou handed Ye Zhiqiu a white porcelain bottle.

"Thank you."

"By the way, there is one more thing. Have you found any ghosts in Yangzhou recently?"

"There are naturally some wronged souls."

"It's not that kind, I mean Yin soldiers." Lin Zhiyou said.

"Yin soldiers?" Ye Zhiqiu thought carefully after hearing this.

"No, I seldom go out at night, and even if I go out, I only see wandering ghosts, and I haven't seen the dark soldiers of the brigade."

"I will trouble you to pay attention to the news in this regard in the future."

"Okay." Ye Zhiqiu nodded in response.

"One more thing, have you visited that immortal recently?"

"I went there once a year ago."

"How does he see the world today?"

"The world is too chaotic, the people are too miserable, and the emperor is fatuous."

"Indeed, what decree does he have?"

"No." Ye Zhiqiu shook his head.

After chatting for a while, Lin Zhiyou got up.

"Come on, let's go to the city?"

"Okay." Ye Zhiqiu got up, extinguished the fire, and returned to the courtyard of Kuaiji Mansion with Lin Zhiyou.

After entering the yard, Ye Zhiqiu smelled a scent, which was the smell of food.

"smell good!"

"Brother Ye!" A woman's voice was filled with joy and surprise.

After hearing this familiar voice, Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback, followed the prestige and saw a familiar voice.

A girl in her 20s, with light blue gown, long hair, big eyes, pretty and pleasant.

"Xiaowei, why are you here?"

Xiaowei ran to Ye Zhiqiu's side and looked up at him with affectionate eyes.

"I heard that I'm going to Yangzhou, if I insist on coming, I can't stop it." Lin Zhiyou said with a smile.

"You guys talk first, I'll go into the room and have a rest."

"Brother Ye, you've lost weight."

Ye Zhiqiu smiled.

"Why don't you go to the altar during the Chinese New Year?"

"I'm busy here, didn't I write you a letter?" Ye Zhiqiu smiled cheerfully and foolishly.

Xiaowei asked, Ye Zhiqiu answered.

Xiaowei told Ye Zhiqiu everything she saw and heard in the main altar of Qinglian Sect these days.

The last time I said goodbye, I missed him very much, and I always dreamed of him in my dreams.

"I made a lot of things you like to eat today." Xiao Wei surrounded Ye Zhiqiu like a cheerful lark.

In the room, Lin Zhiyou looked outside, listening to the conversation between the two people in the yard, his eyes looked a little lonely.

After a while, Ye Zhiqiu entered the room with a smile on his face.

"It seems you haven't been this happy for a long time." Seeing this, Lin Zhiyou said with a smile.

"Yes!" Ye Zhiqiu nodded.

Today is indeed the happiest day he has been in these days.

"Since you are happy, you should drink some wine."

These two people were talking, Xiaowei came in from outside with food.

"Ready to eat, drink?"

"You must drink something." Lin Zhiyou said with a smile after hearing this.

"Wait, it's already been prepared for you." Then Xiaowei took out a jar of wine.

After patting open the yellow mud that sealed the mouth of the jar, the rich aroma of wine wafted out.

Lin Zhiyou just drank two bowls of wine with Ye Zhiqiu, then said goodbye and left.Only Ye Zhiqiu and Xiaowei were left in the small courtyard.

The night was hazy, and the courtyard was very quiet.

Ye Zhiqiu sat at the door with Xiao Wei in his arms,

At this moment, he wished time would stop and they would just cuddle together forever.

But the good times are always short.

It will soon be bright.

The next day, Hong Yuanqing also came to Kuaiji Mansion.

He came here specifically to find Ye Zhiqiu, and he came here with a mission.

"You want to see immortals? I can't help you."

After hearing Hong Yuanqing's request, Ye Zhiqiu refused without hesitation.

"It's not that we're going, but I want to invite you to go and ask him a question."

"Question, what's the problem?"

"The problem is in this kit." Hong Yuanqing handed Ye Zhiqiu a kit.

"Can I open it and see?"

"Of course." Hong Yuanqing nodded.

Ye Zhiqiu opened the kit in front of the two of them, took out a piece of paper from inside, and was slightly taken aback when he saw the words on it after unfolding it.

"Three souls and seven souls, how to save one soul and three souls?"

"You want to save someone, who is it?"

"A person who is very important to our Qinglian Sect." Lin Yuanqing said.

"He is still alive now, but without this soul and three souls, he is a useless person. We need to revive him, but we have thought of many ways these days, but nothing works.

There was really no way out, so I thought of that immortal, his cultivation base is unpredictable, maybe he can find a way.

It's just that we couldn't see him at all, so we came here to beg you. "Lin Yuanqing's words are very polite.

Although his status in Qinglian Sect is far higher than that of Ye Zhiqiu.

"Do you know where his lost soul is?"

"I don't know, that's why I want to ask that immortal."

Ye Zhiqiu was looking at the paper in his hand, thinking for a long time.

