In short, as long as ordinary people encounter this troublemaker, they will definitely be in trouble.
Of course, it's all nothing serious.
It is precisely because of this that most practitioners of Xuanmen don't pay much attention to such lonely ghosts who are pitiful in life and weak after death.
If you really encounter someone, if you happen to have paper money or old copper coins with you, just give them some to throw around.
Or just scream and drive them away without bothering to pay attention to them.
Only newcomers to Taoism who are too idle, or good people with truly benevolent hearts, would take the trouble to save such a mouth-pleaser. Send him to the underworld and enter reincarnation, and he will be reborn in a good fetus in the next life.
As for me?
That must be because I am a truly kind and kind person!
Only then would he bring back this scoundrel and let Lao Cao save it.
He's not some idle newcomer at all, right? Ahem...
I said a few words about how I met this guy on the road and begged for food, and Lao Cao looked at the pitiful beggar with some speechlessness.
"Hey, tell me, why did you stop Xiao Wu?"
The scold seemed a little aggrieved and answered cautiously.
"Looking at him at such a young age, how could I know that he is a powerful little Taoist with magical powers? This is unreasonable."
Lao Cao laughed after hearing this.
You say this talkative guy is pretty good at complimenting people? This is flattering Xiao Wu in reverse!
I also thought it was a little funny, so I patted it again and said.
"You don't need to be so nervous? Chaodu is sending you to the underworld, not beating you out of your wits. We are doing good deeds for free."
"I think you were quite young when you died, and you were considered an old man. Since you were not killed by anyone, and you had no grievances, just go to the underworld honestly. Why linger in the human world and do all the harm to yourself and ordinary people? People are bad.”
Lao Cao also nodded and said.
"Yes! Xiao Wu brought you back, but he actually caused trouble for me. Of course, by saving you, I can also accumulate some karmic virtue, although it's not much."
In fact, Lao Cao and I are not very capable at saving the souls of the dead.
Well, I can almost say that I don't have it, I can't at all... I can kill ghosts and corpses, but I can't transcend it.
This is because of Master’s preaching arrangements.
She said that I should first learn how to protect myself. As for helping others, doing good deeds, and accumulating negative virtues, I can wait until my cultivation level is higher before I can learn it.
She feels that only the strong have the power to sympathize with and protect others.
Therefore, you must first become stronger, and after your cultivation reaches a certain level, you can then learn some techniques to save the dead.
As for Lao Cao, as a coffin bearer, he knows more or less some methods of salvation.
Of course, he is definitely not as proficient and good at it as Yuan Fei.
However, if we save weak ghosts such as mouth-seeking ghosts and starving ghosts, the problem will not be big.
Unexpectedly, the scoundrel looked sad and shook his head. He kept begging us.
"Little Taoist Master, Sir, I don't want to be saved, and I don't want to go to the underworld. I beg you two masters to have mercy on me, sir, please let me go."
Seeing his nervous and frightened look, I felt a little strange.
It stands to reason that a weak ghost like him who has never done many bad things - at most he has brought some bad luck to some people, will not be punished in the underworld.
On the contrary, it may be that because of his hardship in this life, he will be compensated in the next life and be reborn in a pretty good child.
Not to mention rich and powerful, but certainly able to live comfortably.
So no matter how you look at it, salvation is a good thing!
Why is this guy so scared?
I thought he didn't know the difference between "transcendence" and "annihilation", and considering his age, he was quite pitiful, so I patiently explained.
"As I said, salvation is a good thing, so that you will no longer suffer. You are stranded in the world of the world, worried and afraid every day, and you have to continue to beg for food. Why bother?"
Lao Cao also frowned and looked at him, wondering: "Yes, why don't you want to go to the underworld?"
Then his voice suddenly dropped, and his tone became stern: "Could it be that you are actually an evil ghost who committed some serious crime in the world of the world. Are you worried that after being saved by me and going to the underworld, you will be sentenced to death in hell?"
Lao Cao was originally a very powerful coffin bearer. He had been fed by Yin people for decades, and he was very powerful with evil spirits and magic energy. He suddenly showed off his power and frightened this scoundrel...
He plopped down, knelt on the ground, and cried loudly.
"It's unfair, Master Coffin Maker! No, it's not like that. If I am really an evil ghost, can't you two feel it?"
I said that's true. A weak evil creature like a mouth-seeking ghost can be completely eliminated with a single talisman. If you really do something harmful to nature, you can't hide it.
And generally speaking, you really don’t have that ability!
The quarrel continued: "I don't want to go to the underworld because I haven't found my daughter yet. I want to see my daughter and then go to the underworld to be reincarnated."
daughter?
Lao Cao and I both frowned and looked at each other with doubtful expressions in each other's eyes.
I stared at him: "Tell me, what is going on?"
So, the poor bitch told a rough story of his story...
It turns out that his name is Wang Hu.
More than ten years ago - in the early 1980s, he was an ordinary worker in a city in a neighboring province. Divorced his wife and raised his daughter alone.
The father and daughter depend on each other. The daughter is filial and sensible, and her academic performance is good. It is Wang Hu’s hope in life.
But he never expected that one day when Wang Hu came home from get off work, he found that his daughter, a senior in high school, was missing!
He collapsed immediately.
After calling the police, I searched throughout the city for a long time but couldn't find him. They can only be treated as missing persons for the time being.
After all, the police only have so many manpower. In an era when there were neither cameras nor the Internet, trying to find someone was like looking for a needle in a haystack...
But after Wang Hu cried bitterly for several days, he did not give up.
He decided to quit his job in the factory, spend all his savings, and hit the road by himself to find traces of his daughter!
So, regardless of everyone's persuasion, Wang Hu embarked on a long journey to find traces of his daughter.
Over the years, he searched in various cities and counties in neighboring provinces. But nothing was gained.
About six years ago, in 1993. Wang Hu heard that someone had seen his daughter in Chongqing City. We came to Chongqing.
In the end, it took another three or four years to find the territory of Fubei County.
As a result, it was a rainy night when I was riding my rickshaw on the road. Because the dirt path was slippery and it was dark and there was no light, I accidentally fell into the ditch next to it...
Unexpectedly, Wang Hu's head hit a stone in the ditch, knocking him into a fool on the spot! Became a crazy vagabond.
