Subversion of the plot [Comprehensive]

Chapter 4 "Romance of the West Chamber"

Ghosts don't need to sleep, and neither does Tao Shuobai.

After finalizing the deal, the two left Pujiu Temple overnight and arrived in Hezhongfu City.It was already late at night, and Tao Shuobai was walking on the deserted street in white clothes. Occasionally, a watchman caught a glimpse, and turned around and ran away in fright, thinking that he had run into a ghost.Every time at this time, Hong Niang would giggle and laugh, and she couldn't see the appearance of a ghost at all.

At a crossroads, the matchmaker shouted: "Young master, stop. You have too much yang energy, and those brats can smell it from a distance, so they ran away before we passed by. Young master, wait here, I will catch you." .”

Tao Shuobai nodded.

But seeing the red shadow flashing, the matchmaker disappeared in place.

In the end, he waited and waited, and after half an hour, he saw a white shadow screaming and floating towards him. The price of panic was that he jumped into Tao Shuobai's arms and turned into green smoke.It's too late to lament for the disappearing little ghost, Tao Shuobai has already felt the strong and concentrated sternness, it is clearly the matchmaker!Hong Niang couldn't leave him for more than a mile, but at this moment she seemed to go crazy, desperately trying to hurt herself and rush out.

Tao Shuobai rushed to the matchmaker, only to see that she was about to rush into the yamen.The matchmaker's eyes were glowing red, her long hair was fluttering, her dress was fluttering, and the surrounding vegetation was swaying without any wind. The stern wind swept into the yamen, causing goose bumps all over the night watchman inside.

"Matchmaker, don't stop!" Tao Shuo shouted in a clear voice.

This voice pierced into the matchmaker's ears, causing the matchmaker's complexion to change frequently, and finally she suppressed all the pressure and returned to a charming maidservant again.Because of the emotional ups and downs just now, I tried my best to break out of the confinement, but now I was exhausted and slumped on the ground, unable to move.

"What did you forget to promise me?" Tao Shuobai didn't want to believe that the matchmaker was going back on her word, but she also understood that ghosts are different from people. Many times, the obsession in their hearts controls them, but if something touches their obsession, they will go crazy .Especially those who have just become ghosts like Hong Niang and have not yet taken revenge.

The matchmaker raised her head, with tears and hatred in her eyes: "My lord, I heard, I heard the yamen servant inside. They said that Zhang Sheng was transferred to be the prefect of the Hezhong government, and he will bring his family to take up the post soon. Three years, he Finally returned to this place, this is God's will, I will kill him, and use his soul to pay homage to Miss!"

Tao Shuo understood.

"Matchmaker, you have to learn to control your emotions. If I hadn't rushed over just now, wouldn't you have killed those two yamen servants?" The reason why Li Gui is Li Gui is here, and he often kills people out of control. Gradually all of his sanity was eroded, and he became more and more free-spirited in killing people, which is why many big devils came from this.

The matchmaker also knew that the two yamen servants were innocent, but just mentioning Zhang Sheng, she still felt fierce in her heart, but now she is under the control of others, and this person is not as hateful as the old man with a strong nose in the rumors, so she listened to the advice in her heart.

"Don't worry, my lord. The matchmaker dare not harm the innocent." The matchmaker regained some strength, stood up, and suddenly asked, "My lord, will I see you again in the future?"

Tao Shuobai was silent for a while, and said, "If you only want to take revenge and do nothing else, I can let you meet Cui Yingying. Of course, you have to make some money first."

"Money?" The matchmaker seemed very curious. She sat on the courtyard wall with her body floating slightly, and asked him with her head tilted: "Does the underworld really need money? Is it paper money that people burn? Isn't that so?" It's not fair to die, the rich are still rich, and the poor are still poor, and it's no fun to be a ghost."

"Paper money in the human world will be converted into ghost coins, but after death, people become ghosts. When they report to the underworld, they must first clear their karma in the world. Generally speaking, the rich and powerful have many karma, and the cost is high. Common people have less karma, and the cost is also small. You can only declare the underworld household registration after clearing your karma. Although your lady has committed few crimes, but anyone who has contact with her, regardless of the series of karma directly or indirectly generated, she has more or less Now she is probably still a short-term temporary hukou.”

The matchmaker was amused by what she heard, and worried about her young lady: "It's a pity that I can't burn paper now, otherwise I will burn more ingots for the young lady, and the young lady will suffer less."

Tao Shuobai looked at the eastern sky, and waved to the matchmaker, "Come down, it's almost dawn, and the sun won't do you any good, so you hide on me for now."

The matchmaker trembled when she heard this: "My lord, you have too much yang energy, I'm afraid."

Tao Shuobai thought for a while, spread out his hand, and there was an extra copper coin out of thin air in his palm.This copper coin is Kaiyuan Tongbao, a coin from the early Tang Dynasty, which was collected as a souvenir when he and Zhong Kui were hunting ghosts, and stuffed together with other objects in his storage bag.

Tao Shuobai engraved a formation on the copper coin, tied it around his wrist with a string of red string, and said to the matchmaker, "You are attached to the copper coin. I have done it, so it won't hurt you."

Only then did Hong Niang attach it, and her voice came from the copper coin, asking him: "My lord, where are you going?"

