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Chapter 299 Where are the ghosts? This place is very clean

Some things don't weigh more than 10 ounces when they're not on the scale, but once they're on the scale, they weigh more than a thousand pounds.

To put it simply, what Mao Shanming did was out of his helplessness in order to make a living, but to put it more broadly, he was clearly cheating people under the name of Maoshan.

If Hong Chen had killed him with a sword today, Maoshan would not blame or punish him after finding out the reason. On the contrary, they would publicize it and reward him.

It is very difficult to establish a Taoist tradition, and it is even more difficult to maintain the long-term sustainable development of a Taoist tradition.

Cleaning your house is like regular disinfection.

There is profit and no harm.

So, when Hong Chen gently raised the sword, Mao Shanming still obeyed the call from the depths of his heart.

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"I know I was wrong!"

Hong Chen glanced at the ground next to him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You shouldn't have kept a ghost, and you shouldn't have brought two ghosts with you to cheat people!"

"Well, then what?"

"I will send them away in a moment. I will be sure to behave myself and never associate with ghosts again."

"Any more?"

“This…” Mao Shanming hesitated for a long time. After a long while, he raised his head with a red face and said bitterly: “What else can you do? Why don’t you just name it? I will do it without hesitation!”

Hong Chen shook his head slightly and sighed in disappointment.

"Isn't it that the most important thing you should do is to cultivate yourself? If you have a deep cultivation and great magical power, you wouldn't be afraid of a child like me, and you wouldn't put on a big show with your pet in front of others in a place where there are obviously ghosts. You have brought shame to the ghosts. If they go to the underworld in the future and let the Maoshan ancestors in the underworld hear such a joke, what do you think will happen to you?"

The more Mao Shanming listened, the colder he felt.

If the ancestor knew about this, he would be finished. He doesn't know how he would be punished after he died.

"Wait a minute? You just said... there is a ghost here?" Maoshan Mingteng jumped up from the ground, hid himself behind Dabao, and only poked his head out to look around.

Dabao was pushed in front of him and was shaking with fear. He didn't dare to even look at Hong Chen.

Hong Chen was convinced by Mao Shanming.

He turned his wrist and held Tianwen in his other hand, while throwing out a yellow talisman.

With one hand, he made a gesture and the yellow talisman suddenly ignited.

In an instant, the temperature in the originally cool room dropped sharply again, and thick white fog quickly rose from the ground, like dry ice sublimating.

At the same time, six figures slowly emerged in the main hall.

Judging from their clothes and appearance, they obviously died during the Qing Dynasty.

The young female ghost standing in the middle, dressed in white, looks pretty good.

Mao Shanming was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly.

Dabao also shrank behind a pillar in fear, and no one knew what this ghost was afraid of.

Facing the six ghosts, Hong Chen bowed and said, "I am Lingchen, the poor Taoist priest. I am honored to meet you."

Although the six ghosts didn't say anything, they all responded politely.

Hong Chen smiled and said, "Everyone, I'm sure you all know the reason why I came here today."

The female ghost in white did not move her feet, but floated forward three feet gently, and said in a hollow voice: "Master, you are too polite. Of course we know the reason, but do you know the hidden story behind it?"

"I know a little." Hong Chen nodded gently, "This Yang house is built right on your grave, pressing down on your Yin house. There are also living people walking around all day, blocking the moonlight at night, making you restless."

Hearing this, the female ghost breathed a sigh of relief, and when she saw Tianwen stuck in the ground, a look of fear flashed in her eyes.

Mao Shanming, who was completely unaware of the situation, suddenly realized what was going on.

Dabao whispered in his ear: "Uncle Ming, if someone crushed my grave, I would be unhappy too."

"Shut up, now is not the time for you to talk." Mao Shanming glared at him.

Female ghost: "Since you know the secret, could you ask my family to move them out of here?"

"Of course... you can't!"

Hong Chen suddenly refused, and everyone present was stunned.

"Humans live in houses, while ghosts live in the netherworld. This is the way of heaven. This is the human world, a place for people to live. You have been dead for so many years, and you should have gone to the netherworld long ago. If you went to the netherworld, then the graves left here are just places to bury your bones. After reincarnation, all your past lives will be gone, and it doesn't matter to you whether you have houses or not. So the question is, why didn't you go to the netherworld all these years?"

The female ghost was stunned for a moment, and her eyes became unfriendly.

Hong Chen continued: "The reason you stayed in the human world is because you don't want your family to be separated after reincarnation and never see each other again?"

"That's right!" The ghost girl nodded, "But that's not the main reason. We still had a big revenge to take!"

Hong Chen nodded: "It makes sense. If you didn't have any grudges, you wouldn't be able to stay if you wanted to. The people in the underworld would naturally take you away. What's your grudge?"

The female ghost smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter anymore. After so many years, those enemies are long gone."

Hong Chen couldn't help but be stunned: "Are you kidding me?"

"Of course not, I'm just telling you seriously."

Hong Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "So, the current situation is that all your enemies are dead and your resentment is gone, but because of family ties, you don't want to leave here?"

"good."

"Then I understand." He turned around and said to Mao Shanming, "Go out and ask this family how much they are willing to pay."

"what?"

Hong Chen frowned, and Mao Shanming rushed out quickly.

