Chapter 140 Stone Lion
When I saw it was him, I shouted on the spot: "Liu Shangang!"
I would never admit my mistake. The person in front of me was Liu Shangang, but after I called him, he didn't even look at me, and stood straight outside the door, looking ahead.
At this time, Master Li said to my master: "Master Chai, since you are here, just go in with me. These days, Mr. Huang is looking forward to your coming like stars and moons."
My master nodded and went straight into the entrance of the ancestral hall, ignoring the "Liu Shangang" standing by the door.
At that time, I wondered if I had admitted my mistake, but that person was standing beside me. I looked at him carefully before confirming that I had admitted my mistake. There are indeed two very similar people in this world, but I don’t believe that these two people can even look exactly the same in the birthmarks on their earlobes.
I will never admit my mistake in the small dark red peach-shaped birthmark on Liu Shangang's earlobe!
When I stared at Liu Shangang's side face, the expression on Liu Shangang's face also became very unnatural. He deliberately turned his face to the side, as if he was afraid that I would see who he was.
Damn, I haven't contacted each other for a few years, and I pretended not to know each other when I met. I suddenly became angry. I reached out and grabbed Liu Shangang's wrist, used the Tiangang Lock technique, and clenched it hard.
After a few years of not seeing each other, Liu Shangang became much stronger than before. The tendons and bones on his wrist seemed to be stronger than before. But I was anxious at that time and almost used all my strength. Liu Shangang's small body could not withstand it.
He wailed on the spot: "Oh! It hurts so much... Brother! Brother! Don't make a fuss, I'm on a mission."
What kind of tasks are they? I don’t believe it. What kind of tasks can he do like a bird?
But at this time, my master suddenly stopped and turned around and shouted at me: "You said, don't mess around. Fatty now has a task and can't talk to you."
Since my master said that, I relaxed the strength in my hand a little, but I still held Liu Shangang's wrist with my right hand. Liu Shangang smiled at me embarrassedly, but still said nothing.
It was not until my master waved to me and shouted to me: "Follow me!" that I let go of Liu Shangang and chased my master. When I was approaching the threshold, I looked at Liu Shangang again, and he became the kind of standing straight and staring ahead.
When Liang Houzai walked past him, he still stared at the front without turning his eyes.
Although I didn't know what task Liu Shangang was carrying out, I saw his serious look and the anger in my heart suddenly dissipated, and instead felt an inexplicable sense of joy.
From childhood to adulthood, Liang Houzai was full of vulgarity. I guess his mission this time should also include guarding the gate of the ancestral hall of the Huang family. But no matter how straight he stood, I didn't think he was a gatekeeper. Instead, he was like a thief lurking at the entrance of the ancestral hall. He always felt that as long as the Huang family was not careful, Liu Shangang would take the opportunity to get in and steal things.
I know that it may not be fair to Liu Shangang if I think like this, but I can't control myself in this direction.
I was even imagining whether it was Liu Shangang who stole things from the old Huang family and was punished to guard the gate outside the ancestral hall.
I was thinking about this in my mind, and then I heard Dao Master Li in front of me say to myself: "The stone lions have been transferred to the door. Alas, trouble, a big trouble."
While he said, he turned around and looked at the gate of the ancestral hall.
I first glanced at Master Li's face and wanted to see his appearance clearly, but at that time he was standing in the shadow of Yimen Archway. The dark shadow just blocked his face. I could only see the moonlight in his eyes, but I still couldn't see his appearance clearly.
Then I looked in the direction he was pointing in his sight and saw two stone lions one and a half tall one on the inside of the gate of the ancestral hall.
To be honest, I have seen stone lions like this when I was a child. There is a vegetable market northwest of our city, and there are two lions outside the market gate. However, the stone lions in the Lao Huang Family Ancestral Hall are very different from those I have seen before. The faces of the stone lions I saw in the past are portrayed very majestic. But the two lions, one with their heads hanging down and their eyes drooping, looked very listless; the other one with its head raised, its eyes wide open, its mouth wide open, and a human skull was held in its mouth. It gave me a feeling of extreme violence.
And generally speaking, gate-stopping beasts like the stone lion are placed outside the gate, but these two are placed in the yard with their backs facing the gate of the ancestral hall.
The ancestral hall of the old Huang family is an ancient house with three entrances. After entering the gate, they pass by a very small courtyard, which is a ritual gate archway made of white marble, or it can be called a ritual gate directly. The two stone lions stared at the ritual gate, or at something in the ritual gate.
But when I looked over the Yimen, I could only see the main hall of the Lao Huang family. Since it was a ancestral hall, it should be the tablets of the ancestors of the Lao Huang family in that hall.
