The Ming Dynasty in Another World: People are in the Heavenly Prison, and Wuji becomes a Taoist

Seeing the Taoist priest's intense reaction, Lin Mo couldn't help wondering, "Is there anything special about this jade pendant?"

Taoist Master Bai He did not hide anything, took a deep breath and said: "This jade is called the Longevity Jade, it is extremely rare, it can keep the body immortal and nourish the soul, it is a priceless treasure for ghosts and even for those who practice Taoism.

Usually, this kind of jade would only be used by emperors to preserve their remains.

And your Immortality Jade is of excellent quality, with ancient seal characters engraved on it, so it must be at least a thousand years old!"

Only then did Lin Mo realize that what he had in his hand was of no small importance.

He remembered that the old mountain villager said that the jade pendant was picked up by his son by accident in the mountains.

I don’t know if it came from some ancient tomb.

However, these thoughts only flashed through Lin Mo's mind.

He didn't say it, and Taoist Baihe tactfully didn't ask any more questions.

After putting the ghost mother Wu Chunxiao into the longevity jade, Lin Mo bowed to Taoist Baihe and said goodbye, then turned and left.

Mr. Fang, who was standing by, knelt on the ground excitedly and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you so much, benefactor! Thank you so much, benefactor!"

His family had once received favors from the Wu family, so they have always been grateful to Wu Chunxiao.

Now, Lin Mo is willing to lend a helping hand and rescue Wu Chunxiao, so Mr. Fang naturally regards him as his benefactor.

After going down the mountain, Lin Mo directly released Wu Chunxiao and her two children.

It shouldn't be difficult for her to take revenge with her own abilities.

Besides, Shiyun Town is hundreds of miles away from the Taihang Mountains.

Lin Mo was too lazy to run over.

However, just in case, he planted a thought of his own in Wu Chunxiao's soul.

You can find the other person's location at any time through this thought.

"Remember your promise."

Lin Mo reminded him with a serious face, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. You can kill the person who hurt you in the past, but if you kill innocent people at will, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Yes, benefactor!"

Wu Chunxiao's face was full of gratitude. He took the two children and bowed deeply to Lin Mo.

Then, it turned into a ball of black mist and floated away.

Lin Mo yawned and stretched.

After a busy day and night, I can finally take a break and go home to sleep!

Kyoto City.

It was a dark and windy night, and everything was silent.

On the street, a night watchman was burping, banging his clapper, and shouting, "It's dry, be careful of fire!"

Suddenly, a cool breeze blew by, and the night watchman was startled and sobered up.

"Just now, it seemed like a dark shadow passed by?"

He rubbed his eyes hard, looked around, but saw nothing.

"Huh? Did I see it wrong just now?"

He shook his head and said to himself, "It seems that I have been a bachelor for too long. My eyesight is not working well anymore. I have to find a wife quickly. I can't go on like this. I can't reward myself every day. My body can't stand it!"

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"Eating pickled vegetables and stewed tofu is better than the emperor! This taste is amazing!"

Lin Mo chewed the tofu in his mouth and commented while shaking his head.

This tofu was made by the tofu beauty Qing'er, as a gift to thank him for helping him move things.

At this moment, it had been two days since he returned from the Taihang Mountains.

On the evening of his return, he opened the Atlas of Sinful Spirits and read the revolving lantern of Wei Xiu, the Taoist priest who was a corpse-driver.

He obtained two rewards from him - "The Art of Driving Corpses" and "The Art of Refining Corpses with Blood".

Lin Mo therefore knew that the other party was a member of the Zhuyou corpse-driving lineage.

Corpse-carrying was popular in western Hunan, China.

Due to the inconvenience of transportation, when someone died in a foreign land, the family would hire a corpse driver to transport the body back to their hometown for burial.

The idea of ​​corpse-driving was widely circulated among the people in the previous dynasty.

why?

It was because the Manchus entered the country, killed the people, and caused them to become homeless and die in a foreign land, which led to the need to transport the bodies back home.

