Yin Changsheng

Chapter 5 I have an extra master
Although the second grandfather has studied, he always believes that there are ghosts and gods in this world, so while conveying his pedantic ideas to us, he will also tell us some folk tales.

He also mentioned that ghosts like to put their feet under the feet of living people.

The sudden appearance of these three people frightened both me and my father, and they immediately ran behind the young Taoist priest.

Dad stared at the three people and said tremblingly: "We really walked through a cemetery, what should we do?!"

The young Taoist gave a faint grace, and stared at the three ghosts. Just now, the young Taoist lifted me down with a pestle and trampled on these three ghosts. The young Taoist priest bared his teeth and was about to rush forward.

The young Taoist laughed and said, "What? Are you still holding on?"

One of the ghosts couldn't hold back, and rushed directly at the young Taoist priest, but at this moment he angrily said: "Get out."

The reprimand made me and my father tremble violently, but the three ghosts were really stunned. They looked at each other for a few times, then stared at the young Taoist priest in horror, and fled away in a hurry.

Dad's eyes lit up. Although he couldn't find the old Taoist here, judging from what the young Taoist did just now, it was obvious that this was a life-saving straw. He immediately stepped forward and said to him urgently: "Little master!" , and please save our family, no matter what you want, I will try my best to get it for you."

The young Taoist looked between my father and me, and then put his eyes on the baby in my father's arms. After looking at it for a long time, he said: "Good and evil are rewarded. It can be seen that you have done a lot of bad things. Whatever trouble you've got, I shouldn't have bothered, but these two kids are innocent."

By saying that, he agreed.

Dad was grateful to Dade, he himself didn't feel right to kneel down to this young Taoist priest, so he said to me: "Xiao Wazi, please kneel down and thank the little master for your life-saving kindness."

At that time, I would do whatever my family asked me to do, and I didn't have the sense of honor and disgrace to kneel down to my parents, so I knelt down in front of the young Taoist priest.

The young Taoist grinned, pulled me up and said, "A man must have a backbone, I'm not worth making you kneel."

After staying in the Taoist temple, he went back to the village with us.

On the way, he told us that no one has believed in Taoist gods in recent years, and the Taoist temple has no pilgrims. Staying in the Taoist temple, I just took this opportunity to come out to relax.

His name is Jiang Li, so I can call him brother Jiang Li, but my father disagrees, because this Taoist priest is very capable, and I am not qualified to be his peer.

We told Jiang Li everything that happened on the way.

Walking all the way back to the village, not long after we entered the village, the news that my father had invited a Taoist priest spread like wildfire, and the buttocks were still hot after returning to the house, and the villagers in the nearby villages were no longer staying in the mourning hall of Mr. Come to my house to join in the fun.

In the eyes of the villagers, the Taoist priest who is afraid of ghosts and ghosts is no different from a living fairy, and they all want to come and see this living fairy.

But when they saw Jiang Li himself, the villagers murmured.

Grandpa Yao directly pulled my father and me aside and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so young, have you been deceived?"

Dad explained to Grandpa Yao for a while before continuing to communicate with Jiang Li.

The villagers also had the same questions as Grandpa Yao, and the villagers who had good things directly asked Jiang Li to solve the problem. They asked Jiang Li: "Master Jiang, can you solve Zhang Duangong's matter? And Xiao Wazi The family matter is always so noisy, and the villagers are not at ease."

At first he said well that he would help me solve it, but now Jiang Li shook his head directly: "I can't solve this matter."

My father and I were stunned, and my father asked eagerly: "Master Jiang, don't make fun of us. We won't trouble you, Little Master Jiang. I can give you as much as you want. You must give it to me." Help solve this matter, we really can't do anything."

Jiang Li said: "We do things based on fate, but also on cause and effect. We can meet, fate is enough, but cause and effect are not enough. If I don't know you before, I will help you with things. If there is no cause, there will be no result. This is the rule. "

Dad was in trouble, and asked Jiang Li: "Then how can we have a reason?"

The second grandpa had a strong understanding ability, so he interjected and said, "Just let Xiao Wazi recognize you as godfather, there will be a reason."

It is very common to recognize a godfather in the countryside. Generally, children who are weak and sick will recognize the Dragon Lord as their godfather, and then the Dragon Lord will bless the child. This is the cause and effect Jiang Li said.

Jiang Li blinked at me, and after a few seconds he said, "Taoist priests can't get married, it's shameful to have multiple godsons out of thin air, and I don't care much about him. It's not appropriate for me to be his godfather. In this way, I'll be his master." , plant this cause, and then I will help you deal with things, and this will be the fruit."

In this way, I became Jiang Li's apprentice in a daze.

At that time, I didn't know how difficult it is to become a Taoist apprentice. Taoism has rules, only teachers are allowed to find disciples, and disciples are not allowed to seek teachers.In other words, if you want to become a Taoist apprentice, you have to be selected, otherwise you have no chance.

As a result, everyone was happy, and my father hurriedly said: "Xiao Wazi, why don't you kneel down and kowtow to Master."

But Jiang Li grabbed me, stared at me and forbade me to kneel, and said: "I am not worth making you kneel now, just call me Master."

