[Red Chamber] When I became Grandma Liu

When Liu Cui went back and asked Gou'er carefully, she realized that Lin Ruhai's description in the study was really low-key.

In one fell swoop, Lin Ruhai and Ding Tongzhi took down a large salt trader group that had been involved in several states in the south of the Yangtze River and had been on the southeast coast for several years. It involved countless officials and shocked the government and the public.

Of course, according to what Lin Ruhai said, according to the advice of the villain there, the one who poisoned him was also instructed by the villain there. Lin Ruhai was Tan Hualang in the previous court, and he was also the emperor's confidant. In fact, he found a lot of clues in Yangzhou for several years. He was also afraid of showing his feet, so he attacked him first.

But Liu Cui didn't think so. Although there was no definite evidence, Liu Cui was sure, but based on a woman's intuition, the murderer was someone else.But because of Lin Ruhai's age and hard work, Liu Cui will not untie this fig leaf for now, so as to save Lin Ruhai from embarrassment.

Although she was ambushed once and almost lost her life, Liu Cui still couldn't stay in the mansion peacefully, instead she went to ask Zou Ying which local temple was the most effective.

Zou Yingyi was on the counter in Yangzhou Fengji Pavilion, with her hands in her hands, carefully looked up and down Liu Cui, then shook her head slightly, as if she couldn't understand Liu Cui's mentality of running outside in such a hurry...

Seeing this, Liu Cui mysteriously took out a tightly wrapped cloth bag, high-quality silk and satin, the background of Suzhou embroidery, and various landscapes on it, which looked extraordinary at first glance.

Liu Cui shook the cloth bag in front of Zou Ying.It caused Zou Ying's eyes to follow Liu Cui's up and down and left and right involuntarily.

"What is this?" Zou Ying was a little curious.Things that Liu Cui can treat so seriously are definitely not vulgar things.

"A mirror."

"Just a mirror"

"right!"

"I heard that women love to travel, let alone a mirror, they can even move the whole dressing box. Why, the old lady has such a big business, and I don't think the old lady is used to being frugal with only one mirror. people." Zou Ying sneered.

"This is not an ordinary mirror." Liu Cui explained calmly, "It was made by the immortals in the sky."

"What kind of fairy in the sky, old lady, don't fool me. Where is the fairy in the world, and where is your fairy mirror?" Zou Ying sneered, and reached out to grab the mirror, and weighed it in his hand, but he didn't open it. .

"Don't you believe that there are gods in the world?" It's strange, does Liu Cui think that in the world of Red Chamber, everyone believes in gods?After all, the Jinghuan Fairy really exists here.

"That's it" Zou Ying had already opened the cloth bag while Liu Cui didn't notice it, and happened to see a skeleton on the back!

"Aren't you afraid?" How can anyone not be afraid when they see the skeleton? The bone frame inside is their own!

"I'm not afraid at all. I have traveled all over the world with my father. I have seen countless strange things. It's just a skeleton painted on the back. I've even seen people walking on water!" Zou Ying laughed.

Question to ask, Liu Cui quickly grabbed the mirror and covered it, what if something happened?

"Could it be, the legendary lightness kung fu?" Liu Cui was curious.

"It's just a wooden pile buried under the water in advance, just below the water surface, people can't see it, but they can step on it, but it's all heresy." Zou Ying disagrees.

Liu Cui's face is dull, does everyone know how to do this?

While talking, Zou Ying seemed to be excited, and asked again: "Old lady, do you know the strangeness of the talisman paper that Taoist priests and wives often use?"

Liu Cui: "..."

So Zou Ying smiled triumphantly: "I didn't know it at first. I always thought that the one who could make the talisman paper ignite spontaneously must be a master with strong mana. But one time, I, Jie'er, accidentally poured white phosphorus on the paper. When I picked it up, He actually set himself on fire! I just discovered the mystery."

"White phosphorus has a low ignition point. It will burn if it is heated a little bit." Liu Cui said word by word. After all, this is a knowledge point in junior high school. Liu Cui struggled to pull it out from the pile of messy papers deep in her memory.

"I didn't expect the old lady to know!" Zou Ying was pleasantly surprised, "How about using chopsticks to drive away ghosts?"

"..." This, Liu Cui was at a loss for words.In her previous life, she was just a well-behaved liberal arts student, and she really wasn't a professional superstition breaker.

Zou Ying said triumphantly: "Standing up chopsticks to drive away ghosts is also a clichéd trick widely spread among the people. Put a bowl of water and put three chopsticks vertically. If the chopsticks don't fall down, it means that ancestors have come. You can pray for the blessings of your ancestors by chanting words. In fact, although I don’t understand what’s wrong with it, I’ve tried it many times and succeeded five times out of ten.”

Liu Cui said slowly: "Yes, this is just a means to comfort people, it is not really effective..."

"Yes!" Then Zou Ying counted the ghosts, ghosts in the water and other deceptions, which only made Liu Cui feel unbelievable.

In the world of Red Mansions, where there are ghostly ghosts and fairies, there is an "indigenous" who doesn't believe in God!

It's surprising.

Xu Shi saw Liu Cui's inconceivableness, and Zou Ying explained: "We businessmen, traveling the rivers and lakes, even if we have seen many strange things in the West, it is not surprising. Besides, even if there are ghosts in the world , most of them live in seclusion.”

