Hundred Ghosts

Fortunately, there were so many people in the palace, so He Huai could ask where he was going. Poor Lin Zi ran for half an hour, and almost lost his breath. Finally, he ran to the hunting ground in the palace. The late emperor liked hunting very much. Not enough to have a large hunting ground outside the city, one was built in the palace, surrounded by barbed wire, and there were also some wild boars or wolves inside, covering an area of ​​five miles, and no one dared to come nearby.

Next to the hunting ground is a path leading to the military training ground outside the palace. Sometimes they would go to the mountains to find prey. Lin Zi didn't know which path to take.

He kept pacing anxiously, and suddenly saw a ghost holding a pipa sitting under a tree outside the hunting ground. It had long nails, was wearing a black cloak, and stared at Lin Zi with a pair of blue eyes.

It's a pipa ghost.

As the name suggests, Pipa ghosts hold a four-stringed pipa, which is called "pipa" when plucking the strings forward, and "pa" when plucking the strings backward, and the four strings represent spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Importantly, it has the ability to predict.

Lin Zi walked over slowly, and asked it uneasily, "I want to ask, where is He Huai?"

It hugged the pipa and began to play. The pipa ghost obtained the ability to predict by playing the pipa. After a while, the sound of the pipa stopped, and it handed the pipa to Lin Zi. Lin Zi hesitated and took the pipa.

It points to where the hunting grounds are.

"Thank you very much!"

Lin Zi bent down to thank him, it nodded, and soon disappeared, Lin Zi had no choice but to climb over the fence with the pipa in his arms, the iron spikes on it hooked his Taoist robe like a small rag, fortunately he wore it thickly, otherwise his skin would have been ripped apart .

Looking at the pipa in his hand, Lin Zi sighed. Sometimes the pipa ghost will give the pipa to others, and that pipa can bring people good luck, and it can be regarded as sending Buddha to the west, but when it comes to ask for the pipa, it often brings Come disaster.

Don't care about any disasters, let's talk about it after finding the general.

It has a radius of five miles, neither big nor small, anyway, Lin Zi walked panting for a long time holding the pipa and still didn't find anyone. Green eyes stared at him.

Cold sweat broke out immediately.

He walked slowly towards the tree next to him. The wolf's eyes followed him. He leaned his back against the tree and felt more at ease. Seeing that it was not moving, he prepared to climb up the tree slowly. When the wolf saw the prey was about to run, Immediately pounced on it, Lin Zi turned around and swung his pipa to hit it hard on the head.

As expected of a pipa that can bring good luck, Lin Zi's hands were numb from the shock.

The wolves were stunned, so they called out for their companions, and Lin Zi hurriedly climbed up the tree. Soon, more than a dozen wolves came down from the tree, and it probably called all the brothers from the hunting ground to come over.

It's over...

They guarded under the tree, just waiting for Lin Zi to come down. Wolves are extremely terrifying creatures. They even have the patience to wait for their prey to starve to death and fall from the tree!

Lin Zi comforted himself again, in this severe winter, they should have nothing to eat, it's not certain who will starve to death first.

Soon, two wolves left and brought a rabbit and a gazelle over. The two wolves stayed under the tree. The remaining wolves ate the gazelle and came back to guard the people. The two wolves ate the rabbits. .

Not only that, but they also use their claws to plan the trees from time to time. The trees on the forest are not thick, and it is only a matter of time before they plan.

Lin Zi quickly touched his pocket. There were only a few talismans, which could drive away ghosts, but not wolves.

He folded a few paper cranes with talismans, and was about to let the paper cranes fly back to the Taoist temple for help from his brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, it was snowing heavily, and the flying paper cranes fell wet on the wolf on the ground not long after.

Lin Zi couldn't help but smiled wryly, now he was doomed, if he wasn't eaten by wolves, he would starve to death and freeze to death.

