Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 31: Honest and Smart, Calming the Mind and Exorcising Evil
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Facing Chen Jin, Chen Min told him everything without reservation.

Chen Jin raised his eyebrows: "How can there be any immortal who came to me in my dream? It's just a ghost."

Chen Abu, who was standing beside him, was shocked when he heard this: "Ah Jin, are you saying that the thing enshrined in Chen Shenpo's Great Immortal Temple is an evil spirit?"

Chen Jin replied, "Almost... Rural temples like this that have not been conferred an imperial title can basically be considered as worshipping wild gods. If caught by government officials, they will be splashed with black dog blood or even exiled and executed."

He specifically brought up the imperial court, and his authority and persuasiveness were immediately heightened.

Chen Abu scratched his head and said, "But this Daxian Temple has been in the village for decades and nothing has happened."

Chen Jin explained: "It is not clear whether there is any problem or not. The government officials did not come to seal the houses mainly because no one went to sue the officials, and the law was not enforced in the countryside, which led to many chaos."

In the Qian Dynasty, for the common people at the bottom of society, entering the government office, even entering the city was a luxury.

Chen Abu was still confused. His nephew's words completely overturned his decades of cognition.

There was a sudden noise outside, as if something big had happened.

Chen Abu hurried out to see what was going on.

After a while, he came running back, shouting, "Something happened. It's terrible. It's a big thing."

Chen Li hurriedly asked what was going on.

"This morning, someone saw the door of the Great Immortal Temple open. After entering, they found that Chen the witch had fallen to the ground and had died. Everyone thought that she was old and accidentally fell to death when she came out at night. Someone found a pile of gold and silver treasures in the house and immediately started to grab them. There was a big commotion. When everyone heard the news, they all carried hoes to dig."

At this point, Chen Abu's eyes lit up and he seemed quite interested. He also wanted to go and see, perhaps he could get a piece of the pie.

Chen Jin glanced at him and said, "Uncle, if the Great Immortal Temple is worshipping evil spirits, those gold and silver treasures may be tainted with evil. If ordinary people touch them, they will be possessed and become sick."

Hearing this, Chen Abu shuddered and said quickly, "I won't join in the fun."

Chen Li was puzzled: "Witch Chen is all alone, living alone in the nunnery, where did she get the gold, silver and treasures?"

Chen Abu slapped his thigh and said, "I know. When she was young, she followed bandits and must have done a lot of evil things. Later, she fled back to the village with a big belly, but a few days later, the belly disappeared for no apparent reason. At that time, everyone thought that the fetus was not saved, but now it seems that she probably hid the gold and silver treasures she got from the robbery in her belly to hide it from the police."

Chen Jin was not interested in these old stories and asked, "Anything else you found?"

"Yes, there is more."

Chen Abu said hurriedly: "An urn was broken in the house, and many terrible things fell out, like human bones. It was very scary."

Chen Jin nodded slightly: "As expected, the witch must have learned some evil ways outside, so she is worshiping evil things in the nunnery."

After getting the confirmation, Chen Abu and his wife couldn't help but feel a lingering fear, because they had been to Daxian Temple before to pray for a child.

And what happened to my daughter Chen Min last night was not a nightmare, but a real disaster.

Thinking of this, I feel even more scared and guilty.

With their knowledge and understanding, how could they have imagined that such a thing would happen?
Due to negligence, my daughter was almost killed.

Chen Min took out the small cloth bag, showed the scraps of paper inside, and said with red eyes: "Brother, it was your amulet that saved me. But it was broken."

Chen Jin smiled slightly: "It's okay, I'll write another one for you."

The girl then burst into laughter.

Chen Abu asked hurriedly: "Ah Jin, can you draw talismans?"

Chen Jin pondered and said, "This is not the kind of spell you think it is, but a thought attached to the characters and ink."

Chen Abu: “…”

Chen Jin added: "The sages said: If the thoughts of scholars can be upright and intelligent, they can become gods, and they will have the effect of calming the mind and exorcising evil spirits."

Chen Abu: “…”

Chen Li: “…”

Chen Min: "..." Is what Chen Jin said a human language? The more he listened, the more confused he became. It was so confusing that he couldn't understand it at all.

It's too mysterious.

Chen Jin coughed dryly and said, "It's over now. You must remember that gods should not be worshipped randomly, and wishes should not be made randomly, especially those so-called gods whose origins are unknown. Otherwise, you may attract disaster."

Chen Abu said "Oh" and came back to his senses: "Then is it okay to go to the ancestral hall to burn incense and worship?"

"That's no problem. The establishment of the ancestral hall was approved by the court's etiquette and laws. And the ancestors enshrined in it are all our own ancestors. When the ancestral gods are blessed by incense, they can have divine aura and bestow blessings on the ancestors."

There are some things Chen Jin didn't say clearly.

On the one hand, it is a prerequisite that the ancestors become gods; on the other hand, even with the blessing of ancestors, it will not be easily obtained.

There is no point in talking about this.

In the lives of rural people, they all need faith and sustenance.

"Uncle, Auntie, I'm here today to deliver some meat."

Chen Jin changed the topic and held up the prey in his hands: a pheasant and a fat hare.

This time, he did not kill them cleanly, but left the fur on. You can see that the pheasant and hare were bitten on the neck.

Chen Li's attention was immediately drawn to it, and she asked in surprise, "Ah Jin, did you catch prey again?"

Chen Jin smiled and said, "I didn't catch it, Wangcai caught it. This dog is very good at catching things. He can catch several of them during a trip into the mountains."

Hearing this, Chen Abu and his wife did not doubt it. Hunters in the village all raised hunting dogs. Whenever they went up the mountain, they would take the hunting dogs with them. They were well-trained, fierce and powerful, and could be of great help.

Although Wangcai does not look like a hunting dog, he is extremely smart and clever, as evidenced by his last performance of bowing and carrying water.

Such dogs will hunt, of course.

Chen Jin said: "From now on, our family will no longer have to worry about meat."

Hearing the word "our home", Chen Li was overjoyed.

Although it is said that one can live off the land, the only ones who can really enjoy the benefits are the few hunters in the village or the gentry and landlords who own large amounts of land.

Most villagers just go up the mountain to collect firewood, mushrooms, herbs, etc. If they are lucky, they can dig out bird nests. Not many people can really hunt wild game.

So it is impossible to eat meat often.

Now, Chen Jin has Wangcai to help him, so he just needs to sit in the house and wait for the meat to be delivered.

It's too comfortable.

Chen Abu hurriedly said, "Ah Jin, if you have meat, just keep it for yourself."

"How can I eat so much? Besides, my aunt is pregnant and needs to replenish her body."

"Boss, since Jin has said so, come and help me kill the chicken and rabbit and keep Jin for lunch."

"well."

Chen Abu said no more and went to work with a smile on his face.

I thought to myself, maybe it was the blessing of the ancestors, it seemed like a miracle. It seemed like this, I believed that it wouldn't be long before my nephew would be able to make a name for himself.

At noon, more news about Daxian Temple came from the village. People dug up several children's corpses in the back hall. They were unrecognizable and were very horrified.

Some elderly people recalled the incident many years ago when some children in the village disappeared inexplicably. At that time, they thought they had drowned or been taken away by wild animals. Now it seems that they were all killed by Chen the witch.

This discovery immediately caused an uproar and anger among the public.

In order to appease the public anger, the village chief Chen Jiande ordered that the Daxian Temple be burned down completely.

(End of this chapter)