Liaozhai Great Sage

"What's going on, how could there be a fire in the well-endowed mansion?" Old Hou Ye was sullen, smelling the housekeeper.

The butler knelt on the ground frightened and said: "Master, I don't know why the fire started. I heard from the servant that a firefly flew from nowhere and landed on the roof, igniting the withered grass on the roof. , and then the fire grew stronger, and when it was discovered that the house behind it had been covered by the fire."

"It's nonsense, how could a firefly set the roof on fire." The old Hou Ye said angrily, "It must be that servant who accidentally set fire to the house, deliberately lying to shirk responsibility, come here, kill that servant, next time If there is such a thing again, you, the housekeeper, don't do it anymore."

"Yes, yes, sir." The housekeeper said tremblingly.

"Don't be impatient, Lord Hou, but I know the cause of the fire." At this time, a middle-aged man in Taoist robes walked over with a smile on his face.

This Taoist is a diner of the Hou's mansion, he has no name and no surname, and the people in the mansion call him Shan Taoist. Because of his ghost-like abilities, he has won the respect of the old Hou Ye.

"Master, do you know the reason for the fire?" Old Hou asked.

Shan Taoist smiled and said: "This fire is God's will, it is to take away the old Hou Ye's money, because Lao Hou Ye, your fortune has lost 8000 taels for no reason tonight, so this fire The fire is to make up for this gap, so that your missing wealth will match the belongings in your home, if you don’t believe me, Mr. Hou, why don’t you send someone to calculate the losses caused by the fire.”

The old Hou Ye's eyes moved slightly, and immediately sent the housekeeper and accountant to estimate the loss of the fire.

After a while, a cashier said: "Go back to the master, the younger one has calculated it before, and the total loss is 8000 taels of property."

"Master Dao, this number is wrong." Old Hou Ye said doubtfully.

Shan Daochang pinched his fingers and counted, and then said with a smile: "Old Hou Ye forgot, there is still a box of bank notes that have not been counted. This silver note is privately kept by one of your concubines, and it is worth 1 taels."

"What? And this matter?" Old Hou Ye was shocked and angry.

Surprised that this amount is not bad, and angry that there is actually a concubine hiding private money behind her back, and it is still as much as 1 taels.

"Daozhang, who is it, which concubine of mine hid it privately?" the old Hou Ye asked.

Taoist Shan said with a smile: "The money has already been taken away by the heavens, so what does it matter who put it?"

Chapter 3 Li Linfu

The commotion in the mansion continued until the sky was about to dawn before it stopped.

And the four guards Wu Fei, Ma Dong, Niu Er, and Xing Shan were also quarreled all night, and they knew in their hearts that there were ghosts haunting outside, so they were so worried that they couldn't sleep.

However, worrying is nothing to worry about, but in fact, no ghost entered their room.

It looks dangerous, but it is actually very safe.

Because these ghosts are restrained by the long-bearded ghost king, they are not the kind of lonely ghosts in the mountains who will kill people at will.

So their worries are unnecessary.

However, when the few of them walked out of the room, the scene in front of them suddenly surprised them.

"What's going on, where is this place? Did we go to the wrong place?" Wu Fei touched his bald head with a look of astonishment.

In front of their eyes, yesterday's familiar weeds were everywhere, and the dilapidated mansion changed overnight. The ground was neat and clean, with no trace of weeds or dust. The house and the lobby were brand new. The original wood was restored overnight, brand new, with freshly dried paint.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a newly built mansion, not like an abandoned mansion at all.

This is the former prime minister's mansion, which was very grand at first, but because it was occupied by the ghost king, no one took care of it, and it was abandoned for a long time. Now that it has been repaired and restored to its original appearance, it gives people a very different feeling.

"We're probably running into evil again. This must be an illusion, an illusion, something transformed by ghosts, it's not real." Ma Dong also said in surprise.

But when he looked up and looked into the distance, he saw that the winter morning light had already fallen, and the blue tiles on the roof were covered with a layer of golden light.

It's daytime.

