Chapter 3 The Three Masters of the Three Religions
As soon as my grandmother asked about "white beans", my grandmother's head was "buzzing", and she immediately suffered from dizziness, and she almost lay on the ground without standing still. Fortunately, my grandmother's eyes were quick, and she helped her mother-in-law in the past, and stomped her feet anxiously: "Oops! Ah! I'm confused! I'm confused! ”
As soon as I said that, my grandmother understood what was going on. Although I was unhappy and helpless, everyone had a time of negligence, not to mention that my mother-in-law was so old, and she was shocked and frightened after being outside all day.
"Mom, you can put a hundred and twenty hearts. Let's just do what they say, and it's no problem. "My grandmother comforted her mother-in-law, in fact, she also hung her liver and lungs on her fishing rod - hanging her heart.
The next day, my grandmother personally went to find the three of them, Huang Laodao, a person from Huoju Dao. To say that these three people should also be regarded as strange in that era, the three of them lived together and called themselves "masters of the three religions".
Huoju Daoist Huang Lao Dao and Miao Ran Monk were originally not local households, and Huang Lao Dao's real name was Huang Xuanzhen. It is said that he used to worship a strange person as a teacher in Tianjin, and his master was proficient in subduing demons and catching monsters, and he naturally learned a skill. Before liberation, he came to my house and set up a stall in the Guandi Temple to tell people fortune telling, see feng shui and so on. Miao Ran monk is more mysterious, no one knows his common name, only know that he was covered with injuries when he arrived in the local area, lying on the ground motionless, passing by Huang Laodao and Zhang Xiucai carried him to the temple, and he was medicine and fed, and after he was injured, he practiced with Huang Laodao in the temple. Give up helping people with divination, praying for blessings and the like. Occasionally, when a big family has a red and white matter, he can also earn some food and drink with Huang Laodao. Later, when the "four olds were broken", the Guandi Temple was destroyed. What should I do if two people don't eat? The living must not be allowed to suffocate urine. Although the monk Miaoran persuaded him many times, Huang Laodao was stunned, and secretly set up a stall at home. The relevant departments have been educating at two ends in three days, but Huang Laodao is still the same old way if he does not want to repent. So, the monk Miaoran "gloriously" ate the hanging labor, and Huang Laodao was put on a high hat to parade and fight all day long.
Among these three people, only Zhang Xiu is a local, his real name is Zhang Xunwen, his ancestors were officials in the Qing Dynasty, and he left a lot of family backgrounds, and his life was quite rich. He has no other hobbies, he just likes to read and collect books. Although everyone calls him "Xiucai", but he is a serious Republic of China and a tea Xiucai, just because he opened his mouth is not "the one who cares", or "Darwin once said", so the neighbors sent a "Xiucai" title, he is quite happy with this title, and before liberation, he also changed his house into "Wenyuan Study". Zhang Xiucai is a prodigy-level character, and he never forgets the books he has read since he was a child. It is said that all of the four books and five classics are understood, and all of the new Western studies are known. But there is one point, people who read too many books are easy to fall into, and those who can withdraw in time can have a good background even if they don't mix up fame; If you can't pull it out if you are trapped in it, you are often not far from getting into trouble. Zhang Xiucai is the latter type, he is a typical nerd who "ignores things outside the window with both ears and only reads sage books", but he is rich and rich but does not understand the world. Because Zhang Xiucai's family has some prestige in our local area, his family also secretly supported the Anti-Japanese War back then. Therefore, after the liberation, some people visited him, hoping that he would come forward and contribute to the local culture. Maybe he really didn't understand, or maybe there was some contradiction in the middle, and said, "I don't care if it's new or not, I'm just a reader." In fact, this is a whining word, but the speaker has no intention of listening to the heart, a poor relative of his family heard this, this poor relative used to be relatively wealthy, but this person is lazy and likes to play with money and women, and finally his parents are angry to death, and the family is ruined. Zhang Xiucai saw a relative, and couldn't bear to see him starve to death on the street, so he took the initiative to lend him money, but this person was insatiable enough to borrow once and borrow a second time, and a little three times if he had a second time...... At first, Zhang Xiucai was very happy, but later felt that this person's nature was too bad and closed the door. This person held a grudge against Zhang Xiucai, and secretly vowed to make him look good one day. At that time, he happened to hear this outside, and directly reported Zhang Xiucai. The person in charge of this matter heard about it, and did he still hear it? Okay, you Zhang Xiucai also put on a big high hat and go to the parade. Just because of such a sentence, Zhang Xiucai's home was also copied when he was breaking the four olds, and the ancient books he had treasured for many years were also lost in the fire. The person who burned the book was none other than that poor relative, and he made a meritorious contribution in this matter and mixed it with an official robe, but as the so-called good has good and evil has been rewarded, it is not that the time has not yet come, and this person also had something wrong in the end, but this is not to mention it later. Since then, Zhang Xiucai has lived with Huang Laodao and Miaoran monks, and he also laughed at the three of them as "three masters", which means three people who have worn "high hats".
This time, my grandmother asked them for help, but the three of them avoided it. The main thing is that I'm afraid, I used to toss and toss when I was young, but now I am sixty or seventy years old, who can still toss? It wasn't until my grandmother took out the three talismans and showed them them that their faces changed and they agreed.
After my grandmother explained the situation, Huang Laodao asked her to take out all the things and take a look, and the grandmother put the things on the table in front of them, Lao Dao counted them, and then pinched his fingers to count, and couldn't help frowning and pointed to the things on the table and asked, "Donor, how many people came that day?" ”
"Five."
