"So the master knows this evil ghost?"

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I've only seen it in books, so I'm not sure."

"So what is the Rakshasa and can the master tell us more carefully?"

Seeing the expectant expressions of Cui and Xie, Monk Huiwen finally put down the scroll in his hand and said, "The word 'rakshasa' comes from Sanskrit, also known as 'rakshasa'. The Central Plains' record of 'Rakshasa' was first seen in the "Meaning of Huilin" written by Hui Lin, a high monk of the Liu Song Dynasty during the Six Dynasties, which mentioned in the book: Rakshasa is also a demon in this cloud. Men are divided into men and women, and men are extremely ugly, with black bodies, red hair, green eyes, and terrifying appearance; Women are beautiful and charming. Both men and women eat human flesh and blood, or fly in the air, or travel on the ground, and they are terrible. ”

After saying this, Cui and Xie couldn't help but be dumbfounded, just because the male Rakshasa mentioned by Monk Huiwen was exactly the same as the image of the evil ghost said by the informant.

Therefore, Cui Shen couldn't help but say: "After listening to what the master said, I think that evil ghost is a rakshasa nine times out of ten. Master, since there is a record of Rakshasa in the book, is there any way to deal with it? ”

Monk Huiwen shook his head: "Amitabha, no, maybe there is, but the old man has never read it, which makes the donor laugh!" ”

Cui and Xie knew that there was no need for Monk Huiwen's words to be false, so they were disappointed again, they said goodbye to Monk Huiwen, and left in a hurry. But not long after the two left, the black cat on Monk Huiwen's leg gently scratched Monk Huiwen's thigh with its paws.

Monk Huiwen looked down and said in a serious tone: "Mo Xin, what do you mean?" ”

The black cat raised its head slightly, staring at Monk Huiwen with its ruby green eyes, and its mouth opened slightly: "Meow-" Then, it rubbed Monk Huiwen's thigh with its head, and then kept probing in the direction of the inner room of the meditation room, as if pointing at something.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" After Monk Huiwen asked, a strange scene appeared, only to see the black cat actually landed on its hind legs, and its whole body stood up like a human, and it drew a half-arc with its two front paws in the air, which together was a circle.

Monk Huiwen was surprised: "Isn't it a mirror that you are drawing?" ”

"Meow!" The black cat's cry was categorical, and it even nodded its head.

Monk Huiwen was not surprised at all by the black cat's abnormal appearance, but seemed to suddenly open up, he patted his forehead and said, "Oh, look at the old man's memory!" It's really old, and I can't remember many things! ”

It is said that at this time, Cui and Xie had just walked out of Cong'an Temple, and suddenly a novice chased after them and stopped them, only saying that Huiwen monk had an invitation, although the two did not know why, but they had to return to the meditation room. As soon as he entered the meditation room, he saw that Monk Huiwen had greeted him at the door, and he had an apologetic smile on his face.

Cui Shen asked, "Why is the master like this?" ”

Monk Huiwen clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the two donors asked the old man if he could deal with the rakshasa before, and the old man replied no, but he actually committed the mistake of lying because of forgetfulness, and the old man called the two donors back to make up for it." ”

Cui Shen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this: "So the master actually has a way to deal with that rakshasa?" ”

Monk Huiwen smiled, then went back to the meditation room and took out a wooden box and came to the two, he opened the lid of the wooden box, Cui and Xie stretched out their heads to take a look, only to see an ancient mirror in the box. The appearance of this ancient mirror is very peculiar, it has a diameter of more than eight inches, the mirror handle is carved with a crouching unicorn, the four corners of the mirror body are dragons, tigers, phoenixes and turtles, and the four corners correspond to the eight trigrams, and there are twelve zodiac signs outside the eight trigrams. On the periphery of the zodiac, there are twenty-four small characters written on the outline of the mirror, and those small characters are clearly dotted and painted, and the penmanship is very similar to official script, but it is not any kind of recognizable text.

