After a few minutes, I recovered a little, and the old man brought a basin of hot water, and told me to quickly wipe my face with a towel, and I had something to do when I went to the hall.

By the time I had changed my clothes and arrived in the hall refreshingly, the old man had already hung a painting on the wall.

"Come and worship the patriarch!" The old man urged.

I didn't dare to slack off, I ran over in a hurry, looked up, and saw that there was everything in the painting, in addition to the three Qings and four royals of Taoism, there were also the world-honored Buddhas of Buddhism, as well as the eighteen arhats and bodhisattvas.

The eight gods painted on the top were dressed differently from the other gods, and they all looked like they were wearing robes, and their hair was almost as long as that of a wild man.

Listening to the old man, those people are the ancestors of the witch sect, and they all represent the wind and rain, thunder and lightning, and the yin and yang.

"Why are there so many people on this painting?" I asked, a little puzzled.

"That's a lot?" The old man smiled: "If you draw all the ancestors, this wall won't fit!" ”

"Buddhism, Taoism, and Witchcraft......" I scratched my head: "We all have to worship the ancestors of the three religions?" ”

"You melon baby! Why is there so much nonsense?! The old man frowned and said impatiently: "Lao Tzu will worship you if you want to!" Get on your knees! Thank you for teaching the Dharma! ”

was yelled at by the old man like this, and I didn't dare to rub it, so I pounced and knelt down directly at the portrait.

"As soon as I wave my hand, you will kowtow, understand?" The old man asked me.

I nodded: "Understood!" ”

The old man took out a stick of incense, lit it, respectfully bowed to the portrait, and then inserted it into the incense burner.

"Shen Shi'an, a disciple of the Shen family, listen to the ancestor give the Dharma and preach."

As soon as the words fell, the old man waved his hand violently, and I didn't dare to hesitate, so I knocked down directly.

When I had finished kowtowing, he lit the incense stick again, stood still facing the portrait, and began to babble with words in his mouth.

"The patriarchs came to the hall and said that Buddhism and Taoism are impermanent."

"The Taoist spirit is high, and the Buddhist family is vast."

"The disciple kowtows to the door, and the patriarch has something to say to me........"

Thinking of this, the old man waved his hand again, and I kowtowed.

"Worship heaven and earth, people, gods and ghosts."

The old man waved his hand, and I kowtowed.

"The second worship ancestor is kind-hearted."

The old man waved again, and I continued to kowtow.

"Three worships of the true law penetrate yin and yang."

Reading this, I don't know what's going on, the pillar of tribute incense that was just inserted into the incense burner by the old man burned very abruptly.

It's like someone blowing on the incense, and anyone can see the change at a glance.

"Four worships, wind, rain, thunder and lightning raise the Quartet."

Every time I read a sentence, I was a ringing head.

At this time, the old man slowly turned around, held the pillar of incense, and circled around my head.

"Witch point wisdom, Taoism three lights, Buddhism is immeasurable, and blessings and disasters are self-serving."

"Solve people's problems, don't be black-hearted, money is easy to get, and greed will suffer."

"When a man does a good deed, the tree bears good fruit, and if a man does evil, the evil will be rewarded."

"Disciples, remember that the patriarch's mantra is that if you practice the Fa for a day, you will see all sentient beings."

When the old man finished reciting this large part of the incantation, the pillar of tribute incense inserted in the incense burner was completely burned.

Seeing this scene, the old man glanced at me and whispered, "Kowtow three times in a row, you want to ring!" ”

After speaking, he inserted the pillar of incense in his hand into the incense burner and looked at me intently.

As soon as I heard the old man say that he wanted to "ring", I didn't dare to cut corners, so I gritted my teeth and kowtowed three times, and my head was purple and my head was purple, and I gasped in pain.

Hearing that extremely pleasant sound, the old man smiled with relief, but the more I looked at his expression, the more I felt that he was gloating.

"Shen Shi'an, a descendant of the Shen family, please ask the ancestor to give the elixir, a mouthful of the elixir will fall into the stomach, and the blessings of the five directions will come and go."

