Taiping Inn

Li Xuan could be sure that the ghost shop that Nan Kezi mentioned was the Taiping Inn where he rescued Zhou Shuning.

Although several months have passed, Li Xuan still clearly remembers that in the square inn, there is a two-story building with a high pole in front of the building, and a large flag with a broken edge hanging from it on it. , fluttering in the wind, four big words embroidered on the flag: Taiping Inn.

No wonder the boy named Shen Changsheng dragged a coffin out of the backyard. It turned out that there was a precedent before.

In this way, this inn is really not simple, especially the shopkeeper couple, which is even more unsimple.

I just don’t know what their relationship has with Taiping Sect. If they are from Taiping Sect, what status and status will they have in Taiping Sect?

After the two left for about two hours, it was already bright. Li Xuandu and Nan Kezi stopped on an unknown mountain and looked into the distance. There was smoke rising from the west of the end of their sight.

Nan Kezi was a little surprised: "In the early years, Beimian Mountain, the Fengshui treasure land was mostly located in the imperial villages and the powerful and powerful courtyards. Now, Beimian Mountain has changed a lot of feng shui, with yin energy and ghosts everywhere. Why are there still people? Living here?”

Li Xuandu said: "It's not surprising, as the saying goes, the harsh government is more powerful than the tiger. Now that the imperial court's treasury is deficient, and it is necessary to use troops, it is naturally a big tax. In addition, many years of wars have led to bandits everywhere, and this ghost is everywhere. Beim Mountain has become a quiet place without any trouble. Some people who cannot survive would rather run into this mountain to accompany ghosts than to join people outside. It can be seen that it is a chaotic world. Yu Ligui. "

Nan Kezi shook his head and sighed, "When the late emperor and Emperor Shizong were in power, although the people lived a hard life, they were not unable to survive. They could barely be regarded as the word "taiping", especially when the late emperor, the officials ruled. During the Qingming Festival, the national treasury was full, and General Qin Xiang was just around the corner to recover the Qin and Liang states, but in just a few years, it turned out to be like this. It was really... it was really..."

In the end, Nan Kezi just sighed and had nothing to say.

The two continued to move forward, and after going down the mountain, they walked not far away and found someone falling beside the mountain road. After a glance, Nan Kezi stopped immediately.

Li Xuandu also stopped, and Nan Kezi said in a deep voice: "This person has evil spirits tangled in his body, which is probably a bit strange."

While speaking, Nan Kezi had already stepped forward and turned the man over. Looking at the clothes and calluses on his fingers, it should be ordinary people. When he looked at his face, he saw that his face and neck were covered with black sores. , no longer distinguished from his original appearance.

Nan Kezi's face was a little solemn, pointing to the thick sores on the person's face, and said, "The Taiyi Shenzhao Jing says: "The yellow light and purple qi are born on the right forehead, and thirty-three lines are on the turquoise clouds. Thirty-three lines are on the turquoise clouds. Thirty-two There are colorful clouds in four, and the sun is at the age of 35. The thirty-six will meet the Taiyin, and the middle yang is thirty-seven. The thirty-eight will lead to prosperity, and the Shaoyang will be thirty-nine. 'This person should be thirty-nine. At the age of age, the black aches had already been in his Shaoyang and Shaoyin positions, which meant that the evil spirit was already in the bones. Although this person still had a breath now, he was terminally ill and was destined to live tomorrow."

Li Xuandu frowned and said, "What kind of evil spirit is this?"

Nan Kezi said: "If I read it correctly, this should be a corpse evil. In ancient times, people who have all said that finding a dragon's cave is easy to find a dragon's cave and it is difficult to point a hole. The "Burning Sutra" also says that looking for a dragon for three years and ten years is the reason. Looking for a dragon is an unfinished situation, you can choose any way, and pointing acupoints is an already completed situation. Speaking of pointing acupoints, there are several unlucky places, namely: Shuidu, Jianjilong, Concaifengku, Wucengshan, Mingtang falls, dragons and tigers fly. In addition, there is a more evil place, called the corpse-raising place, hiding wind and gathering evil spirits. If a person is buried here, not only will the soul not be reborn, but the corpse is also It will be immortal and never corrupt. After a certain period of time, it will turn into a zombie and retaliate against the family. Kill all the people who have blood ties with you during your lifetime. Before the zombie is born, if someone comes accidentally When you get here, you will be infected by the evil spirits in it and will appear on the surface, just like a black sore on a human face."

