If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 788 The Best Strategy
Xun Peng said expressionlessly: "Master, you are the master, you should know more about ghosts than me.

Besides, you now know that the ghost is in the lake, so you just need to exorcise it quickly and don’t need to worry about anything else.”

Xiao Yu hesitated and said, “Xiao Dao’s method of exorcism is slightly different from others.

It is not that he immediately started to perform rituals, with lightning and thunder, and powerful qi running rampant, as if a god or demon had descended to earth. "

Xun Yuanwai asked, "How does the Taoist priest exorcise demons?"

Xiao Yu said: "I have learned three Taoist scriptures and one Buddhist scripture, and I need to ask about cause and effect when exorcising demons.

Only by knowing the cause and effect can we help Master Xun eliminate the cause and effect with the resentful ghost, and only in this way can we solve the problem from the root. "

Xun Peng looked gloomy and said, "Find her out of the lake and suppress her with the Taoist talisman paper. The problem will be completely solved. There is no need to go through so much trouble. I don't care about karma."

Xiao Yu said: "How can we suppress it? The resentful ghosts have already established a ghost domain at the bottom of the lake. If we don't resolve the resentment, we can't let them be reborn."

Xun Yuanwai frowned and asked, "Master, can you destroy the ghost domain directly and suppress the evil ghosts to the underworld?"

Xiao Yu said seriously: "Master Xun, you are a man of insight. The resentful ghosts have gone to the underworld, so it's the end?
It will certainly cry out for injustice, and then the judge and the King of Hell will definitely judge the case.

Master Xun said that he was not afraid of cause and effect and karma.

Given the Xun family's reputation in the county, they probably won't suffer retribution immediately.

But wouldn't it be better if we could resolve the grudges between the two sides right from the start?"

Xun Yuanwai frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "If I pay for a water and land ceremony for her, find a good burial site, and give her countless paper money and paper horses, can that dispel her resentment?"

Xiao Yu said: "I can ask for you. But I don't know the cause and effect, so I can't bargain for you, I can only pass on the message for you."

Xun Peng looked anxious and waved his hands, saying, "Go ask her first what it will take for her to let it go.

If she is determined not to know what is good for her, the Taoist priest will first use Dafa to subdue her.

If it works, I'll give you a thousand taels of silver.

If it fails, there will be two taels of silver as a reward for your hard work.

Anyway, at least you got me through tonight.

When tomorrow morning comes and the city gates are open, I will go out of the city to find a real expert to deal with her."

Xiaoyu stood up and said, "I'll try it right away, Gousheng, let's go."

When she and Gou Jiao walked out of the gate, Xun Peng immediately complained: "Dad, this little Taoist priest is no good! Go to the Hongyun Temple outside the city and invite the 'Hongyun Patriarch' to come."

Xun Yuanwai glared at him fiercely and cursed in a low voice: "Evil son, if you had not committed evil in the past, how could you be in debt today?
Also, although Taoist Radish is young, his Taoist skills are definitely very profound.

He was a stranger from another place. After entering the city, he only took a walk on the street and found that something was wrong with our family.

Taoist Hongyun may not have such vision.

Instead of saying something nice to flatter him, you suggested inviting someone else tomorrow morning.

If you talk like this, will he still work hard to exorcise the devil for you?
Use your brain! "

Xun Peng was unconvinced and said, “It’s always the seller who brags.

If he says he is not good enough, then he will only be worse than he says.

What's the use of having good eyesight? Taoism and supernatural powers are real.

If he is not capable, even if we really offend him, our Xun family is short of money and connections?

Without him, I can still find Taoist Hongyun, Taoist Ge, or Scholar Liuyun. Even if I find a human immortal who has comprehended the martial arts, he can kill that bitch with one blow. "

"Plop~~"

It was late at night and the sound of water falling in the distance was not loud but startling when it reached the house.

"Ah, Taoist Master Luobo and Hermit Muxian fell into the lake!"

"The evil ghost has started killing people and taking souls again. Oh my god, even the exorcist Taoist priest was bewitched. It happened so quickly that he was bewitched by the ghost as soon as he arrived at the lake."

The servants and the housekeeper screamed, and the prostitutes and maids cried "wuwu".

A servant tiptoed and quietly retreated towards the courtyard gate.

"Bang!" Xun Peng almost crashed out of the house, and the door frame was cracked.

"Lao Qing, what's going on?" he shouted.

"Woo woo, Master, Young Master, the evil spirit is fierce, the Taoist priest was bewitched, walked out of the pavilion in the middle of the lake and fell into the water, they are all dead~~"

Lao Qing couldn't even stand steadily, and he crawled back, crying so hard that his nose and face were covered with tears.

"Waste, it's really waste!"

