Chapter 37: Qingming
During the Republic of China, there was a place not far from the county seat, called Qingshui Township.
There is a hooligan in the township, who is called Ma Sanhao, what is Sanhao? One is good to brag, the second is good to extort, and the third is good to face.
Because of his family relationship, he became a policeman in the Qingshui Township Management Office, but he did all the bad things, and let people call him a good big brother.
Later, when he encountered the revenge of the ghost, he didn't dare to be a policeman anymore, and went to the Taoist temple to become a Taoist priest. Although this Ma Sanhao has a bad character, he is very talented in cultivating the Tao, and he deceived his superiors and subordinates, and finally became the master of the Taoist temple.
At that time, the world was in turmoil, and this Ma Sanhao happened to be like a fish in water, and forced a folk girl to be his wife.
This woman has grown up with Ma Sanhao, and she is as beautiful as a flower, although she didn't like Ma Sanhao at first, but after all, she still accepted her fate and always persuaded Ma Sanhao to change her evil ways and return to the right.
Ma Sanhao really likes this woman, at least after marrying his wife, he didn't do anything wrong.
Later, they also gave birth to a son, which was also considered a happy one.
I don't want the sky to have unforeseen wind and rain, during the warlord scuffle, a team of soldiers, in the name of eliminating harm, not only ransacked the Taoist temple, but also raped Ma Sanhao's wife, and then killed his wife and children.
At this time, Ma Sanhao was praying for a landlord in the distance to eliminate disasters and do things.
When he returned to the Taoist temple, he found that his wife and children were exposed in the Taoist temple.
At this time, he remembered that when he was young, he had forced a little Taoist priest to hand over the ancient scrolls, and the little Taoist priest was forced to be helpless and unwilling to hand over the ancient scrolls to the evil Taoist priest, so he issued a spell with death: Ma San is not good for good results.
Perhaps it was the death curse of the little Taoist priest that allowed his wife and children to die tragically.
But Ma Sanhao is not a friendly person, he wants revenge, he wants to change his life against the sky.
He tracked down the soldiers and found that they were nothing more than deserters, and that they had long since been scattered to various places. On the one hand, he sought revenge on the soldiers, and on the other hand, he learned from the soldiers about the participants in the incident, so he pursued it for more than ten years and killed for more than ten years.
The last participant, by this time, had become the leader of a gang of bandits, with dozens of people under his command and dozens of guns. The group of people flowed into the mountain, found a village in the mountain, and washed this village in blood, which is now Huaishuwan, and later found that there was an ancient tomb behind the mountain, in the ancient tomb, got three volumes of the Book of Heaven, that is, three copies of "Taiping Technique", and a sword, which is the bronze sword.
At this time, the leader of the bandits also learned that there was a Taoist priest who had been tracking their whereabouts. There are also people who have cultivated the Tao under him, but in fact, they have already coveted these three heavenly books, so they came up with an idea, saying that there is a way to change the vitality and stiffness of the heavenly books, so that people are invulnerable, immortal and indestructible. So the leader asked his subordinates to do it, and later the subordinates chose a feng shui place, which is now Daoist Bay.
The subordinate deceived the leader and buried him alive in the ground, while he took possession of the three volumes of the Book of Heaven and became the new leader.
At that time, Ma Sanhao was already unfathomable, and the new leader retreated to Huaishuwan, preparing to use the ghosts in the tomb to deal with Ma Sanhao, and took the opportunity to escape. Then in the ancient tomb, Ma Sanhao cut off an arm, and finally escaped, but Tianshu only took two of the three, one of which was left in the ancient tomb, and the bronze sword was also dropped.
Ma Sanhao fought with the ghost all night, and finally put the ghost in the coffin again and sealed it with a soul talisman.
Ma Sanhao then used the injured bandit to find the burial place of the original leader, but he didn't expect that the leader really became a living zombie, and when he came out of the coffin, he sucked up the blood of the injured bandit who led the way.
Ma Sanhao was originally injured in the ghost fighting method with Huaishuwan, and he was no longer the opponent of this living zombie at this time, but Ma Sanhao can be said to have experienced a hundred battles, and finally got rid of this living zombie by using the thunder, but at the moment of the thunder, the ghost escaped and entered the ground.
Ma Sanhao couldn't find him, so he nailed a soul fixing nail one foot deep in the ground and sealed the whole land.
After that, a Taoist temple was built, and the bronze sword was offered in the temple, so that the ghosts of those loyal to the bandits could not enter.
