Taboos in the Underworld: Starting from being paid a lot of money to beg for a child

Early the next morning, I got up when the rooster crows. The wizard father told me to get up early to do morning lessons.

But I have no idea what to do.

Fortunately, the wizard's door was open and the lights were on.

Tiedan was lying on the gate of the ancestral hall. When he saw me, he quickly stood up and waggled his tail crazily. He seemed very happy, but he just couldn't come over.

I crossed the yard and walked to the door of the wizard's father. I saw the wizard's father standing in front of a desk and looking at something painted on it.

I knocked on the door and called Wizard Father in a low voice.

He didn't look back and ignored me.

I didn't dare to disturb him anymore, so I turned around and walked to the yard and sat on a stone bench, breathing in the fresh mountain air. Although it was a bit cool, it was extremely comfortable.

It’s been a long time since I woke up so early. It turns out that the morning air is so refreshing.

After a while, the wizard father still didn't come out, but Aunt Huang did. I quickly stood up and said hello to her:

"Aunt Huang, good morning."

Aunt Huang still had a kind smile on her face. She walked up to me, then turned to look at the wizard father in the room, and asked doubtfully:

"What? The apprenticeship ceremony didn't go well?"

I said a little strangely:

"No, it went very well. The wizard father even asked me to get up and do morning lessons."

Aunt Huang smiled, shook her head and said, "Then you still call me Aunt Huang?"

I suddenly realized it and said quickly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Master Wife!"

"Well, that's right. We will be a family from now on. You don't need to be so formal. Your master has a weird temper, but he is a very nice person. It is an opportunity for you to become your master. You should treat him well in the future. Learn the Tao." The master's wife bent over and opened the faucet not far from the stone table, and filled most of the bucket of water.

As I said thank you to my wife, I walked over and picked up the half bucket of water.

The mistress smiled and said:

"Thank you, help me carry it to the kitchen."

This was my first time entering the kitchen. It looked like a village kitchen, with an earthen stove with ceramic tiles, a sideboard with wooden shelves, an unpainted Eight Immortals table, and a large plastic bucket with the water in it bottomed out. .

"Pour it in, and I'll heat some hot water." The master's wife said as she started to light a fire in front of the earthen stove.

I poured the bucket of water into the big bucket and asked:

"Master Wife, why don't you use gas? It's much more convenient."

The master’s wife laughed and said:

"Although gas is convenient, others are not willing to send it so far. Your master and I are too old to go out to fight the gas and come back. Besides, it would be a pity not to use firewood all over the mountains and fields."

I yelled, walked out of the kitchen and continued to fill the big plastic bucket with water.

I feel a little strange why I turn on the faucet in the kitchen. This is how I used to fill water when I was a kid.

But in what age is it now, it is much more convenient to just press the tap to enter the kitchen.

I was thinking about buying some water pipes and faucets when I had time, and running a faucet into the kitchen so that I wouldn’t have to carry water in buckets like this.

When I filled the plastic bucket more than half with water, the wizard father came out of the room.

In his right hand he held a wooden sword about a foot long, and in his left hand he held several white talismans.

He looked at me who was collecting water and said, "Don't do that yet, come to the ancestral hall with me."

I turned off the faucet and walked towards the ancestral hall.

Tiedan's tail waggled even more happily when he saw the wizard father, but he still didn't walk towards the wizard father, but stood still.

This made me feel very puzzled. This iron egg was also strange. Seeing that his master did not rush to welcome him, he stood motionless on the spot.

"Okay, Tiedan, thank you for your hard work, let's go play."

The wizard father opened the door of the ancestral hall as he spoke.

After hearing what the wizard father said, I became even more confused. Is this iron egg guarding the ancestral hall?

As soon as doubts came into my mind, Tiedan told me with its actual actions that it was really guarding the ancestral hall.

Because as soon as the wizard father finished speaking, Tiedan barked twice and left the place where it had been standing, swaying and running towards the kitchen.

It wasn't until Tiedan entered the kitchen that I turned around and walked into the ancestral hall.

