Chapter 12 The First Ritual of Wutang
Zhao Ran listened attentively, and Fang Zhihe spoke more interestedly: "Why is your Taoist surname Luo so petty? This is due to nature, he was poor when he was young, so it is tight to take care of his family's money. However, this person has a generous point, he is very good at gold, stone and flowers, and he is generous for this. If you have any good jade treasures, or any strange flowers and plants, you can show them tomorrow, he will definitely spend a lot of money! Haha, of course, junior brother, if you want to ask for some other foreign wealth, take this thought away as soon as possible, and don't waste your efforts......
No wonder this Senior Brother Fang was reluctant to go to Wutang, daring to love this guy who had no gold, stones, flowers and plants, so he "stopped thinking about asking for foreign wealth", and was too lazy to go to Luo Xiangeun to "waste his work".
Early the next morning, Zhao Ran sorted out a small bamboo box, stuffed it with all kinds of Jiao utensils taken out from the warehouse, stepped on the fresh morning snow, and went down the mountain with Fang Zhihe. The bamboo box is divided into two layers, which can be carried behind the back, like an examination basket used by students who are rushing to take the exam. The upper layer was tied with a crimson robe and square-toed shoes, and the lower layer was stocked with silk, green ropes, magic lamps, bronze mirrors, copper bells, rune paper, etc., and a two-foot-long peachwood sword was tied in the middle -- this was all the belongings he had for his meritorious work and altar.
Fang Zhihe beckoned for an ox cart, said goodbye to Zhao Ran with a smile, and went to Guyang County. Zhao Ran got into the carriage sent by the eunuch family of Luoxiang and went to Wutang.
The carriage traveled ten miles west on the official road, then turned off a fork in the road, and gradually headed south, bumping along the way, which made Zhao Randan feel painful. Wutang is located in the southwest of Guyang County 20 miles away, although it is not far from the county seat, but it is not in the main direction of Guyang County, so the road is getting more and more difficult, and finally more than three miles rely on the coachman and the laborer to pull hard, before the carriage is dragged into Wutang, and Zhao Ran is turned upside down.
But Wutang is really beautiful! When Zhao Ran got out of the car, his stomach full of complaints was suddenly thrown out of the clouds. The valley was covered with a layer of snow, and the pine forests on the hillsides were covered with ice and shimmered in the sun's rays. The village households are surrounded by several blue ponds, each of which forms a fenced house, and the smoke rises from the thatched house, and there are chickens and dogs smelling each other from time to time, so it is a quiet and peaceful scenery.
Zhao Ran was stunned, and he didn't feel that he was contemplative, and his eyes seemed to be like not looking at anything, but all things in heaven and earth were all in his heart, and he only felt that the qi in this place was smooth and vibrant, and Vientiane had the meaning of repeating the cycle, and the taste was wonderful. The state of concentrating is a kind of opportunity that Zhao Ran got after falling asleep for the second time, he can't tell the truth, but he can perceive the subtleties and perceive the rhythm of heaven and earth, which is the most wonderful.
Zhao Ran once wanted to explore the truth, buried in the Wuji Courtyard Scripture Building to check the classics, but did not find the relevant records, but he perceived this kind of heaven and earth qi, which is described in some miscellaneous feng shui books, called "feng shui qi", for this reason, Zhao Ran has also read a few feng shui books and learned some means of looking at qi.
In Zhao Ran's view, Wutang is one of the few feng shui treasures he has seen in Guyang County in recent years, and if it is compared with the majestic Wuji Mountain, it should be regarded as a small jasper, but it can't hide the vitality.
In front of a mansion with blue and white stone walls, the top layer of eaves is raised, and the shape is like a Hui-style house, but when Zhao Ran walks into it, the courtyard and garden are much more open. Under the guidance of the housekeeper, Zhao Ran passed through the vestibule and the wall, and saw that the master had been waiting under the stone steps in front of the deep well.
Luo Xiangeun's chubby belly was hidden in the fat cashmere, and he looked full of wealth, and if no one told him, no one would know that this person had lived a poor life of almost three days and two meals before the age of twenty.
Zhao Ran took two steps and said, "Poor Zhao Zhiran, I have seen the old man." ”
Luo Xiangyun bowed slightly, and Zhao Ran saw the salute, led Zhao Ran into the hall with a cup of tea, and briefly explained the reason: "My grandson died inexplicably three days ago, so he went up the mountain to tell him, and asked someone from your hospital to do it, thinking that he would be buried seven times, and there would be Lao Zhao Daochang this time." "Sure enough, it's not a grandson, but a concubine, so the first seven will be buried, otherwise Zhao Ran will not be able to live alone.
