Chapter 174: Asking for Seals
Of course, the premise is that the person you are looking for must be reliable, and you know what to say when you ask for a seal.
Because people are the lowest level of immortals, they can't promise too big things.
There is a saying that if virtue is not matched, there will be disaster.
If he talks nonsense, and seals you to become a Buddha or an immortal, not only will it not be realized, but it will also be devoured by creation, not to mention that the Tao is abolished, and it will be good if he can leave a life.
In the existing legends, the most frequent occurrence is the weasel begging for the seal.
Those who are shallow will bow at people, begging you for auspicious words, maybe they can increase its cultivation for many years, and those who are deep will spit out people's words and ask you if it looks like a person.
Especially in the deep mountains and old forests of the Northeast, people and animals live in harmony, there will always be a variety of folk taboos passed on from the old generation, for example, when the weasel begs for sealing, it can not be easily succeeded, it is best to say that it is like a donkey dung egg called a flower chicken and other pickled things, can abolish it a lot of Taoism, otherwise, it will really become a fine, it will become a scourge, disturbing people and animals.
However, the story Chen Xianglin told us did not take place in the Northeast, but in the Central Plains.
Legend has it that there is a small mountain village under Taihang Mountain, called Mung Bean Tun, the population of the village is not much, most of them make a living by planting crops, in the winter when the farming season is off, the young and strong laborers of the village will go into the mountains to hunt some game and bring it back with salt, and keep it for the New Year.
If you are lucky, you can also meet wild boars and other large items, at this time everyone will make an appointment in advance, carry the shotgun, and cats in the place infested with wild things for a day or two, and then carry it back together to share the meat with everyone, which is a great joy for the villagers, which means that they can have a good year.
This year, the heavy snow closed the mountain, there was a young man named Shen Lian in the village, just after the snow in winter, someone hung the shadow of a wild boar, it seems that it is not small, if you can catch it, each family can share a dozen catties of wild boar no problem.
After hearing about this incident, Shen Lian and several young people in the village entered the mountain early this morning, and agreed to look for it separately.
After all, wild boars are not the same as ordinary hares and pheasants, if they encounter ordinary beasts, they will basically end the battle with one shot, but wild boars are different, in addition to the sharp fangs on both sides of the arch beak, there is also a thick layer of wild boar skin on the body.
This wild boar likes to go to the pine tree to tickle it, the pine tree will flow pine oil over time, and once the boar skin rubs the pine oil, it will become very strong.
Not to mention chopping with knives and axes, even with guns may not be able to pierce the boar skin.
Therefore, if you want to catch an adult wild boar, you can say that there are five or six adult men, and if you don't catch a wild boar, even dragging is a matter.
Because the average adult wild boar is four or five hundred pounds, two or three young men can't drag it at all.
Shen Lian was young, he had just turned eighteen years old that year, he had never gone into the mountains to hunt before, thinking that hunting was a very simple matter, and a few people came happily as soon as they pouted.
But in less than half a day, he found that he was the only one left in the white world, others didn't know where they had gone, no one responded no matter how they shouted, they didn't encounter danger, and they didn't dare to let go of the gun.
I wandered around like this for a day, and I didn't see any hair from the wild boar. Seeing that it was about to get dark, he had to return to the village first, so he followed the direction of his memory, but after walking for more than half an hour, he returned to the original point, and he was lost in the woods!
Shen Lian was completely panicked at this time, anything could happen in the deep mountains and old forests in winter, in addition to the cold and freezing, he also faced many dangers, such as the shortage of food, the attack of wild beasts, and he was afraid that he would not be able to spend even a night in this forest by himself.
Shen Lian was unwilling to be trapped here, and confirmed countless times in the direction of the sunset, running out of breath, and finally returned to the original point without exception.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Shen Lian knew that he couldn't go back, so he had no choice but to find a cave nearby.
The interior of this cave is pitch black and very deep, and I don't know what kind of animal is the handiwork.
He found hay and spread it at the entrance of the cave, and used the flint and steel he brought to make a fire, the heat rose, and the cave was warm, and Shen Lian's original frightened mood suddenly calmed down a lot.
Since he was destined to spend the night here, Shen Lian was not in a hurry, he was safe when he came, the night was very short, his eyes were closed, and it was dawn soon.
Besides, there is a gun in his hand, and there is a fire at the entrance of the cave, even if a wild beast comes, he will not dare to step into the door of the cave for half a step, and maybe after this night, tomorrow he will be able to shoot the wild boar and return with a full load.
At that time, the people in the village will give him a thumbs up, give everyone a share of the wild boar, keep two pig legs at home, and give one to the matchmaker, and the matchmaker will be happy, maybe the daughter-in-law will also have it.
Shen Lian thought beautifully, and gradually fell asleep, and in the middle of the night, he felt that the cold around him was coming, and when he opened his eyes, the firewood had been burned, and there was still a little dead fire left.
Shen Lian just wanted to find some firewood again, but suddenly found that something was wrong, an indescribable feeling, creepy.
He slowly turned his head and found that there were a pair of green eyes staring at him in the depths of the cave, Shen Lian's scalp exploded instantly, his legs fell to the ground with weakness, and he hugged the shotgun tightly, trembling all over.
