Chapter Seventy-Six: Stealing Business
The next morning, we entered the village together, and according to what the old man said, Master and I could go directly to the village party secretary's house, because once there was something important to decide in the village, the three old ladies would still gather at the village party secretary's house. After all, virtue and respect return to morality, and the village party secretary is a village that really has the right to choose. At this moment, the villagers also opened the courtyard door and walked out of the courtyard, and when talking about why no one was willing to open the door for me last night, many villagers apologized and said the reason.
The reason for this is exactly the same as what the old man said, the villagers are all scared of the bloody ghost, if not, they will not even be able to open the door. When the villagers knew that Master and I were Taoist priests who wanted to come to take charge of affairs, they immediately became respectful to us, thinking that no matter who is in this situation, they also hope that a savior will appear to save them from fear!
However, I don't have a good impression of these villagers, if it weren't for their persecution at the beginning, then Liu Xueyin would not have ended up like this, and the cycle of cause and effect that Master often says is not false at all. But even if the villagers have made a big mistake, after all, now that they know repentance, we cultivators naturally want to make it convenient for them, otherwise the more people die, the more bad it will be for Liu Xueyin.
Although Liu Xueyin turned into a bloody ghost and took revenge on the villagers, she also committed bad karma, and if this bad karma continues to accumulate, I am afraid that she will be made to suffer in the eighteenth layer of hell! Therefore, it is imperative to stop her in time, and the master has no objection to going to the village party secretary's house now, perhaps because he is worried that the villagers will be hurt again. It's just that I heard that there will be three old ladies from all walks of life invited by the old lady today, I don't know if they can do it, if they can, but it will also save me and the master trouble.
When I came to the gate of the village party secretary, I saw that the villagers around me had already surrounded here, some were lying on the wall to look inside, some were lying on the crack of the door to look inside, and even more, climbing on the trees, it was simply varied, which also reflected how much the villagers hoped that the masters in the courtyard could help them resolve the current disaster. The old man stopped at the gate, glanced at the reactions of the surrounding villagers, and immediately said to the master: "Mr. Yang, presumably the people invited by the three old ladies have already come, you wait here for a while, and I will go and talk to the village party secretary." ”
The master nodded politely, but when I saw the old man enter the gate, I immediately muttered in surprise: "The shelf of this village party secretary is so big!" Do we have to report in advance if we want to go in? After saying that, I waved my hand disdainfully, I really didn't have much interest in this.
Master glared at me and reprimanded me in a low voice, "Don't be rude! You must know that it was not the village party secretary who invited us this time, but this old man who recommended us in, of course, we had to go in in advance and ask, if they didn't need anyone anymore, then it would not be too late for us to go back. Hearing Master's words, I nodded silently, which makes sense, but so many villagers around are watching, if the old man comes out later and tells us that we don't need anyone to help catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits, then Master and I are too faceless, right?
After a while, I saw that the door was opened, and the old man walked out with an old man in his sixties, this old man was slightly fat, with a round face, and a little head on the top, and he was dressed in a straight and slightly shabby tunic suit, but the tunic was particularly loose, and it seemed that the old man was even fatter. I saw the old man smile and point to the old man and say something to me and the master, only to see the old man hurriedly come out and shake hands with the master, and said with a smile: "You are Mr. Yang, right?" Look up for a long time, please talk in the house! ”
Master immediately smiled and said, "I'm bothered." ”
When I entered the courtyard, I saw at a glance that inside the tall house, there were indeed five or six people with extraordinary momentum, three old men who were too old, wearing cyan, black, and gray robes, and there were three other people, each wearing a horse coat of different colors, and one of them had a big gossip compass hanging around his neck. And those three ancient old men, don't guess, they must be the three old ladies of Pingyang Town, right?
The three old ladies sat in a row on the right-hand side, and the three invited masters sat in a row on the left-hand side, it seemed that it was the first time I had seen such a big pomp, but it was very fresh!
When I came to the hall, the three old ladies first slowly looked up at the master and then glanced at me, but they didn't mean to get up at all, but slowly bowed their hands, smiled and nodded to the master. The other three masters over there, although they didn't know what their origins were, seemed to have lost their gifts, just looked at the master, and then turned their heads disdainfully.
