Chapter Twenty-Six: Serial Schemes
As soon as Sun Daohai's three words came out, Cui Boyuan shook his ears like thunder, and stammered and asked, "Why is Uncle Sun Sun here?"
Bai Cheng tapped the tea bowl lightly and asked softly: "Second brother, who is the youngest of the patriarchs in our hall, who is the latest to come to Qingyang Mansion, who has the least disciples, and who has not yet passed down the branch altar, why did Uncle Sun come, second brother, can't you think of it?"
Cui Boyuan sighed: "I see." ”
Suddenly, Cui Boyuan slapped his head and asked, "Eleven Lang, you have been calm and relaxed along the way, you already know what Uncle Sun is coming, don't you?"
Bai Cheng raised his cup, drank a cup of tea and said, "How can it be so simple, the twists and turns of the matter are far beyond the expectations of the younger brother. ”
Cui Boyuan said: "It's still early, please Shiyi Lang tell me in detail." ”
Bai Cheng said, that day, in the Xuangui Hall, after the Gao family brothers finished talking about the Gao family village, he knew that it was an opportunity, estimating that with the reputation of the Xuangui Hall, coupled with his own martial arts, if he planned carefully, there would always be three or four percent certainty, but whether it succeeded or not, it all depended on the will of heaven, if it could be done, it would be an unexpected joy, and if it didn't work, the master would not blame.
Unexpectedly, after they stayed at the inn that night, Bai Cheng received a letter, saying that he had secretly dealt with the matter of Gaojiazhai, and asked them to go to be the altar master tomorrow.
Bai Cheng was overjoyed after reading the letter, but he thought that his master had secretly made a move to do this, so he was confident, and he never expected that what he saw today was not Lu Jianshan, but Sun Daohai.
After the meeting, Sun Daohai said that last night he sneaked into Gaojiazhai, sent a letter and a knife in the homes of several principals, and went to the mountain temple to kill the Tianlongmen evangelist.
After saying this, Sun Daohai ordered Cui Boyuan to send several directors of Gaojiazhai to jointly write a letter in the name of the altar owner, asking him to come here to open the altar.
Bai Cheng's words, Cui Boyuan's eyes straightened, and it took a while to come back to his senses.
After being silent for a long time, Cui Boyuan asked tentatively: "Eleven Lang, you said that if we don't agree, with the support of the master, Uncle Sun will not force it, right?"
Bai Cheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Second brother Mo is joking with his own life. ”
Cui Boyuan patted his thigh: "The owners of several altars have no share, who is busy with a hard work." ”
Bai Cheng said with a smile: "Don't look at the second brother is a rough man, and he can still make such good poems, it seems that the scriptures of the past few days have not been read in vain." ”
Cui Boyuan didn't have the heart to laugh at this time, the scenery in the daytime turned into a passing cloud in a blink of an eye, he only felt that the impermanence of life was nothing more than this, and he actually gave birth to the idea of becoming a monk.
Seeing that everyone was sullen, Bai Cheng chuckled lightly and said: "Why are the brothers so depressed, we can't be the masters of the altar, I think this is still a good thing, as soon as you and my brother have a low status, they suddenly ascended to a high position, don't say that the people in the altar are not convinced, even if they are a few senior brothers under the master, they are afraid and not convinced." Second, the messenger of the Tianlongmen Missionary died here, although there is nothing to do today, but it will inevitably attack in a big way in the near future, how will you and my brother deal with it when the time comes?"
Cui Boyuan listened to what he said reasonably, nodded and said, "What my brother said is good, it's just an empty joy, and I am unwilling." ”
Bai Cheng pretended to be angry and said: "How can it be empty joy, the little brother has a serial plan, if it succeeds, we will not return empty-handed." ”
Cui Boyuan and the Gao brothers heard that Baicheng had a plan, and hurriedly cheered up and asked for a plan.
Bai Cheng said, since the Gaojiazhai branch altar is about to be owned by Uncle Sun, then we don't have to cherish it, these days we will ask for worship in the name of the hall, that is, we will do our best to fish, and we will not hesitate to do so. It's just that in my estimation, although they don't dare not give it, they will have complaints in their hearts, and then let the Gao brothers go to mention them, saying that they will throw it under Uncle Sun's door, and they can drive us away, and they will definitely act according to the plan and jointly invite Uncle Sun to come here. In this way, Uncle Sun's matter has been accomplished, we will also make a small fortune, and when we return to the hall, we will give more offerings to the master, and the master and his old man will not be dissatisfied with you and me, in this way, the best of the three, isn't it wonderful?
Before the words fell, Cui Boyuan's eyes lit up, and he punched Bai Cheng in the chest, and laughed: "Brother is such a clever plan, why don't you say it earlier." ”
The Gao brothers next to him were also smiling, full of excitement.
Bai Cheng was slightly stunned and asked, "Second brother can't be the master of the altar, why are you so happy?"
Cui Boyuan said with a smile: "Eleven Lang, you are still young, you are an official for thousands of miles just for money, and now you have the opportunity to make a lot of money, it doesn't matter if the altar owner does it or not." ”
Speaking of this, Cui Boyuan asked again: "Eleven Lang, we have never been the altar master, but we don't know how to collect the offering?"
Bai Cheng said, this is also simple, the younger brother saw several ancestors in the hall a few days ago, a piece of rune paper is infinitely powerful, so he asked the master for two rune papers, according to the cat and the tiger, learned some skills of drawing runes, and when the little brother draws hundreds of rune papers, we sell a piece of ten taels to the principals of Gaojiazhai, they still dare not buy it?
