A Tale of Pursuit of a Rogue Taoist Priest

There is a maple forest on the southern outskirts of Jiangcheng, and few people come here on weekdays, but when the maple leaves are red in autumn, occasionally idlers come to enjoy it.

One year, a wealthy businessman liked the seclusion of the place, so he bought a piece of land at the foot of the mountain and built a yard, named Fengxi Courtyard.

The wealthy businessman loves peonies, so he built a small garden in the yard just for this reason, and all of them are planted with precious varieties of peonies.

Every time the peonies bloom, the small garden is full of colorful flowers.

But just a few months after living in Fengxi Courtyard, a big event happened in the rich merchant's house.

The wealthy businessman's family has a son who has just been crowned, surnamed Ning Dan and given the name Er.On the night of the [-]th day of the eighth month, an enemy came to seek revenge. Ning Er was knocked unconscious, thrown into the well in Xiaoyuan and drowned.

The rich businessman was so distraught that his wife almost threw herself into a well and followed her son.Since then, the wealthy businessman has moved away from Fengxiyuan and never came back.

Speaking of this matter, everyone in Jiangcheng sighed.Ning Er is a well-known young talent in the city, with outstanding literary talent and quick wit.

People are also born like trees facing the wind, showing talents.Everyone said that he was the most beautiful man in Jiangcheng, he was upright and generous, no one could fault him.

It's just a pity that he died at the bottom of the well on August [-]th, the day of reunion.

After the rich businessman left, the yard was empty, and the maple leaves fluttered all over the ground, and no one swept it.

After another two years, everyone gradually stopped mentioning this matter, as if they had forgotten about the courtyard and Ning Er.

The peony is respected as the national flower, graceful and luxurious, and the rare peony can be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold.No one remembers Fengxi courtyard now, and no one cares about the peonies in that courtyard.

The night in spring is very different from the day, the flowers collect their fragrance and gather their petals.The green willow no longer had the curling posture it had in the daytime, but only swayed leisurely.

The hazy moonlight shone on the ground, and I could only roughly see about two feet around.A short and thin man stood outside the courtyard wall, turning his head and looking around.Seeing that there was no one around, he rubbed his hands together and jumped onto the wall.

This kind of agility is like a habitual thief.

After climbing over the top of the wall, the thief jumped into the yard.He walked lightly to the peonies, and pulled out the hoe stuffed behind him.

The peony bushes are next to the corner on both sides, and the two sides are bamboo fences.Because it has not been taken care of for a long time, the flowers are full of weeds, but the peony flowers are still not decayed.

Just as the thief was about to go in, there was a sudden chill around him, which was bitingly cold.He turned his head and saw a man in white clothes sitting by the fence.

The man in white has a pair of beautiful eyes with deep black pupils, staring at him without blinking.His complexion was miserable, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was smiling.

The thief was startled, why did this man walk without making a sound? !Then he raised the hoe in his hand and asked the man in white in a deep voice, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The man in white stared at the thief, and opened his lips and said, "Why do you care who I am? Meeting is fate, and you are here to steal peonies?" The voice was beautiful, like pearls falling to the ground, and it became clearer in this quiet courtyard.

Now that he was caught, the thief turned around and ran towards the courtyard wall.Regardless of his fate or not, running away is serious.Just after running a few steps, the man in white appeared in front of him, blocking the way.

The thief was taken aback, and thought: "This man is really powerful, he ran in front of me in a short time. It seems that this man must be a master of martial arts, so I can't beat him naturally."

The thief was thinking about how to get away, when the man in white said again, "I can let you poach Peony, but you have to give me some benefits."

The thief was very surprised to hear the man in white say that, and asked tentatively, "What's the benefit?"

The man in white smiled slightly, and the cool night wind conveyed his words to the thief's ears: "I'm very bored at the bottom of the well by myself, why don't you come down with me for a few days and tell me something interesting about the outside of this yard."

Hearing this, the thief thought about it carefully, and shivered suddenly, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

At the bottom of the well... could it be... this person is Ning Er who has been dead for two years? !

The thief tremblingly looked at the feet of the man in white. Under the moonlight, there was no shadow of the man!

The thief immediately fell to the ground, his face pale with fright, and he couldn't speak a word.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Ning Er leaned down again and asked softly, "You don't want to? It doesn't matter if you don't go to the bottom of the well, it's the same if you talk here."

The thief looked at Ning Er standing in front of him, and finally couldn't bear the shock. Something seemed to explode in his head, and warm liquid flowed down between his legs.His mouth trembled and he couldn't utter a word. Finally, he rolled his eyes and passed out.

Seeing that the thief was dizzy, Ning Er stood up and kicked the thief's body: "Hey, you're so unafraid, how dare you steal something with just this little courage?!"

"Actually, it's okay if you don't want to talk about it. I won't eat you. You asked me what conditions!" Ning Er sat down beside the thief, muttering to himself a little depressed.

