Chapter 23: Gossip and Evil Money
"The five elements attribute of the mother Gu is wood, which can be dealt with golden objects, so the boss buried seven evil exorcism copper plates in that field and laid a Tiangang Beidou Array to temporarily suppress it and prevent it from coming out and hurting people. However, it is not easy to eradicate it completely, because it hides underground during the day, and it is difficult to find its traces, and at night, it may not be able to deal with it. Therefore, the boss went to the White Dragon Temple this time, on the one hand, to properly dispose of the soul stone, and on the other hand, to borrow the treasure of the White Dragon Temple, the Dragon Cloud Sword, to kill it. ”
"Is this Longyun Sword very powerful?" Cheap asked curiously.
"The Long Yun Sword has been passed down for hundreds of years, it is extremely sharp, and it contains Tiangang righteousness, it should be more than enough to deal with that thing. It's just that now it has been listed as a cultural relic, but I'm afraid that the White Dragon Temple may not be willing to borrow it. ”
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The three of us chatted and chatted, and before we knew it, it was past nine o'clock in the evening, Zhai Bo looked at his watch and said to the two of us: "It's not early, you two haven't reviewed your homework today!" Hurry up and read a book, and rest early. ”
The two of us wanted to ask more, but Uncle Zhai refused to answer anymore, so he had no choice but to retreat from his room and go back to his room.
The next day, because we were worried about the peach wood sword that Daddy Niu helped us make, we lied to Uncle Zhai, saying that we were going to school to review our homework, and after coming out of the house, we went straight to Fat Niu's house.
When we passed by the Land Temple, we found that a large area of land around the Land Temple had been fenced with a bamboo fence, and there was a wooden sign hanging on the fence, on which were crookedly written four big characters: "It is strictly forbidden to enter", needless to say, it must have been Huang Yixian who did this.
Although we knew that the female Gu would not come out during the day, the two of us still had some scruples in our hearts, so we didn't dare to stay around here longer, so we quickened our pace and ran over.
The two of us walked all the way, and after a while, we arrived at the door of the cow fat man's house, and saw the cow fat man busy in the yard from afar.
"Fat cow! What are you doing? I shouted.
Niu Fat Man raised his head, saw that it was the two of us, and greeted him with a smile: "Boss, cheap brother, you are here!" ”
The two of us stepped forward, and as soon as we got closer, I couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, is the sword ready?" ”
"It's done, it was done last night! You wait, I'll bring it out to you. After the fat man finished speaking, he turned around and went into the house.
After a while, he walked out with two two-foot-long peach swords, and I looked at the cheap and cheap, and suddenly my eyes lit up, and the two peachwood swords with a pale red body were not only good overall workmanship, but even the patterns on them were quite exquisitely carved.
I couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! Your father's craftsmanship is really not covered! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Father Niu walked out of the house on crutches and said with a smile: "Hehe, it's over!" As long as you're satisfied! ”
"Satisfied! So satisfied! Uncle Xiexie! I was about to put away the peachwood sword, but Daddy Niu said, "Wait, are you going to take it back like this?" This sword isn't ready yet! ”
"Isn't that already pretty good?" I glanced at the peachwood sword in my hand again, and I really didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Niu Dad Haha smiled: "This is just carving out the outline of the sword, if you just take it back like this, within a month, the sword body will have to crack, and the peach wood sword must be soaked, steamed, boiled, covered, dried, dried and other processes to be durable." This process will take at least half a month. ”
After listening to Daddy Niu, I was dumbfounded with the cheap, I didn't expect it to take so much to make a peachwood sword, the key is to wait for so long, originally the two of us said on the way here that while Huang Yixian was not there these days, it was just right to practice with the peachwood sword, but now it seems that it will not work.
But after thinking about it, half a month later, we just finished the high school entrance examination and went for the summer vacation, and if the peachwood sword can be made at that time, it will not delay our practice.
The two of us had to hand the peachwood sword back into the hands of Daddy Niu.
In the next few days, due to the approaching high school entrance examination, the study was relatively tight, and I didn't have time to go to Niu Fatzi's house again, and stayed up until the weekend, Huang Yixian happened to have not come back.
Passing by the land temple, I found that the bamboo fence had been opened by someone with a large gap of more than one meter wide, and judging from the footprints on the ground, it seemed that someone had ever entered the fence.
We craned our necks to look inside the fence, and the remnants of the Land Temple were still standing alone, but because the garbage around it had been cleaned up, it seemed much more empty, which added to the mystery.
I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, who would come to this place if they have nothing to do? Out of curiosity, I really wanted to go in and see what was going on, but after all, the cheap had the experience of ghosts here, and although it was unlikely that he would encounter anything evil in broad daylight, he still had lingering palpitations, pulled my clothes, and said, "What's so beautiful, let's go!" It's never too late to come back when the peachwood sword is ready. ”
The cheap insisted on not wanting to go in, and he didn't let me in, I couldn't insist anymore, so the two continued to drive to the cow fat man's house.
