November 29th, the day of Jiachen, is in opposition to the dog and evil spirits are in the south. It is suitable for offering sacrifices, consecrating lights, traveling, entering the house, and migrating.
Before dawn, Jiang Gaogong led five Taoist chanting boys who had won the first prize in the monthly exams for three consecutive months and went down Wuji Mountain despite the cold air of the first snow.
Two carriages were parked at the foot of the mountain. The brother-in-law of Guyang County Registrar Dong Fanlin had been waiting for a long time. He immediately welcomed Jiang Gaogong into the first carriage. Accompanying him, he also brought five Taoists including Ma Zhili, Zhu Meng and Zhao Ran.
The child was placed in the car at the back. The driver raised his whip, making a crisp sound in the air, and the wheels started moving, pressing against the thin snow, along the official road towards the county seat.
The carriage was extremely spacious, with quilts and other items prepared. It didn't feel cold at all, which showed that the owner was very attentive. Zhao Ran stayed up late reading scriptures in the Sutra Library last night. He didn't have enough sleep. As the carriage bumped up and down, he couldn't help but feel sleepy.
He leaned against the wall of the carriage and fell unconscious without realizing it.
The sleep after returning to the cage was the sweetest. When Zhao Ran was sleeping comfortably and soundly, his nose suddenly felt itchy and he couldn't help but sneeze. However, it turned out that Zhu Meng sitting next to him couldn't stop his sleepiness and tilted his head to rest on his shoulder.
When he went to bed, the tip of his hair pierced Zhao Ran's nostrils.
Zhumeng was woken up by Zhao Ran's sneezing, and his ears were ringing for a long time. When he came to his senses, he felt a wetness on his neck. He couldn't tell whether it was Zhao Ran's nose or the sneezing. He was so sick that he had goosebumps all over his body, and he was so busy.
He kept wiping his robe sleeves while glaring at Zhao Ran angrily.
Zhao Ran spread his hands innocently: "Junior brothers, I didn't do this on purpose. You did it yourself."
"You..." Zhu Meng was speechless and angrily moved to the side to show distance from Zhao Ran.
The carriage stopped suddenly, but it had already reached the end. Ma Zhili, who seemed to be the leader of the Taoist boys—and indeed the leader of the disciples in the Sutra Hall, ordered everyone to get out of the car, and then moved down a large wooden box carried on the back of the carriage.
It contains various utensils used to open the altar.
Dong Fanlin, the chief registrar of Guyang County, renovated the old house, bought the two courtyards of his neighbor, and built a garden pavilion. He will move back today. According to the Zhaijiao rituals, it is necessary to open an altar for worship and set up an earth town house and a town ceremony.
.There are many altar methods in Zhaijiao rituals that are suitable for moving houses. Dong Fanglin's family is a powerful family in Guyang County, so Jiang Gaogong prepared to install this most "luxurious" altar. According to Zhao Ran's understanding, this set
The method of Zhaijiao is really complex and complex, and it is very difficult to watch, and it is also very difficult to collect the money.
Jiang Gaogong was invited into the inner hall for tea by Master Dong, and Ma Zhili directed the Taoist boys to set up the altar. The altar was set up in front of the main hall, with an inner altar, a middle altar, and an outer altar. Each altar was equipped with ten doors to show the ten directions.
I mean, I was busy tying the altar door with the red silk ribbon for half an hour. During this time, Zhao Ran made a small mistake. The way of tying the silk ribbon was slightly wrong, but Ma Zhili, who had a vicious eye, saw it at a glance and immediately
He scolded Zhao Ran loudly.
Zhao Ran was stunned by Ma Zhili's scolding. He thought to himself that I have never provoked you. Did you make a mistake today? However, Zhao Ran is not an unreasonable person. Since the fault is his own, he also
He didn't protest, but quickly changed the ending method and asked Brother Ma Zhili to recheck it before continuing with other preparations.
Zhu Meng was working beside him with his lips pursed and enjoying himself. Zhao Ran glared at him, and he glared back without showing any signs of weakness. After Ma Zhili scolded Zhao Ran and turned to leave, he felt ashamed of his unwarranted anger.
After playing Ruyi Jue, he secretly recited a few times "Taozu forgives me". But when he glanced at Zhao Ran, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. This was purely an instinctive sense of crisis, and he couldn't help but deal with it rationally.
The three altars were properly arranged, the twenty-eight constellations were set, affixed with talismans, and the Liujia Shizhi lamps were lit and placed around the three altars. It took an hour to prepare everything.
The entire altar was filled with silk ribbons, talismans were all over the beams, and there were many Buddhist lanterns. It was such a big altar! Looking at the fruits of the hard work of several of his people, Zhao Ran couldn't help but admire with joy. However, he was a little puzzled. Antu Town
It is common sense to arrange three altars and ten gates in Zhaihuan rituals. It is a bit excessive to use paper symbols to hold the directions of the twenty-eight constellations. The ten straight lanterns of Liujia are also inconsistent with the requirements listed in the ceremony. The correct layout method should be to hold the directions of the nine palaces and burn the symbols.
