"Aunt Lu, please make a pot of tea and take it upstairs, thank you."
After walking out of the ancestral hall, Sun Ting led Zhang Guozhong to the terrace on the second floor and sat next to the round table.
Elson didn't know when he had brought a big The leather box, when opened, is full of calligraphy letters, notes, black and white photos, old books and other things from the old society.
"You are the leader of the Maoshan Taoist Sect."
Sun Ting poured tea for Zhang Guozhong himself.
"It's guaranteed to be replaced if it's fake."
Zhang Guozhong didn't know what kind of medicine Sun Ting was selling in the gourd at this moment.
"My master, Ma Chunyi, is the leader of Maoshan and Quanzhen sects.
My uncle, Maoshan 151 The acting headmaster, Ma Sijia, died early due to the war, so the headmaster of Maoshan was handed over to my master for a temporary period.
Later, my master died in order to save me, so I am now the headmaster of the two religions. " "Oh, Master of the Two Religions, do you recognize this person?"
Sun Ting picked up a yellowed old photo and handed it to Zhang Guozhong.
The photo showed a Taoist priest taking a photo with a foreigner, from the foreigner to the Judging from the large sideburns of the beard, this photo should have been taken in the 18th century.
"I don't know him."
Zhang Guozhong was about to cry.
Even if he was the leader of the two religions, it would be too much to identify him with a photo from a century ago.
"This person's Taoist name is Yun Lingzi."
Sun Ting sighed, as if he had something to hide.
"Yun Lingzi" A strong sense of déjà vu immediately came to Zhang Guozhong's mind, "Why is this name so familiar?"
After thinking for a while, Zhang Guozhong suddenly remembered that his master had mentioned this person back then and was very sure of his cultivation, and even mentioned it a little bit.
There was a bit of admiration for him, but his conclusion was that he "recognizes thieves as his father and betrays his country for glory" and denounced him as "a scum of the Taoist sect and an insult to his master."
However, when Zhang Guozhong asked about the cause and effect, Ma Zhenren shook his head and refused to elaborate.
He only said that he helped the Japanese to steal national treasures and caused the inexplicable death of anti-Japanese soldiers.
"This person seems to be a traitor, I remember, it seems so."
Zhang Guozhong didn't know whether the Yun Lingzi mentioned by Sun Ting was the same person as the Yun Lingzi mentioned by the master, because looking at this photo, it was probably taken in the 18th century , this Taoist priest seems to be quite young, and the Japanese did not seem to have launched an invasion of China at that time.
If you say a wrong word at this time, there will only be one consequence, which is to be embarrassed.
"Yes, that's right," Sun Ting said helplessly, "That's the person.
Master Zhang, you remember correctly."
"Oh" Zhang Guozhong let out a long breath, "This person is what my master said about him."
When he saw that he was right, Zhang Guozhong was about to tell all the words his master had scolded Yun Lingzi when he suddenly felt that Old Liu's head was shaking.
He secretly kicked himself, "My master doesn't think very well of him."
Zhang Guozhong was not stupid either.
When he saw that Old Liu Tou's eyes were wrong, he stopped talking and didn't say many curse words.
"It's okay, I understand."
Sun Ting smiled, "But, Headmaster Zhang, some things are not what you and your teacher imagined.
Since you are a member of the Taoist sect, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a story.
I don't know.
Are you interested?"
The words "all ears and ears open" play right into Zhang Guozhong's mind.
Zhang Guozhong has no other hobbies.
He just likes to listen to stories, especially inquiring about some unknown secret histories.
This kind of mentality, if placed in today's society, may be considered "more" Gossip".
"Do you know something like a corpse refining kiln?"
Seeing that Zhang Guozhong seemed very interested, Sun Ting also relaxed a lot and immediately started talking.
Near Xingdou Mountain in Shi'en County, Hubei Province, there is a small mountain village called Changjiaying.
There are a total of 48 people in the village, which can be regarded as a real small mountain village.
