Chapter 22 The Taoist priest of the Zhenjun Temple casts spells and manifests saints
Zhao Rong and his entourage of a few young people came out of the city gate in a mighty way, and there were many pedestrians along the way, and it seemed that they were all going to the Zhenjun Temple. There are even stalls on the side, some selling incense, burning paper, tribute, and tea, watching the crowds. Zhao Rong couldn't help but ask, "Isn't today a big day?" ”
Zhou Hongyu hummed, "At first glance, it looks like there is no culture, today is the tenth day of the first month of October, and it is the fasting day of the eight passes, so today the people from all over the world came to worship and burn incense." Pray for peace. This Zhenjun Temple is dedicated to the righteous god of the Cardinal Sect, the living god of Jiangdong ___ Sun Yuji".
Zhao Rongqi said: "What Ji? ”
Zhou Hongyu repeated "Sun Yuji." ”
Zhao Rong asked again, "Sun Heji." ”
Zhou Hongyu said loudly, "Sun Yuji." ”
"What's in it."
"Forget it, let's go worship the gods." Zhou Hongyu saw that he couldn't explain it to him, so he had to give up. A few people continued to walk inside.
Zhenjun Temple is a Taoist temple covering an area of more than ten acres, and a plaque is hung at the main entrance, which reads, "Respond to requests." "There is a big locust tree in the courtyard, wrapped in red silk and green silk.
There were red strips of wishing cloth hanging from the trees, and two small wooden planks hung from the cloth strips. There are words on the board. There are those who seek peace, those who seek wealth, and those who are pregnant with spring girls who are in heat and seek marriage.
A chubby girl looked to weigh about one hundred and forty or fifty pounds. Standing under the tree reverently, he was writing, "Aunt Liu, Tao Qingshan has been together for a hundred years, and he gave birth to a noble son early." Zhao Rong looked at the thief with his eyebrows and rat eyes, and the woman seemed to have found something white at him, and snorted, "Shameless, prodigal son." ”
Zhao Rong looked embarrassed, which provoked Liu Jingsheng and Zhou Hongyu to laugh.
Zhao Rong pulled Tao Qingshan's sleeve, "Brother Tao, someone has a crush on you." Tao Qingshan shook his head: "This thing is not accurate." Scam ......"
I saw that the fat girl picked up the red silk with the wooden board and threw it upward, and the red silk actually hung firmly on the tree. Tao Qingshan looked embarrassed. Take a look at Zhou Hongyu. Zhou Hongyu snorted, "Look at what I'm doing." You've got yourself into a debt affair. Tao Qingshan hurriedly said, "I don't know her." It's true. ”
It seems that the people of Yancheng County have too many wishes, and the branches of the old locust tree are pressed and some can't be lifted. In the north, in October, the leaves of the locust trees have turned yellow, and some of them are only bare branches.
At this time, the crowd moved, and Zhao Rong and they also followed the crowd and walked towards the direction of the main hall, the hall has red walls and yellow tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, and a large plaque in front of the door "Sincerity is spiritual." "Shine brightly. In an open space in front of the main hall, a statue of an old man was half-buried in the soil, and a group of men and women were kowtowing and bowing.
At this time, a person who looked like a Taoist priest came out, standing on the table that had already been arranged, "Today is the day of the Eight Levels of Fasting, and it is the big day of my Cardinal Sect. Everyone came to worship devoutly, and Xiaodao was willing to spend ten years of life, invite living immortals, and solve problems for everyone. However, Xiaodao's mana is limited, and he can only do it for one person. I also ask all pilgrims to donate generously and donate the most silver, and I will cast a spell on him to ward off the disaster. ”
"I'll donate fifty taels,"
"I'll donate sixty taels,"
"I'll donate a hundred taels."
"I'll donate one hundred and ten taels"
………… After a while, the silver taels in front of the Taoist priest had been donated into a small mountain. Later, there was a son who looked like a rich man: "I will donate 1,000 taels." ”
The crowd finally stopped making noise.
