Looking further down, the words "How to crack the Five Ghost Pass" jumped out on the page.
This is what the book says: As the name suggests, the Five Ghosts Pass is afraid of seeing the five ghosts and the evil spirits. Therefore, children who violate this pass are not allowed to walk at night before the age of three, and they are not allowed to watch rituals before the age of nine.
Funerals are rare before the age of the year. A longevity lock can be worn around the neck, and amulets should be worn on the body. For a hundred days, children should hang Five Emperors coins on their bodies to ward off evil spirits.
I finally found the solution to the three evil spirits. I breathed a long sigh of relief and closed the book.
My eyes inadvertently glanced into the hall, and happened to fall on a large black and white photo hanging on the wall. There was an old woman drawn on it, with a dark face.
My heart couldn't help but tremble.
I thought to myself, why does the old woman's face in the photo seem unhappy. I remember that when people hang up their portraits, they usually smile or look serious. But the old woman in this photo obviously has a smile on her face.
Angry.
I looked at the old lady in the photo with wide eyes again. This time she seemed to be back to normal, neither smiling nor angry.
Damn it! Could this photo still be able to move on its own?
No matter what, maybe I'm overthinking it. It's just a portrait, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Thinking of this, I don't take it seriously.
I returned to the room again, ready to talk to the child's mother about the child's problem of breaking the barrier.
As soon as I entered the house, I heard Zou Li crying loudly.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!...Don't cry, don't cry!"
The mother of the child patted the baby's back gently, then untied her clothes and wanted to feed the baby. But Zou Li, who was in her arms, turned her head, opened her mouth and cried loudly.
No matter how much the child's mother tried to coax her, she couldn't coax her. The fuss lasted for several minutes, and Yao Hongling on the side also helped coax her, but it didn't get any better.
I couldn't help but feel a little suspicious in my heart, thinking that this child might not be entangled with something!
Open your eyes and take a look first.
I took out the cow's tears and grapefruit leaves from my Fabric bag. I put the cow's tears on them and put the leaves on them, and then I opened my eyes.
I looked next to the child's mother and was startled.
She saw an old lady with white hair standing in front of her. The old lady was gently squeezing Zou Li's face with her hands, and then let go again, and then touched Zou Li's soles again.
Scratched it.
Damn it, this old lady thinks that I, a disciple of Maoshan, is nothing!
When I saw this situation, I rushed over immediately.
Before anyone arrived, he shouted loudly: "Stop!"
The ghost old lady turned back and looked at me. She didn't seem to be afraid of me. She just smiled at me and said, "Don't be so fierce. I just came to see my granddaughter. Don't worry, I won't
It will harm her."
I took a closer look at the old woman's face, and then I remembered that I had seen a photo of this ghostly old woman on the wall of the hall.
Since this ghost old lady is Zou Li's grandmother, I have nothing to say.
"Okay! Just watch it!" I whispered to the ghost old lady.
The child's mother saw me talking to myself alone and looked at me in surprise: "My benefactor, did you see something unclean?"
I was afraid of scaring the child's mother, so I smiled and shook my head and said, "It's okay! I'm just teasing the kids."
With that said, I walked towards the child.
At this time, Zou Li stopped crying. She just stared at the ghost old lady with her eyes wide open.
The ghost old lady touched Zou Li's face lightly and smiled kindly.
After a while, the ghost old lady turned around, glanced at me and said: "Brother, you have worked really hard today. I'm afraid I will trouble you again. According to the customs in our place, whose family gave birth to a baby
Children, regardless of gender, must set off firecrackers and offer fast meals to their ancestors."
Having said this, the ghost old lady glanced at the child's mother sitting on the bed, shook her head helplessly and said: "Oh! There is a happy event at home, and I can't even eat. It's really pitiful! However, I can't.
Blame my wife, blame my son for this. She has such a big belly and is traveling far away. I don’t think she can come back for a while! If she can’t come back now, she still has to do what she needs to do.
Ah! Otherwise, the mountain god will be angered."
As she said that, the ghost old lady cast her eyes on my face and said, "Brother, all I can do is trouble you to do these things."
"Ah! What on earth is going on?" I asked.
"When a child is born, the mother-in-law's family will send someone to announce the good news, bringing a pot of wine with a red cloth plugged into the mouth of the wine pot, which means that the wine will be red and the wine will be happy. My son is not at home now.
The hard work can only be done by you, little brother."
"I can do this, but I don't know how to get to your wife's natal home!" I said.
"My wife will tell you this. You'd better help my granddaughter wear some protection first! I think this baby must have made a lot of bad connections during her lifetime. There are many enemies and creditors who want to collect debts from her! If she doesn't use anything,
Protect her, I'm afraid my granddaughter won't be able to take care of her!"
As the ghost old lady spoke, she glanced at me and said, "I think you should be a Maoshan master, right?"
"Yeah! I know a little bit about Maoshan magic." I said.
"Great, thank you for ordering cinnabar for my granddaughter to bring good luck. But these are far from enough. You have to put on the Five Emperors Money Hat and the Longevity Lock on my granddaughter to lock her horoscope.
