My years as a fortune teller

Sure enough, Master Uncle walked in the front, followed by Master Xuanhe, Master and Teacher.I hurriedly knelt on the ground and said hello to my uncle and all the respected masters.Master Uncle hurriedly came over and pulled me up to look him up and down, then nodded and walked in.Dahui is as obedient as a puppy, happily jumping around in front of his master and uncle.

Gao Shengwen and Cui Erye greeted the uncle, but the uncle just nodded.After entering the house, the uncle and ancestor took everyone to offer incense to the ancestor, and then came out and sat in front of the plum blossom.I hurried to boil water, and then took out the finished cotton robe.

Uncle Master looked at the brand-new cotton robe and said to me: "Oh, old man, I haven't worn new clothes for many years. Forget it, I'm used to wearing old ones. Give this new one to those who need it." Bar!"

The master smiled and said to the master uncle: "Master, don't say I'm disrespecting you. If you always give this new suit to others, this kid will definitely make dozens of new ones until you wear it on your body." And this is also a child's filial piety, so you can wear it!"

Master Uncle took a look at me and said to me: "It seems that I really have to put it on, so I will wear a new Taoist robe!" Then he put the robe on his body, and said to me with a smile: "This robe So warm!"

I scratched my head happily, Master Xuanhe patted my head and said: "Do you know why your master uncle is so happy? It's because you did a good job this time and educated that hateful stepmother. It also touched the spirits of the patriarchs in heaven.”

I was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Master Uncle, Master Miao praised. In fact, all of this is not my credit. The one we really want to thank should be Xiao Zhaodi's biological mother. Because she let me see the most beautiful things in the world. : It’s tolerance, it’s love!”

The great uncle nodded and said to me: "I know all this. When the patriarch appeared to save the child's life that day, I got the enlightenment. The patriarch entered my consciousness and told me everything. If you don't have any credit Maybe, if you hadn't used the five ghosts to make such a fuss. That poor stepmother can't wake up now; if nothing else, even her own son will be punished. Your actions not only awakened her, but also awakened The birth mother of the child. These credits cannot be replaced by others, which is a great credit. I am proud to have a disciple like you, real child!"

Hearing what my uncle said, I suddenly wanted to cry.A kind of inexplicable sadness hit me, I didn't want any credit, I just felt that Xiao Zhaodi couldn't lose her life at such a young age.And Tian Ruifu, a child who is still learning to speak, can't lose his mother's love.

Master touched my head and said to me: "At first I thought you would do whatever you want, but I didn't expect the purity of your heart to be better than I thought. As a teacher, I feel a little ashamed of myself. If it weren't for your pure heart It’s impossible to do that.”

After listening to Master's words, I couldn't bear it any longer. I hugged Master's leg and burst into tears. Finally, I was praised by the respected masters!Seriously, this is so important to me.I was beaten to the ground by the ugliness in the world of mortals time and time again, and got up again and again.This is the first time I heard someone praise me so much, affirming my achievements.

Uncle Xuanhe smiled and said, "Hey, why did you suddenly become like a child? Get up, wash your face, make tea for us, and make some delicious food by the way. After driving all day in this snowy day, I'm hungry again. It's cold again." I looked up at Master, wiped away my tears and ran to cook.

I cracked four eggs and made a big pot of egg noodle soup.The people present, including Cui Erye and Gao Shengwen, almost all ate two big bowls.Master Uncle smiled and said to the teacher: "No wonder you always take him to cook for you. This kid is really good at cooking. It's the first time for me to eat two bowls of rice."

The teacher laughed and said: "In fact, his cooking taste is average, mainly because he understands what us old guys should eat! Unlike ordinary people, when it comes to eating, he is full of fish and meat. Look at this little fat man, he just eats it. An egg and a bowl of noodle soup drove us away. But you can see that this bowl of rice is eaten in the right season and tastes right. This is a master of cooking, but Shui Lao Dao is not willing to part with it!"

Master Uncle laughed loudly, and I cleaned up the dishes after dinner.Master took everyone around the surrounding area. From this day on, Master and Uncle taught scriptures and Taoism almost every day, and my cultivation has naturally improved a lot.Even Gao Shengwen told me later that his current achievements all come from that trip to Zhongnan Mountain.But such an opportunity is gone in a flash.

