The third chapter: look for mad monk
Grandmother recalled the mad monk once mentioned a place: anxian county, about five miles, then drive to grandpa rode down the bicycle forward and finally all the way to ask people, finally in a small town, according to the place, such as to the five shop is already dark, see people asking for here to have a Taoist priest, asked several times, finally have a little bit of looks: an elderly big ye show grandpa might spread to the west there is a small village, but very remote, it will be a chestnut forest, below is the burial site, a burial site, to walk five miles, before it is said that there is a monk, the very name as to what also don't know.
Grandfather thanked the old man's house, in the moonlight, dare to road, past the chestnut forest, also know the firefly is still a jack-o '-lantern green, frighten him not desperately on the foot pedal, fell very, climbed up her check, bite a tooth ahead, by the time the small village, is pain full head big sweat, sat in the entrance examination, even want to see the bones, grandpa is very love this little girl, also is nasty, just squat down on the side of the road into tears.
Grandpa cry, village one broken thatched cottage out a young man, heavy, the bridge of the nose high, a white robe, those wind sendoh bone, caught ask grandpa is what happened.
Grandpa who was really a short, like a stranger to spill the beans, put it off,
Finish listen to my grandfather's story, the young man, said the eldest brother, you don't worry, you first came into the room with me said slowly, I'll give you a bandage, he says, the grandfather into the room, go in, this humble cottage, Taoist sanqing hung on the wall: jade Buddha in the beginning, the qing qing yuan spi moral Buddha Buddha, too.
Give grandpa a cup of tea, the man gestured grandfather sat down, give faded leg, a bullish on a cut, even to cut the pants, blood soaks into cloth, and entered and took herbal medicine to the wound to apply the first, reoccupy white cloth to wrap, was temporarily stopped the blood, is not enough pain flustered.
Finish dressing, and got up to give grandpa bubble a cup of tea, look ordinary, grandpa a strange to pour tea to drink, gradually calmed himself uneasy heart, unexpectedly also slowly wound not painful, it is a narrative, telling the story, asked whether the man is here used to have a old monk.
Don't want the man had said: "if I didn't guess wrong, should you are looking for is my teacher, but he has already pass away three years ago, now that the teacher has told you to find him, if so eldest brother believe me, let me look at in the past, you see line not line"
Grandpa a listen to a person is dead, what do this way, can only be a dead horse as a living horse hospital, nodding, lest the people later also can't find it.
The man asked the young aunt birth horoscope, and took out a compass but the calculated, to grandpa said: "if no accident, you this little girl will even survive this month 15, the home division has warned nine years ago, I didn't think you did not believe it also...Ah"
Grandpa a listen to immediately give man to kneel down and cried: "we who also didn't think the mad monk, oh no, the long said is true, this, you see, this is how to do"
Everything may be doomed, man to help grandpa, side to himself: "just, just, you wait a moment."
But after a while, the man came from the side wing, wearing a gold silver wire cassock, donned a gossip hat, white gossip shoes, also carrying a gossip QianKunDai, said to grandpa, "and you take me to your home, the sooner the better
, if you can go now, I set out immediately"
Grandpa to see this man a Taoist priest is dressed up, I know I meet a knowledgeable, hurry up, two people back to grandma's home overnight, little imagine, grandpa this road, as well as his leg fell in trouble in the future, and the walk was a bit lame.
Grandpa say at ordinary times is also a good labor in the village, but this moment leg injury, the monks say and eager, only bite a tooth, this man is stretching back to our home later check man bun kwan, check that man bun kwan had a son and a woman, is to the twins, lived a poor rural life, sunrise, whether.
When you get to my grandma's grandfather on my grandmother to the origin, he took out man bun kwan to younger sister's room, it is strange that this uncle a little black dog saw man bun kwan exceptionally cordial, holding his leg muscle, you know this dog common to strangers is very fierce, it is said that even my father almost got bitten by it.
Man bun kwan touched the little black dog's head, and smiled and went inside, and let others waiting outside, after a wick sweet time, check out man bun kwan, complexion is a little heavy
Grandmother is nervous of ask: "long, how is it going"
Check man bun kwan also didn't say anything, just let grandma to prepare a table in the door, grandmother where dare snub, hurriedly go to move a small table in the door
Then check man bun kwan also called grandma straight straight to prepare a meal a meal is a bowl of rice with full, according to the stones, after the entire pour, presents the shape of a bowl of rice, and then in the rice in the bowl upside down, keep the rice in the attitude of bowl bottom up, and be sure to half of the rice.
Set the case after, straight in the middle of a bowl of rice, and the man took out three root from the QianKunDai incense, a pile of paper, a box of cinnabar, a writing brush, let grandpa aunt again the position of the bed is carried to the opposite the door, and let grandpa take hemp rope tied up young aunt.
Say it's aunt, since man bun kwan in, have been touch, even almost by revealing her grandpa this adult man, put the Buddha overnight become effective as big as a cow, hear the word of the Taoist priest, with the hemp rope trapping young aunt, I later learned that god is not only in order not to let young aunt touch, role is more is afraid is to lock the soul, also is the soul trapped young aunt, don't let her soul out-of-body experience.
Bundle of good younger sister, monks took a don't know what black stones like things into young aunt in your mouth, in order to prevent later her lisping suicide, after all this, Taoist deferential lit three incense sticks, that kind of sweet sweet than we see ordinary to long, to a bit thick, color is yellow, is likely to be the legendary GongXiang, strangely enough, the house and there is no wind, but lit incense of smoke from a three strands, and then slowly drifted to young aunt unexpectedly the room...
Then produced a man bun kwan, inkstone, my grandfather is a hobby of calligraphy, knows that at the sight of the ink stone is not an ordinary ink stone, that is a white brass cartridges ink stone, shape into a gossip, the only side inkstone, and in the middle of the part is red, rather than ordinary ink stone is black.
Monk glanced at small uncle, touched him on the head, smiled and said to him, "little dolls, you go to the urine to a point, in a bowl, then come in to me."
Grandmother hurriedly took a bowl of the sea, took little uncle went out, not for a moment, little uncle of urine take in, the Taoist poured some urine into the ink stone, and then put the box of cinnabar in the ink stone, after mixing, begin to be drawn on the operator paper took up the brush up, scribbles the pen away from the paper, all of them are a even to the end, a total of painted eight characters, then taped to young aunt room of eight directions
Oddly enough, when the last line of operators, after finishing the bed's aunt unexpectedly emitted a roar of the panic, just was stuffed with your mouth full, what also can't hear clearly, only her eyes are large, uncomfortable with a head, like a fear, and angry
Wen Binlian look didn't look at struggling young aunt, instead of a brisk walk in the past, step foot seven stars, every beginning, is drawing a character, and then a sticky finger, also don't know how to get, then operator paper burn, and then his mouth started chanting, bed's aunt as man bun kwan charm and character paper, began to struggle more and more, a little girl is only nine years old, that seemed to burst from the fingers thick hemp rope, even the bed board rattle, face from white began estrus, his mouth humming sound: shout ~ ~ ~ ~, cannot catch what is the point.
A total after burn 7749 road operator, young aunt struggle strength also seems to be exhausted, only loud gasps, grandma family also scared did not dare to move, just are more dignified man bun kwan look on his face, gradually began to sweat, burn down a final operator is sweat like rain.
Monks sit on the floor, and drank a cup of tea, my grandmother handed over looked very tired, after about three minutes to sit, to stand up, appear very collapse, to grandpa beckoned, and shouted: "don't stay in the house, all went to the door, I have to talk to you."