Later, in order to transport corpses more conveniently, corpse drivers came into being.

They use a special "secret technique" to drive away corpses.

This profession is already mysterious enough, and with the addition of some special means, people stay away from it even more.

And the reason why those corpses were able to get up.

This is because after a person dies, the three souls and seven spirits often do not dissipate immediately.

At this time, there was still a breath of life left in the corpse.

This vitality will make the corpse mistakenly believe that there is still yang energy in its body, so the soul will linger and be unwilling to leave.

They will hover over the corpse for seven days to confirm that they are indeed dead, and only then will they be willing to reincarnate with peace of mind.

The corpse-driving method of the corpse-driver is to use cinnabar to imprison the vitality in the corpse, making it impossible for the soul to leave the body.

Otherwise, if it is just a lonely corpse being driven back to his hometown, it can't really be considered as "resting in peace".

Next, the corpse drivers will display their unique skills and use the magic tools in their hands to drive the corpses to walk like living people.

The corpse driver usually has four magical tools in his hands.

First, the soul-catching bell; second, the soul-calling banner; third, the soul-guiding gong; fourth, the corpse-driving whip.

Before the corpse driver sets out on his journey, he will first stick a soul-calming talisman on the head of each corpse to ensure that they will be obedient.

Then, the corpse driver in charge of the spell would swing his corpse whip into the air and shout, "Get up, you beast!"

Then the body would stand up.

Another corpse driver who is helping out will quickly walk to the front of the corpse and strike the soul-guiding gong.

The corpse seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, following the direction of the gong sound obediently.

The technique of corpse-driving actually gradually matured during the previous dynasty.

Before this, people mostly relied on water transportation to transport corpses.

But unfortunately, the geology in some places is dangerous and the water is fast, so ships often sink.

In addition, the ancients were superstitious and believed that transporting corpses was unlucky, so the industry of corpse-carrying on land came into being.

The previous dynasty had the custom of "autumn execution". After a death row prisoner was executed, it often took four people to carry the body back to his hometown for burial.

It is undoubtedly much more convenient to find a corpse driver to do this job.

The legend of corpse-driving has a long history.

It is said that thousands of years ago, the ancestor of the Miao people, Ap Chiyou, led his troops to fight with the enemy on the banks of the Yellow River, resulting in corpses everywhere.

In order to deal with these warriors who died on the battlefield, Military Advisor Apu dressed up as Apu Chiyou and chanted a spell.

Miraculously, the corpses stood up and walked slowly in the direction he indicated.

This is the earliest version of corpse-driving, which is still popular among the people.

Generally, for a corpse-driver who comes from a famous and authentic family, if the mountain road is rugged, it will cost seventy or eighty dollars to transport a corpse!

Lin Mo frowned, thinking back to when he first became a prison guard, he worked himself to death at the end of the month, and only earned ten dollars in cash.

Not to mention the coolies who pull the carts, who are exposed to the wind, sun and rain all day long. If there is no noble person to reward them, they would be lucky to have seven or eight dollars left every month after paying their share of the money.

"Tsk tsk, a corpse of this corpse driver costs 70 or 80. If they carry 10 or 8 at a time, that would be 700 or 800 dollars, right?"

Working in prison, you have to look at your boss's face every day.

What if your boss is in a bad mood one day and deducts some of your money? Then the money you get may not even be enough to earn ten dollars!

Compared with these corpse drivers, I am far behind!

No wonder people say it’s easy to make money from the dead, especially from rich dead people!

Thinking of this, Lin Mo couldn't help but feel moved.

If his life wasn't pretty good now, he would really like to change his career and become a corpse driver.

It’s a pity that the four major lineages of Zhuyou seem to be passed down to males only, not females.

Moreover, there are certain thresholds for accepting disciples. Not only must one be bold and careful, but one must also be ugly.

Lin Mo touched his face. He barely met the first two conditions, but the third one...

"Hey, is there anything wrong with being handsome?"

Lin Mo couldn't help but mutter in his heart, then shook his head.