In a slightly wealthy town, a ragged old Taoist sits on a small bench with a flag that reads "Calculate the affairs of the world."

There are many wealthy people in the town, and there are many people who believe in ghosts and gods, and all the old Taoists have a good business, and they can earn more than a dozen taels of silver in the future.

He has been here for almost half a decade, during which he will occasionally exorcise evil spirits from others, and look at the Yin House, as long as the old Taoist who can make money can do it.

Today, his business is also excellent.

The old Taoist stroked his sloppy beard and said to the woman in front of him: "You and your husband are both husband and wife, and you are pregnant with a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. ”

A woman with a big belly was obviously pregnant, she touched her belly and asked happily, "Really, Dao Chief?"

The woman was also followed by her husband, the two had heard that the old Taoist had a good fortune, and today they came to try their luck, and wanted to calculate whether the woman's pregnancy was male or female, but they didn't expect it to be a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, and the husband and wife wanted to ask for a big fat boy, but now they were not only pregnant with a son, but also sent a daughter, which is really blessed.

The old Taoist nodded, "You can't be wrong." ”

The husband and wife were grateful, and the man took out three taels of silver and stuffed them to the old Taoist, but the old Taoist smiled and shirked it, "Poor Taoist divination, one or two silver is enough." ”

The old Taoist divination and collection of money have always been based on the conditions of the other party.

The man had to give three taels of silver if he lived or died, and the old Taoist couldn't refuse, so he accepted it calmly, saying that it was to drink the wedding wine of the two little babies in advance.

After the couple left, the old Taoist found that there were five or six people in the queue behind, and his mood was a little better all of a sudden, and today's business was still as good as ever!

A shabby scholar came to the booth, sat on a small bench, and said sincerely: "Dao Chief, I want to calculate whether I can be admitted to Xiucai next year?"

The old Taoist priest picked up the sticker and asked the scholar to draw a lot.

The scholar clasped his hands together, and silently thought in his heart that he must draw a good lot, and next year will be the third time to participate in the imperial examination, but he must not fall off the list again.

After a pious bow, the scholar took out a signature, but when he looked at it, he frowned.

under the sign.

Seeing that the scholar was almost desperate, the old Taoist priest smiled and said, "Don't worry, if you give me an extra tael of silver, I can tell you a way to crack it." ”

Shushengtai looked up at the old Taoist priest, convinced, but after hesitating for a moment, he still took out a tael of silver and handed it to the old Taoist priest, "Old Taoist chief, you say." ”

These two pieces of silver can be said to be his last savings, which were originally used to buy books, but if he can't get into the Xiucai fame next year, what's the use of reading more books, it's better to use it to buy a chance, in case the old Taoist in front of him really has a way to crack it.

The old Taoist priest took the two pieces of silver, but he didn't put them away, "From now on, you will reduce the time you spend reading books by half every day, and you will go shopping around the town to relax your mood when you free up time,...... Remember, don't read dead books. ”

The poor scholar was stunned for a moment, and then as if he had been enlightened, he stood up and bowed to the old Taoist priest, "Thank you for your advice." ”

The old Taoist priest returned the one or two pieces of silver in his hand to the scholar, and said with a smile: "Take it to buy books, sometimes reading will also have the phenomenon that things must be reversed, so the combination of work and rest is just right." ”

The scholar looked at the old Taoist priest, and finally accepted the one or two pieces of silver, and after bowing deeply, the young scholar was full of relaxation and left.

Later, some farmers in the town asked the old Taoist to tell the fortune plan, calculating what to plant in the coming year and there would be a bumper harvest, and the old Taoist said that planting corn or sorghum would make a lot of money in the coming year.

There are also small and medium-sized businessmen in the town who find the old Taoist to calculate the way of wealth, and ask what kind of business can make a lot of money, and the old Taoist said that as long as he works hard, he can make a lot of money, saying that the cloth business that this person is doing now is very promising, and he can consider going to some more prosperous places to wander around, and naturally have a big opportunity to make a lot of money......

Just one after another to the people of the town to tell the hexagrams, before noon, the old Taoist priest earned 20 taels of silver.

The old Taoist priest decided to do another one's business today.

It's just that the last fortune teller is a regular customer, and it is the horse industry that swaggered and deceived in the Li Mansion before.