Those eyes slowly walked over, and Shen Lian found through the faint light of the dead fire that it was a huge weasel, half a human height,
The weasel was covered in tan hair, looked quite old, and the most bizarre thing was that he walked upright like a human.
He approached Shen Lian and looked up and down for a moment, grinned and smiled sadly, and asked him, "Do you think I look like a person?" ”
Shen Lian's whole body will be hard, only his eyes will move, his throat will be tight, and he wants to speak but can't make a sound.
Seeing that Shen Lian didn't respond, the weasel thought that he didn't hear clearly, so he asked again: "Do you think I look like a human?" ”
Shen Lian's mood relaxed a little when he heard this, remembering the legend he had heard since he was a child, as well as the admonition of the old people in the village, he wanted to scold, but he didn't dare.
This weasel is too big, not to mention hundreds of years of Taoism, it really annoys it, and I really don't know if I can stop it.
The weasel stared at him with his hands behind his back, as if waiting for him to answer, Shen Lian swallowed his saliva, and said in a trembling voice: "Like, too similar, you are like my own brother." ”
The weasel grinned again, smiled sadly, and then walked past Shen Lian with his hands behind his back.
Just as the weasel passed by, Shen Lian suddenly felt dizzy, and then he didn't know anything.
I don't know how long it took, Shen Lian was shaken awake, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the sky was already bright, the fire had been completely extinguished, and a bunch of people from the village were surrounding the entrance of the cave, looking at him in surprise.
Shen Lian saw that the villagers were all looking under him, and his face showed a look of surprise, so he looked down at him, this look didn't matter, Shen Lian suddenly gasped.
A huge boar lay motionless on the ground with two fangs.
It seemed that he had slept with a wild boar all night, Shen Lian hurriedly turned over and stood up when he saw this, and then looked at the wild boar, there were two holes in his neck, he didn't know what he had bitten, and he had dried up his blood, and he had been dead for at least several hours.
The villagers thought that Shen Lian had beaten a big wild boar by himself, which had never happened in the village, and no matter how experienced the hunter was, he would not dare to hunt this thing alone, Shen Lian returned to the village surrounded by everyone, followed by a few young men, carrying the trophy, the villagers beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers, simply regarded him as a hero who fought tigers, and the big girls and daughters-in-law in the village all cast envious glances.
Now ten miles and eight villages all know Shen Lian's name, and it didn't take long for the matchmaker to really come to the door, as soon as the young man who caught the wild boar was mentioned, everyone gave a thumbs up, followed him to live, and he couldn't stand the poverty, and he didn't need the matchmaker's clever mouth, and the new daughter-in-law entered the door by herself.
Only Shen Lian himself understood that all this was probably due to the weasel, fortunately he didn't open his mouth to scold the weasel at the beginning, otherwise he would definitely not be able to live such a good life now.
After Chen Xianglin finished telling the story, the yellow skin was still standing in the middle of the country road, his hands kept worshipping the moon, Le Ping looked back at Ning Nanxi when he saw this, and said: "Uncle Shi, there are fields on both sides of this country road, and the car can't pass at all, otherwise press the horn to scare this yellow skin away, it's not early now, I don't know how long this yellow skin will be worshipped, if he really worships until the second half of the night, we have been waiting here?" ”
Ning Nanxi heard this and just wanted to speak, but Chen Xianglin hurriedly stopped: "No, you must not disturb the yellow wolf when worshipping the moon, this yellow skin holds the most grudge, if you disturb him to absorb the essence of moonlight, then he will definitely hold a grudge, and he will definitely retaliate against us when the time comes, in my opinion, wait a minute." ”
When Leping heard this, he turned his head to look at Ning Nanxi, and after seeing Ning Nanxi nodding in acquiescence, he had to continue to park the car in place.
We sat in the car and waited for about ten minutes after this yellow skin finally put down the folded hands, thinking that it would leave after worshipping the moon, but what we didn't expect was that this yellow skin turned to face a few of us, a pair of dark green eyes in the night like two jewels emitting a strange light.
"What does this yellow skin mean, why don't you leave?" Li Hai couldn't help but ask.
"I said before that the yellow wolf worships the moon to beg for the seal, and now the yellow skin worships the moon when the spiritual power in the body is at its peak, and if it is begging for the seal at this time, the chance of becoming an adult will be greater and greater, so he is standing in front of our car now to ask us for the seal." Chen Xianglin said.
"You just said that as long as you say what he looks like, he is what he is, right, then I will go down to fix him, and I won't sleep in the middle of the night to block the road here, and I still want to become a refined person, I bah!" Li Hai looked at Huang Pizi standing in front of the car with an angry face and said.
Seeing that Li Hai was about to open the door and get out of the car, I hurriedly pulled it and said in a deep voice: "Lao Li, this matter is not a joke, what if the rumors are false, what if this weasel can't change what you say, when the time comes, I will directly give you a bite on your neck, then your little life will be explained, according to my opinion, you are waiting in this car, I will meet this yellow skin, isn't it just to say two good words, I am good at this!" ”