Snails, in the past and now, are an ordinary dish, or broth, or stir-fried, with a little rice wine and a few mouthfuls of delicious snail meat. As everyone knows, the snail is also the best host for a kind of unjust ghost, and it is a water ghost. There is a medium-sized reservoir in our village, and in the past, after the reservoir was released to generate electricity, the snail could be felt on the shore, and I used to go there when I was a child, but since the reservoir drowned, there is hardly a snail in the whole reservoir.

Hetu's body was densely covered with countless snails, and when he removed the snails on his face, the child's face was already purple. Chaozi took his finger and probed, the kid was no longer even angry in and out, Cha Wenbin didn't care whether the matter here was over or not, picked up the Qiankun bag and rushed home with Hetu.

Even a good living person was suffocated by being pressed in the water for so long, not to mention that Hetu was also affected by such a change. The onlookers were terrified, and since then, almost no one in our village has eaten snails.

After arriving home, Cha Wenbin ordered Dashan to immediately boil a large pot of hot water, and then spread a layer of wormwood on the bottom of the wooden barrel. Wormwood has the effect of driving away evil spirits and removing dampness, and many rural areas still hang wormwood on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival to remove bad luck at home.

Above the wormwood is the copper coin, the Chinese use of ancient coins for a long time, the modern Taoist priests with copper coins to practice is not to choose any one, but to pay attention to.

The commonly used ancient coins are "exorcism ancient coins and five emperor ancient coins". The "Five Emperors" refer to the five most prosperous emperors of the Qing Dynasty, "Shunzhi", "Kangxi", "Yongzheng", "Qianlong", and "Jiaqing".

In the past, there were many thick ginkgo trees in our village, and it was easy to get some branches or something to boil water, but now these trees have become "ancient and famous trees" protected by the state. The ginkgo tree can live for hundreds of years, because it blooms at night and people never see it, so the ancients believed that it hid some special power, so in the past, the sigil of the town house should be carved with ginkgo wood, which has the effect of deterring unclean things.

Originally, in order to prevent the river from wetting his body, he specially asked Hetu to get a dress made of oilcloth paper, but now he uses scissors to cut it open and take a look, good guy, this child's whole body is almost covered with snails, and the special fishy smell is almost all over the whole house, and people feel pity and fear when they look at it.

Two large vats of hot water were boiled, one of which was filled with only salt.

After the hot water boiled, the river map covered with snails was carefully carried by Cha Wenbin into the salted bucket. The snails couldn't bear the sudden rise in the temperature of the water, and they peeled off Hetu's body, and when Hetu was picked up from the bucket again, his body was densely covered with red spots caused by those suction cups, and the child's sin can be imagined.

The snails in the barrel were soaked in hot salt water, so death was instantaneous. Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong followed Cha Wenbin's instructions, scooped up all the snails in the bucket and wrapped them in cloth, and he would be useful later.

Hetu was already sitting in the bucket covered with wormwood and copper coins, his eyes closed. In Cha Wenbin's words, there is still a trace of breath still wandering, in our words, it is not completely dead.

Cha Wenbin is holding a gourd in his hand, which is the kind that is common in our rural areas. When the gourd is ripe, take it off, open a small opening from the top, take out all the meat and seeds inside, and then boil it with boiling water for ten minutes, and then put it in the sun to expose it.

The gourd has the effect of turning evil into good fortune. In the eyes of the ancient Chinese people, the gourd is an important treasure with magical effects such as collecting demons and avoiding evil, removing Ernafu, and enhancing wealth. The shape of the gourd, the bottle mouth is small, the bottle body is large, which means that it is easy to enter and difficult to get out; It is used to dispel diseases and remove evil, and has the effect of preventing blood and light. Hanging the gourd in front of the patient's bed or on the patient's sleeping side can help the patient to recuperate. The gourd is hung outside the gate, which has the effect of keeping the people in the house safe.

Now Cha Wenbin poured the water in this bucket with a gourd, and then poured it down from the top of Hetu's head, and did not fill a gourd with water to collect a few points of evil qi from his body, and later, an empty gourd bottle can make people tired and panting if they want to pick it up, and the original sun-dried gourd is as firm as the iron plate, and now it is also full of cracks on the surface.

About two hours later, Cha Wenbin was already slumped on the ground, and the river map in the bucket was closed.

At first, the water in the barrel still had a strong snack of snails, but by this time only the smell of wormwood remained.

Then pour out the water in the barrel, and raise another bucket, in addition to the raw materials just now, add cinnabar, and keep maintaining the temperature in the barrel. It continued like this until the night, and Hetu's face began to turn slightly from purple to pale, and the red dot marks on his body gradually faded.

