Baoding There is a poor scholar named Zhou Huaiyuan in the mansion. He failed the imperial examination several times, so he simply stopped and asked someone to find a job in a wealthy family. The family would not go hungry. Later, under the introduction of the village media woman, Zhou Huaiyuan married Liu, and the two of them lived a shameless life from then on.
However, the good times did not last long. A sudden incident made the entire Zhou family mess up. What happened? Please listen to me to arrive carefully.
This Zhou Huaiyuan has only been at home for two days a week since he worked in a wealthy family, and has lived in a wealthy family the rest of the time.
In the evening of that day, Zhou Huaiyuan said goodbye to his wife and hurried towards the wealthy family. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that everyone in the family was busy and there were a few older people at home. Zhou Huaiyuan had never seen such a scene on weekdays, so he hurriedly grabbed one of them and asked what had happened.
The man said, "Who am I thinking I am? It turns out to be Brother Zhou. You don't know. You have only been away for two days, and the young grandmother of the He family is about to give birth!"
Hearing this news, Zhou Huaiyuan frowned slightly and asked again, "How is this possible? Young grandmother is only three months pregnant?"
The man looked around and waved to Zhou Huaiyuan, then leaned into his ear and said, "I heard that the young grandmother's fetus is extraordinary, and it is a ghost..."
Zhou Huaiyuan couldn't believe it. Although the world is so big, Zhou Huaiyuan didn't believe a word about the gods and ghosts.
How many premature babies are in the village? Zhou Huaiyuan has also seen them. The children born are as big as kittens. Some of them have strong vitality and can survive, but most of them end up with a premature death.
However, the He family has great achievements and is accumulating virtue and doing good deeds in daily life, Zhou Huaiyuan believes that the young grandmother of the He family will definitely survive this disaster.
However, before Zhou Huaiyuan had taken two steps, he heard a shrill cry from the young grandma's room of the He family. In an instant, the whole He family became quiet. Then he heard a cry for help, and the midwife ran away from the young grandma's room with a pale face.
Seeing this, the He family knew something was wrong, so they took three steps back and did not dare to take another step forward.
After a while, the eldest young master of the He family walked out with a gloomy face, turned around and told the servants what to do, and then left with his hands behind his back.
After a while, the young grandma stumbled out in disorganized clothes, and shouted to ask the young master to let his child go while running.
Everyone was driven away by the butler of He, but Zhou Huaiyuan saw the butler holding a black cloth bag in his hand. The bag seemed to contain something alive and kept squirming in it. Butler He carried the thing straight towards the well, and then threw it away, and the thing fell into the bottomless well.
The black cloth bag was thrown down, as if there was a scroll.
Although this incident was repeatedly pressed by the He family, it still spread throughout the He family.
When I was sleeping at night, several people in the room whispered.
"Did you see the young master angry today? I heard that the child was born to the young grandmother and the demon, and that demon, right in the He family, the young master was wearing a cuckold on his head. Now he will definitely teach the young grandmother a lesson"
"Really? Then we have a good show to watch. Let's sneak out and take a look."
After a while, a person came to pat Zhou Huaiyuan on the back. Zhou Huaiyuan had no intention of going out, but like them, his curiosity drove him out.
The room in the distance was brightly lit, and I saw the young master walking around the room, while the young grandmother was sitting aside and crying silently.
When several people were watching with relish, a baby cries suddenly came into Zhou Huaiyuan's ears. Zhou Huaiyuan subconsciously looked around, but found nothing. The butler during the day did not call the child...
As the sound became louder, Zhou Huaiyuan hurriedly patted the arm of the person beside him and asked, "Did you hear the child cry?"
The man trembled all over and shook his head and said, "It's midnight, what did you say is scaring people? Could it be that the incident during the day scared you? At this time, you have auditory hallucinations ?"
Seeing that several people were relaxed, it didn't seem like they were lying. Could it be that...he only heard this sound?
When thinking of this, Zhou Huaiyuan's steps involuntarily walked towards the crying.
Learning to the well all the way, the crying came to an abrupt end, but saw that the scroll that had been thrown by the butler had appeared outside the well at some point.
Zhou Huaiyuan walked forward curiously, and the scroll seemed to sense something, and rolled in the direction of Zhou Huaiyuan.
Zhou Huaiyuan picked up the scroll and opened it. On the scroll was a little Taoist priest outlined with a golden pen. The little Taoist looked kind-hearted and aimless, and there was a sense of justice under his handsomeness.
Zhou Huaiyuan was attracted by this painting at once, and there seemed to be a voice in his mind saying to him: "Take it home, take it home, this painting will bring you infinite luck."
The voice was repeated over and over again, and Zhou Huaiyuan didn't think much about it, and he put the painting in his arms by a traitor.
