When I heard the word "money", I nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and after a while, I changed into clean clothes, shoes and socks.

A white-washed light blue shirt on the upper body, a pair of jet-black trousers on the lower body, and a pair of dark black old cloth shoes on the feet, the overall style is more mature, revealing a heroic spirit in simplicity.

After a while, there was a knock on the gate in the courtyard, and a fat man in a suit with a big back walked in with a smile, handed Liu Ruxiang the bulging leather bag in his hand, and shouted flatteringly: "Grandma, when will we start the rituals, and I will drive to pick you up?" ”

Liu Ruxiang opened the purse and looked at it, put it on the windowsill behind her, and nodded.

I followed out, and I saw a shiny black sedan parked on the concrete road outside the door, with a three-pronged silver logo.

When I opened the car door, there were dark brown leather seats inside, and I sat in the back with Master, and the fat four was the driver, and in the co-pilot seat sat a beautiful woman wearing an embroidered cheongsam, who turned her head and looked us up and down when she saw us come in.

Fat Si drove smoothly, and after a while, he walked out of the village and headed towards the town, finally stopping at the edge of the courtyard of a luxurious two-story villa.

There were already a lot of people gathered inside, and after we walked in, everyone quickly began to say hello to Liu Ruxiang, and then some people looked at me and couldn't touch my head.

"This is the apprentice I took in a few days ago, and I ran along."

After listening to Liu Ruxiang's explanation, everyone immediately cast appreciative glances at me, and praised me one after another, what a future is limitless, a handsome and chic talent, and I was praised with a smile on my face, and I couldn't find the north.

Fat Si walked into the house, took his parents to greet the guests, poured water with a smile, and scattered cigarettes.

"Come, young man, eat something delicious."

Fat Si brought me a fruit bowl with peanuts and melon seeds, and a white nut that cracked open, and inside was something green, which I had never seen.

I remembered Liu Ruxiang's instructions and couldn't embarrass her, so I turned my head to look at her, and then only pinched two of those small white nuts and said thank you to Fat Si.

Peel off the white shell, and the green nuts chew in the mouth and give off a fragrant aroma, which is delicious.

When I was very young, my grandmother taught me that I should not take other people's things when I went to other people's houses, and I had to know how to be polite and know the importance of the festival in order to reflect the temperament of the solar terms.

Liu Ruxiang and the surrounding guests exchanged a few words, and then led me to an empty house to begin preparing for the altar.

Because of the communication in advance, the main family here has already prepared dustpans, candles, incense offerings, three animals, zongzi, fruits and other necessary items for the practice, Liu Ruxiang directly put on the robe and mask of the master, and explained to me the matters that need to be contacted when doing it for a while.

"When I started to do things, you watched the rules of the field, and no one was allowed to make a loud noise. When I start to send talismans and ask the gods to come down to the feast, after singing the scriptures, you have to ask all of them to join me, and I have taught you all that saying, haven't you forgotten? ”

I nodded, still fresh in my mind.

After explaining, Liu Ruxiang sat in the room drinking tea and resting, and when the time was about right, she glanced at her watch and beckoned me to carry a box and go out with her.

When the service is carried out in the hall, the inner altar is opened.

Find a square table of eight immortals, wipe it clean, face the ancestral shrine of the main family to worship the ancestors, and place the portrait of the gods, chicken, fish, meat, three animals, zongzi and fruits and other offerings under the ancestral shrine, and then place the lit incense.

As for the bottom of the table, a bench for the gods to sit in, this is called the palace stool, and a straw mat is spread under the stool, which is called golden sand, which is used to welcome the gods.

The top of the hall was also arranged in advance, with many colorful notes written with auspicious words, hanging in the air. The wall is then pasted with a list of words, indicating the name and place of origin of the main family, why and when to pray to God, and what the consequences are.

After such a decoration and dressing up of an ordinary hall, the incense added a bit of mysterious and dignified color to the room, and it suddenly became solemn.

"The altar is majestic, no collision is allowed, men, women and children, be in awe!" As Liu Ruxiang shouted, everyone present slowly retreated, and all stood in front of the corridor outside the door, she was the only one standing in the center of the hall, and I retreated to the base of the wall near the door, holding a bowl of water in my hand.

And so the service began.

"Heaven and earth. Heaven persuaded me to come, earth sent me, and I came to my house—to sweep my house. ”

"If you don't kill the ghosts, the ghosts don't have to worry; Second, if you don't kill the king of the mother, the king of the mother should not run away; If you don't cut the stove, you don't have to worry. I'm coming to the house - kill the filthy mother, sweep away the evil ghosts, and the evil ghosts will flee quickly......"

After singing the first verse, Liu Ruxiang grabbed a handful of rice from the bowl on the side, whispered it while sprinkling it in her mouth, and threw it on the ground from the gap between her fingers.

I cleared my throat, turned my head, waved my hand, and shouted, "Read it to me: sweep the house, and the evil ghost of the filthy mother flee quickly-"

Everyone outside the door chanted in unison at this time, and suddenly the whole courtyard was immersed in this mysterious and solemn atmosphere.

After that, Liu Ruxiang began to sing new scriptures.

Regarding the process of master's practice, the cooking lady explained to me the specific meaning.

Filthy Niang represents the Yin Ghost, the Yin Ghost is everywhere, and will disturb the Dharma and collide with the gods, so the master needs to solve the filthy Niang before doing it, for example, if the guests come to the house to talk about business, the host has to clean up the room in advance.

After the defilement of the defilement, it is to invite the gods of all parties to sit down, and before inviting the gods, an important guide is needed, this guide is the four-value gong cao, and the four-value gong cao informs the gods of all parties, this step is called the talisman officer.

After that, you can invite the official gods and patriarchs to the ceremony, and start the formal rituals, the blessings that should be prayed for, and the vows that should be repaid.

After the whole process was done, more than half an hour had passed, and my legs were a little sore, and it was finally over.

Liu Ruxiang pinched a pillar of incense prepared in advance from the altar, walked up to me and circled around the bowl of water in my hand, and then dipped the sparks of the incense head into the water.

With a thud, a fine mist came out of the water in the bowl.

"Please ask the petitioner to drink the five dragon water—"

I shouted loudly, and the fat man walked up from behind me with a smile on his face.

He picked up the bowl and poured cold water into his stomach.

And because according to the rules, you can only drink one or two sips, I immediately whispered to him to stop.

Fat Four returned the bowl to me.