Speaking of this, Nan Kezi suddenly reacted and looked at Li Xuandu.

Li Xuandu said in a deep voice: "Taiyin corpse."

Nan Kezi smiled bitterly and said, "It's really a place to search for it without any effort. We both decided to leave this Beimang Mountain for the time being, but we didn't expect to find the traces of the Taiyin corpse on our way home. It seems It is God's will that we will not let us leave Beimang Mountain."

Li Xuandu asked, "Is this person still saved?"

Nan Kezi stroked his beard gently and said conceitedly: "If it were someone else, he would definitely be helpless. But I am here, so I dare not say that I can help him remove the remaining poison of evil energy from his body. I will continue his life for one or two days. , it can still be done."

Li Xuandu said, "Then please ask the Taoist priest to help us, so we can ask what the hell is."

Nan Kezi nodded and took out a jade bottle and a vermilion gourd from the bag on his body.

This seemingly inconspicuous bag is actually a Sumeru treasure, but it is easier to hide the eyes than Li Xuandu's flowing beads.

Then Nan Kezi poured out a vermilion pill from the jade bottle, reached out to pinch the man's mouth, pried open the teeth, stuffed the erm into it, and then fed some water with the vermilion gourd. I massaged the chest a few times so that the pill could be swallowed smoothly.

After a moment, the man moaned softly and slowly woke up.

Nan Kezi acted like an old immortal who lived in seclusion, and said, "I am a Taoist priest from Mount Taiqing. I went to Mount Beimang to collect herbs. I saw you fainted on the roadside, so I came to your rescue. I saw that the evil spirit had entered your body, and your forehead was black. You were going to die soon. I don't know what happened?"

Nan Kezi had learned a lot. Except for not being good at fighting with others, he was quite experienced in alchemy, finding dragon points, geomancy, and fortune-telling. In his early years, he also worked as a fortune-teller on the roadside. When he spoke, his expression and tone were quite like a semi-immortal who could make accurate predictions, which was very intimidating.

As expected, the man believed it 90% immediately after hearing it. He forced himself to kneel down, knocked his head on the ground, and said with tears streaming down his face: "You are really a living immortal. Please save me... Please save my life... I kowtow to you... I kowtow to you..."

The man shed tears and shouted while knocking his head to the ground. In just a few moments, his head had knocked on the ground more than ten times, making a banging sound, and his forehead was bloody.

Nan Kezi frowned, waved his sleeves lightly, and helped the man up with a breeze. He said indifferently: "Since you want to live, listen to me. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope. At least you will be reborn without worries. If you hide something, even I can't save you. After death, you will become a lonely ghost and will never be reborn."

This half-truth made the man believe it more and more. Why is Buddhism more easily accepted by the people than Taoism? Because Buddhism seeks afterlife, Taoism seeks this life, for ordinary people, this life is already so miserable, what is the joy of longevity? Only those powerful and wealthy people who enjoy life will seek longevity, while ordinary people can only hope for the afterlife, and accumulate more merits in this life so that the afterlife can be better. Therefore, the powerful and nobles believe in Taoism, while the wealthy and ordinary people believe in Buddhism.

Now Nan Kezi said that he might not have an afterlife, how can he not be afraid? There is no hope in this life, if there is no hope in the afterlife, then what is the point of living? Isn’t it just a thought that people live in this life?

Nan Kezi asked, "What's your name? Where are you from?"

The man immediately replied, "I dare not deceive the old immortal. My surname is Zhou, and my name is Zhou Aniu. I am from Zhoujia Village, ten miles away. In the tenth year of Wude, our village moved here to avoid the war. It has been seven years now."

Nan Kezi touched his goatee and asked, "Why did you faint on the side of the road?"

Zhou Aniu immediately showed hesitation.

Nan Kezi's eyes were sharp, "Answer the truth! If you dare to lie, you will bear the consequences!"

"I dare not deceive the old immortal, I dare not deceive the old immortal." Zhou Aniu said hurriedly, "I once found a big tomb in the mountains."