Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 36 Confucian Heart Lock
Zhou Ping and others heard the call and hurried back to the hall.

He Yunlu was about to enter the room but hesitated for a moment and hid at the door. He wanted to make sure the room was safe before going in.

"Master, aren't we going in?"

"Are you going in to die?"

He Yunlu and Lu Bao did not enter the hall, but hid at the door and observed.

As soon as Zhou Ping, Chen Erdan and He Yunqing entered the hall, the scene in the hall suddenly changed.

The hall turned bright red.

There was a big "囍" character pasted in the middle of the hall.

Mr. He was suddenly wearing wedding clothes with a big red flower on his chest.

Mr. He was so scared that he foamed at the mouth and rolled his eyes.

"father."

He Yunqing hurriedly supported Mr. He and helped him calm down.

The ghost bride appeared in the middle of the hall.

With the appearance of the ghost bride, there were bursts of sword-drawing sounds in the room.

The escorts drew their swords.

However, the next moment, all the escorts' knives flew out of their hands and stuck into the ground.

The knife behind Zhou Ping also flew away automatically.

When two timid rookie escorts saw this situation, they ran away.

"Monk, I spared your life yesterday. Do you really want to die?"

There was a hint of anger in the ghost bride's voice, as well as an irrepressible madness.

"Ghost Bride, who do you think these people are?"

Monk Jiekong shook his head and pointed at the four people.

The ghost bride turned around.

"Dad, Mom, and brother."

The ghost bride's voice was trembling a little.

"Yu'er, don't seek revenge. If you do, what will we do? Will we let the He family harm me?"

"Oh, my dear daughter, don't seek revenge. Let's just let this matter go."

"Sister, don't seek revenge anymore. The He family said that as long as you don't seek revenge, they will give us 100 taels of silver. Then we can build a big house and have money to treat our parents."

"Aunt, don't seek revenge. They said they would buy me lots of candied haws."

The ghost bride stood there in a daze, her aura flickering.

Zhou Ping looked at the ghost bride and sighed.

Legalism locks the body, Confucianism locks the mind.

Even if the body is gone and it turns into a ghost, the ghost's heart still has feelings.

Zhou Ping: Good people are often bullied, and good ghosts are often ridiculed.

Monk Jiekong has figured out the ghost bride's weakness.

"Get out."

Monk Jiekong suddenly shouted.

Two little monks suddenly jumped down from the beams of the hall, holding a net and covering the ghost bride.

There was a sudden crackling sound from the ghost bride's body.

Zhou Ping seemed to understand something. The ghost bride’s relatives were secondary. The main thing was this network.

There are runes everywhere on the Internet.

The rune web trapped the ghost bride.

The ghost bride wanted to struggle, but she couldn't get free.

At the same time, the illusion in the hall was lifted.

Mr. He recovered and was not frightened to death.

"Uncle, are you okay?"

Seeing that there was no danger in the room, He Yunlu hurried over to offer his courtesy.

"I am fine."

Mr. He looked at the ghost bride in the rune net and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, hurry up, hurry up, kill her."

Mr. He said impatiently.

Monk Jiekong nodded.

After going through so much trouble and inviting the ghost bride's relatives, they just wanted the moment when the ghost bride lost consciousness.

As the two little monks tightened the rune net, the ghost bride let out a series of shrill screams.

"Dad, Mom, save me."

The ghost bride held out her hand.

And in the iron cage, the ghost bride's parents and brother were still persuading her.

"Yu'er, just die, and don't harm others anymore."

"Yes, after you die, we will have no worries about food and clothing."

"Sister, stop struggling."

"Aunt, you don't want to live anymore. I still want to eat candied haws."

Zhou Ping felt more and more chilled as he listened to the ghost bride's words. He sighed, not expecting that the ghost bride's relatives would even give up their daughter for a hundred taels of silver.

"Not good."

Zhou Ping had a bad feeling in his heart.

"It's a ghost baby."

Zhou Ping soon found out the source of this uneasy feeling.

The ghost baby was right under Zhou Ping's feet.

Zhou Ping can feel the ghost baby's intentions, and he wants to save the ghost bride.

The ghost baby is not very intelligent and he thinks the ghost bride is his mother.

The ghost baby suddenly emerged from the ground and entered the eyes of a little monk.

The little monk felt pain and let go of the rune net.

"not good."

Monk Jiekong was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and the substitute monk grabbed the rune net.

The ghost baby crawled out of the little monk's eyes and pounced on Monk Jiekong again.

"So it's you, little beast. I let you go, but I didn't expect you to dare to show up again."

Monk Jiekong flicked his long sleeves and threw the ghost baby to the ground.

The ghost baby's strength is much weaker than that of Monk Jiekong.

The ghost baby's body fell to the ground, looking much more illusory. He looked at the ghost bride with grievance.

"Mother, mother"

The ghost baby kept screaming.

Zhou Ping looked normal, but he sighed and moved his fingers slightly.

