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Chapter IX The Unspoken Rules of Fasting

On November 29th, on the day of Jiachen, it is necessary to rush to the dog and the south. It is suitable for sacrifice, consecration, travel, enter the house, and migrate.

Before dawn, Jiang Gaogong led five Taoist chanting children who had taken the first exam for three consecutive months and went down to Wuji Mountain under the cold air of the first snow.

Two horses were parked at the foot of the mountain. The brother of Guyang County's chief clerk Dong Fanglin had been waiting for a long time. He immediately welcomed Jiang Gaogong into the first car and accompanied him. He arranged five Taoist boys, including Ma Zhili, Zhu Meng and Zhao Ran, in the car behind. The coachman raised his horse whip and blew a crisp sound in the air. The wheels started, pressing against the thin snow, and headed towards the county along the official road.

The carriage was extremely spacious, and the quilt and other objects were prepared. It was not cold. It was obvious that the owner was very careful. Zhao Ran stayed up late in the Sutra Library last night to read the sutras and was not sleeping enough. As the carriage was bumping up and down, he couldn't help but feel sleepy, so he leaned against the wall of the carriage and became confused.

The sweetest sleep was when Zhao Ran was sleeping comfortably and soundly, his nose was itchy and he couldn't help but sneeze. However, Zhu Meng, who was sitting next to him, couldn't stop his sleepiness. He tilted his head and rested on his shoulder to sleep, and the ends of his hair pierced into Zhao Ran's nostrils.

Zhu Meng was awakened by Zhao Ran's sneeze and his ears were tinnitus for a long time. When he realized it, he felt that his neck was wet, and he couldn't tell whether it was Zhao Ran's snot or drool. He was so disgusting that he had goose bumps all over his body. He hurriedly wiped the sleeves of his robe and glared at Zhao Ran.

Zhao Ran innocently spread his hands: "Junior Brother Zhu, I didn't mean it, you came here by yourself."

"You..." Zhu Meng was speechless and moved to the side angrily to show that he was separated from Zhao Ran.

The carriage stopped suddenly, but it had reached its end. Ma Zhili was the head of the Taoist children - indeed the head of the disciples of the Sutra Hall. He ordered everyone to get off the car and then moved down a large wooden box behind the car, which contained various colors of utensils for opening the jar.

Dong Fanglin, the chief clerk of Guyang County, rectified the old house, bought the two neighbors' yards, built the garden pavilions, and moved back today. According to the ritual of fasting and worship, an altar was required to be opened to worship and set up Antu Town Houses. Among the rituals of fasting and worship, many altars are suitable for house relocation. Dong Fanglin's family is a powerful noble family in Guyang County, so Jiang Gaogong planned to set up this most "luxury" altar. According to Zhao Ran's understanding, this set of fasting and worship methods is really complicated and complicated. It is really great to watch, and it is also great to put away the money.

Jiang Gaogong was invited by Chairman Dong to enter the inner hall for tea, and Ma Zhili ordered the Taoist children to set up the altar. The altar was set up in front of the main hall, and there were ten doors in each altar to show the meaning of the ten directions. Just using red silk ribbons to tie the altar door, I worked hard for half an hour. During this period, Zhao Ran made a small mistake. The method of tied silk ribbons was slightly wrong, but Ma Zhili, who had a sharp eye, saw it at a glance, and immediately rebuked Zhao Ran loudly.

Zhao Ran was stunned by Ma Zhili's scolding, thinking to himself that I had never provoked you. Did you make any mistakes today? However, Zhao Ran is not an unreasonable person. Since he was wrong, he did not argue. He just quickly changed the settlement method and asked Senior Brother Ma Zhili to re-examine it before continuing to make other preparations.

Zhu Meng was working beside him and pursed his lips and laughed secretly. Zhao Ran glared at him, and he glared at him without showing any weakness. After Ma Zhili scolded Zhao Ran, he turned around and left, and felt ashamed of his unreasonable anger. He beat Ruyi Jue and secretly said, "Daozu forgives his sins." But when he glanced at Zhao Ran in his eyes, he couldn't help but feel uneven. This was a pure instinctive sense of crisis, and he couldn't help but treat it rationally.

The three altars were arranged at the same time, and the twenty-eight constellations were set up, and the talisman paper was pasted, and the six Jia and ten straight lamps were lit, and the three altars were laid. Everything was ready, and an hour had been spent.

The entire altar was covered with silk ribbons, talisman paper was covered with beams, and talisman lamps were lined up. It was such a great altar! Zhao Ran couldn't help but be happy and admired when he looked at the fruits of his hard work. However, he was a little confused. It was common for Antu to set up three altars and ten gates in the town of Antu. The direction of the twenty-eight constellations in Fuzhi Town was a little over, and the six Jia and ten direct lamps were also inconsistent with the requirements listed in the ceremony. The correct method of setting up the nine palaces should be the direction of the five mountain lamps that symbolize the land.