I blurted out and called out: "Master."

Jiang Li nodded in favor.

Recognizing a formal Taoist priest as a master is something that the villagers have envied for several lifetimes. The people present were very upset at the time, saying: "The Chen family has come after all the hardships, and the descendants have become Taoist priests' apprentices. I want to become a dragon and a fairy."

This is off topic.

Fate and causality were all together, Jiang Li started to deal with the business, and a group of people rushed to Zhang Duangong's mourning hall, preparing to deal with Zhang Duangong's affairs first and then deal with my grandfather's affairs.

It's just that Jiang Li frowned as soon as he entered the mourning hall, and walked a few serious steps back and forth in the mourning hall.

The villagers looked anxious and couldn't help asking: "Master Jiang, who killed Zhang Duangong?"

Jiang Li turned around and said, "You don't need to watch the night tonight, you all go back to rest, it's fine for me and Chen Xiao to stay here."

At this time, the villagers didn't trust Jiang Li so much, they asked him several times for uncertainty, and finally left with the mentality of pulling it out with a mule or a horse in their arms.

Only me and Jiang Li are left in this mourning hall.

We didn't stay in the mourning hall either. He took me to a side room to rest. There was nothing in the mourning hall except the coffin and some wreaths.

Jiang Li was lying on the outside of the bed, and I was on the inside. This was the first time I slept with a stranger. I must have been a little awkward. I tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't sleep, and I didn't dare to talk to him.

Jiang Li smiled and said, "If you can't sleep, tell me about Zhang Duangong's death."

When I found a topic, I immediately told Jiang Li about the situation at that time.

Jiang Li didn't express any opinions after listening, and soon fell silent and fell asleep.

The next morning, the villagers gathered in front of Zhang Duangong's mourning hall. Jiang Li and I got up and went out only after hearing the noise. Is Jiang Li a liar, trying to gain fame and reputation to cheat money?

Their tone was not as kind as before, and they asked directly: "Do you know who killed Zhang Duangong?"

Jiang Li walked to the side of the coffin, and with a loud bang, he lifted the lid of the coffin weighing hundreds of kilograms with one hand, stunned the villagers.

When the coffin was opened, the villagers came up to look at it, and they panicked.

Because the coffin was empty, Zhang Duangong's body was nowhere to be found.

Jiang Li said: "Taoism has three numerology theories of changing fate, changing fate, and destiny. Destiny is to obey the heavens, not to resist, and to let nature take its course. Changing fate is to change one's fate against the sky and change one's own destiny. And this substitute Fate is to replace one's own with the lives of others. Zhang Duangong did not commit suicide, but was used to replace one's life."

He added that there is a kind of hanged ghost recorded in "Hundred Ghosts Record". The hanged ghost is a ghost who died in vain. After death, he cannot be reincarnated.

Some people want to use Zhang Duangong's life to replace their own. Now as long as they figure out who Zhang Duangong is looking for now, they will know who killed Zhang Duangong, and maybe they can also find the culprit behind this incident.

The villagers immediately changed their minds about Jiang Li, and these simple words revealed the real cause of Zhang Duangong's death and the direction of how to solve this matter.

No one suspected that he was a liar anymore, they stretched out their thumbs to praise Jiang Li, and praised him as a living god.

That was the first time I felt proud because I became Jiang Li's apprentice the day before.

Jiang Li told the people in the village that he would solve this matter, but he would have to wait until night.

Taking advantage of this time during the day, he came back to my house and said that he would visit my grandpa when he was free. He stood in front of grandpa's bed and looked at grandpa for a while.

Grandma was always in a hurry. Seeing that Jiang Li didn't speak, she thought the matter was serious, so she wobbled on the spot and was about to lose her footing. She asked, "Master Jiang, is my old man dying?"

Jiang Li said: "It's not that it's dead, but it's very good, better than all of you, there's no big problem."

Jiang Li came up with this remark without even touching his grandfather's body. His father and grandma were dubious, but Jiang Li stopped talking and called me: "Chen Xiao, come out and help me."

After he went out, he said to me, "Give me a white cloth, eight red strings, a cotton wick, and a bowl of kerosene."

At that time, there happened to be something written at home, so he immediately went into the house to get these things and gave them to him. Jiang Li then concentrated on fiddling with these things, and not long after, he tied up a Kongming lantern.

And he took out a brush from the things he carried with him, and began to draw on the Kongming Lantern.

I looked curiously at the side and asked him, "Master, what is this painting?"

Jiang Li smiled at me and said, "The Kongming Lantern is also called the Soul-calling Lamp, or the Guide Lamp. You can use this to find Zhang Duangong at night. The drawing on it is a guide."

I shook my head and said, "I don't understand."

Jiang Li said: "Decree the God of Jinyu to show his evil spirit, and I will teach you in the future."

After one day, at eleven o'clock in the evening, Jiang Li lit the kerosene in the Kongming Lantern. The Kongming Lantern gradually lifted into the sky and gradually went away. Jiang Li immediately went to catch up with the Kongming Lantern. My father said that he would go with him. Lost in an unfamiliar place.

Jiang Li thought for a while, pointed at me and said, "Chen Xiao can go with me."

(End of this chapter)