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

(Liu Xiaodao, also known as Liu Die in the text, his real name is not convenient to reveal, so we will call him Liu Xiaodao.)

At eight o'clock in the evening, in a bachelor's apartment, Liu Xiaodao, who had just finished a soul-sending ceremony, was hurriedly packing the cloth bag he used for his outing, and said: "The soul has been sent away, you can have a good sleep in the future." I feel sleepy, but I want to remind you that there are no shortcuts in life, and crooked ways will not make you live a better life, but will destroy you inadvertently."

"Well, thank you, Master Xiao Liu. You have been busy for so long. Let me treat you to a supper." The person who answered was a young female host.

Liu Xiaodao looked at the watch on his wrist, shook his head and said: "You're welcome, it's too late, I have something to do, so I'll leave first. I'll give you the whole fee, two thousand, you pay one thousand first, After a month, when you no longer have this problem, just give me the balance, and I will send the bank card number to your mobile phone later."

He didn't eat dinner. He was actually quite hungry. Under normal circumstances, he might have agreed. It's just that today is the last day of his friend Liu Dian in the underworld.

The female victim took out a thousand yuan, handed it to Liu Xiaodao and said, "Thank you."

Liu Xiaodao took the money, put it into his pocket, said goodbye, and left the victim's house.

On the way back by car, Liu Xiaodao felt empty. He kept thinking about Liu Die. As a person selected by the underworld, he was almost dismissed by the underworld. Although Liu Die didn't care about this on the surface, in Liu Xiaodao's own opinion, this was a bit unfair. He was even thinking about whether he should do something for Liu Die at the last moment.

However, he also knew very well that even though he was a Taoist, he could not interfere in the affairs of the underworld.

"Beep, beep, beep...!" On a one-way, two-lane road in the suburbs, Liu Xiaodao got distracted while driving. The car behind him honked his horn frantically, signaling that he should hurry up. Click, or move to the side, don't walk in the middle of the road.

Liu Xiaodao put aside those messy thoughts, stepped on the accelerator and moved the car to the right lane.

Even though Liu Xiaodao sped up, the car behind him still passed him with a bang. When he passed him, there was a woman in the back seat of the car who opened the window and shouted to Liu Xiaodao: "Duelei Loumu" ."

"Your sister, are you rushing to be reincarnated?" Liu Mang replied loudly, and followed after stepping on the accelerator.

The speed of the car in front was getting faster and faster, and it was almost over 80 on this narrow road.

Liu Xiaodao released his foot on the accelerator and said, "Forget it, I want my life if you don't want it." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the car that had already moved dozens of meters away from him suddenly threw a round body from the back seat. thing.

After taking a closer look at the round thing, it was still moving after it landed on the ground.

"Holy shit!" Liu Xiaodao cursed in his heart. The one they threw out was either a cat or a dog. How could that thing survive at such a fast speed?

Liu Xiaodao quickly pulled over and stopped the car, and quickly ran towards the little animal that was thrown out of the car.

It was a small poodle. The place where it landed was a pile of rubble. The inertia carried it more than ten meters away. It was covered in blood and was already dying.

Liu Xiaodao quickly took off his clothes, put the puppy on it, then wrapped it up and got into the car, driving quickly towards a small pet hospital outside his community.

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening, and the small pet hospital had already finished get off work. Liu Xiaodao, holding the puppy in his hand, anxiously dialed the contact number outside the store.

"Hello? Doctor Wang? My puppy is injured and the situation is very dangerous. I am at the door of your store now. Can you come over and help me?" Liu Xiaodao said anxiously.

"I'm Dr. Wang, but we're off work now. Why don't you bring me here for a checkup tomorrow?" Dr. Wang on the other end of the phone said lightly.

Liu Xiaodao said quickly: "No, no, no, it will be late tomorrow, so please come over and help take a look."

"There is an additional fee for visiting a doctor at night. Can you afford it?" Dr. Wang still said unhurriedly.

Liu Xiaodao said simply: "I can afford it. Come over now."

There was silence for a moment and he said, "Okay, in addition to the medical fees, there will be an additional two hundred additional consultation fees."

"Okay, come here quickly. How long will it take?" Liu Xiaodao asked.

