After dinner, a few people formed a tacit understanding of each other and said they wanted to walk around the island. Qing Xin didn't understand how this mess could get better.
After everyone left, Xiao Min seduced him with her small eyes, showing a reluctant expression. Huan Xin smiled and followed the trend, taking Xiao Min's soft little hand and walking in one direction.
Several people decided to leave here tomorrow because their vacation time was limited and they also wanted to see the gardens in Gusu. When they told the village chief about this idea, the village chief did not mean to hinder them. On the contrary, he welcomed everyone warmly.
, said he would come and stay for a few days if he had time.
But when no one was paying attention, the village chief whispered in Qing Xin's ear: "Tonight, I will wait for you on the shore. If you don't come, no one will leave tomorrow."
After saying that, he left with a smile.
Huan Xin was speechless, what should I do? Go ahead! Otherwise, the old man wouldn't be willing to give up and let everyone leave. Soon, the night was quiet.
It was pitch black on the lake, and only three or three lights could be vaguely seen in the distance. Everyone also decided to go back early to rest, and we would set off for a new destination tomorrow!
After everyone was asleep, Huan Xin carefully picked up her clothes and went out. When she arrived at the pier, the village chief and the previous boatman had been waiting here for a long time.
The village chief seemed to have changed his appearance at this time. He was no longer as arrogant as before, and he invited Huan Xin to sit on a boat in a very approachable manner. Then he held his hands to Huan Xin and said, "My real name is Jin Youliang, and most of the people in our village believe in Jin.
My ancestors moved here many years ago.”
Immediately, Village Chief Jin told Huanxin the origin and development of their village. It turned out that Jin Youliang's ancestors moved their family to this lake to live in seclusion during the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom. And Village Chief Jin's ancestor Jin Xiaosi was at that time
A follower of Qian Jiang, the famous military advisor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Speaking of Qianjiang, even though he was ordained as a monk, his Taoism is also superb. Jin Xiaosi has followed military advisors for many years, and he has learned a lot from it. After the defeat of the Taiping Army, everyone dispersed. Jin Xiaosi also took the
After getting a lot of gold and silver treasures, he came here. After a few years, everything was stable, and Jin Xiaosi settled here. He used his treasures to replace the fertile land and built several blue brick houses.
He married a yellow-flowered girl named Tang from a neighboring village, and his life gradually became prosperous.
Later, Jin Xiaosi married several concubines. Although the treasure he brought out was enough for him to squander, it can be seen that seeing the increasingly prosperous family, he wanted to spread the branches and prosper.
When Jin Xiaosi was thinking about what business to do, a Taoist priest came to the door. This man's name was Tang Laowu. He and Jin Xiaosi were old acquaintances. They were both under the command of military advisor Qian Jiang. After the Taiping Army was destroyed,
On this occasion, Jin Xiaosi was lucky and took away a lot of gold and silver treasures smoothly, but Tang Laowu was not so lucky and only took away one book in the rush.
And this book also became a key turning point. Tang Laowu brought the book to Jin Xiaosi, undoubtedly wanting to use the book in his hand to exchange for some money from Jin Xiaosi. Tang Laowu was illiterate, but he was sure
This book must be very important.
Sure enough, Jin Xiaosi was also surprised when he saw this book. He had followed the military advisor for many years, how could he not recognize the military advisor's secret book? But he couldn't show too much excitement, so he thought the two had some friendship.
I bought this book with some money.
After Tang Laowu took the money and left, he never appeared again. There are rumors that he was beaten to death in the bed in a opium den. But Jin Xiaosi was different. For several years, he studied this book seriously
, and in the end he really became self-taught.
The two water ghosts' wealth-making and transshipment formations are all left over from that time. But after all, Jin Xiaosi was only a half-assed person at that time. Although his family was prosperous and his business was doing well, when it came to Jin Xiaosi's son Jin Taibao's
At that time, something went wrong.
Jin Taibao is Jin Youliang's grandfather. He discovered many loopholes in this formation very early, so he visited many hermit masters in the mountains and forests at that time, and finally he came up with a way. Combined with
The secret book passed down by Jin Xiaosi, Jin Taibao, directly created the Desert Island Grave Circle Formation to echo the Wealth Making Formation. It not only allows the water ghosts to have a place to rest and recuperate, but also allows the two ghosts to rotate and maintain balance. It can be regarded as
It was the first of its kind. But after so many years, although the Jin family's business has been in the middle of the pack with no signs of decline, the Jin family's control over the two ghosts has become worse and worse. On several occasions, the water ghosts have escaped from the formation.
Take control, run out and hurt people.
Jin Youliang was sent to Maoshan to study Taoism since he was a child. After decades of skill, he was at least a senior in the Concentration Stage, and could be considered a member of the Taoist sect.
After Huan Xin listened, he was only interested in books, so he immediately asked: "Is that secret book still there?"
Jin Youliang looked at Huan Xin and sighed and said, "The book was lost during the war years. I haven't seen it since I was born."
Huan Xin shook her head with some regret. Then she looked at Village Chief Jin and asked, "It's so late at night, what's your purpose in telling me so much?"
Jin Youliang smiled, stood up and said: "I, Jin, don't tell secrets. Since you can see the truth at a glance, there must be a solution. I hope you can help me repair the formation."
, this way we won’t be in danger and send people to desert islands every now and then.”
Then Jin Youliang sighed, sat back and said, "This formation affects more than 200 families in our entire water village, and it is a legacy left by our ancestors. There is really nothing we can do about it."
Huan Xin curled her lips and smiled, and said sarcastically: "Maoshan is so famous, can you ask Maoshan to help you solve it?"
Jin Youliang sighed and said: "Maoshan prides itself on being a well-known and upright family, but I am not a direct descendant of the lineage, just an ordinary inner disciple. This matter is related to the rise and fall of my family, so I must be cautious and not allow any mistakes."
Huan Xin felt that Jin Youliang's explanation was far-fetched, and there must be something in it that he was not comfortable talking about, so Huan Xin did not express his position for a long time, and then said leisurely: "The heresy is against the harmony of nature after all. Your family has been enjoying it for hundreds of years.
Luck has blessed you, but it’s not enough? You have made money, but you haven’t built a temple to burn incense for the water ghosts, and you haven’t benefited the neighbors or built bridges and paved roads. Then you have to bear the consequences of this yourself. You must know that things will turn to their extremes, and your family will
It’s good if one generation is fine, which proves that the efforts of previous generations are still useful.”
"In your situation, if it were you, would you help?" Huan Xin asked sternly.
Jin Youliang didn't say anything. His eyes slowly turned cold when he looked at Qing Xin, and he whispered: "I leave everything to you. You are trying to fool me with these high-sounding benevolence, righteousness, and morality. Don't you take me too seriously?"
What’s going on?”
Huan Xin wanted to refute, but Jin Youliang spoke first: "I, Jin, have been practicing for decades, how can I not understand the principles and reincarnation of cause and effect?"
"Then since you know it, why don't you force others to do this? Although it is not harmful to nature, raising ghosts is a Taoist taboo and is against nature."
Jin Youliang stabilized his body and said calmly: "You must have a way. If you help us, if you have any requests, just say so if we can do it."
Qing Xin smiled. Actually, it wasn’t that there was no way, but that he didn’t know if they could accept it.