Chapter 34 34: Immortal Sect Priest, Peach Wood Talisman
Writing poems for neighbors can make money, practice writing, win favors, and sharpen one's mind. It can be said to be a multi-purpose thing.
So Chen Jin said, "Why not do it?"
But I didn't expect that there were so many people when my uncle said there were "a lot of people".
Looking at the bustling crowd, everyone is holding a large stack of red paper in their hands. It will take several days to finish writing this?
Why is my market situation so good?
Then he said that last year, only twelve families came to ask scholars to write couplets.
He coughed dryly, called Chen Abu, and asked what was going on.
After asking, I found out the reason. It was the craze caused by the "talisman" written for Chen Min.
Chen Shenpo's "accidental" sudden death made Daxian'an's hidden sins discovered. People in Chen Zexiang were furious, denouncing and cursing each other, saying that they had been deceived.
Among them, Chen Abu also cursed and mentioned that his daughter Chen Min was almost killed by the so-called "immortal's dream". Fortunately, she was protected by an amulet and escaped.
Others were surprised to hear it and asked which amulet it was from.
Chen Abu was very proud to say that it was painted by Chen Jin.
After hearing this, most people didn't believe it, and many people refuted it on the spot and sneered.
As a scholar, Chen Jin can read and write, but drawing amulets, isn't that nonsense?
However, Chen Abu plausibly used Chen Jin's theory that "a smart and upright person can become a god".
Although he was illiterate, he had a good memory and remembered what Chen Jin said.
The contents of these theories are mysterious and mysterious, but they are clear-cut. Everyone is confused when they hear them, but if they think about it carefully, they actually make some sense.
Someone else asked Chen Mingcheng, the old school teacher, to see if this was the case.
Chen Mingcheng thought about it for a while and replied, "There are indeed similar words and expressions in the books of sages."
In Chen Zexiang, the old school teacher has taught and educated people for many years and has a certain prestige. His words were equivalent to an endorsement for Chen Jin.
At this time, the villagers began to be dubious.
In daily life, what villagers in the countryside like to talk about most are these mysterious stories.
Now it is passed down from one person to another, and after a period of fermentation, the saying that the characters written by Chen Jin can control the house and exorcise evil spirits has become a hot topic.
It’s not that everyone believes it, but they have a mentality of “I’d rather believe something exists than something that doesn’t exist.” Anyway, people have to write couplets with the word “blessing” during the Chinese New Year. I asked Chen Jin to write it. No matter how I looked at it, I couldn’t do it. deficit.
So there was a rush, whether it was following the trend or joining in the fun, so many people came all of a sudden.
Such a battle was unexpected even by Chen Abu.
However, the more people there were, the more it meant that his nephew was popular, respectable and honored, and the idea came to him to take advantage of this opportunity to help Chen Jin become famous.
You must know that reputation is very important to scholars.
Chen Jin: "..."
After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, he was noncommittal and was thinking about how to write so many pairs in batches.
I heard someone shouting: "The Taoist priest from Yunshan Temple has arrived in the countryside. Everyone, hurry up. If you are slow, you won't be able to grab the magic talisman."
With this shout, the crowd dispersed with a roar, and receded like a tide.
The originally crowded courtyard quickly became deserted.
When Chen Min saw this, he couldn't help but look happy, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, brother doesn't have to write so many words, and I don't have to grind so much ink."
But no matter how many people there were, Chen Jin always had a calm attitude and immediately began to write a couplets for the remaining people.
At noon, the neighbor Uncle Chen ran over excitedly, holding a piece of something tightly in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "I grabbed it, I grabbed the magic talisman. Abu, why don't you go? This is a treasure." Chen Abu looked at it He glanced at Chen Jin and replied: "I'm busy and too lazy to join in the fun. Besides, I already have Ah Jin's couplets and blessing characters at home, so there's no need to hang up the charms."
Uncle Chen held up the talisman in a showy manner: "The Spring Festival couplets with the character "Fu" and the talisman are different."
At this time, Chen Jin had already finished writing the couplets for others and was waiting for lunch. He looked up and recognized it. It turned out to be a peach charm. He couldn't help but frown: "Is this the magic charm?"
Uncle Chen said proudly: "Yes, this is a talisman from Yunshan Temple. It was consecrated by the Taoist priest and hung at the door. It can keep the home safe for a year. It is very effective. I ran fast and got it now."
"Can you show me?"
"Okay."
Uncle Chen hesitated for a moment and handed it over.
Chen Jin took it and looked at it again, and saw only a few strokes drawn on the front of the peach charm. The lines were random and rough.
As for the material of the peach charm, it is just an ordinary piece of peach wood.
Cut down a peach tree and use the trunk wood to make hundreds of pieces.
Was it consecrated by the Taoist Priest?
It lacks any divine aura and is just a piece of wood, which is too ugly to be used as a decoration.
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He immediately frowned and asked, "Did the Taoist Priest give you this Taoist Talisman?"
"Send?"
Uncle Chen shouted: "How is it possible? It's a full five hundred cents a piece. Last year it was four hundred. The price has increased this year and it is said that it will increase next year. Even so, I had a hard time grabbing it."
Chen Jin raised his eyebrows and turned to ask Chen Abu: "Uncle, does the Taoist priest often come to the countryside to sell things? Why don't I remember this?"
Chen Abu explained: "How could we afford something worth a few hundred cents in the past? And when the Taoist priest went to the countryside, you were not there. Even if you were there, you could not talk at all at that time. I won’t join in the fun.”
Chen Jin suddenly realized.
Scholars in the past were indeed quite resistant to these sacred things. Apart from going to the ancestral hall to worship ancestors and gods, they rarely participated in other activities and only focused on reading books by sages.
To make a wish before participating in the Boy's Examination, one must go to the Confucian Temple, not any other temple.
Chen Abu introduced again: "This Yunshan Temple is a grand temple of immortals with a radius of hundreds of miles. It is built on Yunshan Mountain. The Taoist priests inside all have extraordinary magical powers and are very powerful. They can cast down demons and eliminate them, and they can fly to the sky and escape from the earth. .”
Chen Jin: "...Uncle, who did you listen to?"
"Everyone says so. By the way, the household god of the village chief's family spent a lot of money to have the Taoist priest of Yunshan Temple consecrate him. That night, the Taoist priest was also invited to the banquet. I wonder if you saw it. .”
"I didn't see it. I went home after eating. Xiao Min gave it to me."
Chen Abu smacked his lips: "That's a pity."
"No regrets."
Chen Jin picked up the peach charm and said, "It's just a piece of rotten wood used as firewood. What's its use?"
Chen Abu was stunned.
The buyer, Uncle Chen, was even more unconvinced and wanted to refute it.
Then I heard a cold voice from outside: "It's just rotten wood? What an arrogant scholar, how dare you speak nonsense and slander our immortal sect."
Following the sound, several people filed in.
The leader was a man of short stature, wearing a crescent crown on his head, a Bagua Taoist robe, and holding a whisk in his hand, looking like a Taoist master.
It's just that his face is fat and greasy, which is obviously because he eats too much meat and wine and is not good at refining Qi.
Seeing them coming in, Chen Abu's expression changed drastically: A Jin said something wrong and offended the Taoist priest of the Immortal Sect. What should we do now?
(End of chapter)