Yanshan Records

Di Jie got up early in the morning, found a piece of wood and began to measure the size and repair the stool.

His carpentry skills were taught by Mr. Ban. Mr. Ban was originally born in a family of carpenters. Later, he came to Rongzhen with his master. The ancestral craftsmanship has not been lost, but after teaching apprentices, Mr. Ban himself gradually fell into disrepair.Therefore, Di Xie can be said to be the best carpenter among Taoist priests, and the best carpenter among carpenters to exorcise ghosts and demons.

Monk Du'e said that he would get up early and go down the mountain, and he would be too hot to go down the mountain after the sun fully rises, but he said hello to Di Chie, and saw him sawing wood in the open space, and after a while, a stool leg was shattered. With the prototype, I watched it with relish and forgot to leave.It was three poles high in the sun, and the sun made his bald head shiny and hot. He came back to his senses, and went down the mountain chanting Amitabha Buddha.

The stool was repaired without much effort, and Di Jie set up a ladder to repair the roof, and his movements were skillful and methodical.When it was time for dinner, Gu Su called him from under the eaves, and he answered, covered the last tile, and went down the ladder.

During the meal, Di Jie kept thinking, Gu Su couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Di Xie frowned: "I woke up this morning and seemed to remember something, it seems to be these years... When I was wandering outside, was it with a group of construction workers?"

Hearing that the senior brother said that he had memories of those things, Gu Su nodded quickly: "Yes, I found you at a construction site. The one who took you in was called the contractor, and there was another brother Guo who rescued you. You, and have been leading you around since then."

"No wonder, I said that I can do the masonry work so smoothly." Di Chie nodded, but immediately frowned, "Hmm... how about pretty?"

"Ah!" Gu Su could barely hold the bowl in his hand. Although he had been vaguely aware that something was wrong, he just couldn't remember what it was, and he only remembered it when Di Jie mentioned it!What about pretty?

"Wait... I seem to have some impressions in my mind." Di Chie put down his chopsticks, pressed his nose and thought hard, and suddenly said, "I remembered! A Taoist priest was invited to perform rituals on the construction site. Later, the Taoist priest passed by and saw Man Ah playing on the construction site, so he cast a spell and left Man Ah there."

Gu Su: "You mean..."

Di Que nodded sadly: "Yes, Man Ah Ta should still be moving bricks on the construction site."

Gu Su: "..."

"It's okay, let's eat. I'll pick it up when I'm free." Di Jie said and looked at Fu Zongming, "When does Mr. Fu plan to leave?"

Fu Zongming glanced at Gu Su, and said without emotion: "It's only been two days."

Gu Su was silent for a moment, then said: "Senior brother, I may have to go with him."

The hand holding the vegetable paused, then continued to pick up the vegetable heart, put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it carefully, and then Di Que asked, "Why?"

Gu Su took out the sealed letter that had been packed long ago, and pushed it in front of Di Chie: "This is the sealed letter of the Yang envoy. Master entrusted it to me temporarily when you were away. Now that you come back, I should return it to you."

"Put this thing aside for now, where are you going?" Di Chai's slender eyebrows were about to stand upside down. Master once said that if Xiao Su could leave the town in this life, she would not leave the town.I didn't say anything before I left the town to find him. After all, I came back safely, didn't I?But when Xiao Su said that he would leave again, Di Chi felt uneasy.

"Yan Wang asked me to find a lost coin for him. I promised him that it was the last thing I would do for him. Old man Zhou who stole the money was one of the tomb robbers when your accident happened. That money should be in the hands of his son." Gu Su was optimistic about this, "Since we know who has it, it shouldn't be long, and we'll be back soon, brother, you don't have to worry."

"Then I'll go, you stay and take care of Master." Di Chie put down all the bowls and chopsticks.

Gu Su was very puzzled: "But I have already promised Hades, can seniors not trust me? I can already take good care of both Master and myself, and I can also do some things, which are just within my power."

Di Chi shook his head: "It's not that I can't trust you, I just can't trust... that one."

The task of recovering the money is indeed not difficult, but the underworld god who is closely related to Shizong has too many strange things, so he has to think about the bad side.Therefore, it is right to keep a distance from God. Occasionally seeing miracles, one can become the most faithful believer with great gratitude. Ignorance of God is the greatest support for faith.

Master Ban just sat on the table and ate quietly. He may not know that his two apprentices have returned. In his world, sometimes he sees Di Chi, sometimes Gu Su, and sometimes he doesn’t recognize anyone. The ears are good and bad, but for Yu Di and Gu Su, this kind of reunion is extremely important.

