Chapter 9 The Unspoken Rules of Jiao
On November 29th, Jiachen Day, Chonggou and Sha Nan are suitable for sacrifices, consecration, travel, housekeeping, and migration.
Before dawn, Jiang Gaogong led five chanting Taoist children who had been taking the first class in the monthly examination for three consecutive months, and went down to Wuji Mountain under the cold air of the first snow.
Two carriages stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the brother-in-law of Dong Fanglin, the chief bookkeeper of Guyang County, had been waiting for a long time, and immediately welcomed Jiang Gaogong into the first car, accompanied by himself, and arranged five Taoist children, including Ma Zhili, Zhu Meng and Zhao Ran, in the back car. The coachman raised his whip and blew up a crisp sound in the air, and the wheels started to press, pressing the thin layer of snow, and headed along the official road towards the county seat.
The carriage is extremely spacious, and the quilt and other things are prepared, so that it is not cold, which shows that the owner is very careful. Zhao Ran stayed up late last night in the scripture building to read the scriptures, lack of sleep, with the carriage up and down, couldn't help but feel sleepy, so he leaned on the wall of the carriage and unconsciously confused.
When Zhao Ran was sleeping comfortably, his nose was itchy and he couldn't help but sneeze. But it turned out that Zhu Meng, who was sitting next to him, couldn't stop the sleepiness, tilted his head and slept on his shoulder, and stabbed into Zhao Ran's nostrils.
Zhu Meng was awakened by Zhao Ran's sneezing, his ears rang for a long time, and when he reacted, he only felt that his neck was wet, and he couldn't tell whether it was Zhao Ran's snot or his snot, so disgusted that he had goosebumps all over his body, and he was busy wiping the sleeves of his robe, and at the same time glaring angrily at Zhao Ran.
Zhao Ran spread his hands innocently: "Senior brothers, I didn't mean it, you came here yourself." ”
"You ......" Zhu Meng was speechless, and moved to the side angrily to show that he was separated from Zhao Ran.
The carriage came to an abrupt halt, but it had already reached the end. Ma Zhili was like a child of the Tao, and indeed a disciple of the scripture hall, and ordered everyone to get out of the car, and then moved down the large wooden box that was carried behind the car, which contained all kinds of utensils used to open the altar.
Dong Fanglin, the chief bookkeeper of Guyang County, renovated the old house, bought the two courtyards of the neighbors, repaired the garden pavilions, and will move back today. According to the Zhaijiao ritual, it is necessary to open the altar to worship and lay out the house of Antu Town. There are many altars in the Jiao ritual that are suitable for moving the house, Dong Fanglin's family is a high-ranking man in Guyang County, so Jiang Gaogong is ready to lay out this set of the most "luxurious" altar, in Zhao Ran's understanding, this set of Jiao is really complicated, it is really leveraged to watch, and it is also leveraged to put away the money.
Jiang Gaogong was invited into the inner hall to drink tea by the master of Dong, and Ma Zhili instructed the Taoist children to set up the altar. The mouth of the altar is set in front of the main hall, and the inner altar, the middle altar, and the outer altar are set up, and each altar is set up with ten doors to show the meaning of the ten directions. Just using red silk to tie the altar door, I was busy for half an hour. During this period, Zhao Ran made a small mistake, and the knot method of tying the silk silk was slightly wrong, but Ma Zhili, who had a vicious eye, saw it at a glance, and immediately reprimanded Zhao Ran loudly.
Zhao Ran was stunned by Ma Zhili's scolding, and said in his heart, Lao Tzu didn't provoke you, did you make any mistakes today? But Zhao Ran is not a very unreasonable person, since his fault is his own, he does not defend himself, but quickly changes the method of ending, and asks Senior Brother Ma Zhili to re-examine it before continuing to make other preparations.
Zhu Meng pursed his lips and stole fun while working on the side, Zhao Ran glared at him, and he glared at him without showing weakness. After Ma Zhili reprimanded Zhao Ran, when he turned to leave, he was also ashamed of his unwarranted anger, and made a wishful decision, and secretly recited a few times, "Dao Ancestor forgives sins." But when he glanced at Zhao Ran in his eyes, he couldn't help but feel uneven, this was purely an instinctive sense of crisis, and he couldn't treat it rationally.
The arrangement of the three altars stopped, and set up twenty-eight directions, pasted the rune paper, and then lit the six jia and ten straight lamps, and spread them around the three altars.
The entire altar is full of silk, the rune paper is all over the beams, and the Dharma lamps are lined up, it is really a big altar! Zhao Ran looked at the fruits of his hard work and couldn't help but rejoice and admire. However, he was a little puzzled, it is common sense for the house of Antu Town to lay out three altars and ten gates, and it is a bit too much to match the direction of the twenty-eight houses of the paper town, and the six jia and ten straight lamps are also inconsistent with the requirements listed in the ceremony, and the correct layout method should be the direction of the nine palaces of the town, and the Wuyue lamp that symbolizes the land.
