My years as a fortune teller

Uncle Xuanhe and I were meditating when we heard someone knocking on the door.After I opened my eyes and stood up, I ran to open the door to have a look.It turned out that the shopkeeper stood outside the door with a dark face, as if someone owed him money.

It was Master Xuanhe who also came over, smiled and said to the old man: "I'm sorry, my apprentice and I were meditating just now. If you have anything to do, please tell me!" He said and cupped his hands at the old man.

The old man gestured for a long time, and Uncle Xuanhe nodded.He said to me: "Little fat man, clean up and let's go to eat. The boss said that the food is ready." I responded and turned around to clean up.In fact, I could see some of the old man's gestures just now, but I still don't understand some of them.

Uncle Xuanhe and I followed the old man downstairs, and suddenly found a door open.But there seemed to be something behind the door, but it was blocked by a thick wooden door and could not be seen clearly.

Uncle Xuanhe and I sat on a table in the back, and I asked in a low voice: "Uncle, the door opened, and there seems to be something behind it." Uncle Xuanhe looked over there, He nodded with a smile.But nothing was said, which puzzled me a little.

At this moment, the corner door opened, and a man dressed as a Taoist walked in.The head wears a kind of hat with a round bottom and a slanted and flat top, just like half a house in Shaanxi.The top of the hat rises upwards and backwards, and there are nine beams hanging down from the front and upper part of the hat.At this time, the famous Jiuliang scarf of Taoism was also called Chunyang scarf.It is a kind of hat for Taoist priests.He was wearing a blue Taoist robe and was carrying a bucket of water in his hand.

I watched him pull Master Xuanhe's hand, Master Xuanhe turned his back to him and just nodded without looking back.The Taoist priest passed by us, took a look and didn't speak.He went straight to a room next to the stairs, opened the door and walked in.

When he walked past us, a faint scent of safflower floated by.When he went in, Master Xuanhe pulled me and said in a low voice: "This is a person who chased away corpses, there should be corpses driven by him behind the door. I will talk to you later, and you should learn more. "

I nodded excitedly. It was the shop owner who brought two plates of pickles and two bowls of porridge, and four steamed buns came over.He put it on our table and gestured with his hand, smiled and left here.

I picked up a steamed bun and handed it to Uncle Xuanhe, and said softly: "Uncle, this old man is quite interesting, you will only see his smile after a day. It's okay to have a dark face, it's scary to be so tense. "

Uncle Xuanhe smiled, and said to me in a low voice: "He has absorbed too much corpse energy, which is why his face is so dark. If he is not congenitally dumb, it is probably caused by the corpse poison entering the five viscera." I clicked Nodding his head, Master Xuanhe said with a smile: "Eat quickly, there will be things to do later!"

Uncle Xuanhe had just finished speaking when he saw the Taoist priest carrying water come out.Sitting at a table not far from us, seeing me watching, he smiled and nodded.I also nodded my head as a gesture, and at the same time the shop owner walked over with his food.

Unexpectedly, after the shop owner put down the food, he just turned around.The Taoist yelled at us: "You two fellow Taoists, why don't you sit down and eat together. Otherwise, I won't be able to eat alone!"

Uncle Xuanhe looked up, then nodded at me.So I picked up my own bowl and Uncle Xuanhe's bowl, and the shop owner came over to help us carry the rest and walked to his table.

The Taoist immediately stretched out his hand and motioned for us to sit down.I looked at the dishes on his table and shook my head involuntarily.I saw a bowl of steamed fish and a plate of fried bacon on it.There is also a wine glass and a wine gourd.

While saluting, the Taoist asked about our master's heritage.Uncle Xuanhe told him with a smile, and then asked about his apprenticeship.It turns out that this is also a master of Chenzhou called Luo Datong, who is a local.

The Taoist looked at my meal with Uncle Xuanhe, and said with a smile: "Why does this brother and apprentice only drink porridge and not eat some meat and wine? It can't be because of the lack of money! Come on!" , I invite you two for today’s meal.”

Damn, just his little money is still showing off in front of us.Even if it's a few thousand corpses, it's not as much as Gao Shengwen gave me.But this can't be said here, so as not to hurt this Taoist.Besides, they are all under the same school, but they kindly let us.

Uncle Xuanhe smiled, and said to him: "We have been on the road recently, and it is not suitable to eat these things due to the wind and cold. Brother Daoist should eat more, and be careful of the cold air when we are on the road at night." What Uncle Xuanhe said Very clever, not only rejected his kindness as it should be.Also clear, we know what he does!

Luo Datong smiled and nodded, and then said: "If this is the case, I won't force you two. However, I have my own brewed medicinal wine here, which is the best for dispelling wind and cold. The two fellow Taoists have a drink It’s also good to dissipate the cold air in the body.” This person’s enthusiasm is a bit too much, and under normal circumstances, I definitely think he has intentions.But today is Master Xuanhe again, so everything depends on him.

Master Xuanhe smiled and took the wine gourd, put it on his nose and smelled it.Then he said to him: "There must be centipede, herbal snake, and ganoderma in this wine. It tastes very mellow, and it seems to be at least ten years old."

Uncle Xuanhe's words not only surprised Luo Datong, but also surprised me.I haven't seen Master Xuanhe drinking since I met him, but I didn't expect to smell a small gourd twice today.You can tell the difference and know how old the wine is.

