Chapter 53 Three Ghost Immortals
At first, He Yongwan didn't care about the haunted incident of Baoqing Mansion. He thought it was just a rumor that the three ordinary people became tigers. Later, the trouble was too fierce. Although there was only movement around the former site of the prison, after several gentlemen performed the methods, it was not reduced, but it was spreading. The people didn't know anything. As soon as this happened, no matter who died, they would fall into this matter. Even the tuberculosis who had been sick for more than ten years died of illness, it was the result of the wrong soul of the Chen family. The so-called words are terrifying. As the rumors became more and more intense, some ordinary people had even begun to move out of their families. Until this time, He Yongwan realized the seriousness of the situation. In the past, it was not like the present. In ancient times, people were treasures.
Bei, war requires soldiers and food must be harvested. No matter which industry, the "labor" mainly based on people is the core force for creating social wealth. When people are gone, who will plant the land? Who will do business? In fact, He Yongwan also knows that the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to reassure the people. Regardless of whether ghosts are eliminated or not, they must make the people believe that ghosts have been subdued. Otherwise, if people continue to move out, wouldn't Baoqing become a deserted city? However, at this time, Baoqing's Tongyun Temple has not been built yet, and there are only a few so-called "sirs" in the city know some things. But at this time, these gentlemen with wine bags have already done this. Not to mention nothing, they have all gone away. Who can still believe their words?
While thinking about it, a master named Lu recommended such a person to He Yongwan...
There is a Ganxu Temple in the mountains hundreds of miles away from Baoqing. The host of the Three Ghosts Immortals. Even the people from Baoqing Mansion mentioned this Three Ghosts, but in recent years, they have been in seclusion and thanking guests. No matter how wealthy the person who went to Ganxu Temple was, they were always received by a young Taoist who claimed to be his disciple. He said that the master had told him that from now on, he only saw one person, and no other person was seen, but he refused to disclose who this person was. Even so, Ganxu Temple was still full of incense, and a hundred miles of big things and small matters within a radius of hundreds of miles. As long as this little disciple came out, the three ghosts Immortals became more and more amazing. Just the disciple was so powerful, and the master might be invincible.
In fact, Master Lu has a very thorough understanding of this matter. He has found several gentlemen before but it is useless. The yamen has long had no prestige among the people. It is probably not enough to just invite the powerful disciple of the Three Ghost Immortal. If he could find a way to persuade the legendary Three Ghost Immortal to come out of the mountain himself, it would not only stop the people from continuing to move out, but even those who moved away before could move back...
Although He Yongwan is a foreigner, he has heard of this Three Ghost Immortal. Not long ago, I heard from the Master Tai that there was such an old master who wanted to ask him out of the mountain after his father-in-law passed away but did not give him face, but sent his apprentice. Now, after Master Lu said this, He Yongwan began to feel unsure. He didn't give any face to the Lord Tai. How could I, a small seventh-rank magistrate, catch his eye?
After preparing a lot of snacks, He Yongwan came to Ganxu Temple with his teeth. What He Yongwan didn't expect was that a young Taoist priest seemed to know that he was coming. Before he could speak, he acted in a "invitation" posture and said, "The master has been waiting for a long time."
When they arrived at the inner courtyard of Ganxu Temple, the young Taoist priest took He Yongwan into a woodshed, opened the mess of wood, and the two of them entered a secret passage.
It was said that it was a secret thought, but in fact, this Ganxu Temple was cultivated by the mountain. This so-called secret thought actually led to a cave. Facing the biting cold air opposite, He Yongwan couldn't help but start to think randomly. It was said that the old Taoist was so in seclusion. Could it be that he was eating, drinking, and urinating in such a dark place? Half apart was walking, he suddenly found that the young Taoist priest had disappeared just now. It was a stone door facing him. After pushing open the stone door, he saw a thin Taoist priest sitting on the back of the door.
"Senior Three Ghost Immortals are here, and the student He Yongwan is polite..." Seeing that the old Taoist did not speak, He Yongwan quickly disrespectfully. At this moment, the old Taoist stood up and turned around and smiled slightly. It doesn't matter if he turned around. He Yongwan's eyes almost fell out. This is not an "old Taoist". It's obviously a "small Taoist". It looks younger than the so-called disciple just now, so why has he become such a magical Three Ghost Immortal?
Seeing He Yongwan was surprised, the little Taoist priest smiled and said that he was not a "Three Ghost Immortal" at all. The real Three Ghost Immortal had already become an immortal three years ago. The reason why he refused to see others was that he had to wait to meet his benefactor today.
He Yongwan was even more confused when he heard the little Taoist priest say this, and hurriedly asked where he was grateful. It turned out that this little Taoist priest was no one else, but Wang Ji, the son of Chen Qiaoer.
