The Tianwang Temple in Phoenix City is not far from Hongqiao, and you can walk into the temple gate along the four-step stone steps of a hundred leaders, and you will see a slightly lost courtyard.

Tianwang Temple is built according to the mountain, the welcome door is the main hall, the north and south side halls, the years are impregnated, the walls and doors and windows have been mottled and lost, but the details can still see its past style.

In the main hall, the cigarette smoke is filled, the chanting is melodious, and a few fake monks who have cleaned up neatly are busy everywhere, sweeping the floor and dust, and wiping the exquisite wood carvings of the window lattices; The two little monks were striking each other in the courtyard, apparently practicing the elementary Peng Ma Gong.

After a group of pilgrims who arrived early burned incense in the main hall, they went to the side hall to pay respects, dressed plainly and carrying packages, which showed that they were nearby farmers.

Zhu Tong ascended into the main hall, and was faced with three mighty statues, a white-faced civil official, a red-faced and black-faced left, all dressed in anger and angry at all beings, and there was no trace of any Buddhist gods.

The second senior brother invited the fat man who pretended to be a monk to sit in the corner of the hall, with an old wooden table in front of him, a brazier under it, and was looking through a scroll of scriptures; The sound of chanting in the hall came from behind him, and it turned out to be a tape recorder chanting the Buddha.

"Uncle Shi is here." The little monk Chengfeng ran in from outside, smiling and pulling the corner of Zhu Tong's clothes; "I just heard that there was a big fish, who knew it was you, so early? Master went to the mountains to practice and hasn't come back yet. ”

"You clever ghost, take me around your dojo, ask someone to invite your master back, and say that there is business coming to your door." Zhu Tong patted Chengfeng's bald head, and the little monk responded obediently, calling the two who were fighting in front of him to find the master, and then turned around and smiled:

"There are only a few rooms left and right, and there is nothing to turn. It's not the time to have no big business, you have to be busy for a while around the Spring Festival, and you won't really do business until April. Uncle Shi, don't look at this small place, I earned hundreds of thousands of dollars last year, which is really a treasure of feng shui. Hmph, those fake monks used to be too stingy, and they didn't want to repair the façade to make money. Master said that all the money earned last year was invested in the rest before and after, and this year is the business that makes money. ”

Among the four disciples of the two senior brothers, Cheng Feng is Zhu Tong's favorite one, he is also smart, his eyes are full of joy at all times, his body is full of vigorous and upward breath, and he can't be idle when he has a sharp mouth, and he has to say that he sees a dog fighting. Who would have thought that ten years ago, when the second senior brother first took him in, the six-year-old Cheng Feng was covered in injuries and only half a breath left, and no one asked him to lie on the streets of Guangzhou for five days.

The whole Tianwang Temple is really not big, after a circle, the second senior brother happened to come back, and said to Cheng Feng from a distance: "Did you buy the dog that your uncle wanted?" ”

Cheng Feng replied: "Tied in the backyard, do you want to start now?" I haven't eaten breakfast yet. ”

Zhu Tong smiled and patted him: "You go to eat, you don't need to do today's plaster." After a while, just greet the business in front of you, and your master and I will come in person. ”

Chengfeng cheered and ran into the side hall. Zhu Tong understood his feelings, and making dog skin plasters was a painful thing for Zhumen disciples at every stage of their studies.

In a closed room in the backyard of the Temple of the Heavenly Kings, the gaps between the doors and windows were blocked with cotton cloth and curtains, and a thick candle was lit on the small table, and the flickering flames were not only used for lighting, but also as a source of heat; On the shelf of the candle was a copper plate, and inside was a dark red liquid that rolled slightly, giving off an unpleasant smell, which was a mixture of dog blood, musk, cinnabar, and rice wine, which the old liar said was talisman juice.