The Taoist priest said, "If there are no other people who have come out to donate, if not, I will do it for this son." "I saw that there was no one. The boy said, "I have a lot of money in my lower family, but unfortunately my father died early, I want my daughter to ask the Taoist to do it, and invite my father to come up, and continue the relationship between father and son." ”
The Taoist chief said, "Filial piety is the first, today it is rare to meet a filial son of a daughter who saw the deceased ancestors, not to mention the loss of ten years of life, even the loss of twenty years of life is worth it." ”
Saying that, he began, practiced, closed his eyes and said something in his mouth, and after a while, he got out of the way and brought a bronze mirror, and touched it with his left hand on the mirror, and then touched it with his right hand, and suddenly saw the mirror shining, and everyone suddenly saw a person about fifty years old in the mirror, as if he was a real person, only to see the young man, suddenly knelt down and shouted, "Father, father, my son has finally seen your old man, and my son thinks about you so hard." Then he asked the chief, "Chief, why doesn't my father speak?" ”
The Taoist chief said, "Your father, he has died, the so-called people have words, ghosts have ghosts, how can we ordinary people hear his words, alas, so let's do it, I will use my strength to cast spells, let his words become words, let your father and son reunite, say a few words." ”
After speaking, let the beginning come out with a basin of water, only to see the Taoist chief take out a charm. There are words in the mouth. I saw him say "hey" and put the charm into the water, only to see a few words on the charm: "My son is filial to his father, take care of your mother." ”
Everyone suddenly crowded, and they couldn't help but praise, "Dao Chief's spell is clever." It can show people in a bronze mirror."
"It's just that you can still show the characters in the yellow symbol."
"What's even more powerful is to recruit the souls of the deceased ancestors."
"We've all seen it with our own eyes."
"I heard that this Dao Master is only one of the eight Dharma protectors under the seat of Sect Master Sun. That Sun Sect Leader is the great-grandson of Jiangdong Living Immortal Yu Ji, and his magic power is boundless. ”
Someone was agitating below, "Folks, the red-clothed sect elders have boundless power. Let's give a lot and ask the Lord for his blessing. ”
Zhao Rong grinned while listening, "This Yu Ji is surnamed Yu, and the red-clothed sect leader Sun Yu Ji is surnamed Sun, how can he become his great-grandson." He couldn't help but lean forward and stare at the mirror. I found that the person on the mirror was still there, and the mirror had traces of polishing. And he went around the basin of water. A choking smell of alum almost smoked him. At this time, I saw the young man. He glanced at the road. The Taoist chief shouted at him. "Whose kid are you? So rude. This method is profound, and the heavens are unpredictable. Is it something that you mortal can snoop on? ”
This series of actions. were all seen by Zhao Rong. It dawned on him that he understood.
The young man and the Taoist turned out to be in the same group. They are complicit in defrauding the people. Then I saw him, and walked to a high platform. That's right. Said the men and women who were worshipping the stone statue. "Folks. Friends. You've all been deceived. This Taoist leader. The so-called bronze mirror man. Summon ghosts. And also. Yellow characters are prominent. It's all fake. Everything he will do. I will do both. My spells. It's not just better than him. More powerful than their master. "Zhou Wanqing and Zhou Hongyu regretted it very much, they didn't hold Zhao Rong and let him run to the Taoist chief, he must have been evil. Only then did he say wildly, everyone saw the Daoist's spell with their own eyes, how could it be fake?
Liu Jingsheng hurriedly covered his face, "I don't know him, I'm also passing by." ”
The chief saw someone smashing the field. Glance at the people around you. I saw a large group of hula lala. And they gathered around him.
Zhao Rong said, "Dao Chief." Since you said that your mana is boundless. Then do you dare. Fight with me. ”
The Taoist chief said, "The poor Taoist follows the master." Practice the Tao. More than 40 years. Never. Afraid of whom. What do you say? ”
Zhao Rong said. "Three days later. Still here. Let's have a fighting competition. Do you dare? ”
The Taoist chief said. "Since you're not afraid of death. So poor. Here it was three days later. Fight with you. Let everyone bear witness. ”
Men and women of faith present. Listen to it. A milky hairy boy. He actually wants to challenge the Dao Chief, who has profound and boundless mana. It's too self-defeating. At the beginning of October, the Taoist chief of Zhenjun Temple in the south of Yancheng County used a bronze mirror to show people, and also used yellow paper to show words, summoning the souls of the dead.
What's even worse is that there is a hairy young man who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, who dares to challenge the Taoist with boundless mana, and threatens to challenge the Taoist in three days. The good men and women of ten miles and eight towns are ready to see the rarity. This once-in-a-century excitement must not be missed.