The Rune Web requires two people to grab it at the same time.

"Master."

A young monk flew backwards uncontrollably, and his hands loosened the rune net.

A gap appeared in the rune web.

The ghost bride flew out of the rune web.

The illusion appeared again in the hall.

But unlike the previous time, this time, the hall was dark red.

He Yunlu had a bad feeling in his heart and wanted to escape, but the door to the hall had been closed by the ghost bride.

The ghost bride waved her hand and the ghost baby was held in her arms.

"Mother, mother"

The ghost baby squawked with joy.

"Today, you are all going to die!"

The ghost bride's red veil was lifted, revealing two scarlet eyes and a pale face.

Monk Jiekong thought to himself, "Oh no! He didn't understand what happened. Why did the little monk fly away?"

Monk Jiekong gritted his teeth, turned around and broke the doors and windows.

Monk Jiekong understood that he was no match for the ghost bride who had escaped.

Once you leave the hall, the illusion will naturally disappear.

Monk Jiekong had a look of ecstasy on his face.

However, the next moment.

The ghost bride grabbed the monk Jiekong fiercely. The monk Jiekong spat out a mouthful of blood and then fell to the ground listlessly.

Monk Jiekong was dragged into the hall by an invisible force.

"You are at least at the eighth level of cultivation."

Monk Jiekong laughed bitterly. He was a ninth-rank Buddhist, but he had no chance of winning against the ghost bride.

"You guys, try to persuade her."

Monk Jiekong placed his hopes on the ghost bride's relatives.

"Yu'er, stop killing people."

"Sister, please, please go away and don't kill anyone."

"Aunt, you don't want to live. It would be better if you died. Our lives would be better if you died."

The ghost bride's parents advised again.

Only this time, the ghost bride remained unmoved.

"You are all going to die!" The whole hall suddenly became gloomy.

The ghost bride wants to kill everyone in the house, even her own relatives.

Zhou Ping touched his arm, where the cassock was. He saved the ghost bride by relying on his perception range, but he didn't expect to put everyone in the room in danger.

If fighting alone, Zhou Ping has a magic weapon that can restrain the ghost bride.

But there were so many people in the room and Zhou Ping didn't want to be exposed.

"Miss Xiaoqing!"

Zhou Ping's eyes lit up, and he thought of a way to get out of the predicament without exposing himself.

Miss Xiaoqing is also an eighth-rank girl. She said that as long as she blew the bone flute, she would come to save Zhou Ping.

Miss Xiaoqing can help!

Zhou Ping quickly blew the bone flute.

On this side, the ghost bride has already started a killing spree.

Gas exploded from the ghost bride's body, and everything in the room exploded and shattered, and everyone in the room fell to the ground.

Only Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan were barely able to stand.

When Monk Jiekong saw the golden light of Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan, hope of life flashed in his eyes, but the hope was immediately extinguished.

"It turns out that you have received my Buddhist initiation."

"It's just that their Buddha's light is not strong enough to deal with the ghost bride."

Monk Jiekong was filled with despair.

However, in despair, Monk Jiekong discovered that there was not only golden light but also white light on Zhou Ping's body.

Practice both Buddhism and Confucianism!

Monk Jiekong rekindled his hope.

Among the four schools of martial arts, Buddhism and Confucianism, Buddhism and Confucianism are the best at dealing with ghosts.

The Buddha's light and the Confucian righteousness are both good ways to deal with ghosts.

"My fellow Taoist who practices both Buddhism and Confucianism, we are counting on you. You may still have a chance to win."

"This pen is a relic of a Confucian saint. I'm lending it to you."

Monk Jiekong took out a pen from his arms and threw it to Zhou Ping.

This pen was donated by believers of Jinhua Temple.

Later, Monk Jiekong got the pen and discovered that it was actually a relic of a Confucian sage.

It’s just that Monk Jiekong practiced Buddhist techniques and couldn’t use the pen of the Confucian sage.

"Grass!"

Zhou Ping subconsciously took the pen and cursed inwardly. This monk Jiekong had such bad intentions that he made me the target of the ghost bride.

Sure enough, the ghost bride rushed towards Zhou Ping first.

"Then you die first!"

The ghost bride rushed towards Zhou Ping holding the ghost baby, and the ghost claw went straight towards Zhou Ping.

The ghost baby kept cawing in the ghost bride's arms, but he could only say "Niang Niang Niang", and the ghost bride couldn't understand what the ghost baby was saying at all.

Zhou Ping took a half step back, then threw out a bunch of ghost-killing talismans from his arms.

The ghost-killing talisman made the ghost bride pause. She had been seriously injured by the rune net just now and did not dare to take Zhou Ping's ghost-killing talisman head-on.

"for you!"

At the same time, Chen Erdan poured the boy's urine in the gourd onto the ghost bride.

Black smoke was coming out of the ghost bride's body.

"Zhou Ping, your urine is really useful."

Chen Erdan's face lit up with joy.