As an exorcist of the Taoist, he quietly left the Li Mansion on the second day after the exorcism of Li Jiaren, and he really had no face to stay there, when he had a conflict with Hua Wenxiang, saying that he would not charge Li Mansion a penny, and he lost at least a thousand taels of silver in vain, but it doesn't matter, it is a blessing that the King of Xiang'an did not look for him after that, I heard that one of the people in that group also beat the prince Zhao Chang to death, and he really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and I hope that the King of Xiang'an will kill them all......

The old Taoist priest saw that Ma Ye who was sitting on the small bench opposite did not speak, so he took the lead in asking: "Ma Dao Chief, I haven't seen you for many days, don't come to harm." ”

Ma Ye came back to his senses, with a condescending expression, and didn't take the ragged old Taoist in his eyes at all, "We are really fateful, we can meet anywhere." ”

Two Taoist priests sat opposite each other on the streets of the town, one dressed gorgeously and the other dressed shabby, attracting a lot of attention from passers-by.

The old Taoist smiled and nodded, "Daoist Ma is here to tell fortunes?"

Ma Ye sneered, "If you are a hexagram, you will be poor, so you don't need to look for you." ”

He still sneered at the old Taoist priest's demeanor in the Li Mansion last time, and always thought that the other party was a blind cat and a dead mouse, and he just made it up.

The old Taoist priest saw that the horse industry was not a fortune teller, so he began to pack up his stall and decided to come here today, "Ma Daoist came to this town to help people exorcise evil spirits?"

Ma Ye asked, "How do you know?"

He was going to help a wealthy family in the town to exorcise evil spirits, and the family had begged him for a long time, and finally had to raise the price to invite him over.

The old Taoist priest sorted out the objects on the stall, and then wrapped them in a black cloth, "As an exorcist, Ma Dao can appear here, so he should be able to eradicate demons and drive away evil spirits...... It's just that this evil in the town is somewhat Taoist, and I'm afraid that Ma Daochang will have a hard time this time. ”

Ma Ye didn't care about the words of the old Taoist, there are no demons and monsters in this world, all of them are scary, so he pretended to be indifferent: "I will kill as many as these evil creatures come, just what I want, and do the right thing for heaven." ”

Then he sneered slightly: "Senior, you are really not easy, even if you count such a day hexagram can't earn a few silver, or I will teach you a few tricks, and also learn to exorcise evil spirits, it is much faster than your fortune telling, but there are also risks, when you encounter a powerful evil spirit, it is easy to take your life, in this way, I can let you stay by my side for a few days......"

The old Taoist stood up, picked up the package, and interrupted Ma Ye's words, "Thank you Ma Dao Chang, I don't have any great skills, so I can rest assured." I have a demon suppression stone here, and I gave it to Ma Daochang because I had a relationship with Ma Daochang, and it should come in handy when you exorcise evil spirits. ”

Ma Ye shook his head and sneered, "How can I accept your things, I can't help it, I can't help it." ”

These words are full of disdain and helplessness, and they are actually looked down upon by this poor and sour old man, and a broken stone is really kind to take it out!

After speaking, Ma Ye stood up and frightened: "You can do it yourself, leave this town quickly, otherwise I will be targeted by ghosts, and I won't have time to save you." ”

The old Taoist priest thanked him, "Then say goodbye." ”

Ma Ye turned to leave, no longer paying attention to this unpromising fellow Taoist, but at the same time as he turned around, the old Taoist priest pinned the so-called demon suppression stone to his belt.

The old Taoist priest carried the package on his back, carried the flag, and then held two small benches in one hand and walked towards a steamed bun shop not far away.

The business of the steamed bun shop is booming, the old Taoist priest told the boss how to make the steamed buns delicious, the owner of the steamed bun shop made the steamed buns according to the old Taoist method, the taste is several times better, and now the people of the town love to eat his steamed buns.

The old Taoist priest returned the two small benches to the owner of the bun shop, which he had borrowed here before.

The steamed bun shop is generally busy in the morning, and now there are not many people at noon, seeing that the old Taoist priest came to return the bench, the owner of the steamed bun shop smiled and said hello, saying that if the Taoist wants to use these two benches, give them to the Taoist chief.

The old Taoist priest smiled and waved his hand, saying that he didn't need it, and then took out ten yuan to buy two big meat buns, but the boss refused to accept the money, and took four steamed buns to the old Taoist priest, saying that the Taoist chief made him make a lot of money, how could a few steamed buns still collect the Taoist's money.

The old Taoist priest thanked him, chatted with the owner of the steamed bun shop for a few words, and then left.

While passing through an alley in the town, the old Taoist priest met two little beggars, a man and a woman, with dirty faces and tattered clothes.