On the fifth day of October, it is the famous "Xiayuan Festival" of Taoism.Taoism has three officials, the heavenly official, the local official, and the water official; it is said that the heavenly official blesses, the local official forgives sins, and the water official relieves misfortune.The birth dates of the three officials are the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and the fifteenth day of October in the lunar calendar. These three days are called "Shangyuan Festival", "Zhongyuan Festival" and "Xiayuan Festival".

"Chinese Customs" also records: "October is expected to be the Xiayuan Festival, and it is said that the water palace will solve the disaster. There are also people who hold fast and chant scriptures." The water officer solves problems.In ancient times, there were regulations by the imperial court to ban massacres on a daily basis and to postpone the execution date of death sentences.Song Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu": "October [-]th, the day when the water officials relieved the misfortune, the palace watched the scholars, set up a fast and built a sacrifice, either to relieve the misfortune, or to recommend death."

The Taoist "Taishang Sanguan Jing" says: "Heaven officials bless, earth officials forgive sins, and water officials relieve misfortunes." All living beings are under the control of heaven, earth, and water officials.Shangyuan Festival, also known as "Shangyuan Tianguan Festival", is the birthday of Shangyuan's blessed heavenly official, Emperor Ziwei; Xiayuan Festival, also known as "Xiayuan Shuiguan Festival", is the birthday of Emperor Dongyin Jie'er Shuiguan in Xiayuan.

As early as when Zhang Daoling, the founder of Tianshi Dao, someone was sick or something.Will write three schedules, one to worship the sky, one to sacrifice to the ground, and the last one to throw into the water to worship the water god.This is also the earliest record of offering sacrifices to the three officials in Taoism.According to the current data, offering sacrifices to the three officials during the Tang and Song dynasties had the greatest impact.From the ruling class to the common people, all of them pay attention to these things.Later, with the decline of Taoism, sacrifices to the three officials gradually declined.Now in the Baiyun Temple in Beijing, there is another hall called the Sanguan Hall.It is these three gods that are enshrined!

In fact, many people don't know that Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, and Xiayuan Festival are all times when the gates of ghosts are opened.Because the Buddhist Obon will be held on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, many people attach great importance to this day.But this is all wrong. In the Taoist classics, the gates of hell will be opened for the three days of Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival.So you can see that during the three-day festival, many parents will prepare some ingot candles and paper money to burn to the dead.

And one thing I must add is that the gate of hell cannot be opened in a day.On the first day of the first day of the junior high school, the door will open a little, and then it will open a little wider every day, and it will be fully opened on the fifteenth day;So it's not like ordinary people say, just like we open the door, the door is opened at once.Instead, it opens slowly over time, and when the door is opened to the maximum, it also starts to close the ghost gate.

We chose an open place, Gao Shengwen and Cui Erye and I dug four big pits.Uncle Xuanhe, the teacher and the master made some food by themselves.The master and uncle prepare the scriptures and do some ceremonial work.

When night fell, we lit a fire in the pit.In order to prevent the fire from spreading, a circle was built with clods around it.Then sat among the masters and uncles, followed by master, teacher and master Xuanhe.There are also some nearby practitioners who also came after hearing the news.

From the time of nightfall until the time of Haishi, the master uncle and teachers led all the practitioners to recite scriptures non-stop.Suddenly a gust of night wind blew, and then there were low cries and mourning from all over the mountains and plains.

Gao Shengwen glanced at me nervously, I smiled and shook my head at him.He looked at me, and then at the master, uncle and others beside him, before he felt relieved.But just as he calmed down, he saw a vague person walking towards the back.

I hurriedly signaled Gao Shengwen to back off, then picked up some food and looked at Master.Master did not open his eyes, but nodded secretly.So I signaled Cui Erye and Gao Shengwen to throw food into the fire together.

As we threw more food into the fire, more and more ghosts gathered on one side of the fire.All kinds of lonely and wild ghosts, in the words of Master, this is "Hundred Ghosts Walking at Night".But there were more than a hundred ghosts that appeared that night!

Seeing so many ghosts come to fight for food, my heart began to bleed; I know that the more ghosts there are, the greater the proportion of natural disasters will be in the next year, and more innocent people will die will die.But these are not what I can do.Because it's heaven...