Take yourself to the altar

Chapter 43 [043] The ill-fated Xiang Yuan

The scholar Xiang Yuan was overjoyed, bowed deeply, and begged with tears in his eyes: "If the Taoist priest can save Zhuo Jing from being cured, this kindness will be remembered forever, and there will be great rewards!"

People at that time were reserved and introverted, and it was rare to see a couple with such deep affection as Xiang Yuan and his wife.Feng Yu was beaten up indiscriminately by a group of people just now, but seeing this, he didn't expect to disperse, so he nodded and said, "Let's get a bowl of clean water."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man in the crowd immediately responded, "Let's go, my house is close!"

Without waiting for others to speak, he turned around and ran towards the village with a stick in his hand.Another loyal servant of Xiang Yuan also reacted, and hurriedly said: "Master, I will go too!" Immediately, he opened his legs and chased after the young man.After a while, the two came back together, and came back with a bowl full of clean water in a clay bowl.

Feng Yu took it, feeling quite emotional.

There was more than half of the water in the bowl, and it was not easy to go back and forth so quickly without spilling much water. From this, it can be seen that Xiang Yuan is quite popular, and even ordinary villagers are willing to do things for him.

It's just that Feng Yu didn't need that much water, so he dumped two-thirds of it out of the bowl, and said, "This much water is enough—" Then he turned his palm over, and suddenly there was more water in his empty hand. Taking out a piece of talisman paper, Feng Yu put the talisman paper into the bowl, while shaking the clay bowl, he recited in his mouth: "Da Yan's edict, Xuanhuang gathers Qi, Sanyang protects the soul and the treasure of life, hurry like a law! Soul life Yonggu, disease!"

As Feng Yu recited the mantra, the magic talisman immersed in the water ignited without fire.

The crowd had never seen such a strange scene before. After exclaiming in a low voice, they quickly held their breath and stared at the burning talisman in the water with amazement.

In an instant, the talisman burned out.

But when Feng Yu shook the clay bowl, the water in the bowl was still as clear as before, and there was not even a speck of ashes!

The villagers have also seen Taoists use talismans. Such a miraculous technique is really amazing.The scholar Xiang Yuan was equally astonished, thinking that Feng Yu had played a trick and that there was no talisman burning at all.But when he took the bowl of talisman water and felt the simmering heat when he touched it with his hand, he knew it was not an illusion again!
Now that he chooses to believe, Xiang Yuan no longer hesitates, he asks the old servant who takes care of his wife, Xiang Cheng, to help her over, and doesn't mind the public watching, and personally serves Xiang Cheng to drink the talisman water. It is not easy for Mrs. Xiang under the "soul loss disorder" to feed her water, but Xiang Yuan is very patient and feeds her bit by bit.

After drinking the water from the talisman, Xiang Cheng felt drowsy and collapsed without any resistance, Xiang Yuan and the old servant supported him.Xiang Yuan thought there was something different, so he said anxiously: "Master Dao, what's going on?"

"Don't be afraid," Feng Yu said, "Let Madam Ling fall asleep for an hour, and she will regain her senses when she wakes up!"

The tension on Xiang Yuan's face eased a little, just at this moment, the servant who accompanied him to fetch water brought an old but clean sedan chair from the village.Xiang Yuan asked the old servant to help Mrs. Xiang Cheng into the sedan chair, and two young and strong men immediately carried the sedan chair and went to the village under the care of the old servant.

Now that Xiang Yuan is free, he sincerely invites Feng Yu to take a rest in the village.

Feng Yu knew that Fu Shui didn't work, and he would make people feel at ease if he stayed, so he agreed with a smile.Seeing the temporary settlement of this matter, the surrounding villagers talked a lot, and the man who was the leader stood up again, quite indignantly said: "Master Xiang, Madam is fine now, but the thief Sana is still here! He dared to do such a wicked thing today, he must be judged." No mercy, let's go and catch him together!"

Xiang Yuan was grateful in his heart, but sighed: "That Lai San has been gone for a long time, and he has long since disappeared. How can everyone find his trace?"

The man said: "Let's go back and bring a few dogs. We must try it, otherwise we won't be able to find anyone when he runs away!"