It's a coincidence or the Taoist on the painting is really capable. Zhou Huaiyuan has been working in the He family for some time and has not been appreciated by the butler. The day after he got the painting, the butler noticed him.
The housekeeper saw that Zhou Huaiyuan was working quickly and was a down-to-earth and hardworking seedling, and immediately waved his hand to increase some money for Zhou Huaiyuan, and allowed Zhou Huaiyuan to go home to visit relatives one day in advance.
Zhou Huaiyuan was happy. After thanking the butler, he went home with his painting.
After returning home, Zhou Huaiyuan told his wife about the fact that he had obtained a magical painting Liu's . Liu took the painting curiously and looked at it, and immediately widened his eyes.
The Taoist priest in this painting seemed to blink at her, which scared Liu very much, but when she looked closely, it was clearly an ordinary fine brushwork .
Liu subconsciously touched the Taoist priest's face in the painting, and then withdrew his hand. The touch of the painting was really strange, smooth and soft, like... a human skin.
Seeing this lifelike painting, Liu was a little scared. It can be seen that Zhou Huaiyuan spoke with relish and said that the magic of this painting gradually Liu gradually let go of his guard.
That night, Zhou Huaiyuan had a strange dream. When he dreamed that he was looking at the painting, the Taoist priest on the painting suddenly opened his eyes and walked out of the painting. He saw that the Taoist priest's skin was fair and his appearance was as fairy-like as a Taoist priest, which made Zhou Huaiyuan's legs soft and he fell to the ground.
The Taoist chuckled, raised his hand to signal Zhou Huaiyuan to get up, and then said with his back, "Don't kneel down to thank me. Speaking of which, I also want to thank you for your life-saving kindness."
Zhou Huaiyuan was a little surprised, and only heard the Taoist priest continue to say, "A few years ago, the He family invited me back from the temple to support me, so that I could bring wealth to the He family. Now the He family has great business, but something happened but it was blamed on me. They threw me into the chaotic well, destroying my thousand-year-old Taoism. OK, if I hadn't met you, I'm afraid I would have died long ago!"
Zhou Huaiyuan then understood the meaning of the Taoist priest's words, and quickly nodded and said, "The immortal is so heavy, the little people are just a slaughter. Besides, if the little people have the current situation, it is thanks to you, the immortal."
Hearing the word "xian", the Taoist priest smiled with a spring breeze on his face and immediately said, "You and I have a fate. Since the He family no longer needs me, I will not go back. If you are willing, I will help you to make you prosperous and surpass the He family."
When Zhou Huaiyuan heard this, he felt happy and quickly bent down to thank me, but he saw the Taoist priest frowning at this time and hurriedly asked what happened.
The Taoist priest waved his sleeves and said, "Now I have been damaged by the He family for thousands of years, and I can only meet you in my dreams. If you can apply the blood of chicken, duck, fish and meat on my paintings every day, I will recover as before within a hundred days. At that time, you and I will join forces with each other and will definitely dominate the world. "
Zhou Huaiyuan was happy and agreed repeatedly, and then asked as if he was thinking of something: "It's just that I don't know anything. The young grandmother of the He family..."
"Hmph" said the Taoist snorting coldly, "When talking about this, I have a deep hatred for the He family. It was about half a year ago that a pervert with a deep Taoism came to the He family. The pervert looked at the young grandmother of the He family at first sight and pestered her day and night. I realized that something was wrong, so I wanted to get rid of it.
But I failed in the end. Later, the young grandma was pregnant, which was a happy thing, but not long ago, the young grandma's three-month pregnancy belly suddenly grew as if she was ten months pregnant.
The devil's ulterior motives were born, and the whole He family was in panic. The young master thought that the young grandmother was unfaithful to him, so he beat and scolded the young grandmother. As the only person in the He family who knew about the He family, I was included in the suspicion of the young master.
After my explanation, Young Master He still didn't believe me, and even threw me and the ghost elixir into the cold well.
It's a pity that Mr. He. I helped their family for a long time. At this moment, they broke the bridge and turned their backs on their faces. So now I want to help you, and I have some selfishness..."
The Taoist priest's words made Zhou Huaiyuan believe it. According to his words, he painted the scroll with chicken, duck, fish and meat every day. Not long after, the originally yellowed scroll became as fair as human skin, and the Taoist priest in the painting became more lifelike.
Sometimes he could even walk out of the painting. Zhou Huaiyuan was promoted step by step in the He family with the help of the Taoist priest. Now he has become a celebrity around Mr. He, and the housekeeper must be taller. Look at him.
However, while Zhou Huaiyuan was rising step by step, he also discovered something strange.
Wife Liu seemed to have become a little different from before. She didn't say anything during the day and night, but she even talked a little less.
When Zhou Huaiyuan was relieved in the middle of the night, he did not see Liu by his side. It was not until the next morning that Liu would return in a hurry. Liu fell asleep when he entered the door. What made Zhou Huaiyuan even more strange was that Liu looked disheveled every time he returned, and there were suspicious red spots on his body.
