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When the two came to the ruined courtyard, Qi Zhong calmed down and reached a state of sympathy with the dead trees and grass in the courtyard.Immediately, the scenery in the courtyard took on a new look, the tung flowers flew, and the faint fluorescent lights danced with it, the old trees sprouted new buds, the fallen tiles in the courtyard returned to the eaves one by one, and the red paint on the door gradually deepened.

Looking at this scene, Mu Yun already understood something, stepped forward and said: "Reminiscing about the illusion is extremely damaging to the heart. I hope you will use this technique with caution in the future."

"How do you know?" Qi Zhong was slightly surprised. These words were similar to what he said that day in the Jiugai Mountain Palace, and the Immortal Venerable, but the difference between the two was that one encouraged him to concentrate on his studies, while the other persuaded him Do not use again...

Mu Yun's eyes were faintly worried: "There are common laws in the world, and if you go against the way, it is difficult to have a good end. I just push it away based on this."

Qi Zhong paused for a moment, and said relaxedly: "So what? The shortcut is also the way, if you don't take it, you won't take it. And when it comes to cultivation, what kind of Taoism doesn't cost you?"

Mu Yun's eyes sank, and he remained silent.

At this time, the sky in the courtyard gradually brightened, and the two of them were completely included in the illusion of the past.Qi finally took a look at the busy servants around, and found that it was the rich businessman who had just arrived in Jiangyang City many years ago.

"Let's go. The truth will come out soon."

Qi Zhong with his hands behind his back, Xu Bu walked ahead and led the way.

The two walked side by side, and the scenery on both sides was constantly changing, like a frame of images superimposed, clearly unfolding all the past in the timeline, and passing by in a hurry.

At the end of the corridor, the two stood at the door of the mansion.

Outside the courtyard gate, there was a burst of crackling firecrackers.Looking along the prestige, I saw that the owner of the mansion, Boss Chen, was wearing gold and silver, and compared with the gentle and clean Mrs. Chen beside him, he was immediately superior.

The servants looked forward to it, and finally received the "honored guest".

"Oh, master, please come in quickly, master has worked hard."

Boss Chen went forward with a flattering face, and came in a Taoist priest wearing a yellow Taoist robe, with wicked eyebrows, a big mole on his mouth, and a natural good looks.

Qi Zhong covered his mouth, leaned on Mu Yun's shoulders, and relieved the hurt of his ugly face on his weak heart.

The Taoist priest waved the rough dust fly in his hand, raised his head and entered the door arrogantly.

Boss Chen stepped forward attentively: "How is it? Master, can we open the altar today?"

"It still doesn't work. Although I removed the bad luck in front of your door for you just now, but the cloudy moon is not clear these days, it is not the best time to do it. Just wait patiently for a few days. At that time, I will use the skills passed down by my master to block your fortune. , when the time comes, your family's business will definitely flourish."

The Taoist said some weird words, which made Boss Chen nod his head repeatedly.Mrs. Chen stood aside, covered her face with silk, frowning slightly.

Qi Zhong couldn't help but clicked his tongue: "Get rid of bad luck? Just set off a few firecrackers, who wouldn't? That Boss Chen probably has something wrong with his brain. That Taoist priest is probably a bastard who cheated on food and drink."

……

At night, insects chirped in the courtyard, and candles were dimly lit in the main room next to the main entrance.

"My lord, I don't think that Taoist priest is a serious expert. Why don't you give him some money tomorrow and send him away. Let him mess around at home these few days and make a mess of it."

Boss Chen frowned impatiently, feeling that Mrs. Chen was unreasonable: "What do you know as a woman? The master has spent a lot of thought on helping us attract money, and it seems that we are about to do it, and you still want to drive her away?"

"But after such a long time, our family's business has not changed much. He is probably a liar. I told you not to provoke him. If you don't believe me, I insisted on inviting him to our house... We still do business in peace. That’s fine, no amount of money is of any use.”

Mrs. Chen couldn't let go of her guard, worried that the origin of the Taoist priest was unknown, so she should not be trusted.

"You're stupid, how much money is not good? Try going out to socialize every day, you won't be exhausted, and your back won't hurt when you stand and talk."

Boss Chen snorted coldly, planning in his heart to earn more money and support his little lover outside.

"Entertainment? Hmph, you think I don't know what you do outside every day. Don't forget, if my family didn't give you money as a subsidy, would you have successfully started a business? It's not easy to start from scratch, don't put Our years of hard work have been wasted."

As Mrs. Chen spoke, she shed tears of grievance. She remembered the heartache of these years. When she was young, she ran around with a poor boy, abandoned her relatives, and came to Jiangyang City to start a new life.Finally, life improved, but the marriage fell apart, causing many troubles.

"It's coming again. Can't you stop talking about it? Yes, your family is rich, but I'm doing well now, and I haven't eaten your soft food, so you still control me. I can give my money to whoever I want, and you don't care."

