Chapter 404: Ask the Water Ghost
Wu Meiyun saw that the child's neck was wet, and she didn't think about the water ghost Qiwu making trouble here, but only had one thought: pick up the child from the shaker's nest, and don't let him sleep on the wet mattress to avoid getting sick. When he picked up Yin Manyuan, he found that the collar around his neck and the small cloth bag tied to the collar were also wet, and there was a little shame. Wu Meiyun Mali took the collar off Yin Manyuan's neck and placed it on a chair.
At this moment, there were footsteps outside the house, and I saw that Ji Chun was back. She grabbed an empty wooden basin in her hand, and the washed feces and diapers had been dried on the bamboo poles set up in the courtyard.
It was late spring, the sky was clear, the days were mild, and the buzzing of the copper bees could be heard flying into the hall. Wu Meiyun looked at Ji Chun who entered the house and said, alas, I made a ghost just now, a flower cat jumped on the rocking nest to pee when I went to the toilet, and the urine was full of wishes all over my neck, and the collar on my neck was stained. You take it and wash it and bask in the sun.
Oh, and tell you, you have to remember that little cloth bag must not be wet, and it contains a note with a charm written on it, and if you wash it, you may break it. You just put it in the sun to dry, and when it's dry, you take it and put it on for Manful. Remember what the midwife said? Do not take the charm collar off your child's neck lightly.
Speaking of this, Wu Meiyun raised her hand and pointed to the collar placed on the chair. Ji Chun said "um", picked it up and put it in the empty wooden basin he was holding in his hand, and then went out to the dock of Dangjiatang to wash it.
Qiwu, the water ghost who had been swimming around in the hall, was even more proud when he heard what Wu Meiyun had just said. He said to himself, I was right, the cloth bag was wrapped in a charm. Okay, now that it's gone, I'm going to take the opportunity to capture his soul, and I'm going to find a stand-in. Once successful, let this baby become a water ghost, I will be reincarnated in Wu Meiyun's belly, and I will become a member of this solid and wealthy family in the future, what a happy thing!
When the opportunity came, Wu Meiyun held the baby boy with one hand, and pulled out the bedding in the rocking nest with the other hand to replace it with a clean one. Then the baby boy who woke up was fed enough milk, and then put it back in the rocking nest, and after a few shakes, he fell asleep.
Wu Meiyun sat next to her while taking care of the baby boy in the nest while taking care of the soles of her shoes as usual. The water ghost Qiwu saw that the adults couldn't see him, so he came over blatantly, and when he was about to capture the soul of the baby boy, his hand stretched out, and suddenly found that the arched official seal on the Yin Manyuan Seal Hall had obviously turned into a curved bow, and a number of divine arrows were launched from above, and Qiwu's right elbow, arm, and back of his hand were hit by three divine arrows one after another, and he screamed in pain, and fled in pain......
25 years later, Yin Manyuan really became an official, and he was the magistrate of Shapo County at that time. Before taking office, he returned to Yinjiazhuang for a few days to relax. Not even a mount, he wandered alone on the banks of the Moon River in autumn. In this season, the waterline of the Moon River tidal flats shows a clear outline, but there is still water in the riverbed, and the deepest part is to the chest, and it is generally waist-deep water. Most of the people who want to go to the other side of the river wade over and go ashore, which is a country road that runs through the fields and stretches into the distance.
At this moment, the two water ghosts in the Moon River, seeing that Ming and Qiwu were eating dried shrimp, were very happy to discuss a very important matter.
Miaki said that I can find a stand-in tomorrow. Qiwu also said, I can still find a stand-in tomorrow. Seeing Ming, he looked at him and asked, what kind of stand-in are you looking for tomorrow? Qiwu swallowed a mouthful of dried shrimp and replied happily, wearing an iron hat. You? Seeing Ming said, my stand-in is a donkey rider.
The two water ghosts didn't expect that what they said would be heard by Yin Manyuan. According to the ghost talking, people can't hear it, Yin Manyuan was once instructed by a Taoist, often meditated, and when his mind was concentrated, he could hear the spirit world speak.
At this moment, the moon river is quiet, and the heart full of wishes is also quiet, of course he can hear clearly.
The next day, he came to the Moon River early. When the sun was climbing to a height, an old man with an iron pot on his head came from a distance, and was about to cross the river, but Yin Manwan stopped him, whispered for a while, and the old man turned away.
