"Boy, you know you're going to die." , the old man of the paper shop stared at me and said.

My face sank instantly, and I smiled bitterly, "Don't hide it from the old man, I can vaguely guess something, but I didn't expect me to die so soon."

After hearing this, the old man nodded, and said, "Come young man, sit down and talk to me, maybe I can help you." When I heard the old man's words, my heart suddenly rejoiced, isn't this the master I am looking for.

"You said I was dying, I don't know where to start," I asked the old man suspiciously.

The old man had a wisp of goatee, "Hehe, I just took a closer look at your body, and your life is unstable." That's why you say you're going to die soon."

I suddenly grabbed the old man's arm with both hands, and said with a longing on my face, "Old... Sir, then I still have... Save? ”。

The old man sighed deeply and said, "Alas... If my brother is still here, I will definitely be able to help you solve this matter."

As soon as I heard this, I let go of the old man's arm with both hands, and said with a lonely face: "So... It's just that I'm hopeless."

The old man shook his head, "Not really. If I'm not mistaken, the man hooked your soul to refine the corpse demon. He wants to use the souls and three souls of eighteen boys and girls to form seventy-two earthly evil arrays, and then seal them in the corpse and control them as puppets."

I exclaimed, "Hook... If you hook people's souls and use them to refine corpses, isn't he afraid of violating the Chinese legal code?"

The old man laughed at himself: "Heh, the Vinaya? If he was afraid, he wouldn't have taken someone's life casually. Alas... Child, you don't understand the art of the Tao. The man treats you as the roof of the furnace (also called a male or female pet) and can draw your soul at any time."

"Then how can I escape his clutches and survive?" , I don't give up asking. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I can't give up. Ants still steal life, let alone people?

"With my ways, I can't help him, so I can only retreat. If you can enter my sect, you can be regarded as a person in the arts. There is an unwritten rule in the art world: all people in the art path of my art, unless they have a great enmity of life and death, they must not easily fight each other. I think he'll let you go for the sake of the rules of the art world. It's just...", the old man hesitated for a moment, and then refused to say more.

As soon as I heard this, I hurriedly asked the old man, "Is it difficult for the old gentleman to let me enter your door?" "I thought the old man would ask me for money next. After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

But who would have thought, the old man sighed and continued: "Alas... When you enter the art world, you have to suffer from five disadvantages and three shortcomings, which is also the reason why my art world is gradually declining. I don't know if you've figured it out. ”！

The old man's words aroused my curiosity, "Then what are the five disadvantages and three shortcomings?" ”。

The old man explained to me: Five disadvantages and three deficiencies refer to a numerology, and the so-called five disadvantages are nothing more than "widowhood, widowhood, loneliness, loneliness, and disability." ”。 To put it bluntly, the three deficiencies are "wealth, life, and power". As the saying goes, there must be a cause and effect, and there must be a cause for the result. Heaven is clear, and cause and effect circulate. If the cause and effect are changed without permission, then the part of the cause and effect that has been changed will be borne by the person who intervenes.

After listening, my eyes instantly sharpened: "My little life is almost gone, I still care about the five disadvantages and three shortcomings, as long as I survive."

The old man saw that I had made up his mind, so he said, "Okay, since you have decided to enter my door, then I will burn incense and pray to my ancestor tonight." As long as Master Zu nods, then you will be considered a person in the art world."

So I dialed Sun Miao's phone and told them that I had met a master and would not go back tonight. They were so happy for me.

After dinner, I was just idle, so I helped the old man clean up. The old man was preparing things in the backyard and told me to help him look after the shop, and someone came and called him. I don't think so, it's all at this point, how can anyone come to buy things.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, "Dang Dang Dang Dang". I looked up and shouted to the door, "The door is unlocked, you can push it open and come in yourself!" ”。 As soon as he finished speaking, a young man on crutches limped in. I hurriedly went up and said, "Hello, can I help you with anything?"

The young man pointed to his left leg with a finger: "Drink~~ My leg is broken, and it is too slow to walk to Gangneung." I want to buy a horse."

When I heard it, I was immediately happy: "Haha... Big brother, don't be funny... You have to go to the orthopedic department of the hospital if you have a broken leg, and this is a paper shop, which is for the dead."

The young man's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Huh? So you won't sell? ”。

Hearing the young man's words, I raised my eyebrows, "Big brother, I think you're here to find fault!" ”。 I was hooked twice, and my heart was on fire, and I had nowhere to vent. This young man kindled the fire in my heart.

I went on to say, word by word: "You. . . Dare. Trouble. Affair. I. Stand. Horse. Report. Police ......"!

The young man pointed his finger at me and said, "Boy, since you want to die, then I will fulfill you." Before the young man could get mad, the old man in the paper shop ran out of the back hall, and I just deliberately spoke loudly, the purpose was to let the old man hear.

But then, I was dumbfounded. I saw the old man running to the young man in small steps and said, "Ahem... Sir. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Don't be angry, he just came here and doesn't understand the rules. In this way, I will give you what you want for free. You see... Just spare him once."