Zhao Ran asked Ma Zhili for the reason, but after eating Ma Zhili, he said, "Don't be noisy, keep the altar with peace of mind." Ma Zhili made a remark of Ruyi again and secretly recited "The Taoist ancestor will forgive his crimes." Zhao Ran was a little angry, of course, on the surface he could not show anger - before traveling through time, he climbed from a clerk to a director of the office at the level of the department. How could he behave in order for more than ten years without some cultivation or scheming?

However, another senior brother Fang Zhihe, beside him, leaned over and whispered: "If this is not the case, we cannot show our importance and effort."

Zhao Ran was still thinking about this sentence, and Fang Zhihe further explained: "How many talismans are pasted in the Nine Palaces? How many lanterns can there be? How rich are they like now? This is quite rare. In June of the previous year, Zhang Dafu, a tycoon in the county, bought a house, and the Tiangang Earth Demon Lamp was burned! What a scene, how bold it is?"

Tiangang thirty-six, Earth Evil 72, and together there were 108 lamps. Zhao Ranguang thought about it and felt dizzy in his mind. Now he finally thought about it and asked Fang Zhihe in a low voice: "How much is the book that Chairman Dong gave? Where is Zhang Dafu?"

Fang Zhihe chuckled: "Chairman Dong gave 100 taels, Zhang Dafu gave 500 taels!"

So that's it. This is really a reward for what you pay for. Otherwise, no matter how good theories are, they will become disgusting in practice?

The more and more people gathered in front of the main hall, and the people who came to watch the ceremony and congratulate him came one after another, including the county magistrate, county magistrate, instructor, six officials of the officials of the Cao Cao, gentry of Guyang, and rich people in the city. In the end, even the county magistrate arrived in person, which shows how much the chief clerk Dong was in Guyang County.

Ma Zhili began to distribute magic weapons, and each handed a piece. He took a copper bell and gave Fang Zhihe a wooden drum, another junior brother held a whisk, Zhu Meng got a bronze mirror, and Zhao Ran took a clean bottle. Ma Zhili also reminded everyone to follow Jiang Gaogong to go through the Yin-Yang Bagua steps.

At this moment, Zhao Ran was completely speechless. According to the regulations of Antu Zhenzhen Zhenyi, when stepping on the tide, he should walk the four-sight steps when stepping on the bucket. In order to control the four directions, Jiang Gaogong, a total of four people were required to carry out the magic weapon. The four people held only spiritual cards, whisks, copper bells and bronze mirrors, and there were no wooden drums or clean bottles.

Now, the Four Symbol Step has been changed to the Yin-Yang Bagua Step - is it to gather more people to perform? Just gather people, but you have to gather at least eight people, okay? What does six mean? Six people should take the best steps...

At the third hour of Si, Jiang Gaogong stood under the Inner Tank Incense Table. Five Taoist children behind him stood in two rows, each of which changed into robes. The robes were specially brought down from the mountain, with wide robes and large sleeves. When the arms were stretched, they could almost touch the ground. Jiang Gaogong's robes were crimson and embroidered with golden cloud patterns. Zhao Ran and others were gray-white robes, each lined with Haiqing (simple green Taoist robes).

In addition to clothes, Jiang Gaogong also specially matched with round heads and square bottoms. He wore a towering yellow crown. At first glance, he looked like a very good-looking face.

Jiang Gaogong opened his throat and shouted, "Auspicious time has arrived, the altar is open!" He respectfully burned incense at the spiritual sign "Blessing the Holy Lord of the House" on the incense table. In an instant, the smoke stormed and the incense entered his nose.

"Blessing the Holy Lord of Housekeeping" is what the people call Zhong Kui and Zhong Tianshi. In fact, Zhong Tianshi's main business is to catch ghosts, so ghosts are afraid of it. Therefore, he unknowingly started a part-time job - helping people to save houses to ward off ghosts. This side job is prosperous and gradually surpasses its main business. However, when people move to houses, they always ask Zhong Tianshi to ward off evil spirits and stick it at the gate to ward off evil spirits.

After watching Gaoxiang, Jiang Gaogong began to recite the chanting of Qing Ci. Zhao Ran had heard Fang Zhihe talk about this lyrics. This lyrics were written by Ma Zhili last night and were written on a golden talisman paper. The talisman paper was specially issued by Huayun Pavilion. There are only twenty-four pieces of Wuji Courtyard every year, which is very precious. As for the other talisman papers that suppress the twenty-eight constellations, they are all made by Wuji Courtyard.

Zhao Ran asked if it was easy to draw talismans, and Fang Zhihe was happy: "Simple, there is a talisman template in the Sutra Hall. After applying cinnabar, cover the yellow paper and then you can get more than a hundred pieces in a moment."

Zhao Ran was silent again. This was really convenient, easy and productive!
Chapter completed!
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