I don't know how many years ago, when the world was owned by the Tang Dynasty, the two families of Buddhism and Taoism were not as fierce as they are now. When the common people pray for blessings, they generally go to the Taoist palace to view, and the souls of the dead go to find the Buddhist temple, and there has always been a habit of "monks do not fight Jiao, and the Tao does not die", and the division is very clear.
I don't know when the Buddha and the Tao have become more and more dissolving, and they have reached an endless journey of dù. The Daomen supported the Ming Dynasty, and the Buddhism Gate set up the large and small Buddha countries represented by the Tubo and Xia Kingdoms in the west. It was also from this time that Buddhism added blessings and vows to the puja, and Taoism added the business of saving the souls of the dead.
Zhao Ran prepared a "disaster elimination netherworld ceremony" today, which was specially used to send the soul, and because the eunuch of Luoxiang was a young grandson, this Zhai Jiao ceremony was also simplified accordingly. He talked a few words with Luo Xiangeun, and looked at what the other party meant, and he didn't seem to be interested in it, but he just wanted to end the matter and bury his young grandson, so he was even more confident.
Luo Xiangeun summoned the family members in the house, and Zhao Ran went to the altar first. The housekeeper led Zhao Ran through a few deep well houses, and came to a small courtyard, which is where the concubine of Luo Township and the concubine of the Zhang family lived, Zhao Ran heard the housekeeper say that the eunuch of Luo Township had died, and secretly said No wonder Luo Xiang Eunuch did not pay attention to it, the concubine of the concubine, the quadratic side, and there was a fault in the middle, and now that the child is dead, the situation of the Zhang family must be even more embarrassing.
Zhang's face was pale, wearing plain clothes, and he came out to give Zhao Ran a blessing, and Zhao Ran hurriedly returned the salute. When Zhang raised his head, his eyes were red and swollen, and he didn't know how many times he cried.
Zhao Ran saw that the courtyard was very narrow, and asked the housekeeper to let people re-vacate it, but Fang Yuan was still not enough, and the original Zhaijiao ceremony was reduced by a few points. He took out all kinds of utensils from the bamboo box, set up an inner altar on the offering table, and asked the spirit card of the Great Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty to be in place; and then knotted the silk silk for six doors, indicating the six officials of the Yin Cao Difu and the rune paper of each town; and lit the nine-palace lamp -- the ninth day of the ninth month of the birthday of the Emperor of Xudu, and the nine-palace lamp can be used to recruit each other......
As soon as the qiē was properly arranged, Zhao Ran changed into a crimson robe, and put on flat-headed shoes, which looked good, but unfortunately he didn't have enough steps, otherwise he would wear the crown again, and it would be even more brilliant over there.
Luo Xiangeun has recruited all the relatives and gathered in the side courtyard, because the place is narrow, in the end, only more than ten close people can come in, and the others are waiting outside the courtyard.
Zhao Ran waited for a while, and shouted, "Dut - the auspicious time has arrived, open the altar!" In fact, he himself couldn't say when the auspicious time was counted - he forgot to look at the Taoist calendar before going out, this singing and drinking was pure nonsense.
He took out the green words he made last night and recited them aloud, of course, when he read them quickly, he must make sure that Luo Xiangyi could not understand them. Wuji Academy has a variety of green word "templates", this green word is Zhao Ran checked the corresponding "template", slightly changed a few sentences, it can be regarded as a lazy steal, just changed the name and family name of the deceased, and the rest of the words have not moved, and it is inevitable that some words and sentences do not match the reality. You must know that Luo Xiangyi is a fellow jinshi who has been admitted step by step, if he hears the content of this green word clearly, he can't help but laugh and be generous.
Zhao Ran glanced at the eunuch of Luo with his spare eyes, and saw that he was frowning and carefully distinguishing, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly became a little faster when he recited. Zhao Ran was ashamed in his heart, the secret way really lived up to the hard work of the daily morning class this year, if he didn't have the mouth work of reciting the one hundred and eight precepts of the Daomen nine times in the morning class, he would have been arrested by Luo Xiangeun today.
Who can understand the Taoist priest's recitation? Luo Xiangyun must not understand, so Zhao Ran's "worship table" was completed smoothly.
The Emperor of the Northern Yin Emperor is a high-level immortal and has a special technique. Zhao Ran pinched the Six Prisons Trick, and sang in his mouth: "Urgent as a law, I respectfully invite the Northern Emperor Jun to show his saint-" This is a real singing, especially the last word, it must be high and agitated, and sing the "crane sound" to pass the test.
After singing, Zhao Ran threw the green words into the air, pulled out the peach wood sword and stabbed upwards sharply, and the rune paper with the green words was poked by the peach wood sword and exploded the moment it was poked, turning into a ball of sparks. Zhao Ran listened attentively, and the relatives of the Luo family who were watching exclaimed in unison - this shows that the effect is good, and the role of the rune paper has played a role.
Thanks to yangzhigang and listening to the song of the sea for rewarding.
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