"I live in the community and will be there in ten minutes."

"Well, hurry up a little bit."

Liu Xiaodao hung up the phone and looked at the twitching puppy. Its belly had been scratched by sharp stones, and the intestines inside could even be vaguely seen. He was extremely anxious and didn't know what to do.

After waiting for more than ten excruciating minutes, the doctor arrived. He didn't look nervous at all. He opened the door of the pet hospital without even looking at the puppy. As he opened the door, he said, "I was eating when I was attacked by you." I’ve called you over, put the puppy on the table first, and I’ll wash my hands.”

Liu Xiaodao held his breath and slowly put the puppy on the table. After waiting for a minute, the doctor still didn't come out.

"Doctor Wang, can you hurry up?" Liu Xiaodao said coldly, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart. In his opinion, maybe if you treat it one minute earlier, you can save something. If you treat it one minute later, maybe something will be saved. The best time for treatment is missed.

After hearing Liu Xiaodao's urging, the doctor hurriedly walked out. As soon as he came out, he looked around the puppy and said, "The injury is too serious. It may cost a lot of money to treat. First of all, I need to have a major operation. Many wounds need to be cleaned and sutured. I can’t save me much. You brought me here too late..."

"Doctor, just hurry up and do it. Don't think about the cost." Liu Xiaodao said through gritted teeth. There was one thing he didn't say, that is, if you hurry up, the situation might be different again.

The doctor nodded, "I'll help him position his internal organs first, then clean and sew the wound, give him a few injections of medicine, and..."

"Okay, stop talking so much and do your best." Liu Xiaodao interrupted the doctor directly.

The doctor nodded, opened a small box and said, "The initial cost is about one thousand and two thousand, and I can't guarantee whether it can be saved."

Liu Xiaodao said: "Well, as long as you try your best, it will be up to you whether you can survive or not."

Seeing that he had no objection to the price, Yi Yi started to perform the surgery wholeheartedly. Liu Xiaodao walked out of the hospital and paced outside. On the one hand, he wanted to go home early to see Liu Die, but on the other hand, he was worried about the puppy.

An hour later, the doctor came out and said, "It's been bandaged. You can take it back for observation overnight. If you can still breathe after tonight, there is still hope."

Liu Xiaodao nodded and took the initiative to count one thousand and two and handed it to the doctor. The doctor said that he still needed two hundred for the consultation fee, so Liu Xiaodao gave him another two hundred. I also bought a pet box there to hold the puppy.

When I got home, it was already eleven o'clock. Liu Diao did not go out for a walk tonight, but sat on the sofa watching TV and waiting for Liu Xiaodao to come back.

After Liu Xiaodao came back, he put the puppy down, looked at Liu Dian who looked reluctant to let go, and said, "What? You can't let me go?"

Liu Diao chuckled and said, "Brother Liu, is there a dog in the box?"

Liu Xiaodao bitterly told those people about losing their dogs.

Liu Die made a sound, looked at Liu Xiaodao and said, "Brother Liu, I will leave when I am pregnant. I will be reincarnated on time when I am born. When I am ugly, I will go and say goodbye to them."

Liu Xiaodao chuckled, "Actually, you are quite looking forward to it, I know that."

"I have some expectations. I want the ninth reincarnation to be over soon. There is one more thing I haven't told you."

"what's up?"

"I have seen my last nine reincarnation experiences. The first three lives were all beasts, and the next six lives were all alone."

"That's not exactly what you want. You are the only one in Yu Bingqing's destiny, so your ninth reincarnation should be like this."

"Yes, I'm not complaining. I just lack the courage to reincarnate in this ninth life. I don't know what will happen in the next two catastrophes. Brother Liu, do you think the underworld is reliable? I'm afraid of the ninth life. Something unexpected happened before reincarnation was over.”

"Underworld should be reliable. You have already experienced it once, so don't think too much. Now that you have made your choice, go on bravely." Liu Xiaodao comforted Liu Die, who lacked courage, and said something from his heart. , if it were Liu Xiaodao himself, he would also be worried, not because he didn't have the courage to face it, but because he was afraid of losing the relationship that would take several centuries.

Liu Diao nodded and said, "I know all this, but..."

