Fucheng.
After a severe drought for so many days, after these days of continuous rain, the city has gained a lot of vibrant greenery.
There are many tenacious weeds and wild flowers on the roadside, sprouting like bamboo shoots after the rain.
Jin An thought of a passage he once read——
The wind roared in, and the rain came like a sword. The wild grass never bowed to the violent storm, but bent down, facing the storm, and stood unyieldingly on the barren land.
Why aren’t people using this to metaphor themselves?
Not long ago, Fucheng was suffering from a severe drought and was lifeless. After several days of continuous rain, Fucheng gradually became prosperous again, and the streets and markets were full of people.
“Little brother, what are you going to buy on this trip?”
On the road, two Taoist priests, an old man and a young man, were walking on the streets of the market. The old Taoist priest asked curiously.
Jin'an didn't hide anything and told him his plan. After hearing this, the old Taoist priest was amazed and asked, "Little brother, you have made so many preparations. Are you preparing for the upcoming passage to enter the Cave Heaven Paradise?"
The old Taoist priest just asked out of curiosity. Seeing that Jin An did not nod or object, he did not continue to inquire further.
The procurement of supplies went smoothly.
These are the yellow talismans required by the old Taoist priest. I went to a few Fushou shops to find them. It's not that the yellow talisman papers are difficult to find, but the yellow talisman papers that meet the requirements of the old Taoist priest are difficult to find.
There are few real Taoist priests these days, and there are many fake Taoist priests, fake goddesses, and fake Feng Shui masters who defraud people's money. These people don't know that there are so many taboos and taboos on a seemingly ordinary yellow talisman paper, as long as the price is cheap. And Fushou
In order to avoid inventory risks, store owners also stock fake yellow talisman papers or low-quality yellow talisman papers to deceive laymen.
This is called bad money driving out good money.
When you are surrounded by filth and you are awake, then you are a sinner.
Jin An accompanied the old Taoist priest to find four or five Fushou shops before buying the real yellow talisman paper.
In fact, they have been in Fucheng for so long that the old Taoist priests usually have a regular place to buy yellow talisman paper. However, there was a severe drought some time ago, and the owner of that shop closed the shop and fled to another place to seek refuge.
“Two Taoist priests, could you tell me which Taoist temple you are from?” the owner of Fushou shop asked with a polite smile when sending Jin An and the old Taoist priest off.
"how?"
The old Taoist priest did not hide anything and directly said that the two of them came from the Five Zang Taoist Temple.
The owner of Fushou shop explained the reason with a smile: "It is not common these days to understand the taboos of yellow talisman paper and cinnabar. To be honest with the two Taoist priests, these yellow talisman papers have been overstocked in the store for almost a year and have not been sold.
When those unfamiliar laymen heard that this yellow talisman paper was so much more expensive than their counterparts, they all shook their heads and left. This yellow talisman paper cannot be stored for a long time, and it also takes up space in the store. I feel sad every day.
What to do with these yellow talismans."
“If I hadn’t met two Taoist priests who know the goods today, I would have planned to sell them off as fake yellow talismans in a while, and never purchase such thankless genuine goods again.”
"Since the two Taoist priests are people who know the goods, they must be people with real skills. Occasionally, someone encounters some bad luck and comes to my Fushou store to find someone with real skills who can help them solve the bad luck. From now on, I will do it for them."
They introduced the Five Zang Taoist Temple."
When talking about this, the owner of Fushou shop said with emotion: "For people like us who deal with dead people, the more we do business with dead people, the more we believe in the merits of good fortune, prosperity, longevity and the reincarnation of future generations. This can be regarded as a blessing to me and future generations."
Accumulate some merit and eliminate disasters."
The words of the owner of Fushou Store are not exaggerated.
Each industry has its own circle and various taboos and taboos.
These Fushou shops firmly believe that by doing business with the dead, they are giving living people an opportunity to pay homage to their loved ones. They are earning yin and merit points and can bless their descendants.
“Blessed and blessed with immeasurable deity.”
"The donor is also a great benefactor. I would like to thank my boss for his kindness today on behalf of future donors."
The old Taoist priest saluted with a serious face and said.
“Today, the boss has established a good relationship with our Wu Zang Taoist Temple. When our Wu Zang Taoist Temple needs these things for doing things in the future, we will definitely think of the boss’s Fushou shop for the first time.”