He Huai, who ran to the depths of the hunting ground, forced the fox ghost back and sat on the ground gasping for breath. He knew that Lin Zi hadn't recruited the fox ghost, so he had to secretly recruit the fox ghost to attach himself to the little emperor for fear of embarrassing him.Unexpectedly, the fox ghost was so angry that he couldn't suppress him for a while, and almost killed Lin Zi and the little emperor.

Fortunately, it ran out before it got out of control.

The surrounding trees were swept away, and the fox ghost shivered under the only remaining locust tree.

"Lin Zi always keeps his word. He said he will build an ancestral hall for you, and he will definitely build it. You can go, don't come back."

The fox fur ignites spontaneously without fire, and the fox ghost gradually disappears, leaving only a locust tree in the snow.

"Wow——" He Huai turned his head, and the two wolves that came out to look for food again stopped and stared at him in the distance. He Huai saw something yellow on the back of one of them, so he walked over to have a look. As soon as he approached , The wolf turned around and ran away in fright.

But he could see clearly that what was on his back was a small paper crane made of yellow talisman paper.

He Huai's heart hit like a heavy hammer, what does that paper crane mean?Lin Zi may have already found him, and he may have encountered a pack of wolves. He is an unarmed little Taoist priest. If he encounters a pack of wolves, he will be eaten clean.

Before he had time to think, he quickly caught up with the two wolves. Although he was not fast enough to see them and lost them, he soon heard the howls of nearby wolves.

When they got to the call sign, they saw Lin Zi sitting on a tree, holding the crumbling tree with a pale face, and a dozen wolves were persistently digging the roots below.

When Lin Zi saw He Huai, he almost thought it was a phantom before he died, so he sniffled and shouted, "General!"

"Don't be afraid, I will save you."

Seeing He Huai approaching, more than a dozen wolves actually retreated one by one, and finally dispersed. Lin Zi, who was on the tree, felt that the general was still very powerful.

He Huai stood under the tree and clapped his hands, "Come on, jump down, I can catch you."

Lin Zi didn't believe him, so he threw the pipa down and climbed down bit by bit. He Huai caught the pipa and complained, "Don't you know how powerful your general is? You don't trust me so much?"

After he came down, he asked about the origin of the pipa, "Where did you get the pipa? It looks a bit weird..."

He suddenly understood why it was like this, there was a faint ghost aura on the pipa.

Sure enough, Lin Zi said, "I met Pipa Ghost, it pointed me in the direction of where you are, and gave me the Pipa."

"You... what are you doing with the pipa?"

"If you don't pick up the pipa, it doesn't point the way."

"It pointed the direction and made you fall into the pack of wolves! If I hadn't come in time, you would have been eaten by wolves!"

"I'm not looking for you, what if you are harmed by a fox ghost?" He took out a few crumpled talismans, and said in an aggrieved voice, "Although I am a bit weak in Taoism, I can still help you."

He Huai's heart softened immediately, and he grabbed his cold hand and put it into his arms, "Okay, don't be angry, look, your clothes are all torn, let's go back and take a shower and change, come, show me , are you injured?"

"No."

"It's fine if you don't have one. I like you the most. If you get hurt, I will die of grief, and then I will pour Huaier soup for you every day..."

Lin Zi: "..."

They walked back to the palace, and there were guards everywhere. When they saw them, their eyes lit up and they knelt down, "Your Majesty asked the ministers to wait to find you. It's great that you can come back safely."

"It's work."

The little emperor lost his temper in the bedroom, accusing them of not being able to catch anyone. When he saw them coming back, he immediately put on a smile on his face, ran to Lin Zi and grabbed his hand to act coquettishly, "Brother Taoist finally came back? Don't worry. I'm dead..."

Lin Zi had goosebumps all over his body, "Your Majesty, this is not polite..."

"It's okay, I'm the emperor, I agree with you, the Taoist brother's hands are really cold, my hands are warm, I will warm the Taoist brother... The Taoist brother's clothes are torn, I will immediately embroider the girl for the Taoist brother Do it again!"

He Huai: "..."

Lin Zi pushed the little emperor's hand away calmly, and knelt down to salute, "It's the grass people's fault for frightening His Majesty."

