Chapter 41: The Amulet
Hidden in a very secret cave in the stone forest to rest, in my sleep, I seemed to hear some subtle rustling sounds, I suddenly realized that a mysterious person found this place, to catch turtles in the urn. But when I listened carefully, it seemed that someone was calling my name, and it was "Feng Sheng". I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, fat people don't usually call me by this name, could it be that the master and his old man are here. When I thought of this, I immediately fell asleep, and when I turned over, I found the fat man lying at my feet, already snoring like thunder. I couldn't help but laugh in my heart: This guy swore to me that he would keep a good vigil, and he fell asleep without asking me to change shifts.
By the faint moonlight I looked around the cave, there was no one else except me and the fat man, could it be that I had just fallen asleep and mistaken the dream for reality. Thinking of this, I tightened my clothes and prepared to turn my head back and continue sleeping. As a result, I faintly heard the faint sound of rustling in the stone cave, although the sound was small, but in the quiet night, it suddenly penetrated into the ears. I couldn't help but be very shocked and wondered: Could it be that there are rats or other creatures in this cave? Thinking of this, I got up and looked inside the cave. As a result, not to mention the mice, not even a small bug was found. I suddenly wondered, I really heard a noise just now, it couldn't be an auditory hallucination, what was it that made this disturbing sound in the dark?
So, I closed my eyes and listened carefully in the dark, and this time I clearly heard the sound coming from the stone wall behind me, and I was immediately surprised: with the ability of a mouse, it should not be able to gnaw through the hard stone, could it be that there is a mezzanine behind the stone wall, and there are ghosts and other foreign objects hidden in it.
I walked up to the stone wall and pressed my ear to the stone to listen, but I didn't hear anything. So, I groped up and down the stone wall, and found that there was a coin-sized groove in the lower left corner of the stone wall, so I put my finger in and tried to press it, and it felt as if it was moving, but I couldn't press it with the strength of my fingers alone, so I took out the slingshot from my arms, held it in my hand, and inserted the handle of the slingshot into the groove hard. I heard a "click", and the stone wall in front of me opened upward, and I was so shocked that I couldn't speak.
I saw the stone wall open upwards, and hurriedly turned around and pushed the fat man who was lying on the ground sleeping, but he didn't wake up. I lit a fire and moved the light closer to the stone wall. As a result, this look can't help but make me gasp.
There was a niche in the stone wall in front of the meeting, in which sat a silver-haired old man sitting cross-legged, with his eyes closed and his face charitable and peaceful. At first, I didn't dare to make any movements, for fear of disturbing the old man who cultivated, but later I found that the old man had already sat down, so I looked the old man who had passed away up and down, and saw that he was wearing a cyan robe, and his thick silver hair was meticulously tied into a bun on the top of his head, and he didn't look like a modern person.
I have to sigh that the body of the old man in front of me is like a living one, is this the legendary immortal "flesh bodhisattva", I heard that eating the flesh of the flesh bodhisattva has the same effect as eating the flesh of the Tang monk. However, I think that the immortal body of the bodhisattva in the flesh may be some kind of special fungus guide, even if it can be immortal, it is estimated that it will only become an immortal zombie, and it will not be an immortal body at all. There is no such thing as immortality in this world, everything has its own laws of life and death, unless you are beyond the Six Realms.
I saw a package beside the old man, so I reached out to take it out and look at it, but when I touched it lightly, the cloth wrapped around it turned into ashes and scattered all over the ground, revealing the contents inside. There were a few candles that had turned reddish-brown inside, and a few simple fire folds, and there was a black thing underneath that couldn't see the specific appearance, so I curiously picked it up and took a closer look, it turned out to be a black donkey's hooves, and it had been some years, black and translucent, and the whole body was carved with some kind of ancient rune. This black donkey's hooves engraved with a spell are really a good thing, and you don't have to be afraid of what kind of zongzi you encounter when you enter the tomb in the future. It seems that the old man in the alcove is a great senior, and he doesn't know why he died in the niche in this stone cave.
After taking the black donkey's hooves out of the alcove, he continued to look through the tattered baggage, which contained some other things, which were so rotten that they were unrecognizable. I saw a gold thread at the bottom, tied to a wooden sign. I gently lifted the gold thread, then put the wooden sign on the palm of my hand, carefully wiped off the dirt on it, illuminated it with a fire fold, and looked at the wooden sign carefully. Suddenly, he was taken aback and hurriedly took a closer look.
In ancient times, this kind of wooden plaque was generally engraved with a name to identify the identity, just like the current ID card. And this wooden plaque is not engraved with a name, but with some inscriptions and charms, and in my eyes, my heart is very excited. Because, this wooden plaque is the "peach wood ghost brand talisman" that has been passed down from generation to generation by the mountain movers.