Just by its appearance, Cui and Xie felt that this mirror was extraordinary, but they didn't know anything about it, so they had to look at Monk Huiwen: "Master, I don't know what kind of hall this mirror has?" ”

Monk Huiwen said with a smile: "The Mingtang of this mirror is a long story, it has lasted a long time, it used to be owned by the king of Taiyuan, if the two donors have read Wang Du's "Ancient Mirror Records", they should know this mirror. ”

Cui Shen thought slightly: "I know Wang Duqi's person, and I have heard a little about his book, but I don't know the details of the book. ”

Wang Du, a member of the Taiyuan Wang family, had been the commander of Ruicheng County in the Sui Dynasty, known as the prince of Ruicheng Prefecture, but he had passed away as early as the early years of Wude, and the reason why Cui Shen knew him was not because of his own fame, but because of his younger brother Wang Ji.

Wang Ji is talented, proficient in the way of Lao Zhuang, because of his simple and arrogant nature and unwilling to be an official in the court, and because of his addiction to alcohol, he wrote a very famous "Biography of Mr. Wudou", which said: "There are Mr. Wudou, and he travels in the world with wine virtue." There are those who invite with wine, no matter how expensive or low, they will get drunk, and if they are drunk, they will sleep in any place, and they will resume drinking when they wake up. Often drink five buckets, because I think it is a number. Mr. is absolutely thoughtful, silent, and does not know that there is benevolence and righteousness in the world. Suddenly, it comes suddenly, its movement is also the sky, its silence is also the earth, so all things can not linger. As he said, "The world is probably visible." What is enough to raise, and Ji Kang writes; What is the way to be poor, and Ruan Ji is crying. Therefore, it is faint and silent, and the place where the saint dwells. 'Do what you want, but don't know what to do. ”

The topic is far away, but it is true that in the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Du's reputation was not as good as that of his younger brother Wang Ji, and it is not surprising that Cui Shen had not read his articles.

However, Xie Qiao was surprised: "Master, could this mirror be the treasure mirror of Wang Fujun that can subdue demons and eliminate demons?" ”

Monk Huiwen smiled: "Yes, it is this mirror!" ”

Cui Shen was also taken aback after hearing this: "This mirror has such power? ”

"If you don't believe in Xie County's order, please come with the old man!" After Monk Huiwen finished speaking, he covered the box, turned around and walked towards the inner room of the meditation room, and Cui and Xie followed. After entering the inner room, Monk Huiwen closed the doors and windows again, making the room suddenly dark, and then he opened the wooden box again, only to see that there was a light in the box, which was as bright as moonlight, illuminating the room extremely brightly.

Cui and Xie opened their eyes wide, but they heard Monk Huiwen say: "Although this mirror cannot compete with the sun and the moon, it can absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was first owned by Su Sui (Northern Wei Dynasty to Northern Zhou Dynasty ministers), and then passed on to Wang Du by Hou Sheng, nine years of great cause, the family teacher heard that this mirror was in Wang Du's house, and specially took the opportunity to watch, and the Wang brothers also relied on this mirror to destroy many demons in the world. This mirror is full of aura and can recognize the Lord by itself, and then by chance, it turned to the old man. Hey, it's a pity that the old man has eaten fasting and recited Buddha all his life, but it has made it useless, and when the two donors came just now, I even forgot its existence for a while, and I am really ashamed! ”

After that, Monk Huiwen covered the wooden box again, handed it to Cui Shen, and said: "Lao Qu will lend this mirror to Xie County Order today, if Xie County Order has a relationship with it, then it is okay for it to belong to Xie County Order." I hope that the county order can use it to destroy the rakshasa and reassure the people's livelihood! ”

Cui Shen cautiously took the wooden box and thanked Monk Huiwen again and again, and then he took the ancient mirror and left Cong'an Temple with Xie Qiao again.