Zhao Ran asked Ma Zhili about the reason, but after eating Ma Zhili, he said, "Hugh is noisy, and guard the altar with peace of mind." Ma Zhili made up his mind again, and secretly recited "Dao Ancestor Forgives Sins" without mentioning it, but Zhao Ran was a little angry, of course, he didn't show anger on the surface - before the crossing, he climbed all the way from the section member to the director of the department-level office, and he was able to behave in order for more than ten years, without a little self-cultivation and the city government?
Fang Zhihe, another senior brother beside him, leaned over and whispered: "If it's not like this, it doesn't show our attention and effort." ”
Zhao Ran was still pondering this sentence, and Fang Zhihe further explained: "There are only a few talismans posted in the Nine Palaces of Zhenjiu? How many Wuyue lamps can there be? How can they be as generous as they are now? This is quite a few, in June of the previous year, Zhang Dafu, a tycoon in the county, bought a house, and it was burning the lamps in the sky! What a scene and how arrogant was that?"
Thirty-six Tiangang and seventy-two earthly evils, together are one hundred and eight lamps, Zhao Ran just thought about it, and felt dizzy in his mind, and finally pondered the taste, and asked Fang Zhihe in a low voice: "How much is the bookkeeping given by Master Dong?"
Fang Zhihe snickered: "Master Dong gives one hundred taels, and Zhang Dafu is five hundred taels!"
I see, this is really a penny for a penny, or it is said that no matter how good the theory is, it will turn bad in practice?
More and more people gathered in front of the main hall, and the people who came to watch the ceremony and congratulate also 6 continued to arrive, the county minister, the county lieutenant, the teaching, the six Cao officials, the Guyang gentry, the rich in the city, and in the end, even the county lord arrived in person, which shows the weight of the Dong master book in Guyang County.
Ma Zhili began to divide the spell, one for each person. He took a copper bell, gave Fang Zhi and a wooden drum, another junior brother whisked the dust, Zhumeng got a bronze mirror, and Zhao Ran took a clean bottle. Ma Zhili also told everyone to follow Jiang Gaogong to take the yin and yang gossip steps at that time.
At this moment, Zhao Ran was completely speechless. According to the regulations of the Antu Town Zhaizhen Ritual, when Bugang stepped on the bucket, he should take four elephant steps, and in the position of the four directions of the town, including Jiang Gaogong, a total of four people are required, and the four people each hold a magic weapon and only a spirit card, a dust, a copper bell and a copper mirror, and there is no wooden drum and a net bottle.
Now it's good, the four elephant steps have been changed to the yin and yang gossip steps -- is it to get more people up to perform? If you make up people, you can make up people, but you have to gather at least eight people, okay? What does six mean? Six people should take ** steps......
Three o'clock has arrived, Jiang Gaogong stood under the inner altar incense case, and the five Taoist children behind him stood in two rows, each of which changed into a magic robe. The vestment was specially brought down from the mountain, with wide robes and large sleeves, and when the arms were extended, they hung down and almost touched the ground. Jiang Gaogong's vestments are crimson and embroidered with golden moire, while Zhao Ran's chanting Taoist children are gray and white, each lined with Haiqing (simple cyan Taoist robes).
In addition to clothes, Jiang Gaogong also has to wear cloud shoes with round heads and square soles, and wear a towering yellow crown.
I only heard Jiang Gaogong tear open his throat and shouted: "The auspicious time has come, open the altar!" respectfully incense on the spirit card of "Blessing the Holy Monarch of the Town House" on the incense case, and in an instant, the smoke was filled, and the incense entered the nose.
In fact, Zhong Tianshi's main business is to catch ghosts, so ghosts are afraid of it, so he unknowingly took up a part-time side job - helping people to get rid of ghosts. This side business has been done vigorously, and it has gradually passed the main business, but if some people move and start houses, they must respectfully ask Zhong Tianshi for the spiritual position and stick it at the gate to ward off evil spirits.
After the high incense, Jiang Gaogong began to recite the green words, Zhao Ran heard Fang Zhihe say before, this green words were made by Ma Zhili last night, specially written on a golden rune paper, the rune paper is specially ordered by Huayun Pavilion, there are only twenty-four pieces of Wuji Courtyard every year, which is very precious. As for the rest of the rune papers that live in the twenty-eight nights, they are all self-made by Wujiyuan.
Zhao Ran asked if it was easy to draw talismans, and Fang Zhi was happy: "It's simple, there is a talisman template in the scripture hall, and after smearing it with cinnabar, cover it with yellow paper, and it's done." You can get more than 100 tickets in a moment or three. ”
Zhao Ran was silent again, this is really convenient, easy, and productive!
Thanks again to yangzhigang's brother for the reward!
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