the last witcher

Because Mao Zuwang was reckless, he was punished to face the wall in the church for a year. However, Mao Zuwang was paranoid by nature, so he refused to face the wall, and finally left Maoshan sect. no return.Not long after Mao Zuwang left, Ma Guiyuan knew that he would not be able to become a teacher in this life, so he also left Maoshan and returned to his hometown in the north, married a wife and had children, opened branches and leaves, and used what he learned according to the children's talents. , From high to low to pass on to your children.

More than 20 years later, Ma Guiyuan became famous for helping local and surrounding people to cure diseases, tell fortunes, divination, exorcise evil spirits, and watch Fengshui. "Northern horse"; while in the south, there appeared a master of drawing talismans to exorcise evil spirits and catching ghosts. His surname was Mao, but no one knew his origin. The ability to catch monsters is too clever, and he is very high-profile, so he is honored as "Nan Mao".The reason why it is called Nanmaobeima is largely divided according to the region. So far, the reputation of Nanmaobeima has begun to take shape. "

After writing this, some people will definitely ask, Taoism and Buddhism were so prosperous at that time, and Mao Zuwang and Ma Guiyuan were just personal actions. Is it a bit exaggerated why they can achieve such great achievements?The sloppy Taoist's answer, I personally think it is very pertinent, I will use my language logic to paraphrase the old Taoist's statement here:

First of all, Mao Zuwang and Ma Guiyuan belong to individual behaviors, not any religious group, this is the most important point.Think about it, if a certain family encounters an evil woman, if the monks and priests come and use the knowledge they have learned to drive away evil spirits, the common people will be grateful afterwards, but it is normal for monks and Taoists to do this, just talk to the driver Driving, accountants can settle accounts, and officials can hold money is the same reason; but Mao Zuwang and Ma Guiyuan are personal behaviors. It is very rare for a very ordinary citizen to be able to do these things in the local area. The two of them are often able to get rid of illnesses with one hand, and in some respects they even surpass the Taoist priests and monks with ordinary cultivation. This is what the common people admire the most. It was only a coincidence that led to the return of the two to the folk.

Secondly, it is due to the personalities of these two people.Ma Guiyuan is dull and not good at interpersonal relationships, so apart from himself, few people know that he studied art in Maoshan for many years. After all, he went out under the banner of going out for a trip. In addition to the common people's folk fabrications, the title of Beima was achieved; not to mention Mao Zuwang, who was extremely arrogant, said everything he did, and could not tolerate other people's words at all. People who can pretend to be b, but they are really capable, so it is not too much to pretend. In fact, Mao Zuwang is not pretending, he has that kind of arrogant personality, but ordinary people don't see it that way. With a proud personality, this Nima is a fairy descending from the earth, so the title of Nanmao came into being.

Finally, it is the accumulation and precipitation of time.The Mao family and the Ma family originally had Mao Zuwang and Ma Guiyuan engaged in folk art, but they did not let this handicraft be lost because of the end of their lives, but passed it on to their children and grandchildren, so that they could inherit it from generation to generation. My father continued to engage in this craft. Although it is not considered a pioneering school, it can be regarded as a small achievement. After all, there was no such thing as family planning at that time. If they had two or three children, and the children had children, It is like a towering tree, with luxuriant branches and leaves. Several generations or more than a dozen generations have been engaged in this industry. With the accumulation of time, the title of "South Mao and North Horse" can be deeply rooted in the folk, so that In some film and television dramas that we watched when we were young, the name Nanmaobeima would be involved, such as "I Have a Date with a Zombie", "Ghostbusters" and so on. These are not groundless rumors, aimless, but objective existence of.

Brother Cao scratched his big head after listening to the old Taoist's initial narration, and said something that the old Taoist would beat up, "Master Taoist, my surname is Cao, what does it have to do with Nanmaobeima?"

This is so old-fashioned, that's really blowing his beard and staring, he almost hit Lao Cao's big head with the wine gourd in his hand. "Cao Layman, is there someone with the surname Ma in your family?" "My mother's surname is Ma, what's the matter?" Lao Cao hadn't realized yet, "Then what is your mother's occupation?" "There are more funeral supplies to see." Feng Shui." Brother Cao replied in a straightforward manner, and after Brother Cao finished speaking, the fourth aunt began to feel helpless, this is a typical elm bumpy head.

"Brother Cao, let's listen carefully to the Taoist master's story, and then say hello?" I was really addicted to listening, Lao Cao nodded helplessly, after all, he still gave me a lot of face.

The old man didn't bother to explain to Brother Cao. After drinking a few sips of wine, he continued to tell the legendary story of the southern hair and the northern horse.

It should be more than 20 years since the Mao family and the Ma family reunited for the second time.That year a large-scale plague broke out in Shanxi. After the plague, many zombies resembling the living dead appeared, killing people and sucking blood everywhere. The general banner or the Baihusuo (a title for soldiers) sought refuge. Anyway, the local tyrants and evil gentry did not collect taxes at that time, so this group of people had enough funds to escape, and all the taxes were on the common people. Therefore, the common people They all ran to the places where the soldiers were stationed to take refuge, but they were helpless. It can be seen that "prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer!" How reasonable it is.

After the research of the local Qian Zonghe and the garrison, he invited Dongchang to report to the imperial court, but the reply he got was that he could solve it by himself. After discussing with the local governor in desperation, Qian Zonghe decided to take those big households and let the local gentry The local tyrants donated money, and then used the money to hire some monks, priests, and masters of folk art. In addition to treating the people bitten by zombies, the most important thing is to exterminate the zombies and give the people a stable life.And among the high-level people invited, there are Nanmao Beima.

But at that time, most of the big households had almost run away, and Fu Yin exhausted all his skills to collect less than 2000 taels of silver, and then arranged government servants to beg grandpa to tell the **** to invite these experts.A total of seven groups of people came, namely the Great Monk Jingkong of Jinchan Temple and several of his apprentices, Zen Master Huibao of Baohua Temple and several of his apprentices, Taoist Zhang of Tianlong Temple and his disciples, and Jingkong. Mrs. Zhou and her disciples from Yue'an, Daoist Ma and his disciples from Quanzhen Sect, Mao Zuwang and his two sons, Ma Guiyuan and his son and daughter were the rest.Through these people who came, we can see how high the prestige of the Ma family and the Mao family has been over the past 20 years, so that they can be on an equal footing with people from these Taoist temples. This is what modern people call brand effect.

to be continued