Although Di Xie didn't know why the master said that, there must be his reasons. He didn't want the three of them, the master and the apprentice, to be separated when they got together.

Although, if this is the case in the world, it is out of ten.

"If senior brother believes in me, then let me go." Gu Su smiled, and put a piece of meat into the bowl, "I am familiar with the ghost messengers of the underworld, and they will help me if there is anything I need. If anything happens, you can definitely save me; but if something happens to you, I'm a fool, if I don't be stupid on the spot, it's my ability."

Di Chie wanted to say something, but was stopped by Gu Su, his eyes were burning, and he said firmly: "Brother, I believe in you."

So far, what else can he say?Di Xi picked up his rice bowl and ate in silence.Fu Zongming was listening to their senior brothers talking, the intimacy among them made people jealous, and he clearly understood that the relationship between them was just brotherhood.Those who are brothers and brothers are purely for the sake of each other, which may not be the case for true blood brothers, and it is not empty words to feel like brothers and sisters.

Gu Su said: "Let's go to the town in the afternoon, take Master, and take pictures of him. I was thinking about this two days ago. Those portraits are burnt and cannot be saved. The photos are different. As long as there are negatives, Even if the photo is burnt, it can be redeveloped.”

He was laughing there, but Di Xi couldn't laugh.

Only when he is very concerned, he will think about that matter, but he has been silent, Di Xie suddenly becomes melancholy, the younger brother will hide things... During the years he was away, how many things have been hidden in the younger brother's heart? ?

It is very difficult to take photos with Mr. Ban. He will make troubles one time and another, and he refuses to go down the mountain.In the end, Fu Zongming acted as a guest and invited Master Ban to go down the mountain to do a ritual, and then Master Ban went to change into the cassock.After finally coaxing him down the mountain, seeing that the direction he was going was facing a photo studio, Mr. Ban suddenly became shrewd and realized that he had been fooled, so he grabbed the glass door and refused to enter the photo studio.

Di Chie pulled it a few times and couldn't do it, he was a little annoyed, and said: "Master, you will also be hung in the main hall in the future to be worshiped by disciples and grandchildren. Are you still a descendant of the real sect?"

Ban Ye let go of the hand holding the glass door suddenly: "I'm not you, am I?"

Di Jieding didn't care if he was the heir of Shizong: "If you are you, go in and take a photo for someone, and I will hang it on the highest place for you."

After trying to persuade people to go in, the photographer smiled a little stiffly: "Please old man, please smile."

Grandpa Ban has an old face, it's not that he looks like it, but that the people around him owe him a lot of money.Di Chi stood aside with his arms folded: "Don't worry about it, just shoot like this."

It will take a while to pick up the photos. Di Xie supported Master Ban to make room for the people who came later, but he saw Gu Su staring at the exhibition area in the photo studio in the hall, and Fu Zongming looked at him with soft eyes .

There are many family portraits in the place where his eyes are looking. Men, women, young and old are crowded in one photo, and they all feel lively and complete.

Gu Su looked back at Di Chie, his eyes sparkling: "Brother, let's take a family portrait."

Di Chi's throat was choked, and Fu Zongming had already said first, "Take as many pictures as you want."

Gu Su was a little embarrassed: "One is enough."

Without any preparation, everyone agreed with this sudden idea and directly took a simple group photo.Banye sat in the middle, Gu Su stood behind Banye, Di Xie and Fu Zongming stood on the left and right, none of the four showed any major expressions, but their faces seemed obviously happy, and even Banye didn't know why they were slightly The corners of his mouth curled up.

Gu Su liked this photo so much that he asked the photographer to wash a four-inch one and put it in his wallet specially.

I don't know what Di Chi went to say to Yinhe Princess, but Yinhe Princess came to apologize with shame on her face, although no one blamed her.Hearing that Gu Su was going to leave again, she took out a few night pearls to make money for him, and Di Chie was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly, telling her to take them back.Those luminous pearls were obviously much better than those embedded in the wall, he made a bold assumption - they should be buried with Yinhe in the coffin.

When Fu Zongming picked up his car and was about to leave Rong Town, he was surprised. After staying here for so many days, his car was not dirty at all.

The old man watching the car proudly patted his chest: "Naturally there must be a reason for charging for parking. Although my parking lot is not big, I can guarantee that the customers who come and go see their cars are clean!"

Fu Zongming paid the money gratefully, and stuffed a little more while the uncle was not paying attention.Driving to the entrance of the town, Gu Su was saying goodbye to Weifeng, Weiwu and Rhubarb. He planned to leave Rhubarb in Rongzhen.

