Mr. Luo will be back early today.
His wife, Mrs. Wang, was asking him if he had visited his neighbors. This woman was very gossipy, and she reminded Mr. Luo of the group of people in the afternoon.
There was really no other option today, so in the afternoon he picked up some gifts and went to visit his new neighbor, who his wife said was becoming more and more distinguished. But he stood at the door and knocked for a long time, but there was no response from inside. He only heard a few meows.
On the contrary, when I left, I met several tea merchants from other places and two escorts. They were carrying gifts from their hometown and they were also going to visit the young gentleman.
After asking each other, Luo Captou found out——
The young gentleman who just moved in opposite his house turned out to be the master who casually cut off the fog ghost that had been doing evil for several months when he passed by Liangshui Ao!
The fog ghost caused trouble in Jinyang Road and was about to go to the city gate to announce it. Now that he was eliminated, the story has already spread all over Yidu. Especially the fact that Nanhua County invited experts but failed to get rid of it, and was killed casually by an expert passing by, makes it even more interesting to talk about.
But he didn't expect such an expert to be around.
He has the ability to cut off fog ghosts. Although Luo Captou still feels that he may not be able to help him, he already deserves his double respect.
Think about what you have prepared today, a pack of brown sugar and a pot of good wine. They are some of the good gifts that are often brought when visiting relatives and friends these days. Ordinary people may not have such financial resources, but compared to those brought by tea merchants. Things seem to be somewhat less thoughtful.
"I'll prepare a generous gift and visit again tomorrow."
Luo Baotou was talking to his wife, but then he heard the faint singing coming from the yard opposite. It was the purest human voice. It made me feel horrified at first, but after listening for a long time, I felt that it was better than the singing girls in Goulan Washe. Gotta be better.
I wonder if the young gentleman has returned home at this time. If he has returned home, what is he doing now? Bento really doesn’t care about the ghosts in the house?
…
Song You cleaned the stone table in the courtyard and took advantage of the cool evening to have dinner in the courtyard.
It's a rare luxury today. I steamed a bowl of white rice. I don't know why. As soon as the rice in this era is steamed, there is a strong aroma of rice. It is an aroma that can be smelled from one or two houses away. It smells delicious. Great appetite. Song You filled a bowl, then took another plate, put some meat for the calico cat, and also served it with a small lump of rice. One person and one cat spent time quietly at dusk.
There are still shadows of people moving in the courtyard, and there are ghosts singing.
One person and one cat seem to be unaware.
"Is it delicious? Miss Sanhua."
"delicious."
"That's good."
Song You put a piece of meat under white rice. The familiar taste was on his lips and teeth, and he also smiled.
Fireworks in the world are the poetry of mortals. They are most easily satisfied when they have enough food and wine. With the company of Sanhua Empress, he no longer feels lonely when he lives here alone. He even has a feeling that he will not feel lonely even if he stays here for a long time. The feeling of inadequacy.
After dinner, he sat and savored the taste for a while. After staying a little late at night, Song You lit an oil lamp, tried a new pen, and began to draw symbols.
Fulong Temple is not famous for its talismans. Several kinds of talismans at the Song Youhui were obtained by the temple's masters in the past dynasties when they traveled around the world.
There are two types of talismans that are most common on the market and that people often ask for when going to temples. One is to ward off evil spirits and ghosts, and the other is to keep people safe.
There are several kinds of talismans in Song Dynasty that rely on spiritual power to ward off evil spirits and avoid ghosts. As for the talisman for peace, it is usually necessary to communicate with the gods and rely on the power of their respective gods. Although there are a lot of Taoist statues in Fulong Temple, they only clean the dust on them on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month every year. We respect them. It is limited, so Taoists at Fulong Temple usually don’t know how to use such talismans.
Today, Song You only paints the yin talisman.
This talisman is designed to drive away evil spirits.
