Chapter 39: Upright Chopsticks

Hearing this, Monk Yuanzhi and Zhou Fengchen glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, good guy, there are really ghosts!

The Yuan Zhi monk asked out loud, "Amitabha! And then what? Did the paper money burn? ”

The old lady wiped her tears and said: "I burned a lot the night before yesterday, but the chopsticks are still standing during the two days of eating, and my daughter Tuomeng always cries when she sleeps at night, asking her what's wrong, and she doesn't say anything."

Monk Yuanzhi was silent for a moment and said, "The poor monk knows the ins and outs of the matter!"

"Master! What the hell happened to her? The family was excited, and they all looked at it with a blank eye, and even Zhou Fengchen looked at Monk Yuanzhi in confusion.

"Your daughter was bullied by other ghosts down there, with no clothes, no food, and no place to stay." The old god of the Yuan Zhi monk was saying, "So, I came up and asked my family for help!"

"What should I do then?" The family asked anxiously.

"Amitabha-" Monk Yuanzhi gave Zhou Fengchen a look, and then closed his eyes and did not speak.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" Zhou Fengchen didn't know what this guy meant, but he also learned from it.

"Ugh! Understand! ”

The middle-aged man got up and went to the back room, and quickly took out a wad of money and put it on the table, "This is for the two masters!" ”

The Yuan Zhi monk squinted his eyes and glanced at it, and the Buddha beads in his hand "snapped" and smashed on the money, "Collect people's money, overcome misfortune and eliminate disasters, good!" Wonderful! Let's go and prepare a live big rooster, a roast duck, a plate of pig's head meat, a plate of mushrooms and vegetables, a plate of shredded potatoes, a bottle of two pot heads, the two of us saw the chopsticks stand up, and the two respects the heavens, the earth and the ghosts, and the matter will be solved tonight. ”

Yuan Zhi Monk's behavior as a magic stick, Zhou Fengchen was stunned for a moment, and took advantage of the time when the family went to prepare things, looked at the money on the table, and asked in a low voice: "Don't we have a specific number for what we do?" If you collect it like this, will it mess up the law and show that you are too greedy for money? ”

Monk Yuanzhi "shh Do you worship your ancestors? ”

Zhou Fengchen blinked, "Don't worship, I only worship my father, but my father used to do things for others, clearly stipulating how much money is at a time, and you have to ask you for change if you give more, and definitely don't charge a single cent, this is called ......"

"Stop! If you don't worship the ancestors, don't use the Taoist set, let's take money to do things, the more the merrier, modern people are more realistic, take less, maybe you don't like you enough, cheap and no good goods! Yuan Zhi monk said with a grin.

"Makes sense!" Zhou Fengchen pondered for a moment and gave a thumbs up, and then asked suspiciously: "By the way, did you judge accurately?" Did the other ghost really bully the woman? ”

Monk Yuanzhi coughed and said, "Nonsense! But it's almost the same, there is a lot of knowledge in this, such as the dead man's dream to his family, there must be something to ask for, but there are things they can't say, just a lot of nonsense, this has to ask Mr. Big to come out, that is, you and I to solve and guess, when the time comes, let's find a way to ask, and solve it on the spot. ”

Zhou Fengchen nodded and said, "I really have to learn from you, I'm too violent to catch ghosts, if I don't want to leave, I'll kill it directly!"

Monk Yuanzhi looked embarrassed and said: "If you want to eat this mouthful, you really have to learn, violence is not the key means to solve the problem, in fact, there are three kinds of work, the simplest is that there are no ghosts, the employer thinks too much, just perform it; The second easier one is what it is now, it is called sending ghosts, if there are any requirements, try to meet it and send it away; The most terrible thing is the haunting ghosts and immortal animals, that is called exorcism, it is not easy to exorcise ghosts, if you don't do it, you will be entangled with us, and make a commotion, just like in your hometown Qinling, in this case, you can use violence! ”

Zhou Fengchen asked curiously: "Then why prepare the rooster and wine and food?" Really respect the heavens, the earth, the ghosts and gods? ”

"Salute!" Monk Yuanzhi said: "I didn't eat supper and was a little hungry, let's drink two cups and then say, by the way, see how the chopsticks stand up, as for the big rooster, when it will be used, I will use it, I don't need our brothers to take it away, and tomorrow I will slaughter and eat hot pot."

Zhou Fengchen was in awe, clasped his fists and said, "Amazing! Terrible! Brother Yuanzhi will teach me more in the future! ”

Monk Yuanzhi also hugged his fist nondescriptly, and said modestly: "Oops! Brother Xian is polite, encourage him! Encourage it! ”

As he spoke, the family came out and said they were ready.