After that, Bai Cheng reached out and took out a roll of paper from his luggage, asked the brothers of the Gao family to cut it into small strips of paper three inches long and one inch wide, and asked Cui Boyuan to study the ink, pick up the pen, and draw symbols on the paper.
Everyone gathered on the side, only to see Bai Cheng walking in the middle of the dragon and snake, and in an instant, hundreds of rune papers were drawn.
Cui Boyuan asked, "Eleven Lang, I don't know where you learned this talisman drawing technique?"
Bai Cheng said: "Taught by the gods in the dream!"
Cui Boyuan asked, "But I don't know what it does?"
Bai Cheng smiled: "I haven't thought about it yet." ”
Cui Boyuan was dumbfounded.
Bai Cheng laughed, it was just a joke, why should the second brother take it seriously, my rune is indeed given by the god in the dream, if you wear it on your body, and worship sincerely every day, you will have the protection of the god and man, and eliminate disasters and disasters for you, each rune corresponds to a god man, each with different effects.
Cui Boyuan curiously picked up one and asked, "But I don't know which god is protecting this one?"
Bai Cheng saw him pick up the one that said "KFC", so he said: "This immortal's surname is Ken, but he is a white-haired old fairy, this immortal is in charge of the life and death of birds in the world, if he worships sincerely, he can naturally protect the poultry without worry." ”
The boss next to him was curious, stretched out his hand and pulled out a note, but it said "QQ", and opened his mouth to ask Bai Cheng, which immortal is this?
Bai Cheng said casually, this immortal is in charge of the marriage of men and women in the world, if you can sincerely worship, you will naturally be given a good marriage.
Another person next to him pulled up a note to ask Bai Cheng, Bai Cheng looked up, but it said "MOMO", and said, this fairy is in charge of the world's Qinglou, if you can sincerely worship, there will be a Qinglou woman upside down, speaking of this, suddenly remembered that Ma Jiulang, but I don't know if this person's wish has been achieved.
After the discussion was settled, they went back to rest, and only waited for the next morning to sell the talisman.
In the early morning of the next day, several people had breakfast, and came to meet in Cui Boyuan's house again, and said that today's matter was decided.
When they came to the main hall, all the old men in Gaojiazhai had already sat down, and when they saw Cui Boyuan and others coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted.
Everyone chatted for a while, drank tea, and ate some snacks, and the director Sun Dianshan suddenly stood up and said: "Since the master of Cui Tan has come here, he doesn't know when he plans to open the altar and reset the incense hall. ”
Bai Cheng looked up at this person, he had inquired yesterday evening, although this person's surname is Sun, but he has lived here for three generations, he is shrewd and capable, and he is the most trusted by Gao Taigong, after Gao Taigong passed away, he temporarily managed the affairs of Gaojiazhai.
Seeing him asking, Bai Cheng got up and said, "There is no hurry to open the altar and set up a hall, but there is an important matter right now, which needs your help. ”
Sun Dianshan had discovered yesterday that since entering the village, although Cui Boyuan is the owner of the altar, he does not say much, although Baicheng is the deputy, but he is the person in charge, so he knows that one of these two people is nameless, and the other is nameless.
At this time, when he saw Bai Cheng talking, he didn't dare to be contemptuous, and asked: "But I don't know what it is, but if it is useful to us, I will do my best." ”
Bai Cheng left his seat, walked a few steps in the hall, and said with a solemn face: "Now the countries are strife, the war is endless, the lives are devastated, and the suffering is unspeakable, the patriarch in my hall feels the suffering of the people in the world, so he has made many talismans blessed by immortal officials, as long as mortals carry them on their bodies and worship sincerely, they can protect the peace of the world." ”
Speaking of this, Bai Cheng changed his words and said: "It's just that although this talisman is good, it takes a lot of effort to make, so it can't be given to you in vain, and you need to come up with a little capital for the materials you need." ”
Although Bai Cheng said that the sky was falling, Sun Dianshan knew what he meant, and asked, "But I don't know how much silver I want." ”
Bai Cheng thought for a moment and said, "It only costs ten taels of silver to enshrine one. ”
Sun Dianshan didn't hide it, and asked directly: "But I don't know how much we need to worship in Gaojiazhai?"
Bai Cheng laughed and said: "The people of Gaojiazhai are the most pious, but Master Zu felt this, and he originally treated each of the people in the village. ”
Sun Dianshan smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that our Gaojiazhai is shallow and weak, and we can't afford it." ”
Bai Cheng smiled: "Don't be in a hurry, it will take time for the ancestor to make talismans, and we won't bring much this time." ”
Sun Dianshan pondered for a moment and asked, "Then let's enshrine a hundred first, okay?"
Bai Cheng frowned slightly, and said, "It's okay, there are nine hundred left, let's settle it slowly." ”
At this point, Bai Cheng said goodbye and returned to the room with Cui Boyuan and the others.
In the afternoon of the same day, Sun Lao sent someone over, offering a thousand taels of silver, and Baicheng also took a hundred pieces of homemade rune paper to them, after going back, the old men of Gaojiazhai saw this rune paper, and scolded in unison, Sun Dianshan took the rune paper but was silent for a long time.
In the next two days, Baicheng successively asked the Gao brothers to urge, and sold two hundred pieces of rune paper, and got three thousand taels of silver before and after, but when the Gao brothers came back, they said that the eyes of all the directors of Gaojiazhai were red, especially Sun Lao's words, everything is too exhausted, and fate is easy to end early.
Bai Cheng smiled when he heard this: "The time has come, Second Brother Gao, you are the most clever, tonight you go to find Sun Lao, and tell Uncle Sun about it, whether you succeed or not, it is up to you to succeed or not." ”