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On weekdays, the villagers plant their own land, dig some medicinal materials from the mountains, and collect some mountain products to sell in the county or directly exchange things with others.
They can also live a life in a paradise.
In this small village that has been self-sufficient all year round, even money awareness is not very strong.
When you see gold ingots, you don’t see sacks of rice.
There are basically no people in the village who have seen ingots.
Most daily necessities are made of medicinal materials.
Or they were directly exchanged for mountain goods.
There is no so-called landlord in the village, not even a village chief.
Major events in the village are decided by the villagers.
The person with the greatest share has the final say.
If this person of the senior generation dies, he will be replaced by the second-largest person in charge.
In Changjiaying, just the seniority, no matter what the IQ is, as long as he is not a fool, he will be able to succeed one day.
To be able to reach the position of the top leader, to put it bluntly, what they call big events is nothing more than weddings, funerals, and having children.
What other big events can there be in a small mountain village with a population of more than 40 people?
However, one day, something big happened.
This big thing was not about a family marrying a wife and having children, but about a family coming.
At the end of the 21st year of Daoguang's reign, in 1841, a carriage came to the village.
The driver seemed to be a man who had studied.
He was wearing a melon skin hat and a blue satin robe.
Sitting in the carriage was a young woman with a baby in her arms.
Holding two children, they seemed to be part of the same family as the driver.
The first thing this family did after arriving in the village was to find someone to build a house.
They unloaded a lot of things, large and small, from the car.
Many of the things belonged to the most knowledgeable people in the village who had visited the county seat the most.
Something I've never seen before.
In the old society, the people in the village were very simple and enthusiastic.
Although they didn't know each other, they welcomed this "worldly" person who had just moved to the village.
Chang Laoxi, who was in charge of the village at that time, not only personally greeted He supported the family and sent the strong men in the village to build two houses for the family.
The family was so moved that the "boss" who drove the car opened a private school in his home.
Not only did he teach the children in the village how to read and write for free, he also provided free pulse diagnosis and medical treatment to the villagers at the expense of the children's home.
Just give some food so that the whole family can make ends meet.
According to the car owner's own confession, the family's surname was Ding, and his name was Ding Yi.
Because he was knowledgeable and knew how to take pulses and treat diseases, within half a year, his prestige in the village quickly became as good as that of Chang Lao, who was in charge.
This Chang Laoxi is also a friend-loving person The friend of Ding Yi, regardless of his age, directly bowed to Ding Yi.
From then on, people in the village began to call Ding Yi Ding Dangjia.
Chang Laoxi simply retreated to the second line, and the big things in the village were small.
Love is always decided by Ding Yi.
At the end of the 22nd year of Daoguang's reign in 1842, a few people from the village went to the market to exchange New Year's goods.
Suddenly, they saw people on the third and third floors outside the city gate.
Shi'en County is a small county, with traffic congestion, and there has been no major event for many years. , could it be that the people on the third floor and the third floor here today are Several people from the county who were looking for a son-in-law came forward and took a look.
It turned out to be a notice with a picture of a shadow and a bright red seal printed underneath.
Although these people were illiterate, the person on the notice was Do you recognize it?
Isn’t this the Ding Dang family in my village?
For these simple mountain people, this is like a bolt from the blue.
The person in charge of the village is the imperial court who raped my mother.
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What kind of crime did he commit?
Murder, arson and destroying the house are so unbelievable.
That person in charge is Ding.
He's just a scholar, but he doesn't have the power to tie a chicken.
Let alone destroying the house, there is no shortage of wild goods in the village that are hung to dry in the street every day.
Among these people there is a man named Chang Sishan, who is more courageous and generous.
His parents were cured by the Dingdang family for their illnesses, and his son is also studying at the Dingdang family, so he feels that the number of people on the notice is at most It looks like the Dingdang family, but it is definitely not the Dingdang family.