When the young man saw the old man, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Sir, since you have spoken, I have to give you face no matter what." I'm here to buy a horse."

"Okay, I'll give it to you right away", the old man shook his head and motioned for me not to speak. After taking a piece of paper from the corner, he walked to the door. With a "snap", the lighter instantly ignited the paper horse. I only felt a flash in front of me, and after a puff of smoke, a fiery red horse raised its front hooves and appeared in front of the paper shop.

The young man handed the old man a wad of bills, which the old man refused. "Hahaha, I said I wouldn't take any more money from you. You might as well keep this money for the road! The old man laughed as he rubbed his beard.

The young man was not ambiguous, turned over on his horse, and saluted the old man with a fist, "Thank you, sir!" ”。 After saying that, as soon as I lifted the reins, "Da Da Da", "Da Da Da", disappeared into the depths of Nanshan Lane under my stunned eyes.

The old man was still stunned when he saw me, and he flew up and kicked me in the ass. "Bastard boy, do you know what a big trouble you just caused? If I don't come out again. You will die here."

I said aggrievedly: "I thought he was here to find fault." But who knows, he still has the ability to ride a paper horse around."

When the old man saw me so wronged, his heart instantly softened. "Alas... It's not all your fault, after all, you're an ordinary person. It's just that your body is weak now, and your yang energy is insufficient, and it's normal to see this thing. It's good to get used to it. Boy, you'll remember it later. There are three people and four ghosts. Ordinary people knock on the door three times, but ghosts knock four times. And ghosts have no shadows."

I think back to the scene when the young man walks through the door, huh? Sure enough, he had no shadow. This... It's a ghost. The old man seemed to guess what I was thinking, patted me on the shoulder, and said to me, "The paper shop is a business for the yang during the day and a dead man's business at night. If you see more, you won't be afraid."

When I thought about it, I would often see this thing when I followed the old man in the future, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva. I cursed in my heart: This is too scary...

When he arrived, the old man took out a brush and wrote a few big words: There is something to do tonight, suspend the service. I hope you all Haihan.

When the old man finished writing, he blew the calligraphy that had not yet dried, and pasted it on the door. Then he closed the door and led me to the backyard.

In the middle of the backyard, there is a table of eight immortals covered with red cloth. The old man put a futon in front of me and said, "You can do whatever I ask you to do in a moment, and don't ask too much." Otherwise, Master Zu will think that you are not sincere, and the entry plan may be in vain. You get the idea."

I nodded and replied, "Don't worry, I won't make any trouble for you."

"By the way, I don't know your name yet." , the old man asked me.

"Luo Tianyang! The Luo of Luoshen, the sky of heaven and earth, the yang of the sun", I returned.

The old man made me kneel on the futon. Then he walked over to the table and lit a stick of incense. Then he bowed respectfully to Gao Xiang three times.

Lang Sheng shouted: "A pillar of fragrance is connected to the sky, and the disciple of the paper is thirteen." Now I want to accept the new disciple Luo Tianyang under the door, and hope that the ancestor will give him the decree."

I raised my head slightly curiously, and looked at Gao Xiang on the table with my spare eyes.

Surprisingly, Gao Xiang was still burning a little bit just now, and this would be a fire that rose to the sky, as if it could really reach the sky.

Yin Thirteen looked at Gao Xiang, and his face was instantly overjoyed. I quickly picked up a cinnabar pen, and on a piece of gold paper as long as A4 paper, I "brushed and brushed", and wrote my name in one go. Then the two fingers added the golden piece of paper and shook it on the incense, "snort", and suddenly, the golden piece of paper suddenly burned and turned into ashes and flew all over the sky.

When the high incense was finished, Yin Thirteen wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. He said to me, "Get up, Tianyang! From this moment on, you are the one who pierces the door of paper."

I got up and respectfully saluted Yin Thirteen, "Tianyang, meet the master."

Yin Thirteen stripped his beard and smiled: "Okay, you don't have to be restrained." We don't have so many rules and regulations to speak of. But the rules passed down by the ancestors: one taboo, two do not mess, and four do not tie. You have to keep it in mind."

One taboo is: taboo to open the eyes of the paper man before burning.

The two are not chaotic: the color of the paper man, the red man and the green woman, and the matching paper horse and paper cow are according to the gender of the deceased.

And the four no-tie are: there are four kinds of people who can't tie paper: pregnant women don't tie when they die, shrews who scold the street in the village don't tie when they die, peers in the industry don't tie when they die, and don't tie people who die on Qingming Day.

"Tianyang, you can sleep here at night in the future. Wait until the matter is settled. You can go back to school and live", the master said to me while sitting on the Taishi chair and sipping tea.

I happily said, "Thank you, master."

The master nodded, "You go to my house to sleep first, I have to go out to do something later."

"Ah, it's so late, you still have to go out?" , I looked at the master who was packing on the hour.