I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 22 Cabin
There was a breeze in the training hall, blowing slowly through the hall, bringing coolness to the midsummer.

Pei Ju also knew that old woman. The older people called her Mrs. Lin, but Pei Ju called her Grandma Lin. Of course, she was not a real grandmother, but she was someone familiar in the neighborhood. Pei Ju had talked to her several times, and she always talked about how gentle and beautiful Pei Ju's grandmother was back then.

They would also say that the grape vine in the yard was bought from the street and planted by them together.

Grandma Lin has a problem, but it's like some chronic disease.

Ever since her husband passed away, Grandma Lin always dreams about him. She doesn't dream about the past, but that her husband comes back to find her. At first, he just shouts outside the door, then he slowly walks into the house, and finally comes to the head of the bed.

She thought she missed her husband too much, but as her husband's voice got closer, her spirits became worse and worse, and she felt drowsy all day long. Because she did not tell her children about her dream, her children thought she missed him too much.

But later on, she told her children, and they immediately brought her here.

Pei Ju read in "Pei's Essentials for Eliminating Devilishness" that "dreams are caused by thoughts, and dreams give rise to delusion, just like oil in water, which is difficult to remove. If a person is old and their soul is weak, thoughts will be like roots that penetrate the soul. If you try to pull them out, you will damage your soul and shorten your life. You can only cut away the delusion as it grows, like mowing grass."

"Mom, let's go in first." Mrs. Lin's son supported Mrs. Lin and said.

"Oh, sometimes, I really want to let him go." Mrs. Lin said with a sigh.

"Mom, don't think like that. The more you think like that, the easier it will come. Besides, the Fourth Master said that this is a delusion caused by thinking. He is no longer my father." Mrs. Lin's son said quickly.

At this point, he added, "When I get back, I'll burn all those photos."

"No, that's the only thing your father left behind. Don't burn it. If all the photos are gone, no one will remember him." Lin Tai said anxiously.

It was obvious that Mrs. Lin's son had wanted to do this for a long time, but she had always stopped him.

At this time, he did not argue with her, but just said: "Okay, okay, go into the cabin first."

Afterwards, he helped Mrs. Lin into the hut.

The hut is a place in the sword hall used to kill ghosts and cure diseases.

A small door was opened, and the entrance was covered with black cloth. There were murals painted on all four walls, even on the door. Above the head were nine stars, one large and six small, and two of them were darker.

There was only one wall facing the north, on which was engraved a picture of two portraits that were burned by fireworks and were not very clear.

In front of the mural, there is an altar with a sword on it.

The sword was a copper coin sword made of twenty mountain ghost coins.

On the floor of the hut, there is a Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram, and in the middle, there is a round-backed armchair facing the north wall.

The chair is made of jujube wood, and because of its age, the once reddish base color has turned black.

After Mrs. Lin came in, she didn't say anything else.

Pei Ju did not say anything. He knew the rules of entering the hut, which was to speak as little as possible, not to speak if possible, and not to speak loudly.

Although this is not a taboo, it is a rule because talking will disrupt the serious atmosphere.

It may also disrupt the mentality of the person who is killing the ghost, so try not to speak here and maintain that dignity.

This was not Mrs. Lin's first time here, so of course she knew what to do.

She sat on the armchair, while Fourth Master Pei took out a piece of black cloth with an eight-diagram pattern embroidered on it using eight colors of silk threads.

The only difference is that compared to the piece of cloth covering the shrine outside, it lacks the copper bell hanging underneath.

Fourth Master Pei shook the Bagua black cloth and then draped it over Mrs. Lin's head. At this time, Fourth Master Pei actually spoke.

"Over there on the old street, there's a barber shop called Lü Zu's Barber Shop. They're also good at cutting off people's troubles. They've inherited a pair of golden scissors that can cut off ghosts and kill monsters, making them invincible."

He spoke at this time probably to teach Pei Ju to get to know some other colleagues.

"Is there any difference between us and them?" Pei Ju asked.

"The difference is that we are based on the tradition of swordsmen, while they are barbers. It is said that our tradition was inherited from Lu Zu, and from the beginning, we existed to cut off troubles and evil. Our ancestors once made a living in the underworld, living on the edge of a knife, but later, in order to settle down, they settled here and opened this "Zhangui Hall."

Pei Ju understood that his grandfather meant that his family's ability to kill ghosts was the true ability of a swordsman.

Jianghu rice.

Pei Ju thought of himself in the "Mountain Jun Temple" again, and the days when he followed his third uncle to travel around the world and make a living. Those were thrilling days. Sometimes when he made money, he would gamble and play with women. When he didn't make money, he would break into the homes of wealthy people to steal, or even rob.

"However, our ancestors opened this Zhegui Hall and also worshipped the ancestor."

Pei Ju certainly knew that his ancestors had worshipped Shentu and Yulei as their teachers.

Moreover, Pei Ju also knew the legend of these two door gods, who were good at subduing evil spirits. After subduing and tying up the evil spirits, they would feed them to tigers.

There was also a tiger temple in his own training hall, and he knew that the animal enshrined in the tiger temple was actually a tiger.

He didn't know the relationship between them, and his grandfather didn't tell him either.

Fourth Master Pei lit a stick of incense, inserted it into the incense burner, and suddenly spoke out: "Now there is the Lin family. Their thoughts have become evil and have become harmful. Disciple Pei Jieyang, please kill them with the Killing Ghost Sword."

After Master Pei Si finished burning incense, he took down the ghost-killing sword that was placed on the display.

The Ghost-Killing Sword is a copper coin sword, made of ghost-killing coins.

The Killing Ghost Coin is also known as the Mountain Ghost Coin. It is engraved with a talisman in regular script: "Mountain Ghost, thunderbolt kills ghosts, subdues spirits, slays demons and wards off evil spirits, forever protecting the talisman. Obey the orders of the Supreme Lord Laozi."

On the back are engraved the Bagua patterns and the names of the eight directions Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen and Kun in regular script.

Twenty-one bound swords in total.

Fourth Master Pei gripped the hilt of his sword, turned around, and gently placed the tip of his sword on Mrs. Lin's head. He closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and said, "One strike, and I'll cut off the love sickness."

After saying that, he raised the sword and chopped it down towards his head. The movement was not fast, but Pei Ju felt that the sword was swung extremely smoothly without any drag.

The sword fell on his head again.

The tip of the sword hung above Lin Tai's head, and Master Pei Si turned his body and came to the other side of Lin Tai, which was the south.

Once again, he lowered his brows and spoke in a deep voice, "Second cut, cut off the root of worry!"

After saying that, he raised his sword and chopped it down.

Pei Ju stood by and watched carefully, looking at his grandfather's current condition.

In his eyes, his grandfather's movements were not fast, but the charm of the sword swinging gave him a special feeling.

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