Poor children

Chapter 22 Master Sanyang shows off his magical powers

一
"You go as I said! Come here to find me after two days, I have my own explanation..."

Kong Liu listened to the Taoist priest and went home to dig a hole, let’s not talk about it for now.
The Taoist Master and Shopkeeper Xu borrowed some money to ask the poor boy to buy sesame cakes to eat. While the master and the apprentice were eating sesame cakes, a man walked over from the west end of Dajie. His brows were furrowed, his face was full of sorrow, and he was rubbing his hands and feet. It was very messy, the Taoist hurriedly put down the biscuits in his hands and went forward

"Infinite Heavenly Lord! Is this good man having trouble at home?"

"Hey! The Taoist priest is really a god!" said the visitor.

"The master of the house must be in trouble."

"Yes! Exactly! It's my little son. He insisted on sleeping by the pond in the back garden in the middle of the night. He said it was cooler. Who knew that he couldn't be woken up the next morning. Many famous doctors in the city were invited. I couldn't find anything wrong, so I had to go out and ask the doctor again..."

"Your young master is not sick. I know his reason. Please come here." The Taoist leader led the man to the hexagram stall and sat across from him.
The man looked very anxious, he couldn't sit still, "Please show me the Taoist priest"

"The young master was sleeping next to the lotus pond in the middle of the night, which really disturbed the carp spirit in the pond to practice, so he cast a spell to steal the noble master's soul, so the young master did not wake up."

"Also please help the immortal!" The man knelt down and kowtowed

"Monks are compassionate and should be saved. It's just that when I open the altar, I need to invite heavenly soldiers and generals to help me. It is natural to invite gods to show their filial piety."

"My master has long said that if I save the young master's life, I am willing to give you a hundred taels of silver as a thank you gift."

"That's very good. You go back and build an altar by the lotus pond. Prepare the sacrificial incense and candles, and place your young master on the altar. I will go and kill the carp spirit in the middle of the night and save your young master's soul... ..."

The visitor quickly agreed and hurried home.
two

"How did the master know that his young master was in trouble?" Pao'er asked.

"Look at him coming in a hurry, with a troubled look on his face, and he looks healthy. Naturally, there is something wrong with his family, so I asked him if there is something wrong with his family." The Taoist priest picked up the sesame seeds again, "I saw that he was dressed like a housekeeper. It must not be his own private matter to make him so anxious, so he concludes that his master is in trouble, and his young master is in trouble, but he said it himself..."

"Then master is going to catch monsters tonight?" Pao'er asked

"Tomorrow you will know"

"Can I still see Master tomorrow?"

"What?"

"The pauper feels that with the strength of the master, it is still unclear whether even a carp can fight, let alone a carp spirit."

"Whose ambition do you want to destroy whose prestige? Could it be that you have learned to talk poorly as a teacher?" The Taoist priest was so angry that he picked up a "Three Character Classic" and "take it back and memorize it. When I come tomorrow, I will test you as a teacher. If you can’t recite it, I won’t beat you.”

"Master, this word..."

"Circle the words you don't know with a pen. I'll teach you tomorrow. You can go back! My teacher is going to catch monsters..."

three

The next day, the poor boy finished his work early and went to Master Sanyang. As he came closer, he saw the Master eating steamed buns.
It should be said that people of Qingxiu do not eat meat, but this Sanyang Daoist is different from other Qingxiu people, as long as they have their backs upturned, they will eat everything except tables, chairs and benches

"My disciple has met his master." The poor boy stepped forward and saluted.

"How's the back of the book? Let me have a look." The Taoist priest handed a bun to the poor boy
The poor child handed the book to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest turned over a page and was about to take the test. He saw that every word on the whole page was circled, and then he turned to the whole book and all the words were circled.
"You are this?"

"Return to Master! The poor boy doesn't recognize a single word."

"You... eh..." The Taoist priest was speechless at this time.

"I wonder if Master succeeded in catching the monster yesterday?" the poor boy asked.

"Yeah!" "I wonder how master caught it. Can you teach it to your disciple?"

"You don't know how to learn how to catch monsters?" The Taoist priest was very angry at her.

"Master, just tell me..."

"When I arrived at the mansion yesterday, I said I wanted to catch monsters. I told them to lock the courtyard door and hide away, lest they startle the monsters. After they all dispersed, I took some cinnabar and went out to mix the water, and took some dragon-holding pills. The pill came out and the young master put it in his mouth, and then swallowed it with cinnabar water."

"What about the carp spirit?" Pao'er asked

"There's no such thing as a carp spirit. I've been teaching you how to catch monsters for so many years, but I haven't seen any monsters before. That young man must have been frightened by wild cats or snakes that came out late at night. I heard him in the lotus. The person who was unconscious by the pool made up a carp essence. The frightened person only needs to take cinnabar or Baolong pills to recover, so I gave him two, and now he is alive and kicking."

"Master, is this a lie?"

"Nonsense! It's a lie if it can't be cured. What's a lie now that someone else has recovered?" The Taoist priest felt guilty after saying that, and reached out to touch the money in his bosom again.

four

Another day passed and Kong Liu came.

The Taoist priest wrapped fifty pieces of silver and gave it to him. Kong Liu took the money and thanked him profusely. After thanking him, he sat down and shed tears.

"Why are you crying again?" the Taoist priest asked

"If I give him fifty today, he will come and ask for a hundred tomorrow. This is not a long-term solution."

"I'm giving you five taels, buy some wine and vegetables on the way back, remember to buy more wine, and get drunk with him when you go back"

"Daoist, I hate this person the most, you want me to drink with him!"

"Listen to me," the Taoist priest said, "When you see him come, give him the money first, and then let him have wine. Try your best to persuade him to eat more. Hmm...has the toilet been dug?"

"After digging, it is as high as a person and a half, and it is filled with excrement and water."

"Okay! Okay! If you think about it, if he drinks too much, he will naturally go to the latrine. You lead him there. There is no one around in the middle of the night. If he drinks too much, he will naturally have no sense of whereabouts and accidentally fall into the feces. Chi…”

"This..." Kong Liu was a little stunned.

"The next day at dawn, you go to report to the official, saying that you kindly invited him to drink yesterday, but he actually tried his best to get you to drink. Unexpectedly, when you wake up in the morning, he is nowhere to be seen, and the fifty silver coins that your family has saved for many years are also missing. "

"It's just that the pit I dug is so deep, if they find it, won't they be suspicious?"

"Who doesn't save some dung to irrigate the land? If the township official asks you, you can answer like this, and tell the person in charge that you only need to seek justice. If you find money, you will give it to some of you to drink tea, so as not to work hard in vain. "

"Thank you, Taoist Priest." Kong Liu now understood in his heart.

"There will be no serious problems in the future. Just go and pick up your wife and children and live a good life."

After hearing this, Kong Liu left with a lot of thanks.

"I don't know if it's right or wrong for Master to instigate others to kill?" the poor boy asked.

"That man brought trouble to the village and harmed other people's wives and children. How can he be called a human being?" the Taoist priest asked in return.
"Poor children don't know"

"Take this as the first lesson my teacher will teach you! Poor boy, remember that you must be kind when you are born, and you must not harm others easily, but if that person deserves to be killed, you must not be soft-hearted!"

(End of this chapter)