Chapter Twenty-Six: Zhang Ren Returns to Yang
I saw a soul come out of the paper figure, that soul is not a headless soul, now there is a head, look at the appearance of the soul, it is the dead Zhang Rentu, Zhang Rentu is a little confused and stiff, like a puppet, standing there, the master pointed with a sword at this time, and said: "Yin Yin Yin soul, out of the body, should return to yang, quickly return to itself." ”
Zhang Rentu's soul seemed to understand the master's words, and his body slowly walked towards his body, and I saw Zhang Rentu's soul slowly drifting past, and when he arrived in front of his body, he slowly turned in a circle, and after a few turns, he couldn't get into his body. I said to Master, "Master's soul doesn't seem to be able to enter the body?" ”
The master looked at it and said, "It's bad, Zhang Rentu has black dog blood on his body to ward off evil spirits, so he must not be able to get in, I have to write a rune to send a ride." ”
Then he wrote a talisman, and then said: "The way of heaven, the way of the earth, the way of humanity, I do my way, the ghosts and gods are unscrupulous, and the Taishang Laojun is here." ”
After finishing speaking, he used his sword to pick up the charm, waved the sword, and the yellow paper talisman seemed to have wings, and hit directly at the back of Zhang Rentu's soul, Zhang Rentu's ghost screamed, and then disappeared on Zhang Rentu's body. At this time, Zhang Rentu's coughing sound was heard, and Zhang Rentu's son looked at it and shouted: "My father is alive, my father is alive, Master Dao, your old man is really a fairy." ”
Then he was about to run over to see his father, and the master suddenly grabbed Zhang Rentu's son and said, "You can't go over now, Zhang Shizhu's soul is not stable yet, besides, this soul is connected by me with a paper figure, and the head and body are not the same as the original, wait for a while Your father will catch his breath and then go over." ”
Zhang Rentu's son hurriedly nodded and said okay, and then the master said: "Master Zhang, there is one more thing that you must do, that is, this paper man, this paper figure is another body of your father, now you go and bury the paper man in the back of your house, don't see the daylight, after seven seven and forty-nine days, there will be no big problem." ”
Zhang Rentu's son hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll do it." ”
As he spoke, he was about to reach out and take the paper figure, but the master stopped him and said, "The paper man can't be held with his hands, but he has to use a reed mat, put the paper man on top of the reed mat, and then break it into a bag, so that the paper man can't be broken." ”
After Zhang Rentu's son heard this, he quickly found a reed mat, gently put the paper figure on top of the reed mat, and then made it into a bag, and let his own family who was guarding the spirit go to the back of the house to dig a pit. At this time, the Master said to us, "Be bold and close the Heavenly Eye, this Heavenly Eye cannot be opened for a long time, it is very energy-consuming to open the Heavenly Eye, and it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that when you open the Heavenly Eye, you must not let the blood stain it, that is, do not let the blood get into the eyes, which will have too great an impact on the Heavenly Eye." ”
After we listened, we quickly closed the eyes of the sky, and then Zhang Rentu, who was lying on the bed, spoke in a daze, the voice was very small, almost inaudible, and slowly the voice became louder, I listened carefully, Zhang Rentu said that his head was missing, looking for his head. At this time, the master walked over and said with a smile: "You have beheaded so many people in your life, and now you have no heads, do you feel scared?" ”
Zhang Rentu said: "I now know that there is no pain in the head, above the neck, bare, I can't see anything, I think I Zhang Rentu has been an executioner for a lifetime, and I began to feel that it is for the heavens to punish, punish the evil and promote the good, the revolutionary party killed over the years, the mob bandits killed, are even more powerful, more than the previous dynasty killed, I can't think of the people I killed, the resentment is overwhelming, and there should be this retribution." ”
Master smiled and said, "Open your eyes and look at us." ”
Zhang Rentu said: "The head is gone, I can't see anything, and now I'm just a headless ghost." ”
Master said, "Since you are a headless ghost, how can you talk to us?" What do you think about the words used? ”
As soon as Zhang Rentu heard this, he said: "That's right, I obviously said this in my mouth, so my head is back, can I be a ghost with a head?" ”
