During the Jiajing period, there was a Li Yuanwai in Lijiazhuang, east of Xincheng County. His family had hundreds of acres of fertile land, and he also opened two Chinese medicine shops in the county seat, which could be said to be rich. A few days ago, he hired a daughter-in-law for his son, and the two families were about to marry their children, and they were happy. But Li Yuanwai had constant nightmares, often waking up from nightmares, and recalling the terrible situation in his dreams, he could no longer sleep, and his eyes stared until dawn. After a few days, he was so pale that he seemed seriously ill. Afraid that the family had provoked ghosts, he wanted to invite a Taoist priest to hunt ghosts.

In Xincheng County, the most powerful person is Daoist Zhang from Sanqing Temple.

Li Yuanwai sent someone to invite Daoist Zhang to his home.

Daoist Zhang is not too old, he is only in his forties, wearing a Daoist robe, wearing a Daoist hat, his eyes are like electricity, and there are a few long beards under his jaws, which is really a bit of immortal wind. As soon as he entered the door, he stopped his foot, took a breath of air, and said alarmingly, "What a heavy ghost!" Li Yuanwai's heart was "thump," and he was busy saying, "Please ask the Heavenly Master to save me!" Daoist Zhang nodded and said, "That's natural."

In the evening, Daoist Zhang set up an altar. He lit the incense candle, knelt on the futon and silently recited a message to catch ghosts, then drew a talisman on the yellow paper, burned it on the incense candle, then took the mahogany sword and drew two sword flowers in the air. Suddenly, his eyes glared, and he suddenly shouted: "Evil, die before you show up!" Before he finished speaking, he saw a whirlwind blowing by the wall, and then, the door "squeaked", opened a crack, and a wind shadow drilled out. Daoist Zhang shouted, "Evil, where to escape!" He held the mahogany sword in his hand, opened the door, and chased out.

The wind shadow escaped Li Yuanwai's house, ran to the west of the village, and then went up the mountain road. Daoist Zhang drank while quickly chasing after him. Li Yuanwai was stunned for a while, and then let the servants follow. Daoist Zhang had long expected that this evil ghost had very strong mana, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to subdue it with his own strength, so he asked Li Yuanwai to call a few young and strong descendants to help him at a critical time. Li Yuanwai chose a few family members and waited on the side.

After more than two hours, the servants ran back and said in panic that the ghost had knocked Daoist Zhang down Xifeng Cliff, and they didn't dare to approach, so they had to run back. When Li Yuanwai heard this, he was not surprised. Li Family Village is located at the foot of Xifeng Mountain, and Xifeng Mountain is to the west of the village. Xifeng Cliff is a cliff on Xifeng Mountain, which is dozens of feet high. The cliff is upright, and there is a bottomless valley below. Even apes can't climb up, and no one dares to go into the valley. Daoist Zhang was knocked down by the ghost, and it was impossible to survive. I didn't expect this ghost to be so powerful. The ghost knew that he had found a Taoist priest to catch it, but he didn't know how to take revenge on himself.

Li Yuanwai shivered in fright, and hurriedly ordered the servants to close the door tightly, and pine torches were lit inside and outside the room. He stared at the door with wide eyes. Fortunately, there was no movement at the door. It was not until dawn that Li Yuanwai fell onhe king and closed his eyes.

Just as he fell asleep in a daze, he heard a woman's cry. The cry was so sad that his heart suddenly gouged out, and he woke up after a cold war. He rubbed his eyes, but the cry was still in his ears.

The servant hurriedly replied that it was a woman who claimed to be the wife of Daoist Zhang. Hearing the news of her husband's death, she came to Li Yuanwai to ask for an explanation. Just because Li Yuanwai was asleep, they stopped at the gate of the courtyard and did not let her in. Li Yuanwai was busy asking the servant to bring her in. After a while, the servant came in with the woman, but she was in her forties. She was naked and her eyes were red and swollen like peaches from crying. The woman saluted Li Yuanwai, and then said weeping that her husband was driven down the cliff by a ghost when he was hunting ghosts for Li Yuanwai's house. Her family broke off support, and she and her two children had to wait to starve to death. She had to come to Li Yuanwai and say,

Li Yuanwai did not know whether what she said was true or false, so he ordered a servant to inquire.

