Taboo Master

Chapter 21 The Forbidden Law

No matter what, my college life started in a muddle-headed way.

The story of Aaron's cornfield was never told to us, and the mustache—that is, Hu Wenjing, looked quite honest, but he was a sullen man in his bones, who kept pestering Aaron about it, and was blackmailed by Aaron. He gave him several meals, but Aaron still didn't talk about that matter.

A few days later, the freshmen who registered came one after another, the freshness at the beginning also faded, and we also visited the small campus, so we were ready to start school.

But there is another strange thing, that is, in our dormitory, there has never been a new roommate, it has always been the three of us.

This made us all very strange, but we also secretly called it a fluke. The fewer people there are, the more comfortable we live. It must be that the number of students is not enough, and even the dormitory is not full of people.

A school with a score of more than 200 is really cheating, even the military training is omitted, and the class starts directly.

The major I chose was calligraphy and seal cutting. I didn’t know until I was in the classroom that this major was really unpopular. There were only 18 people including me, and all of them were men. Even the teachers were old men with a bald head. Holding a reading glasses, he shook his head and told us about the origin of big seal script and small seal script, and the difference between Weibei script and official script.

Damn, it’s no wonder that no one wants to apply for this major. If the boss of the company asks about his specialty and opens his mouth to say several ways of writing fennel beans, he will be thrown out on the spot.

We, the [-] hard-working people, were later dubbed the Shaolin Eighteen Bronze Men, who shocked the campus and became famous far and wide.

I remember that there were still people who wanted to change majors arguing at that time, but on the first day of the class, this teacher Zhang said something, which made our [-] anxious hearts feel at ease.

He said: "I have a constant relationship with traditional Chinese culture. I like Chinese culture very much, and I hope to spread Chinese culture to more people. Chinese calligraphy culture has a long history and is extensive and profound. It carries Chinese history and culture. It It is the quintessence of the country and a treasure, and it should be displayed and promoted to the world. Some people once said that the so-called quintessence of the country is just an outdated and retrograde culture. To imitate the West. I want to say that a country without history and culture is a country without heritage and civilization, and a person who does not recognize the history and culture of the nation is a person who has forgotten his ancestors.”

"It's a pity that when many people mention history and culture, they tend to stare at the rotten things in it, and label them as feudal legacy at every turn, but forget the essence. For example, as early as 2000 years ago, our thinker I once put forward a sentence "to be born but not to be, to be not to rely on, to grow but not to be slaughtered is called Xuande." The source of this sentence is Chapter 51 of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", which means that everything grows but grows. Not taking it for oneself; nurturing all things but not claiming merit and claiming it; promoting the growth of all things but not controlling their destiny. This is the great theory of "Tao" and "De" put forward by our ancient philosophers."

"If this sentence is applied to the current education, it can be understood in this way: give birth to a child but do not treat it as one's own private property; raise a child but do not claim credit for it; promote the growth of a child but do not control its destiny , do not impose their own wishes on children, and do not interfere with children's freedom. In this way, does anyone still think this kind of thinking is dross and dross? Students, don't think that this kind of idea of ​​freedom, democracy and equality is only found in the West. Our ancestors put forward this idea more than 2000 years ago. So I say that the attitude towards the quintessence of the country is to discard the dross and extract the essence. The essence of the quintessence of the country must be carried forward, which is something we should be proud of. For a lifetime, and you need to inherit it from your generation. Don’t worry about employment in the future. Remember that historical civilization will never decline. If you choose this major, it means you have chosen a great spirit. I am here for you. And proud!"

I have to say that what this old-fashioned teacher Zhang said really made us passionate. Since then, no one wants to change majors, and no one has ever been absent from his professional courses.

This naturally includes me. Although I didn't come here to study, but because of the spirit of this teacher, I have to go. After all, this professional course is only one class a day, and it won't take long. As for other courses, I'm letting them all go to hell, because I'm going to hurry up and get on with my business.

Taboo Notes, I can finally look through them with peace of mind, and there is no one in the dormitory except for the occasional few who skip class and ask for leave, and no one will bother me anymore.

I have always had the illusion that this taboo note is like a secret book of martial arts. When I open it, there will be a row of awesome and shiny ancient characters: the first layer of the taboo law.Then there are all kinds of explanations and demonstrations with pictures and texts, each move is clear, and all kinds of ghosts are clear at a glance, just like Shaolin Yijin Jing.

