$312, Kite (1/2)
Su Wu, who was dressed in a black and gold costume with a flag on his back, led four masked men carrying the coffin and slowly walked through the door.
The five figures together with the coffin suddenly faded,
Disappeared from the sight of everyone in Cui House.
Covered with the Tai Chi Liang Yi Ba Gua diagram and forming the ‘Shangqing Dharma Altar’, the offering table is still in the center of the courtyard.
Five lanterns are suspended above the altar,
There is a cold and cold wind blowing around from time to time.
Remind everyone present,
After Su Wu and others entered the underworld,
The gates of Hades were opened and were not closed at this time.
The current Cui family mansion has changed from the safest place to the most dangerous place.
No one can be sure that if they are spinning around in the yard, their next step will directly step into some invisible winding path and fall into the underworld.
But everyone from the Yinxi Maizao team is guarding here.
The guests of the Cui family in the hall had just witnessed this group of people being 'eaten' by the spooks. They were very frightened. Without the Zao team's words, these people would never dare to move.
"Get out of here, everyone!
Don’t be an eyesore here! "
Li Yueshan didn't want to see the expressions of these people and waved at them impatiently.
Everyone was trembling,
Join each other and carefully walk out of the house with heads lowered.
Then he ran wildly,
I don't want to stay here for a moment.
In just a moment,
Everyone in the hall was gone. Li Yueshan led a few more disciples to search around the house, distributed the collected wealth to Cui Daren's 'head family' in the backyard, and sent them all away.
In a blink of an eye,
Only the Yinxi Maizao team is left here.
As well as Xiangdi mother and son - Li Yueshan originally gave them money and asked them to escape quickly, but the two refused to leave no matter what.
At this time, Xiangdi and Qingmiao set up another table in the yard.
Put the meals prepared by the kitchen on the table.
But everyone in the Zao team has no appetite for food.
Everyone stood in front of the Dharma altar, looking worried.
Li Yueshan didn't have much appetite for eating, but the disciples were looking at him. He sighed secretly, turned to the dining table, and said as he walked: "The Taoist priest said it before he left.
This time it was the elders of their Maoshan witches who were still somewhat sane, carrying the coffin.
There is generally no problem with walking in the yin.
Don't you want to eat?
Good banquet noodles will be wasted if you don’t eat them! "
"Basically no problem...
Does that mean there may still be problems? Zhu'er's eyes were red and she said softly, "What if... what if I can't come back?" "
Now when she says these words, it always seems unlucky.
Li Yueshan was about to scold her after hearing this.
But as soon as he lowered his eyes and saw tears welling up in Li Zhuer's eyes, his heart softened a bit. He held a white steamed bun in his hand and said: "There is always a way, why do you want to do so much?
No matter how bad it is,
Old man, go down again.
Get them back! "
In fact, the most important advice the old Taoist priest gave before leaving was to tell Li Yueshan that if no one returns him within an hour, he should pack up his things and leave here. He must never think of going to the underworld to look for someone again.
If you are not fully prepared, just go to the underworld to fish for people, it is very easy to risk everyone's life!
"Gousheng,
Go put another handful of incense in the incense burner,
Looking at the incense in the incense burner, don't wait until it burns out before thinking about continuing it.
As for the two lamps on the altar, I will teach you how to renew them later - it’s almost time for dinner, and there are still many things for you to do after dinner! "Li Yueshan directed Gou Sheng to add incense to the incense burner.
Then he scolded all the disciples.
Zhuer, Qingmiao, Xiuxiu and others were all guarding the altar.
After hearing the master's instructions, they set off to eat.
In the past, when the kitchen team got together to eat, they would always talk and laugh, and the meal would be finished quickly.
But now because Su Wu is missing,
Everyone was quite depressed,
The master didn't want to say anything more. He put down his bowl and chopsticks after hastily eating a bowl of rice, and asked Di carefully and thoughtfully in this gloomy atmosphere: "The Cui family should have a lot of food left?
For such a large banquet, chicken, duck and fish must be prepared. "
"Yes,
There are a lot of things piled up in the yard behind, and they are just thrown there. If they are not eaten, they will be wasted. " Xiangdi nodded in reply, her eyes a little distressed - when those people escaped earlier, they also destroyed a lot of things in the backyard.
"Wait until things get settled here,
Just give a share of the things in the backyard to the people around you. "Li Yueshan said a few words to Xiangdi absently,
Seeing that all the disciples have finished eating,
Put down the dishes and chopsticks and look at yourself,
Naturally, I understand that they are thinking about other things in their hearts.
Then he said to Xiangdi: "You can help us cook some paste."
Xiangdi didn't understand why she was boiling paste at this time.
But there is nothing difficult about this work.
She nodded in agreement and took Da Zi to the backyard to get ready.
"Gou Shengzi, go find some bamboo strips, tear off some of the window paper, and use glue to make a few paper kites later." Li Yueshan is used to asking Gou Sheng to do these chores.
