Chapter 28: Inviting Ghosts and Gods

"Master, why did you stay for so long?"

General Guan Huchen had just walked out of the small courtyard of "Miss Yu" when he saw General Guan Zhong holding a "Birthday Star Offering Peaches" paper lantern, and two maids, waiting in the corridor outside.

"Serving your young lady to rest early."

General Guan Huchen first dismissed the two maids Xia Zhi and Yong Xue, then strode towards the East Garden.

"It's only been two hours, I even think the time is short!" This was said to General Guan Zhong.

General Guan Zhong was puzzled in his heart. Isn't it just passing on "Tiger Soul Seven Kills"? Miss Yu doesn't even know characters, so tonight should just be explaining martial arts common sense, right?

"How did Miss Yu learn?" he asked tentatively.

"Already initially glimpsed the doorway," General Guan Huchen's tone was complicated.

"Oh, Miss Yu is really smart, already initially—" General Guan Zhong nodded subconsciously, his mouth saying warm, soup-like flattery, but halfway through, he suddenly reacted: The Master wants to teach Miss Yu "Tiger Soul Seven Kills"!

"You didn't teach 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' tonight, but only chose a basic and harmless body-tempering fist technique for her?"

"Humph, I know you dare not believe it, I am still confused now!"

General Guan Huchen's mood was slightly better, and he sighed, "In the past, I often heard people say how amazing the Nanzhan Zhonghua heroes were, and I said the same thing myself.

But in my heart, I didn't think I was much worse than the top heroes of Great Qin.

What I lacked was just an opportunity to compete with them on the same stage.

Now I am completely convinced.

There is really a kind of person in this world who seems to be a Golden Immortal reincarnated, with talent so strong that you don't even have jealousy.

Yu'er is a Sha Man, and she is still like this. The Nanzhan Zhonghua wind and cloud figures must be stronger than her.

Sigh, if it weren't for the 'Little Concubine Li Plan,' as long as I think of the countless heroes in the superior state who are more terrifying than Yu'er, my desire for fame and wealth would have dissipated by more than half."

"But you only taught her for two or three hours!" General Guan Zhong was still in disbelief.

"Actually, it wasn't two or three hours; the true teaching of the Tiger Soul Divine Intent was at most half an hour," General Guan Huchen said.

"Could it be that Miss Yu is really the reincarnation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, possessing immortal roots and immortal blessings?

With such talent and talent, why would the Daoist Daoist Qingsong hand her over to you?" General Guan Zhong asked in shock.

General Guan Huchen crossed the stone threshold, first waved away the servants inside and outside the house, then took the hot tea handed over by General Guan Zhong, and sighed, "The white flour steamed bun in the eyes of a beggar is just a coarse thing that can satisfy hunger in the eyes of an emperor.

The treasures in our eyes may not be able to enter the eyes of the Daoist thief Daoist Qingsong.

On the day in the sand dunes, he once looked at Yu'er's Qi, and also measured her bones and soul.

First of all, Yu'er is not a Golden Immortal reincarnated; she doesn't have a previous life at all, she is an innate soul.

Secondly, although Yu'er has innate wisdom, she probably has no immortal fate, and her immortal cultivation talent is very average.

If the Daoist Daoist Qingsong valued her because of her high martial arts, why didn't he choose that guy Yan Yan Feiying to go to the Dao Palace?"

"That's true," General Guan Zhong nodded gently.

Yan Yan Feiying, nicknamed "Half-Step Human Immortal," is the number one divine catcher in Western Shu and also the number one strong person on the Western Shu Martial Arts List.

The key is that he once successfully captured human immortals who committed major cases, and more than once.

This kind of big shot who has climbed to the peak of immortal martial arts certainly doesn't lack martial arts talent or martial arts realm.

"Yu'er should be asleep by now, prepare to draw the Shadow God Portrait."

General Guan Huchen put down the teacup, walked into the study, looked at the desk and asked, "The things I want, are they ready?"

General Guan Zhong walked a few steps quickly, got ahead of General Guan Huchen, and took out two light walnut-colored wooden boxes from the bookcase.

"Master, this old servant didn't find the fire-washed gauze from the Volcano Kingdom in the North Sea, but the Li family in the south of the city treasured a piece of ten-foot Jing Jiao Silk, which should be no worse than fire-washed gauze."

The three-foot-wide wooden box opened, and immediately a faint jade-colored radiance was projected out.

Under the reflection of the candlelight, it was hazy, like a garden in a dream.

"Good, very good! Jing Jiao Silk is the best paper scroll for calligraphy and painting, even gods use it to paint and write calligraphy."

General Guan Huchen was overjoyed, wiped his hands quickly on a towel a few times, and then carefully took out the scroll.