After more than two hours, the family member came back and reported to him that what the woman had said was true. This woman's name was Liu Niang, and she was really the wife of Daoist Zhang. There was a man and a woman under his knees, and she lived in only three adobe houses, but there was no half an acre of thin land. Usually, they lived on the money that Daoist Zhang got from hunting ghosts. Now, once Daoist Zhang died, they had no life. Seeing that she was really pitiful, Li Yuanwai took out ten taels of silver and gave it to her, asking her to live temporarily and come back to him when she encountered difficulties. Liu Niang took silver and left with a thousand thanks.

As soon as Liu Niang left, someone came to the door on the back foot, but it was the future in-law, Shopkeeper Song. Shopkeeper Song opened a charcoal farm, with a prosperous business and a prosperous family. When the distinguished guests came to the door, Yuan Li was busy receiving them warmly. Shopkeeper Song, with a cold face, came up and asked, "I heard that your family invited Daoist Zhang to hunt ghosts, and that ghost drove Daoist Zhang down Xiya Peak and fell to his death?"

Li Yuanwai smiled hurriedly and said, "Daoist Zhang was indeed driven off the cliff of Xifeng, but his life and death are unknown. I was about to send someone down the cliff to find it."

Shopkeeper Song snorted coldly from his nostrils and said, "Is there any reason to live after falling off Xifeng Cliff? Who else has gone down Xifeng Cliff? Even if you spend a lot of money, no one dares to go down. Now, it has been rumored outside that your house is made by a fierce ghost. My flower branch is a weak woman and the pearl of my palm, and I can't bear to let her face ghosts. If your family can't get rid of ghosts, we should retire this marriage between the two families."

He was busy saying that he would immediately invite a more powerful celestial master to catch the ghost, and he would definitely catch the evil ghost and restore the purity of the Li family. If this evil ghost could not be caught, it would not be too late to retreat. Shopkeeper Song sighed and said that Zhang, the most powerful Taoist priest in the new city, had been driven off the cliff of Xifeng by the ghost, where could he find a more powerful celestial master? If this matter could not be settled within a month, the marriage would definitely be withdrawn. After saying that, he turned around and left.

After sending Shopkeeper Song away, he suddenly realized that this matter was no small matter, and the Song family must not be allowed to withdraw their relatives. Now, it has been rumored outside that there are evil ghosts in the Li family, and who would dare to marry his son? If the Song family were to withdraw their relatives again, his Li family would be extinct. He was so frightened that his face turned pale and his heart turned pale, he spread out paper and ink, and wrote a few notices, explaining that if any expert could catch the evil ghost, he would be willing to pay a hundred taels of silver for it. After writing, he ordered the servants to post notices to Linjiang Mansion and the surrounding counties.

The notice was posted for a few days, but no one responded.

Li Yuanwai was in a hurry and raised the reward to two hundred taels, but there was still no one to fight.

Li Yuanwai was so anxious that he wanted to jump off the cliff.

That night, while Li Yuanwai was asleep, suddenly, the servant came to report that someone wanted to see him, saying he could catch ghosts. Li Yuanwai was busy asking the servant to invite the man in. After a while, the servant came in with a man. The man wrapped himself tightly in a yellow cloth, revealing only a pair of eyes through the cracks. He asked the servant to step back, and then asked Li Yuanwai to close the door. Only then did he take off the yellow cloth, but Li Yuanwai was so shocked that he jumped up. This man turned out to be Daoist Zhang. Li Yuanwai asked in surprise, "Are you not dead?"

Daoist Zhang said coldly, "I've been dead for 30 years, but how can I say I'm not dead? It's just because I caught too many ghosts while I was alive, and the ghosts hated me and didn't let me be born, but I suffered a lot. That evil ghost is an unruly and rebellious ghost, making a mess in the dark and complaining. Pluto sent ghosts to clean up, and the ghosts were afraid of losing money, so they pushed it to me. You also gave my sixth mother silver taels to help her and her children's lives. I should also be grateful to you, so I came to hunt ghosts again."

