Soon, Su Qingluan came outside the narrow alley where the Liu family lived.
She had been to Liu's house once before, and she really couldn't stand the dilapidated and dilapidated house where "it's raining heavily outside and light rain inside; it's sunny outside and you can see the stars inside".
However, the Liu family are all strong people, and it is absolutely impossible for them to accept help from others for no reason.
So Su Qingluan simply asked his father to find a few carpenters and masons to repair the house with various materials left over from previous repairs to the house and yard. Although the house is still simple, it is much better than the original one.
Su Qingluan once persuaded Liu Yunniang and Xi Niangzi that there were patients at home who were bedridden all year round. This cold and humid environment was not conducive to recovery. Now that the Liu family has some spare money, although it is not enough to buy a yard, it should be more than enough to rent a smaller one.
Mrs. Xi has also been persuaded and is about to go see the house. If she is cheated out of a sum of money by the so-called "master", it will undoubtedly make things worse for the Liu family.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Su Qingluan couldn't help but quicken her pace. Before she walked into the door of the Liu family's house, she raised her voice and said, "Ms. Xi, I met Yun Niang on the street. I stopped by to see my uncle!"
This was not the first time for both Madam Xi and Liu Sheng to see Su Qingluan. Liu Sheng was half lying on the couch and nodded to her. Mrs. Xi took her hand and walked out of the house, hissing: "Girl Su, please keep your voice down, the master is doing it here." Then she called Liu Yunniang and said, "Daughter, I have bought everything the master asked me to buy." ? You go have a rest and take Su Yatou to talk outside..."
Then, Mrs. Xi turned around and smiled into the room: "Master, don't be offended. The child is still young and not sensible. You are broad-minded and don't get offended..." She continued to make amends for Su Qingluan's "rashness".
Over there, Liu Yunniang has taken out all the chicken, duck and fish she bought, covered them with pieces of red cloth, and placed them on different plates - of course, the very dishonest fish was wrapped in red cloth like The rice dumplings were just like ordinary rice dumplings and could not move on the plate.
Su Qingluan raised her eyebrows: Haha, this still has a sense of ceremony, it seems like that!
After Liu Yunniang finished tossing with these "sacrifice", she said to Mrs. Xi: "Qingluan said that she was curious about what the master was capable of. She had never seen such a magical thing. It was okay to let her watch the excitement from the sidelines. .”
Not to mention that the Su family's overt and covert help to the Liu family made Madam Xi feel grateful, but Su Qingluan's character also made Madam Xi quite fond of her, so she smiled and lowered her voice to the two girls and said, "You can just watch the fun. But in order to prevent collisions with ghosts and gods, you two must stay quiet and not cause trouble to the master!"
Su Qingluan naturally nodded hurriedly, and stood with Liu Yunniang at the door, watching the "master" muttered "how to do it".
It had to be said that even if Su Qingluan knew that this "master" was probably a liar, he could still deceive people based on his image and temperament.
Although this man is not as good as Mu Xingzhi in terms of temperament, he can still be regarded as kind-hearted and solemn.
With a wooden hairpin tied up in her hair, three strands of beautiful beard fluttering, a green preacher's robe, and a dark peach wood sword, she looked like an outsider.
I saw this man setting up the table first, placing all the chicken, duck, and fish meat that Liu Yunniang had been asked to buy. He also placed three sticks of incense on the incense burner, bowed three times, and knelt down once.
The Liu family looked at it with solemn expressions and admiration, but Su Qingluan stood at the door as if watching a big show, and even commented leisurely: It has to be said that even cheating these days has to have a sense of ritual. Tsk, tsk, tsk, this set of actions is very smooth, it seems that he usually does such dirty things.
Su Qingluan fully affirmed the "master"'s performance, and then decided to teach him a lesson to let him know why the flowers are so popular.
Although Su Qingluan had made up his mind to completely turn this "master" into a "big wet", he did not act rashly - after all, in order to expose the deception, he first had to understand the key to his deception, right?
However, Su Qingluan watched with cold eyes, at least in the first few steps, offering sacrifices, burning incense, chanting incantations, saluting... one move after another, even Su Qingluan did not know what the steps of orthodox Taoism were during sacrifices, but looking at it like this, it seemed that It's still a well-behaved thing, like that.
Su Qingluan watched the "master" murmur something in his mouth, and inserted three sticks of incense into three bowls of different grains. While ringing the bell, he waved the peach wood sword vigorously, and the steps under his feet were also normal. Or the steps of the sword dance that I have seen on TV are different.
Su Qingluan couldn't help but lean into the ear of Liu Yunniang who was standing nearby and asked: "This step is so strange, have you seen it before?"
Liu Yuniang looked at it very seriously. She nodded: "I heard from my parents that this step implies the art of Bagua. It seems that this master is really sick."