"The demon rabbit hair brush was not found, but this writing brush tube was borrowed from the Prefecture Governor's office.

The Prefecture Governor also gave the Master an extra white jade inkstone and a piece of pine ink brought from Nanzhan Zhonghua by Hu merchants."

General Guan Huchen frowned, "The writing brush tube can be considered a treasure, but this piece of pine ink might come from Great Qin, but it has no spiritual energy. Moreover, I still need a set of colored ink."

General Guan Zhong said helplessly, "In Hengsha Pass, it is certainly difficult to satisfy your wishes, and if you cross Feixian Ferry and enter the hinterland of Western Shu... the hinterland of Shu Kingdom has just experienced the ravages of the thirty-six countries, and there is probably little hope.

Only in Luodu and Yingxiang Mansion can you easily find everything you want."

General Guan Huchen hesitated for a moment, then quickly firmed his belief, "You now also know the relationship between Concubine Li and Yu Yu. If you know my 'Little Concubine Li Plan,' what do you think Yu Yu's reaction will be?"

"Uh, this..." General Guan Zhong's expression changed several times, hesitating, "Will he be furious?"

General Guan Huchen shook his head and said, "I don't know what his reaction will be, the result is uncertain, the risk is unknown, so I can't use 'Inviting Immortals to Transmit Truth' in front of him."

General Guan Zhong worried, "You already have a plan to replace Concubine Li with Miss Yu, do you still need to worship the Marquis of Lord Lieyang as your master and join his Fire Crow Army?

Once the Shadow God Portrait is sent to Xianyang, no matter what, your plan will be exposed, right?

At that time, the name of monarch and minister between him and you will be set, if he wants to deal with you... it will be very easy."

"You are very right, the name of monarch and minister is very important, but Great Qin is not the West.

In the West, the Marquis of Lord Lieyang is the Retired Emperor.

The sky of Great Qin is always just His Majesty the Human Emperor.

Once the Shadow God Portrait is completed, it will sooner or later alarm the Human Emperor—if he really cares about Concubine Li's death."

General Guan Huchen also reminded meaningfully, "Don't forget, the Human Emperor not only manages the people of the Great Qin world, he is also the master of the ghosts and gods of Great Qin and the eight vassal states.

The little Daoist boy Daoist Qingsong moved his mind and obtained the information of Yu'er, a Sha Man girl in the West, ten thousand miles away in one night.

Once the Shadow God Portrait of Yu'er is drawn, ghosts and gods will know first.

Since ghosts and gods know, it is impossible to hide it completely.

Some things are not on the scale, there is no three-liang weight.

A small Sha Man girl, any noble in Xianyang can pinch her to death without any effort.

But some things once on the scale, ten thousand jin cannot be beaten.

If the Human Emperor reveals a hint of not being able to let go of Concubine Li one day... hehe, those ghosts and gods or Great Qin nobles who know the Shadow God Portrait will have to hurry to flatter and invite favor?

Once the Human Emperor knows that the 'Little Concubine Li' was once close at hand but was destroyed, what kind of anger will it be?

The anger of the Human Emperor is more than ten thousand jin!

I understand this kind of thing, Yu Yu will definitely understand, and all the smart people in the world will understand.

So I said that if the Shadow God Portrait is completed, it not only guarantees my plan but also protects Yu'er.

As for Yu Yu..."

General Guan Huchen curled his lips with a relaxed expression, "He will probably suppress the discomfort in his heart, treat me even better, and even flatter me, and support the Little Concubine Li with me.

After all, the Little Concubine Li is not really fighting for the position with his mother.

His mother died long ago, this is a fact.

I don't believe that in recent years, the Qin people haven't offered young ladies who look, temperament, and demeanor similar to Concubine Li to the Human Emperor.

If he is not used to it, he should have been used to it long ago."

He analyzed it clearly, General Guan Zhong nodded repeatedly, and finally asked doubtfully, "The Human Emperor has such authority, why not confer Concubine Li as a ghost and god, so that she can stay by his side?"

General Guan General Guan Huchen shook his head and said, "Think about it, why does the Old Patriarch live in the Guan Chenghuang Temple instead of staying at home often, letting his descendants fulfill their filial piety day and night?

Humans and ghosts are different, not to mention the Human Emperor!

Moreover, the Human Emperor is ultimately a human emperor, and can only interfere in the affairs of the underworld to a limited extent through the conferred ghosts and gods.

Even he himself has a day when he is involuntary and steps into the underworld.

Why didn't the wise kings and human emperors of Nanzhan Zhonghua in the past confer themselves before death, let themselves stay in the world as ghosts and gods, and still dominate the world?

