Volume 1: Winds Rising From the Mountains and Swamps Chapter 72: Incense
The Hong family was once a wealthy family. Hong Banxian's name is Hong Zhang, his wife Ling comes from a scholarly family, and his family originally lived in Qin City.
When Hong Banxian was young, he was devoted to an official career, but he had no choice but to have the opportunity and could not force it. After more than ten years of sinking, when he woke up, his family was in ruins, and Ling was suffering from illness. He saw many doctors and spent countless money.
As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain falling, and illness goes away like a thread spinning. If a wealthy family suffers from this disease, they will take tonics such as ginseng and eat well, and the disease may get better. As for Hong Banxian, a scholar with no strength to tie a chicken, it was not easy to feed a family, let alone the addition of Ling, who had been ill for a long time! In addition, the lung disease itself was difficult to cure. Within a few years, Hong Banxian's family was in a situation where they could not untie the pot. The family had no choice but to sell their house in the city and come to this shantytown to buy a small yard to live in.
Hong Banxian had no choice but to tell people's fortunes at the city gate. In addition, there were a lot of coolies on the dock, and there was a weird problem that the doctor couldn't see, so Hong Banxian muttered a spell, and by chance, it worked once. Gradually, people familiar with him began to call Hong Zhang Hong Banxian. Hong Banxian was also happy with this, so he asked his wife to sew a cloth pole and hold it as a hexagram flag every day to attract business.
Hong Banxian himself is not bad in knowledge. In addition, he has wasted half his life. He understands human nature and is familiar with words and expressions. He earns a small amount of money every day to make a living for his family of three. You can also make a small fortune by meeting a generous customer by chance. It's just that the whole family is burdened by Ling's illness, and their lives are still difficult and difficult.
Tonight, I got an unprecedented ten taels of silver for removing fish bones. For Hong Banxian, it was already a windfall. Ten taels of silver is enough for a family to last for a year. If they live frugally, it can last for two years. Sometimes I feel happy and sometimes worried, just in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, he met Lin Yi and offered medicinal wine, which made Ling's condition improve after a long illness.
His gratitude to Lin Yi was beyond words, and Hong Banxian frequently invited him to raise a glass to express his gratitude.
Seeing that the other party was too drunk, Lin Yi reached out to dissuade him and changed the topic. He seemed to ask accidentally: "Mr. Hong's spell is very magical!"
Hong Banxian put down his wine glass, patted his cheek, and laughed at himself: "When I met Brother Lin, Hong lost his composure when he was so happy, haha!" As he said that, he stroked his beard again, showed a wry smile, and looked at Lin 1. After a long time, he sighed: "If I said that this spell was left by our ancestors, would you believe it?"
Lin Yi smiled and said, "Why don't you believe it?"
Hong Banxian slapped the table, stretched out his thumb at Lin Yi, and praised: "Brother Lin is indeed a disciple of a famous sect. He is loyal yet wise, young yet calm, and has good looks. He is definitely not a thing in the pool!"
Hong Banxian's three words are true to his profession. Qincheng is not far from Jiulong Mountain, so it is not surprising that he can see his identity. Lin Yi smiled and said nothing.
Unexpectedly, Hong Banxian stood up and left. After a while, he turned around and held a booklet in his hand. He put it in front of Lin Yi and said, "This is what my ancestors left. When I moved in the early years, I turned to this booklet." , but I didn’t believe it in my heart. Then I tried it once in a while, but it worked out occasionally, but it rarely worked, haha!
Lin Yi looked at the booklet in front of him. It was very thin, very old, and badly damaged. But on the silk book, the four characters 'Xuan Yuan Talisman' were clearly visible, which shocked him.
He looked up at Hong Banxian, but he didn't take it seriously and poured himself another glass of wine.
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate!"
Although he desperately wanted to open the book and see what happened, Lin Yi remained calm in his heart. After all, this is something left over from our ancestors.
"This is out of context, Brother Lin, please feel free to do whatever you want!" Hong Banxian waved his hand and told Lin Yi to do what he wanted.
Since the other party didn't mind, Lin Yi slowly opened the pages of the album. What is indeed recorded in it is "Xuanyuan Talisman", but it is written in ordinary characters, not ancient characters. There were only some mundane spells in it, and they were incomplete. The few thin pages were flipped through in a blink of an eye.
Lin Yi solemnly closed the silk book in his hand and asked: "Is the ancestor from Qincheng? Is this the only thing left?"
Hong Banxian shook his head and said: "My ancestor was from Siping County. According to rumors, my ancestor was a Taoist temple. Later, when the Taoist temple declined, my ancestor left Siping and settled here. This is the only thing left by our ancestors. By the way, that Taoist temple It seems to be called Xuanyuan Guan.”
Lin Yi nodded silently. When I first saw the four characters "Xuan Yuan Talisman", my heart was filled with uncertainty, and I guessed that the ancestor of Hong Banxian was related to Xuanyuan Temple. It has now been concluded that Hong Banxian is indeed a descendant of Xuanyuan Guan.