When the two returned to the county office, Cui Shen couldn't help but smile: "With this ancient mirror, we can finally eliminate harm for the people!" Turning his head, he saw Xie Qiao's slightly sad face, and he couldn't help but say, "Ziping, do you have any objections?" ”

Xie Qiao said: "Dong Weng, in fact, I was thinking, even if we have a treasure weapon in our hands, the biggest problem now is how to find that rakshasa, otherwise we will still have nothing to do with it!" ”

Cui Shen's expression changed slightly: "Oh, I only remember to be happy for a while, don't you say that I really forgot this stubble!" He thought for a while and said, "In this case, I will immediately send someone to issue a notice to inform the people in the city that there are evil ghosts in the city recently, so that they should not sleep too hard at night, and they must cooperate with the government to beware of evil ghosts." In addition, I divided the servants into several shifts according to the three-three system, and let them patrol the city constantly, so that if a rakshasa sneaks into the people's homes, if a person cries for help, they can immediately notice it, and if one of them comes to inform us, we will rush to the city with an ancient mirror, so that we can find the rakshasa! ”

"Dong Weng's move is an effective method, but there is still one thing that is not right."

"What's wrong?"

"Don't make it clear in the notice that there are evil spirits, otherwise it will cause panic in the whole city."

"Well, what do you have to say?"

"It is better to say that there have been thieves in the city recently, and the people can have a similar effect in order to protect their belongings."

"That's a good word, so do as you say!"

The two agreed on countermeasures, and Xie Qiao began to draft a notice, which was almost written, and suddenly an old servant of the Xie family came to report that the Xie family had a visitor.

Xie Qiao put down the brush and said, "What kind of guest is it?" ”

The old servant replied, "The guest is a lady with a very beautiful face, but I don't know her." ”

"Is she in the wrong place?" After listening to the old servant's words, Xie Qiao was deeply surprised, since his wife Liu Qian disappeared, for many years, except for this old servant who was responsible for taking care of the daily details, he lived alone at home, so there was no such old person in his memory.

The old servant said: "No, Ah Lang, that lady wants to see you by name, and says that she has something important to tell you." ”

Since there were guests at home, Xie Qiao was not good at staying in the county office, so he hurried to write the last notice and went home with the old servant. When he walked outside his homeyard, Xie Qiao suddenly heard a woman in the house reciting poetry, although the voice was very low, because her timbre was pure, it was still crisp in the ear.

Xie Qiao listened carefully, and his thoughts were a little scattered, until the old servant gently woke him up: "Ah Lang, that lady reads as if it is your poem, I often listen to you read it." ”

Xie Qiao's eyes were full of sadness: "That's not my poem, but Qianniang's, I put a painting on every poem she wrote before, and that lady must have seen those paintings on the wall." ”

The master and servant entered the courtyard, and Xie Qiao was the first to enter the house, where the walls around the room were covered with his paintings, and most of them were landscapes. In front of one of the paintings facing the gate, there was a tall woman who was concentrating on reading the poem on the dragon flying and phoenix dancing, and after reading it, she paused for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh: "Painting is the scene, the poem is about love, although the writing is too graceful, but it is really good!" I haven't read any of the 300 Tang poems before, but in my opinion, this can be regarded as a missing pearl, right? ”

Xie Qiao couldn't help coughing: "This lady, may I ask what is 'Three Hundred Tang Poems'?" ”

"You don't know the 'Three Hundred Tang Poems', is there any culture?" The woman replied with a casual smile, and suddenly, as if she had come to her senses, she turned around in a panic: "Yes-I'm sorry, I just read these paintings well, and the poems are also well written, so I'm a little fascinated, I don't mean to offend!" ”

At this time, Xie Qiao finally saw the woman's front clearly, and a stunning memory polished his mind like lightning.

In Qingfeng Village, under the light of the torch, a girl in a hairpin dress glanced back at him, and the slightly panicked face actually penetrated the memories and appeared in reality again, and it was close at hand, at this time, there was no heavy makeup, and instead of being fresh and refined, it also made him involuntarily open his mouth wide: "It's you?" ”