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Chapter 7

The method of subjugating the yin, the biography of oral songs, gathering thousands of species, all of which are poured out from the mouth, the curse of the five thunders, red orange, blue, purple, blue, unpredictable, gods and ghosts are among the gods and ghosts, the performer recites the mantra to control the wind, and can change the sky to sing five Thunder starts to shake the sky, shakes the universe with his palm, shakes the guts of ghosts, and frightens the souls of demons. ——Excerpted from the eighth volume of Jiangyin in "The Book Without Words".

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Bai Shibao didn't kneel down to his master when he joined the sect, but only paid homage to the patriarch's tablet. He couldn't help being curious about the other Yinzun King's tablet enshrined outside the threshold, and Zhang Xiazi slowly explained the origin and history of the Yin.

"Hundreds of years ago, the Taoist schools were divided into several branches and side leaves. Among them, there is a school named after hand-painted talismans and oral incantations. , with his own teachings, he opened up the sect and established the Maoshan Daoist sect; and our Yin-walking Patriarch is the master of the Maoshan faction, who uses supernatural powers to help himself do things, breaks through yin and yang and claims to be a sect, and we are the ones who walk the yin Patriarch, Kongcheng Lingdaozi."

"So we are considered Taoists?" Bai Shibao asked.

"Taoist priests have precepts and laws, Taoist names and hidden names, or they are secluded in mountain gates and caves, or they open their doors to recruit disciples; but we are indeed different. We follow the dark road, walk in the underworld, and the disciples are taught only one by one. "

Zhang Xiazi unfolded a scroll in front of Bai Shibao, on which 36 names were written in blood, the top one was Kongcheng Lingdaozi, and the name recorded at the end was Zhang Xiazi’s real name: Zhang Yibai, the names were consistent and arranged in an orderly manner , but one person was recorded separately, Bai Shibao took a closer look, that person's name was: Chen Bin, it was really the name on the tablet outside the threshold.

"Our patriarch Kongcheng Lingdaozi's Taoism is superb, and everyone in the Yin Division knows it. The ghost king of the Yin Division invited the Patriarch to a banquet. The Patriarch brought a white tiger skin as a gift from Yangjian. The Ghost King Da Yue exchanged it for the Taiwei of the Yin Division. This is a heavenly book, and the patriarch finally understood it after exhausting his life experience, and translated it into a document, but later his disciple Chen Bin became greedy and wanted to take this book, so he was expelled from the sect by the patriarch."

Blind Zhang said, pointing to the tablet outside the threshold, and said, "This is it!"

"Why are the people who have been expelled from the sect still recorded in the register, and still kneel down to worship?" Bai Shibao asked puzzled.

"Well. Chen Bin is the first high-ranking apprentice of the patriarch. The patriarch accepted another apprentice in a fit of anger. He taught him painstakingly for decades. Thinking about the difficulty of teaching disciples, he set up a school where only one apprentice can be accepted. This has been the case for generations. Later, when the patriarch heard the news of Chen Bin's death, because of the fate of his master and apprentice for many years, and because he was the first to start, he made a rule to give him a pair of joss sticks every time he accepted an apprentice, but because he Has been expelled from the door, so the tablet is set up here."

After Zhang Xiazi finished speaking, he asked Bai Shibao to break his middle finger and write down his name on the scroll, ranking No. 30 and [-]th. When he was ready, he put the scroll away and said, "This scroll will not be passed to you until the end of my life, but Master I have something else for you." While speaking, he picked up the old book on the tea table and handed it to Bai Shibao.

Bai Shibao rummaged around and saw that there was no word in the book, he couldn't help but secretly surprised and said: "This is the secret book handed down by the ancestor? Why is there no big word?"

Blind Zhang shook his head and said: "When this book was handed down to my master, there was no handwriting. I have been comprehending it all my life but have not comprehended it. I have tried all kinds of blood sacrifices but nothing can be done. This book will never burn. Not soaked in water."