At first, Zhou Huaiyuan thought something had happened to Liu, but over time, he found something was wrong.
Zhou Huaiyuan went home that day, and before the lights were turned off, he went to bed early. He was sleeping at night. Hearing the movements beside him, Zhou Huaiyuan quietly opened his eyes and found that Liu had already gotten up and walked to the dressing table to paint his eyebrows and lips.
After finishing his makeup, he quietly left the door again. Zhou Huaiyuan was curious, Liu was dressed so beautifully in the middle of the night, where was he going?
As he was thinking, Zhou Huaiyuan hurriedly got up and followed him.
Liu's pace was very fast. With less than a stick of incense, Liu had already walked out of a street, and then quickly walked towards the wasteland in the distance, until the end of the wasteland. Liu turned into an alley.
Waiting for Zhou Huaiyuan When he went to check, Liu's figure was gone. At this moment, a roaring scream came from the other side of the alley. Zhou Huaiyuan's face turned green at that time.
I didn't expect that Liu would do such a feud with others when he went out in the middle of the night. Zhou Huaiyuan clenched his fists and pushed his green head angrily and wanted to swing his fists.
However, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Huaiyuan. He looked closely and saw that it was not someone else standing in front of him, but the Taoist priest in the painting.
Zhou Huaiyuan thought that Liu's misfortune was related to the Taoist priest, so he immediately wanted to punch the Taoist priest with a blue nose and a swollen face. Fortunately, the Taoist priest dodged a disaster.
The Taoist waved his hand and said, "My benefactor, you misunderstood me. I am like you, and I followed Liu all the way. But I didn't expect to meet the pervert from the He family. The pervert is very powerful. I am not his opponent at all. I saw you rushing over, so I came to stop you."
Seeing that Zhou Huaiyuan still refused to believe it, the Taoist had to explain again: "What I said is true. If I don't believe it, you can hear that sound is still there. If it is really me, how can I appear in front of you?"
Listen After the Taoist priest said this, Zhou Huaiyuan gradually lowered his fists and sighed, "I can't stop this from my wife. What should I do?"
The Taoist priest patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, just leave this matter to me, but... I still can't conquer that pervert now, and I still need my benefactor to find some...human blood... In less than three months, I can help my benefactor with another help."
Zhou Huaiyuan had no other way at this time, so he had to nod and respond, looking at Zhou Huaiyuan's gradually moving away, In the painting, the Taoist priest's mouth curled, revealing a meaningful smile.
Then he turned around and disappeared into the alley again.
From that day, Zhou Huaiyuan locked the door every night, so that Liu could not go out.
The Taoist priest in the painting seemed to become stronger after he nourished it with his own blood. At this time, the Taoist priest no longer flashed and dark like before, but was more like a real person.
In the evening of that day, the Taoist priest walked out of the painting and went to Zhou Huaiyuan and said, "My ability has reached unprecedented strength. I will get rid of that pervert for you tonight, but it is not possible except for my own ability. I need your help. When the moon is on the branches, you take this to the alley of that day, and then bury this thing in the underground of the alley. You and I cooperate, the pervert will die tonight!"
As he spoke, the Taoist priest handed Zhou Huaiyuan something similar to a human bone. Zhou Huaiyuan took the thing and felt that the thing was biting cold. Seeing the Taoist priest floating away, he threw the thing on the table in the room.
At night, Zhou Huaiyuan followed the Taoist priest's instructions to come to the alley. When he got to the place, he found that he had forgotten to bring the things. He hurried back home.
However, when he first came to the door, he heard his wife's babbling and screaming from the house. When he arrived in front of the house, he saw the candlelight swaying. Under the reflection of the candlelight, two figures appeared on the doors and windows.
And that shadow, one of them is his wife, Liu, and the other figure is clearly the Taoist priest in the painting!
Recalling all the past, Zhou Huaiyuan realized that he had been deceived by the Taoist priest. No matter it was the He family or his own family, there was no so-called pervert. The one who really harmed the young grandmother of the He family and his wife Liu was clearly the Taoist priest who was robbed in the painting!
When thinking of this, Zhou Huaiyuan couldn't help but clench his fists, and in anger, kicked the door open.
A strange fragrance filled the room. When I pushed away the fog, I saw Liu lying on the bed, but the Taoist priest disappeared.
Just when Zhou Huaiyuan was surprised, the Taoist figure appeared outside the house. He was emitting a rich black aura all over his body, and he slowly walked towards Zhou Huaiyuan with anger on his face.
"Zhou Huaiyuan, you ruined my big business. Why didn't you execute the things you asked you to do? Now that the pervert escapes, you and I can't live up to you!"