The two and a half big have been suffocated by water, the skin has just been peeled off, Zhu Tong and Zhu Yun are naked, each of them put a dog skin that exudes a smell, dip it in the talisman juice with a fine brush to draw a circle, and then write the three ghosts and one dog spell with heart.

Once you have finished writing, you can cut it down with a knife, apply a thin layer of egg white to the charm, and put it on a rack on a brazier to roast.

It looks like a very simple job, but it makes the two brothers sweat all over, not hot, and they have to meditate and rest for a while after each of them; Writing characters is not a simple writing, and the cost of mental energy and spirit is huge.

Generally speaking, each dog skin can make nine dog skin plasters, and the most effective one is still the dog's head, which can only be done last.

It was already early afternoon, and both of them had only a piece of dog scalp left, but they both hesitated to write the talisman.

The old liar once said that the dog's head, like the human head, is the essence; The first eight can be said to be practiced, to the ninth time, the mind and techniques are proficient, but the physical strength is the weakest, to take care of it.

Zhu Tong began to write first, and when the "dog" character was finished, he threw down the thin pen with a pale face, pinched a silver needle and stabbed a little blood beads on his fingertips.

"Senior brother, I want to add a little more here." Zhu Tong pressed his finger to the prefix of the dog, depicting the shape of a dog's teeth, and then clapped his hands with satisfaction, and took the dog skin to the brazier to roast slowly.

"I used this charm a few days ago, and it was a little girl who clicked a few points here to subdue the Gu worms in Miss Su's body. Compared to those three ghost characters, don't you think this dog character is too weak? ”

Zhu Yun has always strictly followed what his master taught, and he has never thought of being flexible; Zhu Tong snorted disappreciatively, and concentrated on depicting his dog's head.

"Master, uncle, there's something ahead, it's a leaky spoon, you guys come out quickly." Chengfeng was knocking on the door, and Zhu Tong and Zhu Yun woke up from the Pengma realm at the same time.

After making the dog skin plaster, I usually want to practice and rest, but I don't know what time it is outside.

Zhu Tong opened the door, Cheng Feng pinched his nose and walked in, muttering: "Master, just now there was a rich master, the fat man and the tour guide saw the money, and they wanted to sell the jade toad of nine thousand nine to others, as a result." ”

Zhu Yun listened, Bian Lisuo put on the robe in Chengfeng's hand, covered up the stench with heavy incense and walked out.

Zhu Tong walked to another room, fetched water and carefully scrubbed every skin on his body; After a bottle of high-end bath gel was used up, I felt slightly better, so I put on my clothes and went to the front to see the excitement.

The quarrel in front is louder, such things happen often, the senior brother's business is divided into two parts, several temples in the tourist area are joined forces with tour guides, nominally to relieve people's worries, but in fact alarmist extortion of tourists in the name of gods and Buddhas. Those little golden Buddhas, jade toads, bronze medals and other evil things are actually not worth a few dollars.

In the lobby of Tianwang Temple, a young man pointed to the fat monk's nose and scolded; At the entrance of the hall, another young man accompanied a quiet middle-aged man to look inside, and there was a young woman beside him, simply wearing a beige trench coat without lead decoration, but it looked very elegant.

In contrast, the tour guide who persuaded Zhu Yun to fight together became a coarse wild powder.

Zhu Tong doesn't need to ask to know what happened, the fat monk has little experience in the rivers and lakes, and he can't observe words and look at people's dishes, he must talk about the other party's taboo things, but he doesn't know the art of turning. Zhu Tong saw that the conflict could escalate, and walked to the middle-aged man's side.

"Entering the temple to burn incense is peace of mind, and worshipping God is for the future; If you don't believe in God, you have to believe in people, right? This gentleman, can you tell your friend not to be so angry, let's take a step to talk. ”

"You are?" The middle-aged man stopped the young people around him and looked at Zhu Tong for a moment.

