Chapter 16 The Man in the Dao
The woman was so frightened that she didn't even care about the child, so she opened the door and fled.
The third uncle didn't bother to pay attention to her, came to the child, and said kindly: "Little friend, where is your father?" ”
The little boy was estimated to be only in the first grade, and he was doing a very simple arithmetic problem, and his little face turned pale with fright: "Dad...... Dad wasn't there. ”
A child, I can't ask anything.
The third uncle came to the door of the inner room, took two steps back, sprinted suddenly, raised his foot and kicked the door open.
There was no light on in the bedroom, and I was about to go in, when the third uncle made a gesture not to be reckless.
He went in first and went to find the light and turned it on, and when the light came out, we were all startled.
This is an ordinary house, but the furnishings are extraordinary. There is no furniture to live by, but against the wall is a large shrine three or four stories high, with extinguished candles placed in layers, and at the top are two statues of gods, draped in red and hung with colors, surrounded by garlands.
On top of that, the walls are covered with symbols of all kinds of eyes, large and small, of all colors, which seem to be looking at us, and the situation is extremely strange.
The most bizarre thing is the roof structure of this bedroom, the ceiling is not square, but downward triangle, causing the whole space to be extremely cramped and difficult to breathe.
The third uncle's throat moved: "Sure enough, he is a person in the Daofa." ”
The little boy came over, his face pale. The third uncle asked him, "Do you know that the room is full of these things?" ”
The little boy was very scared: "Dad never let me in, he locked the door. ”
The third uncle made a gesture for me to wait outside with the child, and he went straight to the shrine and picked up one of the statues.
I asked outside, what kind of god is this?
The third uncle showed me the back of the statue, which was engraved with four words, which penetrated into the texture and was very clear.
Those four words are "there is a back and forth".
"What does that mean?" I'm a little confused.
The third uncle put the idol aside, and picked up another one, with four words on the back, which read: "Joy and good shun".
The third uncle put the two statues back into the shrine and said, "There is a school in the ancient Taoism of China, called the Yuanling School. They believe that the two highest gods in the universe are the two in front of you, one is called "Coming and Going", the other is called "Preference and Shun", one is in charge of 'Universe', and the other is in charge of 'Universe'. ”
I suddenly thought of something and blurted out: "Third uncle, there is a happy name!" ”
The third uncle's eyes lit up, and he also understood.
The strange man we are tracking down is called Youxi, whether this name is fake or not, it is taken from the two gods he believes in, there are back and forth and preferences and harmony.
The third uncle looked at the ceiling and said, "The roof is triangular, imitating a pyramid, and it is said that the roof of this structure can gather spiritual energy. Youxi chose to live here, it should be intentional, he just fancy the structure of the house on the top floor. ”
I said, "Third uncle, why don't you make the newly built house a triangular ceiling?" ”
The third uncle said: "There are many kinds of spiritual energy between heaven and earth, there are pure qi, there are also filthy black qi, the house itself has no ability to think, it is like a receiver, absorb all these things, it is impossible for people in the Dao to absorb all of them." Besides, I've already passed the entry stage of inhaling spiritual energy, so what are you going to do? ”
"You mean, Youxi is just getting started?" I say.
The third uncle walked around the room twice: "He shouldn't have a teacher, he studied by himself, but it's a pity that this person is extremely talented, but it's a pity that he will go crazy." ”
At this time, the third uncle saw something that was a wreath next to the statue. He picked up the garland and pressed a thick notebook underneath, which he flipped through casually.
Looking at it, he was surprised: "Qiangzi, it's your grandfather's handwriting!" ”
I didn't care about taking care of the child, so I hurried into the house and stood by to watch. In the past few days, I have followed my third uncle to clean up the relics, and I have read a lot of some of my grandfather's early annotations, and I know a lot about fonts.
Grandpa should belong to the old-school intellectuals who came from the old society, the handwriting is neat and neat, and the pedantic atmosphere is very strong, and he can be recognized at a glance.
This notebook is supposed to be my grandfather's diary, and the header date on the first page is actually written in 1937. Good guys, that's a teenager.
The third uncle flipped back casually, stopped suddenly, and stopped breathing rapidly on one page.
I took a closer look, and it read, "The Ancient Burmese Dharma Text, The Book of All Classics, is transmitted from the ancient Burmese Tantric sect xxxxx, transliterated as the Notis School." After decades of intensive study, this method is unfathomable, obscure and difficult, and can only be studied in ancient Burmese, barely translated, Shen Yun is reduced by three or four, and mana is reduced by five or six. I think that in the future, if the ancient Burmese language is extinct, this Dharma book will be a book from heaven, and no one in the world will be able to understand it......"
