Chapter 33: The Hungry Ghost of the Boat

Operation 5? I frowned, thinking that the word was so familiar. I thought about it carefully, and suddenly remembered that on the afternoon of the insect catch, it seemed that my master had mentioned that the child should not be allowed to participate in Operation No. 5. ()

I stared at Hu Xueman with 'bad intentions', and the bearded man immediately said vigilantly: "Don't ask me, I won't say anything, and I won't say anything to death." ”

Who are these people? You like to hide everything from me!

I knew I couldn't ask, so I took Hu Xueman to the bamboo forest in a sullen manner.

Walking out of the bamboo forest, Hu Xueman told me all the way about how exquisite the formation of the bamboo forest was, using the natural potential, cutting down some bamboo, forming a mystery array, what is really going on.

Exquisite fart, it's not me bragging, I can walk out of this bamboo forest with my eyes closed now, I'm just too lazy to say to Hu Xueman, my mind is full of No. 5 action, and I feel that it's not exciting, and I completely forget what kind of psychological torture I experienced that night.

This is the typical case of forgetting the pain after the scar is good, and this is the only place in my personality where the nerves are coarse.

For the sake of curiosity, for the answers, for the stimulation of the coarse nerves!

Coming to the valley in the bamboo forest, Hu Xueman began to marvel at the grass and trees here, marveled at the scenery here, and it was difficult for him, for the first time in so many years, the bearded man was a verbose person, I lazily made a definition, and looked up to see that the old man Jiang and Huijue were busy in the dam where I practiced.

I walked over, threw down my school bag, and asked, "Master, what are you doing with the bamboo?" ”

"Make a boat." Old man Jiang replied without raising his head.

I looked at the old man Huijue, who was cutting paper, and just said: "This hungry ghost has to rely on a boat to return to the hungry ghost world. ”

As soon as I put my schoolbag down, I helped the two old men cut the paper, to be honest, I know that they still have some small work that I can't do later, but I still know how to do these things!

Whoever is called a Taoist priest, you have to know some crafts, such as pasting a paper figure, tying a paper horse or something, I also have practice for these, I don't have the master's exquisite craftsmanship, but it probably still can't help me.

At this time, Hu Xueman came back to his senses from his emotion about the scenery, ran over leisurely, and said to my master: "Master Jiang, I just came to discuss with you 5"

Old man Jiang glanced up at him, Hu Xueman showed an innocent expression again, a masculine, bearded man showed that innocent expression, it was indeed a bit disobedient, I shuddered, and thought, this 'Aunt Xueman' really has no heart, and she can say one thing twice.

I was angry to relieve him, and said: "Master, don't stare at it, your eyeballs are about to fall out, he has already said that he has leaked his mouth, what is the No. 5 operation." ”

Old man Jiang's eyes widened, and now his eyeballs were about to fall out.

Huijue put the paper still, laughed and danced alone on the dam, and after laughing, he pointed at Hu Xueman and scolded: "Melon p." ”

Hu Xue's angry face was blue for a while, red for a while, but you can't lose your temper with these two weird old men, so you have to say: "Master Jiang, don't stare at me like this, I only said one No. 5 operation, and I didn't say anything else!" ”

Huijue was still laughing arrogantly, Hu Xueman finally couldn't help it, and roared: "Huishi, can you stop laughing?" Dentures have to laugh off! ”

Hui Jue immediately put away his smiling face and looked angry: "What did you say? Forehead dentures? Come on, come on, heads-up. ”

I turned my head to look at Hu Xueman, this bearded uncle, who was almost fainted by stimulation.

That night, a beautiful boat was finally completed, and the reason why it is said to be exquisite is because my master's one-handed paper tie kung fu is so powerful, and a boat is vividly pierced by him.

The hull of the ship is covered with dense runes, and the skeleton made of bamboo has not been specially treated.

Speaking of the paper boat, Old Man Jiang said, "Let's go, let's go down the mountain, and we will dissolve these hungry ghosts tonight." ”

"Master Jiang, but" Hu Xue said anxiously, he had been waiting for a long time, but these two old men only cared about tying paper boats, so they ignored him at all.

"It's almost 8 o'clock, I haven't eaten yet, you go find some rice, I still have some meat, there are fresh vegetables in the dustpan in the back corridor, you go to make a meal, wait for me to come back to eat, come back and talk about it." Old man Jiang walked extremely chicly.

"Remember to scramble two eggs." Hui Jue hummed a Shaanxi tune and said with added oil and vinegar.

Hu Xueman was about to cry and shouted: "You can call me embroidery, don't ask me to cook, I don't know at all." ”

"If it's not delicious, I'll look for you to pick it up." Old man Jiang yelled from afar, but he didn't look back.

This kind of thing, I have to keep up with it quickly, anyway, the master didn't object to me going, I stayed, and I couldn't cook like Hu Xueman.