"Boom...boom!" Before Liu Die could finish his words, the puppy in the pet box suddenly started to move.

Liu Xiaodao felt that he got up and went over to look. The puppy just barked twice in pain, and then there was no movement at all, not even breathing.

"Alas, it can't be saved. Its time has come and its soul has come out. It is greeting you and thanking you." Liu Dian shook his head and sighed.

Liu Xiaodao nodded, "Everyone has his or her own destiny, and so does the dog. Let me help it perform a small ritual to save itself."

Liu Xiaodao invited a stick of incense to help the puppy perform a ritual of salvation. This ritual was very simple and only took three minutes.

After sending away the puppy's soul, Liu Dian joked: "Brother Liu, I'm leaving soon. Alas, I will be a beast in the next life. I hope it won't be as miserable as this dog, being thrown to death."

Liu Xiaodao frowned and said, "Well, there is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever. I can only wish you good luck."

"Well, Brother Liu, it's nice to meet you. After this separation, we may never see you again..."

"Wait a minute, Brother Liu, I suddenly thought of a way." Liu Xiaodao laughed and pointed at the pet box.

Liu Diao looked at the pet box in confusion, was stunned for a while, and then burst into laughter.

"When will you be reincarnated?" Liu Xiaodao looked at Liu Die and said.

Liu Dai smiled and said: "When the Yin hour comes, it will be my hour. Brother Liu, you can use the horoscopes of this hour, and then combine them with the horoscopes and names of my life..."

"I know this method. I don't need you to teach me. When the time comes, you just need to follow the guidance of the golden light and come here. Hahaha." Liu Xiaodao was still smiling, and even laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up.

Liu Diao looked at Liu Xiaodao and said somewhat speechlessly: "Is it that funny?"

Liu Xiaodao forcibly put away his smile, but from time to time a whisper would come out of his lips, "This is a good thing for you. I can still take you to see Wen Jing often, even though you have no memory and can't speak. .....”

"Okay, it's such a happy decision. Brother Liu, I'm going to the underworld first. I still have one hour to say goodbye to them. You should watch the time carefully. When the Yin hour comes, you can do the magic on time to attract the soul. Don't do the horoscopes for two hours. Wrong." Liu Dian also interrupted Liu Xiaodao, stood up, and raised his hand to draw a passage to the underworld.

Liu Xiaodao nodded, watched Liu Die's disappearing voice, and began to set up the altar, preparing to lure Liu Die's soul into the animal realm to the puppy when the time came.

An hour is enough to make the body of a dog whose soul has left become stiff, so after preparing the altar, Liu Xiaodao turned on the heating at home to the highest level, took out the little sun used for heating in winter, and pointed it at the little He took photos of the dog's body and kept massaging the puppy's body with his hands to keep it from becoming stiff.

Although this puppy was covered in injuries and even its soul was separated from the body, this does not mean that the dog's body is completely lifeless. It only means that the puppy's time has come.

Dogs are no better than humans, and their souls are relatively simple. The three souls and seven souls are not as complicated as humans. Therefore, as long as the soul of the newly reincarnated Liu Die can be introduced, the body can be restored to life, and a ritual can be performed to stabilize the soul. Among the remains of this puppy. After three hours, Liu Diao's soul will adapt to this body and truly become this dog.

This is a bit cheating, but it is harmless. For the underworld, Liu Dian only needs to accumulate three more reincarnations of the animal realm. As for what kind of beast they become, whose beast they become, and how they become beasts, they are There will be no interference.

"Haha, Xiao Liu, you are trying to lure souls and change lives to disrupt the path of reincarnation." An ethereal voice suddenly came from behind Liu Xiaodao.

Liu Xiaodao turned around to look, and it turned out that his five soldiers and horses had come out. At this moment, they were watching the movements of Liu Xiaodao's hands intently, seeming a little worried about him.

Liu Xiaodao chuckled and said, "Master Wuyang, you misunderstood. It's not human reincarnation. It's just a friend who fell into the animal realm. I just led his soul to it. Doesn't this count as disturbing the reincarnation?"

Wu Yang let out an ooh, turned around and walked into the room, saying, "That's not a big deal, but you need to be a little more particular about naming."

Liu Xiaodao hummed and continued to massage the puppy's body with high frequency.

