My years as a fortune teller

Fatty Liu sat there obediently. I still gave Fatty Liu a look and continued, "Although modern scholars believe that the Xianju tadpole script is an early rune, there is no basis for this."

I paused and stroked the beard under my chin and said: "As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the cultivators and some alchemists at that time believed that there were gods and ghosts between heaven and earth. To communicate with gods, you can chant scriptures and mantras. But with ghosts There is no way to communicate.”

"Until the Qin Dynasty, there was a Taoist priest named Cui Wenzi, who was from the vicinity of Mount Tai in Shandong. He practiced in Mount Tai since he was a child, and his medical skills were very good. He often made some medicines to help the common people. Later, plagues appeared in Sichuan and other places. , Tens of thousands of people died. The local officials asked for help from Cui Wenzi. Cui Wenzi held a red flag and gave the sick people food with prepared yellow powder. The sick people would be cured as soon as they ate it. Everyone called Cui Wenzi a god. "

"Later, Cui Wenzi returned to Mount Tai. One day, he was collecting herbs in the mountain. He accidentally found a strange stone carving on a cliff. Cui Wenzi was shocked, thinking how could there be stone carvings on the cliff. So he removed the stone carvings and went home. try to figure out."

"Thinking day and night, I can't think of the method. I fell asleep looking at the rubbings. In the dream, a god came to call himself Emperor Dongyue. He told Cui Wenzi that the Emperor of Heaven saw that Cui Wenzi had done a lot of hard work in curing the world, so he bestowed the word of God. More than a hundred, this divine character can communicate with the emperor of heaven, and can communicate with all ghosts..."

"Cui Wenzi woke up from the dream and became enlightened. Since then, he has studied carefully and communicated with ghosts according to the power given by the gods and men in the dream. Later, anyone who is haunted by ghosts or encounters unknown injuries will come to Cui Wenzi. Cui Wenzi For the sake of convenience, Wenzi carved some characters on the peach wood and called them peach charms to drive away ghosts and evil spirits. Later, Zhang Daoling perfected the charms, and Taoism not only had charms that could drive away ghosts, but also charms to invite gods. But since then No one has ever found the cliff with the divine characters engraved on Mount Tai, and the earliest rubbings of Cui Wenzi have gradually been lost. Although the characters on one or two rubbings can still be found in some Taoist classics, few people know how to use them. Because these characters were originally used to communicate with ghosts, so these characters are called ghost characters."

"And the characters engraved on the sarcophagus you found, Fatty Liu, are the earliest ghost characters discovered by Cui Wenzi, that is, the earliest runes."

After I finished speaking, I looked at Cui Erye and Fatty Liu.Cui Erye turned around and took out a Taoist talisman from the room, compared the words on the photo and said: "Hey! Xiao Zhang, don't tell me, it really looks alike. But here, how can there be A black spot."

I glanced at it, it was a Taoist fortune-seeking talisman, and without taking it, I said to Cui Erye, "Which little black dot you look at in front of the sun or the light."

As soon as Cui Erye heard it, he looked at the talisman to the sun, then turned his head and said to me, "There seems to be a word in this little black dot. But I can't make out what it is."

"That's a taboo word." I said blankly: "The so-called taboo characters are the names of some gods. The ancients respected this very much. They would not call people by their names directly, so there are taboo characters. Taboo characters are usually added under the prefix of Yu characters. Therefore, to see if a talisman is true or not, you should look at this. And this illegal character, most likely comes from one of the ghost characters."

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard Fatty Liu say: "Big fat, you can't conclude that it is a ghost word just based on this. Besides, even if it is, you also said that it has been lost for a long time, and you must have never learned it. How can you be so sure? Is it the earliest runes of Taoism?"

I took a picture of Fatty Liu's head, pointed to the patterns on the top of the sarcophagus in the photo, and said to Fatty Liu, "Have you seen these patterns?"

Fatty Liu looked at it, nodded and said, "Isn't this the pattern of the sun, the moon and the stars? Professor He and some scholars talked about it when the sarcophagus was unearthed that day?"

"Fuck..." I said to Fatty Liu angrily, "This is the true shape map of the Five Sacred Mountains, the most treasured Taoism. It comes from Cui Wenzi's rubbings, and now there is a stone stele with the true shape of the Five Sacred Mountains on the top of Mount Tai!"

Then I said dismissively: "What kind of bullshit professor, you don't even know the true shape of the Five Sacred Mountains. What kind of archeology professor. Shit..."

When Fatty Liu heard my words, he smiled awkwardly and said, "Big fat, why did this stone carving with ghost characters appear on Mount Tai, and why did it disappear again?"

I'm super depressed, this kid really thinks I know everything.But I still know a little bit about this, anyway, I'll show it off when I'm free.

I cleared my throat and continued: "Since ancient times, Taoists have believed that Mount Tai is connected to the heavens and sent down to the underworld. Dongfang Shuo's "Dongxuan Lingbao Five Sacred Mountains Ancient Version True Shape Map" said: "Dongyue Taishan Lord leads five thousand and nine hundred gods , attending death and life, the commander of all ghosts.Those who died in the secular world who worshiped the gods of evil spirits in ghost temples all returned to Mount Tai to suffer the punishment. ...This means that Emperor Dongyue is not only a god in the sky, but also in charge of the ghost world.The souls of all things in the world return to the foot of Mount Tai after death.So it is normal for such words to appear on Mount Tai. "

I paused and continued: "As for why I don't see you, I think the first reason may be that Mount Tai is too big, and these characters are too magical to be found by ordinary people. Second, Mount Tai is the place where Taoists collect ghosts. How to enter Mount Tai?"

After listening to Fatty Liu, he looked at Second Master Cui and said, "Second Master, you said how big fat's head grows, and how he knows everything. I remember everything, I'm really envious."

Before Second Master Cui could speak, Fatty Liu asked, "Big Fatty, have you really seen the picture of the Five Sacred Mountains on the top of Mount Tai? Is it exactly the same as this one?"

"It's the real shape of the Five Sacred Mountains." I patted Fatty Liu on the head angrily and said, "Not only did I see it when I followed Master and his hometown to worship Mount Tai, I also have a piece of the real shape of the Five Sacred Mountains from the Tang and Song Dynasties in my hand." Where is the peach charm in the picture!"

"No way." Fatty Liu opened his eyes and mouth wide when he heard it, and there was a squirm from the corner of his mouth: "It should be very valuable, right?"

I kicked Fatty Liu hard and said: "Don't think about me, if you dare to tell others about my things, just wait and see how I deal with you."

Fatty Liu stuck out his tongue and said, "Big Fatty, I mean, how can I tell others about your things. I just said it casually, look at you."

"Go, go, go" I said disgustedly, "I know what you want to say when you open your mouth, kid, and you're still pretending for me here."

As I was talking, I heard that Cui Erye's wife had prepared the best meal and asked us to eat.Since I can't carry the bowl with my hands, it was given to me by Cui Erye's wife after mixing it.

What I made for us today is oil splashed strips. I just ate a mouthful of noodles.I smelled the stench of garlic and rushed towards me.I looked up at Fatty Liu, chewing a mouthful of garlic, what did you want to say to me?

"Get out" I immediately covered my nose and said, "Don't you know that I hate this smell? You are still chewing garlic and talking to me, are you looking for death?"

Fatty Liu said with a smile: "Wrong, I was wrong, I made a mistake when I was so excited, I'm really sorry. That fat man, can you unlock the secrets of those words on the sarcophagus?"

After listening, I looked at Fatty Liu and said, "Didn't I tell you that those are the early Taoist runes, also known as ghost characters? They are characters for communicating with ghosts. I told you so clearly, you still don't understand." If you don’t open it, what will you do in the future?”

When Fatty Liu heard this, he leaned forward and said, "I mean, if you know each other, you must know what the words on it mean, so you can unlock the secret of the sarcophagus."

When I heard Fatty Liu say that, I secretly smiled and said, "That's for sure, but I must see all the clear words. It would be best if I could see the sarcophagus itself, and then I also need some treasured materials from the museum. All of those things are there and I should have no problem."

Fatty Liu responded, and stopped talking and eating in a muffled voice.I looked at Second Master Cui, and Second Master Cui was also looking at me.We both looked at each other and smiled, then bowed our heads to eat.

After the meal, Fatty Liu said hello and left. Before leaving, he told me to come and see me in three or four days. I quickly said thank you.By the way, tell him not to bring anything when he comes.