Chapter 73: Cane Gu's 'Twelve, Ten Thousand Words Tomorrow'
"Ah Heng, why are you here?"
After letting Wen Cai send Qiu Sheng back to the house, Uncle Jiu greeted Zhang Heng cordially.
Zhang Heng did not hide anything, and recounted his experiences these days, focusing on the name Yue Qiluo.
Uncle Jiu frowned after hearing this.
He is a very upright and traditional Maoshan Taoist priest who is very repulsive to evil spirits and heretics.
As soon as he heard that Yue Qiluo killed people and took their souls to live forever as a ghost, Uncle Jiu couldn't sit still: "This monster must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise it will bring disaster to the people."
Zhang Heng also knew this truth, but he knew that he knew it, and now he couldn't figure out Yue Qiluo's whereabouts at all.
"Uncle Master, Yue Qiluo has extraordinary methods, and she was found once. I think she will pay more attention to the secrecy of her whereabouts when she disappears this time."
"When the time comes, there will be a huge crowd, and she has magical powers. I'm afraid she won't be able to find her if she looks for it."
Uncle Jiu thought for a while and said, "Can you draw what she looks like?"
Zhang Heng shook his head directly.
If you ask him to draw, the most he can do is draw a stick figure for you. Forget about portraits.
Another point is that Yue Qiluo is not an ordinary person. She can take other people's bodies as willfully as a ghost.
If she had changed her body and had a new face, painting her previous portrait would be misleading.
"The same goes for Qingyun Temple. Even if such a big thing happens, you don't even know how to say hello."
Uncle Jiu thought for a while and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. I will write to the Maoshan General Forum and tell the three elders about Yue Qiluo. The specific steps will be discussed by the various Daomen at that time."
"Master, just now I went to offer incense to the spirit babies and found that they stopped eating."
Before he could say anything more, Wencai ran over from the backyard.
When Uncle Jiu heard this, he could only suppress the next words and said to Wencai: "Children are the greediest. How come the spirit babies don't eat? Did you scare them?"
"this..."
Wencai hesitated and did not dare to answer.
"talk?"
Uncle Jiu asked again.
"Uncle, it's like this."
Zhang Heng took the initiative to stand up: "I didn't inform you when I came. I came in when the door was open. I happened to see the two senior brothers playing with the spirit baby again. I didn't know that they were playing with each other on a daily basis. I thought it was a spirit baby.
The babies ran out on their own, so I picked them up, maybe they were frightened."
"is that so?"
Uncle Jiu looked at Wencai with suspicion towards his apprentice.
Wen Cai was not a responsible person. Seeing that Zhang Heng had overcome the problem, it was too late to be happy, so how could he deny it: "Yes, Master, but Junior Brother Zhang didn't mean it. Let's just forget about it."
The expression on Uncle Jiu's face was a little relaxed. He believed this statement and turned to Zhang Heng and said, "It's not a big deal. I'll go to the spiritual baby room to take a look."
After saying that, he turned to Wencai and said, "Wencai, let's have a conversation with you, Junior Brother Zhang."
"Yes, Master."
Wencai agreed wholeheartedly.
Later, Uncle Jiu went to the Lingying Room.
The moment the door closed, Wen Cai breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhang Heng with a playful smile: "Junior Brother Zhang, fortunately you carried it down, otherwise Master would have beaten me to death."
"Not that serious."
Zhang Heng first responded, and then said: "Spirit infants are equivalent to young children and are very difficult to raise. Uncle Jiu comes from the Fulu lineage, so he didn't expect to be so proficient in raising ghosts."
"That's right, you don't even know who my master is."
The talented and proud people patted their chests.
Zhang Heng nodded, then suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but ask: "I heard Uncle Jiu say before that there are zombies in Ren's town?"
"Yes, that zombie has been taken care of by my master. It's just a pity..."
"What's the pity?"
Wen Cai said with a sad face: "What a pity Tingting."
After saying that, he was afraid that Zhang Heng would not know who Tingting was, so Wen Caiyou explained: "Tingting is Mr. Ren's daughter. She is very beautiful, but you can't see her anymore. After Mr. Ren died, Tingting took the money with her.
