Chapter 19: The Soup of Merit

"Kid, you're going to curse me to death if you do this!"

When the goddess Wang saw that I was about to kneel, her face turned pale in an instant, and she wanted to stop me.

I was a little surprised, I never had the idea of cursing people to death, Wang Shenpo said that I knelt down to curse her to death, I was so scared that I really didn't dare to kneel.

Standing up, I asked, "Why?" ”

Seeing me, Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and she said: "Actually, it's not that I refuse to accept you, it's not that your qualifications are too poor, but that I can't afford to accept it, and I can't teach you!" As far as these three-legged cat spells in my hands are nothing to you. Children, some people's destiny is destined to be extraordinary from the beginning, and you are this kind of person! ”

"Granny Wang, you're not mistaken, are you talking about me?" I can't believe it, am I extraordinary? It seems that there is no more ordinary person than me, I grew up in the ravine, I want nothing, a poor dick, if it weren't for the king goddess to pull such a ghost daughter-in-law for me, I really don't know if I will be a single for the rest of my life. Of course, I can't even handle the ghost daughter-in-law now.

"It's you!" Wang Shenpo is a simple word.

However, when it comes to this, I still feel that Mrs. Wang is just trying to find a way to shirk it, and she just doesn't want to teach me. I heard my grandfather say that in their business, if they want to accept apprentices, they are all apprentices selected by the master, and they must have qualifications, otherwise, even if they lose their skills, they will not be passed on to others, for fear of losing the reputation of the master.

Mrs. Wang didn't accept me, I'm afraid that's the reason. Then, I thought of the master of Baiqingguan. He was the apprentice of the Taoist priest back then, and his Taoist skills must be extremely superb, otherwise, it would be impossible to take care of the merchant, and let him not come out for ten days and a half. Thinking of this, I said: "Granny Wang, otherwise, since you can't accept me, then you can help me introduce me, I want to worship the Lord of Tsing Yi as a teacher." ”

Mrs. Wang seemed to think it was ridiculous, but she still shook her head, and she said, "The Lord of Tsing Yi can't teach you!" ”

"Impossible!" I said.

"There's nothing impossible, she really can't teach you, even if her master comes, she can't teach you." Mrs. Wang's words left me speechless.

The master of the Tsing Yi Guan Lord is the Taoist priest who died back then, like a fairy-like existence. To be honest, I didn't expect him to teach me. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang said that even he couldn't teach me, I don't believe it.

Subsequently, Mrs. Wang told me about something about my childhood, which was related to the Taoist priest back then.

It was when I was terminally ill when I was eight years old that my grandfather had the idea of asking the Taoist priest to take me out of Laojieling Village and let me learn the Tao from the Taoist priest. However, the Taoist priest can't force the apprentice to accept him, and the master needs to choose the apprentice, and the Taoist priest wants to see how my qualifications are, so he asked my grandfather for my birthday.

The Taoist priest took my birthday and counted it, and my grandfather wanted to ask if he could accept me as an apprentice, but before the Taoist priest could speak, he vomited out a mouthful of blood.

Pinching the eight characters, can you pinch until you vomit blood?

I think this is a little untrue, after all, the eight characters are just birthdays, and pinching the eight characters is for fortune telling, I asked the Taoist priest of the Wang Shenpo to tell my fortune, why did I vomit blood?

The goddess said that she didn't know why.

Anyway, the result is that after the Taoist priest calculated it for me, he didn't agree to accept me as an apprentice anyway, no matter how my grandfather begged the Taoist priest, he didn't agree, he couldn't teach me!

At this point, it would be boring to talk about apprenticeship. I had no choice but to give up, and when the time came, I would look for another opportunity, and then talk to Wang Shenpo about the situation in our village.

I asked Mrs. Wang, what are those Taoist priests?

Lady Wang said that she was not sure, after all, she was just a goddess, not as powerful as I thought. If those Taoist priests are really rat spirits, she can't deal with them alone. Therefore, it is better not to clash with them head-on for now, and the only thing that can be done is to wait and see what happens.

At the same time, the princess also told me to be careful at all times to guard against lame horses hiding in the shadows. My daughter-in-law's pair of Zhu Hai are still in the hands of the lame horse, presumably, the lame horse will take action next.

It's just that the lame horse is in the dark, and we are in the light, and we really don't know how to pay attention to the movements of the lame horse. But the king said, let me rest assured, there is no small quiet.

I was puzzled, so I asked, the last time I went to Yin, He Xiaojing injured Ma Cripple's yellow puppet in order to save me, how could Ma Cripple still trust her?

"This is actually not difficult, I gave He Xiaojing a few talismans to restrain the yellow-skinned essence at that time, He Xiaojing only needs to use my talisman to kill those yellow-skinned puppets and extinguish their mouths, whatever she says is what, the lame man still trusts her very much." The goddess explained to me so.

"Why does the lame man believe in any Xiaojing so much?" I asked.

He Xiaojing's mother was paralyzed in bed and became a vegetative person, in fact, it was not caused by illness, but was drained of her souls. These three souls and six spirits are in the hands of Ma Cripple, which is equivalent to He Xiaojing's mother's life, which is in the hands of Ma Cripple. Wang Shenpo said.