. Otherwise, if she encounters the five ghosts, her soul will definitely be dragged away, and the gods will not be able to save her." The old ghost lady warned me.
"I know this too, but the question is, where can I get these things now?" I said.
After hearing what I said, the ghost old lady looked at her daughter-in-law with some disappointment and said, "I see, my daughter-in-law is also stupid after giving birth. When I was alive, these things were already prepared at home. She just
Just take it out and put it on the child if you need it. You can ask my wife later and ask her to find it for you. Just say it was me who said it."
"Okay! I promise you this." I replied to the ghost old lady.
The ghost old lady nodded, then turned her face, looked at her granddaughter again with some reluctance, made a strange face at Zou Li, smiled, then turned around and walked out the door.
Only this time did I see clearly the back of this ghostly old lady.
I saw the old woman standing on her tiptoes slightly, walking forward with her neck hunched high. Every time she took a step, her body would sway slightly, obviously because her feet were too small.
"My dear, did the child's grandmother come over just now?" the child's mother suddenly asked me.
"Yeah!" I turned around and nodded towards her.
"Oh! My mother-in-law is really a good mother-in-law. Even after she died, she was always worried about family affairs. In the past, when my husband was at home, he could often see her. It's a pity that I never saw her once."
After listening to this woman's words, I really couldn't laugh or cry. Others were afraid of seeing ghosts, but this woman seemed to be expecting to see ghosts.
"Oops! I forgot an important thing. Today is our big day, and I have to serve my mother a vegetarian meal. Otherwise, she will definitely be unhappy. It's not easy for my mother-in-law, she is the only one
My husband was brought up by others, but as soon as our family got better, she left."
With that said, the child's mother handed the child in her arms to Yao Hongling, saying that she was going down to serve rice to her mother-in-law.
It is rare for a woman to be so filial. I was moved by her.
I would definitely not let her do this kind of thing herself.
"Sister, just rest assured that you will be fine during confinement. I will take care of the rest. Sit down first! Your mother-in-law just told me some things."
I said to the child's mother seriously, and she sat down honestly.
Yao Hongling on the side just looked at me strangely, her eyes were strange. She probably didn't believe that I really saw Zou Li's grandma.
Fortunately, Zou Li's mother, the child's mother, still believed in me. As soon as I told her about the ghost old lady, she immediately walked to a closet in the room, opened the closet and rummaged through things.
After a while, she took out a bag of things from the cabinet and handed it to me.
"My dear benefactor, these are what you said. The longevity lock and the Five Emperors Money Hat were all prepared by my mother-in-law before."
After listening to the words of the child's mother, I couldn't help but admire the people who live in this mountain forest. It seems that they all know some things about mysticism. Even this ghost old lady knows how to wear a longevity charm for the child.
Lock and Five Emperors money hat.
I took the package from the woman's hand, turned it over, and saw a silver collar with a longevity lock inside, and a hat. On the forehead of the hat, a piece of Five Emperors' money was embedded.
, I saw the four characters "Qianlong Tongbao" written on the money.
"Come, put the hat on the baby first. Next, I will open her longevity lock, then add cinnabar, and lock her horoscope in the longevity lock to ensure that she lives a long life.
."
I said to the child's mother.
Immediately after I took out the relevant magical artifacts from my bag, I performed a simple consecration ceremony just like the way my master used to consecrate the artifacts.
Finally, I put a little cinnabar on the longevity lock. When I was dotting the sand, I sealed the girl Zou Li's horoscope in my heart at the same time.
After the incident, I drew a Liuding Liujia amulet for Zou Li on the spot.
I folded the talisman into a triangle shape. Zou Li's horoscope is yin and cold, so she needs to use fire to warm her up. The triangle belongs to fire among the five elements, which can just make up for this weakness, thereby enhancing its protective effect.
"Here, this is the child's amulet. You put it under the child's pillow. Make sure it doesn't get dirty or wet." I gave the amulet to the child's mother and explained how to crack the Five Ghost Pass and the Hundred Days Pass.
things.
"Remember, within a hundred days, you will not visit relatives or travel far away. You will not see the dark sky or strangers. If you do, you must give a red envelope to resolve it."
I warned the child's mother.
The child's mother nodded repeatedly.
After a while, I offered incense and poured rice for the child's mother in front of her mother-in-law's portrait. I also set off firecrackers at the door, which was considered a happy event.
As mountain people, they would keep a small amount of firecrackers at home. When they kill a pig or have some stranger arrive, they will put a small firecracker to celebrate. Later, I asked the child's mother and found out that the purpose of setting off firecrackers is to scare people away from the mountains.
ghosts, and at the same time pray to the mountain gods for blessings.
Next, I told the mother of the child about going back to her natal home and delivering wine to announce the good news.
When the child's mother heard that I was going back to her parents' home to announce the good news, her face immediately darkened and became very ugly.
Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "Forget it! I think you'd better not go. It's not good for a stranger. Besides, the mountains and wilderness are full of dangers."
It seemed that this woman was not willing for me to go to her natal home.