I said to Hu Zongren, just look at this thing here and then take a rest. I went up to get the salt off the lighter. So I got up and left. When I was walking towards the shore road, I realized that I
My feet were already a little exhausted from exerting too much force just now, and even walking was a little wobbly. When I walked to the car, I took out my mobile phone and called Village Chief Wu and asked him to get a few bags of table salt. I was parking the car.
I waited for him at the other place, and after hanging up the phone, I smoked and calmed myself down.
Soon the village chief ran over in a hurry, accompanied by several young people from the village. There were no street lights on the village road, and the light of the flashlight was swinging back and forth, making me feel like a murderer who was being hunted.
.I told the village chief that others should not follow me. Mr. Wu, just you and me can go together. Others, please stay where you are. We can take care of each other if anything happens.
After that, I found a bottle of ZIPPO lighter fluid from the trunk that I had forgotten for a long time, and then walked towards Hu Zongren with the village chief. When we walked up to the front, Village Chief Wu was so careful for the first time.
I saw the culprit who had been causing trouble in the village for a long time.
I took the salt from his hand and sprinkled it evenly on the body of the water ghost. The principle is very simple, it is to dehydrate it. The salt can replace the water in the body of the water ghost. This is just like salt can kill leeches.
.Soon there was a puddle of something on the ground, I didn’t know whether it was blood or water or a mixture of the two, and the body of the water ghost seemed to be a ball of air, starting to become wrinkled and a little distorted. I helped him.
He picked up Hu Zongren, sprinkled oil on the body of the water ghost, and burned it with fire.
What was originally planned to take two or three days to complete, I didn't expect to finish in one night. After returning to the village, the villagers ordered people to dry our clothes and gave me a sum of money. Although it was not a lot, it was still enough.
It's acceptable. It's worthy of the price that Hu Zongren almost lost his life this time. I told the village chief privately that after we leave, you go buy about ten kilograms of fry and sell them in front of the whole village.
Release the fry into the pond, and then tell everyone that with the living creatures, there will be no more water ghosts in the future. However, we still have to remind people not to overestimate it. People drowned in shallow water and people drowned from time to time.
If it happens, please pay more attention to safety and put some warning signs in eye-catching places. Otherwise, if someone drowns again, no one can say whether there will be another water ghost.
The village chief nodded, and I told him that the villagers did not need to know too clearly the specific details of some things, because the less they knew, the more at ease they would be.
Hu Zongren and I left that night. Driving a mountain road at night was a challenge for me, but Hu Zongren had just escaped death and I felt it was inappropriate to let him drive. For the first part of the way, neither of us spoke.
I couldn't help it anymore, so I asked him, do you think it's worth risking yourself for other people's affairs every time we do this? Hu Zongren didn't answer me. But I soon regretted saying it to someone like him.
After all, although I was tired of these words, he was not necessarily tired of it. So I quickly changed the topic and asked him, since there is still such a long way to go back, why don't you tell me about that text message a while ago?
?Save me from dozing off while driving. Hu Zongren said, you don’t know the best thing about that text message. I got angry as soon as I heard it, and I said I don’t know how to call it, and all these damn messages were sent to my mobile phone
.Xuanyuan, Yin and Yang, and life and death. What is going on?
Hu Zongren is a Taoist, and I naturally know that the Taoists worship Xuanyuan Huangdi, but sending the information to me is obviously a reminder that Hu Zongren and I help each other, but we also
He didn't do anything bad. This is what I can't understand the most. Hu Zongren said that this message was sent by people from the Xuanyuan Society. My master Xing Yazi and I used to be Xuanyuan people.
Someone who knows.
Xuanyuan Society? Is it a Taoist organization? I asked Hu Zongren. Hu Zongren said yes. There are two reasons why he never told me. The first is because Master Xing Yazi and Hu Zongren had separated a few years ago.
I joined this organization not because of the nature of the organization, but because the organization’s management style was a bit unacceptable to both Master Xing Yazi and Hu Zongren. Therefore, it can be regarded as a peaceful withdrawal.
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Hu Zongren said that Master Xing Yazi had retired, so it didn't mean much to him whether to join any organization. He would rather wake up every day, read a book, stand up, and then make appointments with a few like-minded people.
They played chess together, had a simple meal, and lived a leisurely and contented life. Therefore, since Hu Zongren became a teacher, he would basically not discuss anything that happened on the road with his master unless it was absolutely necessary. Hu Zongren told me that last time we were among
After the pursuit, I took you to see my master because I was desperate. The master is a man with a big heart. He can easily solve many of the problems that we seem to have. And that day we met
When he was young, he met Master Yin. Master Xing Yazi later told me that it was a destined opportunity. Master Yin was destined to appear next to you and me that day and give us a Buddhist mantra to help us avoid danger.
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Hu Zongren went on to say that the Xuanyuan Hui was said to have been spread among the people since the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor worshiped Buddhism, so the entire country began to develop Buddhism at that time. Although there is no fundamental conflict between Buddhism and Taoism
, but after all, they do not believe in the same thing. When the country begins to support one religion, the other will naturally gradually lose power. There are many fewer people who believe in Taoism, and in order to survive, many Taoist priests did some harmful things at that time.