Li Yuanwai was full of curiosity: "Has it been thirty years now?"

Daoist Zhang nodded and asked Li Yuanwai to look at him. Li Yuanwai looked close to him, but he was secretly shocked. The Daoist Zhang was indeed in his seventies, with a white beard, chapped skin, and many age spots on his face. He was startled and said, "You are really old." Daoist Zhang smiled: "You are old too. It's just that you don't think it yet. I can see it clearly. Your son will also know the destiny of heaven, but he has not yet married his relatives. It is difficult for your family to have a successor. Sad, sigh. The time has come, let's catch the ghost."

Daoist Zhang set up the incense case, took out the incense candle and wooden sword, and recited the ghost hunting spell silently as before, then drew a talisman on the yellow paper, carried it with a mahogany sword, and lit it on the candle. Before the talisman paper was finished burning, he saw a whirlwind blowing in the corner of the wall. Daoist Zhang shouted sharply, "Evil, where to escape!" He raised the mahogany sword, opened the door, and chased after the wind shadow. Li Yuanwai was busy calling the servants to follow.

Daoist Zhang was in a hurry to catch up with Liu Xiaoliu's house in the east of the village, and suddenly stopped, and the mahogany sword in his hand broke off by himself with a "snap". His face changed in shock, he turned around and left, returned to Yuan Li's room, packed up some things, and without saying a word, got up and was about to leave. Li Yuanwai hurriedly stopped him: "Tianshi, what's going on, you should say something."

Daoist Zhang waved his hand helplessly and said, "The secret cannot be revealed. Otherwise, I will be punished and sent to hell again. That crime is really uncomfortable." After saying that, he pushed away Yuan Li and strode away, and soon disappeared.

Li Yuanwai froze there, unable to come to his senses for a long time. Daoist Zhang was originally powerful, but later became a ghost, with both ghost body and mana, which was not comparable to ordinary celestial masters, but was broken by this evil ghost. The strength of this ghost can be seen. In the world, which celestial master dares to catch it? It has been thirty years now, and his son has not yet married. Seeing that the Li family is about to lose its incense, he can't wait any longer. When Li Yuanwai thought of his own son, he unknowingly thought of Daoist Zhang's son. He had an idea, and immediately took two hundred taels of silver, rushed to Daoist Zhang's house, gave the silver to Sixth Aunt, and asked Sixth Aunt to say more good things to him and save his life. Sixth Aunt agreed.

Daoist Zhang did not come again.

On the other side, Shopkeeper Song was anxious and came to him again, saying that the outside world was already very evil, that the ghost was the number one ghost in the world, and even the Nether King of the Ghost Realm could not do nothing about it, and no one could do anything about it. Hearing this, Huazhi was so frightened that she cried every day and refused to marry into the Li family. Looking at the relationship between the two families, he gave the Li family another half a month's work, and if he still couldn't catch the ghost, he could only withdraw the marriage. Li Yuanwai was not easy to say anything, so he could only accept it.

He wrote another notice, raising the reward to 400 taels and inviting people to come and hunt the ghost. But the ghost's reputation was far and wide, and no one dared answer. Li Yuanwai gradually became desperate, so he could only sigh silently and cry secretly.

That night, he was sighing in his room when the doorman ran over in panic and said out of breath, "Old, old master, that old goblin, no, it's that old ghost, here again!" Li Yuanwai was startled: "What old goblin and old ghost, what's going on?" The doorman didn't speak, but when the door opened, an old man stood at the door. The doorman screamed and rushed out. Li Yuanwai looked at the light, but saw that the man was Daoist Zhang, but his beard and hair were white, and he was struggling, and he said in surprise: "Zhang Tianshi, is it really you?" Daoist Zhang nodded and walked in the door. Li Yuanwai was busy helping him sit down and asked in surprise, "I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so old?"

Daoist Zhang rolled his eyes at him and said, "How come you haven't seen me for a few days? It's been twenty years. Just because I was punished by Hades and imprisoned in hell last time, I was tortured, and I was just released these two days. I secretly went to see my wife and children. I only heard that twenty years ago, Li Yuanwai gave them another two hundred taels of silver to keep them alive.

