Tianshi Museum

After the client from Nancheng left, Xia Zha contacted Chen Mingxing.

The reason for doing this is because considering the previous abnormal movement of the spiritual eye and the fact that there are also "recipients" in Nancheng now, after discussing with Xia Zha, Shen Gun decided to ask the Chen family to come forward.Nancheng is the base of the Chen family, their people are more familiar with the local area, and the investigation and tracking are faster.

Originally, Shen Gun wanted to contact Chen Mingxing by himself, but Xia Zha was afraid that they would quarrel—or Shen Gun unilaterally started to mock Chen Mingxing, which made Chen Mingxing speechless, and might even greet his uncle Chen Mingyi in a friendly way.

So after the call was connected, Xia Zha took over the task of communicating with the other party.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Mingxing was taken aback after hearing Xia Zha's narration, and exclaimed: "Huh? The villains are still chasing performance at the end of the year?! Don't they have annual leave?!"

Xia Zha: "..."

"Okay, let me talk to my dad." Chen Mingxing's voice was very distressed, "Generally speaking, there may be chaos when we first enter the twelfth lunar month, but few people make trouble around the end of the new year. We still work so hard during the New Year Yes, it's really rare."

Xia Zha smiled and asked him, "Has there been any abnormalities in Nancheng recently?"

Hearing this, Chen Mingxing hesitated to speak: "Well... well... You know, my dad and my uncle will definitely not tell me about big things. But I guess there should be nothing unusual, because they seem to be all Quite free: my uncle was urged to marry again, my dad went shopping with my mom, and most of those older uncles and grandpas are in retreat. As for the rest of the young people and kids, most of them are going to pay for the new year What about the red envelopes, and a small part... secretly telling you, they are sneaking into puppy love just around the corner!"

Xia Zha couldn't help laughing, and said with emotion: "It's peaceful."

"Yes, it's peaceful."

Chen Mingxing sighed comfortably, thinking that only my uncle knew what happened last time, and he would not be punished, and the New Year's money would not be reduced. It couldn't be more peaceful.

"But don't worry, I will tell my dad what you said as soon as possible." Chen Mingxing promised after feeling, "If that person keeps sending things around like this, won't it increase our workload for no reason? Severe punishment, must be caught and severely punished!"

"Thank you, I will trouble you then." Xia Zha said, "If you encounter a similar situation, please contact me."

Chen Mingxing: "Okay, I'll try my best. But if my dad keeps it from me, I can't help it."

Although his father is the head of the family, he is only a junior in the Chen family after all, he is soft-spoken and cannot influence the decisions of his father and uncles.If his father deliberately kept it from him and didn't tell him, there was really nothing he could do.

Looking at the temperament of Chen Mingyi, the younger uncle of the Chen family, one knows that the Chen family is united and exclusive, and it is possible that they did something to hide it from Jingcheng.

Shen Gun and Xia Zha also knew this truth, but they still told the Chen family.Their main area of ​​activity is Jingcheng, and the unfamiliar Nancheng is safer for local snakes to guard.

At this time, Shen Gun said: "If you keep it secret, then we will not help you if you have problems in the future. Tell your family this sentence as it is."

Chen Mingxing: "..."

Ah, he still deserves a beating.

Chen Mingxing was frightened from the bottom of his heart, no matter how much he slandered him, he still agreed, "Okay, let me convey your meaning. Then I will tell my dad that it was the news from the defenders of Jingcheng next door. Let him pay more attention. If my dad asked me how I met you, I would say that I ran to Jingcheng because of a private job. It's getting familiar."

Speaking of this, Chen Mingxing said weakly: "If it's not a coincidence, my father and the two big brothers will be lucky enough to face each other in the future, you have to cover me..."

Xia Zha promised: "I won't mention the subject of the head-subduing master."

Leaving aside the matter of the lowering master, what actually happened was not much different from what Chen Mingxing said, except that there were no "beautiful encounters" later on.

Chen Mingxing laughed and said, "Thank you, thank you! What about Shen Tianshi?"

Shen Gun: "It depends on your mood."

Chen Mingxing: "..."

very good.As expected of you.

However, based on Chen Mingxing's understanding of his father, he probably would not confront Shen Gun and Xia Zha.Chen Mingxing has reason to believe that his lucky money is safe.

"Then let's do this first." Chen Mingxing said, "Our Chen family has an uncle's birthday in the next year, and I will take my nephews and nieces to order cakes in a while, so I won't chat with you. As for the investigation I will tell my dad when I have dinner at night."

Xia Zha: "Okay, I wish you a happy Chinese New Year in advance, see you later."

Chen Mingxing: "Hmm, Happy New Year! Goodbye! As soon as I get news, I'll—"

In the middle of speaking, Shen Dang hung up the phone neatly.

The Chen family has a large number of people. As long as Chen Mingxing tells the news to the elders in the family, there should be news soon.

After finishing the call, Xia Zha said to Shen Gun: "The Chen family I heard from Chen Mingxing is somewhat different from the imagined Chen family defending the line."

Perhaps because of the festival bonus, the Chen family that Chen Mingxing said sounds like an ordinary big family with a large number of people and lively unity.Several generations of them gather together, and they are only busy with basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, without the sense of solemnity of people in the Taoist sect.

Shen Gun said: "Divide people and time."

Not necessarily everyone is content with peace, but when they slay demons, their family must look different.

"That's right." Xia Zha said as he took out two Zhengdan papers sprinkled with silver foil and spread them flat on the table. "There are people who live in the present, and naturally there are people who are still obsessed with cultivation."