It turned out that Wang Ji was young, but his mind was faster than ordinary adults. When Zhang Xiang convicted Chen Qiaoer for the second time, although Wang Ji could not guess who was the real murderer, his parents suffered such a great disaster. Wang Ji felt that if he continued to stay at home, he would definitely not be able to escape the disaster. So he stole hundreds of taels of silver and wanted to settle down at his godfather's house in Henan. As a result, he encountered a horse before he left the province. Later, not only did the carriage he hired were taken away, but his travel expenses were also looted. Finally, he fainted on the side of the road due to cold and hunger. When he woke up, he was already in Ganxu Temple.
At that time, the host of Gan Xuguan, the Three Ghost Immortal, had not yet evolved. After hearing what Wang Ji had encountered, he was even more shocked. He hurriedly sent an apprentice to escort Wang Ji back to Baoqing, hoping that Wang Ji could do his best to persuade his mother not to find a shortage in the death row. As a result, after Wang Ji arrived at Baoqing, the news he found out was that his mother had been buried.
When he learned that Chen Qiaoer had been in the death row, the Three Ghost Immortal couldn't help but sigh to the sky, saying that God's will. But he refused to tell the reason. Until one day when his life was about to be close, he called Wang Ji to his side and told the whole story.
It turned out that the three ghost immortals were also named Wang, named Wang Xiande, who was a Baoqing person. When he was young, he was ordered by his master to preside over the ritual of ancestor worship for the county magistrate's family. He accidentally overturned the ranking of the county magistrate's ancestors and was also imprisoned by the county magistrate's prison. Because the county magistrate's prison was not big, the death row prison was together with other cells. It was also said that it was haunted at that time, but even the prison chief was laughed at. When he was admitted to the prison, Wang Xiande saw that something was wrong with the death row prison. Later, he heard from the prison chief that among the dozens of death row prisoners ruled by the previous county magistrates, seven of them had wronged before their death, and they died in prison. It seemed that they were really injustice.
After being released from prison, Wang Xiande wandered around Baoqing for seven days and finally drew a detailed topographic map of the entire Baoqing Mansion. As expected, the death row prison in this yamen is the point where the yang energy is weakest and the yin energy is strongest. Such a point is called "Earth Eye" in the theories of the Taoist schools such as Maoshan Scholars, Qingwei Sects, Zhongge Sects, and Sutu Sects. There are them in every city. If someone is accidentally killed by others, it will cause great trouble. The reason why nothing happened until now is that the county yamen itself is also a place for evil spirits, which can suppress resentment.
Therefore, peace is safe, but this kind of peace is not endless. Taoism has always said that "the ten virtues are immortals, and ten resentments are demons", which means that "good people of ten generations can become gods, while those of ten generations of resentment will become monsters." And those who die unjustly in prison are equivalent to one life. In other words, there are cells with ten unjustly deceased ghosts at the same time. With the help of the "Earth Eye", a major disaster will be caused. Even the evil spirit of the yamen cannot be suppressed. At this time, seven people have already called injustice in this death row. It seems that this Baoqing's great disaster is not long.
Later, Wang Xiande told his master Fu Shizi about his discovery. The news was also valued by Fu Shizi. He led Wang Xiande to suggest demolition and renovation of the prison cell to the county magistrate. However, at this time, the confused county magistrate Liu Tong had just taken office. Without any explanation, he sent someone to bomb the master and apprentice out of the county government and threatened that if he dared to speak out again, he would be punished. When he encountered such an unreasonable official, the master and apprentice could only admit his bad luck.
After the position of presidency, Wang Xiande took the title of Three Ghost Immortal, intending to remind himself that he had not had much time, and then he wandered around famous mountains and rivers, and even met with Quanzhen's ancestor Chongyangzi, but he never could see a good way to cure the "Ten Resentful Demons" in the "Eye of Earth". At this time, Liu Tong, the confused county magistrate, had two people unjustly killed on the basis of the original seven people. With his confused level, it would be a matter of a few years to die another unjustly.
At this moment, a message from Hubei made the Three Ghost Immortals who had reached 60 years old and were unconsciously happy: two tomb robbers in Xiangyang dug out a beautifully made jade incense burner, which was later captured by the government, but no one recognized the words written on the jade incense burner, because Zhao Yu, the king of Xiangyang at that time, wanted this incense burner, but was troubled by not knowing the words on it, so he posted a yellow list to find talented people with a lot of money, hoping that someone could recognize these ancient texts. At that time, the Three Ghost Immortals came alone without saying a word.