Xun Peng kicked the old servant away, his face full of anger. He wanted to curse at the lake, but he was frightened by the darkness and evil aura in the distance. He took a few steps back in panic and returned to the candle-lit house.

"Dad, send someone to invite Patriarch Hongyun immediately!"

"The city gates are closed. How can we go outside the city to hire people? Calm down."

Mr. Xun gave a low shout and instructed the butler to drive out the crying maids and servants.

"Don't be afraid, Peng'er. With the 'Black General' protecting our Xun family, no evil creature can harm any member of the Xun family." He patted his son's shoulder, face to face, eye to eye, and comforted him softly.

"Black General" Xun Peng's face changed several times, and he whispered: "Four people have died, why didn't Black General chop that bitch to pieces? She is just a mortal, but Black General is a deity that our family has worshipped for a thousand years."

"The dead are outsiders, not surnamed 'Xun'. Why are you so anxious? Besides, how could the 'Blue Luan Fairy' who is famous in Hebei be a mortal?" Mr. Xun said coldly.

Xun Peng said disapprovingly: "What Qingluan Fairy? It's just that there is a word 'luan' in her name.

The term "fairy" is just flattery among the common people.

All women in the martial arts world are considered "heroines"?
If you have a little bit of beauty, you become a "fairy".

I haven't been in the underworld for long, but I've earned the nickname 'Jade-faced Golden Roc'."

"She is about to condense the Human Immortal Pill." Mr. Xun said in a deep voice.

"What's the use of being quick? If you don't have Yuandan, you don't have Yuandan. You can be easily defeated by my 'Drunk Spring Breeze'." Xun Peng sneered.

Xun pointed at the dark pavilion in the middle of the lake in the distance and said, "If you are really brave, go to the pavilion to find her and knock her down easily."

Xun Peng smiled and said, "She is just a little devil, but I am not a hero, and I don't have the ability to subdue demons."

"Alas, if you really knew yourself, you shouldn't do these bad things." Mr. Xun sighed.

Xun Peng bowed to him and said, "Thank you for worrying about me, father. I won't dare to do it again next time."

Xun Yuanwai has heard such words too many times.

He waved his hand silently and went back into the house first.

Xun Peng curled his lips and followed.

"Wow~~"

The two had just returned to the house when they heard the sound of violent splashing water suddenly coming from the lake in the distance which was shrouded in darkness and evil spirits.

The Xun family father and son stood up suddenly, staring outside the house with nervous expressions. Heavy footsteps "dong dong dong" sounded on the wooden corridor connecting to the pavilion in the center of the lake, slowly but firmly approaching the building.

"Ghost~~" The housekeeper Lao Qing outside the house couldn't bear the psychological pressure, let out a miserable howl and ran towards the gate of the yard.

"It's not a ghost, it's a trail." A familiar voice came from the darkness.

Soon, two figures appeared under the muddy yellow light from the lanterns outside the house.

It was indeed the little Taoist priest with a carrot who had fallen into the lake earlier, and the black-faced scholar wearing a tattered sheepskin coat.

"Are you two human or ghosts?" Mr. Xun asked in surprise.

"Sir, it's only been a short time since we last met. How come you don't recognize me?" Xiaoyu said with a smile.

"Dad, they are human, look!" Xun Gongzi pointed at the shadows under the feet of the two people, "Their clothes are seamless and they have no shadows under the lamp, so they are ghosts. Their clothes have seams and there are shadows under their bodies, so they are living people."

Xun Yuanwai breathed a sigh of relief and asked in confusion, "Master, weren't you dragged into the lake by the ghost? Why aren't your clothes and hair wet?"

Xiao Yu said: "It's not the ghosts pulling us down, it's us jumping in. It's not jumping into the lake, it's jumping into the ghost realm in the lake.

You must know about the blessed land in the underworld.

The underworld under the soil is the mountains, and the underworld under the water is the black water.

The Black Water is considered a tributary of the Yellow Spring. If a dead soul sinks into it, only the Buddha or a person with great merit can help it to transcend.

If an ordinary living person enters the black water, he or she will easily lose his or her way and fall into hell, unable to return to the world of the living."

She pointed to the person next to her and said, "Fortunately, I have the help of the hermit Mu Xian. He has cultivated the righteousness and has reached a level as high as the seventh floor. He can help me return to the human world."

After Xiaoqiang died, he became a demon and was afraid of going into water. He was afraid that if he went underwater, he would accidentally enter the Black River in the underworld and sink completely.

In his early years, Xiaoyu did not dare to enter the ghost world or the underworld from underwater.

Now that she has reached the fifteenth level of spiritual realm, she is not so afraid anymore.

Although he is not as good as Buddha and cannot directly save the souls in the underworld, at least he will not fall into the underworld and be unable to get up.

However, the protagonist of exorcism has never been her, the Taoist priest Carrot.

