Chang'an can satisfy everyone's imagination of glory and wealth, while Princess Jing can satisfy everyone's imagination of the stunning face. When An Gui wrote this letter to An Zhilu, he really just wanted to tell the beauty of the world to his best brothers.
However, for the same person in the world, An Gui did not expect the beauty he described, but it could only make An Zhilu's ambition burn more violently.
He just wanted to see An Zhilu again in Chang'an one day, share the wine with the spring breeze, see the beauty of Chang'an, see how prosperous this prosperous era looks, and see how there are so many beautiful women in the world.
However, An Zhilu, who had just killed Zhang Qingniu, only wanted to own the entire Chang'an.
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After nightfall, oil lamps were lit in the courtyards of every household in Pingkangfang, and yellow talisman paper was pasted in front and behind the house.
These are all arrangements of the government.
The officials who distributed lamp oil and talisman paper made it clear that there were remnants of the previous dynasty who caused chaos and hid many corpses in the City God Temple, which created a large number of evil spirits. Although the evil spirits are eliminated now, the evil spirits are scattered. After nightfall, no one in Pingkangfang could go out, otherwise they would definitely be caught in evil spirits.
After nightfall, you must light an oil lamp in the courtyard to check whether there are any changes in the cinnabar rune on the yellow talisman paper in front and behind the door. If you find any changes, you must shout for warning. At that time, officials will come as soon as possible, but no matter what strange things happen, you cannot run out of the courtyard and run to the street outside, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.
The lamp oil and talisman paper were all assigned by several famous Taoist temples in the city. They all cast spells, but they could not protect them when they ran outside the streets.
It's clear enough.
Moreover, when it comes to matters between ghosts and gods, people in Chang'an naturally have enough awe.
But there are always some people who like to be greedy for small gains or are timid and ignorant.
Lamp oil is very expensive.
Lighting the oil lamp for one night, how much oil should it cost?
Although the lamp oil was delivered to the government house from door to door, not a copper coin, and the amount he had calculated for the whole night, Yu Baiqiu felt more and more reluctant to leave the lamp oil as he looked at it.
It is said that orders last several nights.
I will continue to send it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
If you save half a pot every day, how much can the lamp oil you have accumulated over the past few days cost?
I can eat several meals of alcohol and meat.
What evil spirits? Isn’t it enough to have talismans in Taoist temples in front and behind the door?
What's more, although Yu Baiqiu has never read a book, he knows one truth: a person with sufficient yang energy, and the evil ghosts cannot be close to him.
Is his yang energy insufficient?
He is in his forties because his family is poor and cannot get married. He is still a bachelor. He counts on his fingers. The last time he touches a woman was half a year ago.
And he is also a knife sharpener.
He deals with all kinds of knives every day. According to a storyteller, he is very evil.
If there is any house in Pingkangfang that is haunted and unsettled, you can ask him to have a sleep, and there is a town in the town.
As soon as this thought came, the evil fire in his heart became more and more uncontrollable.
Although wine and meat are fragrant, if you save a few days of lamp oil and make up some money, you can go to the kiln to sleep with a girl?
Nothing to say!
Thinking of this, he was afraid that the officials would check at first. After nightfall, he lit the lights for a while, and then looked at the talisman paper in front and behind the house with concern. Seeing that the talisman paper was not strange at all, and the government did not come, he quickly turned off the oil lamp.
Isn’t it over if I cover the quilt and fall asleep after a night?
He thought so and did the same.
He fell asleep soon.
I don’t know how long I slept, but I heard a woman’s voice in a daze.
He woke up all of a sudden.
It seemed as if the sound was coming from the alley outside the door, and it seemed that there was a young woman crying out of pain.
If it was a man's voice, he would be too lazy to get up and look. The young woman's voice sounded so cute. When he arrived in front of the door, he didn't dare to go out, so he looked out through the crack in the door.
Hey! It turns out that she is a young woman, not particularly beautiful, but she looks like a jassie in her family. She squats not far from his door, rubbing her right ankle with her hands constantly, as if she was too hurrying to go, and sprained her ankle.
The woman rubbed her feet and called for help, looking scared. However, after a while, no one opened the door and no official came.
"This group of people is really just talking awesome. Why do you shout for help? An official will come over in a while. Where is the person? Where?"
Yu Baiqiu, the knife-sharpening craftsman, muttered intently, but he also had some thoughts. After looking at the yellow paper talisman posted on the door, the cinnabar on the talisman was not moving at all. He felt relieved and asked the woman through the door, "Little lady, what's wrong with you? Didn't you say you can't go out at night, why are you running around outside?"
When he heard Yu Baiqiu ask, the woman limped towards his door, tears flowing from her eyes, "My mother's home is here, I live in Chongyefang. Today, my husband owes someone money. Someone came to collect debts and grabbed my husband and beat him. It means that he didn't pay the money in the morning, so he broke one of my husband's legs. I was anxious and rushed over and wanted to get some money back to help him first, but I didn't want to hurry up. I just came over and there was a curfew, and every household was closed. There seemed to be no one in my house. I thought of going to my aunt's house, but I didn't expect to sprain my ankle here. And I heard that this Pingkangfang was haunted, and I was afraid of death."
