Maoshan Taoist priests practice falsehood and become reality

Chapter 108 Five Rampant Soldiers and Horses

Su Heng looked from a distance and saw the scholar walking a few steps. Just as he was about to reach the city gate, he turned back again. Repeatedly, his steps gradually became sluggish, his face turned earth-colored, and he was sweating profusely.

I'm afraid I encountered the legendary ghost and hit the wall.

Su Heng came to the two ferocious ghosts and asked, "Why do you even bully scholars?"

One of the ferocious ghosts laughed and said: "If he is really a scholar, and his awe-inspiring aura protects his body, how can we bully him? But he is a cheater, so naturally he cannot be let go."

Another ferocious ghost refused to leave when he saw Su Heng: "Wild Taoist priests, don't meddle in other people's business, otherwise grandpa will catch you too."

Su Heng looked at it with his left eye, but it was more powerful than ordinary ghosts, but his tone was so arrogant, and he warned loudly:

"Where are these lonely ghosts from? Seeing that I am here, why don't you retreat quickly?"

"You're such a wild Taoist, how dare you yell at grandpa with your bare hands! I'll teach you a lesson today. Remember to walk around grandpa when you see him in the future!"

The ferocious ghost showed its teeth and exhaled bursts of black smoke, trying to wrap up Su Heng.

Unexpectedly, golden light shone all over his body. Suddenly, through the thick smoke, he was holding a ferocious ghost in each hand. The two ghosts no longer showed any arrogance, and kept crying and begging for mercy:

"Master Taoist, please spare my life, I am blind and cannot recognize Mount Tai."

"Now that you know how to give in, why don't you think about retribution when you harm others?"

"Taoist Priest misunderstood! We were just playing around with the fake scholar and had no intention of harming him."

The ferocious ghost quickly explained that they belonged to the military camp under the command of the City God.

"It's a lot of nonsense. The City God's men are all soldiers from Zhongtan. How dare you, an untouched ghost, claim to be a soldier of the City God?"

"Although we are not among the upper and middle altars, we are still rampant soldiers at the lower altar. The City God ordered me to wait here and wait for orders."

Taoist soldiers and horses are divided into three categories. The first type of soldiers and horses on the altar is divided into various departments. It belongs to the North and South Houses, Thunder Dusi, etc. It is the heavenly soldiers and generals that are often heard. They are mostly used to pray for sunshine and rain, and to attack temples and call for thunder. The chief will be the Leibu general to ward off evil spirits. Treating diseases is not a problem.

The second category is the soldiers and horses of Zhongtan, which mostly refers to soldiers and horses of Dongyue Mansion, similar to ghost soldiers, or soldiers and horses commanded by local city gods.

The third type is soldiers and horses under the altar, which are mostly found in Meishan, Yuanhuang and Maoshan. They are composed of wandering masters, dead souls, mandrills and even animals, with a complex structure. Among them, the famous rampant soldiers and generals are among them.

The rampant soldiers and rampant generals are commonly known as the five rampant soldiers and horses. It is rumored that the most powerful five rampants are the generals and soldiers who died in the battle under Emperor Xuanyuan, followed by the remaining demons of the Six Cave that Marshal Zhao and Tianshi Zhang conquered. Once again, there are some proud soldiers who died on the battlefield.

In short, Wu Yang's soldiers and horses are called Taoist magic soldiers, and they are especially good at catching ghosts. Moreover, Wu Yang only listens to orders, regardless of good or bad, and is often prone to accidentally hurting lonely ghosts. Because of this, folk mages generally would not use it unless absolutely necessary.

The five warriors and horses have different abilities, including the five warriors who eat raw and hot, the five warriors with disheveled hair, the five warriors who hunt in the mountains, the five warriors who open and close their mouths, the five warriors who seal the sword and set the bones, and the five warriors who seize the soul of a person.

Once someone inadvertently breaks into them, they will most likely be crazy, stupid, yelling, and keeping silent.

"I'm afraid this fake scholar just wandered around the city gate after breaking into the five rampages that lead the soul to lead the way."

After confirming that the other party was a soldier of the City God, Su Heng showed off his face and the two Wu Yangs thanked him again and again.