There are some things that don’t need to be said too clearly. They smiled tacitly at each other. The owner of the Fushou shop smiled politely and said that he was too polite. Everything was left unsaid.
Jin An also didn’t expect that by going out to buy yellow talisman paper, he could take the opportunity to promote the Five Zang Taoist Temple. In the future, the Wuzang Taoist Temple would have a few more incense believers.
After coming out of Fushou shop, Jin An was in a good mood and praised the old Taoist priest so much that his tail was raised to the sky. What if the old Taoist priest had a tail?
Walking on the way back to Taoist Temple, the street was very lively.
As the earth regained its coolness after a rain, people took to the streets one after another. Some were selling candied haws, some were selling oil, some were selling mung bean cakes, some were looking for day laborers, and some were buying rice at rice shops.
There were also children running around chasing and fighting around the candied haws seller.
“Cold cakes, we sell cold cakes. They are delicious, sweet, refreshing and delicious cold cakes...Eating a bowl of cold cakes in summer can relieve summer heat, clear away heat and dampness, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea..."
In front of a shop that specializes in selling cold cakes, a child stood at the door and shouted at the top of his voice, attracting passers-by.
There is a couple busy in the shop.
The child who shouted so hard must be the son of this couple.
Jin An stopped at the door of the shop with a smile: "Old Taoist, let's pack five bowls of cold cakes and take them back to Wu Zang Taoist Temple. Let's eat them together with Uncle Lin, who is sharpening the sword."
When the old Taoist priest heard that there was cold cake to eat, he said yes with a smile. He smashed it and recalled it, saying that the last time he had cold cake was last year.
The reason.
It’s very simple.
He is an experienced man who can save money if he can.
Speaking of this, Jin An couldn't help but curiously asked the old Taoist priest: "Old Taoist, every time we go out to perform rituals or exorcise evil spirits, I share the money given by others in half with you. We have also made a lot in the past six months.
The average family of three can’t spend all the money in a few years, so why are you still so cool?"
“Every time we finish rituals and the patrons give us money, you always disappear for a while. Where did you go during that time?”
Jin'an asked the old Taoist priest.
But the old Taoist priest seemed not to have heard Jin An's question. He squeezed in front of the cold cake shop, waved to Jin An, and said that he had occupied a good seat.
Seeing the old Taoist priest pretending to be crazy, Jin An shook his head and smiled, but did not expose the old Taoist priest: "Boss, please bring us five bowls of cold cakes to pack. We want to pack them up and take them away."
Jin An's words can put the boss in a difficult position: "Two Taoist priests, this cold cake can only be eaten freshly from the well water and eaten while it is cool to relieve the heat, clear away heat and remove dampness."
“Besides, this cold cake cannot be packaged. The lotus leaves cannot wrap the cold cake...”
Jin An took out the money bag from his body and said with a smile: "Boss, just sell me a bamboo basket and five bowls. We happen to have a well in the Taoist temple. I will bring cold cakes back to eat with my disciples. We don't
It will make it difficult for the store to ask how much we should pay."
The boss finally found a bamboo basket and five clay bowls for Jin An. When Jin An wanted to pay, the boss politely said that these things were not worth much and gave them to the two Taoist priests for free.
Jin An smiled and didn't say much. In addition to leaving the money for the cold cakes, he also left an extra ten coppers to buy the boss's basket and bowl.
If there are no rules, then there will be no circle.
He cannot arbitrarily destroy other people's business principles because of his own selfish desires.
If he doesn't pay today, more people will follow suit in the future, which will eventually implicate the boss.
The boss was an honest man. When he found out that Jin An had paid ten coppers more, he hurriedly chased him out to refund Jin An, but before he could chase him out of the store, a middle-aged man who was about to buy cold cakes came to his shop.
Suddenly he pulled the old Taoist priest excitedly: "Daozhang Chen, my great benefactor, my great benefactor, I, De Shu, have finally found you! You left without saying goodbye last time, and I, De Shu, thought I would never see you again in this life! You are me.
The great savior of Tokushu’s family!”
"Thank you, Director Chen, for your generous help last time and paying for my daughter's medical treatment. If it hadn't been for Director Chen, who helped us buy medicine last time and paid two cents, I...I...my daughter would probably be no longer alive now and would never be able to call me daddy again.
"
The middle-aged man became more and more excited as he spoke, and was so excited that his words were incoherent. When he finally spoke, his voice was choked with sobs and he wanted to kneel down and kowtow.