I don’t know what the Huang family means by letting two unknown stone lions face the tablet of their ancestors.
My master seemed to feel nothing was wrong with this. After passing the Yimen Gate, he walked around the ancestral hall without stopping at all and walked onto a small path.
Liang Houzai and I also hurriedly followed.
Master Li sighed and followed. I turned my head and looked at him, and found that his face was blocked by the shadow of the leaves, and I still couldn't see his appearance clearly.
Master Li also noticed that I looked at his face again and again. When I turned to look at him this time, he smiled and said to me: "Hehe, do you want to see my face? It's not that easy. People among my fellow Taoists call me a faceless Taoist. As long as I don't want you to see my appearance, you can't see it no matter what."
Faceless Taoist? By the way, "The Book of the Wild Cells" really records such a person. The book says that he was born in the second year of Xuantong. He was a soldier in his early years. After being disfigured on the battlefield, he converted to Taoism. Because of his talent and wisdom, he was favored by the previous sect master of Qingfeng Temple. He inherited the legacy of Zhengyi Dao. After practicing hard for fifty years, he achieved some success. After entering the world, he eliminated demons and defended the Tao for twenty years among the people, and returned to Qingfeng Temple to become a contemporary sect master.
Because his appearance was destroyed, the Faceless Taoist developed a secret method that could hide his appearance between "yin and yang". Ordinary people could not see his appearance clearly.
Of course, the records of him in "The Book of the Wizards" are very long. In order to save space, I can only make a simple summary. However, my master did say that he hid his appearance between Yin and Yang. As for what the meaning of Yin and Yang here is, I can't explain it.
In addition, there is another thing that I have to mention. When I first met Master Li, he was nearly 100 years old. Although I couldn't see his face clearly, from his figure and movements, he looked like a slightly fat middle-aged man.
At this time, my master turned around, pointed at me, and said to Taoist Master Li: "My apprentice."
Master Li smiled again and said, "Oh, you are Zuo Youdao. No wonder, I just felt that the spiritual charm on you was somewhat similar to Master Chai. Haha, although this is the first time I have seen you, it is not the first time I have heard of your name. Last time you captured Zhao Dekai in the Ghost Market, it was so evident that year that there was almost no one among the fellow Taoists who didn't know it."
After saying that, Master Li looked at Liang Houzai again and continued, "I heard from others that Zuo Youdao had two sects in this life, one of which was Li Liang's disciple Liang Houzai, and the other was a boy named Liu Shangang. I just heard that Zuo Youdao was guarding the gate outside called Liu Shangang. Then you should be Liang Houzai, right?"
Liang Houzai and I didn't expect that Master Li in front of me would know so well about my affairs. In the ghost market, my master asked me to deal with Zhao Dekai's affairs alone in order to train me. It was a blessing to capture him alive at that time, but I didn't expect that he would make such a big noise.
As for the fact that Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai are the two sects in my life, it seems that besides the three of us, only a few people from Jihunzhuang, including my master and two masters, know about it. Why did this news reach Master Li's ears?
But my master still didn't care much about Master Li's words, and he was walking in front of him.
Within a few minutes, the master took us to the back hall of the ancestral hall. The so-called back hall is also called the back hall in this old courtyard with three entrances. Since we have the word "官网", the purpose of this room is self-evident.
The back bedroom of the Lao Huang Family Ancestral Hall looked at one door on the north and south walls. At this time, both doors were open. My eyes could also clearly see that there was a small courtyard that was narrow north and south and wide east and west after the back bedroom.
There are two ancient pine trees in the middle of the yard, like twists and turns, and on both sides of the back door of the entire ancestral hall, there are two stone lions who sleep and wake up. However, among these two lions, the awake lion does not hold a human skull in his mouth, but a cluster of pine branches carved from stones.
When we arrived at the back bedroom, we were rushing to the back bedroom door, a very large Taishi chair was placed on it, and an old man with a very burly figure was sitting on it. He was now closing his eyes and leaning back on the chair to take a nap.
As soon as my master's front foot crossed the threshold, the old man on the Taishi chair suddenly opened his eyes. The moment he opened his eyes, I seemed to see two rays of light burst out from his eyes. The two lights passed by my scalp like a knife, which made me feel numb.
After he opened his eyes, I looked at his eyes again, and my heart trembled again. The expression in his eyes was a sharpness that I had never seen before. No, it should be said to be sharp, sharper than the blade of a steel knife.
The old man glanced at the door with such eyes. After seeing my master, he suddenly stood up from the Grand Master's chair, walked up to hold my master's hand, and said excitedly: "Oh, Master Chai, you are here, but let me wait!"
Chapter completed!