Seeing this, Feng Yu interjected with a smile, and said, "Everyone wants to catch that Lai San, and I can show you the way." Originally, he didn't intend to just let Lai San go like this, but now that someone is doing it for him, Feng Yu is also happy to relax .He took another piece of blank talisman paper, pinched it and read a few words silently, with the luck of mana, the yellow paper folded itself as if spiritually, and turned into a paper crane.

As Feng Yu blew it out in one breath, the paper crane suddenly came to life, flapped its wings to identify the direction in mid-air, and then flew towards the place where Lai San left earlier.

"Follow the paper crane, and you will surely find that Lai San!"

The man was out of righteous indignation, unwilling to let a villain like Lai San go easily, so he wanted to pursue him.Now that Feng Yu Zhihe was leading the way, he was overjoyed and full of confidence. He loudly nodded to seven or eight fast-legged fellow villagers, and each of them was extremely excited, grabbing sticks and chasing the paper cranes.

The paper crane is exactly a kind of "simulation" Taoism used by Hongming Chuanxun before, and it has been practiced to the deepest level, which is the "scattering beans into soldiers" in "Tiangang Zhengfa".Feng Yu is a beginner, and it is not enough to use paper cranes to send messages, but it is enough to use paper cranes to follow Qi.

Xiang Yuan bowed again, the sadness and gloom between his eyebrows dissipated for more than half, and he sincerely invited Feng Yu to the village as a guest.

For peace of mind, Feng Yu didn't refuse.

After exchanging warm greetings with a cup of tea, Xiang Yuan sadly talked about his bad luck in the past two days, and it was only then that Feng Yu knew the whole story.

It turned out that the ancestral home of the Xiang family was in Liujiazhuang. Xiang Yuan moved out of this place after he became an official, but he would come back here every year to sacrifice.He is grateful and misses the past, and has given back to his hometown many times, so he is respected and loved by the villagers. The Xiang family is small, and Xiang Yuan is usually taken care of by the villagers.

The day before yesterday, Xiang Yuan returned to worship his ancestors again, and brought his wife Xiang Cheng and his three-year-old only son with him.Given the age of him and Xiang Cheng's, they should be old and have sons, so they are very fond of him.This return home festival is intended to tell the ancestors that there will be successors.

Who would have thought that the youngest son would disappear without a trace after a moment of negligence after the great sacrifice!

Xiang Yuan, his wife, their family servants, and the villagers searched all around, but to no avail. That night, Xiang Cheng blamed himself for being overwhelmed, and suffered from "soul loss syndrome" under severe heart palpitations.Xiang Yuan was very sad, but he had to continue looking for the youngest son the next day, and there was not enough manpower, so he only left Xiang Cheng's natal family's old servant to take care of him.

The old servant served Xiang Cheng to sleep, so he went to the kitchen to cook porridge, hoping to eat it when he woke up.Unexpectedly, in a short time, Xiang Cheng, who was deeply attached to his beloved son, also left the residence under the "lost soul", and ran into Lai San who had an evil heart while walking around in a daze.

Originally, people like Lai San didn't dare to have serious evil thoughts easily.

But who made Lai San owe a huge amount of gambling debt today, and there is no way to repay it, so he took the risk.It really happened that the house was leaking and it was raining all night. Xiang Yuan was almost terrified when he heard about it.

Feng Yu sighed.

"Master Daoist, you are a master outside the world with great supernatural powers. I wonder if Xiang can ask you for help?" The tiredness and anticipation in Xiang Yuan's eyes made Feng Yu sigh.

In fact, without Xiang Yuan's explicit words, he also guessed what the other party wanted, and said, "Do you want me to help you find Young Master Ling?"

Xiang Yuan respectfully invited, nervous and looking forward to it.

Feng Yu pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Then take something that you usually use, and the closer to the time when he disappeared, the better!"

Xiang Yuan was overjoyed, hurriedly accused the crime and entered the room, took a silver medal after a while, and said: "This is the 'Longevity Card' that the dog usually wears. Because the dog is naughty, it tore the neck chain, so I took it off in two days Didn't wear it. I can't imagine not wearing it just once, and it happened like this—oh, Daoist, is it possible to use this thing?"