After visiting Xiangyang, I found that the ancient texts listed on the list were vanished, and the records were the things that Shuang Huaizi refines Qiu into an immortal. According to the records of the incense burner, Queen Shuang Huaizi still takes immortal pills every month, and found a cave in the remaining veins of Bashan near Xiangyang, which was called "Shuang Huai Zhan Xian Cave, with a life of 45 directions to go to the immortal journey. It also clearly pointed out that the Queen can obtain the ability of thousands of miles of eyes and ears, and can fly over the eaves and walls, not be bound by the number of days, and can be transcended from the world, and can even play with demons and complain in the palm of the hand.
These three ghost immortals immediately knew why no one was willing to translate: If Zhao Yu didn't believe it, the translator would be beaten up in groups or even beheaded. If Zhao Yu believed it, the translator would be sent to supervise the search for Qiu Chi to refine the elixir. Insiders know that if a person who does not understand the mind takes Taoist elixir, the effect is no different from drinking pesticides directly. Heavy metal poisoning will not run away, let alone the elixir refined by Qiu Chi? If Zhao Yu was poisoned or disabled, he would still be beheaded as a "supervisor". His slut, no matter whether he translated it correctly or not, would have to get involved. Even if there are a few capable people from Dong Zhanwen in the country, who would be willing to cause trouble for thousands of taels of silver?
The three ghost immortals didn't take it seriously. In ancient times, people liked to exaggerate everything. It was possible that if they had a little bit of vision and hearing, they would have been a thousand eyes, and if they ran faster, they would have been a flyby and walked around the wall... On the contrary, the last sentence "It's even more resentful to the demons" aroused his interest. To be honest, the three ghost immortals didn't want to care about this little thing, but the name of the Three Ghosts was just to control Baoqing's idiot one day? If there was such a thing, wouldn't Baoqing's "Ten Resentful Demons" be a piece of cake? So the three ghost immortals tentatively revealed the list and threatened to have to try it. Of course, even if they tried it, they would have to risk their lives. Zhao Yu was famous for his bad temper in the dynasty and could not translate it out. If he didn't want to die, what else could it be?
It is said that the Three Ghost Immortals should have a good life. On the day of the announcement, Zhao Yu's wife gave birth to a son. Zhao Yu was in a very good mood. After inviting the Three Ghost Immortals to the mansion, they first calculated their fate for their son, and then asked them to pray for blessings. The Three Ghost Immortals could do it, and they could not find Zhao Yu's north. Later, when they were translating ancient texts, the Three Ghost Immortals couldn't help but be stunned. No wonder even the King of Xiangyang would like to like this: the incense burner was indeed beautiful and ingenious, and the jade was inlaid with gold threads. The craftsmanship alone was amazing, not to mention the flawlessness of the jade itself. The entire incense burner was clustered with "scattered prose and longevity patterns". In the eyes of others, this pattern seemed like a decoration, and in the eyes of the Three Ghost Immortals, this pattern was only found on the alchemy...
After drawing out all the extinction texts and the pro-life patterns on the incense burner, the Three Ghost Immortals secretly remembered the structure of the incense burner, and then admitted that they could not translate it. I heard that this old man did not understand it. Zhao Yu was a little disappointed at first. In normal times, at least he had to pull it out and beat it to a half-dead, but at this moment, disappointment was hard to stop being happy. A broken incense burner is a bird. I gave birth to a son today! In the end, these Three Ghost Immortals not only did not receive punishment, but were rewarded with 500 taels of silver, but also copied the pictures and texts on the incense burner, remembering the structure of the incense burner. In terms of words, this is definitely a super typical example of luck in dog luck.
After leaving the Xiangyang Palace, the Three Ghost Immortals couldn't help but secretly thanked that the so-called "incense burner" was not an incense burner at all, but a "alche furnace" specially used for refining elixirs that Shuang Huaizi himself invented. The alchemy method was recorded on the incense burner. Because the words were dense, the list was not written on the list. The only uncertainty was whether the current jade general had the skill of restoring the incense burner according to his own memories.
After returning to Baoqing, the Three Ghost Immortals also found several jade generals, but after listening to the description of the Three Ghost Immortals, the jade general's head was shaking like a rattle, indicating that this was an "unfinished task". Later, in order to restore the alchemy furnace, the Three Ghost Immortals once visited Kaifeng. After the analysis of the top jade generals in Kaifeng, it is possible to build such a gold-inlaid incense burner at the current level of craftsmanship, but the premise is to find a piece of jade that is one circle larger than the size of the incense burner. Such a large jade is slightly reasonable.
The color, at the time, the market conditions required at least 5,000 taels of silver, and you must find the top jade to carefully carve it. Even if you don’t carve the text, it will take more than one and a half years. The handwork cost is at least 1,500 taels, because the incense burner must be divided into three layers, each layer is independent, with only one "jade ring" connected. With such a structure, even if one is carved, the whole piece of jade may be destroyed. Therefore, if you want to carve such an incense burner, the owner will also bear the risk of the jade being carved and destroyed...