And Ma Sanhao's revenge has been avenged, but he also saw through life, so he stayed in this Taoist temple and established a Taoist school.
During the Qingming Festival, the master took me to a mountain in the mountain, which is the highest mountain in the surrounding area, and on the top of the mountain, Ma Sanhao, that is, my grandfather, is buried.
While burning paper, the master told me the above story.
I stood in front of the grave and looked around, surrounded by lower peaks, with only a sharp tip emerging in the sea of clouds, like a spring bamboo shoot breaking through the ground.
The mountain breeze blew, mixed with a misty drizzle.
The master couldn't help but cough again.
The master handed me the burning paper, asked me to continue burning, and said to me: "Actually, the people from Zhangwan strayed into Huaishuwan that day, and I felt bad, so I carried a bronze sword, and there were outsiders during the period, and I couldn't say anything." I thought the ghost had been sealed, but something happened. ”
While burning the paper, I asked, "Master, why didn't Master Zu burn that grave with a fire?" ”
The master coughed and said to me, "That place can't be solved by a fire. Look at that thing, you dare to come out during the day. It's not an ordinary high power. ”
I hurriedly asked, "Master, will the ghosts under our Taoist Bay also break free?" ”
The master shook his head and said, "No, Master Zu buried the soul fixing nail in the ground, and the living people can't move, and the ghosts can't move." ”
I looked at the master with questions, and the master explained, "Master Zu also cast a spell on the nail, and the ghost didn't dare to approach the nail at all. The ancestor decided that the bronze sword was not in the view, and no one was allowed to live in it, because he was afraid that without the deterrence of the bronze sword, the ghosts would confuse people, and let people help them dig nails. In addition, to prevent ghosts from entering the temple, there are prohibitions on all sides and doors, and if you open the door that night, it is likely that those ghosts will confuse you. ”
I suddenly imagined me and my sister sweating profusely and digging nails together, and then the ghost came over and handed me a cup of tea and said that it was hard work. I couldn't help but want to laugh.
The master continued: "I used to hide it from you, pretending not to know, because I was afraid that you would be too curious and run to dig nails by yourself. ”
I asked, "Aren't you scared now?" ”
The master smiled and said, "I'm also afraid, but you also know that the master's body is getting weaker and weaker, so it's better to tell you these things earlier." ”
I thought to myself: It's not just this one thing that the master is hiding from me, but also the hidden things. It's better to take this opportunity to lead out and ask together.
I asked, "Master, why is that leader so powerful when he becomes a living zombie?" ”
The master thought for a moment and said, "Because our Taoist Bay is not an ordinary place, but a hidden land. ”
I feigned surprise and asked, "What do you mean by Hidden Land?" ”
After that, the master's explanation was similar to that of Sister Xuanji, nothing new, and I was even more curious, Master Zu didn't also know it from that book "Taiping Technique", that day the book would not be written in every volume.
I asked the master, "Where did the ancestor learn about the existence of the Hidden Realm?" ”
The master said: "You still remember the story I just told you, Master Zu once persecuted a little Taoist priest and was cursed to death by him. ”
I nodded and asked, "Is it from the scroll?" ”
The master smiled and said, "The understanding is not bad. ”
I asked the master, "What kind of scroll is that, and where is it now?" ”
The master said, "I don't know where the scroll is, but when I am about to die, I will pass on the notes from Master Zu's codex to you." ”
It seems that the master did hide a lot of things from me before, and lied that the Codex was missing, and it turned out that he had hidden it.
The master looked at the tomb and said, "There are many forbidden techniques in that codex, and Master Zu has been living in pain and shame in his later years. On the surface, although he is as free and easy as Zhuangzi, in his heart, he is afraid that he has already had a tomb and buried himself. Therefore, the patriarch has always emphasized that we should practice, cultivate our minds with the Tao Te Ching, and cultivate our character with the Wenshi Zhenjing. ”
At this time, the burning paper was almost finished, and the master touched my head and said, "The reason why the master has been lying and hiding from you is that he is afraid that you will fall into the devil's path, and even more afraid that you will be attracted by the forbidden arts. Your master and I are both stupid people, and I haven't inherited the Taoism of my ancestors, so I can't make you a person with strong Taoism, and all you can give to your master is a good heart. ”
There are clouds in ancient poems: it rains a lot during the Qingming Festival.
Throughout the ages, it seems that most Qingming Festivals will rain.
Sometimes you feel that the world is changing, and sometimes you find that some things have not changed.