Boss Chen had benefited a long time ago, so he turned his face ruthlessly.I am even more thankful that I made a wise decision to leave my hometown and have fun in Jiangyang City as much as I want. If I beat my father-in-law to death, who am I afraid of?

"You! What a bastard!"

Mrs. Chen was so angry that she even threw her teacup and complained tearfully.

Boss Chen was furious, pushed the person away, and ran out the door angrily: "I don't know what's good."

Standing outside the door, the two of them seemed to be transparent. After watching this scene, they both felt quite emotional.

Qi Zhong shook his head: "Hey, it's no wonder that the queen was so moody that night."

At this time, a thunderbolt flashed in the night sky, the dark clouds embraced each other, and the torrential rain was about to fall.

Qi Zhong looked up and said, "It's going to rain, let's go out through that door first."

The two stepped through the courtyard gate, thinking that they would not be drenched in the rain in another scene, but they didn't expect to step into a scene that was also a rainy night.

"Hey, why are you walking back again?"

Qi Zhong felt strange, looked around the scenery, but found that it was exactly the same as the one in the courtyard just now.

There was heavy rain all around, and Mu Yun raised his hands to cover him from the rain with his sleeves, and said calmly, "Let's go under the eaves to hide from the rain for a while."

"okay."

The two stood under the eaves lamp outside the house, cleaning up the rainwater on their bodies. There was a rain curtain falling in front of them, and the sound of the rain was hard to stop for a while.

At this time, there was a crackling sound in the lighted room, and the sound of porcelain breaking.The two turned around vigilantly and stood by the window watching.

"And the deed? Where did you hide it?"

An angry curse came from the room, Qi Zhong took a closer look and found that it was Boss Chen who was arguing with his wife.

"What do you want the title deed for? What have you been doing outside these days?"

"Hmph. You mother-in-law, you are so ruthless. If you let you run the house, you cut down my expenses. It made me go to the casino and owe a whole lot of debt. Why don't you hurry up and take out the land deed to pay back the money. If you wait any longer, the creditors will rush to the door." Boss Chen was entangled in gambling debts and was about to lose his life, so he yelled furiously regardless.

Mrs. Chen was angry and disappointed, and retorted logically: "You, you really are hopeless. Since you invited that Taoist priest to our house, business has plummeted, and you still eat, drink, whore and gamble all day long, and have a bad habit. Now I'm being questioned instead. Let me tell you, I won't give you the land deed, you can settle these things yourself, and I'll go back to my mother's house tomorrow."

"Go back? You have a good idea. Let me tell you, if the money is not repaid, both of us will be finished. You still want to run away. When you followed me eagerly, why didn't you say go back. Now you have to go back if something happens. , don't think about it."

Boss Chen spat viciously, his eyes full of resentment.

"Over the years, if you take care of this family and don't go outside to cause trouble, how can you end up like this. For you, I would not hesitate to turn against my family, but now you blame me like this, do you have a conscience?"

Tears flowed endlessly, and her head was heartbroken. Madam only regretted that she didn't know people clearly at the beginning.

"Huh. Call you stupid. Do you think I really liked you at the beginning? If it weren't for the little money in your family, I would shamelessly post it. Look at your father's stinky face? If you want me to say, you are Guilty."

Boss Chen spoke more and more vigorously, as if his words were not hurtful enough, and said: "But it's all right now, the old man is dead, and no one will back you up, so I might as well tell you, when the debt is paid off this time, I will pay you back." Just divorce you and marry a young and beautiful one. Hahaha..."

"Snapped--."

Boss Chen was slapped hard on the face.

Mrs. Chen was completely awake, and mercilessly reprimanded: "Beast! I was really blind at the time. I believed your nonsense and thought you treated me sincerely, but I didn't expect you to be such a villain. Let me tell you, you don't need to rest , Get out of the house tomorrow, every brick and tile in this house is my painstaking effort, you want the title deed? Dreaming!"

"I, I strangle you."

Hearing this, Boss Chen became furious and out of control, rushed over, grabbed Mrs. Chen by the neck, and threatened fiercely.

"Tell me, where is the title deed, hand it over!"

Thunder rumbled past, and before one knew it, the sound of rain outside the house died down.

Boss Chen in the room had no strength to pinch, and he relaxed his hand, only to find that his wife seemed to have no life, and he was startled.

"Hey, don't pretend to be dead, you, don't pretend to be dead."

Breathing out, Boss Chen fell to the ground, woke up from the fright, stood up trembling, and hurried out the door.

The two people outside the window frowned when they witnessed this crime scene.

"Catch up with this dog and see what he's going to do."

Seeing that Boss Chen was running away and disappeared, Qi Zhong hurriedly followed behind to find out the result.

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"Master, master, get up quickly."

After wandering around in the courtyard, Boss Chen ran to the wing room and woke up the quack priest with a look of horror on his face.

"What's the matter, is it luck?" The Taoist woke up in a daze, and continued to deceive people.

"No! Master, I, I strangled my wife to death, do you think she will turn into a ghost and come to me?"

Boss Chen slipped and fell in embarrassment, crying like a ghost.

Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest rolled his shrewd eyes and said with a sneer, "Don't worry, don't worry."

"Master, you have to help me, help me do a ritual to exorcise ghosts, don't let her come to me!"

Boss Chen clutched at the Taoist priest's clothes as if seeing a life-saving straw.

"Boss Chen, don't panic, your fortune has come. Once the broom star dies, you can make a fortune."

"What? Master, what do you mean by that?"

The Taoist priest's eyes lit up, and his face was full of calculating smiles: "Didn't I tell you before that this woman is a broom star, and she is here to hinder your fortune. You didn't do what I told you before. But now it's all right. , once she dies, your business will get better and better."

Boss Chen came back to his senses, still afraid, and asked again: "But she was strangled to death by me, will she come back to me? Master."

"Hmph, it's natural. She died with resentment and turned into a ghost after death. She will definitely come to settle accounts with you."

The Taoist seized on his fear and prepared to blackmail him severely.

Boss Chen was as timid as a mouse, crying and begging: "Master, then you have to help me resolve it. Don't worry, as long as you can get rid of her, I will get you whatever you want! You have to help me."

"You've found the right person. I'm here to deal with these demons and ghosts."

The Taoist was sure that this person was desperate, so he calmly expressed his thoughts.

"I have another method here, to ensure that she will never dare to trouble you, but this method will waste some money, you can think about it yourself."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. As long as she stops pestering me, it doesn't matter how much money you have."

Boss Chen nodded repeatedly, terrified.

The Taoist smiled triumphantly and said: "I went out to the countryside that day, and saw a bitter field a few miles away from the cemetery, so cloudy that it couldn't even grow crops.

If you bury her there, and then build a building to suppress her soul according to the blueprint I gave, she will never want to leave that place forever. "

"Okay, I'll find someone to dig it tomorrow, but it's a waste of time to build the building, and she's dead, how can I hide it?" Boss Chen was distressed and anxious.

The Taoist smiled and took out a few black-painted pills from the bag and handed them to Boss Chen, saying, "This is a fake soul medicine, you should stuff it into her mouth quickly. You can still maintain the state of being alive for a while, you Just try to blind everyone, saying that she died of a sudden illness."

"Hey, I'll go right away, right away."

Boss Chen seemed to have found some panacea, took the medicine and ran back.

The Taoist priest crossed his legs, with a triumphant smirk on his face.

……

With a bang, the surrounding scenery shattered like a mirror image, and time and space returned to reality.

The illusion dissociated itself inexplicably, Qi finally didn't expect it, felt dizzy for a moment, staggered a few steps, and was supported by someone.

"I, I'm fine."

After standing still, his complexion turned slightly rosy.Qi Zhong looked at the dilapidated scene around him, and sighed: "It's already dawn, let's go back to the inn first."

The two were walking on the road, Qi Zhong felt a little strange, and asked bluntly: "You are so strange today, why didn't you say a word?"

Mu Yun looked serious: "I'm afraid I'll disturb your fantasy creation."

"Oh. It seems that you must have a lot of doubts in your mind right now?"

"It was at the beginning, but now it's all clear. Thanks to Brother Qi for your great help."

Qi Zhong was in a happy mood, and began to ask doubts in the illusion: "By the way, did you just see what the blueprint that the Taoist priest gave Boss Chen looked like? How did he build that building?"

"I only saw it briefly, and the structure looks like a soul-locking building."

Mu Yun focused his eyes and thought carefully, and added: "The spiritual energy of the bottom border is weak, and it is not suitable for practicing the spells of the upper border. Therefore, many low-level monks will go off the road alone at any cost to improve their cultivation. But most of these folk remedies are harmful to people. self, all harm but no benefit."

"Then why did that Taoist priest do such a trick to Boss Chen?"

"That person should be just looking for quick profit, and doesn't know the consequences."

Qi Zhong felt that it was reasonable, and said again: "You are really foolish. Since you already know the construction structure of Suohun Tower, there should be a way to destroy it, right?"

"That's the way it is. It's just that Mrs. Chen still has blood jade in her hands, and we still need to solve this problem first."

"Hey. It's really troublesome." Qi Zhong curled his lips, his eyes suddenly dull.

Mu Yun caught a glimpse of this scene and said warmly: "When you get back to the inn, you go and rest first, and I will figure out the rest."

Sleepiness gradually came, and before Qi Zhong could nod his head, his eyes went dark, and he passed out on the street. Fortunately, Mu Yun helped him in time.

When they got to the door of the inn, they bumped into Min Zhi who had been waiting outside the door.

"Hey, what happened to him?"

Seeing Qi finally being carried back, Min Zhi stepped forward impatiently and hurriedly asked.

Mu Yun said softly, "Fell asleep."

Min Zhi was dumbfounded and froze on the spot. Not knowing why, he said, "Asleep? This rascal Qi is really good at making trouble. He said he stayed to help, but ended up sleeping in another place..."