Chapter 31 31: Integrity and intelligence, calming the mind and exorcising evil
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Facing Chen Jin, Chen Min spoke out without reservation.
Chen Jin raised his eyebrows: "How can there be any great immortal who is asking for a dream? It's just a strange thing causing trouble."
Chen Abu, who was listening next to him, was startled: "Ajin, are you saying that the gods worshiped in Chen Po's Daxian Temple are evil spirits?"
Chen Jin replied: "Absolutely... If a rural temple like this has not received a royal seal, it can basically be judged as worshiping wild gods. If caught by the Yamen officials, they will be splashed with black blood, or even exiled and executed."
He deliberately moved out the imperial yamen, and his authority and persuasiveness immediately increased.
Chen Abu scratched his head: "But this Daxian Temple has been in the countryside for decades, and nothing has happened."
Chen Jin explained: "It's not clear whether there is something wrong. The people from the Yamen didn't come to seal it, mainly because no one went to sue the officials, and Wang Fa didn't go to the countryside, which caused a lot of chaos."
In the Qian Dynasty, the common people at the bottom of the society, let alone entering the yamen, even entering the city, were a luxury.
Chen Abu was still confused. His nephew's statement simply overturned his decades of knowledge.
Suddenly there was a noise outside, as if something big had happened.
Chen Abu quickly walked out to take a look at the situation.
After a while, he ran back and shouted: "Something happened, something serious, something big happened."
Mrs. Chen Li quickly asked what was going on.
"This morning someone saw the door of Daxian Temple open. After entering, they found that Chen Shenpo had fallen to the ground and died. Everyone thought she was old and accidentally fell down when she came out at night and died. . Someone found a pile of gold and silver treasures in the house, and there was a lot of rioting. After hearing the news, everyone started digging with hoes. "
Speaking of this, Chen Abu's eyes shone, and he seemed quite moved. He also wanted to go and have a look, maybe he could get a piece of the pie.
Chen Jin glanced at him: "Uncle, if Daxian Temple is dedicated to evil spirits, those gold and silver treasures are likely to be contaminated with evil spirits. Ordinary people will fall ill if they touch them."
Hearing this, Chen Abu shuddered and said hurriedly: "I won't join in the fun."
Chen Li asked: "Goddess Chen is lonely and living alone in the nunnery. Where can she get the gold and silver?"
Chen Abu slapped his thigh and said, "I know. She followed the horse thieves when she was young, and she must have done a lot of bad things. Later she escaped back to the village. She was pregnant, but within a few days, her belly bloated for no reason. Disappeared. At that time, everyone thought that the fetus was not saved, but now it seems that he probably hid the looted gold and silver in his belly to hide it from the public. "
Chen Jin was not very interested in these old things and asked: "Didn't you find anything else?"
"Yes, there is."
Chen Abu hurriedly said: "An urn was broken inside the house, and many terrible things fell out, like human bones. It was very scary."
Chen Jin nodded slightly: "As expected, the goddess must have learned some evil methods outside, so she worshiped evil creatures in the nunnery."
After receiving the confirmation, Chen Abu and his wife couldn't help but feel lingering fear. They had gone to Daxian Temple to pray for a child before.
What happened to my daughter Chen Min last night was not a nightmare, but a real disaster.
Thinking of this, I felt even more scared and guilty.
With their knowledge, how could they have imagined that such a thing would happen?
Through negligence, he almost killed his daughter.
Chen Min took out the small cloth bag, showed the shredded paper inside, and said with red eyes: "Brother, it was your amulet that saved me. But it was broken."
Chen Jin smiled slightly: "It's okay, I'll write another one for you."
The girl then burst into laughter.
Chen Abu hurriedly asked: "Ajin, can you draw talismans?"
Chen Jin pondered: "This is actually not the kind of spell you think, but a thought attached to the characters and ink."
Chen Abu: "..."
Chen Jin added: "The sage said: If a scholar's thoughts can be upright and intelligent, he can become a god, and he will have the effect of calming the mind and exorcising evil spirits."
Chen Abu: "..."
Chen Lishi: "..."
Chen Min: "..." Is what Chen Jin said human language? Why do I become more and more confused the more I listen to it? I can't understand it at all in the clouds and fog.
It's too mysterious.
Chen Jin coughed dryly: "The matter has passed. You must remember that you cannot worship gods indiscriminately, and you should not make wishes indiscriminately, especially those so-called gods with unknown origins. Otherwise, you may cause disaster."
Chen Abu said "Oh" and came back to his senses: "Then go to the ancestral hall to burn incense and worship, is there anything you want?"
"That's no problem. The establishment of the ancestral hall is approved by the court's etiquette. And the ancestors worshiped in it are the ancestors of the family. The ancestor gods can be blessed by incense and have divine aura, thus bestowing ancestral shade."
Chen Jin didn't say something clearly.
On the one hand, it is a prerequisite for ancestors to become gods; on the other hand, even if there is ancestor's shadow, it will not be obtained easily.
It’s boring to say this.
In the lives of rural people, they all need faith and sustenance.
"Uncle, aunt, I'm here today to deliver meat."
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Chen Jin changed the topic and raised the prey in his hands: a golden pheasant and a plump hare.
This time, he didn't kill them cleanly, but with the feathers on them. You can see that the necks of the pheasants and hares were bitten.
Chen Li's attention was immediately attracted and she asked in surprise: "Ajin, have you caught another prey?"
Chen Jin smiled and said: "I didn't catch it, it was hunted by Wangcai. This dog is very good at catching things. I can bite several of them during a trip into the mountains."
Hearing this, Chen and Abu were not suspicious. Hunters in the countryside will keep hounds. Whenever they go up the mountain, they take the hounds with them. They are well-trained, fierce and powerful, and can be of great help.
Although Wangcai doesn't look like a hound, he is extremely smart and clever. This is evident from the kowtow and water-filling action performed last time.
Such a dog can hunt, of course.
Chen Jin said: "From now on, our family will not have to worry about meat."
When she heard the word "our family", Mrs. Chen Li was elated and overjoyed.
Although it is said that the people who rely on the mountains are the ones who can really afford it, that is, the few hunters in the countryside, or the squire and landowners who own a large amount of land.
Ordinary villagers just go up the mountain to collect firewood, collect some mushrooms and herbs, and if they are lucky, they can dig out bird's nests. Not many people can actually catch wild game.
So it is simply impossible to eat meat regularly.
It's fine now. Chen Jin has a lot of money to spend, so he can just sit in the house and wait for the meat to be delivered to his door.
It's so comfortable.
Chen Abu hurriedly said: "Ajin, if you have meat, just keep it for yourself."
"How can I eat so much? Besides, my aunt is pregnant and needs to replenish her health."
"Master, Ah Jin has said so. Come and help me quickly. Kill the chickens and rabbits and leave Ah Jin for lunch."
"Okay."
Chen Abu stopped talking and came to work with a smile.
I thought to myself that it was probably the blessing of my ancestors that had manifested itself. From this point of view, I believe that it won't be long before my nephew will become famous.
At noon, more news about Daxian'an came from the countryside. People actually unearthed the corpses of several children in the back hall. They were unrecognizable and were very shocked.
Some elders recalled the inexplicable disappearance of some children in the village many years ago. At that time, they thought they were drowned or picked up by wild beasts, but now it seems that they were all killed by Chen Shenpo.
Such a discovery immediately aroused public outcry and anger.
Out of anger for the common people, the township head Chen Jiande ordered that Daxian Temple be burned to the ground with a fire.
(End of chapter)