Lao Guo understood as soon as he heard it, the reason why Tang Chen chose the gossip convex mirror was originally to dispel evil. But think about it, if the Bagua Convex Mirror doesn't have the function of dissolving evil, maybe Tang Chen won't recommend it.

"Then we're waiting for the light. ”

Tang Chen said lightly, in his opinion, there was really no technical difficulty in opening a gossip mirror like Kaiguang.

"Shall we go shopping then?" asked Elder Zeng, "It seems that there is nothing to buy here, right?"

Tang Chen thought for a while and said, "Elder Zeng, do you know where someone can carve a seal?"

"Seal carving? Is this not all the streets?" Lao Guo interjected, "The seal carving in Quanzhou is still quite famous, right? After all, it is close to Hui'an, and Hui'an's carving is not in vain." ”

Zeng Lao also nodded: "Hui (hui) An wood carving and stone carving are quite famous, as for such a trivial matter as seal carving, it is not a problem, right?"

Tang Chen said with a smile: "I want to carve a sigil, and I don't use jade, it's just a wood seal, I don't know how long it will take?"

Lao Guo is engaged in brush paints, and he is also very familiar with seals: "Just like seals?"

"Well, it's almost, maybe it's much bigger than the seal...... Tang Chen thought for a while, "This is also the key to breaking the feng shui situation of the Zeng family's ancestral house, and it would be a bit troublesome without it." ”

As soon as it came to the Feng Shui Bureau of the ancestral house, Zeng Lao was interested: "Master Tang, is it really?"

Tang Chen nodded and said, "I don't know if Elder Zeng still remembers that I got a talisman in Panzhou?"

The magic of the "Void Drawing", not to mention in Panzhou, even in Hui'an, Zeng Lao once again witnessed this "magic skill", and he was naturally very impressed, and he couldn't forget it. "This ...... What does it have to do with the sigil?"

Facing Elder Zeng's question, Tang Chen said with a smile: "I think Elder Zeng also knows, the talisman also has a meaning, it is the identity certificate of ancient officials, also called the official seal. ”

Zeng Lao smiled and said: "Oh, it turned out to be an official seal! In fact, this official seal has its own characteristics in different periods of history. The official seals include the emperor's jade seal, imperial treasure, official seals of court officials at all levels, local administrative seals, official seals of officials at all levels, official seals of military institutions, seals of low-level institutions, seals of princes' separatist regimes, etc., and the hierarchical differences in the scale and material of official seals have been inherited from ancient times to the present.

In ancient times, the grade of officials was mainly distinguished by the size and material of the official seal. The higher the official position, the greater the official seal, and the greater the power. The size of the imperial treasure is the highest rank of the hundred officials, and it is more than twice the seal of the Shangshu Lingyin of the Three Divisions and Three Dukes who are second to the imperial power, indicating the supremacy of the imperial power.

As for the emperor's imperial treasures, there are two kinds: gold and jade. Since the Qin Dynasty, the seal of the Son of Heaven has been called the seal, jade. When Wu Zetian arrived, the 'seal' was changed to 'treasure'. Other seals could not use jade, which was the beginning of the seal system to limit the grade of materials, and this system continued almost until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

If you collect the official seal now, you should pay attention to its style, material, scale, and seal carving style. Now there are many imitations in the thrift market all over the country, and the production cost is only a few tens of yuan, and the asking price can reach hundreds of thousands of yuan......

Lao Guo said impatiently: "Okay, okay, now I don't listen to you talk about collecting scriptures." Master Tang, what's the difference between this sigil and the official seal?"

Tang Chen said with a smile: "Actually, this sigil is also called the law seal. As we all know, the ancients created the Chinese mythological system since ancient times, and they imagined that since there were people on the earth, there were gods in the sky. The people on earth are under the control of the emperor, but who is in charge of the gods in the sky? Thus, the Jade Emperor was created. Therefore, the heavenly court or something is actually a reflection of human society. Just now, Zeng Lao also said that in ancient times, the official seal was the certificate of being an official, in fact, it is the same in mythology, and this sigil is actually the seal of the gods. If mortals want to use the 'divine power' of the immortals, they have to 'borrow' from the immortals. How do you borrow it? Naturally, you have to rely on the Dharma seal and the sigil. To put it bluntly, this Dharma seal is actually the public seal of Taoism to reach the heavenly court, and it is also a Dharma object for exercising divine power. "Dong Xuan Sutra" said, 'The law is sealed, and the evil perishes', although this is a pretext for Taoism to tout the so-called 'divine power' of the immortals, but the ability of the rune to suppress evil and drive away evil can also be seen. ”

As soon as Tang Chen said this, everyone understood: "So this sigil can also suppress evil spirits and drive away evil spirits?"

"Not really...... Tang Chen thought for a moment before he said slowly, "According to incomplete statistics, there are more than two hundred kinds of Taoist runes, and there are all kinds of runes. For example, the 'Taoist Master's Treasure Seal', which is the most classic and commonly used Dharma seal in Taoism, can be used in various situations. All Taoist priests who have not been ordained or who practice on their own can use this seal as they please. Taoism, scriptures, and teachers are the highest beliefs of Taoism, and they are also the foundation of all laws. According to Taoism, this seal has the divine effects of 'Shen making chapters, sending talismans, refining the souls of the dead, sending wild ghosts, and opening up the darkness and enlightenment'.

Another example is the 'Demon God Seal', which has the effects of 'curing diseases, driving away evil spirits, suppressing ghosts, protecting oneself, eliminating monsters, and driving away nightmares', but I don't know if it's true or not. However, as long as the magic seal has been opened, it is probably a wonderful magic weapon to drive away evil spirits and suppress evil, and it is even better than other magic weapons in nature. ”

Zeng Lao was also very convinced of this statement. After all, Taoism started by catching ghosts and removing ghosts, and as for the sigil that can suppress evil spirits and drive away evil spirits, it is already a very common usage. Of course, Taoism says that the sigil has any miracle effect on healing, and Zeng Lao and Lao Guo will not believe it. Perhaps some Taoist priests did have a very high attainment in medicine and stone, such as the Tang Dynasty divine doctor Sun Simiao, who was actually a Taoist priest, and Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who was actually also a Taoist priest, but he was proficient in medicine and pharmacology, and advocated that Taoist priests also practice medical skills. There is an old saying in Taoism, called ten ways and nine doctors, the end of the Tao of the doctor, and the source of the Taoist's medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine is a branch of the Tao, and the Tao of medicine is not separated.

However, some Taoist priests only pretend to be gods and ghosts, and do not study medicinal stones, so they say that the sigil can cure diseases, which is absurd.

"Then let's go find someone to engrave this sigil now?" asked Lao Guo.

Tang Chen smiled: "I have to go to the big pharmacy to get peach gum, well, there are other medicinal herbs......"

Zeng Lao nodded: "It's still early, it should be in time, right?" By the way, Master Tang, do you have any requirements for this rune seal?"

"The key is that the appearance is almost the same, the runes on the runes are accurate, and there is nothing ...... By the way, it is best to carve it from jujube wood, or peachwood. For the rest, there's really nothing to ask for. Tang Chen said with a smile, "Everyone knows that peach wood drives away evil spirits, in fact, jujube wood is similar, but jujube wood is more inclined to avoid ghosts and evil yin qi." Peach and jujube are both common woods, so it shouldn't be difficult to find, right?"

(End of chapter)