Regarding Chen Yuan's matter, Ye Ming didn't care about anything. He just took advantage of a group of children to attract their attention and suddenly took action and took King Xiao Yan into his hand.
"You've been caught by me again. This is the third time. How about it? Do you accept it?"
"If you don't accept it, you are such a bad guy, you know how to cheat. You have found someone early tomorrow morning, and you are deliberately trying to trick me!"
King Xiaoyan was so angry that he was itching his teeth, but he had no choice but to be dangled back and forth in Ye Ming's hand.
"I am a person who likes to convince others with virtue. In this way, if I let you go, you can find helpers. As long as you have the ability to beat me, you can find anyone."
Saying that, Ye Ming let go again and put it down.
King Xiaoyan picked up the red tassel gun with some dejection, greeted the children, and left in a hurry.
After they left, Mr. Wu looked at the backs of those little figures and suddenly felt pity for King Xiao Yan and the others.
Looking at Ye Ming's smiling face, he felt a chill.
I always feel like this bully kid is a bit addicted to bullying.
After being rescued, Chen Yuan and his wife were stunned for a while, and then suddenly hugged each other and cried. It was really unbearable to watch.
Ye Ming just smiled at this, greeted Mr. Wu, and the group left...
After staying away from that sad place, the old ape spirit saw that King Xiao Yan was in a low mood, so he took the opportunity to get closer and said to him:
"Leader, that person is not easy to mess with. In my opinion, forget it!"
"Forget it? No, you can't forget it. I am the leader of a sect. I was bullied by that guy. I will take revenge no matter what!"
King Xiao Yan clenched his fists and said angrily.
Other children also shouted for revenge.
The old ape spirit asked again: "Then what does the leader plan to do? Are you looking for help from the clan?"
Xiaoyan shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, if I go back, I will definitely be under guard and never come out again."
As he spoke, his expression suddenly changed and he said:
"I remember that there is a powerful Taoist priest in this area, who is actually a monster in disguise. Let's go find him for help!"
"You mean that person? It's hard to invite that person. Can you please move him?"
The old ape spirit is not very optimistic about this matter.
"Don't worry, I have this, I can definitely use it!"
King Xiaoyan smiled proudly and suddenly took out something that looked like an irregular iron block.
Seeing this, the old ape spirit was a little surprised and said:
"Is this slag iron?"
"Yes, it's slag iron. This was my favorite toy in the past. It should be no problem to use it to ask someone to take action!"
"No problem, definitely no problem!"
The old ape spirit nodded repeatedly.
The so-called "slag iron" is a top-quality material that can only be produced from millions of kilograms of smelting scrap iron.
It can be refined to produce quite powerful treasures, which are very rare treasure materials.
Seeing that the old ape spirit also agreed with his plan, King Xiao Yan raised his head proudly, waved his hand and said to the other children:
"Let's go find that guy!"
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In fact, the more high-ranking a person is, the more he likes to explore those things that involve strange powers and chaos.
Mr. Chen, like many great men, also likes to do things with strange powers and chaos.
I often do things like praying to gods and worshiping Buddha.
It's just that those temples and Taoist temples are either incompetent, or they are capable but mysterious. Every time they ask questions, they are secretive and their responses are not pleasant at all.
Therefore, these great men began to look for strange people among the people to satisfy or verify some of their unspeakable ideas.
Mr. Chen and his group of gentry from Wanfu usually do a lot of bad things, so they are very afraid of some celestial retribution, and have been trying their best to find out about this matter.
A year ago, a gentleman met a Taoist who called himself Du Xie.
This Taoist is quite capable. He can pinch, count, and control the little ghost, and he can also use wood and stone walking at his fingertips.
Moreover, whenever he performs predictions and divination, whenever he obtains a hexagram, he speaks directly and without any ambiguity, never making any detours.
This gentry had great faith in him and introduced him to other gentry in Liuwan Mansion.
In just one month, Taoist Du Xie became the guest of the great gentry in Liuwan Mansion.
There was just one incident. This person said that he was in conflict with a large city and could not enter the city.
If the gentry has any questions, they must go out of the city to look for him. He himself will never enter the city.
No, Mr. Chen, who had recently been forced to rush work and caused the brick kiln to collapse, killing more than 20 people, felt guilty and planned to go out of the city to ask Taoist Du Xie.
On the way to his residence, he met a gentleman named Wang from the same city.
The two met and communicated.
Mr. Chen asked Mr. Wang why he came to ask. Mr. Wang said that his ship sank a few days ago. Not only the cargo, but also more than a dozen people were drowned. He also came to ask.
The two of them had some sympathy for each other, so they planned to ask together.
Not long after leaving, I met another gentleman, who also came to ask for divination.
According to him, there was a problem in his restaurant, and people were eaten to death. Now no customers dare to enter the restaurant, which gives him a headache.
Afterwards, several people walked forward and met several more gentry.
Unexpectedly, these people all encountered similar problems and came to ask for hexagrams.
When everyone got together, they all realized the seriousness of the problem.
How is it possible for everyone to have problems at the same time?
This is not normal.
A gentleman said very worriedly:
"A while ago, Taoist Master Du said that we might suffer from retribution if we lose too much moral virtue. Now it seems that it is really possible. What should we do?"
Others also believed that although they would give a high-sounding reason for the bad things they did, they could deceive others but not themselves.
Now that this thing is happening so weirdly, it is impossible to say that I am not afraid or panicked.
Mr. Chen quickly said:
"We'd better go ask Taoist Master Du quickly and see what he says. He's so capable, there must be a way to help us avoid this disaster!"
Hearing this, everyone else agreed with what Mr. Chen said. A group of people quickly left the city and headed straight for the garden specially built for Taoist Du Xie...