According to what the young master said, the method of transforming ghosts will most likely fail under the sunlight during the day, because the transformation of ghosts is blessed by a ghostly energy, and this ghostly energy will be dispelled under the sun, so the illusion will also be ineffective. It is useless.

When several people suspected that it was an illusion, a method of transformation, Li Xiuyuan came to the lobby again.

Because he heard a ghost calling himself constantly.

"It's you again, you showed off a bit yesterday, why are you calling me again today?" Li Xiuyuan sat on a chair and looked at the middle-aged man in official uniform on the wall of the lobby.

At this moment, the middle-aged man is not as indifferent as yesterday, but still has a flattering smile on his face.

"Damn it, damn it, you don't know Taishan, you don't recognize Mr. Li, and Mr. Li is here, so what's the ghost king?" The middle-aged man said with a flattering smile.

"..." Li Xiuyuan gave him a strange look.

This ghost changed his face too quickly, it wasn't like this before.

"But speaking of it, I have to thank you very much. You persuaded me to leave here yesterday. You must know that there is a ghost king entrenched here. You are afraid that we will be killed. After all, you are still helping me. It's just that yesterday I thought you were the owner of this mansion. Scattered and entrenched here, unwilling to give up the mansion, I didn't expect that you are not, the ghost king is the master here." Li Xiuyuan saluted him after finishing speaking.

Although the ghost had a bad attitude yesterday, he was saving himself and others.

Although I don't need to be saved, I have to admit this feeling.

"Hehe, Mr. Li, you are being polite. You are being polite. The kid just mentioned one or two points. There are too many people who are afraid to die here. The karma is all on the kid's head." The middle-aged man laughed.

"Even if someone died here, the blame is still on the ghost king, how could it be on your head?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The middle-aged man said helplessly: "The little ghost was the earliest owner of this mansion. After he died, he hid here because he had nowhere to go. Later, the ghost king occupied this place and used it as a ghost house. He saw that the little ghost was still useful, so he let the little ghost live in it." Being a housekeeper here, managing the mansion for him, if someone dies, it still has something to do with it, if you can save a few more people, it can be regarded as accumulating merit."

"So that's how it is...but this mansion is the mansion of the prime minister of the former dynasty. The ghost king has been entrenched here for hundreds of years, so it's already time for the former dynasty. I don't know who you are?" Li Xiuyuan asked suspiciously.

"Heh, heh, the kid is the former prime minister." The middle-aged man smiled embarrassedly.

"Ok?"

Li Xiuyuan looked shocked, and he looked at the painting on the wall.

It is true that he is wearing the official uniform of the previous dynasty, and the clothes are still purple. In the previous dynasty, purple official uniforms must reach a certain level to be eligible to wear, and there are not many officials who can wear purple official uniforms in the whole dynasty, but Prime Minister is one of them.

"Are you the prime minister of the previous dynasty? As far as I know, there were at least a few hundred prime ministers of the previous dynasty. I don't know who you are?" Li Xiuyuan asked with some doubts.

Officials who can reach the level of prime minister are all people with profound merit. After death, they will generally be named as Yin gods, or city gods, or heavenly officials. How could they be reduced to old ghosts in this old house?

"The little ghost was the prime minister during Xuanzong's period. He shares the same surname as Mr. Li. It's really a fate. His nickname is Ge Nu, and his real name is Lin Fu." The middle-aged official said with a flattering smile, even saying his nickname.

"So your name is Li Linfu, wait, wait, Li Linfu, Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Xiuyuan hadn't reacted before, but when he did, he almost bit his tongue behind him.

"No, that's right, the kid is Li Linfu."

The middle-aged official said with a smile on his face, that smile was flattering with kindness and respect, no matter how you looked at it, it was not annoying.

Li Xiuyuan asked again: "People in the world say that you are a sinister villain, is it true?"

"That's a rumour, pure rumour."

Li Linfu became a little ashamed and angry: "Those scholars are insulting my innocence. Can the battle in the court be called insidious? If I don't kill them, they will kill me. This is a life-and-death struggle."