"Longevity?"

The temple Zhu also walked up to them and asked suspiciously, "Is this thing a long-lived thread?"

Zeng Lao sighed and said, "That's right, it's a long life." ”

"What's the use of this thing?" Miaozhu was a little confused.

Tang Chen smiled: "I don't know if you know the longevity lock?"

"Longevity lock? I know this, it's something that hangs on my chest, like a lock, right?"

Tang Chen nodded and said, "That's right, the longevity lock is also called the 'name lock'. It is mostly made of gold and silver, and is in the shape of an ancient lock, engraved with the words "longevity and longevity", "longevity and wealth". According to old legends, as long as you wear this kind of ornament, you can ward off disasters and evil spirits, and 'lock' your life, so many children have hung this ornament from a short time after birth, and have been hanging until adulthood. A lock is a device that acts as a closed utensil, and once a door, box, etc., is locked, it can only be opened with a key. By extending the usefulness of locks, they can be used to lock up invisible things. It can be said that the longevity lock can also be made into a magic weapon, which can also be regarded as a kind of magic weapon. ”

"That longevity lock and longevity wisp are also the same thing?"

Zeng Lao asked a little surprised.

Tang Chen shook his head and said, "The forms are all different, how can it be the same thing? However, the predecessor of the Longevity Lock is the 'Longevity Thread', which is well-founded." Counting from the time when Qu Yuan threw himself into the river in the Warring States Period, the longevity has gone through a history of more than 1,000 years. By the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the longevity wisp evolved into a longevity lock. ”

"I see!"

Zeng Lao and Miao Zhu both suddenly realized.

"The long-lived thread is also called 'continuous life thread', 'avoiding soldiers', 'five-color silk', 'longevity line' and so on. In ancient times, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year, women used red, yellow, blue, white and black silk threads or velvet threads to tie children's arms and wrists according to the custom of men on the left and women on the right, or hung on children's chests, mosquito nets, and cradles. It is said that the five-colored silk symbolizes the five-colored dragon, which can avoid plague and make people live a long and healthy life. Tang Chen explained.

Zeng Lao said: "This is also an allusion, the ancients took May as the evil month, and its weather was hot and steaming, and diseases were easy to spread. That is, around the fifth day of May, the colored silk thread is tied to the arm, which is said to be able to ensure safety and health, and it is also said to be able to avoid the disaster of the sword soldiers. It has been recorded in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Originally, it was woven into the sun, moon, stars, birds and beasts with colored silk threads, and was presented to the Venerable at home on the Dragon Boat Festival. It is very particular to wear multicolored threads, which are made of five colors of thread. The five colors are not just any five colors, but must be blue, white, red, black and yellow. These five colors represent wood, metal, fire, water, and earth respectively from the theory of yin and yang and the five elements. At the same time, they symbolize the east, west, south, north and middle, and contain the divine power of the five directions, which can drive away evil spirits, dispel diseases and strengthen the body, and make people healthy and long-lived. The multicolored threads made are worn on the left side of the man and the right side of the woman, and can be tied around the hands and necks as well as on the ankles. ”

Tang Chen smiled and didn't speak again. In fact, he also knew little about this history, but Zeng Lao's knowledge of history was so profound that Tang Chen was in awe.

“...... From the wearing of multicolored threads, the custom of wearing sachets evolved. The sachet is commonly known as the fragrant cloth bag, and it is also an object that people must wear during the Dragon Boat Festival. The sachet is sewn from cloth of various colors, and contains spice powder made of cloves, vanilla, angelica, jatamansi, atractylodes and realgar, etc., and is worn on the child with colorful threads, and its function is also to ward off illness and evil spirits. Of course, applying realgar wine to children is also to ward off evil and strengthen the body. It is precisely because it has so many functions and meanings that the Dragon Boat Festival wears colorful threads, fragrant cloth bags and Tuxiong Huang wine still continue to this day. In many places, this custom still exists......"

Zeng Lao continued to popularize knowledge, but he also didn't understand: "But why is this 'green worm money' wrapped in longevity?"

Tang Chen said: "Whether it is a long-lived wisp or a long-lived lock, as long as it becomes a magic weapon, it has the miraculous effect of blinding the heavens, and it is used to blind the evil qi, so that the 'green worm money' is not easy to be discovered, and it seems to have become the simplest and most convenient choice...... In fact, the man succeeded. If it weren't for the accumulation of evil qi to a certain extent, I wouldn't have seen it so easily. Tang Chen couldn't help but sigh, this person is definitely a rare genius, if he hadn't gone astray, the future would be bright!

After listening to Tang Chen's explanation, Zeng Lao suddenly realized: "This is like in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang used the seven-star lamp to extend his life?"

"Zeng Lao, you probably don't know that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a seven-point romance and a three-point historical fact, right? Zhuge Liang is not so godly, and the seven-star lantern continues to live, which should also be made up. But in feng shui, the Big Dipper Array does have the miraculous effect of blinding the heavens. It's just that this kind of formation is not something that ordinary people can do. Tang Chen smiled bitterly.

Zeng Lao also smiled: "Actually, I rarely watch the Three Kingdoms anymore, and now I read more about Journey to the West." If you don't read Journey to the West, you don't read the Three Kingdoms! The Journey to the West seems to be full of contradictions, but in fact, it has a lot of meaning......

Tang Chen was stunned: "Journey to the West?

"It's because you didn't take a closer look, right?" Zeng Lao seemed to see through Tang Chen's details at a glance.

"Well, it's true that I've only watched TV series, and there's a simplified version ......," Tang Chen said a little embarrassed.

Zeng Lao said meaningfully: "If you want to understand Yangmou, you have to watch Journey to the West...... This is a personal realization, so I won't say more. If you're interested in checking it out, Journey to the West is actually a book of success. ”

"Okay......" Tang Chen promised on his lips, but he was actually very disapproving.

"I said, you deviated from the topic, right?" Miao Zhu said without tears, "Little master, you give a sentence accurately, has this become a success?"

Tang Chen Zhengse said: "The 'Green Worm Money' has been taken out, and most of the evil qi has been dispelled, and the feng shui situation in the Mazu Temple has not yet deteriorated. It only takes another three or five months to get back to normal. ”

"Then this peachwood sword ......" Miaozhu's grandson looked at Tang Chen a little annoyed.

Everyone looked at each other and cried out in disbelief: "This ...... How is this possible?"

It turned out that this peachwood sword had pierced through the "Breaking Charms", but the strange thing was that the "Breaking Charms" had been scorched a lot, as if they had been burned by fire. It's just that the paper is scorched and not melted, and the surrounding area is carbon black. And the peachwood sword, which looked okay, also became black on the surface, as if it had become a charcoal.

"Oh, you're talking about this?" Tang Chen said nonchalantly, "The peachwood sword is absolutely undamaged, it just looks a little scorched." This is the method of fighting with this 'green worm money' just now, and the 'Breaking Charm' can't withstand the pressure, and under the invasion of evil qi, it almost didn't spontaneously combust. Fortunately, in the end, the danger was saved and there was no big loss......"

Of course, Miao Zhu didn't care about the loss of a peachwood sword, but his grandson didn't seem to believe Tang Chen's words, so he took a tissue and wiped it. Sure enough, there was still a brown sword inside, and the surface was indeed just carbon black.

"Brother, you are blessed, this peachwood sword has become a magic weapon!" Zeng Lao sighed, "After carrying the evil qi for so long, and after the blessing of Master Tang, as long as you place it in the Mazu Temple, within two years, it will definitely be a magic weapon to suppress evil!" Master Tang, you said yes?"

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