Volume 1 The First Entry into the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 12 Mass Graves, Five True People
According to the cloud in the "Yin Fu Sutra": "The way to view the sky, the journey to the sky, is complete." There are five thieves in the sky, and those who see them are prosperous. The five thieves are in the heart, and they are carried out in the sky. The universe cares about the hand, and all incarnations are born in the body. This sentence says that the heavens have five forms of qi, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and the five forms are mutually reinforcing, and those who know the secret of these five qi will prosper;
"Knock knock knock, knock ~ fire, come and put out the fire, knock knock knock ~ ......"
While everyone was asleep, a tight gong resounded over the village. At this time, a fire raged in a house on the north side of the village, and the fire, like a fire dragon under the night sky, was unstoppable, illuminating the entire village of Nanji as bright as day.
When the hour was approaching, I saw dozens of villagers, young and old, running towards the place where the fire started, each carrying a vessel for water.
The fire continued to expand and spread, burning down along with the houses on both sides, and one of the four families, old and young, died in the fire because they could not escape. For a time, the flames soared into the sky, the cries soared to the sky, and of course, there were also the grievances of the deceased.
It wasn't until the golden rooster crowed and the dawn broke in the east that the fire gradually went out. As far as the eye could see, the houses of three families were reduced to ruins in the fire, and there were still red charcoal burned in the ruins, and everyone came forward to douse them with water. In front of the ruins, these forty or fifty villagers tossed for most of the night, and they were already sleepy and tired. Everyone yawned and approached, sorting through the clutter and looking for the remains.
In the crowd, Zhang Lao glared at Li Lao Er, he didn't think that Li Lao Er was so unreliable, he actually made such a big deal and died. Zhang Lao said to everyone: "Folks, when there is a natural disaster, a sudden fire, the old man has passed away, we are very sad, but the deceased has gone, the living still have to live forever, I will go to ask for rain with the real people today, and here it will be presided over by Liu and Bai. After that, Zhang Lao left from the crowd with Li Lao Er, and more than 40 villagers looked at Zhang Lao's back when he left, bowed his hands, and said in unison: "Everything, please Zhang Lao......"
At this time, in the courtyard of Zhang's hometown, the elders of the five villages and six villages gathered, and these old men were anxiously waiting for Zhang Lao to come back in the courtyard. As soon as the gate rang, Zhang Lao took Li Lao Er to push the door into the courtyard, and everyone complained: "Today is such an important day, why did you come back, the real people of the five parties can't wait." ”
When Zhang Lao heard this, he said to everyone: "Everyone, please Duoduo Haihan, there was a fire in the village last night, and I was busy for half a night, and the fire was extinguished and rushed back, where is the real person?" At this time, a loud Dharma name came from the house: "Immeasurable ~ Tianzun." This voice, as if mixed with the qi between heaven and earth, was extremely penetrating, and it shook people's eardrums.
I only heard the creak of the door of the house, and out of it came a Taoist who was over the age of sixties, and looked up at the Taoist: this person was wearing a gossip robe with a yellow silk brocade face, embroidered with clouds and thunder and dry water in the front, and embroidered with a yin and yang Taiji diagram in the back, with a bun on his head, a floating dust in his hand, a peach wood sword on his back, and a yin-yang mirror on his shoulder.
When Zhang Lao saw the Taoist, he bowed his hand and said: "If you don't know the real person, you deserve death." ”
This real person of the five directions floated in front of everyone, and asked with his palms together: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, everyone, the five directions of the poor road are so polite. Then he continued: "Some time ago, Poor Dao had calculated the location of this drought, and it was in the mountains five miles north of this village, but Poor Dao knew that his skills were shallow and could not subdue this demon, so it was really helpless to let you prepare a virgin. ”
Zhang Lao asked reverently: "Then may I ask the real person, the boy sacrifices to the queen of heaven, can it really rain here?"
The real people of the five directions stroked their beards and said to everyone: "I have heard the master say, Lu, the drought ghost, with his body and eyes on the top, walks like the wind, thousands of miles of red land, and hides in the underground or in a cave, where it is, the water veins are exhausted, so the sky does not rain. Sacrifice it with the blood of a boy can relieve the drought. ”
"So real person, when are we leaving?" asked Elder Zhang.
"The yang energy in the world is at its peak at noon, so we must leave immediately, and we must arrive at the land of the North Mountain before noon. Wufang Zhenren said.
At this time, on the mountain road north of Nanji Village, there were more than a dozen people, both old and young, but everyone knew in their hearts that all those who could join this team were the cronies of the elders of each village, after all, this killing was dishonorable.
Li Lao Er walked at the back of the line, carrying the child of Li's lame family, and the child was stuffed with cotton cloth in his mouth, so that he could not shout. Behind Li Laoer, there were two young people from other villages, each carrying a child on their backs, all of whom were tied up with five flowers and stuffed with cotton in their mouths, and the children were between five or six years old in their childhoods.
Wufang Zhenren led all the elders to walk at the front of the team, because these six or seven elders were old, which slowed down the progress of the whole team. Wufang Zhenren looked at the trajectory of the sun, and it was already three poles past the sun, so he said as he walked: "Everyone work hard, I have to wait for the fast march to come in time for noon." So they hastened their journey.
After about a pillar of incense, the team finally came to the position that the real people of the five directions said. These five real people are really good physical strength, walking on the Wuli Mountain Road, their faces are not red, their breath is not panting, and they are as comfortable as repeatedly leveling the ground. Looking at the people behind him, he was panting at this time, sweating hotly, and the sweat had soaked his chest and back.
When they arrived at the place, Zhang Lao and several other old men pounced a few times, sat down on the ground, and said, "Ouch, this old bone is scattered, but we are tired." "Say that, fan the wind with your sleeves.
The few young men who followed up were fine, except for some sweat, they still had some strength. The men gently placed the child on their backs on the ground and rested on the side.
After Li Lao Er put down the child, he looked around, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, what was wrong? He came to Zhang Lao and asked Zhang Lao: "Second uncle, have you noticed it, what kind of place is this?"
At this time, Zhang Lao was covered in stinky sweat, and he didn't care about looking at the scenery just now, and when he heard Li Lao Er say this, he paid attention and said, "What's wrong here, here...... Ah......h
The seven or eight people beside him were trampled by Zhang Lao's shout, and they didn't know what was going on, and asked, "Zhang Lao, Zhang Lao, what are you shouting?"
At this time, Zhang Lao's face turned pale, looked at everyone, and stammered: "Here...... It's Nanji...... The mass grave in Yoshimura, which is often haunted......"
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhang Lao: "Do you think what happened, we have real people from five directions sitting here, and we are afraid that it will not be haunted?
Suddenly, a strange voice came from beside him, and asked, "Is it? Who said that in broad daylight it is not haunted......