unscrupulous spirit catcher

Chapter 114 Sweeping the Fish Crossing

There are many pines and cypresses planted on both sides of the official road. As time goes by, it turns into a forest.

As soon as the two people walked over, before they had time to check, they ran into a swindler.

He is still an old acquaintance of Song Yu.

Taoist Master Zihua pretended to be blind, and his two silly disciples were chattering beside him.

"Pindao's eyes are blind because he revealed too many secrets and was punished by God. I didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but because I saw how pitiful you were, I came here to help you."

There was a lot of paper burning at the woman's feet. When she saw this immortal spirit, she quickly grabbed him and said, "Taoist Master, my son is very ill. They say he is suffering from evil spirits. Can you help me?" Son, go and get rid of evil spirits.”

Taoist Master Zihua stroked his beard and said, "This is a trivial matter. I am a brother-in-law with that Prince of Hell, so I know a little bit of the inside story. I will tell you your son's birth date and see if it is true."

He listened to the woman reciting for a long time outside, and happened to hear her reciting the birth date of his son as a sacrifice. When he opened his mouth and said it, it was absolutely accurate.

When the woman heard this, she immediately thought of him as a living god and kept calling him for help.

Taoist Master Zihua sighed: "Your son's birth date is the reincarnation of a bull-headed ghost. Now that the underworld is busy, it is natural to recall your son to be on duty."

As soon as the woman heard that it was okay, she was such a son, and she immediately cried and begged. Seeing that the Taoist priest did not speak for a long time, only twirling two fingers, she immediately understood and took out the few taels of silver he had on him.

When Taoist Master Zihua saw that this was all he had, he sighed: "Hey, the King of Hell is easy to meet, but the kid is difficult to deal with. I'm afraid this money is not enough."

The woman quickly said: "I still have it at home."

Taoist Master Zihua wished he could follow the woman back to get the money, but the disciple on the left kept tugging at his sleeve: "Master, someone is coming."

Taoist Master Zihua said solemnly: "The poor Taoist is to help people solve their problems. They are bright and magnanimous. There is nothing to be afraid of."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Song Yu.

He was pretending to be blind right now, and he should have turned a blind eye to Song Yu, but he was startled, could not hold himself steady, and cursed him.

He had found out Song Yu's details a long time ago and knew that she was from the Decryption Department. He wished he could rub oil on her feet right away.

The woman thought she was talking about her. She was surprised and aggrieved. She just thought she didn't have enough money and asked the master to stay here and wait for her. She would go back to get the money now.

Song Yu clicked his tongue twice: "I didn't expect the Taoist priest to have such a big face that he could ask someone to come back from Lord Yan."

Taoist Zihua looked calmly, and looked at Gu Beiqi, who seemed to be more talkative: "It's all for eating, but I still have some real skills when I walk in the rivers and lakes. I don't know what to call this person?"

Gu Beiqi reported his name, and said casually: "The Taoist master has profound Taoism."

"I dare not say how deep the Taoist practice is," Taoist Master Zihua waved his hand. "It is enough to solve people's problems. Let's not talk about it too far. Just talking about this official road, when the poor Taoist priest had not yet started to teach, it had led to a dead end. , thanks to the protection of the ancestor, I came out."

Song Yu and Gu Beiqi couldn't help but their eyes lit up when they heard what he said.

This is really dozing off and sending pillows.

Gu Beiqi hurriedly said: "Do you still know how to take this road?"

"This..." The Taoist Master glanced at the two of them, "Are you going to die?"

That's really great news. If this little bastard can die inside, it will be God's blessing.

He almost laughed out loud, but managed to restrain his smile, and immediately said that he could lead the way, but not too far, and they would have to walk alone when they saw the stone monument.

After that, he got into the woods and headed east. The woods were lush with vegetation. Song Yu followed behind and gradually noticed a cool breeze.

Wherever there are dense shade trees, there will be a sense of coolness, but when there are spiritual beings around, the coolness will become particularly permeable, and it always feels like a cold wind is blowing from behind.

Taoist Master Zihua said as he walked: "Most people don't know about that place. It has been desolate for a long time. But you really asked the right person. My ancestors were princes of the previous dynasty. I saw it in the records left at home. For those who pass here, this place is called Saoyudu."

Song Yu didn't know what a pig monkey was, but what he said was so logical that it didn't seem like a fake.

But I have never heard of this place called Saoyudu.

Gu Beiqi also shook his head at her. He was much older than Song Yu, and he had never heard of this place name before when he was studying in Bianjing.

I haven't seen it on the map either.

Seeing their suspicious looks, Taoist Master Zihua couldn't help but feel proud: "You must have never heard of it, so if you meet me, it's a chance. No one in the world knows about this except me."

As he spoke, he kept twirling his fingers, just asking for money.

Gu Beiqi was not stingy and took out a broken piece of silver and put it in his hand.

The Taoist priest weighed it and estimated that it would weigh three cents. He put it away with satisfaction and began to talk about this "confidential matter."

Saoyudu connects Chenliu to the south and Bianjing to the north. To the east is the former Holy Tomb, which is a fortress. An official road was opened here and the largest post station was built. The postmen alone were equipped with twenty indivual.

The post station was built by the imperial artisan households. The previous dynasty artisan households were humble and inherited from generation to generation. Without the emperor's permission, they were not allowed to be born.

When the craftsmen were on duty, they would arrive early every day and leave at dusk. They would only be given salt, food and clothing. Despite this, they would be cannibalized and exploited by the officials, which often led to craftsmen running away. The emperor also issued a special edict for this purpose. If any of the craftsmen escaped, all the craftsmen on duty would sit together and be executed together.

Even so, the craftsman cannot be prevented from escaping.

When this official road and post station were being built, in order to prevent the craftsmen from escaping, the officials were even more strict. Not only did they not feed them, they also beat and scolded them at every turn.

But among the craftsmen's households, there were also carpenters. No one expected that one of these carpenters would be able to register in the Lu Ban Book.

There are three volumes in the Lu Ban Book. The first volume is about Taoism, the middle volume and the second volume are about explanations and medical techniques. The most difficult one is the first volume. There is no detailed usage method, only talismans and curses. In addition, Not a single superfluous word.

To learn the book, you need to become a master. The master will teach it orally at night, and the apprentice will ask questions sincerely before he can learn it.

Once proficient, the person who learns will bear the fate of five disadvantages and three deficiencies. The five disadvantages are being old without a wife and being widowed; being old and without a husband and being widowed; Not all is said to be disabled, and the three missing are money, life, and power. Therefore, fewer and fewer people are learning it, and it is almost lost.

This book is quite common, but there are very few people who are truly proficient in it. Song Yu can only read a few things in the book, and one of them is the "Nine Dragon Bone Transformation Water" that Taoist priests all know.

This carpenter who knew Luban Shu was not a carpenter, but was punished as a carpenter. When he was building the inn, he was bullied, so he secretly set a spell to kill all the officials who built the inn, and all the carpenters. Escape.

Later, the imperial court captured 120 people who had fled their households, but no one identified the person who knew Lu Ban Shu, so the emperor ordered that these 120 people be beheaded, and their heads were hung on both sides of the official road as a warning to others.

(End of this chapter)