But at this time, when I actually opened the taboo note, I found that it was really this note.

Turning to the first page, there are three large characters drawn on the yellowed paper, which are the words "Zhen, Drive, and Po", and the small characters below read: The first layer of the law of taboo, the general outline of the three characters, should be changed, They all come from these three characters, and future generations will keep in mind.

Ah, so it turns out that these three characters are just the general outline. No wonder Grandpa seems to write different characters every time, but only these three characters are taught to me. It seems that other changes have to be explored by ourselves.

I couldn't help but feel happy in my heart. Fortunately, I have studied ancient characters for two years and applied for calligraphy and seal cutting. This time I really caught a blind cat and a dead mouse!
Then turn to the second page of the note, which is recorded in lower case: In the 25th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, there were water monsters in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that made troubles and injured many people.The ancestors of the Han family went to kill the water monster on the shore in three days.Admonish the people: "Water monsters are transformed by the resentment of water ghosts."If you see death and don't save them, there will be more water ghosts, and if you save them, the flood will be eliminated forever.To disregard the way of heaven because of fear of evil is not to be taken by the righteous.To save others is to save oneself, remember.There are many taboos in the world, but there are things to do and things not to do. Good and evil depend on one heart.

This passage is completely semi-classical, but it is a modern writing habit. It is arranged horizontally from left to right. Obviously, this is an excerpt from the notes of the original text by descendants of the Han family. In order to prevent future generations from understanding it, There are even small print notes below.

In the 25th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, water monsters caused chaos in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and many people were injured. Fishermen were afraid of retaliation by water ghosts, so they did not dare to rescue someone who fell into the water.Because the local fishermen have a taboo, they are not allowed to save the living person who fell into the water, because the water ghost is catching a substitute, and the fishermen deal with water every day, if they save someone from the water ghost, the water ghost will find the savior instead, Make rescuers unable to catch fish.

Later, the ancestors of the Han family rushed there in person and sailed out to sea alone. It took three days to lure the water monster to the shore and kill it.So the ancestors warned everyone: the water monster was transformed by the resentment of the water ghost.You have been traveling in the river all year round, just because of the taboo of your fishermen, and you will not save them. If that is the case, there will be more and more water ghosts.If we all work together to get rid of this bad habit together, we can get rid of the flood forever.If there were no water ghosts, this taboo would naturally be broken.Don't be afraid of evil forces and disregard your moral conscience. Remember, to save others is to save yourself.Although there are many taboos in the world, there are some things to do and some things not to do, and good and evil are only in one thought.

This passage is very detailed. In fact, the story is very simple. It is a story about a place haunted by water ghosts, and the ancestors of the Han family got rid of the water ghosts.But I think that the person who copied the notes had to put this story first, so it must have a deep meaning.

Taboos are taboos that cannot be touched. The duty of a taboo teacher is to help people avoid taboos and stay away from danger. However, when this taboo is an unreasonable paradox, do you still have to abide by this taboo?

This is clearly what the story says.It is also a warning to the descendants of the Han family, don't admit death, think that taboos cannot be touched, just blindly avoid and dodge, some taboos must be actively broken, just like the water ghost in the story, the fishermen do not rescue them according to taboos People who fall into the water will only cause more serious consequences and a vicious circle. There are more and more water ghosts, and it is becoming more and more difficult to control, and more and more people will be harmed by water ghosts. Maybe you will not be saved today Man, tomorrow I will turn into a water ghost and drag you into the water.

Therefore, when encountering a taboo, one should not simply avoid and break it from the surface, but should fundamentally solve the root cause of the taboo, which is the most profound law to break the taboo.

Taboos can be evil or good, it all depends on the mind of the caster.

Sure enough, this story really has a deep meaning. I figured it out, and I couldn't help admiring it. At the same time, I couldn't help but think of a news that I read a few days ago. They only fished the dead and did not save the living. No matter how many people begged, they just ignored them, which eventually led to the drowning of three people. At this time, they demanded a price from the corpses and opened their mouths to the families of the victims.

Many people know this news, and it has aroused a lot of social attention and discussion for a while, and strongly condemned those unscrupulous fishermen.At this time, after reading the records in the taboo notes, I just remembered that their tradition must have been passed down a long time ago. I don't want to be retaliated by the water ghost.