"Chen Daozhang, Chen Engong, your great kindness will never be forgotten by me! Don't worry, I will definitely make money as soon as possible to repay the money you advanced for my little girl! Now that my little girl's illness has fully recovered, I can go out wholeheartedly.
I work part-time, and my mother helps the rich family with some sewing work. The two of us make money together, and we will make money as soon as possible to repay the money you advanced for us."
The man's eyes were red, his voice was choked with sobs, and there was joy and gratitude on his face. Seeing that De Shu was about to kneel down, the old Taoist priest hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him.
But how could the strength of an old Taoist priest be compared to the strength of a man? Fortunately, Jin An stretched out his hand in time to help the old Taoist priest stop him from kneeling.
The man named De Shu insisted on kneeling down and kowtowing to the old Taoist priest, but his face turned red and he couldn't kneel down. Jin An supported him with one hand, his arm motionless as a mountain. De Shu looked at the young man in front of him in shock.
A young Taoist priest who is younger than him.
Unexpectedly, under the eyebrows of the eyebrows, hiding such a strong energy.
At this time, the people around heard the commotion and gathered around to watch the excitement. When everyone learned the whole story from De Shu's excited words, they all looked at the old Taoist priest with sincere admiration.
It turns out that the Deshu couple had a daughter. Because the couple came from a poor family and the wife did not eat well during pregnancy, the daughter was born prematurely. She has been frail and sick since she was a child. Now she is almost six years old. She is thin and frail and has a sallow complexion.
The couple saw this with their eyes and were anxious in their hearts, but their family was poor, and they had spent almost all their savings buying medicines for their daughter to maintain her health over the years, so they never had the money to find a better doctor for their daughter.
, completely cure the root cause of the disease in the body.
They asked the doctor that in order to cure the disease, they needed to use a good medicinal primer, at least several taels of silver.
But for them, who are impoverished and whose family has already saved a lot of money, this is undoubtedly a death sentence.
Just about ten days ago, his six-year-old daughter was weak and fainted again. He took her to seek medical treatment, but because he had no money to buy medicine, several medical clinics refused to give him medicine on credit. He felt desperate.
Fortunately, I met an old Taoist priest. The old Taoist doctor not only provided medical consultation, but also paid for medicine. He also took the initiative to pay for the medicine in advance for their family.
Deshu and his wife were grateful to the old Taoist priest. They originally wanted to keep this great benefactor at home for a meal that day, but the old Taoist priest took advantage of the couple being busy cooking and left quietly, doing good deeds without leaving his name.
Since taking the medicine, his daughter has been getting better and better these days, and she is much more cheerful and lively than before. Seeing his daughter getting better day by day, De Shu felt happy from the bottom of his heart. No, he took out a bowl from home.
I was buying cold cakes at the shop, intending to help my daughter cool down from the summer heat, but unexpectedly met my great benefactor, who was so excited that he became incoherent on the spot.
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According to time calculation, the day when Deshu met the old Taoist priest happened to be the day when Jin An and the old Taoist priest had finished performing rituals for Mr. Jia's family. The Jia family gave two red envelopes worth money, and the old Taoist priest asked for leave from Jin An and disappeared for a long time.
one day.
After hearing what De Shu said, the people around them all applauded loudly, saying that De Shu had met the ninth great virtuous man, and that there was such an extraordinary person with so little fame and fortune in this world. Then everyone asked which local Taoist temple this was.
The two Taoist priests who came out were going to burn incense later. They must have been particularly effective.
Before the old Taoist priest could speak to Jin An, someone in the crowd had already recognized the five-color Taoist robe on Jin An's body and shouted loudly: "I remember that there is only one Taoist temple in the city where the Taoist priests wear five-color Taoist robes. They are from the five internal organs."
Taoist temple!"
"I heard that several Taoist priests came to the Five Zang Taoist Temple half a year ago, and then the Five Zang Taoist Temple began to flourish, with more and more incense, and quickly became famous in the city. Even the local wealthy He family took the initiative to expand and renovate the Five Zang Taoist Temple.
.Among the new Taoist priests, there happens to be an old man and a young man, who are about the same age as the two Taoist priests in front of me."
When it comes to the Five Zang Taoist Temple, everyone has some impressions.
“I have heard of the Five Zang Taoist Temple. This is the only Taoist temple that has recently been expanded on a large scale in the city.”
