Record of Yin and Yang

When it was almost time, there was a knock on the door of Gu Jiu's room.

Shao Yi said "Come in", and Du Xingde pushed the door open and walked in. Behind him, besides his son Du Wenxuan, there was a man, a woman, and a seven or eight-year-old boy.

Gu Jiu took a look at the little boy's tightly wrapped hands. He should be the boy who played with a dead snake and had snake-like rashes on his hands.

Sure enough, as soon as they came in, the man and the woman began to beg Gu Jiu and Shao Yi, begging them to find a way to make Liu Xian forgive their sins. Although the snake skin on the body is not painful or itchy, it looks scary and frightening. I was scared to cry every day, if this continues, my life will be ruined.

Shao Yi turned his head to look at the thin little boy with sunken cheeks, "Do you know your mistake?"

The little boy cried loudly, "Wrong, I know I was wrong, I will never play with snakes again!"

"What about other animals?" Gu Jiu asked.

The little boy had tears and snot running down his face, "Don't dare, never dare again."

Although the little boy's main mistake was to despise all creatures, he still couldn't understand it so deeply, Gu Jiu and the others didn't say anything.Gu Jiu said to the boy's parents: "After a while, you will go there together, and you will do what we tell you to do. You must be sincere and sincere. If there is even a little bit of disobedience, which will lead to more serious consequences, we will ignore it."

The boy's parents nodded quickly: "We understand, we understand, as long as the two priests are willing to help."

Afterwards, the group left the inn and returned to the Du residence.

Gu Jiu set up an altar, and Shao Yi stood in front of the altar with a sword in his hand. He danced his sword and recited: "The fragrance is heavy to match the universe, and when it burns, the fragrance will penetrate the gate of heaven..."

The aroma rose straight up and slowly spread in the sky.After the mantra was recited, no one in the yard made a sound, even the frightened little boy kept his mouth shut and dared not make a sound.

Seeing that there was no response, Du Xingde didn't dare to ask rashly. He couldn't help but look around, and suddenly there was a gust of wind on the flat ground. The entrance of his hall, facing the direction of the altar, suddenly appeared a black snake's head. Straight the size of an adult fist.

Du Xingde met a pair of dark vertical pupils, sweating all over his body, he hurriedly lowered his head and dared not look any more.

Gu Jiu looked at the big black snake that suddenly appeared, and couldn't help taking a step back. It wasn't because he was afraid, it was purely because the snake was a mollusc.

The big black snake crawled forward for a while, and when it saw the little boy standing in the yard, it suddenly stood up half its body, opened its mouth wide, and made a hissing sound.

The little boy whimpered and was about to cry when his head was held down.

"Kneel down and kowtow." Gu Jiu pressed the little boy's shoulders and asked his parents to do the same.

The parents hurriedly knelt down, pressed the little boy's head and kowtowed. The boy's father confessed to the big black snake while kowtowing, saying that he was incapable of teaching his son and harmed Liu Xian's descendants. He was willing to atone for his sin and asked Liu Xian to forgive his child. one time.

Gu Jiu said to Liu Xian: "If you have any request, you can say it, as long as it doesn't hurt people's lives, we can agree to it."

After he finished speaking, he burned a piece of talisman paper with his fingertips.

There is a word called ghost talk, some ghosts will talk nonsense when they lose their minds, and they will speak a kind of language that humans cannot understand. Taoist people invented talisman papers that can communicate with them. Naturally, there are corresponding talisman papers for communicating with mountain ghosts and monsters.

The others watched nervously, the talisman paper was ignited, Liu Xian shook his head and tail, and circled around the spot a few times.

Shao Yi frowned, and snorted: "You must pay with your life? It seems that you want to be tough." As soon as Shao Yi raised the mahogany sword in his hand, he took out the Thunder Talisman wooden card and was about to use it.

Seeing that the boy's parents seemed to have lost their conversation, they almost burst into tears.

Gu Jiu hurriedly stopped Shao Yi, turned to Liu Xian and said, "If you really fight, how many times can you be struck by lightning? It doesn't matter if you are struck to death, I am afraid that you will be half dead. Not to mention my senior brother, the yin energy in me is enough Devouring you, it is not easy for you to practice, so you should think about it again. There are so many children and grandchildren, everyone takes a step back, and you go back to live up to your life and enjoy the family happiness, isn't it good?"

One of the brothers sang red face and the other sang bad face.

Liu Xian didn't move for a long time, as if thinking about what Gu Jiu said, and then circled around the place a few times, Gu Jiu quickly crushed another talisman paper.

Now, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi's expressions looked much better.

Afterwards, Gu Jiu burned a few communication talisman papers, listened to Liu Xian's request, and sent the other party away.

After the tail of the big black snake disappeared at the door, Du Xingde realized that his back was wet. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly asked, "Two priests, what did Liu Xian say?"

Gu Jiu patted the little boy's head twice, and first said to the boy's parents: "Your child killed Liu Xian's grandchildren, so it was very angry. But at least the child's life was saved. As for these hands, You take him back and set up a tablet for the snake in the ancestral hall at home. On the seventh, seventeenth, and 27th of the lunar new year, you kneel down and kowtow a hundred times. On the anniversary of death, you must copy scriptures and recite them. You must persist for two years, and you must not slack off. Otherwise, the snakeskin on his hands won't fade away."

The boy's mother said with a pale face: "What if, what if it still doesn't work after two years?"

Shao Yi said coldly: "This agreement is monitored by the Dao of Heaven. If the other party violates it, they will be punished by thunder. As long as you are devout, you will be fine."

The boy's parents were relieved. Although two years was a bit long, it was nothing compared to life and a pair of normal hands.

