Chapter 251: Ghost Eating Incense Ashes
"My benefactor must have heard of my name, Yao Nianchun, the eldest master of the Yao family." The ghost transformed into its original form, stood in place, and looked at Li Daoxuan with a wry smile on his face.

He was wearing a clean white jacket and looked like a young man, perhaps because of his appearance when he was alive. He was somewhat different from Yao Nianchun from the Yao family.

The two have different appearances. Yao Nianchun is pretty, while the ghost in front of him is much more resolute.

He probably has thick eyebrows and big eyes, which is a pleasing look for ordinary women. I wonder how many women's hearts this young master of the Yao family must have been when he was alive.

The ghost was talking, his figure erratic.

Li Daoxuan chanted a mantra towards him: "The great and dignified master of morality, whose merits and deeds are complete. He descends to take us, and the master treasures carry us. With compassion, he sprinkles the water of Dharma to wash away our obsessions. We will forever cross the Three Pure Lands and leave the Five Turbidities."

It is a Taoist method of bathing the dead soul for salvation. After the incantation was finished, the ghost's body gradually became stable, and its complexion became clearer, with even its eyes and eyebrows showing.

The ghost thanked Li Daoxuan again, and then continued: "I should have died on the way back, but I was ambushed by thieves and died at the bottom of the river. I didn't want to ask about the facts anymore, and after wandering at the bottom of the river, I should have transcended into hell. Who knew that after death, my bones were picked up and buried here. This body is trapped and cannot get out. I can only wander in this house, not knowing where to go. It's boring to be a ghost. I can't talk, I can't touch, I can only watch at night. Watch my mother grieved because of me, and watch my little sister grow up day by day."

"I want to talk to them, but humans and ghosts are different. This lonely time is really hard to endure. I want to live but I can't, and I want to die but I can't."

After the ghost said this, he sighed deeply and covered his face with regret. It can be seen that he was sad about his current situation.

Although they can live in this world for a long time, no one is willing to endure such pain.

Li Daoxuan had some understanding in his mind and understood a little about Young Master Yao's concerns.

Since the ghost in front of him claimed to be Yao Nianchun, after being surprised, he had to ask some questions.

"You stay in this house every day, do you know who always scares your mother?" Li Daoxuan asked.

"It's me." The ghost smiled bitterly, "I didn't mean to scare my mother, but I wanted her to know that I exist. But I can't speak, so it's difficult for me to talk to her. I can only be trapped here and can't get out. So I often wander outside my mother's door, hoping that she can sense something."

"That means all the strange things happening in the Yao Mansion were caused by you?" Li Daoxuan asked doubtfully.

"Yes, I am responsible for some of the strange things happening in the house." The ghost confirmed his words, and then floated back and forth, "I just wanted to attract attention, and I never thought I would make such a fuss. It's my unfilial behavior that has implicated my mother."

After hearing what the ghost said, Li Daoxuan believed it three-quarters of the time, but he still had seven-quarters of doubt in his heart. After all, the appearance of Yao Nianchun was too coincidental.

He just found some clues to old events, and Yao Nianchun came out. If he had had intentions in mind, he should not have come so late.

There might be some hidden story behind this, but he doesn't know it yet.

Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan decided to give Young Master Yao another try.

His eyelids moved, and then he raised his head and looked at the ghost and asked, "Since you said you are Yao Nianchun, let me ask you another question."

"Excuse me." The ghost replied respectfully.

"Does your mother have a cousin?" Li Daoxuan asked.

The ghost was stunned for a moment, his face solemn, and after a long while he slowly said: "My mother did have a cousin, but he died early."

"Then let me ask you again, is there anyone among those who went out with you whose last name is Qian?"

"Qian? I don't remember that." The ghost shook his head. "The two butlers I took out that day both died in the fire, and I was no exception. If the butler's last name was Qian, I should remember it."

