Chapter 20: The Seven-Star Peachwood Sword
I was thinking about what I would do if this really happened, but Huang Yixian had already pulled his hand out of the coffin unharmed, and there was an extra black stone about a foot long, which resembled a human shape, needless to say, this was the stone that was once worshipped as a land god, and it was very evil. Before I could see the appearance of the stone clearly, Huang Yixian had already quickly wrapped it in a black cloth, and also pasted a paper symbol on the black cloth.
He carefully packed the black stone wrapped in black cloth into his backpack, turned his head to Li Changshui and said, "If you don't mind, I will take this stone to the White Dragon Temple and sink it into the White Dragon Pool to suppress its evil spirit." ”
Li Changshui hurriedly said: "Then there is Master Lao Huang!" ”
Huang Yixian changed the topic again: "In addition, I made a hexagram just now and found that Li Fangtian died when he was the most vicious, so the work of carrying the coffin cannot be done by people with foreign surnames, it must be done by the Li clan, otherwise, I am afraid that his soul will not rest in peace, and it will still disturb the peace of the village." As he spoke, he turned to me and the fat man and said, "Don't get in the way here, stay on the side!" ”
I just couldn't ask for it, but the fat man hadn't reacted yet, he seemed to be worried that he hadn't finished his work, and Li Changshui would ask for his wages back, so he was a little reluctant to leave, so I hurriedly pushed and pulled him out of the pit.
Li Changshui didn't expect Huang Yixian to suddenly come out like this, and he was in trouble for a while, who should he find to carry this coffin now! You can't add more money, not to mention that no one may be willing to do it. He pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a way that was not a solution, that is, to adopt a fair lottery method to determine the person who would carry the coffin.
He summoned all the young and strong men of the village, and after a lot drawing, four young men were identified to carry the coffin. The people who were not selected cheered one by one, and the four people who were drawn were all dead-faced, but the matter has come to this point, and several of them can no longer shirk it, so they can only bite the bullet.
The firewood stack rack for cremation had already been erected, and the four young men, under the guidance of Huang Yixian, carefully lifted the rotten coffin to the board cart and pulled it towards the firewood stack rack.
Niu Fatzi was worried that Li Changshui would ask for his salary back, and he was always restless, and because I had already exposed my identity in front of Huang Yixian, it was inconvenient for me to stay here anymore, and I was still thinking about the peach stake, so I pulled Niu Fatzi and went to his house.
As soon as he reached the door of his house, he saw a middle-aged man sitting on a small wooden bench in front of the door, carefully examining the mahogany stake, and on the ground beside him, there was an axe and a pile of firewood that had been split.
When I saw this jiashi, I was shocked: what is he going to do!? I guess I'm planning to use the peach stake as firewood?
I was about to open my mouth to stop it, but the fat man shouted: "Dad! "It turns out that this is the fat man of the cow and his father!
Father Niu raised his head and glanced at the two of us, and immediately showed a smile on his face: "The military man is back, who is this?" ”
"He is my classmate, and he is the Brother Yu I often mention to you." Apparently, he mentioned me in front of his father more than once.
Daddy Niu smiled and nodded at me: "Hello! ”
"Hello Uncle Niu!" I hurriedly responded.
Because when we were digging up the coffin just now, we were covered in mud, Daddy Niu asked in wonder, "Why are you two so dirty?" ”
"I did some work in Li Village just now!" Niu Fat replied lightly, glanced at the peach stake in his father's hand, and asked, "Dad, what are you doing?" ”
"I was going to chop some firewood, but I found that it was a very haode peach wood, and it was a pity to chop it, so I was reluctant to do it. Where did you get that? "Niu Fat once said that Father Niu was originally a carpenter, so he had a pity for Haode wood, and I was relieved when I heard him say this.
"I didn't get it! It was temporarily stored in our house by Brother Yu, don't fiddle with it. The fat man stepped forward, removed the peach stake from his father's hand, and took it to the corner of the wall.
There was a look of disappointment on Daddy Niu's face, but soon he smiled again, raised his head and asked me, "What are you going to do with such a piece of mahogany stake?" ”
"Hehe, use it to make a peachwood sword." I was worried that he would split the mahogany stake, so I had to tell the truth.
"Make a peachwood sword?" Daddy Niu was a little surprised.
I hurriedly explained: "My uncle opened a feng shui shop in the north of the city. ”
"There is only one Qibao Zhai in the feng shui shop in the north of the city, so you are Master Huang's apprentice?"
"It's not an apprentice, it's a nephew." I corrected. Although over the years, many people will regard me as Huang Yixian's apprentice, I will correct it every time, because in my heart, there is only one master.
Daddy Niu smiled, didn't say anything more, and continued to bury his head in chopping his firewood.
