Chapter 7: Borrowing a robe
Grandpa usually talks to people with a sound like thunder, but whenever it is windy and rainy, he becomes very quiet, sitting at the door with a small bench smoking and listening to the wind and rain, and no one can disturb him. Grandpa has some special skills, I should have seen it a long time ago, there was also this kind of thunderstorm weather earlier, grandpa watched the rain on the bench as usual, and kept staring at a plane tree next to the house, and there were words in his mouth: You hid when I was a doll, and I'm afraid I can't hide now.
Within ten minutes of saying that, a thunderbolt hit the plane tree directly, and the bark was instantly split off. Afterwards, Grandpa cut down the tree, and inside the heart of the tree was a python seven or eight meters long.
I know grandpa's habits, I didn't dare to disturb him, quietly Mimi went over to stand next to him, and when grandpa saw enough, I told him what he saw on the road, grandpa immediately took out the cigarette gun in his mouth after listening, and then stared at the umbrella in my hand a few times, I thought he would have any special reaction, but it was just a few glances, after reading the sound, did not say anything.
After dinner that day, I have been worried about the matter of the land lord and the matter that the female ghost father and mother are going to come to me, but the grandfather has not reacted at all, has been sitting and smoking, I really can't help it, so I reminded the grandfather of this matter, grandpa seemed to suddenly remember this matter, got up and went into the house, from the big red wardrobe took down a brown leather box, I have seen this box since I can remember, but I have never seen grandpa open it, there has been a thick layer of ash on it, I thought that grandpa lost the key to the box before not opening it, But this time, Grandpa skillfully took out a key from the secret compartment of the closet, blew off the dust on the box, and opened the box.
Boxes in the countryside are generally used to hold clothes, but grandpa's box is filled with some strange things, I have never seen it, squatted down and picked up a disc and asked grandpa, "Grandpa, what is this?" ”
Although I don't know what these things are, in my eyes they are just toys, and if grandpa doesn't want them, I can use them to play, but grandpa snatched the disc and said seriously, "I don't know how important it is, don't be blind." ”
"Oh." I replied in a sloppy reply, pointing to a yellow pamphlet inside, and asked, "What kind of book is that?" ”
The name of the booklet is "Zhengyi Collection", edited by Chen Fuyang.
Grandpa hesitated for a while, then took out the book and handed it to me, "You can take the book for teaching students, do you know what it means to respect and cherish the paper?" It is to respect the text and paper, and if you do not respect the words and paper, it is like not respecting the gods and Buddhas, and if you break this book, I will break your legs. ”
When I heard this, I didn't dare to ask for it, mainly because I didn't have much interest in reading, and said, "Then I don't want it." ”
Grandpa immediately patted me on the head, "Something that doesn't make a difference." I didn't want the book, and he didn't force it on me, so he took out a purple robe from the bottom of the box, took it out and showed it, and said, "Sleep in this dress tonight, and make sure no one dares to trouble you." ”
The robe was purple, with a unicorn pattern embroidered with gold silk, as well as gossip and the sun, moon and stars, this robe was too big, I wore it as if I was wearing a sheet, and my grandfather then took a pen out, walked behind me and lifted the robe, and wrote the word 'borrow' on the inside.
I asked my grandfather curiously, "They won't dare to look for me when you wear this dress?" ”
Grandpa smiled, a look of pride appeared on his face, "This thing is called Tianxian Cave Clothes, only the high skills of the dojo are qualified to wear it, and purple is even less, most of them are Taoist priests who were rewarded by the ancient emperor." ”
I don't know anything about the Tianxian cave clothes and high skills that grandpa said, but I can feel that this dress is not small, and I think of the strange things in my grandfather's box and the strange things he did, I guessed and asked, "Is this dress yours?" ”
Grandpa shook his head, "Someone else gave it." In the past, when people who sang opera opened the box, there would be processes such as playing the altar, inviting God, ordering generals, and mowgli, and then they could open the scene in costumes, because they were playing people who had died before, and they were afraid that the dead would be blamed for doing this. This dress is not yours either, so you have to write a borrowed word on the back, borrowing the identity of the predecessor, and taking off the clothes is to be returned, the more you borrow, the more you will pay back after taking off your robe. ”
I nodded in relief, although I didn't understand it too much, I didn't want to know about it either, and I generally didn't like to touch things that were too troublesome.