"What are you going to do?" Shen Gun asked him, "Write couplets?"

Zhengdan paper is dyed with red tan color, which is not easy to fade. The paper surface can be decorated with silver foil and copper foil, which looks more beautiful. The paper sprinkled with silver foil is called "silver mixed", while silver foil Mixed Zhengdan paper is a special paper for writing couplets.

Xia Zha nodded and said with a smile: "Well, I want to write couplets. We are also people who live in the present, and we should do things that are commensurate with the season. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. If we don't put up lanterns today, it will be too late. There are quite a few courtyard gates and house gates in Tianbo, and several couplets need to be written."

Shen Gong stared at his smile in a daze.

When his master was still alive, Tianbo would also burn incense, candles and post couplets during the Chinese New Year.But that seemed to be just a formality, the master did it out of habit, and he never expected it.Before and after the festival, there is nothing special in the courtyard except for a few more red spots.

After the master passed away, Shen Gun did not celebrate the New Year.

Because he never needed that sense of ritual.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that he didn't speak, Xia Zha joked, "If you think my handwriting is ugly..."

Having said that, Xia Zha deliberately paused for a moment, then pursed his lips and picked up the Langhao brush beside him, and finished writing a couplet with the brush, and the movements were smooth and smooth.His handwriting, Luan Xiang Feng Zhu, has its own style, even if it is told to people who don't understand, they can appreciate the extraordinary.

After writing, he held up the paper and moved it in front of Shen Gong, raised the corners of his lips, and his brows were full of joy and teasing: "It's too late."

Shen Gun only felt that his ending sound was so sweet that his heart trembled.

Xia Zha put down the couplet, and looked at Shen Gun with the eyes of "I wrote everything".He has always been earnest, gentle and courteous. It is rare for him to be so childish, with clear brows and eyes, and every strand of hair is lively.

Shen Gun laughed, and put away the words he wrote: "Although you have written everything, I still don't have to post it. I choose to frame it."

"Where is it framed and where is it hung?"

"Frame it in a gold, silver and jade frame, and hang it on the high place of Qionglou Yuyu."

"No need." Xia Zha still had a smile in his words, "Since it is a couplet, it should be pasted on the door frame at home."

Shen Gong's eyes melted: "Then listen to you."

This is not the first time that Shen Gong has no way to get someone, but unfortunately, the target is Xia Zha every time.

And only Xia Zha.

"Come on, you write too." Xia Zha handed another brush to Shen Gun, and greeted him, "I still need a few more. It's a pity not to keep your handwriting."

Shen Gun also took up the pen, and his calligraphy was so powerful that Xia Zha was full of praise.

While the two of them were writing couplets, Xiao Lingjiao also came to join in the fun.It jumped up and down around the two people and screamed "chi chi chi chi" incessantly, accusing the two of them of always not bringing it to play, leaving it alone in the empty nest.

Xia Zha said while writing, "You want to play too?"

Little Ling Jiao: "Chi Chi Chi Chi!"

of course!

"Come." Xia Zha put a pair of written couplets in front of it, "It's up to you to stamp and stamp."

Hearing this, Ling Jiao excitedly walked around the couplet twice.It looked at the couplet, then at the brush and ink, and stopped in a daze after a while, not knowing what to do.

Shen Gun mocked it: "Illiterate."

With tears in Xiao Lingjiao's eyes: "Ji..."

Xia Zha was amused, touched its head, then dipped its paws with ink, pressed a plump and round paw print on the bottom of the couplet, and said: "Look, this is all right, I will use it later The cleansing talisman will help you clean your paws."

Lingjiao's eyes glowed with golden light: "Ji!"

Xia Zha told it: "Only leave one paw print on each paper, don't step on it blindly, otherwise the handwriting will not be read clearly."

Ling Jiao nodded frantically to show that he understood, and then began to hop around to stamp.

Shen Gong watched quietly with a smile hidden in his eyes.

After finishing the couplets, Xia Zha took out several square red papers and a stack of floral papers.

Shen Gong narrowed his eyes: "Could it be possible?"

"That's right." Xia Zha smiled, "Write blessings and cut flower paper."

Shen Gun: "The preparations are complete."

"That's natural." Xia Zha blinked at him, with fragments of warm light shining in his slightly bent eyes, "Chinese New Year is not a cognitive practice, I'm serious about it."

Before celebrating Christmas, he had a learning mentality.But celebrating the new year with Shen Gun, they are living their lives, with sincere expectations, celebrations, and blessings in their hearts.

I hope that every year in the future, good luck will happen.

Looking down into Xia Zha's eyes, Shen Gun's emotion and palpitations could hardly be suppressed.

As far back as he can remember, he's been different from everyone else.His detachment and precocious wisdom make him out of touch with all living beings and unable to have the same emotions as ordinary people.

Master once said to him, if you cannot understand emotions, anger, sorrow, joy, and fear, then treat all things equally, distinguish between good and evil, and implement righteousness.As long as you do the following points, it is enough for you to take responsibility, guard the Tianshi Museum, and guard the spiritual eyes and formations in Jingcheng.

He asked: "Since the goal is to keep Tianbo and Jingcheng well, what does it matter if you don't understand emotions? The results are the same."

"It's different." The master said, "Because you don't have shackles on your body, 'guarding' becomes what you have to do, not what you want to do."

Shen Gun said nothing.

Master said, you may understand in the future.

Before that, Shen Gun didn't understand, and felt that there was no need to understand.But after meeting Xia Zha, he seemed to understand.

When you want to guard a person, you will naturally want to guard a city.