Then Zhang Rentu opened his eyes, looked around, and muttered, "This, where is this?" Is this hell? Then he touched his neck with his hand, and he felt the blood of a black dog on his hand, and he took it back, put it in front of his eyes, looked at it, and then muttered, "It looks like hell, and the blood on my neck has not dried up." But being a ghost with a head makes me satisfied. ”
Master smiled and said, "You have killed so many people in the yang world, if you return to the yang world, will you still be your executioner?" ”
Zhang Rentu shook his head vigorously and said: "Don't do it, don't do it, don't let my son be an executioner, my son is timid, don't learn to be an executioner, I think he has no chance, is a waste, now it seems that my son is doing the right thing, the executioner from my generation, is a masterpiece, if I can go back, I will let my son marry a daughter-in-law and pass on the lineage, but I am so sinful, can I go back?" ”
Master smiled and said, "Why can't you come back, Buddhism says that the sea of suffering is boundless, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, as long as you don't kill living beings in the future, be kind and be a believer who devotes yourself to cultivation, then you will be fine for the rest of your life." ”
Zhang Rentu said: "Then how do I go back?" Once on Huangquan Road, there is no way back. ”
The senior brother said, "You are in the Yang World now. ”
At this time, Zhang Rentu's son heard the conversation between the master and his father, and hurriedly ran over and said happily: "Father, your old man has finally woken up. ”
At this time, Zhang Rentu realized that he was not dead, and quickly struggled to remember, his son helped Zhang Rentu up, after Zhang Rentu got up, he looked at us, and looked at the courtyard again, the yard was completely according to the layout of the dead family, Zhang Rentu looked at the situation in the yard, and said: "This ...... This ......"
Zhang Rentu's son said: "Father, it was the Taoist master who saved your old man, otherwise your old man would ......"
Zhang Rentu turned his head again at this time, looking at my master and us, the master didn't speak, looked at Zhang Rentu with a smile, Zhang Rentu quickly knelt up from the bed, kowtowed to my master, and said to my master: "Thank you for your life-saving grace, I Zhang Rentu will never forget." ”
The master clasped his hands together and said with a smile, "I'm just a coincidence, so I don't need to thank you like this." ”
Zhang Rentu said: "That's not good, this is a life-saving grace, if I Zhang Rentu don't thank you, won't I become a beast?" ”
The master helped Zhang Rentu up and sat down on the bed again, and the master said, "I want to thank me for being simple, let me ask you, do you ever count when you speak?" ”
Zhang Rentu said: "Although I, Zhang Rentu, am an executioner, I always count when I speak. ”
Master said, "You just said that you put down the butcher's knife and never kill again, didn't you?" ”
Zhang Rentu said: "Yes, this time I only know how uncomfortable the headless ghost is, and I will never kill people again with a sealed knife." ”
The master said, "Okay, since the knife is no longer killing, can you give me that killing knife?" ”
Zhang Rentu said: "That knife has killed countless people, it was handed down by my ancestors, the evil spirit is too strong, I am ready to integrate the knife into the iron furnace, the Taoist master wants, I send it to the Taoist master, but the evil spirit of this ghost head knife is ......"
Master said, "It is precisely because your knife kills a lot that you have evil energy, do you know that this evil spirit is both good and evil, if it is correctly guided, evil energy will become a sharp weapon to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but if it is left unchecked, it may become a bloodthirsty evil knife, and when the time comes, it will disturb people's minds, make people kill people and see blood, so as to absorb human blood." After I take this knife of yours home, I will offer it in front of the Emperor of the Three Qing Dynasty, so that the ghost head knife, which is also good and evil, can become a knife of justice. ”
Zhang Rentu said: "If this is the case, it is really great. Then he said: "Daoist, you just said, let me concentrate on the Tao in the future, I don't know much about Taoist practice, can I worship you as a teacher and follow you to learn the Tao." ”
The master smiled and said, "That's okay, my old Taoist is a fire dwelling Taoist, there are no Taoist rules, you can do this, be my lay disciple, practice at home, be a cultivator." ”
Zhang Rentu hurriedly kowtowed to the master, and the master said: "I haven't finished speaking, your name has to be changed, Zhang Rentu is notoriety when he hears it, so let's give you one, how about a single word and a good, called Zhang Shan?" ”