When the wind blows with spiritual power, the pen moves like a dragon or a snake, and the fire beans of the oil lamp tremble, causing the light and shadow in the courtyard to flicker.
The calico cat was very curious. At first he looked up on the ground and couldn't see clearly. Then he jumped up on the stone table and took a closer look.
Fortunately, it looked back and did not disturb Song You.
One person and one cat seem to have a natural tacit understanding.
Song You didn't stop until he drew five pictures in a row.
Fold them carefully, string one of them with twine, and hang it at the door of the bedroom to prevent the female ghost from entering. Leave it alone in other rooms. Since we have agreed to live in peace and not disturb each other, we should leave more space for people to move around.
"I'm sorry."
Song You saluted in the direction of the bamboo forest.
When I looked up, I saw that the sky was full of stars. The surrounding neighbors had already rested, and the noise from Chunming Street in the distance could not be heard here. The night was extremely quiet.
"It seems like it's summer heat."
"What is summer heat?"
"It's just going to get colder."
"oh……"
"Go to sleep, Empress Sanhua."
"good……"
The calico cat followed him into the house and got into bed.
Song You and Sanhua Empress have gradually become familiar with each other these days. Although they met by chance, they relied on each other for a while. Song You always treated it sincerely, and the calico cat was not as playful as anyone else. After such a long time, the two parties also developed some feelings.
The cat likes warmth and often sleeps next to him secretly.
…
Early the next morning, the rooster still crows.
Song You got up earlier, put on his clothes and meditated in the yard. Judging from his physical sensation, it was much cooler today than the morning when he first arrived.
The yellow plum trees in the courtyard have begun to lose their leaves.
When the wind blew, Song You spread it out casually and caught a yellow leaf in his hand.
"End of summer heat..."
The end of heat is also the end of heat. Chu, Zhi also means that the heat is beginning to dissipate, the unbearably hot weather is coming to an end, and the process of cooling has begun.
Song You threw away the yellow leaf in his hand and continued to close his eyes.
The spiritual energy in the early morning was the clearest and thickest, surrounding him as if there was life, causing the green lanterns to fall, causing a few more plum leaves to fall above his head.
The city also wakes up at this time.
I could hear people outside carrying vegetables hawking along the street, and people selling firewood and water. The sounds of shouting and bargaining could be heard. Song You didn't feel the noise, he just felt that he heard the closely related people's lives in this era.
But at this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
"..."
Song You opened his eyes, stood up and opened the door.
Standing outside the door were the merchant surnamed Li and the two escorts from last time, each carrying something in their hands.
"Meet sir."
"Please come in."
"I'm here early in the morning. If I'm disturbing you, please forgive me." The merchant surnamed Li said quickly, "We all wanted to come and thank you, so we asked my brother-in-law where he lives now. If there is anything inappropriate, I At..."
"You're welcome, come in."
Song You was really not used to such courtesy, so he just welcomed everyone into the courtyard.
The group of people were a little uneasy and looked at each other.
I had heard from Wang Ji that this yard was haunted. I rented it several times over the past few years, but all were evicted the next day. My husband was brave enough to dare to live there, but as ordinary people, they inevitably felt guilty.
Thinking that it was broad daylight after all, there were many people, and there was a husband here, the group of people entered the small courtyard one after another.
But as soon as I entered the door, I didn't feel the spooky feeling of a haunted house at all. Instead, I saw that the yard had been tidied up, and a breeze from nowhere lingered in the yard, blowing down the plum leaves and swaying in the wind. Seeing a calico cat lazily walking out of the room, sticking out its tongue and stretching its body, immediately gave people a feeling of calmness, tranquility, and relaxation.
It is indeed cooler in this courtyard than outside.
But this kind of coolness is not uncomfortable, creepy or causing goosebumps, but a comfortable and clean coolness, just like pushing the door open after a full sleep and just feeling the dampness and coolness of the morning, or like the sultry dusk. It’s pleasant to walk out after washing away the scorching light and feel the evening breeze blowing on your face.
