Chapter Thirteen Jin Duanlei (3)
What Village Chief Ma said next really surprised the three of us. In my opinion, it was just a strange smell passed down by the older generation, but it really happened here!
According to village chief Ma, in the late Qing Dynasty, there was a famous Yin and Yang immortal in their Ma'an Village. This Yin and Yang immortal did not enter the Tao and did not seek Buddha. He was purely aware of the affairs between the Yin and Yang realms. He was a very traditional alchemist who helped people in the nearby mountains and outside the mountains to see Yin and Yang houses, and to manage popularity and numbers, and also created a set of health preservation methods. It was quite famous at that time, but during the Qing Dynasty, it opposed the superstition of the witch religion, and what it advocated was nothing more than the majesty of the court.
The Yin-Yang Immortal is named Ma Bushi. He lives the same secular life as ordinary families, marrying a wife and having children, and shining the family. Perhaps because he did too many good things, there are so many that even ghosts and gods look at him differently. The old man said that one day the judge of the Yin Palace gave Ma Bushi dreams, saying that he was going to make him a land immortal and be a city god here, but the city god here has a next candidate. Besides, his blessings are not in the world, but for future generations. It happened that Ma Bushi's wife had a newborn and a pair of fat boys. The judge said, let your two twin sons be a seductive and mysterious misfortune. In this way, your father and son can achieve the right result in both the Yin-Yang realm, and the blessings will continue in the future.
Ma Buzhi was displeased when he heard this. These two children had just been born for a few days. How could they say they would leave? Isn’t this the incense of the Ma family? It’s like this before they can live together... Ma Buzhi immediately scolded the judge, and the judge was not angry. He naturally understood the secular favors, but this is the destiny of heaven and could not be changed by man and God. If it violates the will of heaven, not only will the blessings be retribution, but the disasters will come into being. The judge said that three days later, your two sons will die and leave, and Ma Buzhi will sleep until dawn.
Thanks to what the judge said, Ma Buzhi stayed at home and didn't go out that day, and didn't know what tricks to do at home. For three consecutive days, not only did he not leave the house, but he didn't even let the door open the door. Until the fourth day, Ma Buzhi happily walked out of the house with his two young sons, walking and playing in front of others. Everyone thought this was just a strange dream, just a dream...
But a month later, a very sad cry suddenly came from Ma Buzhi's home, and his twin sons left...
From then on, Ma Wu Zhi went crazy, no longer managed others' affairs, nor did he tell fortunes. His wife hated him for a moment because of his two sons. In anger, he went back to his parents' home and never came back. The elderly in the family were left without anyone to take care of him. A broken family gradually faded away, leaving only a madman. The villagers in the village were grateful for the fate and felt regret and sympathy for Ma Wu Zhi, but the dead were gone, and this matter was gradually forgotten with time.
In less than a few decades, Ma Buzhi's house had been cut off from its offspring, so the superior naturally confiscated his house and sold it to another family to live in. Speaking of this new home, named Ma Hushi, one of the older generations in the village, because there was no homestead, so he bought Ma Buzhi's house. It was really strange. In a few years, Ma Hushi's family added new people and was even twins all their lives. This was a festive event. The family was busy organizing a banquet and invited guests to have a wedding banquet.
It was already the end of the Qing Dynasty. Although the court prohibited the world from engaging in superstitious ideas, it was not possible to curb it. After knowing this, everyone thought that it was the blessing that Ma did not recognize back then. No matter who was, those who had infertility or those who wanted twins, they wanted to go to Ma's house to gain benefits. So, Ma's house built a few more houses and started a rental business. It was really the saying that people followed the qi. If the qi was strong and strong, they would be whatever they said. Any young couple who lived in Ma's house for one month or two months could have a child, and they were all twins. This was so amazing that Ma's house was so famous that it came to begging for children. There were more families who came to pray for their children...
But in the era of the Japanese invasion, I don’t know if there were too many people who died and were resentful, Ma Laoshi’s house was no longer effective. Not only did it not work, but strange things happened frequently. At that time, the Japanese invaded our descendants of China, and that person was wandering around. Ma Laoshi’s family also accumulated some family fortune at that time, and must have escaped in advance. The house was naturally abandoned. In the end, China was liberated, and the people in the village could stay were devoted to the large-scale land, houses, etc., and they were collected.
It was said that it was taken over, but it was actually abandoned. Who would like to build a house or something casually? Building a house is also a contribution to large-scale production. At most, you can register a real name. Speaking of Ma Laoshi's house, but many families live in, but no family can live in it. It cannot be moved away in three or five years. Those who don't move away will have this and that disaster, which will make people talk all day long, and they don't know what happened to the house left by Ma Laoshi.