Zhou Ping was somewhat helpless. Wouldn't this just let the ghost bride catch me?
"Ghost Bride, I see you are seriously injured, why don't you just retreat now."

"We are just escorts, and we only have this mission for tonight."

"After tonight, I will never come to the He family as a bodyguard again."

Zhou Ping's mind raced, and he began to give in. He learned this move from Uncle Lame.

Zhou Ping's words made the ghost bride stop, black smoke still coming out of her body.

The effect of boy's urine is indeed extraordinary.

Of course, this is mainly because Zhou Ping is a member of the tenth rank of Buddhism and Confucianism.

The ghost bride was thinking. She saw that Zhou Ping was not easy to deal with because the ghost baby in her arms had been preventing her from dealing with Zhou Ping.

"Fellow Daoist, how could you do this? It is our duty to eliminate demons and defend the Way."

What Monk Jiekong said is awe-inspiring and righteous.

Zhou Ping's mouth twitched slightly. You just abandoned your disciple and tried to escape, and now you want to coax me to die.

I will remove the demons and comfort you. It is not my job as a bodyguard to exorcise demons.

Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan each held a handful of yellow talismans and two gourds of boy's urine.

The ghost bride was thinking, and she was very angry.

"Oh, this place is quite lively."

A handsome young man in a white cloak came into the room.

This person is Fan Shiyi.

A small green snake wrapped around Fan Shiyi's neck and looked at everyone in the room, especially the ghost bride.

Zhou Ping didn't expect that Fan Shiyi would also arrive when he summoned the little green snake.

Fan Shiyi looked around and his eyes lit up when he saw the pen in Zhou Ping's hand.

"This money is not mine, it belongs to this monk."

Zhou Ping tactfully threw the Confucian sage's pen to Monk Jiekong.

It's obvious that this is not something I can handle.
Monk Jiekong held the pen and wanted to hide it in his arms.

Monk Jiekong had already guessed the identity of the visitor.

Fan Shiyi, the fourth rank of Confucianism!
Monk Jiekong knew that with the presence of the fourth-rank Confucian scholar, he had a sure thing, so he wanted to hide his pen.

Once this thing is discovered by Confucianists, it will probably no longer be theirs.

"Oh, you're pretty stingy."

Fan Shiyi raised his eyebrows and looked a little angry.

"You guys continue."

Fan Shiyi said to the ghost bride.

The ghost bride was stunned for a moment, nodded, and then anger began to explode from her body.

Monk Jiekong was a little panicked.

"Master Fan, it is our duty to eliminate demons and defend the Way."

Monk Jiekong used provocation to challenge Fan Shiyi.

Fan Shiyi shook his head.

"First, I am a Confucian. I don't kill ghosts and monsters with a stick. I use reason. I have heard a little about this matter. You are not right."

"Sometimes humans are not as good as ghosts and monsters."

Fan Shiyi said.

"Master Jiekong, it is our duty to eliminate demons and defend the Way. If you bring out the treasure, Master Fan may be able to act as a middleman and mediate the dispute."

Zhou Ping said on the side.

When Zhou Ping said this, the eyes of the people in the room lit up.

"Master Jiekong, please give the brush to Master Fan."

"Master, please be kind. I have an 80-year-old mother and a newborn baby."

"That's right, Master. Buddhism is based on compassion. Is a pen worth so many lives?"

Mr. He, He Yunqing, He Yunlu, as well as the people from the escort agency, were all trying to persuade Monk Kong to repent.

Monk Jiekong had previously morally blackmailed Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi, and now he is also being morally blackmailed.

"Mr. Fan, this is for you."

Monk Jiekong threw the pen to Fan Shiyi.

Fan Shiyi took the pen, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then there was a look of ecstasy in his eyes.

"It is indeed a pen used by a Confucian sage. The aura of righteousness on it is so strong."

"This trip is truly my chance."

Fan Shiyi couldn't put the pen down.

"Master Fan, I'll give you the pen. You must kill this evil bride."

Monk Jiekong was helped up by two young monks.

"I didn't say to kill the ghost bride, I just said to mediate between them."

Fan Shiyi said with a pout.

"you!"

Monk Jiekong became so angry that he vomited blood.

Fan Shiyi glanced at Zhou Ping, then looked at the ghost bride.

"Girl, let's just leave it at that."

"If you wish, you can always stay by my side."

Fan Shiyi put forward his own conditions.

As soon as Fan Shiyi said this, the little green snake on her body jumped onto Zhou Ping angrily.

"You don't even know what kind of person you are. You've already got kidney deficiency from raising me, and you still want to raise a ghost!"

Zhou Ping heard Xiaoqing's voice and thought to himself: This is the wrong thing to eat.

Gas began to explode from the ghost bride's body, and the surrounding environment began to get colder. Her hair became disheveled, and she no longer had the humanity she had at the beginning, instead she had turned into a fierce ghost.

"Today, you are all going to die!"

(End of this chapter)