The master stood still, frowning as if thinking about something. The grass ash figure had completely dispersed, and the plant ash and water were mixed together, turning into a basin of dirty liquid.

However, the complicated expression on the master's face quickly disappeared, and he turned his head and smiled at me: "Xiao Ming, the fat baby should be fine, let his parents do the rest first." Let's go, let's go back to the money shop with the master first, I have something to tell you. ”

Originally, I wanted to stay here to see the situation of the fat baby, but since the master said so, there must be his reasons. And the last sentence that the gray man who manifested as a god just now suddenly said a human sentence, although I don't quite understand what it means, but I still understand the word "senior brother".

I vaguely feel that this should be a major event related to the master!

With a creak, the master pushed open the door: "Brother Wang, the fat baby is fine." I still have something to do in the store, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I will take Xiao Ming back first. ”

As soon as the words fell, the parents of the fat baby, who were waiting outside the door for a long time, rushed to the front, thanked the master again and again, and then went into the house to see the fat baby's situation. I glanced back, and walked back behind the master to the banknote shop.

Along the way, the master was silent and did not speak, which is very rare, because when he was with me, the master talked a lot and talked to me about all kinds of things. Today, he is silent.

I didn't speak, first, I was digesting the process of the master forcibly pulling out the god fairy with the magic money just now; The second is also worried about the master. I had a bad feeling in my heart that something big was about to happen. The ordinary life of my master and I is very likely to be broken

In this way, both of us and the master and apprentice returned to the dark money shop in silence, at this time it was already noon, the master said to eat first, the dark money shop will not be open for business today, and there are some things to say to me.

After eating, the door of the banknote shop was closed, and the master and I sat in the courtyard, he smoked a dry cigarette, and then spit out a puff before he slowly spoke: "Xiao Ming, how old are you this year?" ”

"Thirteen." I'll be honest.

"Well, it's been thirteen years. I've lived in Two Rivers for thirteen years! You came across you on my first day in Two Rivers when I passed by the mountain temple on the north side of the town and heard babies crying inside. When I went inside, I found that there was a newborn baby who had been placed in front of the statue of the mountain god, as if it had been abandoned by his family. When I picked him up, I noticed that the baby's breath was faint, as if it was about to die. And his body was surrounded by dead air, and there was a black scratch on his face. This is not the most troublesome, the trouble is that at that time, I found that at least a dozen lonely ghosts are surrounding you, trying to get on you......"

My heart was shocked, and I stared at the master with a surprised look: "The abandoned baby that the master picked up in the mountain temple north of the town, is it me?!" ”

The master looked at me with a kind look and nodded.

From small to large, for so many years. The master never wanted to mention my background, and every time I asked, he deliberately diverted the topic and didn't want to tell me, so I didn't know how to know that the master himself talked about it today.

He continued: "You are the first person I met in Lianghe Town, and I think we have a fate, a fate of master and apprentice. So I used paper money to disperse those lonely ghosts, adopted you, and tried to raise you in every possible way. Teach you how to make and use the underworld banknote to this day......"

After speaking, the master was silent. I didn't speak, because I knew that it was impossible for the master to say these things to me inexplicably, and the master was a bit abnormal today.

"Master...... I don't know who my biological parents were, but they abandoned me and had nothing to do with me. I, Jiang Ming, were raised by you, and the name Jiang Ming was also taken by you, without you, there would be no me. Although I call you Master, in my heart, you are my father. I stood up and spoke loudly, in a very emotional tone.

The master stopped smoking and looked up at me in surprise, as if he didn't know why I was reacting so violently.

"Xiao Ming, you ......"

"Master, I've already guessed something. The underworld money master is not just making paper money for ordinary people to burn. Those magical things must have more important uses! It's like the nine weird words you usually ask me to practice, and today you used one of them to save the fat baby. And the late-night funeral we encountered last night, someone must have been behind it. The fat baby was by the fairy upper body, and it must have something to do with it, just now before the ashes of the grass and trees scattered, I said Senior brother, I found you. Master, you are so powerful, you are definitely not an ordinary person, you came to Lianghe Town thirteen years ago...... It's supposed to be hiding from someone, right? That person should not have a good relationship with you, but he is your junior brother, my uncle. "The more I talked, the more excited I became, and my spit flowed.

The master looked at me in surprise, and there was a different light in his eyes.

I walked a few steps to the master's side, and finally said, "So I guess that the uncle should actually be the master's enemy." You've been hiding from him for thirteen years, and he's chasing him now, right? The money shop can't be opened safely, right? ”

The master's face was stunned for a moment, and then he shook his head with a wry smile: "Xiao Ming, you ...... Grew up. You can guess these things yourself. Indeed, you're basically right. My junior brother, your uncle, has come here. I'm ...... with him Alas, don't say it, in short, it must be your life and death. ”

By this time, I had also quieted down. Moved the small wooden bench next to the master, sat down against the master, looked at the master and said, "Master, I'm not young anymore, since you have been teaching me some things besides making ordinary paper money since the incident in Shuitang Village when I was eight years old, then this time, no matter what happens, I will be with you." ”

The master touched the top of my head lovingly, and said very happily: "Xiao Ming has grown up, not small. Haha, since that's the case, the master won't treat you like a child. Now that things have come to this point, the master will simply open up and tell you everything he can tell you today. ”

I nodded excitedly: "What is going on with the master and uncle?" And since you have a mentor, you must also have a master, right? ”

"Okay, I'll cut it short." The master sighed, took a puff of dry smoke, swallowed the clouds and mist, and slowly narrated that it was something about the master......

The master's name is Jiang Tian, and the name is very domineering, but it is not intentional, because this name is taken by the master's master, that is, my ancestor. The reason why this is so is because Shigong has four apprentices, and their names are in the order of Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang. The master is the boss, so he is called Jiang Tian, and there are three junior disciples behind him.

Shi Zu is naturally also a designer of dark money. The banknote is the most important thing in the traditional Chinese sacrificial culture. And all the sacrifices and culture in China are inseparable from a local religion.

Taoism.

It can be said that all kinds of metaphysics circulating in China today are branches of Taoist thought. Taoism is the most intuitive embodiment and inheritance of Taoist thought.

Those who can be called "teaching" must have their own theories and armed forces. This is Taoism and Taoism. Taoism is some Taoist thought and learning, Taoism, and Taoism is naturally some mystical magic. In ancient and modern times, in China and abroad, only religions that have mastered great power can be passed on.

Taoism is the guardian of China's "Tao" cultural inheritance! And the inheritance of Taoism, I don't know when it began, it is divided into five different major branches, divided into, mountain, medicine, life, phase, and divination!

The mountain doctor's fate is divined, and these five branches contain almost all the mysteries of Taoism. It's complicated, and the weather is myriad. But within each branch, there are many subdivisions themselves. For example, the word "mountain" in Taoism is divided into more than a dozen different inheritances, and what is even more terrifying is that there are more than a dozen subdivisions under it.

And the designer of the dark banknote in the line that seems to be lowly and specializes in making paper money for the dead belongs to one of the branches of the Taoist Mountain Character Talisman!