She went to live with her relatives, who said she was her second grandfather, and his name was Nintendo."
"Nintendo!"
Zhang Heng thought to himself: "Isn't this Musical Zombie? I didn't expect the two dramas to be connected in series!"
"Wencai, go prepare the carriage."
After a while, Uncle Jiu came out of the spiritual infant room.
"Master, what are you doing to prepare the carriage?"
As a curious baby, Wencai is the type who just asks questions when he doesn’t understand.
After hearing this, Uncle Jiu didn't hide it from him, and sighed: "These spirit babies are frightened and are in danger of losing their souls. I am going to send them to Aunt Zhe. There are specialties in skills. Aunt Zhe is best at communication."
Ling Wenmi, it is with her that these spiritual babies can get well as soon as possible."
Gu Gu is the junior sister of Zhang Heng and his master.
Some people may think that Maoshan does not accept female disciples, but this is actually wrong.
Any Taoist temple or Taoist lineage in the world will accept female disciples.
If we did not accept female disciples, there would be no Sun Buer among the Seven Sons of Quanzhen and He Xiangu among the Eight Immortals of Shangdong.
"Junior brother, you don't know."
As soon as he heard that the spiritual baby was going to be sent to Aunt Zhe, Wencai couldn't help but drag Zhang Heng to tell him: "Aunt Zhe has always been interested in my master, hehe."
Maoshan belongs to the Zhengyi sect and is inherited by the Shangqing sect.
In Zhengdao, except for a few Taoist priests who live as monks and nuns, other Taoist priests can get married.
Of course, a Taoist priest who gets married becomes a Taoist who lives in fire.
According to the sect rules of Maoshan, Taoist Huo Ju is not qualified to be in charge of the three palaces and the six palaces. Once you get married, it means that no matter how great your achievements are in the future, you will never be the master of the sixth palace or the master of the third palace, which is equivalent to giving up.
Sect inheritance rights.
Take Zhang Heng as an example.
If he doesn't get married and devotes himself to practicing Buddhism, when Maoshan disciples of his generation begin to take power, he will also have the opportunity to compete for the position of the master of the temple.
Of course, whether someone chooses you is another matter. At least you have this opportunity.
After getting married, you will automatically lose this qualification.
Because in the eyes of the sect, you are not a person who can wholeheartedly follow the Tao. You have too many worries in your heart, so naturally you cannot be entrusted with the sect's important affairs.
"what are you laughing at?"
Hearing Wencai's laughter, Uncle Jiu cast a questioning look.
"Nothing, Master. I was telling Junior Brother Zhang that Aunt Zhue lives in Wuhua County. He will be very lucky when he enters the city. Who doesn't know that our Wuhua Three-Yellow Chicken is the most famous?"
Wen Cai tells lies without batting an eye.
"Assuming you have a conscience, this is your first time in Wuhua, Junior Brother Zhang. We want to show our friendship as landlords and eat in the county seat tonight."
Uncle Jiu rarely scolded him.
Because when he was in Dagou Town, Zhang Heng didn't tell him that he ate everything that could fly in the sky, run on the ground, swim in the water, and eat everything.
Now that Zhang Heng has come to Wuhua, he has to express his gratitude no matter what.
Not to mention letting Zhang Heng eat what he had last time, at least it has to be hard to find fault with.
"Master, let's go to Gu Gu's place. What should Senior Brother Qiu Sheng do?"
Wencai thought of Qiu Sheng, whose evolution was interrupted.
"He is not a child. When he wakes up, he drinks water when he is thirsty and eats when he is hungry. Does he still need me to teach him?"
Uncle Jiu's eyes widened: "Don't worry about him, go prepare the car, we will set off immediately."
When Wencai heard this, he went crazy.
As he walked, he muttered: "You guys are so unlucky. We went to the county town to eat three-yellow chicken. You can stay at home and eat ashes."
A little.
The carriage is ready.