In fact, they didn't know that from the moment they refused to save their lives, they were already doomed to face retribution sooner or later.

"Although there are many taboos in the world, there are some things to do and some things not to do. Good and evil are only in one thought."

This sentence, from this day, I will deeply remember in my heart.

With reverence, I turned to the second page of Taboo Notes, and found that this time they were all stories in vernacular Chinese, but the stories told were much more concise than the previous ones.

For example, don’t turn your head when walking alone at night, don’t disturb the bones when building a building, don’t call the dead person’s name when wrapping the body, don’t live in an old house, a dark house, don’t be near a temple cemetery, don’t rely on deep mountains and bad waters, and don’t hang in the bedroom Wind chimes, don't look in the mirror late at night, don't farm on five days, don't overturn when you take a boat, kill a pig with a knife, don't watch happiness in the first month, don't beat snakes at noon, and don't talk about ghosts late at night.
Things like this filled the entire note densely, and they were written in petty lowercase letters, neatly and clearly. Obviously, the ancestor who took the notes was very careful.

Looking at the taboos one by one, I couldn't help but be terrified. I really didn't expect that there are so many taboos in the world. No wonder my grandfather always forbade me when I was young. Now that I think about it, those are really taboos. .

Turning through a few pages one after another, I suddenly saw a record about the taboo of not going to the wild at noon. My heart moved, and I quickly read it carefully.What is written in the note is actually very simple, noon is the time of fierceness, because the yang energy is strongest at [-] o'clock in the noon, and the beheaded criminals in ancient times also beheaded at this time, so the fierceness is also the strongest.In the wild, there is not enough popularity and yang qi is scarce, and [-]:[-] noon is the time when wandering spirits come out. If you go to the wild alone at noon and get hit by the fierce qi, you will easily encounter danger.

I remembered that when I was a child, I didn’t listen to my grandfather’s words. I ran to the mountains to play at noon, but I got lost and met Ma Jiu, a bone refiner.

Thinking about it now, Ma Jiu must have taken advantage of the strong evil spirit to go up the mountain to dig graves and bones. Wouldn't the effect of refining bones be better?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shudder all over. For such an evil thing, I would actually imagine whether the effect is good or not, bah bah.

I don't dare to think about it anymore, the content described in this note is too evil, and I can't help but get chills down my spine when I look at it in broad daylight. I have to calm down and don't scare myself out of trouble.

There are still a lot of content in the back, but I didn't read carefully one by one, but browsed the content roughly, and found that in the second half of the book, there is actually a chapter on ghosts, which introduces all kinds of things hidden in the world. Species of ghosts, recorded their ways of harming people, and methods to prevent cracking.

To my surprise, the method of eliminating ghosts introduced in this taboo note is not as I thought in my heart, using the Han family's forbidden method to remove it head-on like my grandfather, but to solve it from the root and resolve the resentment of ghosts and obsession.

For example, from this, I saw the miser I met in the tea room in high school. What is recorded in the notes is that the miser is the obsession of greedy and stingy people. The way to deal with them is to We must start from the root, let those who encounter ghosts disperse their wealth and avoid disasters, give alms widely, resolve stinginess with generosity, and face greed with open-mindedness, miserly ghosts will be ashamed when they see it, the light ones will retreat and never come to the door, and even the worst will directly enlighten , the soul disappears, and re-enters reincarnation.

This method is indeed clever, it is not a method of exorcising ghosts, it is clearly a way of saving ghosts and teaching people, I am greatly admired.

But it's not all this way, there are also many methods of using violence to control violence in the notes, for example, if the unjust dead ghost has been aged for a long time, its grievances are difficult to resolve, and it harms the world so much, so kill it with forbidden methods!Decapitated ghosts are full of evil, and they can be destroyed with forbidden methods!Take the place of the dead ghost and harm others, but the cause is doomed, it is not suitable to kill, it is better to use the drive word formula.

All vegetation and animals that are monsters, if they devote themselves to practice, then let it go, if they cause harm, suppress them, and if they cause harm, kill them.

Under these kinds of ghost information, there are also records and detailed methods of the ancestors of the Han family killing demons and ghosts.

But looking at it, I suddenly saw a name in this ghost story.

Two lonely words: night devil.

(End of this chapter)