“I have also heard of the reputation of the Five Zang Taoist Temple. There are real gods in this Five Zang Taoist Temple. I heard that the He family, the Xue family, and the Jia family have all invited experts from the Five Zang Taoist temples to come to their homes to perform rituals.”
“Which He family, Xue family or Jia family?”
“Nonsense, there are other He family, Xue family and Jia family in Fucheng. Of course they are the He family, Xue family and Jia family of the three major medicinal families.”
The discussion became more and more intense. The owner of the cold cake shop who originally had ten coppers in his hand to return to Jin'an was shocked when he heard that Wu Zang Taoist Temple was so famous.
Seeing that more and more people were crowding around him, the old Taoist priest clasped his fists at the people around him and said, "Old Taoist, I would like to thank you all for your kindness and love. At present, the Wu Zang Taoist Temple has not been fully repaired. You are welcome to wait until the Taoist temple is fully repaired and reopened.
On the day when you receive donors, please come to my Five Zang Taoist Temple to offer incense, and then I will give you a fortune telling for free."
When the people around heard about the free fortune telling, they all clapped their hands and praised the old Taoist priest and the Five Zang Taoist Temple.
At this time, the old Taoist priest did not forget to build publicity for the Five Zang Taoist Temple. He called Jin An who was standing aside: "This is the master of the Five Zang Taoist Temple. He is good at subduing and eliminating demons. All donors have heard that 'the devil is as high as a foot and the Taoism is as high as a foot.'
Zhang'? What you're talking about is the exorcism ability of the master of the Five Zang Taoist Temple."
"Which one is better at exorcism? You have to look for Taoist Master Jin'an from Wu Zang Taoist Temple in Fucheng!"
Jin An couldn’t laugh or cry as he watched the spittle fly everywhere, and he never forgot to promote Taoism about the five internal organs wherever he went.
The old Taoist priest really regards Wu Zang Taoist Temple as his own home.
There is Jin'an where food and accommodation are provided.
There are people who work hard and help them guard the Taoist temple's sharp sword.
There is a big brother goat, bah bah bah... The old Taoist subconsciously recognized the goat as the big brother and hurriedly bah.
When the old Taoist priest introduced the Five Zang Taoist Temple to the people around him, he spared no effort and was very happy.
Jin An and the old Taoist priest went out to buy supplies. As a result, they made two good connections, and the Wu Zang Taoist Temple gained many incense believers.
Everything is ready. The only thing left is for the Wuzang Taoist Temple to be renovated and reopened. The Wuzang Taoist Temple has not yet been renovated and many details are not perfect, so it has not officially opened its doors to accept incense. Currently, the people who come to the Wuzang Taoist Temple are He, Xue, and Jia Sanjia
believers.
In the end, De Shu grabbed the old Taoist priest and Jin An with both hands and said that he would take them to his house as guests today no matter what, and let the child's mother kill an old hen for laying eggs to honor the two nobles.
…
The Deshu family were very polite and respectful to the old Taoist priest and Jin An.
The couple hurriedly cooked a large table of meals and stayed there until almost sunset and before the curfew, when Jin An and the old Taoist priest left.
Walking on the way back to Taoist Temple.
Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest with a smile and said, "Old Taoist, no wonder you always have a clear mind. You have been traveling as a wandering Taoist priest for most of your life, but you haven't saved much savings. You have spent all of it to help poor people."
“It’s no wonder that every time we get the money after performing rituals, old Taoist priest, you always disappear for half a day. It turns out that you just dispersed the money.”
"This is a good deed. Old Taoist priest, please don't be secretive in the future, just be generous and generous."
When he said this, Jin An's eyes were thinking: "But I'm curious about one thing, why do you, old Taoist priest, spend all the money every time you earn it, instead of leaving some savings for yourself? I've never seen
You have more than a hundred coppers. I am not against your charity, old Taoist, to help others. I just think that people should save more for themselves, so that if they encounter any emergency in the future and need money urgently, they will not be arrogant."
The old Taoist priest was still the same old Taoist priest. He said happily: "Money is something external to the body. If you don't bring it with you in life, you won't take it with you in death. If you have too much, it's useless. Old Taoist, I will follow my little brother for the rest of my life, as long as you have food, drink and shelter."
“It’s rare to be free in this world. As an old man, I neither seek immortality nor immortality. I just want the breeze to blow on my face and feel free and at ease.”
Jin An is not stupid.