Until the strange things that happened in Ma'an Village in recent years, if a family has twins, it will definitely be more festive, but where is the festive place? Because as long as someone has twins, it will be no more than a month. Children are not because of this or that, both die. So once someone has twins, it will be a major event that alarms the whole village. Finally, everyone unanimously thinks of the house left by Ma Laoshi back then, and the older generations have tried their best to find a great Yin-Yang gentleman to take a look.
It doesn't matter when he sees it. The Yin-Yang Master shook his head repeatedly, saying that he couldn't control the matter, and that there was resentment in the house that could not be dissolved, and that the resentment had now been implicated in the Qi veins of the entire Ma'an Village. This matter is very likely related to the Yin-Yang Fairy Horse who didn't know how to stay in the door for three days. I don't know what he used at home, and forced the two boys to escape, but in the end he still didn't. Now the Yin-Yang Master said that it was very likely that the horse was not aware of it and gave a curse!
So for several years, once someone is newlywed, he must go out to avoid disasters and will not come back until he has given birth. Basically, Ma'an Village has not had any festive things in recent years, but there is always something that cannot be avoided. The family has no money and food, so it is good to be able to marry a wife. There is no ability to go out to avoid disasters. Mr. Yin and Yang said that if he can't escape, as long as the newly born twins are about to give birth, he will sing the big drama "Jin Duan Lei" within three days, using the demon-suppressing Leifeng Tower in the play to suppress the resentment of his own house. If he can spend three days safely, let his daughter-in-law take the twin babies back to his parents' home, and stay there for three days before he can come back, otherwise the disaster will be like being unable to escape.
As the head of a village, Village Chief Ma can not do that even if he has the ability to let his son and daughter-in-law go out to avoid disasters, because with his position, he always needs to calm the hearts of the people. If their family can't stand it, then other people's family can't do it. In this way, Village Chief Ma's eldest son just got a pair of dragons and phoenixes the day before yesterday. Since he didn't go out to avoid disasters in advance, he followed his family's arrangements for peace of mind and sang for three days in a row. On the surface, it was naturally to celebrate the prosperity of his family's population, but in fact everyone understands what it is, but no one just said it.
It is natural for me to not see anyone else watching the show before, because the villagers here all know what the show invited by Village Chief Ma is for. Since it is a way to suppress ghosts and respect gods, who dares to watch it? Come and listen?
After hearing what Village Chief Ma said in detail, the master first fell into silence, then suddenly raised his head and looked at Village Chief Ma with a serious expression: "But the yin energy I just sensed is not the earth energy from your village!"
"Ah?" Even Bu Yique and I screamed in surprise.
Village Chief Ma asked even more confusedly: "Mr. Big, what did you see? If you keep in mind this matter and save our family's lives, Ma Huanqing, I, is willing to present all my property with both hands and pray to Mr. Big!"
This statement deeply touched my heart, which shows how much Village Chief Ma values his family's safety. Who wouldn't want a family to be safe and secure? No matter what family property or money is, it is hard to compare with the safety and happiness of his family. This Village Chief is a simple and honest person. I believe that Master should not ignore it...
The master did not touch the words of Village Chief Ma. He still sat upright with a serious expression and said lightly: "As for the resentment you mentioned before, I have not noticed it yet. You have to check it carefully before you can see the details. But there is one thing I can be sure of. Before the drama outside, the yin energy gathered did not come from the underground of your village. It is hard to say what it is, but I want to meet Village Chief Ma soon. By the way, how many days will it take for Village Chief Ma to sing?"
Village Chief Ma immediately replied: "Today is the third day. After this 'lantern show' is over tonight, they will leave tomorrow. Why did Mr. Big ask that?"
The master nodded and said, "This is a rare trick that I encountered. Anyway, this play has the magic of helping the right and exorcising evil spirits. It is better to delay it for a few days and change it to seven days. Well, I think it's almost done in seven days. The gods and immortals in the four directions, the land gods and protecting families of Jiedi have received favors. If the village chief Ma does not abandon it, our master and disciple will stay in your village for these seven days until the matter is resolved."
Seven days? I was stunned and smacked my lips, and hurriedly came to my master and asked in a low voice: "Master, then what we are going to do...will you delay another seven days?"
The master sighed and said, "It is the duty of us who practice Taoism to help the righteous and expel evil spirits. If we cannot even protect our safety, what is the meaning of us to obtain the treasure of the mountain?"
Yes... Isn't it to find the treasure of the mountain to support morality and to help the righteous and to drive away evil spirits? Isn't it to the vast territory of Maoshan? If I ignore the situation, how can I be considered a Taoist practitioner? I have nothing to say for a moment...
Village Chief Ma immediately discussed with several older people beside him, and everyone nodded and said, "We believe Mr. Da, so we have nothing to say about taking in Mr. Da. Besides, we usually ask for experts like you but can't come. I will discuss the postponement with Old Man Liu in the opera troupe."
Chapter completed!