Suddenly there was loud laughter from outside the courtyard wall. It was the laughter of a rough man and a charming woman, from far to near.

After the charming female voice laughed for a while, she said through the wall: "Oh, my lord! It's not easy for you to have someone come. Instead of pushing him into the well to be your scapegoat, you want him to play with you instead? It's so funny Yo! Why are you so stupid?!"

The rough man also said loudly: "I really don't understand you scholars. Could it be that your brains are flooded? You don't want the good things that are delivered to your door? What is there to treat in the well? Brother, what's so good about the story? Wouldn't it be nice to let him be your scapegoat! Then you can be reborn as a human!"

Ning Er just smiled and shook his head, and said to them: "A person like me who has lived a life of uprightness has ended up like this. If I enter the underworld, I'm afraid I will be thrown into the city of death!" It's better to be a ghost and have more fun!"

The man and woman are Ning Er's neighbors, two lonely ghosts.The charming woman had a irascible husband who treated her badly.The woman later transferred her love to another person, and once had a private meeting with her cousin during the Lantern Festival, and was seen by her husband, and was stabbed through the chest by a knife during the two people's struggle.After his death, he was buried in the maple forest, his resentment persisted, and he turned into a ghost.On weekdays, she pretends to be a beauty to seduce men, and absorbs men's yang energy to practice, but every time she is disturbed by the rough man next to her.

She also likes to tease Ning Er, but after a long time, Ning Er has changed from blushing at first to calm.

The rough man killed someone before his death, his head was beheaded, and he was buried here.I don't know why he turned into a ghost, and usually likes to take off his head and smash the man that the female ghost hooks up with.As soon as he saw Ning Er sitting on the stone sealing the well with his hair dazed, he threw his head into the yard.

At first Ning Er was always scared and hid in the well, but now he can kick his head out of the courtyard without changing his face.Whenever she saw this situation, the female ghost would laugh so hard that she couldn't straighten up.

Seeing what Ning Er said, the two ghosts outside the courtyard felt bored, so they joked a few more and went back to their own graves.

The crows in the maple grove croaked a few times, the wind blew, and the thief was still unconscious.

Early the next morning, the thief woke up.But he was lying at the gate of Fengxi Courtyard, with several peonies tied to his body, and a large bruise on his forehead.

The thief was struggling to get up, but found that his hands and feet were limp.Just a few people came from a distance, and when they got closer, they saw a person in night clothes lying on the door, with a hoe and peonies behind him, and they all understood what was going on.

Before the thief had time to shout that there was a ghost, a middle-aged man sullenly ordered the servants behind him to turn the thief to the Yamen.

The middle-aged man is the owner of Fengxi Courtyard, Ning Er's father, Ning Heng.Standing behind him was a slender and tall young man, dressed in a white Taoist robe, like a cultivator.

Ning Heng looked at the young man with an apologetic expression on his face, and said, "I'm really sorry, this kind of thing happened to me when I came here. It's really my fault. It doesn't matter if you buy the yard or not, and I don't care."

The young man smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing, I like this yard very much, and I'm afraid you won't sell it to me!"

Ning Heng's complexion improved a bit, and he patted the young man's shoulder: "Jun Fu, you don't have to force it. Your master told me that I will pick another good place for you."

It turned out that this young man was a disciple of Immortal Siming of Yaoshan Mountain, his surname was Shen and his name was Junfu.Because they came down the mountain to do some business, and because the Ning family had some predestined relationship with Yaoshan, they planned to buy Fengxi Courtyard to settle down.

Shen Junfu shook his head when he heard the words: "I appreciate your kindness, I really like this house."

Seeing Shen Junfu's sincerity, Ning Heng sighed lightly: "Then...you go in and see for yourself, I, I won't go in." After saying that, he turned around and stood with his back to the yard, feeling sad and a little touched by the scene.

Shen Junfu had no choice but to take the key and walked into the courtyard gate alone.

Seeing that the weather was fine today, Ning Er in the yard came out of the well and took a walk in the corridor to pass the time.Just as I was thinking about what happened last night, I heard the ding of the lock outside the door.Ning Er felt strange, took a few steps towards the door, and the door was pushed open.

Ning Er took a closer look and saw a young man walking in from outside.He has handsome eyes and eyebrows, a dignified appearance, and an extraordinary bearing.Being able to compare the most beautiful man in Jiangcheng to the second, Ning Er couldn't help curling his lips.Then he got behind the person who came, and followed him step by step to visit this familiar yard.

After looking around, Shen Junfu didn't even glance behind him.Ning Er thought that this person was very interesting, but unfortunately he couldn't see ghosts, otherwise he could still chat.

It was nearly noon, and the sun was too strong, so Ning Er could not stay for long.I had no choice but to reluctantly go back to the well and stay there.

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