When he put this before, Zhou Huaiyuan would definitely believe this, but today he finally saw the true face of the Taoist priest. When Zhou Huaiyuan was about to question the Taoist priest, he swallowed it back with his words.
The Taoist priest in the painting is so powerful. How could he be his opponent if he is just an ordinary person?
When thinking of this, Zhou Huaiyuan hurriedly smiled and bowed, "It's indeed my fault today. Why don't you and I join forces again next day?"
Seeing Zhou Huaiyuan's sincere attitude, the Taoist priest's face eased and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I have a good day to choose from..."
After saying that, the Taoist priest shook his sleeves and turned around and disappeared in front of Zhou Huaiyuan.
Zhou Huaiyuan stared at the room where the painting was hanging, his eyes were breathing fire. After he returned to the He family, he told Young Master He all the things that happened to him. Young Master He couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect you to work diligently, but your mind was so confused. How could you get to the sky in one step? There are advantages and disadvantages in everything.
The Taoist priest was not that powerful before, so I threw him into the well water to seal him, but now he is free to enter and exit the painting, and the well water can no longer control him.
In this way, you come with me to meet someone. If he has no choice, then this matter will be difficult..."
As he spoke, Young Master He called a carriage and took Zhou Huaiyuan to the east.
The carriage stopped slowly before entering an ancient temple. When he arrived at the door, after Young Master He reported to the house, he was invited to a meditation room on the east side.
The sound of knocking on wooden fish came from the Zen room. After the two walked in, they saw an old monk wearing a cassock sitting cross-legged with his back to the two.
A moment later, the sound of the wooden fish stopped, and the old monk also slowly turned around, "Master He, don't be fine. I wonder what's wrong with coming this time?"
His young master owed his body and whispered, "Master, do you remember the last time I asked you?"
The old monk paused, and then spoke again, "Oh? But the demonic path appeared again?"
"That's right, it's just this incident. It seemed to be a little tricky. "
" As he spoke, Zhou Huaiyuan walked forward and told the old monk all the things that happened to him. The old monk frowned, "I didn't expect that this demon Tao is good at bewitching people's hearts. However, since the demon Tao has not succeeded yet, we still have a chance. In this way, listen to my words..."
" Zhou Huaiyuan's face turned green after hearing the old monk's plan. If others know this, it would be a shame to be a big deal!
According to the old monk's instructions, Zhou Huaiyuan tied his hair on his head, took off his coarse linen clothes, and changed into Liu's dress. Then the old monk muttered a few words, and then sprinkled two drops of water droplets with strange smell on Zhou Huaiyuan, Zhou Huaiyuan transformed and turned into a beautiful woman.
The old monk laughed and said, "Now I want to deal with that demon, there is only one way. The demon is lustful, and everyone calls him the demon, because he died of greed and lust in his previous life, and was sealed in the painting after his death.
And he can only have the chance to recover from his human body. Fortunately, you did not bury the human bone at that time, otherwise you would be reborn as a demon, and all women in this world will suffer... Now you only need to be bait to lure out the demon, and leave the rest to me."
That night, Zhou Huaiyuan scratched his head in front of the picture as the old monk told him. But after a moment, the demon slowly walked out of the painting, and a strange fragrance came in an instant. Zhou Huaiyuan felt his head drowsy, and his limbs were no longer controlled by him, and walked straight towards the demon.
Looking at the evil look of the demon, Zhou Huaiyuan couldn't help but want to vomit, but he couldn't control his body. Just as the two were about to touch, the old monk's voice suddenly appeared.
The old monk shouted: "Where is the demon path running!"
The demon path in front of him was stunned. The old monk suddenly bounced his fingers, and many confused people surrounded the demon path. With a strange fragrance coming, Zhou Huaiyuan saw that there were a group of bellies and swallows around the demon path at some point.
The demonic path surrounded the middle and smiled in a daze. At this moment, the old monk took action again and saw a rope that looked like a snake flew straight towards the demonic path, instantly tied the demonic path to the place. The more the demonic path struggled, the tighter the rope was tied.
Finally, the rope fell down until the demon turned into a wisp of smoke floating into the painting.
At this time, Zhou Huaiyuan looked at the painting again, and saw the demonic path appearing and disappearing, but his eyes were fierce, as if he was about to eat the few people in front of him.
But no matter how hard it is, it can no longer break free from the constraints of the painting axis.
Later, the painting was thrown into the well in the backyard of the He family again. In addition to the demonic path, the He family and Zhou Huaiyuan family returned to their past.
When Zhou Huaiyuan relies on his own efforts to gain a foothold in the He family, the two families are living happier and happier.
At the same time, Zhou Huaiyuan also understood that there is no good thing about pie falling from the sky in the world. Being greedy for small gains will only put yourself in a more dangerous situation. Only by relying on yourself in everything will you gain more happiness.
(The story is over)
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