The village party secretary hurriedly smiled and said to the master: "Mr. Yang allows me to introduce that below is Hu Chunjiang, the village party secretary of this village, these three respected old ladies, but the treasure of our village, hehe, this is Old Madam Liu, this is Old Madam Wang, and this is Old Madam Wu." "Old lady Liu is the old man wearing a cyan robe on the side, with loose hair and a thin body, but he looks polite and polite, quite ancient. And the old lady Wang is an old man in a black robe, with a bald head and a ruddy face, especially the two rows of teeth in his mouth are still neat. The last old lady Wu, wearing a gray robe, is a junior who lives up to the surname Wu, slightly rolled up his cuffs, a row of capable posture, like a practitioner, energetic, especially his eyes, don't look old, still bright!
These three old ladies, which one stands up, to say the least, has to be eighty years old, but as the saying goes, the older a person is, the more open-minded he is, and the more broad-minded and humble he is. But they didn't even get up and salute the master, and I felt very uncomfortable in my eyes. After introducing the three old ladies, Hu Zhishu hurriedly turned around and introduced the three masters to us. Before the village party secretary could speak, a young man in his thirties sitting on the side, wearing a cyan horse coat, looked radiant, holding a string of Taoist prayer beads in his hand, pouting, and saluting to the master with a serious face: "Down is Zhuo Xuanfeng in the heart hall of Shifeng Ramp, specializing in helping the nearby people to exorcise evil spirits and eliminate ghosts, fortune telling and disaster elimination!" ”
Seeing that he is young, he is quite big in the posstry, and he is also a Taoist heart, isn't it just a little capable of opening a shop to solve problems for people, his mouth is like a trouser belt, and he is also an impolite master, and he can't even afford his body.
But the master politely hugged his fists in return: "Fortunately, in Xia Yang Yuanshan, he and the apprentice are foot walkers who have traveled all over the world, and I hope that Mr. Zhuo will give me a lot of advice." ”
Daoxin Hall Zhuo Xuanfeng was also interested, hugged his fists again, and said with a polite smile: "It's easy to say, Mr. Yang has traveled the world, he must be well-informed, this matter is just that, I have to ask Mr. Yang for a lesson or two." A slight greeting is a stop.
The second person inside was a short and fat man in a shabby horse coat, with a gossip compass around his neck, that is, him, with a chubby face, but also a handful of goat's mustache. But when he saw the master walking up, he stood up politely and saluted: "In Xia Luoxinghai, I was originally a feng shui master in the south of Yunju Mountain, and I take care of driving away evil spirits and telling fortunes or something on weekdays, and I hope that Mr. Yang will give me more advice." ”
"Don't dare, don't dare." The master hurriedly returned the salute with his fists and said, "Our master and apprentice have just come to Guibao Land, and we hope that Mr. Luo will give us a lot of advice." ”
As soon as the master's words were finished, before Luo Xinghai sat down, he saw the old man in his fifties at the innermost, sneering indifferently: "A feng shui master actually came to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits, rob us of business, what kind of trouble!" As soon as his words came out, Luo Xinghai suddenly restrained his smile, but he sat upright in his chair and didn't even look at the old man.
This old man was about fifty years old, although he did not stand up, but from the appearance of his body, he was depressed, wearing a gray waistcoat, his hair was slightly gray, and he was neat, and then I found that behind him stood a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, and the child was carrying a purple cloth bag, which must be similar to the yellow cloth bag I was carrying. Then this kid must be this old man's follower.
ridiculed the short and fat Luo Xinghai, the old man snorted lightly, and lazily hugged his fist to the master before he spoke: "Under the ......"
"My master is Hu Qingxuan of the Maoshan Law School!" Unexpectedly, without waiting for the old man's words to speak, the child introduced his master proudly with his chest. Hearing this, the corners of Hu Qingxuan's mouth slightly hooked up a touch, and said to the master: "But I don't know which immortal mountain blessed land Mr. Yang inherited?" ”
"Poof!"
For some reason, when I heard the old man's lazy words, I couldn't help but laugh, but it caused him to look sideways. I hurriedly restrained my smile and politely hugged my fists: "Mr. Hu, my master is ......"
"Two dogs!" Before I could say anything, Master glared at me, and I could instantly feel that Master was really angry, so I hurriedly closed my mouth and stood behind Master. But the master said again, "Don't be rude! Mr. Hu don't mind, the inferior doesn't know how to be polite, Yang is a small sect, not enough to worry about, hehe! Unexpectedly, the master, who has always been serious, smiled for the first time.