Land of the Five Mountains Lantern.
Zhao Ran asked Ma Zhili about the reason, but Ma Zhili said, "Stop making noise, and stay at peace." Ma Zhili came back to Ruyijue again, secretly reciting "Taozu forgives sins, and I will not mention it." Zhao Ran was a little angry, of course on the surface.
He can't show his anger - before time travel, he worked his way from section clerk to director of a division-level office. He has been able to behave in an orderly manner for more than ten years. How can he be a good official if he doesn't have some self-cultivation?
On the other hand, another senior brother beside him, Fang Zhihe, leaned over and whispered: "If you don't do this, it won't show our attention and effort."
Zhao Ran was still thinking about this sentence, and Fang Zhihe further explained: "How many talismans were posted in Zhenjiu Palace? How many Wuyue lanterns can there be? How can they be as lavish as they are now? This is still small. In June of the year before last,
, Zhang Dafu, a wealthy businessman in the county, purchased a house and burned the Tiangang Earth Evil Lantern! What a scene and how heroic it was?"
Thirty-six Tiangang and seventy-two Earthly Demons, which together equaled one hundred and eight lamps. Zhao Ranguang felt dizzy just thinking about it. Now he finally thought about it and asked Fang Zhihe in a low voice.
: "How much is the bookkeeping fee given by Master Dong? Where is Zhang Dafu?"
Fang Zhihe snickered: "Master Dong gave me one hundred taels, Zhang Dafu gave me five hundred taels!"
So that’s it, you really get what you pay for. Otherwise, why don’t you say that no matter how good the theory is, it will turn sour in practice?
More and more people gathered in front of the main hall, and people who came to watch the ceremony and congratulates also arrived one after another, including the county magistrate, the county captain, the imperial edict, the officials of the Six Cao Cao, the Guyang gentry, and the wealthy people in the city. In the end, even the county magistrate arrived in person.
This shows the importance of Master Dong in Guyang County.
Ma Zhili began to distribute the magical artifacts, one to each hand. He took a copper bell and gave it to Fang Zhihe and a wooden drum. Another junior brother held a fly whisk, Zhu Meng got a bronze mirror, and Zhao Ran took a pure vase. Ma Zhili
He also told everyone to follow Jiang Gaogong in the Yin Yang Bagua steps.
At this time, Zhao Ran was completely speechless. According to the ritual regulations of Antu Town Zhaihuan Town Ceremony, four elephant steps should be taken during the Bu Gang Step Fight to control the four directions. Together with Jiang Gaogong, a total of four people are needed to do it.
Each of the four people held only spiritual tablets, whisks, copper bells and bronze mirrors, but no wooden drums or purifying bottles.
Okay now, the Four Elephant Steps have been changed to the Yin Yang Bagua Steps - is it to recruit more people to perform? Just recruit people, but you have to gather at least eight people, okay? What does six mean?
?Six people should take the first step...
At three o'clock in the morning, Jiang Gaogong stood under the incense table in the inner altar, with five Taoist boys standing in two rows behind him. Each of them put on cassocks. The cassocks were specially brought down from the mountain. They were wide robes with big sleeves, and their arms were stretched out.
When it hangs down, it can almost touch the ground. Jiang Gaogong's cassock is crimson, embroidered with golden cloud patterns, while Zhao Ran and the chanting Taoist boys wear gray cassocks, each lined with Haiqing (simple cyan Taoist robes).
In addition to clothes, Jiang Gaogong also wore cloud shoes with round toes and square soles, and a tall yellow crown on his head. At first glance, he looked like a very good-looking pair.
I heard Jiang Gaogong raise his voice with a "steep--" sound, and shouted: "The auspicious time has come, let's open the altar!" He respectfully offered incense to the "Blessing and Controlling Holy Lord" on the incense table, and suddenly the smoke filled the air.
The fragrance enters the nose.
The "Holy King of Blessings and Controllers" is what the people call Zhong Kui and Zhong Tianshi. In fact, Zhong Tianshi's main business is catching ghosts, so ghosts are afraid of him, so he unknowingly started a side job - helping
People guard their houses to ward off ghosts. This side business has become very prosperous and has gradually surpassed the main business. However, when people move to a new house or build a house, they must respectfully ask Master Zhong Tian's spiritual tablet to be posted at the door to ward off evil spirits.
After offering the incense, Jiang Gaogong began to recite the Qing Ci. Zhao Ran had heard Fang Zhihe mention that the Qing Ci was written by Ma Zhili last night and was specially written on a piece of golden talisman paper. The talisman paper was from Huayun Pavilion.
Wujiyuan only issues 24 specially issued talismans every year, which are very precious. As for the rest of the talismans that hold the twenty-eight nights, they are all made by Wujiyuan.
Zhao Ran asked if it was easy to draw the talisman, and Fang Zhi was happy: "It's simple. There is a talisman template in the sutra hall. After smearing it with cinnabar, cover it with yellow paper, and it's done. You can get more than a hundred of them in an hour or three."
Zhao Ran was silent again, this is really convenient, easy and productive!
Thanks again to yangzhigang’ brother for the reward!