In fact, if the risk is not risky, it is free to negotiate. Jade money and handicraft fees alone are enough for these three ghost immortals to drink a pot of 6,500 taels, and they sell their kidneys...?
Later, the Three Ghost Immortals did not do it all the time, so they simply prepared to make this alchemy furnace by themselves. According to Taoist theory, it is of course the best to have jade, but if you don’t pay too much attention to it, the effect of using white marble to carve this alchemy furnace should be similar to that of real jade. So the Three Ghost Immortals found a piece of white marble, but they were worried that the craftsmanship was too complicated. Later, an apprentice accidentally broke the bowl of the meal and stuck it with egg white to continue using it. This reminded the Three Ghost Immortals that the jade alchemy furnace of Shuang Huaizi was hollowed out. If you want to carve it directly, you can
I've been working hard, but if I cut the stone into carving and then glue it back, wouldn't it be much easier? We are not as particular as his Frost Huaizi, so why should we inlay gold threads? In fact, the function of that thread is to block yin and yang, and iron threads are enough. Thinking of this, the Three Ghosts Immortal couldn't help but sigh at his genius: Jade is changed to white marble, hollow carving is changed to cut into carving, and gold threads are changed to iron threads, which saves costs and troubles. At this moment, the only hope of the Three Ghosts Real Person is that the Three Divine Blessings that confused and intelligent person can't open his eyes, and don't die unjustly during his elixir carving...
"So... he imitated a elixir furnace?" He Yongwan heard it incredibly, "Didn't he say he could live in more than four hundred years? Then why did he die? And, what is the crazy person you are talking about?"
"The master has gone to the fairy trip until he has finished carving the alchemy furnace..." Wang Ji said, "This is the so-called Qiuqian..." After that, Wang Ji lifted the iron box next to him and saw a little white snake inside. Because the temperature in the cave was relatively low, it must have been hibernating.
"I carved the alchemy furnace... My master said you will come to me in April this year, so he asked me to carve the alchemy furnace before April, but I was a few days late, but another ten days is enough..." Wang Ji said, "This disaster arose because of my parents, so the master hopes that I will fulfill his last wish for him!"
"Then you..." He Yongwan seemed to not trust the young man in front of him.
"What I want to do, the master has written it before his death..." After that, Wang Ji took out a scroll of silk from his arms, "The master's name arises because of Baoqing's injustice. My life should also be killed in Baoqing's injustice. I am willing to come out in the name of Master. In half a month, I will go to find Lord He! But in this half month, Lord needs to help me do something!"
"The faster the better! The faster the better!" Although He Yongwan didn't understand what Wang Ji wanted to say, he still agreed very happily, "Sir, please tell me if you have anything!"
"Prepare three iron coffins for me and cast iron..."
"This..." He Yongwan seemed a little hesitant, but he still agreed. In fact, there were some ruthless words. Due to He Yongwan's identity as an official in the imperial court, Wang Ji did not say that the fortune of the Song Dynasty was declining long before his death. In less than a hundred years, the north would cause constant wars. At that time, a large number of victims would flee to Jiangnan. If Baoqing's disaster was not eliminated, it would affect the innocent. The reason why Wang Ji agreed to take the risk of removing the "Ten Resentful Demons" for his master was not only related to his life experience, but also this factor.
To be honest, He Yongwan was skeptical about Wang Ji's words. The old men and women in their seventies and eighties all ran away. The baby in front of him was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Even if he had become a disciple since he was born, he has only been learning for more than ten years? Besides, he heard from him that he had become a monk halfway through the journey. He had been in Ganxuguan for three years. Even if he didn't sleep or eat, how many skills could he learn? But then again, in the face of the relocation of the common people, He Yongwan had no other way. Inviting the Three Ghost Immortals out was just a guise to stabilize the people's hearts. Regardless of whether he was the genuine Three Ghost Immortals...
For casting three iron coffins, fifteen days is indeed a bit short, and Liu Tiejiang, who has the best skills and fastest work, has already died. He Yongwan had no choice but to go to Changsha County to set up iron coffins. The blacksmith was also puzzled. He has never heard of anyone who used pig iron to make coffins. He didn't know how to charge. After some bargaining, He Yongwan negotiated three large blacksmith shops in Changsha, Loudi and Xiangtan respectively. Each shop was responsible for an iron coffin. The price was temporarily set at 350 taels. He worked day and night. Just when the coffin was casting and was transported to Baoqing, Wang Ji really came to He Yongwan's residence as promised... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!