Uncle Jiu put the spirit baby statue in a box and went to the room to change into new clothes. Then he called Zhang Heng and said: "Ah Heng, we will go to Gu Gu's house later, and then we will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you. You
It’s not easy to come to Renjia Town, and you have to stay for a few days no matter what.”
Zhang Heng knew that everything was fine at home, so he agreed: "Uncle Jiu, I just want to ask you about some talisman matters. Then don't blame me for disturbing your Qing Dynasty."
"How could it be? My two apprentices are incompetent. If you are willing to learn, I would like to teach you more so that I don't have to take all my skills to the coffin."
Uncle Jiu got on the carriage.
As he said that, he raised his head and glanced at Wen Cai, who was eavesdropping, and said speechlessly: "Why are you still standing there, driving the car? Don't you want to eat three-yellow chicken?"
When he thought of being able to eat three-yellow chicken in the county town, Wencai whipped his whip and said, "Drive!"
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Wuhua County.
Niangniang Lake...
There is a lot of water in the land south of the Yangtze River, and Wuhua County, the county seat, has several rivers running through the city.
Among them, in the south of the county, there is a small lake located in the city, named Niangniang Lake.
Why is it called so? Because there is a Temple of the West Queen Mother by the lake. Legend has it that this is the place where the Queen Mother takes a bath.
Of course, this kind of legend is too mythical.
But it is true that there is a temple here and the incense is good.
As for Sugar Girl, she is the temple blessing in the Empress Temple. She usually helps people with divination, interprets dreams, burns incense, and conducts psychic inquiries. She leads a very comfortable life.
It's just an unlucky day.
As soon as Zhang Heng and the others entered the temple, they heard the sound of banging on the table.
Everyone looked up and saw a table set up in the northwest corner. A man and a woman were standing next to it with troubled faces, watching a woman in her thirties or forties, wearing red and green, tapping the table rhythmically.
"Don't make a sound!"
Seeing this scene, Uncle Jiu lowered his voice: "Aunt Sue is channeling the spirit and asking for rice."
Channeling literally means asking the dead below to come up.
The reason for asking about rice is because when channeling, a bowl of rice is usually placed in front of you and you mutter something to the rice, which makes it look like you are asking questions about rice.
Of course, rice will definitely not answer the question.
The real question is about the existence that was invited up, but ordinary people cannot see this with their naked eyes.
"Master, what does this slapping back and forth mean?"
Wen Cai was so surprised by what he saw that he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Uncle Jiu did not answer after hearing this, but looked at Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng knows this kind of look all too well. Isn't this just like when a bad student asks a question in school, the teacher doesn't answer but looks at the good student and signals the good student to answer.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock on the door of hell."
"Clap, slap, slap open the door to hell."
Zhang Heng explained to Wen Cai in a low voice: "People who can channel spirits are people who have people down there. They have a good relationship with a certain Yin official, so they set up a communication signal."
"When you need to communicate with a psychic to ask about rice, you can use this specific tapping and tapping method to send messages to the Yin organ below."
"After the underworld official receives the notice, he will secretly bring the person up from hell and let him come up to answer the question."
"After the deed was completed, the pilgrims made offerings and asked Mepo to keep part of it for themselves. The other part would be bought with gold and silver ingots, burned, and distributed to the Yin officials."
When Wencai heard this, he was a little dumbfounded: "Why is it like giving some benefits to the jailer and then having family members visit the prison?"
"It's not like, it's like."
Zhang Heng said with a smile: "Normally speaking, the undead souls who were taken to the underworld will not be allowed to return to the earth. This is against the rules and will only make them miss the world of mortals even more."
"But, ghosts are transformed by humans. People have a human world, and ghosts have a ghost world. They all need food, clothing, housing and transportation."
"So there are Yin officials and Yin officials who collude with each other to make extra money. As long as there are no mistakes, the judges above are willing to turn a blind eye and accept more filial piety."
"After all, many of the underworld officials below have been dead for hundreds or even thousands of years."
"In the world of Yang, no one has long ago worshiped them."
"As for salary, everyone knows it. No official would live by his salary."
"So after going back and forth, I made many friends, and soon there were more ways to go."