"Passerby, I have studied the number of hexagrams a little and want to make a hexagram for Mr. First of all, I would like to send you a word: as you are, you should not be here at this time. ”

"Kind of interesting, please." The middle-aged man walked with Zhu Tong to the side hall, and the quarrel in the hall had not stopped.

Middle-aged people are either rich or expensive, which can be seen from the appropriate clothing on his body, which can be seen by ordinary people; But with Zhu Tong's experience in Vanity Fair, I can see more: the middle-aged man has an elegant bookish air, his eyes are full of energy, and his standing posture shows that he has at least had a military career.

The woman next to him should not be the mistress that others imagined, but obviously a well-trained secretary. And the two young people, the one who quarrels should be a relative or junior of the middle-aged man, and the one next to him must be responsible for his safety.

Zhu Tong judged that this was a high-level official. Now that the end of the year is approaching, officials are the busiest, and they have to face various meetings, inspections, evaluations, and inspections, and it is indeed not suitable to appear in a place like the Tianwang Temple in Phoenix.

"Sir, say a word." Zhu Tong stopped in front of the side hall.

The middle-aged man groaned and said, "Elephant." ”

"Mr. is clever, it seems that you are taking the school exam, you are too careful." Zhu Tongxing, he followed the eyes of the middle-aged man and saw a wood carving of a cow elephant drinking.

"Although the hexagram number is small, it only talks about the fate, but it doesn't look at your heart, and it counts when you say it. Just like you, many times what you say is not what you want, and sometimes if you say something wrong, it may cause a quarrel or cause trouble. The elephant is invisible, and the gentleman is not an ordinary person. ”

After Zhu Tong finished saying this opening remark, the middle-aged man relaxed a little and asked with a smile: "I'm sorry, it turns out that I met a master, I'll change the word." ”

"No, you don't." Zhu Tong shook his head and pointed to the picture of the cow and elephant drinking: "There are not many opportunities for the two beasts to meet, and the scene of drinking is only in the south." Water can carry boats, and the water at this moment can be used as a lecture for the people and for wealth; And the elephant cow drinking water falls to you, which is a sign of the two powers. Let me be presumptuous, there is no benevolence and righteousness between the swords, and when the gentleman says the word 'elephant' at this moment, you can see two points: first, someone is making enemies of the gentleman, and that person is from the north. Two, the gentleman is going south. ”

"Do you have any suggestions?" The middle-aged man was quiet for a while, and then asked, as if digesting Zhu Tong's words.

"The fortune teller doesn't make a suggestion." Zhu Tong smiled again, "Sir has not thought about it, there is more than one road in life." Your temperament should be that of a needle in the cotton, and of an elephant, and that of an ox, which is desperate and rude; Until you have built up enough of your money, your best bet is to dodge. ”

"Who the hell are you?" The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and flashed a sharp light.

"I am a Chinese medicine practitioner. You should know that anyone who learns Chinese medicine must learn some easy numerology" Zhu Tong was a little flustered in the face of such a vision; But he is more sure of his judgment of the identity of middle-aged people.

"Your last name." The middle-aged man stretched out his hand.

Zhu Tong only shook hands with him: "Don't give your surname Li." ”

"My surname is Wang, Dr. Li, what do you say about my surname?"

"The beginning is the main, and the clumsy is regarded as jade. This is a very cliché way to interpret words, but it is very suitable for Mr. today's situation. Now there is no king, the law is king. You don't want to hide your clumsiness, you want to break free, but how can you be your own master if you don't come out? "Zhu Tong has walked the rivers and lakes with the master for many years, and the ability to tell hexagrams is a child's skill, which he has come from elementary school.