He gave the order with a serious expression, and Gou Sheng suddenly realized that this matter seemed simple, but in fact it might be related to something as big as the eldest brother's escape.
He quickly and solemnly agreed and went to look for bamboo sticks.
"You two cleaned the area in front of the altar table, including the corpse water and all.
Go to the backyard and bring a stove over.
Light the life-saving fire. "Li Yueshan then said to Qingmiao and Zhu'er.
Qingmiao and Zhuer immediately went down to prepare.
In a blink of an eye,
Li Yueshan and Xiuxiu were the only two left in the front yard.
"Xiuxiu,
Stay here well and don't run around. "Li Yueshan touched Xiuxiu's head and walked around the yard with his hands behind his back.
Before long,
Gou Sheng came back with a handful of bamboo strips and window paper.
Then he turned to look for Sister-in-law Di to make paste.
Li Yueshan dug out a basket of fine sand from somewhere. After Qingmiao and Zhuer had cleaned the open space in front of the 'Shangqing Dharma Altar' and placed the stove with the life-protecting fire lit, he took the basket of dry fine sand. Sand is spread in front of the stove,
Called all the disciples over.
The master turned his head and looked at the half-burned candle, and said with the disciples: "I have a method collected from the people, which can be used to find out what the people in the underworld are going to do next, and whether they have encountered anything. difficulty.
When necessary,
Could use a little helping hand.
I've used this method once, and it still works.
However, we need to work together. If anything happens in the process, remember not to relax our mind - once we relax our mind, we will definitely fall into the underworld.
Also, you need to remember,
When someone next to you asks for your name,
Just tell it that you are the Kitchen God.
This method is very dangerous. You should think about it before telling Master. Do you want to use this method to look after your senior brother?
In fact, our staying here is the best help to him.
any other means,
If we fail to help him, we will get involved ourselves.
On the contrary, it is a burden to him! "
After the master spoke, he sat cross-legged in front of the fire. Without looking at the reactions of his disciples, he took the bamboo strips and paste from Gou Sheng's hand and made several paper kites with window paper.
He made a good paste of the kite,
The disciples also had plans in mind.
"Let's give it a try, Master.
This disciple’s life was saved by his senior brother.
At this time, if I could do something for him, the disciple would not hesitate to die. "The first disciple to speak was Qingmiao.
Zhu'er followed closely and responded: "Senior sister and I have the same idea."
Gou Sheng nodded.
Before Xiuxiu could say anything, Li Yueshan pulled her aside: "If anything happens, our family will have to rely on you to pass on the incense. You can stay here, Xiuxiu."
The master then distributed several kites to the disciples.
Let them write their names on the kite,
Pressed the fingerprint,
then,
He took out a polished brass pipe from his pocket.
"Use the red thread next to it, tie one end to the kite, and tie the other end to your respective waists - tie it tightly!" Li Yueshan told the disciples seriously.
Everyone did as they were told.
Li Yueshan also tied a kite for himself and took out the last paper kite.
Lighting up the pipe in his hand,
He said: "Your senior brother personally made this pipe for the old man, so I use it to replace your senior brother."
Talking
He would tie the pipe to the last kite.
At this time,
Li Zhuer took off the copper bracelet on her wrist, handed it to Li Yueshan, and said, "Master, let's use this bracelet. Senior Brother also left a message on the bracelet."
In fact, the things Su Wu gave to everyone had words engraved on them,
But Li Zhuer immediately requested,
How could Master not agree?
He nodded,
Tie one end of the red rope to the kite,
One end is tied to the bracelet.
"This method is called the 'paper kite searching for the yin and crossing the fate method'.
It is said that during the Tang Dynasty,
There was a woman whose husband was taken away to the underworld by Li Gui. She used this method to bring her husband back.
It’s hard to tell whether the rumors are true or false.
But the method is always useful. "Li Yueshan smiled, stood up and walked towards the two lamps with bleeding red candles. He continued, "The old man will re-energize these two lamps now.
Then use this method,
Take care of where your senior brother is now?
No matter what the outcome is, you must remember to shorten the kite around your waist and break away from the underworld before the two lights go out! "
The disciples all nodded in agreement.
Li Yueshan stood in front of the two candles,
He took a new candle in each hand, and the wick touched the two lamps burning with blood-red candles.
When the candle wick is about to touch the candle flame,
The blood-red candlelight suddenly reflected the surrounding darkness, and a pair of pale green palms poked out from the windy darkness. Their fingers and claws covered the burning candlelight, trying to extinguish it!
"snort!"
The master snorted coldly!
Two flames burst out from under his nose, illuminating the darkness at once!
The pair of pale green palms stretched out from the darkness disappeared together with the darkness!
A pair of new candles squatted on the lampstand,
The flame of the white candle was bright red.
The master turned around and walked to the stove and sat down.
"All holding hands."
He spoke in a low voice and reached out to grab the dog next to him.
Everyone did as they were told and sat in a circle around the open space covered with a layer of fine sand in front of the stove.
Li Yueshan picked up the copper bracelet,
He quickly threw it into the open space.