"What's your mother's family's name?" Yu Baiqiu asked.
The woman replied, "My mother's home is in Dongsan Lane, and my father Zhou Shen'an."'
When Yu Baiqiu heard that he really knew about this family, he saw that the yellow paper talisman on the door was nothing strange, and there was nothing strange in the alley, so he pulled the door and opened the door, "If you are not afraid of gossip, you can go into my yard to hide."
The woman thanked her repeatedly and hurried into the yard. Although there was no light in Yu Baiqiu's yard, she felt more and more generous when looking at the woman with the starlight.
Although he was just an ordinary little girl, his figure was first-class. He felt a little bit evil in his heart, and he felt that he would just pretend to be a ghost to see if this woman would have something to do with him because of fear.
The woman thanked him so much and asked, "Brother, what's your name? You are the kindest in this street. I must be very happy to thank you."
"Why would you like to thank me for it?" Yu Baiqiu murmured in his heart, but his face was silent and said, "It's all the same yard, so why are you polite? My name is Yu Baiqiu. You are right to enter my yard. Today, Pingkangfang is making a lot of evil things, but I am usually a sharpener with a strong evil spirit and can be suppressed. Don't worry, if you think something is wrong, you can hide behind me and make sure you are fine."
When the woman heard the evil spirit, she became more and more scared, and her voice trembled, "Thanks to Brother Yu to rescue her, Brother Yu, how old are you, why do you seem to have no family at home?"
Yu Baiqiu's face turned slightly red and said, "I'm already forty-three, but my family is in short supply, so no girl wants to marry me, but don't worry, I'm not a bad person, I'm not a bad person, I'm not sick, I'm very strong, if there is any dirty thing in, I will definitely run away."
The woman seemed a little relieved. Seeing that Yu Baiqiu didn't lead her into the house, she just took a quilt and walked towards the kitchen side. She seemed to want to make a floor next to the stove for a night. She felt a little grateful and said, "Brother Yu, then I guess you must be born in winter."
Yu Baiqiu actually had the intention to burn the stove a little more vigorously, and the little lady would sweat a little while later. When the stove was extinguished, she would easily get chills. If she scared her a little, maybe she would take advantage of him.
Hearing this woman say this, he smiled while making a fire, "What, you know how to tell fortunes?"
The woman walked into the kitchen, helped to clean up, and shook her head and said, "My husband can tell fortunes. Those who say that such people are good but cannot marry a wife are usually born in Dongli."
Yu Baiqiu sighed and said, "Miss, I don't say bad things about your husband. I guess his divination technique is really not good. No wonder he owes money. I was not born in winter. I was born on the second day of the August 2018, so he is completely unfavorable."
The woman's face turned red and she said, "Brother Yu, what time are you specific? Maybe it's the time."
Yu Baiqiu said: "I was born at the time of Mao."
The woman was suddenly a little depressed and said, "Then according to my husband, this is a good time."
At this time, the fire in the stove was shining. Yu Baiqiu looked at the woman's concave and straight figure and couldn't help but swear. He felt itchy, but his face was still calm and said, "Maybe a good day is coming?"
The woman nodded immediately and said, "That's sure."
Yu Baiqiu knew that if he wanted to succeed, he had to work hard and work hard. At this time, he must not let this woman be wary.
He said seriously, "To prevent people from going around, you must not be in the same room as me. You will sleep on the floor later. If there is fire here, you will not be afraid. If there is something wrong, you should call me quickly. But don't stick the door, I'm afraid that if something happens to you, I won't be able to push the door open. But sometimes I sleep hard, and if you call me but don't respond, you will go to my room to wake me up."
The woman nodded repeatedly.
Yu Baiqiu calmly stuffed several dry firewood into the stove, and then cleared the firewood ash in the stove.
In this way, the fire is strong, but it will burn quickly.
He thought so, and the woman suddenly exclaimed.
"how?"
He was startled and as soon as he turned around, he saw the woman lit up in the yard with a look of horror.
Yu Baiqiu looked into the yard and saw nothing, but the woman was already hiding behind him.
At the same time, he heard an extremely cold voice in his ears, "Yu Baiqiu..."
When he turned around, he saw a strange light flashing in the woman's eyes. A shadow twisted around her neck, as if a white head was drilled out.
“…!”
Yu Baiqiu was as if he was falling from an ice cave. He opened his mouth in horror. Before he could make any sound, his own neck cracked, and his head was twisted by an invisible force.
At this time, the two yellow Taoist talismans in front and behind the yard were slightly floating, as if they were to react, but at the same time, two white round paper money fell silently. Two thin white shadows appeared in the two paper money, which suddenly suppressed the two yellow Taoist talismans.
The woman's face no longer had a look of fear at this time.
She took out a small chisel from her sleeve and knocked a blood hole directly on Bai Qiu's forehead.
Chapter completed!