AWB Chapter 258 Taoist Priest Taixu
Chapter 258 Taoist Priest Taixu
into the night.
At the side door of the Shen Mansion, the guard guarding the gate was drowsy. A silver ingot hit the bushes not far away, and the bushes cast some shadows.
"who!"
The guards woke up and one of them rubbed his eyes and said, "I'll go over and take a look."
Not long after he left, another guard saw a few pieces of silver scattered under a tree not far away, reflecting a bright light in the moonlight.
His eyes lit up and he quickly bent down to pick it up.
A moment after the two left, a slender figure wearing a cloak and a veil on her head hurried out of the door, supported by a maid.
"Miss, this way."
Shen Jingyu walked through the alley and found a carriage waiting there. She got in directly.
The sound of the carriage rumbling away was particularly clear in the night.
Not long after, Shen Jingyu arrived at an inn where candles were still lit in the night, and she was welcomed in by the waiter's warm greeting.
"Miss, I'm in the guest room on the second floor, waiting for you."
"Thank you."
After Shen Jingyu thanked him, she went straight upstairs.
Soon, the door of the box was pushed open by a maid. Hearing the sound of the door, Qin Guiqiong and Lou Zhengtao hurriedly stood up, and Lou Yulan followed.
Qin Guiqiong was all smiles, looking friendly and eager: "Sister Yu is here, come and sit down, waiter, bring a pot of hot tea."
Shen Jingyu said bluntly: "No need, let's talk about business first."
Qin Guiqiong quickly responded, "Yes, it's not easy for you to come out. It was my aunt who neglected it."
Shen Jingyu said in a gentle voice: "Mother can't leave the house now, so I have to come here on her behalf. Aunt has done her best for mother's affairs, and Jingyu is very grateful."
Shen Jingyu's words made Qin Haiqiong very happy.
"This is the Taoist priest Taixu that my aunt mentioned." Shen Jingyu's eyes fell on a Taoist priest beside her and she asked.
"I am Taixu, nice to meet Miss Shen."
Shen Jingyu nodded to the Taoist priest and said gently, "Master, please take a seat."
After sitting down, Shen Jingyu carefully looked at the Taoist priest in front of her. The man was about fifty years old, with gray hair tied up high, and dressed in a Taoist robe.
The man had a long beard and was holding a whisk in his hand. Although his head had many wrinkles, he had an air of a sage.
Shen Jingyu got straight to the point and said, "I heard from my aunt that the Taoist priest has magical powers. I wonder if you could let Jingyu see some of them."
Qin Guiqiong and Lou Zhengtao's eyes immediately fell on Taixu, and they seemed a little nervous.
Taixu's expression remained unchanged. He shook the whisk in his hand and stood up, saying, "Of course."
The group stared with bated breath, and Lou Yulan also stared closely in the direction of Taixu.
It was late at night and the dew was heavy, and her mother didn't want to bring her along, but when she heard that the Taoist priest had magical powers, she begged to come along.
"It's just my rules. I'm sure Miss Shen has heard of them."
Shen Jingyu didn't waste any words and directly pushed a box full of silver ingots in front of the Taoist priest: "I heard from my aunt that the Taoist priest asked for a thousand taels of silver every time he demonstrated his magical powers."
Seeing the silver, Taixu felt much happier. He did not count it, but immediately placed it on the altar and lit the incense burner.
The group stared at the front with their eyes fixed.
Before long, the room was filled with smoke. In the hazy white fog, a few faint blue flames suddenly appeared, floating from far away and getting closer. In the hazy white fog, they looked like ghosts.
Qin Guiqiong's heart tightened. Even though she had heard about the Taoist's magical powers a long time ago, she was still frightened at this moment.
Fortunately, she had heard about this before, so she was still calm.
But not long after, those few wisps of blue ghost fire suddenly floated to her side and began to circle around her and Lou Zhengtao.
"Master...Master..." Qin Guiqiong spoke tremblingly.
"Don't be afraid. As long as you don't do bad deeds in your life, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night." Taixu spoke in a mysterious voice. Then, he picked up a pen and used cinnabar to write a string of talismans on yellow paper that others could not understand.
He was even muttering something.
After a moment, the two talismans flew out and stuck directly to Qin Guiqiong and Lou Zhengtao, and the ghost fire around them was extinguished instantly.
The smoke gradually dissipated and everything returned to normal.
Qin Guiqiong breathed a sigh of relief, but Lou Zhengtao was apprehensive and asked, "Master, have we provoked something unclean? Is there any way to solve it?"
Taixu said in a deep voice: "It's just an evil spirit approaching you, don't be afraid. I have already performed a ritual to drive it away, and it will keep you safe for at least three years."
Lou Zhengtao was relieved, but when he heard three years, he became uneasy again: "Three...three years? Why only three years?"
Taixu flicked his whisk and said calmly, "I cast this spell just to show my magical power. If you want to ask about the past and future, or about cause and effect, you need to check carefully."
Lou Zhengtao was about to ask something else, but Shen Jingyu interrupted him, saying, "I need the Taoist's methods to be more realistic. These alone may not be enough."
As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell silent.
Qin Guiqiong and Lou Zhengtao both looked at Shen Jingyu, and Lou Yulan also raised her eyes to look at her cousin.
Taixu's expression was a little stiff: "I don't know what Miss Shen means..."
Shen Jingyu raised her hand, looked at Qin Guiqiong and said, "Aunt and aunt, and cousin, please step aside first."
Qin Guiqiong looked slightly embarrassed and felt a little unhappy.
"Sister Keyu, it's the middle of the night now. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for a young girl like you to..."
Shen Jingyu obviously didn't take it seriously and said bluntly: "Besides four maids and two nurses, there are four guards sent by the Eighth Prince to protect me in secret. Aunt, don't worry."
After thinking for a while, Qin Guiqiong saw that she had indeed brought a lot of people, so she nodded and stood up: "Then we will wait for you downstairs."
Lou Yulan felt a little sorry, but she was always tactful. When Shen Jingyu asked her to leave, she did not stay and cause trouble.
Besides, she knew very well that Shen Jingyu didn't trust them that much, or she was worried that they would leak the news.
So it’s better for them not to know about this.
Otherwise, if they know too much, if the plan fails, they may be blamed.
After the group left, Shen Jingyu sent two maids to guard outside the door.
She looked directly at Taixu in front of her: "I know the Taoist priest has a secret method, but this ghost is not realistic enough, and this fire is not mysterious enough, so I want to ask the Taoist priest if there is any other way to make this magic work for me."
Taixu paused, stroked his beard with one hand, and remained silent for a long time.
Shen Jingyu didn't rush and waited patiently.
This spell certainly has its subtleties, but in her opinion it is not enough.
She must be more rigorous, and preferably combine it with Taixu's magic to make it difficult for others to guess.
"It depends on what effect Miss Shen wants to achieve. I am willing to try my best." Taixu pondered for a moment, knowing that Shen Jingyu didn't believe it, so he didn't try to be mysterious anymore.
Shen Jingyu was quite satisfied with this answer and signaled the maid beside her to hand over another five thousand taels of silver.
When Taixu saw the banknotes, greed flashed in his eyes, and he became more respectful to Shen Jingyu: "Miss Shen, please feel free to tell me what you think. I will do my best."