Monk Yuanzhi and Zhou Fengchen nodded and entered the house, and there was indeed a table inside, with a big rooster tied to the table legs, and four side dishes and a bottle of wine on the table, but there were no chopsticks.

The Yuan Zhi monk glanced at the old man, who pointed to the chopsticks cage next to him, and said with a smile: "Why don't you ...... Take it and see for yourself. ”

Zhou Fengchen was not convinced, raised his hand and took down two pairs of chopsticks, slapped them on the table, and then everyone in the room stared at the chopsticks.

I saw that the two pairs of chopsticks stood up slowly, without any support, completely beyond the normal physical changes.

Zhou Fengchen subconsciously stretched out his hand and broke it, feeling as if something was stretched, very elastic, and his hand stood upright as soon as he let go.

"Huh!" He sneered and formed a mudra.

Monk Yuanzhi immediately patted him and whispered, "Brother, don't worry! That thing might be nearby, so let's talk about it when you're done eating, and don't spoil it. ”

said a serious chant: "Little monk Yuanzhi respects heaven and earth!" "Tear off a duck leg.

Zhou Fengchen laughed dryly, like a model, and muttered, "Xiaodao Yuan Onion respects ghosts and gods!" "Tear off another duck leg.

The two of them just grabbed it with their hands, took a sip of wine, grabbed a mouthful of food, and after a while, the table full of wine and food was swept away.

A family of five sat dryly on the sidelines, confused.

At this moment, the clock on the wall was on the hour, and it was 12 o'clock in the morning, and the sound of ding-dong, ding-dong filled the whole room, and the family of five was frightened.

"Get to work!"

Monk Yuanzhi said hello, wiped the corners of his mouth, put his palms together, and said to the chopsticks: "The chopsticks stand upright and ask Busy, let me ask you what's the matter?" Are you an old lady in your family? ”

The two pairs of chopsticks slammed on the table with a snap, and then stood upright again.

"Are you the old lady of the family?"

The chopsticks fall again and then stand upright.

"Are you the daughter of your own family?"

The chopsticks didn't move this time.

Zhou Fengchen scratched his head when he saw it, and the family of five who came around next to him widened their eyes and looked surprised.

In fact, this is just a small means of the Yuan Zhi monk, the chopsticks must be upright must have a strange meaning, in the folk generally represented, the dead people in the family are worried about something, or have something to ask, ask the identity it will respond, whoever asks is the same.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Monk Yuanzhi was full of confidence, took out a yellow-shell letter paper from his pocket, spread it on the table, and said: "Daughter of the Li family, but if you have a request, please leave your handwriting, and the poor monks will do it one by one, please don't disturb your family!"

As he spoke, he took two steps back, and a group of people next to him followed suit.

After waiting for five seconds, a row of handwriting slowly appeared on the paper.

When the five members of the Li family saw it, their eyes widened, and their breathing trembled.

The writing stopped after a few seconds.

The old man was anxious, so he took a few steps to look at the letter, and was stunned when he saw it.

Monk Yuanzhi and Zhou Fengchen glanced at each other, said in their hearts that it was something amazing, stepped forward to see it together, and then looked at each other.

I saw that there were rows of circles and circles written on the letterhead, and I couldn't understand what I wanted to express at all.

"Two masters!" The old man choked up and asked, "What did my daughter say?"

The Yuan Zhi monk scratched his scalp and asked, "Is your daughter literate?"

The old man was stunned for a moment and said, "Literate, graduated from college."

Monk Yuanzhi coughed and said, "Wait a minute, let's discuss."

As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled Zhou Fengchen aside and asked in a low voice, "What are you writing?"

Zhou Fengchen was also a little confused, "Where do I know where to go?" ”

Monk Yuanzhi's face twitched a few times, and he said depressedly: "It's really unlucky, I thought it would be easy, but now it's troublesome."

Zhou Fengchen asked, "What's wrong?"

Monk Yuanzhi said: "She doesn't say the purpose, and the handwriting is messy, if she doesn't play tricks on us, or there is another reason."

Zhou Fengchen frowned and said, "Why don't you catch it?"

Monk Yuanzhi smiled bitterly and said: "Let's take money to solve the problem, not to catch ghosts, just this way of playing with chopsticks, I can cure her."

Zhou Fengchen asked, "What should I do then?"

Monk Yuanzhi gritted his teeth, "Please show her up and ask in person!" Are you coming or am I coming? ”

"Come on!"

"Good!" Monk Yuanzhi raised his head, his face was already solemn, he recited the Buddha's name, and said to the family: "You guys hide well, no matter what happens, don't make a sound, we invite your daughter to appear."

"Huh?"

Being able to see a loved one who has been dead for a few years is really terrifying and terrifying, and it makes people look forward to it, and the old man's family was excited and hurriedly hid behind the sofa.