The old man recited a few more words, and then he took out a black thing from his pocket, saying that it was the Shen family's secret "elixir", and eating it could attract blessings from all directions.

I didn't think much of it, I took it and swallowed it with my mouth open.

Although the shape of this elixir is a little peculiar, it is not a round kind, like a rolled skin, but I have to say that the taste is still quite good, but it is sweet and sour and a little like that.......

"Master, what kind of elixir is this?" I asked curiously.

Hearing me ask, the old man immediately rolled his eyes: "Han Criticism, that's Guo Danpi." ”

When I got this answer, I couldn't react a little, and asked in a daze: "Didn't you say the elixir?!" ”

"Just mean it, what kind of elixir do you want? Lao Tzu rubbed some mud from his body to give you an elixir, do you want it? The old man said, looking at me with disgust.

I stopped talking, and looked at the old man helplessly, only thinking that this old man was unreliable.

"You are now a child of the Shen family, and you are qualified to get involved in some things." The old man said, walked upstairs slowly, and said without looking back: "You can help me hang a lantern outside in a while." ”

"Hanging lanterns?" I was stunned: "What lantern?" ”

The old man disappeared without giving me an answer, and after two minutes he came down from the upper floor, carrying a red lantern the size of a kettle.

The lantern cover is not made of paper, it is a bit like animal leather, and the pores can be seen when you look closely, but they are red.

On it, there are many patterns outlined in black ink, with beast-shaped patterns accounting for the majority, and a big "Shen" character written on the front.

There was a string of copper bells hanging under the lantern, and when I looked closer, I found that those bronze bells were all statues of human heads, and there were eighteen of them.

These bronze bell statues look very expressive, and the expressions on each person's face are vividly depicted, men, women, and children, with different appearances, but the expressions are unified.

The faces of all the statues were full of the word pain, their eyes were wide open, and their mouths were wide open, as if they were asking us for help, and the more they looked at them, the more terrible they became.

"This lantern looks a little wicked......" I frowned.

"This is the lantern of the Shen family, and it is also the signboard of the Shen family." The old man said, and handed me the lantern casually: "People live a breath, there is a lamp in front of the door, as long as the people of the Shen family are not dead, this lantern can be hung." ”

"What's the point of hanging this lantern?" I asked curiously, "It can't be just hanging and playing, right?" ”

"It's a call." The old man smiled: "You can hang it up and you'll know what to use." ”

Hearing this, I didn't ask any more questions, and went out of the house with the lantern.

At first, I was still wondering, where is the right place to hang this lantern?

As a result, as soon as I went out, I looked up and saw the big iron hook on the side of the door frame, and almost subconsciously, I raised my hand and hung the red lantern.

At this time, the night wind happened to blow, and the eighteen brass bells hanging under the lanterns also rang one after another.

I don't know if it's my delusion or something else.

When the brass bell rang, I didn't hear anything that could be associated with the bell.

All I could hear was the faint, erratic laughter.

It's true.

The laughter wasn't something one or two people could make, it was a group of people laughing.

"Master!" I hurriedly ran back to the house and shouted, "The bell doesn't ring!" ”

"Laughing?" The old man asked me.

I subconsciously replied, "Laughed." ”

"That'll do." The old man lit a cigarette and smoked it, his expression was very calm: "If you smile, it proves that the lantern is not broken, Ansheng wait, it won't be long before those juniors will come to greet me." ”

"The offspring?" I reacted immediately and asked, "Are you talking about the gang of degraders who came to Lao Cai to find books?" ”

"yes." The old man smiled: "Didn't I promise Lao Chen?" I've got to get those offspring gone! ”

"What if those people don't listen to you?" I asked tentatively.

The old man took a puff of cigarette, and said calmly as if he was not stressed at all.

"As long as I have a breath left, there is no one who will not listen to me."

As he spoke, the old man's expression gradually became cold, and he glanced in the direction of the gate and said.

"The old street is not big, but it can't tolerate their presumptuous ......"