Luo Datong clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother is really a master, you can smell the medicine in my wine. You also know how many years this wine has been steeped! Haha! Seriously, you are the first person I know Those who can say this. Even Uncle Qingshui, who claims to have drunk his whole life, can't smell it."

As soon as Luo Datong finished speaking, he saw the shop owner put a few small bowls on the table.When he came, there was no sound of footsteps, which made me shiver.The shop owner looked at me and smiled, took the wine gourd from Uncle Xuan He and poured four bowls of wine.

Luo Datong pointed to the shop owner and said, "This is Uncle Qingshui, whose full name is He Qingshui. In the past, he was a corpse chaser just like me. Later, something happened and he opened this corpse corpse inn here. Except us brothers back then Besides, you are the first foreign guests to live here."

Uncle Xuanhe stood up hurriedly, and saluted He Qingshui, the shop owner.When I saw it, I hurriedly stood up and wanted to salute the old man.The old man stood up with a smile, and asked us to sit down after returning the gift.He raised the wine bowl and motioned for us to drink first.

It doesn't matter if there is a medicinal smell in this medicinal wine, and it hits the brain very quickly.I put down the wine bowl and shook my head, then I heard Master Xuan He say: "Little fat man, this wine is a good thing to get rid of rheumatism."

I nodded hurriedly, and everyone looked at me and laughed.Uncle Xuan He smiled and said to Luo Datong: "Why did Fellow Daoist Luo drive the corpse here during the day? I remember that you didn't come when I entered the door?"

Luo Datong took a bite of the fish, put down his chopsticks and said, "Hey, don't mention it! Actually, I walked last night. When I got to the bottom of the mountain in the morning, I found that the road was blocked by mudslides. I couldn't hide. Although there are forests nearby It's not safe. So I ran back with the dead body on my back. Fortunately, today is half cloudy, otherwise this trip would have been wasted."

I smiled and said to him: "This is still done in vain. You can make money by driving the dead back. How could it be done in vain?" In fact, I was asking knowingly.Because some corpses are bitten by cats and dogs, corpse changes will occur.And because of some special reasons, the corpse will also be destroyed.

Luo Datong looked at me and smiled, and said: "Hey! You don't know, we usually don't have any accidents. If we pass through the forest or the stockade at night, my door will knock on the gong. It's normal Cats, dogs and carnivorous animals will be frightened and dare not come here. Even if we sleep in the woods during the day, we will sprinkle some medicinal powder. But last time I passed by the corpse inn in front of me, I lost a corpse. And that corpse happened to be a Young man, his family is relatively rich. This time I lost a lot, and was almost beaten to death. The second time I walked around somewhere, and when I was resting in the woods, I was stolen by something. A female corpse. Hey! Little brother, my reputation of killing corpses for more than 20 years has been ruined like this."

When I heard that it was ten o'clock, I glanced at Master Xuanhe.Then he said to Luo Datong: "Are you talking about the two-story building at the fork? When we passed by this time, there was no one inside."

Hearing this, Luo Datong said with a smile: "Which store is it? It's also strange that there was no one there when I went there the day before yesterday. By the way, except for the two bones found in the basement. So there is no way, I carried the corpse on my back Get here before dawn."

I nodded and made a calculation in my heart.He should have entered the shop when Master Xuanhe and I were leaving.Uncle Xuanhe and I entered the stockade, and he came here.It seems that we and this Luo Datong are somewhat predestined.

Luo Datong looked at us and suddenly asked: "Where are you two fellow Taoists going? There are very few strangers in our area, especially cultivating Taoist priests. Seeing that you are hurrying like this, you must be looking for something!" "

Uncle Xuanhe looked at him, nodded and said: "We came here to find the old man who drove the corpse. Some time ago, the old man sent someone to look for me. I was not there at the time. When I came back, I knew he was looking for me and rushed over immediately. .”

"What?" Luo Datong looked at Master Xuanhe in surprise and said, "I never thought that Fellow Daoist also knew the corpse king and the old man who drove the corpse? Yes! But I just don’t know what kind of friendship you have with the corpse king.”

Uncle Xuan He said with a smile: "It's not about friendship, I received help from the old man in the early years. But because of something, we left without any clues. I guess this time the old man came to us for this matter. Is Fellow Daoist Luo also going to meet the Corpse King this time?"

Luo Datong laughed and said, "So that's how it is. Every time we come back, we have to meet the corpse king. The first is to visit his old man, and the second is where to put the dead in the coffin for burial."

"Ah?" I was taken aback, looked at him and said, "You rush back these dead, don't you just hand them over to their relatives? I thought they had to be handed over to their relatives first, and then choose the way of burial."

"Oh! Hehe!" Luo Datong smiled and said to me: "I don't know, little brother. After we drove the corpse back, the soul of the deceased could not be found, and the gate of heaven and earth. And some of the deceased were frightened on the road. So it is also possible to lose the soul. So a unity was formed later, the relatives of the deceased were waiting at the corpse king. After we drove the dead there, the corpse king gave the supernatural power first, and then put it in the cemetery and handed it to the mage before going to the burial .”

I nodded. It turns out that there are still so many ways to chase corpses.I did study today, I thought exorcising corpses would look like the ones in the movies.But this king of corpses—the old man who drove corpses made me more and more curious!

At this time, only the shop owner He Qingshui was drinking with his head covered.It seemed that the old man seemed to have something in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it.I looked at Master Xuanhe, and he nodded secretly.I knew that Uncle Xuan He wanted to ask the old man some things, but I didn't expect to bring up a piece of the past...