There is a garden outside the city, which is very different from other places.
Ordinary gardens are basically chosen in a place facing the sun and close to water, but the garden here is chosen in a place with a shadow and far from the water.
And it is surrounded by mountains, which makes it look a bit quiet and deep, even a little bit eerie.
Sitting in the garden was a Taoist priest in his thirties, with a long beard and a serious expression.
This Taoist's appearance is also different from ordinary Taoists.
Other Taoists have all the Tai Chi Bagua patterns on their robes, but this Taoist has a little less Tai Chi Bagua patterns on his body.
Although the lack is not obvious, everyone in the know knows that once this thing is missing a little, it will lose its effect, and it will be no different from ordinary paintings.
Not only the Tai Chi Bagua diagrams on the Taoist robes, but also the peach wood swords, copper bells, yellow paper, cinnabar and other objects used are slightly different from those used by normal Taoist priests.
In this huge garden built specifically for this person, he was the only one with no servants or waiters.
Suddenly I heard footsteps outside the garden. Master Chen and others all came here.
After entering the garden, no matter how anxious they were, they all slowed down and walked in with dignity.
The Taoist sitting in the middle of the garden did not react at all to the visitor, and remained there with his eyes closed.
When Master Chen and others came here, they dispersed without saying a word, sat down around the Taoist, and closed their eyes one by one to adjust their breathing.
However, this group of people obviously had no real state of mind. From time to time, some people would secretly open their eyes to observe the Taoist's reaction.
After a long time, Mr. Chen felt a little impatient and wanted to call out, but he saw the Taoist slowly opening his eyes, waving the dust in his hands, saying a Taoist slogan in his mouth, and then said:
"Just now, I was wandering in the sky and came across a spring of nectar. I was greedy for a cup and wasted a little time. I hope you don't take offense."
When everyone heard this, they all said it didn't matter and praised the Taoist for his profound Dharma.
After praising the Taoist for a few words, Mr. Wang said:
"Taoist Priest, the reason why we came here today is..."
Taoist Du Xie didn't wait for him to finish his words and said directly:
"I know your intentions. You have done a lot of bad things throughout your life and have harmed the harmony of heaven. You will be punished by heaven in the near future, and you will definitely die without a burial place."
When everyone heard this, they were a little frightened at first, and then their eyes lit up, feeling that this person was not helpless.
Mr. Chen couldn’t help but ask:
"So, the Taoist Master has a way to help me avoid disaster?"
Taoist Du Xie shook off the dust again, took two steps and said:
"A few days ago, I knew that you would suffer this calamity. I have been making preparations these days. It won't be a problem to survive this calamity."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this and immediately asked Taoist Du Xie to help them and others.
Taoist Du Xie turned his back to everyone, squinting secretly to observe the reaction, and then said:
"If you want to avoid this disaster, it is indeed possible, but it will require a lot of cultivation..."
"Don't worry, Taoist Master, if we survive the calamity, I will definitely not miss out on the Taoist Master's benefits!"
Immediately some gentry promised benefits, and others hurriedly expressed their willingness to compensate Taoist Du Xie for his losses.
Taoist Du Xie was unmoved by the benefits promised by everyone. He just glanced at everyone, nodded and said:
"Since you are so sincere, I will naturally not begrudge you some cultivation skills and will help you get through this disaster."
As he spoke, he moved the dust in his hand again, and a shrine suddenly appeared on the ground. There was a row of bowls on the shrine. The bowls were all painted with scorpion patterns, and there was half a bowl of clear water in them.
"This is the divine water to avoid calamity. Each of you should have a bowl. After drinking it, return home and then go up to worship the heaven and earth and the gods and Buddhas in the sky. All kinds of incense, paper money, silver and barley from the underworld, etc., must not be stingy, but should be offered in abundance.
After offering the sacrifice, do not eat or drink. Gather here again tomorrow morning and sit around the shrine for an hour. You can avoid this disaster. "
After that, he hugged the floating dust and went to the inner quiet room, no longer caring about this place.
Seeing this, the gentry looked at the sacred water on the shrine and hesitated.
They are not stupid, they know that this kind of Taoist who knows magic is not easy to mess with, and they should not drink the things he gives.
After looking at each other for a while, a gentleman who was afraid of death finally came forward, picked up a bowl, and tried to drink it.
It turned out that the divine water tasted pretty good, so I immediately drank half the bowl of divine water in a few sips.
If someone takes the lead, things will be much simpler. Everyone steps forward, each picks up a bowl and drinks it all.
After finishing the drink, Mr. Chen touched his stomach and felt no abnormal reaction. He felt that he was being too preoccupied.
The one who has never done anything harmful to them in the past year, now they are all going to be punished by God, and there is no need for the other party to harm them unnecessarily.
After drinking the sacred water, everyone bowed to the quiet room and then left the garden and returned to the city.
As soon as Mr. Chen returned home, he heard that his third son and daughter-in-law were taken away by a strange wind and came back soon. This was very strange, so he quickly called Chen Yuan and his wife for questioning.
But at this time, both of them were taciturn and refused to say what happened.
For them, what happened this time was a bit difficult to talk about.
One wanted to save face, the other wanted to be chaste, so neither of them dared to say anything. They only said that after being taken away, they had been in a coma and came back when they woke up.
Mr. Chen felt strange that he didn't ask why, but at the moment his own affairs were the most important, and he planned to take the whole family to worship heaven, earth, gods and Buddhas together.
As for the matter of my son and daughter-in-law, I can ask Taoist Du Xie by the way after tomorrow.
That night, all the gentry in Liuwan Mansion held a family sacrifice...
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