The female ghost frowned when she saw this: "Master, are you going to help the tyrant?" "Don't make me sound so evil. I just said that you shouldn't have stayed in the human world. If there is a great revenge that has not been avenged, then I will definitely not care and even be willing to help you. But you told me that it is a family tie. Sorry, I cannot agree with that."

The female ghost was obviously angry, and her voice was much louder: "Don't you think family ties are important?"

"Important, of course it's important! But this doesn't mean you can use this as an excuse to stay in the human world forever, or even influence the people in the human world according to your own preferences. Have you ever thought about this, who in this world is not born by a father and raised by a mother? If everyone is like you, then is the human world still the human world? What's the meaning of the existence of the underworld?"

The ghost girl was stunned by the rebuttal. After thinking for a while, she could not find a way to defend herself. Finally, she had to lie: "I don't care about that! Anyway, I can't be separated from my family."

"That's great! You really can't do anything about it, so I'm here to do it, right?"

"you!"

The female ghost shouted angrily, "If that's the case, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

"Hey, don't be anxious!" Hong Chen suddenly raised his hand to stop, "Wait a minute, I don't have to care."

The female ghost frowned tightly: "What do you mean?"

Mao Shanming ran in at this time and said with surprise on his face: "Daoyou! You've made a fortune. He is willing to pay one hundred taels of silver, a full one hundred taels!" Dabao on the side was also surprised to hear this.

But Hong Chen was extremely dissatisfied.

"What are you so happy about with one hundred taels? Do you know his nickname?"

"Uh... I remember, his name seemed to be something like Tan Baiwan?"

"Yeah, one million, I gave you one hundred, and you're still happy like a fool. Are you proud?"

Mao Shanming immediately stopped smiling.

"How many people are there in his family?"

"Let me think... there are six, and four servants."

"Why, servants and maids are not human beings? Ask him for 100,000 taels!"

Mao Shanming was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth: "This...isn't this too much?"

“Are you helping me make decisions?”

"No, I'll be there right away."

As soon as he stepped out of the door, the female ghost said with a strange look: "You are such a young Taoist priest, but you have such a big appetite."

Hong Chen put one hand on the hilt of the sword and shrugged, "I can't help it. I am growing up and eat more. So of course I have to earn more money to supplement the family expenses."

The female ghost smiled and covered her mouth. "I know this Tan Baiwan. Although he is rich, he is not willing to spend money on weekdays. His family eats worse than ordinary people every day. I don't think he will give it to you."

"That's perfect. If he doesn't give it to me, I'll leave and you can stay."

Mao Shanming ran back again, breathing a little heavily: "Daoyou, no, he doesn't want to give it. He said the most he can give is one thousand taels."

"Oh."

Hong Chen responded, drew his sword, put it into the sheath, turned around and left.

The female ghost and Mao Shanming were both stunned.

Seeing Hong Chen approaching the door, Mao Shanming immediately chased after him: "No, fellow Taoist, you really don't care?"

"It's hard for me to help him with such a small amount of money."

"But... one thousand taels is not a small amount."

Hong Chen turned his head and looked into his eyes: "Tell me, should Maoshan magic be sold at such a low price?"

Mao Shanming's eyes trembled slightly, but he changed his mind and said, "But the Maoshan Sect never judges people by their status. We will save them no matter if they are rich or poor."

"Haha, you are speaking with some level of sophistication now. But did I say that I would not help the poor? In other words, do you think it is fair to charge the same price to the rich and the poor?"

"Isn't it?"

"If we were businessmen, that would be fair, but who are we?"

Mao Shanming puffed out his chest and said, "We are disciples of Maoshan!"

"That's right. We are not doing business, so we don't need to make them feel fair. I just like to make rich people spend more money, is there a problem with that?"

Mao Shanming seemed to understand, and his spirit and energy became more excited: "Daoyou! I understand!"

"Very good, take the little devil with you and follow me."

Mao Shanming hurriedly grabbed the yellow paper umbrella and put Dabao and Xiaobao away, then followed Hong Chen closely.

The female ghost also said at this time: "You won't come?"

Hong Chen smiled and said, "If I can't see 100,000 taels, I won't come."

The female ghost was a little unhappy, and at the same time she felt that the little Taoist priest Hong Chen was really weird.

Walking out of the room, Tan Baiwan was obviously surprised to see Hong Chen, but when he saw Mao Shanming following him with a humble smile, he had to suppress his doubts and went to greet him.

"Little Taoist priest, Master Ming said that you have great magical powers. I wonder if you have subdued the evil spirits inside?"

"Evil ghost? Where are the evil ghosts?" Hong Chen looked around.

Tan Baiwan was stunned. "Little Taoist priest, isn't there a ghost in that house? We all heard noises outside. I even asked the servants to secretly take a look. They said there were eight ghosts, and then they fainted from fright."

Hong Chen had a blank expression on his face: "Where are the ghosts? This place is very clean. Don't talk nonsense with your eyes open. It's difficult to be a Taoist priest. Sometimes you should look for the reasons within yourself. Have your eyes become blurry after so many years? Have you accumulated more good karma?"

As he spoke, he had already walked around Tan Baiwan and went straight out the door.

By the time Tan Baiwan, who had been stunned for the second time, came to his senses, he could no longer even find their backs.

(End of this chapter)