"Brother Taoist, get up quickly, I don't like you like this, just now when you protected me to death, I was very happy..."

"Actually, if you were an ordinary person, the grassroots would do the same."

"In your heart, I am actually the same as a lowly commoner?"

"Your Majesty shouldn't call his people that."

"You just say it?" The little emperor yelled at him heart-piercingly.

Lin Zi frowned impatiently, and said in a low voice, "Caomin dare not."

"Hmph, I knew it." The little emperor acted pitifully at Lin Zi again, "Just now I spoke a little harshly, brother Taoist, please don't get angry, okay?"

"……Yes."

After entangled with the crazy little emperor for a long time, and refused him to let him rest in the palace, he and He Huai left the palace in a hurry. He Huai had a sullen face along the way. In the past, he was only amused by himself, but it was the first time he saw him like this. , Lin Zi was still a little apprehensive.

"General?"

He Huai came back to his senses, "It's okay, it's okay, the emperor has a strange temper, did it scare you?"

"It's okay, it's okay, the emperor is just moody."

Not only is he moody, he is simply a little overlord, he still likes children like Xiaocai, who are sensible and obedient, so it is easy to take care of him... Although the emperor is the same age as him, he gives Lin Zi a kind of child who is several years older than him illusion.

After resting in the city for one night, he went back to the Taoist temple the next day. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, Master Qingcheng was willing to come back. What surprised Lin Zi was that the Sanhua cat also came back. Rip a little bit to feed it.

Lin Zi touched a few and went into the house. He took stock of the money the emperor had given him. It was quite a lot. It would be no problem to build an ancestral hall for that fox ghost.

The ancestral hall can be built anywhere, as long as it is enshrined, but burying its corpse has become a problem. Most of the snow foxes are on the snow-capped mountains, and the hunting grounds of hunters are not fixed. A thousand fox corpses... Where can he find them? ah.

"Don't worry about this, the emperor has already sent someone to bury the snow fox's body, let's find a place to enshrine it in a place where there are people and incense."

It is true that the little emperor sent someone to bury the corpses, but it is true that he stirred the ground with locust tree roots and let the snow bury the foxes.

"As for the place where there is incense, there is a big pagoda tree in my house, and many people usually worship it. If you build the ancestral hall there, you can also let the fox ghosts get some light from the pagoda tree." He Huai said.

Lin Zi paid double the price, and finally invited someone to build the ancestral hall before the New Year. There is a small ancestral hall next to the big ancestral hall dedicated to the locust tree. In the small ancestral hall is a statue of a white fox. It is said that the general ordered it to be built. I came here specially in time, but there are many more people in the White Fox Ancestral Hall, there is a lot of food on the table in the altar, and the incense burner is full of incense, which is more than that of the locust tree.

And then... New Year's Eve.

The old monsters who have lived for hundreds of years have seen the New Year's situation of the He family several times. The only thing they don't like is that they like to hang firecrackers on the branches. The crackling firecrackers ignited the branches several times, but seeing them so happy, He Huai I have to let them play around.

In the middle of the night, their whole family will come here to worship for themselves, and the nearby people will also come over. Those days were really carefree, at least not like now...

"General, I'll leave the fire to you." He Huai held the firecracker, bit the bullet and lit the fuse of the firecracker, and then quickly ran back to stand beside Lin Zi.

"The general is amazing!"

He Huai, who was subjected to the performance, immediately drifted away, rubbing the back of his head and laughing, "This little idea, leave it to me next time!"

The fireworks soared into the sky and exploded into words in the dark, Xiaocai stared at the fireworks with his cat eyes shining.

As the youngest person in the Taoist temple with the lowest backup, he received a circle of red envelopes, and even his younger brother gave him three pennies.

"Xiaocai, Xiaocai, you really have fortune!" He Huai praised him so much.

"Xiao Cai is a good boy and deserves it." Lin Zi said with a smile.

"You are also a good boy, do you want a red envelope?" He Huai teased him.

"Do you have any money?"

"..." Poor He, who had already emptied his wallet, was speechless for a moment.

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