"Since he is a rampant general, if he doesn't catch the evil ghost, why is he teasing innocent people at the city gate?"

When this matter was mentioned, the two rampant soldiers complained:

"It's because the tiger is no longer in the mountain and the monkey is the king. After our City God received the invitation from Emperor Guan Sheng, the people in the city were worried and couldn't make up their minds. Unexpectedly, the old man from the land volunteered to take over the duties of the City God and fight for the city. Lifengxian City.”

"They have always been good friends in private, so the city god happily went to the appointment. Unexpectedly, the land was not up to the task, and a lot of jokes were made, and the people were disappointed, and it caused us to have no one to worship. The brothers were so angry, so Lengtanbabing , come out and have some fun to relieve your boredom."

"I see."

Knowing the whole story, Su Heng let the two rampant soldiers leave on their own. The two ghosts thanked him for their great kindness and promised to repay him one day.

But after the two rampant soldiers left, the fake scholar who had been teased gradually came to his senses. When he saw the Taoist leader standing in front of him, he immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you so much, Taoist Master, for helping me!"

The fake scholar turned out to be a real businessman named Li Yuanjin. He was engaged in the silk and satin business. He had deposited a batch of goods in the warehouse in Fengxian City and was ready to pick them up.

But I heard that the city god was out for a banquet, and the land performed his duties, but he was unable to do anything about it. As a result, lonely ghosts appeared around the capital, and ordinary people did not dare to approach.

Li Yuanjin wanted this batch of goods urgently. The right way is to gain wealth and honor in danger. He heard that scholars have great righteousness to protect their bodies, and evil spirits do not dare to get close to them. So he dressed up as a scholar and tried to get through and take out the goods. Unexpectedly, before entering the city, he was spotted by five rampant soldiers and almost died.

"The little man has this small amount of money to show his respect to the Taoist priest first. When he goes to the city to get the goods, he will thank the Taoist priest properly."

This Li Yuanjin is indeed a businessman. In a few words, he expressed thanks and hinted that he hoped Su Heng would accompany him as a bodyguard.

Su Heng took the money bag and weighed it. He was quite sincere. He had nothing on him at the moment and was in need of money to buy magic tools and talismans, so he simply offered Li Yuanjin a favor:

"Come with me."

"Thank you, Taoist Master! I don't know the Taoist name yet, how should I call it?"

"Xuanheng."

"Thank you, Taoist Master Xuanheng!"

The two of them walked to the city gate. The soldier on duty saw that they were Taoist priests and did not stop them.

After entering the city, Su Heng asked Li Yuanjin where the City God's Temple was.

"Taoist priest, go straight to the north and you will see it. The other villain's shop is next to Tongfu Inn. Taoist priest is always waiting if you need it."

As Su Heng traveled north, he saw dark clouds in the sky, the streets were deserted, and the people in the city were unhappy. Occasionally, there was a dark wind blowing by, mixed with howls and cries.

Before half the stick of incense was gone, Su Heng saw the City God's Temple. It was a magnificent temple, facing south, with three entrances to the courtyard. On the central axis, there were archways, mountain gates, a stage, the Xian Palace, the City God's Palace, the Six Cao Mansion, and the Earth Temple. The Temple of Wealth, the Temple of Zaojun, and other gods live together in one temple and receive incense together. It's just that the temple, which should be lively, has no one at this time and looks deserted.

Su Heng entered the temple, feeling the incense of three sticks. He came to the statue of the earth god and muttered something:

"Yuan Shi'an Town, general message to all spirits. Yue Du is the true official, the land spirit... the protector god king, protects and chants scriptures. Convert to the great road, Yuan Henry is loyal."

After reciting, he saw no land left and right. When he was confused, he heard a voice:

"Taoist priest, I'm here."

Su Heng turned around and saw the City God speaking. However, the face on the statue looked like earth.

Good guy, you are so brave!

Seeing Di Di, Su Heng went straight to the point: "Di Di, why did you call me here?"

The land was very confused: "When will I call you here?"

"Didn't you say you would choose a day to go to the world to see it?"