Of course, it also frightened Zhou Boren of Donghai Academy, and when he heard the news, it was already the evening of the next day. He ran home like a fly, and saw Zhao Rong with his eyes closed, recuperating there. "Oh, my brother, you still have the concentration to sleep here, do you know what is going on outside?"
Zhao Rongqi said: "What's wrong? ”
"The good men and women of Yancheng County are here, are you sure, don't you fight with others for the sake of my brother. That Dao chief can attract evil spirits, if that's really the case, brother, you have to be careful. ”
Zhao Rong laughed. "Brother, just put your heart in your belly. I don't know more than poetry and couplets. I have a friend's master who is a national teacher in the palace, and he once practiced pills for the emperor, and I often steal his pills and play with them as bullets for slingshots. I learned some spells from him. ”
Zhou Boren's face was incredulous, "You just blow it." Why don't you say that the emperor is your grandfather. ”
Zhao Rong smiled. The emperor is my grandfather. You don't believe me either. Besides, taking the elixir of the national teacher and playing the slingshot is also a real thing.
Forget it, no one will believe it.
"By the way, brother, you said that your door is haunted at night, isn't it?"
Zhou Boren nodded, "Who said it wasn't." Otherwise, I wouldn't have invited you over. Do you have a solution? ”
Zhao Rong said, "I didn't have it yesterday, but I watched it today, and I have the technique of the Taoist leader of the Red Cloth Sect." ”
Zhou Boren patted his chest and said, "Little brother, if you do this for my brother, I will marry my daughter to you." ”
Zhao Rong stood up with a "swish", "Brother, you can't take revenge." ”
Zhou Boren's face was embarrassed, "Hong'er, this girl, has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she has a violent temper, who dares to marry ordinary people, we can't look down on poor families, and we don't look down on rich people." Isn't it like you can't find your next home? ”
Zhao Rong's head shook like a rattle, "No, no, your daughter, you have already secretly promised Tao Gongzi, what is my horizontal bar?" Besides, I have a wife. ”
Zhou Boren must have "Are you married?" Who's the girl? Zhao Rong talked about him and Yu Wenjun. Zhou Boren's face was incredulous, "Alas, good cabbage is called pig arch." ”
Zhao Rong rolled his eyes, "Brother, what you said is whether I am a cabbage or a pig." ”
Zhou Boren laughed and waved his hand.
Zhao Rong had no choice but to stop discussing this topic.
After dinner, Zhao Rong called Zhou Boren and Liu Jingsheng. With Zhou Hongyu and a few subordinates, he hid in the house opposite the Zhou Mansion.
It was about nine o'clock. I saw a child who was about twenty-seven or eighteen, sneaking, carrying a bucket. Hold a brush. I saw her on the gate of Zhou's house, brushing it thinly with a brush. Then he looked around, picked up the bucket and trotted all the way, and ran.
Zhao Rong said to Zhou Hongyu, "Eldest niece, how far have you practiced martial arts?" ”
Zhou Hongyu glanced at him, "Seven or eight are not a problem to hit you." Zhao Rong shrank his neck, "Haha, how disrespectful I am to you on weekdays, you don't remember villains." ”
Zhou Hongyu: "Hmph. It was a response. Zhao Rong said that you take the two of you and follow the woman. Look where she goes. If it's convenient. Get him back?
Zhou Hongyu said disdainfully, "Are you getting angry, I won't be your accomplice." ”
Zhao Rong had no choice but to beg, "Hey, you can go, you will be the first to catch a ghost today." ”
Zhou Hongyu heard him say this, so he reluctantly set off to chase the woman.
Zhou Boren asked, "Little brother, Hong'er went to arrest that woman, what are we doing?" ”
Zhao Rong smiled, "Wait." ”
Zhou Boren asked puzzledly, "What are you waiting for?" Zhao Rong said: "Catch ghosts." ”
I don't know how long I've been waiting, but the moon in the sky is long gone. There was silence all around. Only occasionally came the crow "quack, quack, quack." "This terrible scream. Zhou Boren asked, "Is it a ghost who won't come tonight?" It's all about time, let's go back to sleep. ”
Zhao Rong shook his head, "Wait, when the ghost goes out, how can there be any absenteeism." A few people waited patiently and slowly.
Another hour passed. Several people were a little impatient, and even Zhao Rong began to doubt his judgment. Could it be that you really won't be here today?