Everyone looked at each other again, each seeing surprise in the other's eyes, and then hurriedly came forward with gifts, saying thank you sir for saving his life.
Most of the gifts these people bring are home-made bacon and sausages and home-produced good tea, which are full of thoughtfulness.
"You're welcome."
Song You said this without hesitating or refusing.
A pile of gifts were placed on the stone table.
When everyone saw this, they felt a little relieved.
Then I saw the calico cat jumping up on the stone table. It seemed to be attracted by the smell of bacon and sausage, and it seemed to be habitually checking the strange objects that had entered its territory. It sniffed around a pile of gifts, but no one came. Chase it.
"Sir, it's so enjoyable to be with a cat."
The merchant surnamed Li looked at Sanhua Empress with a smile, but the scene he recalled in his mind was the scene of Mr. Cat Xuexue meeting him as a gift that day outside the city.
Thinking about it, my husband was still alone when I walked to Liangshui'ao. When I walked to Yidu, there was a cat. It couldn't be a wild cat randomly picked up in the mountains. I'm afraid it was about to become a sperm or had already become a sperm before he was tamed by him. Be a companion.
So even when facing the cat, his tone was extremely polite: "It's good to have a cat with you. Sir, you won't be so lonely when you travel around the world."
"I think so too."
"This cat follows Mr., it is also his fate."
"Rather than me accompanying it, I need it to accompany me more. It's hard to say whose creation it is."
"this……"
The merchant surnamed Li didn't notice anything at first, but the more he thought about it, the better it became.
All I can say is that Mr.
After chatting like this for a while, the merchant surnamed Li suddenly caught a glimpse of the yellow talisman hanging at the door of Song You's bedroom, and couldn't help but be overjoyed when he thought of the second purpose of his visit.
"Sir, can you make talismans?"
"I know several kinds of talismans to ward off evil spirits."
"To be honest, sir, we hard-working merchants have been walking in the mountains all year round. It is inevitable that we will encounter ghosts at night and monsters on the mountain roads. We have also visited the temples and temples in Wushan earlier to ask for one or two talismans to keep us safe. Unfortunately, there are Some are simply useless, and some are useful, but they can only be used as reminders. When I came here today, I also wanted to ask for a piece of talisman from Mr. Li to ward off evil spirits." The merchant surnamed Li said, "If I can get my wish, , I can’t thank you enough.”
"You don't have to be so polite."
This is one of the businesses of Fulongguan.
Song You immediately took out a few talismans he had drawn last night. If there were not enough, he spread out the jute paper, gathered cinnabar, and drew with his brush.
Everyone was immediately shocked——
Although they didn't see the spiritual power wandering around in the writing and being sealed in the cinnabar, they could still see the wind blowing when they wrote, and the leaves of the plum trees were faintly blown. They usually saw some strange phenomena when they went to the temples to ask for talismans, but not this time. Obvious?
For a moment, everyone felt at ease.
Until each person was given two pieces and put them away close to his body, his courage suddenly increased, and he actually had the illusion that he would not be afraid of seeing the fog ghost again.
"The one folded into a triangle is a talisman to ward off ghosts. The square one is an talisman to ward off evil spirits. The talisman to ward off evil spirits cannot ward off evil spirits, and the talisman to exorcise ghosts cannot ward off ghosts. Different talismans have different functions. Please also ask Write down."
"You should keep this in mind."
Thinking that everyone had brought gifts, Song You originally planned not to take any money, but couldn't bear the sincerity of everyone, so everyone still gave some scraps of silver.
It can be regarded as the first order to make money.
After finally seeing off the group, Song You had just returned to the courtyard and sat cross-legged for a while, feeling the spirit of the season and concentrating his spiritual power, when he heard another knock on the door.
I thought it was my neighbor this time.
"well……"
Disturb my Qing Dynasty.