He saw that the old Taoist priest was trying to play tricks on him.
The old Taoist priest usually behaves a little greedy for money, but every time he gets the profit money, he immediately spends it all. His savings never exceed one hundred coppers. This is not as simple as the old Taoist priest said.
But he had no intention of getting to the bottom of it.
…
Wuzang Taoist Temple.
“Sharpen the sword and see what the master brings you, cool cake.”
“Now that the cold cake is a little cold, let’s put it back into the well water to chill for a while, and then take it out to Uncle Lin’s coffin shop to eat together after dinner.”
Jin'an bought a total of five cold cakes, three people and one sheep, and Uncle Lin all had a share.
But these cold cakes were bought by Jin An again later, and the five cold cakes he bought for the first time were given to the Deshu family.
This cold cake has a really unique flavor when eaten after being chilled in well water.
Cold, sweet, soothing to the throat.
According to the old Taoist priest, it can be compared with the big iced watermelon that Mrs. He family invited them to eat.
After eating and drinking, let’s get down to business.
Because carving words on the gourd this time is much easier than copying scriptures on Taoist robes. There is no need to worry about the fire poison and the Holy Blood Tribulation Thunder method burning through the fabric like the Taoist robes. So Jin An picked up the carving knife and felt confident.
He carved the "Golden Light Divine Curse" on the gourd.
There were no surprises during this period.
Perhaps it was because he practiced on the stone tablet for an hour before officially engraving, and everything fell into place as smoothly as a matter of course.
Imperial order! When the last two words were engraved, the "Golden Light Divine Curse" that originally looked like an ordinary gourd and was engraved with ordinary words was suddenly stirred by thunder and fire.
Born to be extraordinary.
Edicts have far-reaching meanings in Taoism.
It means the decrees and edicts issued by Sanqing Tianzun.
It is also an edict that symbolizes the Taoist talismans and seal scripts.
means that the decree is established and the decree is established.
The vision of thunder and fire dissipated after a few breaths. Jin An found that the color difference on the surface of the gourd was too obvious. After thinking about it, he asked the old Taoist priest for some cinnabar, grinded it into fine powder and dissolved it in water. After stirring, it was almost done.
, start brushing the gourd over and over again.
Each time it was painted, Jin'an would bake it with the internal air of the Black Mountain Pagoda and then paint it again.
This goes over and over again.
Until the engraved words were all filled with cinnabar, the original yellow gourds turned into red gourds with cinnabar.
Edict!
A thousand virtues!
With all his strength, Jin An took out another Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman and sealed it.
An imperial seal! A thousand virtues!
One edict! Two thousand virtuous virtues!
One imperial edict! Three thousand virtuous virtues!
One imperial edict! Four thousand virtuous virtues!
Ten thousand virtues were lost all at once!
When the fourth imperial edict was granted, the Great Dao Tide in Jin An's hand lasted for almost ten breaths before it finally faded away, and a brand new four-enemies imperial edict and the Five Thunder Evil Killing Talisman appeared in Jin An's hand.
The five thunder patterns on the yellow talisman are more domineering, and the pure Yang aura is more pure and continuous. I feel a completely different feeling of heart palpitations from the three-time sealing of the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman.
Just a gaze.
Jin An actually felt the pain in his eyes.
It’s not because he has evil intentions and cannot look directly at the divine method of thunder, but because the pattern of the five thunders has the movement of thunder.
The thunder method on the yellow talisman is so thick that even the talisman paper cannot suppress it.
The manic and domineering thunder method was ready to move on the surface of the talisman, and it would explode uncontrollably at any time... The heart-stopping vast power of thunder made Jin An's temples jump. He had a hunch that if this yellow talisman really let
In an uncontrolled explosion, let alone the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, this street would probably be razed to the ground and turned into a scorched earth sinkhole.
Jin'an held the Five Thunder Evil Talisman in his hand and figured out the thunder skills on it for a long time before he could completely control the yellow talisman in his hand.
After finishing all this, his soul felt a little tired, so he took out the Six Ding Liujia Talisman to rest his soul and calm his soul, and then he recovered.
Originally, he planned to seal the Five Thunder Demon-Slaying Talisman five times at once, but it seems that he has put this idea on hold for the time being. He is worried that the next time he seals it, he will not be able to control the yellow talisman, and he is worried that the five thunders will really get out of control and explode.
Now Yin De, forty-seven thousand four hundred and thirty.
This chapter has been completed!