"Since this book records the outline of our sect's mental method, why is there no method of deciphering it? Master has not been able to penetrate it, so how can I decipher it?" Bai Shibao said.

"When my master handed it down, only the formulas and essentials for walking away from yin were mentioned, but he didn't say a word about the content of the book, but just relying on the formulas and essentials, you can get out of yin. If you can comprehend the wonderful things in this book , I’m afraid it’s the pinnacle.”

"How did master get into this business? Also, master's eyes..." Bai Shibao put away the book, and began to be curious about Zhang Blind's white eyes.

"Before I started, I set up a fortune-telling stall at the gate of Tianjin Acropolis. I made a cover and called it: 'Spy on Yin and Yang Zhang Yibai'. Of course, my fortune-telling is not accurate. I went to the teahouse to talk about storytelling jokes to make a living. It was pure nonsense, and I told it now. One day, a Taoist priest passed by my divination booth and asked me if I could tell my fortune. Guessing that it was to test my authenticity, I said nonsense: I don’t tell fortunes to people who are about to die, and that Taoist was convinced by my words, thinking that I was talented, so he took me as a disciple.”

Blind Zhang took a sip of tea and continued: "My ghost eyes are passed down to me by my master. Every night when the moon is overcast, I 'refine the moon' to refine the moon's shadow onto my eyes, and this is what your master said. Ghost eyes and pupils are also one of the tricks in the book, and after the master disappeared, I set up a ghost stall alone to accumulate yin virtues and started a yin and yang business."

Bai Shibao was fascinated by what he heard, and asked, "Master, can you teach me the secret of walking out of Yin?"

Blind Zhang said with a smile: "Since I have accepted you as my apprentice, I will naturally pass on all the methods to you. My fate has been drawn 'Yao', and this fate will be gone at some point."

After Zhang Xiazi talked about his sect for a while, he ordered Bai Shibao to pack up his things, and the master and apprentice began to eat. Bai Shibao asked Zhang Xiazi if he could drink, Zhang Xiazi only said: "No problem!".In the room where the two had a drink, Bai Shibao asked: "Master, you are not in good health, do you want to set up a ghost stall tonight? If not, how about I help you?"

"You still don't know how to help me with the method of talking to the yin? I will teach you slowly in a while." Blind Zhang rolled his eyes, stared at Bai Shibao and said, "Stop being so gambler, I'll listen to this room There is a wind leak, there is no rice in the house, and the mice are not willing to come, and now I have a master's mouth, and now I have no life, how can I make a living?"

Bai Shibao bowed his head and said: "I endured it for a while today, thanks to that Yan Xisan..." Just halfway through speaking, Bai Shibao was shocked: "Master, it happens that we are short of money, so we might as well try the gamble that Yan Xisan mentioned today. If the master is willing to go out, I will have 50 silver dollars, and then I will honor you with good wine and meat every day, and let you take care of yourself quickly, so how about I follow you?"

Blind Zhang asked, "What kind of gamble?"

Bai Shibao recounted the matter in detail from the beginning to the end. Blind Zhang was startled when he heard that, and said, "Ghost Fan Grave? This thing is no joke."

"Master, what is Yin Gui Fan Grave?" Bai Shibao asked.

"After death, the soul returns to the Yin, and the Yin Cao of the Three Palaces can only be reincarnated after being sentenced and punished. However, the reincarnation of the ghost has to wait until the soil where the body is buried dries up. Ghosts want to use corpses to revive their souls; ghosts need to find a substitute for their souls, and they can’t borrow corpses because of the graves.” Blind Zhang lowered his head and pondered for a while and said, “But this ghost may have other purposes, otherwise you can borrow those few The gambler's body is still yang, so I don't know why he has to stare at this ancestral grave!"

"Then this business can't be done?" Bai Shibao saw that Zhang Blind Man had scruples, thinking that this matter was even more difficult than cheating, but it was a pity for the 50 yuan silver dollar.