"Okay, I'll ask, but I can't guarantee anything."

"Thank you." Lin Yuanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm leaving today."

"We are here waiting for your news."

Ye Zhiqiu and Xiaowei informed, then got up and left Kuaiji Mansion, heading straight for Qinchuan.

"Tell me, can he know how to do it?"

"It's hard to say, but the immortal's cultivation base is unfathomable, and the methods are beyond my imagination. It is rumored that the one who almost destroyed the Tianji Pavilion a few days ago is the one from Qin Chuan.

I don't know how many first ranks he lost in that battle, and it was even rumored that he beheaded and killed human immortals, and more than one.It shows the depth of his cultivation. "

Besides, we don't have a better way now, do we? "

"Hey, it was supposed to be a great opportunity for us, but unexpectedly, such a thing happened, and it almost fell short."

"It's just that I didn't expect that Da Guangming Temple would also make a move."

Ye Zhiqiu reached the depths of Qinchuan a day later, and came under the mountain where Wang Zhe practiced.

On the mountain peak, Laifu raised his head and stared down the mountain.

"Someone is coming."

"Can you tell who it is?"

"Ye Zhiqiu."

After a while, Ye Zhiqiu came up the mountain.

"Ye Zhiqiu pays homage to Mr."

"Seeing that you came here in a hurry, what's the matter?"

"I have something to ask sir." Ye Zhiqiu took out the kit and handed it to Wang Zhe with both hands.

Wang Zhe took it and opened it for a look.

"Missing one soul and three souls? Is this person still alive?"

"Mr. Hui, I haven't seen this person before. This is because the members of Qinglian Sect got rid of me." Ye Zhiqiu told the truth directly.

"It's too general, I can't answer it, you know, that one soul and three souls may not even exist now, this person will be a living dead in the future.

If you know where the one soul and three souls are, maybe there is still a way. "

"I'll go down the mountain and ask more carefully."

"No hurry, drink tea before leaving." Wang Zhe pointed to the tea on the table.

"You, have you met the person you like recently?" He stared at Ye Zhiqiu's face and asked.

"Yes, I saw Xiaowei. It was the last time I asked Mr. to treat that girl. She came to Kuaiji Mansion." Ye Zhiqiu showed a bit of shyness on his rare face.

"Haha, it's no wonder you look at Hong Luan moving like a star."

Wang Zhe subconsciously raised his hand and counted.

"Huh?" He glanced at Ye Zhiqiu.

"What's the matter, sir?" Ye Zhiqiu's heart skipped a beat after he glanced at him.

"It's nothing, lovers get married eventually."

Phew, Ye Zhiqiu let out a long sigh of relief after hearing this.

Wang Zhe had just guessed that Ye Zhiqiu's marriage would be a bit bumpy, but the two will eventually get together.

"It's just that you should pay attention to the Qinglian sect you joined."

Ye Zhiqiu was silent for a while after hearing this. In fact, during this period of time, he was also thinking about Qinglian Sect. He also discovered that the purpose of this sect may not be as simple as simply helping the people.

There must be other purposes, so he was secretly on guard.

If it weren't for the person he loves is the most loyal heart of Qinglian Sect, he might have left Qinglian Sect by now.

"My sir's reminder is that I will definitely be on guard."

"Don't fall behind in your practice."

"Yes." Ye Zhiqiu said.

He stayed in the mountain for less than an hour before going down the mountain.

After rushing all the way back to Kuaiji Mansion, I saw Hong Yuanqing and Lin Zhiyou who were waiting there.

"How, what did the immortal say?"

"He said that it is necessary to make sure that the soul and three souls are still there. If the soul is gone, the person is a living dead, and he will not come back. He can only wait for death." Ye Zhiqiu told him.

"The one soul and three souls must be alive, but they were taken away by someone."

"Who took it?"

"We're not sure. We just have a rough guess. It should be a monk from Daguang Temple in the Western Region." Hong Yuanqing didn't hide any more.

"Da Guangming Temple, he wanted to attack the brothers in the sect?"

"We don't know the details of it."

"Then there is no other way." Ye Zhiqiu shook his head.

"Zhiqiu, is there a way for you to invite that immortal down the mountain to see the patient in person?"

"You think too highly of me." Ye Zhiqiu said.

"That's the case, then we will go back and find out more carefully. You should not go too far these days."

"Okay, I'll wait for you at Kuaiji Mansion."

"Xiaowei, why don't you stay with Zhiqiu?"

"Okay." Xiaowei responded after hearing this, but her face was blushing, she lowered her head, like a water lotus shyly overwhelmed by the cool breeze.

Afterwards, Hong Yuanqing and Lin Zhiyou left Kuaiji Mansion.

"Elder Hong, there won't be any problems with Xiaowei staying, right?"

"What can go wrong? If you are a concubine, we can still beat mandarin ducks. Besides, Xiaowei's parents and brothers are all on the side of the main altar. What are you worried about?"

(End of this chapter)