The old Taoist priest walked up to the two children, took out the four meat buns that had not been eaten, and divided two of them.

At first, the two little beggars did not dare to take it, but then the little boy saw that the little girl was really hungry, so he snatched the four meat buns at once, and then handed them to the little girl and told her to eat them quickly.

The little girl was so hungry that she couldn't care about eating, so she devoured the buns, and the little boy couldn't help but eat them in the end.

The two children said thank you to the old man and thank the old man while eating.

The old Taoist priest smiled: "Eat slowly, eat slowly." ”

Then he took out a kettle from nowhere and handed it to the two children.

After the two buns were eaten, the two children who hadn't eaten much for several days were full of happiness, but the little girl didn't seem to be full, but she was too embarrassed to say anything.

The old Taoist priest looked at the little girl, his eyes were unwavering, and then he squinted and smiled, the little girl was at a loss, just bowed her head and said nothing.

The little boy felt that since the old Taoist priest gave them buns, he should not be a bad person, but his sister, who had been staring at him day and night, was still a little reluctant.

The two are not brothers and sisters, they wandered all the way from a long distance, in the small town, many people have given them food, but after all, it is not a long-term solution, each family still has its own life to live, the two children are also sensible and strong, never take the initiative to beg for other people's alms.

After all, this is just a small town, and there is no such kind of good person with a lot of money after all.

The old Taoist priest said: "Do you two little guys want to follow me, although life is not very easy, but after all, there is a stutter." ”

The little girl looked at the little boy, the little boy hesitated for a long time, then suddenly knelt on the ground, and then asked the little girl to kneel on the ground as well, "I beg the Taoist chief to take in my brother and sister, and my brother and sister will definitely return to the chief in the future." ”

The old Taoist priest helped the two children up, "From today on, you two will be my disciples...... By the way, do you have any names?"

The two little beggars heard that they would have food every day after that, as if they were dreaming again, and after a long time, they replied in unison to the old Taoist priest's words, "No." ”

The old Taoist priest thought for a while, "Let's call them Yujie and Bingqing, how about it?"

The man's name is Yujie, and the woman's name is Bingqing.

The two children nodded, only feeling that they had met a noble person today, and they would not only be able to eat every day in the future, but also have their own names, and they would be very good.

After that, the old Taoist priest left the town with the two children and headed northwest.

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In the home of a wealthy family in the town, the Taoist priest Ma Ye placed all kinds of evil spirits in the courtyard, and also asked the owner's house to hang talismans on the eaves.

In the blink of an eye, it was dusk, and the sky was getting dark.

In the open courtyard, Ma Ye was holding a copper coin sword and playing crazy magic swordsmanship, with words in his mouth, and he had a full masterful demeanor.

The house is not small, talking about the big families in the town, there are more than a dozen people living here.

Everyone hid in the house and watched the horse industry drive away.

Half an hour later, a ghost creature with a cloak and a bloody seven orifices appeared in the courtyard.

This scene really frightened everyone in the house, the ghost was ugly and terrifying, and it was even more terrifying when it suddenly appeared at night.

Ma Ye was stunned for a moment, and then cold sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead, his legs were so weak that he couldn't move, this ...... Is this a real ghost?!

There are ghosts in the world!

The ghost has been lurking in the town for several days, but he has not dared to come out to harm people because of the existence of the old Taoist, and today the old Taoist priest left, he has no scruples, and the first thing he is eyeing is this big family in the town.

He has a lot of family, and he eats happily!

Ma Ye sat on the ground, his pants were soaked for no reason, he had been driving away evil spirits and catching ghosts for so many years, and this time he really bumped into a ghost.

The ugly ghost was entangled in martial arts, obviously not low, and in an instant he came to Ma Ye's side, and the latter curled up and cried out "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I'll give you all the money......

This ghost has endured for several days without eating people, and now he sees people eager to swallow it in his stomach, but before he touches the horse industry, a stone flies out from his waist, and the ghost thing sees the stone, and for some reason his body can't move, he gradually panics, and the stone begins to fluoresce, which shocks him very painfully.

Ma Ye saw that the ghost thing did not move, and hurriedly fled with a crawl.

After today, this exorcist master may no longer dare to exorcise evil spirits......

The fluorite floating in the air slowly rose to the top of the ghost's head, and then quickly grew in size and fell with a bang!

The ghost thing was directly crushed into a pulp by the demon suppression stone, and soon after that, it disappeared without any bones.

(End of chapter)