"Fresh?" The middle-aged man took two steps, looked carefully at the picture of the cow and elephant drinking, turned around and asked, "There must also be a direction for going south and coming out, right?" Dr. Lee bothered to give me some more advice. ”

Zhu Tong relaxed: "Phoenix City belongs to the southwest, Mr. came here to relax, but in this small temple there is also a corner, this is a sign of rush, the southwest direction is not suitable for you." If you want to find a place with a lot of water, the south is full of water, if you use the water veins to solve your behavior, the people are more rich or the southeast direction; Phoenix City is beautiful, but no one is left, and Mr. wants the peacock to fly southeast. ”

The middle-aged man smiled, and became interested in Zhu Tong's doctor's identity again, and stretched out his hand: "Please take the pulse of Dr. Li, I haven't slept well recently." ”

Zhu Tong shook his head and said: "Mr. is not sick, nor has he suffered from insomnia, but his left leg is a little weak, which was caused by the sprained muscles and bones when he was young, and there is no medicine to cure it." However, I have a dog skin plaster, if it hurts badly, you can try it. Zhu Tong knew that the diseases that the doctors around the middle-aged man could not cure must be stubborn diseases, and he would definitely not be able to cure them.

"How much should I pay you?" The middle-aged man borrowed the soft dog skin plaster handed over by Zhu Tong, his expression was much more relaxed, and he suddenly asked the price.

Such a small amount of money, Zhu Tong is not uncommon, stretched out a finger: "One point, if there is one." ”

"A penny, it's really hard to find, I owe you. Dr. Lee has such insight at such a young age, sooner or later we will soar into the sky, and we will meet again, and I believe that day will come soon. The middle-aged man turned to look at the young woman.

The dispute was over, and the group of four high-rollers really sold the jade toad for 9,999 yuan, and when they left the Tianwang Temple, the middle-aged man seemed to want to say something to Zhu Tong, but he only nodded after all.

Zhu Yun asked Zhu Tong while counting the money: "You come to the money quickly, I can't do a few such transactions a year." Why don't you help me? ”

"My brother is settling accounts, can you afford to hire me?"

"I can't afford to hire you as a dude." The owner of Xiaoyun Village will give a lot to the tour guide for a while, thinking about the life and style that Zhu Tong usually lives, he immediately dispelled this idea; He said to himself, "Where did they come from?" ”

"Senior brother, you are not doing a passing business, you can't be too greedy in the future, and you have to set a suitable price, people will be confused for a while, but there will always be a time to understand. If you have more than 1,000 yuan to ward off evil spirits, you should be careful to look at the customers, as it is easy to cause disaster if it is excessive. ”

The two brothers were talking, it was getting dark, Mei Lanting called and asked where they had run for a day, and asked Ye'er what to do?

Huang Hai can't go back if he doesn't come back, Zhu Tong can't go back, he is a little impatient, Huang Hai finally comes back.

On the Hongqiao, Huang Hai, whose legs were full of mud, looked distressed and excited, and ran away when he saw Zhu Tong coming over to pick him up.

"Fell into the river? Don't worry, there's still time. ”

"You're so clean." Huang Hai looked at the sky to stabilize his heart, and immediately discovered Zhu Tong's flaws.

"You fell into the river, but I didn't." Zhu Tong dodged the Yellow Sea, and he tried to rub the mud on his body on Zhu Tong's clean pants.

Although the phoenix is prosperous, there are few decent shops to buy clothes, and there are only two sets of spare clothes for Zhu Tong, and this inconspicuous pants will cost more than a thousand.

"Blossom takes us to her mother every day, but."

"But what? Did she come to Phoenix with you? ”

Huang Hai nodded, Zhu Tong thought that the little tour guide was going to find Huang Hai in the evening, and smiled bitterly: "It's better for me to be a bad person, and I'll open a room later." Remember to lock the door at night and keep quiet. ”

"Thank you, Dr. Li is such a good person." Huang Hai gratefully took Zhu Tong's hand, "You don't have many friends like you. ”

"It's not much, you'll know in two days how many friends I have." The little liar thought to himself.

As soon as he entered the inn, the yellow dog raised by Uncle Chen was the first to jump up, bypassing Zhu Tong and running away, so that the little liar was not embarrassed.