The people who moved the mountain respected the ancestor of the Taoist family, Taishang Laojun, as the grandmaster. Legend has it that before the ancestor ascended to the fairy world, he accidentally entered Penglai Immortal Island, ate a thousand years of immortal peaches, and took the peach pit out of the immortal island. Knowing that the seeds of the immortal peach could not grow and bear fruit in the human world, he divided the palm-sized peach pit into four pieces of peach wood of the same size, and carved it into the "Millennium Peach Wood Town Ghost Card", with an inscription engraved on the front, which can communicate with the gods of the Three Realms; The reverse side is engraved with a Sanskrit talisman to deter ghosts and ghosts from all directions. It is passed on to Taoist disciples and is used to kill demons and relieve the common people.
I have seen the exact same peach wood ghost card from the master, and he has always been very careful about the baby's personal carrying, saying that in previous years, the inverted bucket relied on it to keep safe, so that he could live until now. The master's peach wood plate was passed down to him by the master, saying that it was a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation in different places. As for the other three ghost brand amulets, except for one known one that was taken abroad by a foreigner, the other two are gone. The master once said that his regret was that the mountain movers were left with the only one door left, and he had always wanted to take back the four mahogany cards for the ancestors to rank near, but he had not been able to fulfill his wish.
Looking at the old man in the alcove in front of him, he couldn't help but think to himself, we must be from the same school, and we have continued to write a fate here because of fate. Thinking of this, I was immediately ecstatic and put the black donkey's hooves and wooden cards into my pocket, and then knelt down reverently, bowed to the corpse three times, and read: "I have a chance encounter with my predecessors, and I will take the things cheekily and use them to carry forward the sect." The corpse of the seniors, the younger generations do not dare to touch it lightly, for fear of damage, you old man, just rest at ease in this immortal realm! By the way, I bless the younger generations to be able to make a fortune safely in the future. After worshipping, he withdrew from the alcove, and the stone door on the stone wall immediately fell down automatically, and was restored to its original state.
I touched the things in my arms, and my heart blossomed, and I found that the fat man was still asleep and did not wake up, so I blew out the fire and walked out of the hole.
The starry sky was still shining, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and nothing unusual was found. So, I walked back to the cave and lay down in my clothes, although my body was hungry and cold, my heart was as sweet as drinking honey, and the corners of my mouth were unconsciously grinning to the root of my ears. As soon as I fell asleep, the fat man woke me up, and I asked him with sleepy eyes, "What are you doing?" I just fell asleep, why did you wake me up? ”
The fat man said to me who was not clear-headed, "You are stupid!" It's bright outside. ”
I got up and walked out in disbelief, and before I reached the entrance of the cave, I saw the sunlight shining through the cracks in the stones. It was really dawn outside, but I remember clearly that I had just fallen asleep, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange in my heart.
Back in the cave, the fat man was eating fruit to satisfy his hunger, he stretched out his hand and handed me a few, I took the fruit and gnawed it, while I couldn't suppress my excitement and told him what I experienced last night, the fat man said to me in disbelief: "You dreamed!" ”
I immediately retorted, "How is that possible? I'll open the stone door for you to see. ”
After saying that, I came to the stone wall where I saw the old man last night, but I couldn't find the groove I saw yesterday. I was surprised and thought: Impossible! Was it really a dream last night? Hurriedly rummaged through the inner pocket of the padded jacket and took out the mahogany brand amulet, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, it turned out that he was not dreaming, but it really happened.
The fat man's eyes lit up when he saw the peach wood ghost card in my hand, and he took the peach wood talisman in his hand and looked at it carefully, and said to me enviously: "That's right, it's exactly the same as Master's talisman." ”
I opened my backpack, and the black donkey's hooves were there, but the grooves on the stone wall yesterday had indeed disappeared without a trace, as if Nan Ke had a dream, and had never really existed.
The fat man said with a regretful expression: "It is estimated that the senior has already become an immortal, and he will leave with peace of mind when he hands you these things, but unfortunately I have no fate to meet." Let's not bother him unless you want to follow in his footsteps. ”
I smiled and said to him, "Pull it down, I haven't lived long enough to ascend to heaven so soon." We packed up and went home, and this time it was a great ride. After speaking, he laughed very proudly.
The fat man rolled his eyes and said in his mouth: "The ugly face of the capitalist." ”
I smiled and said to the fat man, "I'm so happy that I don't bother with you." After speaking, he walked out of the cave humming a little song. Suddenly remembering that there was still a ghostly enemy lurking outside in the driver's action, he couldn't get carried away too early and be too happy, lest the horse stumble and regret it. Immediately hurriedly bent down and hid behind the towering stone pinnacle and walked carefully.
As a result, I returned to the county seat unexpectedly.
Now the fat man and I looked so unsightly, our clothes were burned to the ground, and we were as tattered as beggars, and we hurried into a small clothing shop that sold clothes. When we were shopping for clothes, the sales lady stared at us like ghosts. Although we were not fugitives, but the things in the backpack made me feel a little weak, I took two clothes to change indiscriminately, quickly took out the money and threw it on the counter, and said to the sales lady, "No need to look for it", and hurriedly left the store.
So, the fat man and I were thieves, and we bought tickets to return to the capital in a hurry.
I kept secretly praying in my heart that I would never make any mistakes on the way back.
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