When we arrived at the fat man's house, he was sitting on a wooden chair at the door and reading with his head buried in his head, and I called out to him, but there was no response. I was wondering how this guy could read so seriously today, and when I got closer, I realized that he was already asleep, drooping his head, and his dream saliva had dripped onto the book in his hand, and he was snoring slightly.
The cheap reached out and shoved him on the head, shouting, "It's class!" ”
Niu Fat immediately stood up reflexively, stunned for a while, and then realized that he was in his own home, he raised his hand to wipe the saliva marks on the corner of his mouth, looked at me and the cheap, and said with a smile: "Boss, brother, why are you here so early!" ”
"We snuck out and came over to see how the sword was doing."
The fat man immediately pointed his hand into the courtyard and said, "Where is the sword!" ”
Only then did we notice that there was a bench in the courtyard, and on top of the bench, there were two peachwood swords.
The two of us walked over, and when we took a look, we found that the two peachwood swords had changed color, and the original pale red sword body had now turned into a deep red, as if it had been painted with a layer of paint.
Just as we were wondering, Daddy Niu came out of the house on crutches, and I immediately stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, did you paint the peachwood sword?" ”
"Hehe, of course not, the peachwood sword can't be painted, and besides, I don't have paint at home." Daddy Niu said with a smile.
"And how did this sword come to this color?" I was confused.
Niu Dad explained: "After the peach wood is soaked, steamed, boiled and other processes, the color will gradually change, and when the peach wood sword is completely done, the color of the sword body will become darker. ”
After listening to Father Niu's words, I immediately remembered that the peachwood sword commonly used by Huang Yixian was copper-colored. I couldn't understand it before, because the copper-colored mahogany sword looked very old, and I didn't understand why he didn't change it to a new one.
Father Niu said again: "In a few days, the peach wood sword should be ready, however, I have heard Mr. Mo say that the rigidity of the peach wood is too strong, and if it is a person who lives yin, it is easy to be eaten by it." ”
"What? And this kind of thing!? I immediately turned my head to look at the cheap, he is a pure yin, why use a peachwood sword.
The cheap hurriedly asked, "Is there any way to resolve it?" ”
Daddy Niu pondered for a moment and said, "I've heard of a method, but I don't know if it works. ”
"What's the idea!?" Cheap asked.
"It is said that hanging a red rope on the hilt of the sword, and tying a gossip money to the red rope to ward off evil spirits, can dissolve the fierceness of the peach wood."
"What is gossip money?" I asked curiously.
Father Niu was a little surprised: "You are from Qibao Zhai, and you don't know how to gossip and avoid evil money?" ”
My face turned red, and I was embarrassed to say that Huang Yixian forbade us to contact this kind of thing, so I had to say that I didn't care about it on weekdays, so I didn't know.
Seeing that we were all curious, Father Niu introduced us to us: "Gossip money is a kind of money, which originated in the Han Dynasty and looks similar to the ancient copper coins, but it is minted by the people themselves and cannot be used for circulation." There are many kinds of money spent, there are exorcism, furnace, town library, gifts, blessings, rewards, plays, accessories, zodiac, etc., gossip money is dedicated to exorcise evil money, its front is generally printed with gossip patterns, and the back is printed with the words "kill ghosts and exorcise evil spirits" or the statue of the heavenly master Zhong Kui. ”
After listening to Daddy Niu's introduction, I immediately thought of the copper coins that Huang Yixian used that day, and at that time I wondered why there was no year name, it turned out to be a special evil money.
Coming out of the fat man's house, the cheap looked listless all the way, and I couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong with you?" The peachwood sword is about to be made, why are you so melancholy. ”
He sighed: "Alas, what if it's done, you didn't hear Niu Fatzi and his father just now say that the person who lives Yin will be counterattacked by the peach wood sword." ”
"But didn't he also say that he could use red rope and evil money to resolve the rigidity of the peachwood sword."
"The red rope is easy to find, but I haven't even seen the gossip money to avoid evil, where can I get it."
"I've seen it."
"Where have you seen it?" The cheap and cheap immediately came to the spirit.
I looked around, lowered my voice and said, "The last time I excavated Li Fangtian's body, Huang Yixian took out a few evil moneys printed with the words "killing ghosts and exorcising evil spirits. ”
"You said you'd seen it there, of course I knew he had it, so what, he wouldn't give it to me." The cheap look darkened again.
"You listen to me first, do you remember what Uncle Zhai said that day, he said that Huang Yixian buried seven copper coins under the ground next to the Land Temple in order to temporarily suppress that female Gu, needless to say, it must be the few evil coins I saw."