Cha Wenbin and the others haven't closed their eyes for a day and a night, he can't sleep yet, and he still has a lot to do.

The gate of Cha's house was closed, and a table in the courtyard had been arranged, and in the middle of the table was a red tray, on which was a cooked pig's head, two plates of steamed buns stacked highly, and two bowls of upside down rice, as well as incense candles.

Ma Sufeng's spiritual seat has been held out and placed at the front of the table, a heavenly master talisman with red letters on a yellow background is pasted on the spiritual seat, and the whole table is also covered with yellow brocade, and the pattern of gossip is painted on it.

For the sake of this precious apprentice, Cha Wenbin can be said to be ready to do whatever it takes, and Master Zu was brought out to help.

Hetu was lying flat on the bed at the moment, and Cha Wenbin dipped a brush in cinnabar and drew seven small circles on him, which happened to be the seven acupoints on the human body.

Taoists believe that people have three souls and seven spirits, and the body of the master must first protect the seven spirits in order to save their lives, and if they lose one soul, they will definitely die of violent illness. And the seven acupuncture points that want to come out of the body have their corresponding acupuncture points, and the acupuncture points that are now circled by Cha Wenbin are the key to keeping the seven spirits.

The ancients had a saying: "Cultivating the origin is the first, saving the treasure of life is urgent, and if you still have a breath, you can recover your life!" ”。

What Cha Wenbin has to do is to first open the seven-star life-sustaining method used by Zhuge Kongming back then. He had used it once, but it was different from this time, which was much more dangerous than the previous one.

The seven-star lamp is divided into the inner seven stars and the outer seven stars, the inner seven stars are to open the seven stars to guard the soul with acupuncture points, and the outer seven stars are the ever-bright lamps to protect life.

The key to the lantern is not to put it in the right place, but to add that oil. The oil in the lantern cannot be poured directly into the bowl, but two bowls need to be put together and collided, and the oil in the bowl filled with oil is shaken into the other bowl. If the way to add oil is wrong or the oil is forgotten, then life can not be continued, once the impermanence comes, according to the current ability of Cha Wenbin, it is impossible to stop him from taking people.

The so-called seven-star lantern refers to the seven large, critical acupuncture points in the body that can absorb and convert the light of the high-dimensional space life energy. These seven acupuncture points are distributed in the human body, and if you stand on the left side and look at it, it is exactly a Big Dipper pattern with the mouth facing forward and downward. The names of its acupuncture points and the names of the seven stars are: ??

Jizhong acupoint: for the poor wolf star lamp;

There is a virtual point hanging in front of the eye point: the giant gate star lamp;

Mud Pill Cave: For Lu Cun Star Lantern;

Spine acupoint: for the Wenqu star lamp;

Life Gate Point: For the incorruptible star lamp;

Dantian Qi acupoint: for the martial arts star lamp;

Submarine Cave: For Tiangang Star Lantern!

This is also the seven points of people's natal life, which constitute the seven star lamps of natal life in the human body. Kong Ming used the Outer Seven Star Fighting Method to continue his life, but he was unexpectedly broken by someone and failed to continue his life. He only knew that the outer seven stars were blown out by someone entering the door, but he didn't know that there was an inner seven-star lamp in the human body, if he had lit up his inner seven stars back then, it was to open the door and let the northwest wind blow wildly, and the lamp would not go out as usual.

The seven acupuncture points presided over by the Seven Star Lantern are all the key to life. There is a cloud in the Danjing: "From this upward, the secret of a thousand saints is not passed on, and the apprentices of later generations are so rare to hear of and encounter." If a person knows this, he can really take away the divine merit and change the destiny of heaven. "

The seven-star lamp method is used to add oil and receive life, which is to use the spiritual light and spiritual qi in the universe as the "oil", the gathering of the spiritual gathering method as the "add", and the contemplation and vipassana meditation as the "connection". First point the inner seven stars, also called back the light inside, and then point the outer seven stars, also called back the light. Usually after a person is critically ill, there will be obvious signs of improvement in his body one day, and he wants to eat and drink, and his family thinks it is a good thing, but usually the old man who knows the door will say that this person is afraid that he will not be able to do it, which is a return to the light.

Soon after the return to the light, usually this person will return to the sky, and the outer seven stars are to prolong the time of this return to the light as much as possible, and Zhuge just wanted to continue his life in turn, but the formation was broken.

If it is a little bit outside the seven stars, it will be necessary for Cha Wenbin to get back the soul lost by Hetu within the specified time, not only to return the soul to its place before the yin difference comes, but otherwise, after the return to the light is over, he will be killed.