At noon, a donkey came from a distance, and a young man rode on its back, and walked from the riverbank to the riverbank, and the donkey refused to go, so the young man jumped down from the donkey's back, lifted the donkey and rested it on his shoulder, and showed the appearance of a donkey rider.
He was about to cross the river with his feet, but Yin Manyuan stopped him again and whispered for a while. The young man nodded, lowered the donkey from his shoulder, mounted it on his back, and turned away.
The two water ghosts were very angry, but they didn't dare to drag Yin Manyuan into the water and drown, so as to vent their anger. Yin Manyuan is the magistrate of Jiangdong County, and he is blessed with rich fortune, and even the nearby land and city gods protect him, how dare the two water ghosts provoke him? If you provoke him, Yin Sima will send a messenger to arrest them and ask them for sin, why bother? But I couldn't swallow this breath.
Seeing Ming, he walked up to Yin Manyuan and said, Yin Zhixian, our good things have been broken by you, you should help us.
How can I help you? The two of you are spiritual outliers. Yin Manyuan said.
If you are able to build a bridge over the Moon River for pedestrians to walk back and forth, then the two water ghosts who have been stationed in the Moon River for a long time can receive your merits and be reborn. Qiwu arched his hand as he spoke, looking polite.
Yin Manyuan replied after a long time, wow, in the future, Shapo County will become rich, and I will allocate a sum of official money to build a bridge on the Moon River. But I'd like to ask, how did you two get here to be water ghosts? Let's talk about it!
The two water ghosts looked at each other and did not answer immediately. Jianming suddenly said, Yin Zhixian, forgive me for being embarrassed to say this. Qiwu also said, I am embarrassed to say my business.
Yin Manyuan smiled slightly, and said that you are all embarrassed to say, don't expect me Yin Manyuan to build a bridge on the Moon River in the future to surpass you.
Yin Zhixian, I talk about his business, let him talk about my business, okay? Seeing Ming's inspiration, he sincerely solicited opinions.
I agree. Which of you says first? Yin Manyuan, who was standing on the dock of the Moon River, squatted down, stretched out his hand to wash in the water, and said while shaking the water vapor in his hand.
I'll start with that. Jianming pointed to the chubby Qiwu and said that he was a little stupid, forty years ago, he was studying in Xuxu, and after class, he would talk to people when he met people, saying that his parents had done that kind of insult in bed last night. When these words reached the ears of his parents, his parents were so annoyed that they tied Qiwu with a rope, pressed a stone mill on his back, and threw him into the Moon River and drowned him.
When Yin Manyuan heard it, he sighed, saying that whose parents have done that kind of thing, if they don't do it, will they be born? But it can't be said, let alone passed on. There are some things in the world that can be said but can't be done, just like this kind of thing, you can't say it. There are also things that can be said, but cannot be done, or even said, and if you joke about it, you really can't do it.
To put it a little more extremely, for example, someone scolds, "day" your mother, if it is really "day" your mother, then it will not work, it is a crime, in short, what I said you will understand, in the future, if you become a person, you must keep in mind that some things can be said not to be done, and some things can be done and can not be said.
Know! Know. Seeing Ming echoed.
Yin Manyuan raised his mouth at Qiwu, and now it's your turn to speak.
Qiwu didn't speak, and he was very dissatisfied with what he had just said about offensive or slanderous and insulting language such as "he's a little stupid", and he just wanted to fight back.
I saw him raise his lowered head, raise his hand and point to see Ming and say, he said that I was a little stupid, and I said that he was a little lacking in morality. Thirty years ago, he fell in love with his friend Lu Hu's beautiful wife Lingxiang, so he played "skin stumbling" with her, but was caught by Lu Hu, and was also tied with a rope, dragging him to the Moon River and drowning him alive in the water, so that he became a water ghost.
Oh, I know it all. Yin Manyuan said, turned around and brushed his sleeves away.
Soon, Yin Manyuan went to the countryside as a magistrate, passing through Lujiazhuang, and suddenly remembered the last time he returned to his hometown to play in the Moon River, and met the situation that the two water ghosts said. He remembered that the water ghost Qiwu had said that the water ghost saw that Ming had an affair with a beautiful married woman named Lingxiang before his death. I was going to find a reason to meet her, whether she was really beautiful or fake beautiful.
What is the reason? Yin Manyuan frowned and had an idea. He rode on a tall horse that was jogging "dewell", pulled the reins and stopped, and immediately instructed Hu Zhutou, who was accompanying him, to call the owner of Luzhuang.