The next day, the Empress Dowager summoned Li Li and asked what good strategies could be taken to prevent monsters from sneaking into the palace.

Yesterday, when she heard Li Li talk about the past when she encountered the demon, she was shocked by the "human body refining into a formation" and she didn't sleep well all night.

Li Li's answer was: No need to be careful, because outside the palace city, there are already monsters in many official offices in Taicheng.

When the empress dowager heard this, her head seemed to explode: Why are there monsters everywhere!

Li Li said calmly: "Since the Jin Dynasty, the bureaucrats of the Shangshu Province have all lived in the province with their families. The various offices, residences and corridors have been old, and there are many ghosts and monsters."

"Whenever night falls, some rooms will have strange light and movement, but there is no one in the room."

"Or, someone appears and disappears in a moment; or the doors and windows open and close for no reason."

"All the officials have seen strange things happening when night falls, and the officials are no longer surprised."

"And some rooms and courtyards that are prone to strange things are called "strange houses", and those excluded minor officials often live in them to make fun of them."

"The officials living in the strange house often worship Buddha statues in their residences, or invite monks and Taoists to do the same to ensure safety."

The Empress Dowager didn't know about this kind of thing? She had never heard of "a ghost in the Shangshu Province". Now, after hearing Li Li's words, I just feel unbelievable.

The Secretary of State Administration of the State Council is making trouble... How do you live a ghost?

"I think that nine out of ten of the so-called monsters are made up and scary." Li Li changed his tone and gave "popular science" to the Empress Dowager.

To avoid the empress dowager being instigated, she asked the ministers to transfer one million kilograms of copper to cast Buddha statues in order to seek blessings from the Buddha.

"I was a minor official from the Poyang County Party Committee and many companions. I was cheated of money by the old officials with ghost stories."

Li Li’s specialty is Li Li’s specialty. He should use the life experiences of the lower-class people to fool the Empress Dowager, who has no experiences in the lower-class life, so don’t be too relaxed.

Based on the bad habits and so-called rules in the public camps and military camps, he talked about several situations.

First, the minor officials who serve in the public office are often cheated of money by older officials. One of the methods of cheating money is that a room or courtyard of the public office is a haunted house, and they are on duty or spend the night at night, and it is easy to encounter unclean things.

Want to save your life? Yes, spend money, I will find a way to transfer it to another place for you.

Or they deceived those "orchard guardians" and "treasury officials" and said that somewhere on duty there were often unclean things at night, and they wanted to save their lives and spend money to adjust their positions.

Or, just trying to make fun of people.

Secondly, in the military camp, old soldiers often use ghost stories to intimidate new recruits. For example, strange things often happen in a certain location in the military camp. The soldiers on night often disappear and their whereabouts are unknown.

Why haven’t others heard of it? Because the “leader” suppresses the matter and keeps it open, outsiders don’t understand it.

Now, you and I have the fate to tell you this secret, the place you went to tonight is really dangerous!

What, don't you want to go? Okay, I have a talisman to keep me safe for many years. You can take it, but you always have to give it to me, right?

Third, whether it is a public or a military camp, it is inevitable that someone will sneak around at night, steal finances, and be caught in the whereabouts and be mistaken for ghosts to appear. It is normal.

Some people even deliberately spread rumors that the government and military camps (usually warehouses) were not peaceful at night, and scared the night people so hard that they dared to approach them.

Fourth, some people intend to commit a crime. In order to escape the government's investigation and cover up the truth about the murder of the deceased, they made a mystery and tried to turn the murder case into a "ghost and monster harming people."

Therefore, many so-called ghost stories are compiled by people with ulterior motives.

Li Li briefly explained the possible reasons why "strange things often happen at night in various offices in the Shangshu Province."

One reason is that many houses are in disrepair and mice appear, so it is normal to have strange noises at night.

The second reason is that internal thieves steal at night, deliberately pretend to be a ghost or spread rumors in order to cover up their movements.

The third reason is that using the haunted house as an excuse to make up various excuses to deceive those who do not know the truth is a means for many treacherous officials to make money.

The fourth reason is that the practice of certain houses and courtyards for each official office has become an unwritten rule, which has given some temples a stable "business".

Therefore, all the officials in the Shangshu Province "must" often happen at night.

Therefore, the saying that ghosts and monsters appear has been passed down.