Feng Yu took the silver medal, saw a strong aura stained on it, nodded and said, "It's available!"

Sui Lingkong grasped, captured a breath, and folded it into a paper crane according to the exorcism talisman before, so that the paper crane could sense the breath, and then activated it with a spell to make it go away by "tracking the breath".

Unexpectedly, the paper crane just flew up, and it was strange!
When it was looking for the direction, it suddenly burst into flames with a "flutter", and burned to ashes in an instant!
"Huh?" Feng Yu was shocked, and Xiang Yuan was also very nervous when he saw this, and asked, "Master Daoist, this is—"

Feng Yu waved his hand towards him, signaling "Be safe and don't be impatient", and then caught another breath, and repeated the same trick, but the paper crane still just flew into the air, and then "popped" and burned up!

Feng Yu's face turned serious, quite surprised.

He knows that when the breath is too weak, the paper crane cannot be traced; he also knows that when the way is not good, the paper crane will fail.But just like the one in front of him, the paper crane was looking for its own trace, and immediately spontaneously ignited, which suddenly made Feng Yu feel ominous-the target the paper crane was following was covered up by magic, so the paper crane couldn't help but ate it back and ignited and destroyed!

But if this is the case, doesn't it mean that the disappearance of Xiang Yuan's young and only son is actually related to monks? !

Feng Yu's heart sank.

If Xiang Yuan's young and only son fell into the hands of ordinary gangsters, most of them would be abducted and used in exchange for money, and would not be easily damaged; but if it fell into the hands of evil cultivators, he might be in a bad situation!
In order not to worry Xiang Yuan in vain, Feng Yu suppressed his emotions and didn't tell him his guess. He just asked him, "I don't know if only Mr. Ling has disappeared near Liujiazhuang recently, or are there other children missing from other families?"

Xiang Yuan has been worrying about his young only son for the past two days, how did he know about this?He hurriedly invited the old man in the village to inquire, and the old man nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes! The old man has heard about Lao Huang, Carpenter Yuan from the neighboring village, and the Hu family from Shangyuan. Qi Family"

The villager counted with his fingers, and as far as he knew, he counted five families who had suffered the same situation!
Xiang Yuan blushed with anger, and said: "So many children disappear one after another, obviously there are villains who are specifically responsible for the disaster, so why didn't they report to the authorities?"

The old man sighed and said: "The Hu family and the Qi family have reported to the county. How can the other three families have the money to report to the officials? The folks in the village helped to find them for two days, but they couldn't find them. They just pretended to be taken away by tigers and wolves. What else can they do?" What to do?"

Sending off the village elders, Xiang Yuan sighed when he saw Feng Yu pondering and not saying a word, the look of anticipation on his face diminished a little.He realized that this matter might be difficult to do, so he didn't force himself to ask, he just said: "Master, if something cannot be done, Xiang must be an ignorant, arrogant and demanding person, just, just let it go!"

Feng Yu didn't answer, just shook his head, frowning in thought.

After a long time, Feng Yu asked, "Do you know where there are famous temples in nearby state capitals?"

Xiang Yuan thought for a moment, then said: "There seems to be a temple in Qingzhou Changshan, and if it is more prosperous, it will reach Jinan Prefecture."

Feng Yu nodded. If any evil cultivators have been causing trouble recently, of course the local forces are the most aware. When it comes to Jinan Mansion, there is a well-known Taoist cave there, but they may not know the local news.At the right time, a servant came in surprise from the inner hall, and Mrs. Yan was already awake.

Xiang Yuan excitedly confessed his guilt and left temporarily, and after a while he brought Xiang Cheng's family to thank him, but Xiang Cheng's family had just woken up, feeling sleepy and sad, so he went to recuperate.Feng Yu resigned, saying that he would do his best to find the young and only son of the Xiang family.

Feng Yu only smiled when he saw Bai Yin, but didn't accept it.

Xiang Yuan thought for a moment, then went to fetch another piece of jade, and said: "The Daoist is an outsider, Xiang should not insult him with money. This jade is an ancient piece, not a vulgar thing. The Daoist please accept it!" Feng Yu declined However, he accepted it and went to Changshan.

(End of this chapter)