"We respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. However, if anyone dares to plot our money by pretending to be ghosts and ghosts, we will never condone it, and we will resist even if we try our best."

Walk and walk, don't be content and fearless.Liu Cui understood.

"This is the thing of that Taoist Peizu." Liu Cui explained, "I think it is a bit strange, and I want to find a Taoist to see what this mirror is for."

When he heard that it belonged to that Taoist Peizu, Zou Ying suddenly felt strange, after all, he heard that that Taoist was quite capable.

Zou Ying took the initiative to lead the way: "Let's go to Daming Temple! My mother often goes there to burn incense, and it is said that it is also very effective."

"Before you said that those were all tricks to deceive people... Breaking the superstition does not affect your belief in God. What kind of logic is this?" Liu Cui couldn't help complaining.

"It's different! We should expose such deceptive tricks, and we should be in awe of superiors." Zou Ying spoke eloquently.

"..." Okay, no matter what you say, you are right.

"In the final analysis, it is pragmatism." Liu Cui concluded.

Zou Ying winked, as a tacit consent.

..............................

It was agreed in this way, and the next day, Liu Cui, Zou Ying, a few servants and some government servants provided by Lin Ruhai friendly, went to the Daming Temple near Yangzhou in a mighty way.

Liu Cui looked at the almost long queue of convoys from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and fell into deep thought.

Today, on the second day of the second day of the lunar new year, although Tenzhai Day was avoided, because Daming Temple is full of incense, and spring is a good season for the ancients to go outing, some boys and girls also took advantage of this opportunity to start blind dates or other activities. There is an endless stream of fragrant people.

At this time, the role of the local people was revealed. Zou Ying leaned forward and whispered: "My mother is familiar with the abbot."

"Thank your mother for me." Liu Cui smiled.

Liu Cui gave the yamen servants a few taels of silver and asked them to drink tea at the foot of the mountain, and went up the mountain with Zou Ying and two young servants.

Daming Temple was first built in the Ming Dynasty of Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. It has a history of nearly a thousand years. It is well-known in Yangzhou and even in the entire Jiangnan area.However, as a pure northerner in her previous life, Liu Cui only knew Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou...because the holy monk...

Of course, without knowing whether it will work or not, Liu Cui's best choice is Daming Temple...

As usual, Liu Cui donated a lot of incense money, and worshiped Buddha statues such as the Tathagata Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Eighteen Arhats one by one.

When Liu Cui arrived at the Earth Temple, a [-] or [-]-year-old monk came to invite Liu Cui to meet him.

Liu Cui followed the little novice to a small quiet courtyard, where two people were playing chess.One of them is wearing a monk's robe, and his benevolent eyebrows should be the so-called abbot Zhiming. Although the other one is dressed in ordinary clothes, he has a good momentum, so he should be an unusual person.

The two played chess, the battle was stalemate, and it was hard to tell the winner. Liu Cui didn't want to disturb her, so she just stood aside respectfully.

But not long after, the great monk withdrew from the chess game, stood up slightly, and said to the person opposite: "There is a guest coming from far away, so please be rude first." The opposite party said mercilessly: "You old monk , If you lose, you lose, what kind of banner is this." Everyone present laughed for a while.

Zhiming patted his bare head, and did not make any excuses, which was regarded as acquiescing.

Zhiming led Liu Cui to a small meditation room, and the two sat cross-legged on the futon, Zhiming asked: "I heard that the old lady came this time to ask the old monk to identify the treasure?"

Liu Cui nodded, and took out the bag containing Fengyue Baojian: "It is this mirror."

Zhi Mingzai took it, opened the bag, looked at it carefully, and knocked it from time to time. There was a kind of light in his eyes that is unique to a research madman, and Liu Cui always worried that Zhiming would take it apart with his eagerness to try.

Liu Cui carefully reminded: "This still has to be returned to that Taoist priest, don't break it."

Zhiming just woke up like a dream: "My old man is rude." After saying that, he waved his hand to signal Liu Cui to wait a while, and Zhiming went into the inner room on his own, not knowing what to do.

Liu Cui: "..." Some willful.

I still remember that the last big guy who cared about himself was the one who kicked Liu Cui on Grandma Liu. This wayward way, this smell, could it be...he was also a big guy! Liu Cui suddenly became excited.

However, time passed by, Zhiming hadn't come out yet, Liu Cui wanted to get up to have a look, but she didn't get up together, her legs were numb!

Liu Cui rubbed her legs, swearing in her heart, stood up limping, and moved slowly to the inner room, seeing how the old monk looked at Fengyue Baojian, Liu Cui was very worried that he would dismantle Fengyue Baojian for research Well, when the Taoist of Pizu comes over to ask for a mirror, the Taoist of Pizu is not so easy to be fooled. I'm afraid Liu Cui thinks her life is too moist.

Fortunately, before Liu Cui walked halfway, the old monk came out from the inner room, holding two mirrors in his hand.

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[Note 1] Those talisman papers that Zou Ying mentioned spontaneously ignited, standing chopsticks, etc. all came from Baidu Encyclopedia, and the floating on the water was inspired by martial arts TV series (but I forgot which one).

PS: Although the author is at home and far away from the library, this does not stop the author from acquiring knowledge. Under the enthusiastic recommendation of the teacher, Fan Deng is very nice to read, and there are many professional books in it. Of course, its price is also very cheap Touching (just kidding)...