Sleeping in this robe that day, my grandfather still slept in the same room as me, he began to snore not long after he lay down, I was blindfolded and showed a pair of eyes and stared outside, for fear that someone would come to me, I don't know how long I stared, and I squinted and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, I was suddenly awakened by a bang in the room, and when I opened my eyes, I saw two black shadows standing in front of the bed, wearing black cloaks and cloaks, with iron chains on their shoulders, about one meter eight high, staring straight at me.
I was so shocked that I was about to turn back to call my grandfather, but the two of them reached out to me and lifted me on the head, as if they were carrying a chicken, and they lifted me up without difficulty, and I turned my head to look, only to find that I was still lying on the bed, and I was out of breath.
Immediately trembling with fright, isn't this just becoming a ghost?
Without waiting for me to struggle to speak, these two people carried me directly out of the window, and then went all the way to the Land Temple, I knew that this was the Land Lord came to me, and said in a panic, "Grandpa said, wearing this clothes, no one dares to come to me." ”
The man on the right side laughed and said in a country accent, "The land lord asked you to ask, do you want to see what clothes you wear?" Even if you're wearing steel armor today, you still have to go. ”
After he finished speaking, he walked into the small land temple, and then it was black, and he could only hear the whirring wind in his ears, and a few faint angry curses, and then snoring.
The man before said, "At your age, there are indeed few people who have been caught in the Land Temple, but at such a young age, you can make the Land Lord open your mouth to arrest you, and you can grow up." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the dark place next to him, "See?" Whether you are arguing and sleeping, or robbing the house, you can see it here, so if you want people to know, unless you don't do it, dare to do bad things, and retribution will come to the door sooner or later. ”
It was dark next to me, and after reading it, I subconsciously learned from my grandfather's tone and said, "It's black, I can see a hammer." ”
"The turtle son is still hard-mouthed." Maybe he didn't like to hear what I said, he then carried me forward more roughly, I don't know how long I walked, and finally saw the light, at the end of the road is a small temple, the temple is engraved with the words 'land temple', there are stone lions on the left and right of the gate, on which is written the couplet 'there is a heart for good, although good is not rewarded', 'no intention for evil, although evil is not punished', this is the same as the person who came to the village before.
But when I went inside, I didn't see the statue of Guan Gong, but I saw the table above, and behind the table stood a man in a gray robe, who I had seen during the day, and after these two people had left me in the temple, they stood on the left and right.
The land surnamed Zhang above glanced at me and smiled, "But it's here, you don't have to be afraid, I'm looking for you today, there are some situations that I want to verify with you, and a couple came to me to complain during the day, saying that you framed their daughter, causing their daughter to almost lose her soul, do you recognize it?" ”
I knew what he was talking about, and hurriedly explained, "I thought she liked to smell incense, so I ordered so many for her, and I also gave her that umbrella to cover the sun, I don't believe you asked her yourself." ”
The land turned its face to a tiger, "People have become like that, can they still walk?" She didn't come, but her father and mother came, by the way, her father and mother also sued you for another crime, before this time, did you and your grandfather beat that girl once? ”
I tried to defend again, but before I could speak, he reached out and said, "Just say yes or no." ”
I reluctantly replied, "Yes." ”
"After that, did the two of you go down there and find your grandma again, and ask your grandma to beat up the girl's grandparents too?" After asking, he added, "Just say yes or no." ”
"Yes." I'll answer again.
After hearing this, the land was speechless and said, "What a lot of hatred, you have to keep an eye on them, I have checked, when their family was in the Republic of China, they died in vain because of the war, and they have not been able to reincarnate, so wandering around here is quite peaceful." And your Chen family only moved here in your grandfather's generation, and I haven't even met before, so it's not an exaggeration to say that there is no injustice and no hatred, tell me, what's going on? ”