"I never said this, you must have remembered it wrong."

Weird.

Su Heng was thoughtful and asked: "Tui, do you recognize me?"

Tu Di looked at Su Heng carefully: "I don't recognize you... Hey, you are young and have meritorious deeds. You must have some abilities. The little god has a difficult problem. If the Taoist priest can help, I will ask him to protect him personally when the city god comes back. You go to the upper world, what do you think about the lower world?"

Su Heng thought about it and felt that there must be something fishy in it.

"what's up?"

"This matter..." Tutu was about to speak, but suddenly paused and changed the subject: "Let me ask a question first. If the Taoist Master can answer it correctly, we can talk about it later."

Okay, okay, buy one get two free, right?

"But it doesn't matter."

The Earth God nodded: "One day, four people came to the City God's Temple, namely a merchant, a farmer, a boatman, and a fruit farmer."

"A merchant sells noodles and takes them out to dry in the warehouse, praying for a sunny day tomorrow. A farmer wants to moisten the soil after drying the grains, and prays for a rainy day tomorrow. A boatman delivers goods, hoping that there will be a northerly wind tomorrow so that he can Hurry up. Fruit farmers are planting pears. It is when the pear trees are blooming and falling. They pray that there will be no wind tomorrow. Four people pray for different things, how should we choose?"

After hearing this, Su Heng smiled knowingly and said:

"Why do we have to choose? Isn't it possible to achieve it in one day?"

"That's natural. How can it be windy and rainy and sunny and calm in one day?"

Su Heng smiled and said: "The sun whitens the noodles during the day, the rain moistens the fields at night, and the north wind follows the river and bypasses the hundred-acre pear garden. How about it?"

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Just follow your instructions."

"Isn't this a test question?"

"Ahem. Yes or no... In short, Taoist Master Xuanheng, the little god is in trouble, and I hope you can help me. If it comes true, I will give you a big thank you."

Thank you very much?

"Say it."

But in Fengxian City, there was a family named Ding. The owner, Mr. Ding, had a son, Ding Yue, in his later years. He held it in his hand for fear of falling, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting.

The family carefully cared for Ding Yue to grow up, enrolled in a private school, became a scholar, and prepared to be a scholar in the coming year. One day, Ding Yue met six people on his way home, tall, short, fat, thin, old and young, each holding a fresh fruit in his hand.

Ding Yue was curious, so one of them handed out the fruit. Ding Yue picked up the fruit and tasted it himself. It was fragrant and delicious. After returning home, I felt sleepy and couldn't wake up for several days. I called several doctors but couldn't figure out the reason, so I came to the Chenghuang Temple to pray.

After investigation, it turned out that there were six ghosts in the south of the city, looking for someone to die for.

"I sent the soldiers to catch the ghosts. Three days and three nights passed, but the six ghosts have not yet arrived. The Ding family submitted another ultimatum and urged repeatedly, saying that their son's life was in danger. They also hoped that the Taoist priest would take action quickly to find out the ghosts. The reason is to rescue Ding Yue."

It turned out to be a ghost hunt.

"Tandi, do you know why the gangsters haven't caught the ghost yet?"

"Can you please tell me, Master Taoist?"

Su Heng told the soldiers all their dissatisfaction with Tu Tu's role as City God. After Tu Tu heard this, he was so ashamed that he hurriedly came out of the statue of City God.

"I'm ashamed to say that I have a very good personal relationship with the City God. We lived in the same temple and received incense from the same person. As time went by, I thought I had some of his abilities. Alas, when the turmoil calmed down, the little god moved out of the City God's temple and found his It’s a small temple to live in. The small gods are really not blessed to be able to bear the incense from this big temple.”

Su Heng said goodbye to the land and walked out of the City God's Temple. He did not go straight to the south of the city. Instead, he found a shop in the city and bought a wooden sword, yellow paper, and a consecrated talisman.

By coincidence, I met Li Yuanjin again. He heard that Su Heng was going to the south of the city to catch the Six Ghosts, and he immediately dissuaded him:

"Taoist Master, you can't do it. Those six ghosts are not ordinary ghosts..."

(End of this chapter)