Three minutes before Yinshi, Liu Dian had already bid farewell to his friends in the underworld, and came to the entrance of reincarnation in the animal realm with Xiang Feilong. At the same time, Liu Xiaodao also stopped the high-frequency massage of the puppy's body, and instead began to perform soul-inducing rituals in front of the altar.

The indoor temperature at this time had already exceeded forty degrees, and he was sweating profusely. However, he was still extremely happy when he thought that he could protect his friend Liu Die from reincarnation in the first or even third life of the beast.

After the soul-inducing ritual was completed, a faint golden light that only Liu Die and Xiang Feilong who brought Liu Die could see flickered in the animal reincarnation path. Liu Die pointed at the faint golden light and said to Xiang Feilong with a smile, "Brother Feilong, Please do me a favor."

Xiang Feilong smiled knowingly, raised his hand and took away Liu Die's natal intelligence, and sent Liu Die into the faint golden light in the reincarnation channel of the animal world.

"Boom!" Just as Liu Die entered the faint golden light, the puppy lying in the pet box at Liu Xiaodao's home in the underworld suddenly twitched and hit his head on the plastic wall of the pet box, making a sound. A crisp sound.

Liu Xiaodao curled his lips, smiled slightly and said, "It's done."

The puppy opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Liu Xiaodao, and hummed in response. Liu Xiaodao knew very well. It wasn't because the puppy knew him, because Liu Dao's soul, which was fused with the puppy's body at this time, no longer had any memory, and it only knew an instinctive life.

But these are no longer important. Liu Xiaodao can take care of Liu Die who has fallen into the realm of animals. Liu Xiaodao has also fulfilled his wish. What's more, as a Taoist, he has a special affection for dogs.

Another soul-stabilizing ritual was performed on the dog, allowing Liu Dian's soul to completely adapt to the seriously injured body. Next, he would rely on medical treatment to restore the dog's health.

Some people may wonder why Liu Dagger just entered the reincarnation of the animal realm. Logically speaking, his soul should be very weak and may not be able to adapt to the body of this severely injured dog.

In fact, on the contrary, when a person enters the path of reincarnation, the spiritual consciousness of the soul is not weak, and is not much different from that before reincarnation. So why are mammals so fragile when they are born? One is because the mammal's own body is not fully developed, and the other is because of pregnancy.

There are eight kinds of suffering in life: the suffering of birth, the suffering of old age, the suffering of illness, the suffering of death, the suffering of resentment and hatred, the suffering of separation from love, the suffering of not being able to obtain what you want, and the suffering of the five aggregates of clinging. Buddhists call the process of pregnancy the suffering of fetal hell, which is the suffering of birth among the eight sufferings.

From the time of reincarnation, the spiritual consciousness enters the womb and suffers. Sutras describe the time when the spiritual consciousness enters the womb as fetal hell, and the suffering is no different from hell. When a child is in the mother's belly, and the mother drinks a glass of cold water, the child feels like an ice hell inside, and drinking a glass of hot water feels like being in the Eight Heat Hells. It is unspeakably miserable. Those ten months are suffering, so the ten months of fetal hell are After being born again, he will forget everything about his previous life. This is too painful. If there is no such pain, he should remember the things in his previous life. Therefore, most of us will not remember the things in our previous life after we are born. .

This is a Buddhist statement. Liu Xiaodao did not have the opportunity to conduct research. He just appreciated it with a respectful attitude. But what he was sure of was that Liu D's soul, which had only been reincarnated but not suffered pregnancy (birth pain), could control the puppy's body better than the puppy's previous soul. Even though the dog's body had been severely injured.

That night, Liu Xiaodao stayed up all night, staying by the dog's side. As soon as the pet hospital came to work, he took it over to Dr. Wang at the pet hospital to see it.

When Dr. Wang saw the dog, his expression was extremely surprised. He said: "This puppy's vitality is so strong. It actually survived such a serious injury. Not only did it survive, but its eyes were also bright." So energetic. The recovery speed of the wound is also amazing, and the scabs are slowly forming. If this is the case, it will be healed in less than half a month."

Liu Xiaodao chuckled, feeling extremely happy. Although the pet hospital made him more than 4,000 yuan in the end, the money he spent was well worth it.