She is Gou Jiao's mentor, and is taking her students on an internship. Gou Jiao is the protagonist.

This time it was indeed he who guided the way out of the underworld under the lake.

He also has a spiritual realm that is seven levels high.

After all, lakes are not big rivers, and the waters of the underworld are not the real Yellow Springs, and the environment inside is not too complicated.

Gou Jiao has no skills and doesn't know how to travel between the Yin and Yang worlds, but he can capture the location of the human world.

Even without Xiaoyu, he could crawl out from the bottom of the lake by himself.

Of course, the prerequisite is that he must be very good at swimming and must be able to hold his breath for more than half an hour.

The fierce ghost did not bother him, and he would be soaked all over after crawling out.

After all, spiritual realm is not about Taoism (magic power) or supernatural powers.

While practicing inner strength, it is easy to hold your breath for an hour or two; even if you reach the seventh level of spiritual realm, your physical body is still that of an ordinary mortal and you will drown if you fall into the river.

"It turns out that Hermit Mu Xian is also a master!"

Mr. Xun did not know about the Black River in the underworld, but he knew the horror of the Yellow Springs River. He also knew that the lake that had turned into a ghost domain was not something that ordinary people could enter and exit at will.

The two young masters, Cui and Zhang, who died first, were both "masters of refining energy"!

"Disrespect, disrespect!"

He had never taken promiscuous relationships seriously before.

At this moment, he was just as rude at first but respectful later, just like he had been to Taoist Priest Radish before, and bowed three times in succession to Gou Jiao.

Gou Jiao did not look kind to him, and said in a deep voice: "Master, you raped and killed a decent girl, sank her to the bottom of the lake, and used evil methods to pin her soul down, making it difficult for her to reincarnate.

Now that she has turned into a fierce ghost, she is determined to make Master Xun and the Xun family pay with their lives.

You just burn paper money and perform water and land rituals, which is far from enough to dispel her resentment."

Xun Yuan's expression changed outside, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Did you really see that bitch and talk to her?"

Master Xun shouted, "Gou Sheng, don't forget your identity. You are here to exorcise evil spirits!"

Gou Jiao had an unhappy expression on his face, but he shut his mouth and said nothing.

Xiao Yu was calm and composed, smiling as she said, "We went into the water earlier to help the official pass on information and discuss with the evil ghost about resolving grudges and karma, didn't we?

When we meet, of course we have to persuade her to be more open-minded.

Then the evil ghost told all the evil things the young master had done in rapid succession.

The hermit Muxian and I went into the world to exorcise evil spirits and monsters in order to accumulate merit, not just for a few taels of silver.

Therefore, our method of exorcism has always been to try our best to help both parties resolve the cause and effect.

It's good for you and her, and it's good for me to earn good karma. It's good for everyone, and that's the real good."

Xun narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "What do you think about exorcism, Taoist priest?"

Xiao Yu pondered and said, "I have three strategies: the best, the middle and the worst. The worst strategy is to fight to the death with the female ghost in the lake.

The middle strategy is for the Xun family to surrender. As the official said before, I will recite a few scriptures for her first, and try my best to eliminate the negative and evil spirits in the lake.

It would be best to break up the ghost realm in the lake, so that the evil ghosts will not continue to absorb the evil energy and grow rapidly in resentment.

Finally, the official should burn as much paper money and paper horses as possible, recruit people from the clouds and water to start a water and land ceremony for 49 consecutive days, and perhaps she will be able to leave the Xun family with her resentment and enter the underworld. "

Young Master Xun could no longer hold back and said angrily, "She held a 49-day water and land ceremony and asked my Xun family to humble themselves and apologize, but she is still full of resentment and will still report me to the King of Hell. What kind of strategy is this?"

Xiao Yu said, "Sir, what you mean is that the worst plan I proposed is the best plan that suits your wishes?"

Xun Yuanwai stopped his son who was about to blurt out "That's right" and said calmly, "Master, tell me the best plan first."

Xiao Yu said: "The best strategy is for Master Xun to take the responsibility for his own actions and take the initiative to go to the government office to confess his crime and accept punishment.

And you are not allowed to use money or personal connections to smooth over relationships in order to reduce your guilt.

No matter what punishment the Qin laws required, Master Xun would bear it obediently.

The imperial court is in great need of laborers now, so you should be able to save your life but be exiled to the frontier.

With the court's judgment, Xiao Dao will definitely be able to eliminate the female ghost's resentment.

Even if the Xun family's fortune and good deeds will be slightly affected, it will not endanger the family's fortune."

Xun Yuanwai looked grim and had a cold look in his eyes.

Young Master Xun laughed in anger, and said with murderous intent in his eyes: "Taoist, you have to think clearly, who are you eating, who are you taking money from, and who are you working for?"

(End of this chapter)