Let alone the Human Emperor, even the Heavenly Emperor must abide by the heavenly rules."

"Inside and outside Hengsha Pass, I really can't find colored ink with spiritual nature, what should I do?" General Guan Zhong said.

General Guan Huchen looked past the window at the pitch-black courtyard and asked, "Are the fruit wine offerings for sacrificing ghosts and gods ready?"

General Guan Zhong replied, "Fresh fruits are all available. The wine is the best sheep wine, and the meat and vegetable dishes are prepared for two large tables, with eight pairs of pig heads, sheep heads, cow heads, and horse heads."

General Guan Huchen scolded, "Stupid, it's fine if you prepare pig heads and sheep heads, what do cow heads and horse heads mean?

Among the ghosts and gods who enjoy the sacrifice, there might be cow-headed and horse-faced ones, you let them eat 'themselves'?"

General Guan Zhong was puzzled, "Aren't you going to invite the immortal to transmit the truth? Aren't the ghosts and gods sacrificed the pen immortals and painting saints?"

General Guan Huchen said gloomily, "If I had the Daoist art to command ghosts and gods, of course, I would directly invite the pen immortal and painting saint."

But he didn't understand Daoist arts, and his Guan Chenghuang Old Patriarch didn't let him dabble in strange arts like commanding gods and driving ghosts.

General Guan Old Patriarch didn't explain, just said it was for his "great prospects."

General Guan Huchen certainly wouldn't doubt this, so he was just depressed and not unwilling.

That night, at the first quarter of the Zi hour.

Hengsha Pass was completely shrouded in darkness and tranquility.

In the center of the courtyard of the East Garden where General Guan Huchen was, three large tables were placed side by side. The tables on both sides were full of cold meat and vegetable dishes, and the middle table had fruit plates, incense burners, pig heads, and large porcelain bowls full of wine.

In front of the table on the left, there was a large copper basin that could allow people to take a bath.

General Guan Zhong changed into plain clothes, squatted by the copper basin, and put strings of paper ingots into it to ignite.

The courtyard immediately became "red and fiery."

General Guan Huchen also changed into a dark blue Daoist robe, and at this time was holding a brush to write a memorial in the paper.

The number of words is not much, about a hundred words, and the content is also very concise: My name is General Guan General Guan Huchen, "General Guan" is the "General Guan" of the General Guan Guan Chenghuang of Yingxiang Mansion, "General Guan Huchen" is the "General Guan Huchen" of the cavalry commandant of Shu Kingdom. Because I was ordered by the special envoy of the Human Emperor to come to Hengsha Pass to handle official business, today I specially prepared fine wine and underworld money to pay tribute to the "Song Great God" of the underworld... well, it is the "Patrol Great God" who is responsible for helping the judge of the underworld pass messages to the Prefecture Guan Chenghuang.

The memorial is also called "Shu Tou," which is a prayer text for mortals to pray for blessings to ghosts and gods.

Under normal circumstances, the content will not be too long, nor will it be written too complicated.

After all, ghosts and gods are also "people," the prayer text is too complicated, the words are too awkward, and the content is too obscure, ghosts and gods can't understand it, and they are even less patient to read it.

After the Shu Tou was written, General Guan Huchen checked it again to make sure there were no typos or taboo words, before putting it into the fire basin to ignite.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

The effect was very good. As soon as the paper with the memorial turned into ash, a gust of cold wind blew up in the courtyard.

The flames in the fire basin seemed to be covered by an invisible cover, the firelight revealed was obviously dim, but the speed of the fierce fire burning the paper ingots did not decrease, and even the fire borrowed the wind to burn faster and faster.

"General Guan Huchen virtuous brother, you summoned me here, what is the matter?"

A cold and joyful hoarse voice sounded at the main seat of the offering table, accompanied by the sound of light collision of cups, plates, bowls, and dishes.

The sound entered the ears, making the scalp numb, and even the bones felt cold, but one could clearly hear the joy in it.

General Guan Zhong secretly looked over and saw the wine in the large bowl and the dishes on the plate decreasing rapidly.

And in the empty space by the table, chicken, duck, and fish bones piled up rapidly, and even sharp tooth marks could be seen on the bones.

Ghosts and gods have arrived! ===== CHAPTER 29 =====

The sound entered the ears, making one's scalp tingle and even the bones feel chilly, yet one could clearly hear the joy within it.

General Guan Zhong secretly cast his gaze over and saw the wine in the large bowl and the dishes on the plates rapidly disappearing.

And in the empty space beside the table, bones of chicken, duck, and fish were quickly piling up; one could even see sharp tooth marks on the bones.

A ghost has come!