"Go to an inn...to a pawnshop." Tao Shuobai remembered that he had no money, so he couldn't use the money from Tang Chu, so he became a tomb robber.Instead, you can treat the jade on your body as two pieces. Anyway, you won't be able to stay in the world for a few days. After killing Zhang Sheng and capturing his soul, Hong Niang can return to the underworld.

It is natural to say that Tao Shuobai ignored Zhang Sheng's life, he is a big peach tree in the underworld, and his compassion is given to the ghost people in the underworld.Although the matchmaker is a fierce ghost, she is in the same realm as him, and since Zhang Sheng is treacherous and greedy for wealth, even Zhong Kui would kill Zhang Sheng here.

As the sun came out, people gradually filled the streets.

Tao Shuobai walked aimlessly along the street, and finally saw a pawn shop, exchanged a jade pendant for 100 taels of silver, and went directly to an inn - Zhuangyuandian.

The matchmaker said faintly: "That Zhang Sheng lived in this shop at the beginning."

Tao Shuobai was standing in front of the counter asking for a room, but fortunately only he could hear the matchmaker's voice, otherwise he would have scared the shop owner to death.Tao Shuobai likes to be quiet, and because it is convenient to go out at night, he asked for the first room at the east end of the second floor.

The shop owner saw that he had an extraordinary bearing, and that although he was dressed in simple clothes, they were made of indistinguishable quality materials. He was probably a nobleman traveling abroad, so his attitude was very enthusiastic. "Master, let's go to rest first, and the buddy will deliver tea in a while. Do you want to eat, sir? The beef dumplings and glutinous rice noodles in this restaurant are the most famous."

"I don't need food." Tao Shuobai is a thousand-year-old peach tree, so naturally he doesn't need to eat to survive. All he eats are elixir, spirit spring and fairy fruit.

Just about to go upstairs, the matchmaker said coquettishly: "My lord, I want a bowl of beef dumplings. I used to love beef dumplings."

Tao Shuobai glanced at the copper coin on his wrist, and said through voice transmission: "You are a ghost now, you can't eat it."

"Then let me smell and take a look, shall I go to the head office?" The matchmaker begged again, and even said: "I'll catch an extra white ghost for my meal."

"Okay." Hearing what the matchmaker said, Tao Shuobai ordered a bowl of beef dumplings regardless of her busy schedule.

The shop assistant quickly brought tea and a bowl of hot dumplings.As soon as the door was closed, the matchmaker showed her figure, stared at the dumpling for a long time, her face full of frustration: "I can't smell it at all."

"I told you earlier, you're a ghost, you can't eat anything from the human world." Tao Shuo waved a little, and took out two "mutton skewers" and handed them to her.

The matchmaker picked it up suspiciously, and smelled an indescribable smell, only sweet.He opened his mouth and bit it, only to find out that it was a joss stick, and it was indescribably delicious in his mouth.The matchmaker ate both of them in one go, and then asked him strangely: "This is actually a joss stick, why is it the same as a lamb skewer? Is this the only thing eaten in the underworld?"

Tao Shuobai patiently explained: "Ghosts also want to eat, but they can't eat food in the world. Incense candles are the most common food. They are delicious and cheap, and can be made into various dishes." At the end, he explained: " Candles in the human world cannot be eaten. The incense candles for offerings have been transported layer by layer, and finally reach the hands of the ghosts. Only the annual ghost festival tax exemption allows the ghosts to rejoice all night. If you go to the underworld in the future, you may have to stay for a long time. You need to know these things.”

"It sounds more restrictive than in the human world." The matchmaker curled her lips, looked at the beef dumplings regretfully, then glanced at the sunlight outside the window, and burrowed into the copper coins again.

Tao Shuobai stared at the bowl of dumplings for a long time, smelling the aroma of dumplings all the way through his nose, but seemed to have some concerns, even though the dumplings were completely cold, he didn't take a bite.

The two lived in the inn, stayed at home during the day, and went out to catch ghosts at night.Hong Niang didn't have any troubles again, and soon caught seven white ghosts, all of which were packed in peach wood bottles by Tao Shuobai.It's only been three days, he didn't expect Matchmaker to be so capable.These white ghosts are weak, but not necessarily easy to catch.As soon as he was full of yang energy, Lao Yuan'er made the little ghosts "flee at the wind", but he still doesn't know how to restrain his yang energy.Secondly, these white ghosts don't have much magic power, and many of them don't even maintain their ghost form for a short time, but they are the best at escaping. Hong Niang was bright, straightforward, aggressive, and had many clever tricks.

Tao Shuobai began to figure out how many white ghosts he could catch before Hongniang killed Zhang.

That night, the matchmaker returned within less than half an hour after going out, her face sometimes grim, sometimes normal, sometimes resentful, sometimes sad.

"what happened?"

"Zhang Sheng will go to Hezhong Mansion tomorrow. I heard from two officials." The matchmaker managed to regain her composure, her pretty face was pale and miserable under the light, and she was particularly permeating.Seeing Tao Shuobai looking at her, he hurriedly added: "Young master, don't worry, I didn't hurt anyone."

"En." Tao Shuobai knew that she didn't kill someone, if she did, he would know immediately.He was just a pity, he didn't expect Zhang Sheng to come so quickly, he wanted to save a few more white ghosts.The matchmaker is a ghost, and Zhang Sheng is a human being. As long as the two meet, Zhang Sheng will undoubtedly die.

Tao Shuobai took out the pda and began to inquire how much it would cost to stay in the human world for a day.

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