Uncle Jiu looked at Zhang Heng with great satisfaction.
Talk about it.
When it comes to dealing with the Yin officials below, there is no one in Maoshan who is better than Jiu Shu.
Uncle Jiu is so outstanding.
While he was still alive, he worked as a bank clerk in the underworld.
You think Uncle Jiu is good at catching ghosts, but in fact, he is even better at dealing with people and the world.
Uncle Jiu is not a Taoist priest with a single head, a bank executive, nor a cat or a dog.
To put it bluntly, today Uncle Jiu met the Millennium Ghost King, the Gold and Silver Armored Corpse, the Drought Demon, and Fei Zombie, and one of them accidentally died.
Turns out he is the general manager of Tiandi Bank. He can kill him back with a bull-headed horse-face in a matter of minutes. He is very fierce after death!
Count the entire Maoshan in detail.
Except Uncle Jiu, who else has this condition.
You can even think about it with your toes, how powerful the general manager of Difu Bank must be.
Impermanence in the Hall of Impermanence, generals in the General Hall, messengers of merit, ghosts in the twenty-four yamen, mourning gods, hanging guests, yakshas, rakshasas...
No one counts, who dares not to give Uncle Jiu face?
"It's not the New Year or the holidays, why are you so anxious to see me?"
A few minutes of work.
Gu Gu suddenly sat up straight and her tone of voice changed.
"Wife, I have something to ask you. You have been dead for a few years. I was thinking about finding another wife, so I brought her to see you."
The man said next to him with an attentive look.
"Junior Brother Zhang."
Listening to the conversation over there, Wen Cai was a little confused and asked Zhang Heng: "Are the people below so efficient in doing things? They were brought up in just a few minutes?"
"no."
Zhang Heng replied: "As the saying goes, one day in the sky is one year on the earth, one day on the earth is one year in the earth."
"The few minutes we have here may have been several days down there."
"Of course, how is time converted? Different hells have different time flow rates. The slow ones are the same as ours, and the fast ones can be hundreds or thousands of times faster. If you ask me, I can't tell."
Wen Cai secretly sighed: "So there are so many things to pay attention to!"
After saying that, he looked at Zhang Heng in disbelief: "Junior brother, how did you know?"
"If a person does not learn, he will not understand."
"Among my Maoshan Taoist books, there is a book called Zhou Family's Tongyou Ji. This ancestor of the Zhou family is a strange person. He went to hell seven times and drank and chatted with the judge. It records many anecdotes in the underworld and how to deal with them."
"After being compiled and edited by my Maoshan ancestors, this book has become more extensive and profound. It is indeed the best reading book for those in prison. You can read it later."
Zhang Heng really admired the ignorance of literary talents.
Could it be that this is my apprentice?
Qian Zhenren's son-apprentice Qian Shui studies cooking at home when he has nothing to do, and is determined to be the best...cook in Maoshan.
Not to mention Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai.
Zhang Heng was very curious about what the two of them had learned so far.
Is it possible to save the souls of the dead?
Will it be possible to break the evil spirit and stabilize the soul?
Is it okay to open a forum?
Neither.
good.
Can I draw the general talisman?
Can the peace and evil talisman be drawn?
Can the Six Animals Peace Talisman be drawn?
Can you draw a lucky charm?
Can the Heavenly Master Ghost Slaying Talisman be drawn?
These are the most basic.
Going up, there are the five thunder talisman, the divine fire talisman, the eight fixed talisman, the nourishing talisman, the diamond talisman, the divine walking talisman, the steel talisman pointing to the ground, and the prison talisman drawing the ground. I'm afraid there is no need to think about these.
"Stay there for a while."
Noticing Zhang Heng's gaze, Uncle Jiu slapped Wencai on the back of the head.
Wencai didn't even know why he was beaten. He stood aside feeling aggrieved and said, "Master, I didn't make a mistake, did I?"
"Made a mistake?"
Uncle Jiu was furious: "I won't be able to eat your good fruit when I go back."
"ah?"
Wencai pursed his lips and muttered: "If I had known better, I wouldn't have come to eat the three-yellow chicken."
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