Ye Er was writing the word "Ling", the room was full of newspapers that had been written, she was so tired that her face turned pale, and when she saw two people coming in, she made a look of anger.

Zhu Tong hurriedly stopped: "Miss Su, you can't write more than this word, it will be fatal." ”

Mei Lanting covered her nose and frowned: "Where did you two go?" Bah! Bah! I can't ask for it; One fell into the river, dirty Sissy; That's even more excessive, smelly, Dr. Li, did you go to the Miaojia toilet to travel? ”

It's nothing outside, and when you get to a closed room, you can turn on the air conditioner and warm it; Although the smell on Zhu Tong's body was washed and washed, it still couldn't fall off in a day or two, and at this time, it evaporated and had nowhere to dissipate, and the room gradually became cloudy and foul-smelling, and even Ye'er frowned, revealing a look of disgust.

"There are a lot of herbs in the mountains, so I took the time to make a plaster and put it on for you in a while."

Ye Er shouted, "Don't." "Avoid the dog skin plaster that Zhu Tong took out, the smell is too bad.

"Will it be good to put this plaster on?" Mei Lanting endured the stench, took the plaster and smelled it: "I'd rather die." ”

"Miss Mei will treat Miss Su; I'm leaving, and I'll have a room by myself today. Zhu Tong was also a little angry, and took out a silver needle and put it on the table; When he went out, he saw that the three of them didn't mean to stop him, and shook his head, it seemed that the smell on his body was really lethal.

With this excuse, Zhu Tong opened another room on the third floor, just above the room in the Yellow Sea.

In the middle of the night, the card game in the hall was over, and Mei Lanting called the door outside: "Doctor Li, can you say a few words?" ”

Zhu Tong put on his coat and opened the door, and asked with a smile: "Miss Mei came to visit in the middle of the night, not afraid of people gossiping?" Not afraid of the smell on my body? ”

The window of the room was wide open, and Zhu Tong washed it many times in half a night, under the effect of high-grade shampoo, his body was better, and the smell of the room was barely within the tolerable range.

"Children of the rivers and lakes, the last thing they are afraid of is gossip; Ye Er has gone to the Yellow Sea room, I want to ask Senior Brother Zhu: Is there an eyebrow in the matter? Mei Lanting put on a jacket, and after sitting on the bed, he revealed the tight underwear inside, and the double peaks on his chest were towering.

Zhu Tong looked away: "It's nothing, I can only say that my judgment is correct, the matter is because of the Yellow Sea, he has caused trouble here, and Miss Su is the victim." ”

Mei Lanting listened to Zhu Tong finish what happened, and sighed leisurely: "I didn't expect this to be the case, hey!" Senior Brother Zhu, you have a chance, Ye'er actually has very conflicted feelings about Huang Hai, she regards him as an elder brother many times. I can tell that she has subtle feelings for you. ”

"So you were messing around under the table yesterday." Zhu Tong flicked his forehead; "You know who I am, it's impossible to get along with Miss Su."

"I'm here to help you." Mei Lanting's face flushed slightly, "You also like Ye'er, anyway, you have to go back to Shanghai, think about it, in fact, many things are possible." ”

"Miss Mei, how do you know I'm going back to Shanghai?" Zhu Tong sensitively realized that the girl in front of her was not so simple, she seemed to know a lot.

"I wish my brother, forgive me for talking too much, Ma Ye is my grandfather and my master." Mei Lanting looked directly at Zhu Tong with a solemn expression, without the slightest intention of joking.

"What's the matter with Liupin Meiyuan?" Zhu Tong asked strangely, he thought he was a little trick in the rivers and lakes, and he basically had no ability except for deception.