Ma Cripple is really a despicable person, but he didn't expect that he would use this method to threaten He Xiaojing.

After chatting with Mrs. Wang, it was already afternoon.

When I left, Mrs. Wang also gave me ten talismans, which looked similar to the amulets she gave me before. Wang Shenpo said that her Taoism is meager, and she does not have any useful talismans, these talismans are not very useful, and can only be used for self-defense when they are in danger.

I thanked the princess, and then I went back to the village.

As soon as the uncle died, a mourning hall was to be established.

Because my uncle's death was too weird, and it was caused by the relocation of the grave, the villagers avoided my uncle's house, and no one came to help. There are not enough people, so I can only carry it with Erfat, but the uncle's family has held two funerals in a row, and many things have not been confiscated, so it is not so difficult to set up a mourning hall.

Niu Da Huang helped take care of my grandfather, and here, Er Fat and I were busy all afternoon.

The second fat mother brought the meal in the evening.

Erfat's mother is very good, but it's a pity that Erfat's father died early, and she fell and her lumbar spine was dislocated when she was young, and it was actually very difficult to carry a family alone.

I was eating with Erfat, and Erfat's mother said that at this time, the "merit soup" was being distributed in the brigade courtyard, saying that it could cure diseases and drive away evil spirits.

"What merit soup?" I asked.

Erfat's mother said, "I don't know what kind of merit soup it is, it was made by those Taoist priests." After your uncle's accident, the villagers were very scared, and no one dared to move the grave, so these Taoist priests made this kind of merit soup, saying that from today on, there is no need to eat, just go to the brigade courtyard to receive the merit soup, and also said that if you drink the merit soup, you will be cured of illness, and you will live longer without illness, and all evil will not invade. ”

"By the way, I really saw that the neighbor's old Li was lame, and after drinking, he threw away his crutches and his leg was fine. The second lady next door, who was deaf in her forties, drank a bowl of merit soup, and at that time she could hear others clearly, and others, many people's old problems for many years have been cured, and I saw it with my own eyes. ”

Speaking of this, the second fat mother pressed her lower back. When she was young, she went to carry building materials to make money, but she accidentally fell down the steps and fell to her lumbar spine. At that time, I lay in bed for more than a month, because I had no money and did not go out of the hospital for treatment, so I relied on some herbs of beef rhubarb to recover.

But she left sequelae in her waist, always had back pain, and when it was serious, she couldn't walk.

"You eat, I'll get the bowl later, and I'll go and see the merit soup first." Erfat's mother said, she got up to leave, but Erpang shouted to her: "Mom, don't go, that's all a lie!" ”

"Don't deceive people, just heal the disease." After the second fat mother finished speaking, she left.

I motioned to Er Fat not to move, and after Er Fat's mother went out of the courtyard, Er Fat and I also quietly went out to follow. Close to the brigade courtyard, you can hear it from a distance, and it is very lively over there.

I also heard Ma Weiguo shouting.

"The gift of the Taoist master, the soup of merit, the cure of disease, the prolongation of life without disease, and the invasion of all evils!"

Outside the courtyard of the brigade, there was a long queue, like a long dragon. Each of them had bowls in their hands, and their faces were full of excitement and anxiety.

I blended into the crowd with Er Fat and went closer to see the so-called merit soup. In the courtyard of the brigade, there is a big black pot, and there is a big pot of broth in it, which is steaming.

The entire courtyard of the brigade was filled with that fragrance, and I couldn't tell what the fragrance was. The white bones in the cauldron were floating and heavy, the heat was hazy, and I couldn't see clearly what the white bones were.

Ma Weiguo suddenly saw me and Er Fat, jumped down from the table he was selling just now, came to me and Er Fat, and said, "What's the matter, you still want to make trouble?" ”

"What kind of soup is it for the villagers to drink?" I asked, feeling that the smell was very weird, and there was an indescribable feeling in it.

"Do you care? If you want to drink and line up, if you want to make trouble, get out of the way as soon as possible! "A few villagers came up behind Ma Weiguo, all of them were dogs who followed Ma Weiguo all the year round, and they all had gold chains around their necks.

Er Fat made a look at me, and I didn't plan to reason with Ma Weiguo, with Er Fat, turn around and leave.

However, as soon as I walked to the gate, I heard Ma Weiguo call out to me.

"Lin Yi, stop!"

I stopped, looked back, and found one of the gray-robed Taoist priests standing next to him, and it seemed that it was the gray-robed Taoist priest who made Ma Weiguo stop me.

The gray-robed Taoist priest had thief eyebrows and rat eyes, and when I turned around, his thief eyes were staring at me.

"Go, serve this young man a bowl of soup, he won't have to queue!" His voice was thin, harsh and hard to hear, and when he spoke, his four extremely long front teeth were very prominent, and the more he looked at it, the more he looked like a mouse, which was extremely strange.

"Master Dao, this kid is here to make trouble, why should he give him ......?"

"Didn't you hear? Go serve him a bowl of soup! The gray-robed Taoist priest's eyes showed a bit of essence, and Ma Weiguo was so frightened that he took half a step back, and immediately said, "Okay!" Good! Soup! ”

After Ma Weiguo finished serving the soup, he handed it to the gray-robed Taoist priest, who walked towards me with an evil smile on his face and handed me the bowl of soup.