When the empress dowager heard this, she felt her eyes wide open and she was not so worried: Mr. Pengcheng was knowledgeable and thought that there would be a way to protect the entire palace, so that the ghosts and monsters could not harm the emperor.

Seeing that the time was almost done, Li Li turned to the topic: "I think that even if there is a bad intention in the evil Taoist and attempt to endanger His Majesty's life with magic, it will not succeed."

"Evil things are most afraid of yang energy and murderous aura. The soldiers who guard the palace city have strong yang energy and sufficient murderous aura. Where can there be a chance for evil things to cause trouble?"

"What is more terrifying than ghosts is people. Weichen believes that there is no need to adjust the palace ban system to avoid giving people the opportunity to take advantage of it."

"If something strange happened in the palace, there is no doubt that someone must have been making a fool of himself to achieve his unspeakable intention, just like a ghost soldier who used the way."

"The Yin soldiers borrowed the way?" The empress dowager's heart was immediately echoed by the four words Li Li said.

"The so-called Yin soldiers borrowing the way is just a trick to deceive people..." Li Li began to fool him again.

This is exactly Li Li's intention: in the way of telling ghost stories, exerting psychological influence on the empress dowager, subtly, it is easy to accept some of his views.

He used folk rumors and combined with cases cracked by local governments to explain what it is to "ghost soldiers borrowed from the way".

The so-called "yin soldiers' access to the road" is a supernatural story circulating among the people, which refers to seeing mysterious troops marching in the mountains or fields at night.

But in fact, it was some bandits and water bandits who were causing trouble.

In order to cover up their whereabouts and avoid attracting the attention of the government, these people deliberately fabricated and spread ghost stories.

It makes people think that a team that appears in the nearby areas is not composed of people from the mortal world, but a group of "smell soldiers". In this way, no one dares to approach.

Or, in this area where the "yin soldiers" passed by, someone was killed or someone disappeared, because he ran into the Yin soldiers and was hooked up.

What about it in fact?

It means that bandits robbers, kill people, rob people, or plunder people, and property.

When the Empress Dowager heard what Li Li said, she thought it was quite reasonable and felt that Li Li was more knowledgeable.

Li Li was born in a cold and experienced many things, so he could be calm about the sayings of gods and ghosts.

"I have been fighting for more than ten years and killed countless people. If there were ghosts and monsters in the world easily, I have been killed by ghosts and monsters. How can I live well until now? So I am not afraid of any ghosts and monsters."

Li Li made a summary and set himself a character of "a wide knowledgeable person and not afraid of ghosts."

It is not easy for the Empress Dowager to bring her son to live. She has to deal with the eye of her relatives and outsiders. You can imagine how much psychological pressure is.

Therefore, you need to rely on it psychologically, but no one can become the Queen Mother’s real psychological support, because this means...

Li Li did not intend to deviate from the rules, nor did he have the ability to act handsomely, so he could only use special methods to influence the Queen Mother's psychology.

Refer to the routine of Taoist You Fang to “pull business”.

Some Taoist priests of Youfang deliberately pretend to be a ghost in order to make money whenever they go somewhere, so that some local people think that there is a monster at home, so they ask Taoist priests with "high magic power" to do it to eliminate disasters and monsters.

Seeing the empress dowager's face of trust, Li Li said:

"After the New Year, Your Majesty is about to stay in Huaiyin. Some people do not want Your Majesty to leave Jiankang, but they cannot stop it on the surface and there is no legitimate reason to stop it, so they use any means."

"Trying to use evil techniques to harm Your Majesty's life or intimidate me, I believe that since ancient times, evil has not suppressed justice, and what they do will only be futile."

"There are all signs that Zhou may use troops against Qi. So, as long as His Majesty stationed in Huainan and the official army will act like a northern expedition, it will inevitably lead to Qi being forced to divide its troops to defend."

"In this way, the chances of victory of Zhou State will increase, and then the government army will act according to the opportunity..."

"Mr. Pengcheng's judgment is definitely correct." The empress dowager replied. She felt that there was no problem with Li Li in charge of military affairs. The benefits of his son going to Huainan outweigh the disadvantages.

With Li Li here, my son will be safe no matter where he goes.

"There will never be repeated when Your Majesty is stationed in Huaiyin. Your Majesty will never listen to people with ulterior motives and change their minds. Mr. Pengcheng can rest assured."
Chapter completed!