Li Yuanwai was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's the danger in my family?"

Daoist Zhang explained, "Twenty years have passed, and your Li Yuanwai is already ninety years old, and your son is also in his sixties. Whether or not you can have an heir is a matter of one thought. If you can crack the Ghost Dao in the near future, your Li family can still prosper, otherwise, there will be no sound." Li Yuanwai heard that there was still a chance of survival, so he was busy kneeling down for him, kowtowing three times in a row, begging him to save himself. Daoist Zhang helped him up, and then he spoke in a hurry.

Twenty years ago, Daoist Zhang chased the ghost to the door of the Liu family and was broken by the ghost. He understood that the ghost was born of resentment, invisible and elusive, and could be gathered and melted at any time. Therefore, it was extremely powerful, and even Mingjun could not do anything to it. I don't know what kind of deep hatred the Li family and the Liu family have formed, and the resentment is so heavy. The only way now is for Li Yuanwai to eliminate this resentment by himself. Once the resentment disappears, it is difficult to condense into a ghost, and the ghost will not catch itself and die of lawlessness. Li Yuanwai slapped his head and said, "This is easy to handle!"

Daoist Zhang said goodbye and left.

Li Yuanwai took out the land deed, called Baozheng, rushed to Liu Xiaoliu's house and shouted at him. Liu Xiaoliu's family had a good piece of land, which was taken by Li Yuanwai and wanted to buy, but Liu Xiaoliu refused to sell it. In a fit of anger, Li Yuanwai thought of a sinister idea and planted paulownia around the land. Paulownia has a well-developed root system and strong suction. The land of Liu Xiaoliu's family was about to be destroyed, but he had no way to complain, so he could only eat this dumb loss. Li Yuanwai first apologized, and then told Liu Xiaoliu that the land was not good, and he was willing to pay for the same size of the land of the Liu family and choose with Liu Xiaoliu. Liu Xiaoliu was overjoyed when he heard that, and was busy agreeing to it and chose a good land. The two of them asked Baozheng to guarantee it and signed the land deed.

Li Yuanwai resolved the grievances of the Liu family, and the ghost disappeared as expected. The Song family said nothing more and agreed to the marriage, and the two families set an auspicious date. Li Yuanwai was grateful to Daoist Zhang for saving the family, and rushed to thank him with a heavy gift.

As soon as he entered Daoist Zhang's house, he saw Daoist Zhang sitting at the door basking in the sun, and he was not surprised. When Daoist Zhang saw him, he turned around and left, staggered under his feet, fell to the ground, and cried "ouch". At this time, another Daoist Zhang came out of the room, helped Daoist Zhang up, and said angrily, "What are you doing in such a hurry at such an old age? If you really fall out, you will suffer.He looked up and saw Li Yuanwai, busy helping Daoist Zhang back to the room.

Li Yuanwai chased into the room, blocked the two Taoist priests, and finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that these two people were Taoist Zhang's father and grandfather, one in his seventies and the other in his nineties. Li Yuanwai asked Taoist Zhang to hunt ghosts, but Taoist Zhang was not in a hurry to go, but first learned about the situation of Li Yuanwai and the grievances between his family and the Liu family, so he came up with such an idea. On the day of the ghost hunt, he took advantage of the night to pretend to fall into the Xifeng cliff, but he had already arranged the mechanism. In fact, he hid at the edge of the cliff first, and when no one was there, he sneaked away. He asked his father and grandfather to come forward twice, creating a situation that had lasted for decades, allowing Li Yuanwai to see the serious consequences of the family's decline, and then tell him what to do. Li Yuanwai had an epiphany and exchanged the land for the land to solve the hatred. With that said, Grandpa ordered Sixth Aunt to take out the two hundred taels of silver and wanted to return it to Li Yuanwai, but Li Yuanwai refused to ask for it.

Li Yuanwai was filled with emotion. He had done something bad, which made him feel like a ghost in his heart and lived like a year. The Zhang family has solved problems for people everywhere, so he has a clear mind and lived such a long life. He really understands what to do in the future. Two hundred taels of silver to buy a knowledge is worth it.