"Do it!" Blind Zhang took a sip of the shochu and said with enthusiasm, "Why don't you accept the white money? Besides, my master and apprentice are penniless now, and it's time to spend money. One is to earn some silver dollars to make ends meet, and the other is to cast out ghosts for people, killing two birds with one stone."

Bai Shibao was overjoyed after hearing this, and hurriedly asked: "Master, what do you think we should do?"

"When will the contact person give you an answer?"

"I'll be able to give you a letter in a few days!" Bai Shibao replied.

Blind Zhang held up two fingers and said to Bai Shibao: "In the meantime, you go and prepare two things for me. One is to use peach wood to peel the skin and leave the flesh, and cut it into three-foot-long wooden needles, with holes at the end of the needles. In addition, I am preparing a hemp rope for me, and then go to the black dog blood to soak it."

Bai Shibao nodded repeatedly, and said, "I'll do it right away!"

After the division of labor between the master and the apprentice was detailed, they were busy with their own work.Bai Shibao went out to look for peach trees and hemp ropes, while Zhang Xiazi dipped cinnabar at home, drew talismans on yellow paper, and hung the talisman bags on his body. Ask Yan Xisan for information.

Bai Shibao cut a peach tree branch on the mountain outside the city, cut it into three-foot-long wooden needles, and asked a neighbor for a bowl of black dog blood. When the neighbor asked him what he was doing, he said he asked for a folk prescription for a sore throat. After everything was settled, Bai Shibao went to Changle Fang to look for Yan Xisan.

After asking around, Bai Shibao learned that Yan Xisan was on the third floor of Changlefang. Bai Shibao went up to have a look, and there was a row of people lying on the long bunk smoking longevity ointment. Yuxian, after seeing Bai Shibao, Yan Xisan handed him the bong and said, "Master Bai, take a sip to refresh yourself!"

Bai Shibao excused that he was not good at this, and seeing that the people around him were intoxicated with opium, he asked how was the gambling?

Yan Xisan frowned, and said, "Master Bai, I'm afraid this can't be done!"

"What?" Bai Shibao asked in surprise.

"The master of the family saw that he couldn't see the devil after hiring several people, and he made people crazy and stupid. He lost his temper about this matter. I went to him to recommend you. He said that if you can do it, he will only give you thirty silver dollars. , I am not responsible for any mistakes!"

When Bai Shibao heard this, he thought that Yan Xisan's heart was too dark. He probably made up these words. The master contacted him alone, and the amount of reward he gave was at his own discretion. silver dollar.My master and apprentice are ready, but at this time they tell us that it can't be done, isn't it just sitting on the ground and raising the price?

"Thirty silver dollars to gamble your life, I'm afraid it's unreasonable?" Bai Shibao said angrily.

"Master Bai, let's not talk about this. The money is paid by someone else, and it has nothing to do with me, Yan Xisan. If you are willing to do it, I will contact you. It will be a good thing for you to look at!" Yan Xisan stared at Bai Shibao. He smiled wretchedly.

Damn!This Yan Xisan is indeed a gimmick, drawing money from the negative paper, scraping gold on the Buddha's face!It's annoying to have to take the benefits after taking away twenty silver dollars without doing anything.However, Bai Shibao, who was eager to make money now, had no choice but to agree. He had already prepared so much, so he couldn't go back empty-handed.

"Success! Go and contact that person, I'll take a gamble today!" Bai Shibao said.

"Okay! I'll tell you the address right now!" Yan Xisan handed it to Bai Shibao, and then said to him: "It's best to leave something behind, lest the owner won't believe it when you get it, and it may be hard to corroborate it if you say it's nonsense. "

Bai Shibao nodded in agreement, and after accepting the address, he said, "I'll go back and prepare, and I'll go at night!" Then he turned and went downstairs, letting the crowd go home, cursing in his heart: "Yan Xisan, wait for me, wait until I finish gambling!" Come back, new and old accounts, let's settle together!"

(End of this chapter)