In order to confirm his idea, Chang Sishan found a person who seemed to have some knowledge and asked him what was written on the notice, what was the surname of the prisoner who drew the shadows and figures, what serious crime had he committed, and what was the notice like?
All posted to Shi En Lai.
In fact, the person Chang Sishan asked was also illiterate, but in front of this countryman, he was embarrassed to say that he was illiterate, so he started to make up nonsense with Chang Sishan, saying that the person's surname on the notice had the same character as "Xia D". , this guy thought about it for a long time and could only think of a word that looked like this.
He committed a major crime of treason, and he wanted to be executed and implicated the nine clans.
Chang Sishan didn't know what Zhan Li Jue was or what the Nine Clans were implicated in, but when he heard that the person to be arrested on the notice was not named Ding, he felt relieved.
He exchanged some white noodles with a few people and returned to the Chang Family Camp together, but this time Chang Sishan was more thoughtful and asked these people not to mention the announcement to the villagers after returning to the village.
Instead, he sneaked into the Ding family in the middle of the night and told the matter.
What Chang Sishan never expected was that when the Ding family heard about the announcement, they would implicate the nine clans.
His face suddenly turned green, he sat down on the chair and almost lost his breath.
This frightened Chang Sishan.
As the saying goes, only a thief has a guilty conscience.
Could it be that the person on the notice is really from Ding Dang's family?
After feeding him two mouthfuls of water, Ding Yi gradually regained consciousness and knelt down in front of Chang Sishan with a plop, and begged Chang Sishan tearfully not to tell this matter.
The head of the house knelt down for him, and besides, he was kind to him.
In the old society, this was a bad thing.
Ding Yi knelt down like this, so frightened Chang Sishan that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, calling the head of the house "not good".
Dare, but those in charge don’t dare.
After he and Chang Sishan helped each other to stand up, Ding Yiyi burst into tears and recounted a history that made people laugh and cry.
It turns out that this Ding Yi is the most famous fortune teller in Beijing.
He is intelligent by nature.
He learned the art of yin and yang at the age of thirteen.
At the age of fourteen, he was already setting up a stall on the overpass to read fortune tellers.
This Ding Yi is not a fortune teller.
The surname is Ding.
The name Ding Yi can only be regarded as a "peeping name".
The so-called "peeping name" means spying.
"The pseudonym used by Tianji".
As for his real name, Ding Yi has never told anyone.
Except for his parents, master and a few close friends, basically no one knows it.
However, almost everyone in Beijing knows that Tianqiao has Such a Ding Shenxiang, one hundred hexagrams and one hundred spirits can be obtained by reading the fortune teller.
When Ding looks at a fortune, he must first make three chapters to his guests.
The first is not about birth and death, the second is not about heirs, and the third is not about gratitude and grudges.
Because these three issues are all secrets of the first order, whether they are not told or just nonsense. , the guests will say that you can't calculate or the calculation is inaccurate, smashing your own plaque, and ruining your life if you say it, so Ding Yi simply doesn't count it.
To use a modern term, it should be regarded as "a strong sense of self-protection."
As the saying goes, if you sit at home behind closed doors, disaster will come from heaven.
One day in November of the 21st year of Daoguang's reign, Ding had an ominous premonition as soon as he opened his eyes early in the morning.
He wanted to make a divination for himself, but after hesitating for a long time, he decided to forget it.
He thought that he was a fortune teller and could have a fortune.
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Fortune tellers usually don't want to tell their own fortunes, just like traditional Chinese medicine doctors don't want to take their own pulse.
Put on your shoes, and just about to go to the ground to wash your face, suddenly there was a commotion of footsteps outside.
"Open the door, open the door."
The knocker's voice sounded like the creditor had finally found the owner who was hiding from the debt, and he wanted to smash the two broken wooden doors.
"Who is it?"
Ding Yi went down to open the door by himself.
At that time, his wife had just given birth and was still in confinement, so it was inconvenient to go down.
"Hey, what are you?"
Ding Yi was dumbfounded on the spot, and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably: