Kou Xuanling has two things he respects in his life. One is the portrait of the ancestor he carries with him, and the other is Chang Shuo, the director of the General Administration. But recently, the Du Bureau has obviously leaned towards the branch bureau, feeling that the branch bureau is like a son born of true love. As a father, Du Bureau not only secretly supports the illegitimate son, but also plans to transfer the property out secretly.
Kou Xuanling inevitably developed hostility towards the Dafu Branch, so when no one else in the headquarters was willing to take the same order as the branch, he chose to take it. When he met Chen Yang and Mao Xiaoli, he found that not all the branch members were weaklings, at least Chen Yang, who had not been ordained, was better than him. Later, when he accidentally got a free meal at the branch when delivering a message, his determination to be the eldest son of the first wife wavered.
After eating two meals and drinking the wine brewed by Ma Shanfeng, Kou Xuanling changed sides completely. Before his colleagues could react, he quickly submitted a request to transfer to the branch office. The branch office certainly could not match the comprehensive facilities and supporting facilities of the headquarters. It did not even have a car. It could only receive two or three orders a month at most, and only one of the three orders was a big order. The price was definitely not as good as that of the headquarters, but the branch office had fewer people and less competition.
Kou Xuanling would be surprised sometimes, because when they were in the headquarters, they would rush for orders, while the people in the branch offices were so lazy that they would take a month off after completing an order, and would refuse orders even if they received them. The first priority was playing and eating, mainly for pleasure.
Later, he found out that these people were all third-generation Tianshi, and their families had businesses waiting to be inherited. Even if they only engaged in the tourism industry, they could still have a comfortable life. No wonder they had no ambition!
Kou Xuanling thought like that, and never expected that he would be corrupted one day, and the speed of degeneration was so fast that he didn't even react. Occasionally, he would think back and only say "oh". However, he was still diligent in making money. After all, he remembered that he seemed to want to make a lot of money to marry a wife.
There are many etiquette rules for worshipping gods, the most basic of which is three ceremonies and nine kowtows, and there are requirements for tributes and burning incense. However, the complex and grand ceremony of worshipping gods only happens once a year. Kou Xuanling worships Lu Jing Zushi by burning incense and dancing with swords. The sword dance is held every morning, without the gorgeous moves in TV dramas, just a sword dance with the feet stepping on the Yu step to please the gods.
Taoism is learned from the heart, and the heart is born from incense. After Kou Xuanling finished reciting silently, he lit three incense sticks of the same length, raised the incense sticks over his forehead with both hands, bowed devoutly and worshiped, and inserted them into the incense burner after worshiping. Check the incense and flowers, replace yesterday's water ghost and pour out the clean water to fill a new cup. Then clean up the table, and while cleaning, he said to Grandmaster Lu Jing: "Grandmaster, please grant me marriage. People in the branch are laughing at me for being a single dog. Even that 60-pound fat cat can have countless beautiful cats. Although there are still single dogs Mao Xiaoli and Zhang Qiudao in the branch, they are still young. I am the oldest, and I have never had a relationship even when I reached the marriageable age."
After pouring the dirty water into the toilet, Kou Xuanling walked back and complained to Grandmaster Lu Jing: "I think I have good conditions, but no one likes me. I am 24 this year, and I have been a virgin for 24 years - Grandmaster, do you know what this means? Forget it, it's not an important matter. Grandmaster, can you see if you can grant me a marriage this year? Otherwise, I have to go home for the New Year and recite the scriptures, so it would be fine to find someone to make up the number."
After saying this, he noticed that two of the three incense sticks in the incense burner were broken in the middle, resulting in two short and one long. Kou Xuanling held his chin and stared at the three incense sticks: "People are afraid of three long and two short, and incense is afraid of two short and one long." After pondering for a while, he spread his hands and said: "People should not be superstitious. This saying has no basis in Taoism at all."
He shook his head and went downstairs, not noticing that the three incense sticks burned faster and faster, and all of them burned to ashes in a few seconds. After the door was closed, the room was empty, and a displeased snort appeared out of nowhere.
Kou Xuanling went downstairs and met Ma Shanfeng, who called her: "Just in time for you to come, do you have a new order to take?" Kou Xuanling asked the price, and agreed to take it because it was a good price. When she was talking, she didn't see Zhang Qiudao and Mao Xiaoli, so she asked where they had gone.
Ma Shanfeng: "Xiao Li ran to some night markets to sell treasure talismans and went to visit the Taoist priest who died in the deserted village before seeking the Tao. Chen Yang ran to the deserted village some time ago, and he wanted to go with him, but unfortunately he couldn't go because of his lack of Taoism. I guess he is very depressed now."
Kou Xuanling glanced at the time and said, "Isn't it morning? Why are we setting up a night market?"
"Take a seat." Ma Shanfeng handed the printed information about the new order to Kou Xuanling: "Take a look first. You have to stay in this villa for a few nights. The people who originally lived there were entangled by evil spirits. Even if they ran to stay in a hotel, it would be useless. Worse, they would anger the evil spirits and incur more serious revenge. Be careful on your own."
Kou Xuanling took the information and checked it: "I know."
He looked at the new list, which recorded in detail the supernatural events that had occurred. An evil ghost attacked residents in a villa in the villa area. The incident happened less than two months after the family moved into the villa. The children in the family noticed something unusual, but the adults did not believe it. Later, the eldest son was pushed downstairs from the second floor by the evil ghost and broke his leg. The youngest daughter was hung in the air and turned around before being caught on the chandelier. When she fell, her mother caught her and she was fine.
Only then did the family believe that there was a ghost in their house, but unfortunately they were already entangled and could not move away. They had no choice but to ask an acquaintance for help and found the Dafu app to place an order.
"I'll go over to check the situation at noon." Kou Xuanling put away the information, went out for a walk and came back after breakfast, and told the master about this matter: "I may have to stay in that villa for two days. I will come back after two days to replace the flowers and fruits. Can you bear with it for now?"
After simply packing up and leaving, the room was empty again, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn. The clothes thrown casually on the sofa rolled up out of thin air and rolled into the closet aggressively. All the items in the room shook violently in an instant, as if someone was in a rage. After more than ten seconds, the originally messy room became much cleaner.
A light cold snort sounded in the empty room. The next moment, the door opened from the outside, and Kou Xuanling ran in, clasped his hands together and bowed to the portrait of the ancestor: "Grandmaster Lu Jing, I'd better put you in my pocket. I feel uncomfortable just thinking about not seeing you for two days."
The dull and depressing atmosphere in the room suddenly became like the spring flowers blooming. Unfortunately, Kou Xuanling didn't notice it. He rolled up the portrait of Grandmaster Lu Jing and put it in his pocket, ran downstairs and got into the car, and arrived at his employer's house before dark in the afternoon.
The employer's surname was Chang. Mr. Chang hid behind the door and watched the surveillance video. He was extremely nervous and alert even when he saw Kou Xuanling: "Who are you?"
Kou Xuanling looked at the intercom at the door and said, "Hello, Mr. Chang. I am Kou Xuanling, a member of the Dafu Branch. I received your supernatural report and came to your house to handle it. Please open the door."
After a while, the door opened from the inside, and Kou Xuanling saw a middle-aged man named Mr. Chang who looked depressed, nervous, and frightened. Mr. Chang opened the door a little, and his nervous eyes were fixed on the big ginkgo tree in the courtyard: "Come in quickly."
As Kou Xuanling walked, he looked back at the big ginkgo tree in the courtyard and asked, "What are you looking at, Mr. Chang?" Mr. Chang did not answer him but pushed him into the house anxiously and closed the door with a bang.
After Kou Xuanling entered the house, she found that the curtains in the room and the living room were all drawn, and even the lights were not on. It was so dark inside that she could not walk. Mr. Chang turned on a small table lamp and smiled at Kou Xuanling: "Sorry, we are afraid of the evil spirits in the house, so we dare not turn on the lights."
"Turning on or off the lights is useless in keeping away evil spirits."
"It works." Mr. Chang said anxiously, "It really works. If we turn on the lights, countless evil spirits will appear outside the house. The whole window will be covered with black handprints and there will be loud banging noises. If we turn off the lights, the evil spirits outside will not make trouble if they can't find us after a circle."
Kou Xuanling looked at Mr. Chang, who looked extremely pale and haggard under the light of the small desk lamp. It was obvious that he was frightened and his mind was seriously stimulated, causing his nerves to be tense. He didn't have the heart to tell Mr. Chang in this situation that only sunlight could harm ghosts. When the lights were turned off, ghosts could find the location of living people by feeling the flow of vitality, not by looking.
In other words, turning on the light or not makes no difference to the ghosts' discovery of Mr. Chang's family. In other words, the evil ghosts were trying to play tricks on Mr. Chang's family and make them live in extreme fear.
Under the guidance of Mr. Chang, Kou Xuanling saw Mrs. Chang and his eldest son and youngest daughter hiding in the study. The family looked exhausted and haggard. They were harassed by the evil spirits and dared not rest well. When Mrs. Chang saw Kou Xuanling, she begged him: "Master Kou, please save my two children."
"Sit down first and describe it in detail." Kou Xuanling sat opposite the Chang family, looked at everyone and said, "Turn on the lights."
Mr. Chang strongly refused: "No, those evil ghosts will definitely find us and will break into the house tonight." Mrs. Chang and her eldest son also nodded and strongly rejected Kou Xuanling's proposal.
Seeing that they were really scared, Kou Xuanling sighed: "In that case, I can only let you rest assured. Don't worry, I brought treasures. As long as the treasures are here, no evil spirits dare to approach." After saying that, he reached into the backpack behind him. The Chang family thought that he would take out some Taoist magic tools or gods, but he pulled out a scroll.
"Mr. Chang, where can I hang a portrait in the study?"
Mr. Chang was a little confused and pointed to a landscape painting worth hundreds of thousands on the wall: "Is that okay?"
"Sure." Kou Xuanling unrolled the scroll and hung the portrait of Grandmaster Lu Jing on the wall. He took out three incense sticks, a long-burning lamp, a small bottle of scented oil, and a small incense burner from his backpack, and turned around to ask Mrs. Chang, "Do you have any rice?"
"Yes..." Mrs. Chang handed a bowl of rice to Kou Xuanling. He poured the rice into the incense burner, lit the incense sticks, bowed three times respectfully and piously, inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner and breathed a sigh of relief: "Turn on the light."
Chang family: “…”
Mr. Chang: “Is it useful?”
"Do you think it will be of any use if the ancestor is still here?" Kou Xuanling asked back.
The ancestors were invited?! Mr. Chang quickly turned on the light with a very strange expression. He didn't expect Kou Xuanling to be so dedicated. Not only did he invite the portrait of the ancestors, but he also brought his own incense sticks and incense burner. Can an incense burner pass the security check in a backpack
Kou Xuanling shook her head: "I drove here, not taking the subway."
Mr. Chang: "Who is this ancestor?"
"I am the founder of the Kou family." Kou Xuanling answered Mr. Chang solemnly, and then said: "Okay, now tell me about your encounter with the evil ghost."
The author has something to say: Kou Xuanling must bring the following equipment when he goes out: incense sticks, eternal lamps, scented oil, incense burner, ... , Ancestor!