"Then let me ask you one last question, young master, have you ever been to your mother's room by yourself?" Li Daoxuan said the last sentence and then stared closely at the ghost who claimed to be Yao Nianchun.

The ghost looked confused and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Seeing the ghost's expression, Li Daoxuan understood something.

The ghost in front of him named Yao Nianchun may still be a little suspicious.

Without waiting for the ghost to answer, he pointed at the ghost.

Suddenly a white talisman appeared in his hand, and Li Daoxuan was seen holding a sword gesture and chanting: "I follow the law of heaven, please help me. Lend me the shackles and shackles, but the shackles and shackles are not right for ghosts and gods. Hurry up and obey the order!"

As he chanted the spell, the white talisman in his hand flashed with light, and the ghost was instantly sucked into the white talisman.

Li Daoxuan took in the Dan Qi in his abdomen again, touched the talisman with one hand, chanted Daozu's blessing, and then put the white talisman into his arms. He looked at the bones in the cemetery again, took out five jade stones, waved his sleeves and chanted, asking the separated land to slowly close.

"Once the truth comes out, I will clear your name." Li Daoxuan sighed, then turned and left.

It was in this dark night that his figure disappeared.

Until the moon was high in the sky and the cold wind was blowing, a figure appeared in front of the tomb without a tombstone.

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Silence is better than words, so no one speaks anymore.

Li Daoxuan quickly returned to the house, pushed the door open and lit the lamp.

Gong Youwei was still sleeping on the couch. She was awakened by him and didn't know why. She stood up and turned into a girl, wearing fur and clothes. Seeing Li Daoxuan's serious expression, she asked, "What happened?"

"Yes." Li Daoxuan nodded without saying much.

He asked Gong Youwei to bring three incense sticks and two glasses of sake.

Then he stood in front of the altar that had been set up earlier, took out the white talisman and placed it on it.

Holding the sword in his hand and stepping on the magic bowl, he chanted the mantra of the nectar food: "The cold nectar is refreshing, and the taste of the Dharma is inconceivable. The fragrance flows through the seven truths, and there is no doubt in the dark. Those who receive this Dharma food will be reborn in heaven and ascend to the Purple Star. They will have a grand banquet in the capital, and their glory will be boundless."

After cursing, he said in his heart, "Hurry up and obey the command!"

He took the three incense sticks from Gong Youwei, lit them and inserted them into the incense burner.

Li Daoxuan picked up two more cups of sake and slowly poured them in front of the altar.

Then the sake fell to the ground, leaving a trace, but in an instant, the trace disappeared without a trace, as if the sake had not been poured on the ground, but had spilled somewhere unknown.

Li Daoxuan showed some joy when he saw this.

He held up his sleeve, picked up a handful of incense ash from the incense burner, and slowly scattered it on the ground, letting the dust fall.

But strangely, the incense ash neither dissipated with the breeze nor fell to the ground.

Instead, it disappeared in mid-air, as if it had disappeared.

Gong Youwei, who was standing by, was curious and stared at where the incense ash went with wide eyes. She only saw the ashes fall to the ground and no trace of them was left. Her little brain did not understand what was going on.

"This is the incense that ghosts eat." Seeing her curious look, Li Daoxuan explained.

It is said that people have grains and cereals, while ghosts have incense and chaff.

If humans can eat, then ghosts can eat too.

But what this ghost eats is not the grains and cereals that humans eat, but an inch of incense ash.

If ghosts can eat incense and offerings often, they can be transformed into fairies, and be called "ghost fairies".

But it is difficult for ghosts to be popular. After all, there is an old saying: People fight for a breath, and Buddhas fight for a stick of incense.

Incense is often used to worship gods and Buddhas, and ghosts cannot eat it.

Although it is a great tonic, it is out of reach.

Li Daoxuan used the nectar food mantra to open the ghost's mouth so that it could eat the incense offered to it.

Those strange things that happened just now were all ghosts enjoying the food and drinking the wine.

(End of this chapter)