Gu Jiu turned to Du Xingde again, "As for you, set up a grave at the place where the little snake was buried, offer incense and kneel down once a year on the 27th, [-]th, [-]th and death day of the lunar new year, and place offerings in eight directions in the courtyard for its descendants to enjoy. , as long as you don't have bad intentions, the other party and its grandchildren will never disturb you again."

Du Xingde nodded again and again: "I will definitely do it."

At first Du Xingde wanted to ask them to send Liu Xian away, but he thought of the gray fairy before.The grandchild of Liuxian's family was caused by his guest, but the dozens of grandchildren lost by Huixian's family were caused by him himself. If Liuxian was sent away, wouldn't Huixian come back to take revenge?Thinking about it this way, Du Xingde dismissed the idea, and the current result is already the best.

But just in case, Du Xingde still asked Shao Yi for some talismans.

Usually Shao Yi would not open his mouth at this time, Gu Jiu naturally took out a few talisman papers, and said, "Avoid the eight directions for enshrining, and just stick these around the house, so you won't be afraid of little snakes who get lost. If you still feel uneasy, you can buy some well-maintained gold utensils in the past year and hang them at home, and you also need to avoid those eight directions."

There is no doubt about the talisman paper Du Xingde, it's just a gold utensil... "Is it okay to hang gold utensils?"

Gu Jiudao: "Yes. Snakes are associated with Si in the earthly branches. They belong to fire among the five elements, and among the five elements, metal produces water. If you hang more gold utensils and produce more water, you can put out the fire, and the snake dare not come in." But hanging gold utensils should be done in moderation, water belongs to yin, if there is too much, I am afraid that the house will be full of yin."

Du Xingde was so dizzy, he simply cupped his hands and said: "I also ask the Taoist priest to help with the arrangement."

The boy's parents also hurriedly asked Gu Jiu to help them decorate their home.

Gu Jiu nodded with a smile: "It's all right, it's all right."

I have arranged the Feng Shui of the house, so I am embarrassed to give less when the time comes.

Shao Yi put a serious face on cleaning up the altar. The cowardly Gu Jiusun from back then is gone. Not only is he not afraid of him now, but he has also become a money addict. Every time he goes out to do errands, he will try to earn more money.Of course, it is true that Gu Jiu prepared this in advance, but he will not take the initiative to speak up. Usually, he will speak out when the master asks for this demand.

When he went back, Gu Jiu had 100 taels of silver on him. Du Xingde and the boy's family were both rich and well-to-do. The family's 50 taels was not a small income in the neighborhood.Following his master's example, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi gave half of it to the sick, poor, poor and without bad karma, and kept the other half for their expenses.

In the next few days, no one came to ask, so Gu Jiu and Shao Yi stayed in the Taoist temple. After a few days of Doumao's birthday, they also had to clean up the Taoist temple to welcome the believers who believed in Doulao.

On this day, Chen Yinling carried a small flower basket with a basket of fresh wild flowers in it, and came to the Taoist temple to play with Gu Jiu.

Chen Yinling entered the gate, and as soon as she looked up, she saw a black cat lying on the corner of the eaves of the main hall. She hurriedly took out a small wreath from the basket, and said, "Little brother, this is the wreath I made for you. you."

The little brother slept with his head on his paws, and when he was woken up, he raised his head and looked down lazily. At first, he ignored Chen Yinling, but the little girl was very persistent. If the little brother didn't come down, she kept shouting, Gu Jiu is cleaning the statue in the side hall , heard coming out waving a wet handkerchief, "Little brother, the silver bell is calling you."

The little brother meowed helplessly, stretched himself, jumped down along the side, and immediately lay down on the ground lazily.

Chen Yinling ran over, carefully put the wreath on the younger brother's head, squeezed the only ear of the younger brother, and praised her face: "My younger brother is so beautiful."

The younger brother let out a cry of resignation.

Gu Jiu chuckled, "Yinling, you forgot again, my younger brother is a boy, and it's hard to call a boy beautiful."

Chen Yinling stuck out her tongue mischievously, and stood up: "Uncle Xiaojiu, can I go to the backyard to see the little paper figurine?"

Gu Jiu was about to change the water, and said, "Sure, I'll be with you."

While walking, Gu Jiu asked, "You came up alone?"

Chen Yinling said: "My good friend sent me here."

Gu Jiu snorted, "A boy?"

"Yes."

"Then why doesn't he come in to play with you?"

Chen Yinling pouted, "He didn't dare to come in, he was afraid."

Gu Jiu smiled. Of the children down the mountain, only Chen Yinling liked to run here. The other children, Gu Jiu, had seen him a few times at the gate of the mountain, and ran away when they saw him from afar.

The two came to the backyard and walked under a peach tree in the backyard. Gu Jiu buried a peach pit here in the second year of his life, and it grew into a big tree later.There is a small grave under the peach tree. In front of the grave is a small wooden sign with no specific name on it, because there are many small paper figurines buried inside.

At first when Gu Jiu buried these little paper figurines, Shao Yi didn't quite agree, thinking that he was too emotionally involved.

But Gu Jiu can't help it. When the little paper people are around, they can talk and play mischievously. In Gu Jiu's heart, they are no different from living people.

The little paper people have a short lifespan. Without the nectar of merit and virtue, they can survive for ten days at most, and will leave forever after ten days.Their facial features are almost not the same, and their personalities may be shy, lively, or arrogant, and each one is unique.The little paper people are not ignorant of their own life, they know how long they can live, and they will never be depressed when facing the dying life, they say that it is good to be able to come to this world once.

After they pass away, new paper dolls will appear again soon, but if after they pass away, even the owner who gave birth to them forgets them, I'm afraid they will really feel sad.

When you are alive, you should be a happy and uplifting little paper man. After you pass away, you should be a happy little paper man accompanied by the owner.