Lin Banxian was silent, but Hong Banxian had a good eye and asked hurriedly: "Brother Lin, is there any inconvenience?"
Lin Yi thought for a long time and then said: "When I was young, I met an expert of unknown origin. Thanks to his great love, I also received a copy of the 'Xuanyuan Talisman', so I have thought more about it."
"Oh——! Could it be that the masters Brother Lin met are also descendants of Xuanyuan Guan?" Hong Banxian also became interested.
"That should be the case!" Lin Yi also wanted to reveal his identity, but couldn't. It's not that he is wary of Hong Banxian. Could it be that he is the 21st disciple of Xuanyuan Guan, but now he is a horse-raising disciple of Tianlong Sect? How to explain this?
After thinking about it, I gave up. It was better to be vague, but I felt closer to Hong Banxian in my heart.
"I wonder if the talisman obtained by Brother Lin is consistent with this?" Hong Banxian himself did not believe in these ghosts and gods. But when you are down and out, this thing can make a living. It's just that the book is incomplete and the spells are incomplete, which makes him regretful. If he can complete the spells and try more, regardless of whether it is effective or not, at least he will have more ways to make money.
As for the authenticity of Lin Yi's words, Hong Banxian, who was slightly tipsy, didn't think much about it, and just thought that tonight was the time when his fortune turned.
The Xuanyuan Talisman was on Lin Yi, but it was difficult to take it out. Hong Banxian might not be able to recognize the ancient characters on it.
"Mr. Hong, how about I fill in the missing parts of your book?" Lin Yi said casually. He asked Hong Banxian to get paper and pen, dictate it himself, and he would write it down. In the Xuanyuan Talisman, all the things that can be used by the common people are copied.
"Haha, I don't know if these are useful, so I can only trouble Mr. Hong to try them one by one." Lin stopped dictating and saw Hong Banxian also stopped writing, so he said with a smile. Unknowingly, less than half an hour has passed.
Hong Banxian looked at the paper in his hand. There were many more hemostatic spells, cold spells, evil-proofing spells, bone-renewing spells, etc. than those left by his ancestors. If there is an effective one here, it would be worth a lot of money. From now on, The family situation will gradually improve accordingly. The young man in front of me is indeed the destined one! Otherwise, how could we have such a chance encounter and opportunity!
Thinking of this, Hong Banxian couldn't help but feel a little complacent. He looked at Lin Yi in front of him and liked him from the bottom of his heart.
"Where do brothers Lin live? Can they start a family? What do you think of our Tsuen'er family?" After Hong Banxian carefully put away the silk book, he couldn't hold back what he was thinking, so he blurted out while he was drunk.
Hearing Hong Banxian's last words, Lin Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "I am also from Siping County. My parents died young. I was recommended by a friend to become a disciple of the Tianlong Sect. I have not yet married."
"This is great! Brother Lin, you see, Quan'er is almost reaching her age..." Hong Banxian leaned towards Lin Yi with a look of concern on his face.
Lin looked embarrassed and felt like an awl was stuck under his butt. He hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Quan'er is fine... Quan'er is still young... I'm still young. We can discuss this matter later. It's getting late. Lin It’s time to go back.” He said and hurriedly stood up to leave.
Hong Banxian thought to himself, this young man is quite good. Only those who know etiquette know how to be ashamed! He didn't take it seriously, so he stood up to see us off, and said with a smile on his face: "Come to my house for dinner tomorrow! Let Quan'er cook some side dishes for you to try. Even though Quan'er is not old, she is hardworking both inside and outside the house. !”
"I have to go back to the mountain early tomorrow morning. I'll come to visit Mr. Hong later." Lin Yisheng was afraid that Hong Banxian would mention Quan'er again, so he waved his hand to stop him and left Hong Banxian's home as if he was running away.
Lin disappeared early in the morning, and Hong Banxian stood outside the house, still reluctant to turn back and enter the house.
"Dad, is Brother Lin gone?"
Knowing that his daughter was behind him, Hong Banxian nodded and said, "Brother Lin is gone. I don't know when he will come back!"
Sighing, Hong Banxian felt unwilling. This Brother Lin comes from a famous family and has an unlimited future. He is also kind-hearted and has a good nature. How great it would be if I could recruit him as my son-in-law!
But he didn't know that Quan'er behind him was staring into the distance with a pair of bright eyes...
It would be great if there really was a big brother...
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A good thought creates a cause and effect;
Leave a bit of incense and spread blessings for several generations!
Although happiness and sorrow take different paths, where are the causes and effects? The people and things you encounter accidentally may seem accidental, but they may be determined somehow!
Whose cause, whose effect?
I am walking alone in this troubled world, and I am still persistent. There is no need to be persistent, so why should I be persistent!
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ps: The three chapters of accident, cause and effect, and incense seem a bit nonsense, I'm afraid it will bore people. It was a small episode that passed in the blink of an eye. Similar things may have happened to you and me, but no one paid attention.
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