The matter of Taoist reputation. Gradually, many Taoist people in the country united to revive Taoism, and thus formed the Xuanyuan Society.
Hu Zongren lit a cigarette, opened the window, and said that over the past thousands of years, most of the time, various branches of sects had communicated with each other on a daily basis.
Members of the sect participated in gatherings and so on. I heard that during the Ming Dynasty, they were hunted down by the court, but fortunately they survived. In recent decades, because of the dissatisfaction among the masters, those gatherings and so on have become
It has turned into a bragging conference that constantly shows how awesome their sect is. The masters appear to be amiable, but in fact they are counting on their apprentices to compete secretly. For example, if the disciples and grandsons of the Kongtong sect win
If you are a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, then from this time until the next gathering in the industry, the Wu-Dang Clan will be less able to hold their heads high, and their speeches and decisions will have no weight.
Hu Zongren said that our Yaoshan sect is originally the most dispersed branch of Taoism. There are very few Taoist temples built independently by the Yaoshan sect in the country, and the sect rules also stipulate that Taoists should not stay in Taoist temples all day long.
, we should travel around, and wherever there is injustice, there should be people like us. Our main purpose in learning Taoism is to help the people, rather than blindly dreaming about becoming immortals and gods.
Hu Zongren's words made me cheer loudly in my heart. Sure enough, we are the same. Hu Zongren said that Master Xing Yazi also had the same idea. He was used to being free and did not like to be restrained, and he had no interest in competing with others.
So he withdrew from the Xuanyuan Society very politely, and Hu Zongren naturally followed suit. But after all, Hu Zongren was young and relied on this craft to make a living. As time went by, some rumors about him would naturally come out.
Hu Zongren smiled bitterly and said to me, do you know why I broke your phone and threw it away that day? I said how do I know, and it was a Nokia phone, you madman. Hu Zongren said with a smile, because when I saw
I knew this text message was because the two of us had a big quarrel with Cha Wudao a while ago, and many people in Xuanyuan Hui knew about it. I felt that I, Hu Zongren of Yaoshan, wanted to withdraw from Xuanyuan Hui while following you again.
There has been such a big commotion here. The so-called "I am not a member of Xuanyuan, but I know it in the world of mortals." It means that since you don't bother to join our organization, don't interfere too much in what our organization should have done.
, Hu Zongren paused and said, for example, catching ghosts and beating them up. I yelled, "Why the hell do I have to do this? Is this business going to be a fucking monopoly? All their family members are dead and there is no business, right?"
Hu Zongren went on to say that this sentence "holding the yin and yang talisman and stepping across the gate of life and death" was originally a secret code for colleagues in the Xuanyuan Society to meet. This is the name of the person who sent the message to us, indicating that he is a member of the Xuanyuan Society.
It was sent. I asked Hu Zongren, why should it be sent to me? Hu Zongren glanced at me and said, you probably think that you are not a Taoist priest, so I don’t know why it was sent to you. But think about it, sending it to you is unfair.
Is it because you are not a "Taoist"?
Hu Zongren deliberately emphasized the word "Taoist", so I was stunned for a moment and asked Hu Zongren, so the other party was warning me not to step on the line? Hu Zongren nodded and said, that's basically what he meant, especially when
The two of us often hang out together and share the pay, which is definitely unreasonable in the eyes of these old guys.
I didn't say anything. This is the reason why I have disliked Taoist priests for so long. He has a bad temper and loves to find trouble. Hu Zongren said that he didn't want me to be implicated in this matter, because I was a member of the Four-phase Taoist and Xuanyuan Society.
In a short time, eight poles could not even hit one piece. Hu Zongren also said, and don’t think he doesn’t know, he has long noticed that I am beginning to fail.
I was surprised and asked him how he found out. Hu Zongren said, I regard you as my brother. We both share the same sorrow. I know that if one day I, Hu Zongren, have no food to eat, I can be supported by you.
You must be fat and chubby. The same is true for you, but since you sent Fu Yunni's father to Yunmeng Mountain and came back, you seem to have started to lose your mind. At least in my opinion, you were so witty and smart back then.
You who are willing to work hard seem to be missing.
I didn't say anything. Hu Zongren went on to say, as a brother, of course I understand why you are like this. It's human nature. No one can force this because of personality issues, so I haven't mentioned it to you for so long. If you really don't want to play that day
Okay, just put down all the burdens and just be yourself.
I still didn't speak, the car continued to drive, and I thought about Hu Zongren's words over and over in my mind. Hu Zongren is a crazy person most of the time, but he said this to me under such circumstances, which made me start.
I think it was a mistake for me to treat him as a fool for so long. He just didn't say it, but he knew it in his heart.
When the car drove to Qijiang County, there were street lights. Hu Zongren asked me how long it would take to get to Chongqing. I said an hour. He said yes, lend me your mobile phone to play with. I glared at him and asked him if he wanted to play.
Don’t you know how to play your own game? He said I don’t have your game on my phone. What game I was talking about, he said, it’s that... Ghostly Quequeer!
I roared that his name is Angry Birds! After saying that, I threw the phone to him. He laughed and continued to play with the birds in the game happily until he returned to Chongqing.
On the way, his strange calls were all in my ears.
So I always knew that treating him as a madman and a fool was the most correct decision.