I watched it with relish, and was about to take a closer look, when the third uncle suddenly dragged me back two steps. He pointed to the shrine, as a strange noise could be heard from the bottom of the shrine.
The shrine has several floors, the lowest one is also the highest, with a curtain in front of it.
The third uncle picked up a candlestick and stirred the curtain. As soon as the curtain was lifted, we saw the scene inside clearly, and we were all stunned.
Because the strange man we are looking for is happy, and he is hidden under the shrine!
Yuki was dressed from head to toe in strange white clothes, with his hands and feet tied together, stuffed in his mouth, and whining.
I was about to go over and drag him out, but my third uncle stopped me: "Beware of deception!" ”
The third uncle went over and hooked him out with his foot. There was joy writhing back and forth, and his eyes looked straight out, watching the thought escape.
The third uncle pulled the contents out of his mouth and asked him what was wrong.
Youxi's throat gurgled, and the horror on his face grew heavier and heavier. I saw that he was not a threat, and wanted to untie the rope on his body, and the third uncle held my hand.
My third uncle and I looked out with joyful eyes and saw a little boy standing at the door.
The little boy stood there, his head down, rolling his eyes at us, and the corners of his mouth suddenly appeared with a very adult smile.
The third uncle was shocked: "It's not good! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the little boy slammed the door shut, and there was a loud bang, and then the lights in the room went out.
I ran to the door, pushed it hard, couldn't push it open, and locked it from the outside.
The third uncle went to the side of the shrine in the dark, copied the largest candle and lit it, the fire was faintly rising, and the house was not big, but at this time it was as gloomy as a deep mountain and an ancient cave.
My third uncle and I squatted beside Youxi and untied his rope. Youxi said in horror: "No, it's not my business, I don't know anything." ”
The third uncle said: "Then you should know how you got here." ”
Youxi had a bitter face: "Two brothers, let me tell you the truth, I actually have mental illness." I went to the hospital for an examination, and said that it was schizophrenia and a night tour. I was often awake half the time and confused the other half. I don't know what I've done or where I've been, it's like being possessed by a demon. It's like now, I suddenly woke up, only to find myself in this place, but I didn't remember it at all, it was like I had slept before I got up. ”
I sneered, "Do you think we can believe this nonsense?" ”
The third uncle waved his hand and muttered: "Maybe what he said is true." I ask you, what is your real name? ”
Youxi said: "My name is Chen Wang, I used to burn boilers in the coal yard, but then I got mentally ill and lost my job. My family was staring at me, afraid that I would be in danger or lost, but somehow they just couldn't watch me, and I often woke up in strange places. ”
The third uncle said: "Chen Wang, do you know the little boy outside, he said it was your son." ”
Chen Wang said with a bitter face: "Where did I come from, my son is mentally ill and doesn't even have a wife." ”
The third uncle motioned for me to help untie the rope.
Untying the rope, Chen Wang got up from the ground, looked around, his throat moved, and his frightened expression did not look like a disguise. "Two brothers, what is this?"
The third uncle looked at him: "Your situation should not be mentally ill. ”
Chen Wang asked, what was going on.
The third uncle said: "You should be controlled, and it's not bad to understand that it is a ghost." At least one soul is not in your own body, but is controlled by a person in the Dao. ”
Chen Wang was frightened and squatted there, his teeth gurgling.
I remembered one thing: "Third uncle, you were able to track him down at the beginning, why can't you find him when you come here?" ”
The third uncle frowned: "There should be some kind of magic circle enchantment here." In fact, what we are looking for is that the real Dao person should be a little boy. But I didn't find out that he had any aura leaking out just now, otherwise I would have found out that I would have been tired of it. ”
He saw the white clothes on Chen Wang's body and went over to pinch them. The clothes made a "creaking" sound.
"It's aluminum." The third uncle suddenly said: "Aluminum can shield the overflow of mana." You take your clothes off. ”
Chen Wang agreed, and took off the creaking clothes on his body.
The third uncle put his hand on his body and said concentratingly, "There are indeed mana fluctuations on his body." ”
"What do you mean?" I asked in surprise, could it be that Chen Wang was lying? He pretended to be mentally ill and deceived us into trust.
Chen Wang suddenly lowered his head, rolled up to look at us with the whites of his big eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "You really shouldn't take off my clothes." ”
He reached out to his heel, pulled out a dagger, and suddenly struck out like lightning, raising the knife and stabbing the third uncle's throat.