"Did they leave all their stuff?"
"This ...... The ...... "My grandmother was a little hesitant and didn't know how to answer."
In fact, Grandma Tai has her own plans, and in the past few days, she also knows that these three people are not idle. Originally, they didn't want to get involved in idle things, if it weren't for the talisman left by the black-faced man, it is estimated that the Chen family would suffer this time. She was afraid that the three of them would change their hexagrams, so she wanted to come and catch ducks on the shelves, and even if the three of them didn't agree, they wouldn't be able to do it. Therefore, Huang Laodao asked her naturally with a weak heart.
Zhang Xiucai saw the problem. He rolled his eyes, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Old sister-in-law, is there something to hide?" Since I have agreed, I will help you, but you also have to explain things clearly. Otherwise, no matter how great my three abilities are, it will not help. After speaking, he twisted his goatee with his left hand and stopped talking.
My grandmother also played drums in her heart. She was really afraid that three people would push her out of the door, but if she didn't say anything about this battle, the three of them would change their fortunes on the spot, and then they would pit their own family. What should I do? She hesitated.
The monk Miaoran, who had never spoken, recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, Master Chen, we also know that you are eager to save people's hearts, but it is useless for a good doctor to know the disease." "Monk Miao Ran has grown hair now, and now he doesn't wear any monk's robes, if it weren't for the few indelible ring scars on his head and the Buddha beads that he never left his hand, he would be an ordinary old farmer.
Hearing them say this, my grandmother also let go and told the story. After he finished speaking, Huang Laodao shouted: "Oh, it's not good!" ”
My grandmother hurriedly asked, "Dao Chief, what do you mean?" ”
"Old Mrs. Chen, Old Mrs. Chen! Do you know who they are? ”
My grandmother shook her head.
"Those people are not small, but they are-" Huang Laodao pointed to the sky with his finger and continued: "I want to help because I have a fate with your son-in-law." If all of them had eaten and left something behind, it would have been a matter of course. But now there is one less, it's hard to do, it's hard to do! ”
My grandmother just thought that Huang Laodao was fooling herself, and smiled: "Huang Daochang, don't scare me such a blind and sloppy old woman." ”
"Donor, there is no idle man in the poor road to scare you. Your son-in-law has an extraordinary life, and he is a fire in the furnace. Just because you hurt the monster in the weak water in your dream, it will definitely kill your doll when it is born. Huang Laodao said with a solemn face.
"So what to do?"
"So be it! When you go back, arrange for your family not to be at home at that time, but to keep you alone. The three of us will go and prepare separately, and the three of us will go over before the child in your granddaughter-in-law's womb is born, and at that time, we will set up a big array of three sects, and maybe we can resolve this matter. ”
"Good! Good! The old woman thanked the Taoist for his advice. "My grandmother said that she was going to kneel down for the three of them.
"Alas, alas!" Seeing this, Zhang Xiucai hurriedly stepped forward to hug my grandmother and didn't let her kneel: "Old sister-in-law, what are you doing?" If it weren't for your family's reverence for the heavens, the three of us might not be able to survive. Anyway, we owe it to you. ”
"Amitabha. Yes, Lord Chen. You're welcome, let's split up. So as not to delay the business. Monk Miao Ran also said.
In this way, in the next few days, our family was busy with work, and we should invite people to arrange the arrangements. In order not to make people suspicious, my grandmother specially greeted the surrounding neighbors to prevent them from spreading the bad influence on the Chen family. In short, the closer to the time of my birth, the more tense the atmosphere in the family becomes. Of course, my grandfather and my parents disagreed, in their eyes, these are just charlatans, especially when my grandfather was young, he engaged in criminal investigation and was used to those Republic of China frauds. However, this has nothing to do with this story, so I won't mention it.
The most anxious are my grandmother and my grandmother, who are almost counting the days with their fingers, and they can't close their eyes every night like boiling eagles, and finally the day I was born has come.
According to the calculation of the lunar calendar, I was born around the 30th hour of August in the year of Bingyin, and this is the time when the tiger returns to the mountain. Insert a sentence here, as a large cat, the tiger is also a nocturnal animal, every time they go down the mountain to hunt at night, after eating and drinking enough, they return to the mountain to rest before dawn. The tiger always goes down the mountain with layers of murderous aura that makes people shudder, and the tiger returns to the mountain because he has eaten and drunk enough to have the illusion of laziness, and there is no sense of majesty. This is also the reason why people with tattoos, especially those who are "social people", prefer the downhill tiger to the uphill tiger. However, people who really understand rarely tattoo the mountain tiger, because the mountain tiger is a busy life, unless the life is hard enough to dominate one side, otherwise it is difficult to have a future as a horse boy for the rest of his life. The Upper Mountain Tiger may not look as majestic as the Descending Tiger, but to be able to eat and drink is to declare to all living beings: "My territory listens to me." Your life is up to me! Therefore, the mountain tiger also has the saying that "the tiger does not leave the mountain and grows rich". Later, because of the fate of the tiger and the tiger, I encountered some storms that were not big or small, of course, this is also a later story, and I have time to talk about it, so it is the right thing to let me be born first.
On August 29, the day before my mother gave birth to me, I was taken to the city hospital. My grandmother insisted on staying alone to watch the house, and my grandmother wanted to stay but was kicked out by my mother-in-law. When everyone left, my grandmother's heart was pounding. She didn't know what was going to happen next. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside.
Grandma calmed down and asked tremblingly, "Who, who!" ”
"We! Open the door! Huang Laodao's voice came in.