At this time, there was a sudden sound of "fluttering, fluttering," Liu Jingsheng pointed to a large area of black pressure in the sky, and a dense black shadow covering the sky flew over. "Holy, what's that? It's horrible. ”
Zhao Rong and Zhou Boren looked at each other. "Bats," thousands of bats, with no head in sight, no tail in sight. Like a moth to a fire, it rushed to the door of Zhou Boren's house, and hit it, one after another.
Only then did Zhou Boren understand where their family's ghosts came from. But there is one thing he still doesn't understand, why these bats only install the door of their house, he looked at Zhao Rong suspiciously.
Zhao Rong said, "Let's go, let's go to the gate of your house and have a look." They pushed open the door and came out of the door of the neighbor's house, and the bats were frightened and fled in all directions, and in an instant they disappeared without a trace.
Zhou Boren watched the bat fly away, his eyes full of surprise. I took away the gate of the road, and after turning around for a long time, I couldn't see the clue. I can only ask for help, yes, looking at Zhao Rong. Zhao Rong pointed to the door, "Brother Zhou, you smell what smells on the door of your house." ”
Zhou Boren smelled it, "What a big yellow eel." I see, what the girl touched on the door of my house was the blood of a yellow eel? When the blood is dry, you won't be able to see it, but the smell of eel blood can make bats within a radius smell of it, and it keeps hitting your door. When you get up and open the door with a curse, you will find that no one is knocking on the door, and you will think that it is a ghost. And then scare yourself. Oops, little brother, you're so smart. ”
At this time, Zhou Hongyu grabbed the girl and came back. Zhou Boren asked, "Girl, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to harm my family for no reason." ”
The woman did not speak. Zhou Hongyu's "snap" is a slap. "You don't say it. Not to mention the twisting and sending to the government".
Zhao Rong saw that this girl was really hot-tempered. Who is going to marry her in the future, but it is really "blessed", and the ear scrapers who are unhappy will come up. Zhao Rong waved his hand.
"You're Tian Xiujuan's sister, right?"
The woman shuddered and looked at him like a devil. Zhao Rong smiled and said, "Don't be surprised, I'm Meng." ”
Everyone was ashamed.
"Want to know how I guessed, you're her sister's? Tian Xiujuan is an ordinary housewife, he married a fool, he has no status, no money, only a belly full of complaints and grievances. She called the heavens and the heavens unforgiving, and the earth and the earth not spiritual. She shouldn't believe anyone, but she suddenly became obsessed with the Cardinal Sect, and kept putting money into it, first, because she had spiritual sustenance, and secondly, she found his sister. his loved ones. Your sisters are reunited, and you have nothing to say, and she must have told you about her suffering in her mother-in-law's house, and also told you that the ruffians of their village pestered him. Molerate him.
So when she hangs herself, you start planning to kill his in-laws, his husband, and the bully who used to tease him. Yes, as for why I know it's you. Because, that day I found a fish pond in Zhenjun Temple, where there are a lot of yellow eels, and you have a lingering smell of eels. And Zhao Laohan's house in Zhaojiazhuang, in the house of his son and daughter-in-law, her daughter-in-law's clothes also have the smell of yellow eel. So I believe that you and Tian Xiujuan must have a connection.
You're the head of the Cardinal Sect, who specializes in raising eels. It is also an important part of the Cardinal's design of haunted events in Donghai County. Right? ”
The woman listened quietly and smiled sadly, "You are wrong, my sister was molested, and I designed it." ”
Zhao Rong was stunned, "How is it possible?" ”
The woman said, "My sister's in-laws treated him badly, and I persuaded her to leave, but she refused, so I had to find someone to molest him, pester him, and make her reputation ruined, so that she could be kicked out by her in-laws, and I could give him a good life." Who knew that those two scoundrels actually raped my sister, and my sister was so desperate that she refused to leave that house, and finally hanged herself. As her sister, I didn't protect her well, so I had to let them taste the people who had hurt him one by one, and they were all broken, insane, and hanged.
I strangled those two ruffians when they were insane. Fortunately, Xiujuan's mother-in-law recognized that she had hanged herself. Otherwise, I'll make her die even worse. Ha ha. I'm worthy of my sister. She died. Not lonely".
Everyone shook their heads, caught a ghost, and caught a serial murderer.