At this time, Niu Fat suddenly thought of something, he took out the three hundred yuan he had just earned from his trouser pocket and handed it to Niu Dad: "Dad! Here you go! ”
Father Niu was startled when he saw that the fat man actually took out so much money at once, and he was so shocked that the axe in his hand fell to the ground without realizing it, he slowly raised his head and asked with a serious expression: "Soldier, where did you get so much money?" ”
"I didn't say it just now, I'm going to work in Li Village!"
"Don't fool me! What a half-day life can make so much money! Honestly, where did you get the money? "Daddy Niu must have thought that the money from the fat man was not coming from the right way.
"It's earned by working!"
"Tell me, then, what kind of work are you doing?"
"Dig the dirt!"
"How much can you make by digging soil? You should be digging for gold! ”
Niu Fatzi has always been not good at arguing, and he was anxious when his father asked, and blurted out: "Oh, it's not ordinary soil, it's a cemetery!" ”
"What! You two went to rob the grave!? Father Niu was so startled that he suddenly got up from the small wooden bench, but because of the car accident a few years ago, now he only has one leg left, as soon as he stood up, his body immediately leaned to the side, and the fat man hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
He pushed the fat cow away, stretched out his hand to palm the wall next to him to stabilize his body, and scolded: "You rabbit cub, you actually did such a hurtful thing!" How can I teach you on weekdays, people are poor, how can you ......"
Father Niu was so angry that his whole body trembled, and the fat man was also in a hurry, and when he was in a hurry, he couldn't speak clearly, and he couldn't say a whole sentence for a long time.
I hurriedly explained: "Uncle, you misunderstood, in fact, this is the case. ”
In order to explain clearly, I had to tell the truth, starting from the peach tree we cut down last night, and told the whole story. Niu Fat helped him sit down, and he asked with some surprise, "Li Fangtian's body was really dug up?" ”
I nodded: "If you really dig it out, it's me who dug it out with the fat cow." ”
He turned his head to look at the mahogany stake in the corner of the wall and asked, "Then what are you going to do with this peachwood stake?" If you let the people of Li Village know that it was a few of you who cut down the peach tree, it will be a big problem. ”
"I know, so I'm going to make it into a peachwood sword as soon as possible, but ......" I was about to say something.
"Just what?"
"It's just that I don't know how to make a mahogany sword yet! Now I can't give this mahogany stake to my uncle, alas......" I sighed.
Father Niu pondered for a long time, raised his head and said, "If you can trust me, I can help you make this peachwood sword!" ”
"Uncle, you're going to do this too?" I was amazed and delighted.
"I used to help a Mr. Yin and Yang make a hand, and he also drew a special picture, and I still keep it, you wait!" After Daddy Niu finished speaking, he took the crutches that he put aside, stood up, and entered the house with the crutches.
After a while, he came out of the house with a piece of white paper, which had been somewhat yellowed, and spread out the white paper, and sure enough, a sword was drawn on it. However, this sword is a bit special, the sword grid (note: also known as the handguard, refers to the oval disc between the sword body and the hilt as a handguard) is narrow, almost flush with the sword body, unlike the common mahogany swords, the sword grid is often relatively wide.
Father Niu introduced: "This picture is painted with a seven-star peachwood sword, according to Mr. Yin and Yang, it can be used to ward off evil spirits and ghosts. ”
"Dad, where did you get this picture? How could I not know! ”
"Hehe, speaking of which, this picture has nothing to do with Li Fangtian that you dug up today!"
"What does it have to do with him? Tell me, what's going on? "At the mention of Li Fangtian, my curiosity was immediately aroused.
Father Niu said: "After Li Fangtian died, there were a lot of evil things in this area, but in that era, no one dared to mention it, and later Huang Youcai, the director of the Revolutionary Committee, was killed by a thunderbolt on a dry day when he stopped digging the grave, and everyone panicked and secretly found a Mr. Yin and Yang, but the magic weapon used by this Mr. Yin and Yang has long been confiscated and destroyed, and he can't work without a magic weapon, so he asked me to make a peachwood sword." ”
"So, uncle, do you know this Mr. Yin and Yang?"
"Of course I know, his surname is Mo, everyone calls him Mr. Mo, before the Cultural Revolution, he was a smash hit Mr. Yin and Yang in the county, I heard that he is the descendant of the Maoshan branch, very powerful!"
"And where is he now?" I pressed on.
"After that incident, the Revolutionary Committee issued a letter of introduction to him, and I heard that he went to Guangzhou, but I don't know where he is now, and I haven't seen him since then."
After listening to what Daddy Niu said, I became more and more puzzled, who is this Mr. Mo? When Li Changshui went to look for Huang Yixian in the shop this morning, Huang Yixian seemed to call this Mr. Mo a Jianghu Warlock, Jianghu Warlock is a contemptuous name for Mr. Yin and Yang, why would Huang Yixian be so disrespectful to him?