Dogs should not be able to understand human words. They might be able to perceive the owner's emotions and recognize the owner's expression, but Gu Su said goodbye to them with a smile. They still wagged their tails excitedly as if they wanted him to play together.It wasn't until Gu Su got into the car and started that the three dogs reacted and started to chase after him with their paws.

They chased for a few hundred meters, and turned back with their tails drooping under Di Xie's call.Gu Su looked awkwardly sideways from the passenger seat through the rear window, and sat down when he disappeared completely.

"Reluctance?" Fu Zongming said the words, and immediately realized that he was asking questions knowingly.

Gu Su also responded generously and calmly: "Yes."

Fu Zongming considered it for a while before asking: "You and I are going back to find money? Is it the one we saw in the ghost market?"

Gu Su caught him that night, an old man and a young man had a secret deal, and the golden thing he saw should be what they called money.

"Well, that's it."

"Does the underworld value gold so much? I don't think that money is particularly valuable." Fu Zongming was a little puzzled, it seemed that it was not as valuable as a piece of jewelry from Gu Xinming.

"It's not about the weight, it should have other meanings." Gu Su said, "I asked privately, and there was a judge who knew the origin of the money, and that judge was a subordinate of King Hades of Biedian, who was in charge of approving crimes. , The money was passed from him. Money is the emperor's reward to his courtiers, but the way of rewarding is a bit different. The emperor dropped the money on the high place, and the courtiers looted it from the bottom, and the official positions of those courtiers were not low. It’s so low that you don’t even have the qualifications to loot it.”

Fu Zongming couldn't help but said: "Unexpectedly, spreading coins is still a traditional activity."

"what?"

"It's nothing, go on."

Gu Su continued: "Back then, an amazingly talented high school champion, worshiped under the prime minister's door and became a prime minister's student. After being supported by the prime minister, he became a minister at a young age. It coincided with the Lantern Festival when he entered the palace and met the emperor. In high spirits, he played a game of tossing money, and even threw one at Shang Shulang. Shang Shulang thought he was humiliated, and planned a secret rebellion with all his heart, which made him successfully forced the palace. Although the rebels were captured by the prince who led the army to rescue him However, the emperor was frightened and died of palpitations within two days. The new emperor ascended the throne, cleared the upper and lower ranks, punished the rebellious officials and thieves, and killed many people. The street where the execution was carried out was from the street to the end. It is Shang Shulang, who wrote that coin until his death."

Fu Zongming was a little stunned when he heard that, he began to recall if such a thing happened at the previous company annual meeting, is there really such a person with such self-esteem?

But there are too many such things in this society. People with high positions will not completely care about other people's feelings. Maybe it is out of sincere help or rewards, but because they are used to high positions, they put on a high-ranking gesture of charity .Such a reward, for some people, is a more serious insult than scolding.

Most people choose to swallow their anger, and after many years, they can gradually understand themselves, convince themselves that it is out of good intentions, and then consciously let go.It is not uncommon for Shang Shulang to choose to spend the rest of his life taking revenge like this Shang Shulang.

What is right and what is wrong, this is something that others cannot judge, no one is involved, each has his own bottom line, how to put himself in the shoes of others?

But treason is a major case, involving many people, and countless people died because of it, which cannot be justified in any way.Fu Zongming asked: "Then did he go to hell?"

"No." Gu Su shook his head, "Shang Shulang is indeed extremely intelligent. He can memorize Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism classics backwards. He is not afraid of being detained by ghost guards in the underworld. He recites Buddhist scriptures so that ghost guards cannot use torture."

Fu Zongming suddenly considered whether to memorize a few Buddhist scriptures, just in case.He couldn't help but continue to ask: "Then what? How to solve this problem? Can he not be punished just because he has studied?"

"Of course there is a solution. If the guilty soul refuses to subdue the law, let him be reincarnated, forget the past, forget all the classics of the three religions, and then return him to the underworld. He will be sentenced according to the sentence." Gu Su said, "But they don't want to They will stay in the yang world for a long time, and some of them will be stillborn after reincarnation, and they can live for a few more years, but they will definitely not be very long."

Fu Zongming was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Tell me, am I also one of those ghosts from the underworld?"

Gu Su was a little serious: "Don't talk nonsense!"

But Fu Zongming smiled: "Even if it is, I won't go back to hell so easily. You are still in this world, and I won't go anywhere."

Gu Su stared at him closely, but he stared straight ahead, as if concentrating on driving, with a childish smile on his lips.

He said some inappropriate words, and he knew it quite well, but this sentence, he must say it to Gu Su.