Su Qingluan's eyes narrowed slightly: Could it be said that this person is really a Taoist?
She murmured in her heart: Could this be a "serious master", just like the "Qin Tian Jian"? Although he also has the intelligence to be responsible for divination and dance, he can be regarded as a "legal dance master" and not a swindler - after all, in this era There are indeed many unexplainable natural phenomena that require resorting to ghosts and gods. This cannot simply be said to be a lie, but rather an act of faith.
Considering the various cultural differences between the two worlds and the two eras, Su Qingluan was extremely confused: Maybe what was "feudal superstition" to her was commonplace in this era? If she rashly stops it, will she end up doing bad things with good intentions?
After being so entangled for a while, Su Qingluan finally gave up - because a liar is indeed a liar and will eventually show his flaws.
For example, this master who has always been very "fairy-like", even though every move he performs is a bit bluffing, when he said, "If you want to avoid disasters, your family must spend some money to eliminate disasters." At that time, Su Qingluan's heart moved.
After all, Madam Xi and Yagyu Sheng are used to traveling around the world. Even if they believe in these ghosts and gods, they haven't seen those two-handed swordsmanship. So when the fairy-like "master" in front of them made a request for "money", even if it was under the guise of "eliminating disasters", it instantly aroused the vigilance of Yagyu and Lady Xi.
However, Mrs. Xi was worried about when her master's leg disease would be cured, so she restrained her vigilance and asked, "May I ask, master, how much money does it cost to eliminate disasters?"
"Don't ask me, just ask yourselves. As the saying goes, 'a penny is also a thought.' As long as you are sincere, you can do whatever you want. Just do more good deeds and accumulate blessings for your family..." He said, as if he really didn't care about his body. The yellow and white thing outside began to mutter something again.
Su Qingluan: ...could this guy really "give as much as he wants"? Su Qingluan narrowed her eyes slightly: I always feel that there is a bit of playfulness in this...
Soon, Su Qingluan knew that her hunch was correct, because the master began to enlarge his moves.
I saw him swaying the yellow talisman paper vigorously in the air, and then took a sip of water and sprayed it on the mahogany sword. He muttered something in his mouth, made vigorous movements, and suddenly shouted, "Where can the monster escape!" Then his eyes were split and there were blue veins. He shouted loudly and thrust his mahogany sword straight forward to stab.
In an instant, a blood-red sword mark appeared on the originally eye-catching yellow talisman paper!
And he immediately turned around and thrust out another sword. This sword seemed to use a lot of force, because even from a few steps away, Su Qingluan could clearly hear the sound of the mahogany sword whizzing through the air.
In an instant, another talisman was immediately pierced, and there was a bloody hole in the hole.
This narrow alley is dark and damp because it is located behind the street and does not see sunlight all year round. And after the Taoist priest's series of "ghost exorcism" actions just now, it made people feel even more terrified.
Coupled with these "bloody" actions, the expressions of Liu Sheng and Xi Niangzi had completely changed, and Liu Yunniang was so frightened that her originally wheat-colored face turned a little pale. Su Qingluan held her hand comfortingly. When she went to bed, she found that the tips of her fingers were cold.
The only person here who was not scared was Su Qingluan. At this moment, Su Qingluan felt extremely lucky that it was necessary for her to watch so many programs such as "Approaching Science" in her previous life.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the few talisman papers scattered everywhere, which happened to fall at her feet. While everyone's attention was on the Taoist priest dancing, she took two away and whispered to Liu Yunniang: "I am here today." I've been busy for a long time and came here to watch the excitement, and I didn't even have time to drink water. Where is your water tank?"
Although she was frightened by the scene of "piercing the void and seeing blood" in front of her, Liu Yunniang had followed her parents around the world since she was a child, so she had her own courage and courage.
She didn't notice Su Qingluan's unusually calm tone, but subconsciously thought that this little girl, who was a little younger than her, didn't dare to watch anymore and was embarrassed to leave like this, so she wanted to find a way to leave. .
So she quickly said in a comforting tone: "In the corner behind me, the dishes and bowls used for cooking are all on that shelf. You can just take them and use them. If you are tired, you can go back. I'm fine here, don't worry."
Su Qingluan naturally didn't know the other person's brain circuit, but one thing was certain - Liu Yunniang didn't really want her to stay here.
Su Qingluan looked at the "bloody" talisman and understood: It turned out that Liu Yunniang was afraid that her "little sister" would be afraid.
This is really... Su Qingluan smiled helplessly, but she felt very warm in her heart: Although Yun Niang is still a little girl, she has a chivalrous heart that thinks of others anytime and anywhere.
So - Su Qingluan curled her lips and smiled - how could she let such a lovely family be deceived like this?