The wizard father stood in front of the tribute platform and lit incense. After I walked over, the wizard father handed three sticks of incense into my hand and said:

"Every morning when I live in the Taoist temple from now on, I will come to offer incense to Master as soon as I get up and wash up. You are the youngest generation now, and this matter will be left to you from now on."

"Okay, Master."

I took the incense respectfully, followed Master's example and bowed deeply three times at the altar, and then put the incense in the incense burner with both hands.

Looking at it, I was a little shocked that the red paper figure was still holding the bowl and was posted on the tribute platform.

It has been a night and it has not fallen off. This makes it difficult for me to believe that this paper man is really just a piece of paper.

Just as I was about to ask a question, the wizard father said, "Go and turn on the light and close the door."

After closing the door and turning on the light, I returned to the tribute platform. The wizard father said: "Stand aside and watch, don't make a sound."

I stood aside and looked at the wizard father strangely, not knowing what he was going to do.

The wizard father first drew a few hand spells on the porcelain bowl touched by the paper man, then picked up the white talisman papers he had just brought in from the tribute platform and threw them on the ground to the right of the tribute platform. He carefully grabbed a little bit of incense ash from the incense burner and threw it towards the paper man.

The moment the wizard father finished scattering the incense ashes, he reached out and picked up the wooden sword on the tribute platform.

When the incense ashes just came into contact with the paper man and the porcelain bowl, the paper man's hands seemed to have been suddenly relieved of their strength, and they let go of the porcelain bowl they had been holding.

There was a harsh sound, and the porcelain bowl fell to the cement floor and broke into pieces.

The moment the porcelain bowl broke, the wizard father suddenly waved the wooden sword in his hand. The wooden sword brought out a cry and directly cut off the slightly drooped head of the paper man.

Watching the paper man's head slowly fall to the ground, I couldn't help but admire the wizard father's proficiency in playing with the wooden sword, because although the paper man's head was not tightly attached to the altar, it was still far away from the altar. It's less than a centimeter.

However, with this swing of the wizard's sword, he was able to cut off the paper man's head without touching the tribute platform.

I thought the wizard father was showing me this. Before I could applaud, I saw something strange slowly appearing on the right side of the tribute platform where the wizard father had just thrown a few white talismans.

A gust of wind first blew up at that location, moving the talisman paper slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a transparent human-shaped thing began to slowly condense.

Just a few seconds.

The human-shaped thing went from opaque to translucent, and slowly condensed into an entity.

An entity that makes my heart surge so much! ! !

The entity sat on the ground with its legs stretched out, its back facing me and its side facing the wizard father.

He raised his hand slightly and put it next to his face, looking very panicked.

This is really a strange sight in broad daylight! ! ! !

After the monster came out, it slowly turned its head. When I saw its appearance clearly, I couldn't help but said in shock: "Fuck!"

Because that trick is Yu Man!

Either the scary Yu Man, or the normal Yu Man.

Although her face is extremely pale, her facial features are still very delicate, and her figure is no different from Yu Man.

Its panicked look even makes people feel a little pitiful.

It didn't look at the wizard father and then at me. Its eyes didn't stay too long, but turned to look at the environment of the ancestral hall.

She looked around, with no emotion in her eyes, and she didn't seem to take me and the wizard father seriously.

This makes me feel very unhappy. This trick has made me so embarrassed, but it doesn't apologize at all, and even ignores me?

I used to be afraid of him, but now I'm not afraid of him because the wizard father is right next to me.

I hated it so much, but the wizard father wouldn't let me speak. I just couldn't help but said a bad word, and the wizard father already glared at me.

If you say it now, he will probably be very unhappy.

I clenched my fists in my hands and stared at the guy named Yu Man.

The wizard father turned to look at me and slowly took out a medium-sized wooden sign from his pocket.

He drew several hand spells on the wooden sign, walked to Yu Man in two steps, took out a yellow charm from his pocket, and gently patted Yu Man who was still looking around.