Half a month later, the puppy recovered.

That morning, Liu Xiaodao got up early, tidied up and took the puppy out. Because today was the weekend, he made an appointment with Wen Jing and wanted to bring the puppy over to show Wen Jing.

Now that Wen Jing has regressed, he has no intention of telling Wen Jing about this. He just wants to take the puppy to meet Wen Jing. Moreover, Wen Jing's career is getting bigger and bigger now. If she knows that the puppy is the reincarnation of Liu Diao, , there is no time to take care of it, so relatively speaking, it is better for Liu Xiaodao, an unemployed vagrant with no serious job, to take care of it.

The lifespan of a dog is only a dozen years at most, but Liu Xiaodao has already planned to hold Liu Die's third reincarnation in his hands. Even if he quits his profession and cannot perform soul-inducing rituals by himself, he will find ways to find colleagues to help him complete it.

The place where Liu Xiaodao and Wen Jing met was Wen Jing's home. Liu Die was very familiar with Wen Jing's home. Bringing him here now was like revisiting an old place. Although Liu Die no longer had any idea, this was a belief and a wish of his. .

"Hey, Brother Liu, you dressed up specially? Eh? What a cute little dog. Is this the one you got recently?" Wen Jing opened the door and looked at the specially dressed Liu Xiaodao and said.

Liu Xiaodao chuckled and said, "Yes, boss Wen Jing, you dress up to look formal."

"It's not the first time we've met, why are we so formal? Are we going on a blind date later?" Wen Jing asked doubtfully.

Liu Xiaodao handed the puppy in his arms to Wen Jing's arms and said, "My dear, it's not the first time you and I have met, but it's the first time you've met him."

Wen Jing took the puppy with a smile and looked at the puppy gently in her arms as she walked towards the sofa in the living room and said, "That's right, puppy, what's your name?"

Liu Xiaodao changed his shoes and said, "Do you like it?"

Wen Jing nodded and said, "Of course I like it. Look at the look in his eyes. He's so determined. He and my junior brother..."

"Haha, Wen Jing, haven't you forgotten Liu Die?" I interrupted her, "Liu Die has been reincarnated, don't you know?"

Wen Jing pursed her lips, and then said with a smile: "Of course I know, can't you express your feelings for a while? The moment I retreated, I realized that he and I were destined to be together after all. He has his mission, and I have mine. He has to go his own way. No matter where he is now, I will always hide him in my heart as a spiritual support. Don't say that he has been reincarnated now, even if he is here now, I will not use emotional shackles to lock him and Me. Brother Liu, I thank you for everything you have done for him. If you retire and have nothing to do in the future, and you don’t mind it, you can come to my company and give you a literary assistant, hahaha."

Wen Jing's words changed quickly. She looked serious at first, but then burst into laughter. However, it could be seen from her tone that she had completely let go of Liu Die. Regarding Wen Jing's relief, Liu Xiaodao I feel very happy.

"Haha, just be an assistant. I am used to being free and lazy. Working in a company is not suitable for me. Besides, if I really become your assistant, others will treat me as a pretty boy." Liu Xiaodao also joked.

Wen Jing covered her mouth and laughed for a while and said, "By the way, Brother Liu, what's the name of your little dog?"

Liu Xiaodao looked at Wen Jing, smiled and said, "My surname is Liu."

Wen Jing still smiled and said: "Oh, my surname is still yours? Then why is it called Liu?"

Liu Xiaodao said calmly: "The Yin time is to establish the destiny, which belongs to wood and restrains the earth. If you lift the earth and cover the dagger, and overlap the words "twin", you can have a stable life and good luck. Therefore, it is called Liu Tuotuo."

After hearing this, Wen Jing's face stiffened, then she smiled with relief, looked up at Liu Xiaodao and asked, "Tuo, there is a word for dagger under Titupangbao's hijab, Titugaidagger, Brother Liu, he is..."

Liu Xiaodao looked at Wen Jing who was obviously relieved, made a shushing gesture, then smiled and nodded.

Wen Jing's smile remained unchanged and her eyes shone. After a few seconds, she hugged Liu Tuotuo tightly and didn't speak for a long time.

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