The way down the mountain was a little cold, but I felt very fresh, because I had never tried to go down the mountain so late, and it was very quiet all around, and I couldn't stand the silence, so I said, "Master, is this hungry ghost very difficult?" Why do you want to go down? ”

"Hungry ghosts, it's best to find the big river, and if you can't find a tributary, otherwise they can't return to the hungry ghost realm smoothly, is it possible that you want me to use the stream on the mountain to save them?" Although Old Man Jiang didn't speak well, he explained it to me in detail.

"Is that river in the village viable?"

"Okay, that's a tributary of the Tuojiang River, enough to walk these hungry ghosts." Master took my hand because the mountain road ahead had a difficult time.

There was a warmth in my heart, since I was growing up, my master rarely took me by the hand and walked around like he did when I was a child.

In fact, I have walked this mountain road for so many years, and I am still afraid of any difficulties, but these details of concern, Master always inadvertently revealed.

The river in the village is indeed a tributary of a river, and if it were an ordinary small river, it would have dried up in the winter, but the water level of the river has only dropped slightly.

The old man Huijue put down the boat and said, "Let's do it, when the boat comes down, I will start to overdo it." ”

Old man Jiang nodded, and put a saucer in the canopy, on which there was a candle of indescribable color, and after it was lit, the fire was actually green.

"Forgot your sister's soul light? It's the same thing, plus the runes on the hull, that should light the way for them to cross the border. Old man Jiang's tone had a hint of compassion.

"Is it hard to cross the line?" Actually, I don't know what it means to cross the border, I only know that the earth is round, five continents, seven oceans, where is the crossing of the border? Even if I've seen a lot of things like ghosts, I still don't want to believe in this world.

"It's difficult, the difficulty of the boundary river, especially the poor mountains and bad waters in the hungry ghost world, the danger is unknown." The old man Huijue said coldly, which startled me.

"The hungry ghost world is so terrifying, why did you send them back?" I think that if you do it, you should go to a happy place and send it to the poor mountains and bad waters.

"Dust to dust, soil to soil, fallen leaves to roots, is the best degree! Only in one's own heaven and earth can one cultivate one's own fruits, and the world is not a place where they can cultivate. Hui Jue said.

My mind was dizzy for a while, and what I was most afraid of was that Old Man Jiang and Huijue would argue, and I didn't understand the deep meaning.

Old man Jiang didn't pay attention to what Huijue and I said, but carefully took out the purple talisman folded into a triangle from the yellow cloth bag he was carrying, put it into the boat, and then put the water into the river and put it slightly in the middle.

After retreating to the shore, the old man Jiang began to chant the mantra, I don't know what the spell was, but I saw that after the spell was completed, the paper boat floating in the river automatically floated to the middle of the river without wind, and the green candlelight reflected in the dark and dreary river water, which actually looked a little desolate.

"Don't ask, this spell is a physical spell, a spell on an object with a rune written on it, and I just help them float up the course." As soon as Old Man Jiang finished speaking, the paper boat stayed in the river and stopped moving.

Which location is their shipping lane? It's really amazing that the paper boat doesn't sink and can stay still in the river.

At this time, Huijue sat down cross-legged and began to recite a scripture with a very strange accent, this is definitely not a Buddhist scripture that I am familiar with, but the matter of Buddhism, I am not good at asking, Huijue old man shouted, next year, or several years will not come, he will accept apprentices.

His skills are naturally passed on to his apprentices, to be honest, I think the old man Huijue can only chant scriptures, how can he have the chic posture of my master.

As the scriptures were recited, the boat, which had been stationary in the river for almost half a minute, began to move, very slowly, but as the pitch of the verses became higher and higher, the boat began to move faster and faster.

My eyesight was excellent, and I watched the boat float far away, and when I thought it was about to finish, something strange happened, and the boat, which had been floating very well, disappeared all at once.

No, it can't be said to disappear, but it sank all at once, not the kind of paper that is slowly soaked and then slowly sinks, but it sinks all at once.

I looked at all this in disbelief, and immediately asked Master, "Master, is this a transgression?" ”

Old man Jiang's face was a little unnatural, as if he had been thinking about something, and he said for a long time: "Crossing the line is just a statement, anyway, I learn the Tao, and some things are also known for their reasons, but I don't know why they are." I should have done this, and I did it, and I can't give you an answer to this matter, maybe it's just a wave that rolls it down. ”

This statement is more in line with what I have in mind, and I accept it, and there is nothing wrong with it.

At this time, Hui Jue also stood up and said, "Old Jiang, don't think too far again, the hungry ghost has passed, let's go." ”

With that, the three of us turned around and left the river, but I just thought the conversation between the two old men was very strange, and I looked back at the river, and said in my heart, where does the wave come from when the water flow is so calm in winter?

Whirlpool? Well, maybe it's a whirlpool, I thought so, and seeing that the two old men were already far away, I hurried to follow.