"The bamboo Taoist priest is the one my father invited to help you to wish the door, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the people of the Golden Buddha will find you. The Bamboo Taoist will be on your side, and the Liupin Meiyuan will also be on your side. After Mei Lanting finished speaking, he stretched out his finger and nodded at Zhu Tong: "The purpose of the Bamboo Taoist to help you is only one, to maintain the Taoist system of the eight factions of the rivers and lakes." We help you because my father needs your help. ”

Zhu Tong groaned and didn't speak, he felt good about the bamboo Taoist, but he didn't want to get involved in the disputes in the rivers and lakes.

"Wuxu Monk plus Snow Mad Monk, and Eighteen Arhat Monks, your senior brothers may be able to cope with the past; But there is something even more powerful, the Living Buddha of Soonda from the Weizang Butian Temple, he obtained the Seven Seals of the Phantom Body from the Spiritual Transmission of Grandmaster Nimbagou, and even the Bamboo Taoist is not sure what to follow. Grandpa and Bamboo Taoist didn't go to see the snow, they went to stop Soonda from coming to Phoenix. ”

Mei Lanting's expression was a little depressed, and he paused for a moment before saying: "I received news from my grandfather, the Bamboo Daoist was injured, and he competed with the Living Buddha of Suo Wenda in the Red Cloud Golden Peak, and there was no winner or loser. Grandpa is going to send the bamboo Taoist back to Jiangnan, and the Living Buddha of Soonda has also returned to Tibet. I wish senior brother, grandpa's temper I know, the bamboo Taoist priest must have suffered a loss, otherwise he would not have asked grandpa to send it back. ”

After Mei Lanting finished speaking, Zhu Tong's head was immediately one size bigger; The Living Buddha of Soonda and the Bamboo Taoist are both masters who do not often shoot, and they are actually indistinguishable from victory and defeat.

The injury of the bamboo priest complicated the matter; Regardless of whether Zhu Tong and Qipin Zhumen are willing or not, they already owe a great favor to the Bamboo Taoist and even the Erpin Daoist Sect and the Liupin Meiyuan, and the relationship with the Golden Buddha has also become delicate.

The monk Wuxu is also very famous, and is the host of the Arhat Academy of the Golden Buddha Temple, the highest dojo of the Golden Buddha; Snow mad monk Zhu Tong has never heard of it, but he should be a powerful guy.

Most of the people on the rivers and lakes still don't know the real ability of Zhu Tong's senior brothers, but Zhu Tong himself understands, not to mention the eighteen Arhat monks, only a void monk and the big fire wheel teamed up to find it, no need to ask, the victory or defeat has been decided.

Moreover, the monks have good reasons, and many of the actions of the owner of Xiaoyun Village can be said to be a provocation to the Golden Buddha.

Mei Lanting came forward to find out all this with Zhu Tong, whether it was the Bamboo Taoist or Ma Ye, they were already very thoughtful; Zhu Tong understands this, what he doesn't understand is, what Ma Ye wants to do by himself? Mei Lanting's father should be Ma Ye's son, what will he need to help himself?

Ye Er was calling Mei Lanting, but Mei Lanting said after Zhu Tong's question, she stood up and said softly: "I said these words to you today to remind you that when you go to the mountains with the Yellow Sea tomorrow, you must pay attention to safety." It is best that Miss Su's illness can be cured, and if there is difficulty, don't force it. ”

Mei Lanting left, Zhu Tong thought about her last words, and actually had the intention of letting herself not care about Ye Er's life or death.

Acting with a plan, this is what the old liar has always emphasized; Zhu Tong still can't understand what is hidden in the clouds, he is thinking of another thought: walking and seeing, the rivers and lakes will not work, and there will be the police; It's a big deal to tear up their faces with them, and Qipin Zhumen quit the eight factions in the rivers and lakes.

It's simple, just call the police and everything changes.

The old liar never taught his disciples to abide by the ways of the rivers and lakes, he only asked his disciples to abide by the rules of their own sect as much as possible, as much as possible, not as necessary. The old liar said: There are no rules that liars must follow.

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