The old Taoist priest indeed did not lie to deceive the Jia family.
Is there anything wrong with this ancestral tomb?
You can see it just by walking around the mountain.
"Daozhang Chen, you are an expert in Feng Shui and Kanyu. We would like to ask a question. If there is really a problem with the ancestral tomb, what are the general symptoms?"
The road in the mountains is not easy to walk. When we were going around the mountain to practice Feng Shui, some members of the Jia family were curious and asked the old Taoist priest.
"Master Chen, don't get me wrong."
"We are not doubting your attainments and abilities in Feng Shui metaphysics."
"The main reason is that I want to learn a little bit from you, Taoist Chen, so that when I take care of my ancestral graves in the future, I can find problems in time and make up for them as soon as possible, so that our ancestors of the Jia family can sleep peacefully."
The Jia family hurriedly explained.
The old Taoist priest was not as petty as these people thought. While digging for pigweed and foxtail grass in the bushes, he told the Jia family some simple Feng Shui knowledge.
"If you want to know if there is any problem with the ancestral grave, there are a few main points to look at."
"The first is to see if there are many hidden traps or holes near the ancestral graves. If there are many holes, it means that the Feng Shui situation has changed and it has become a hidden hole."
"What is the most common thing in the mountains? Of course, poisonous insects that like shade, such as snakes, insects, rats, and ants, are the most abundant. If there are many snake, insect, rat, and ant holes near a cemetery, it means that abnormal yin energy has gathered near the cemetery, which attracts people.
So many snakes, insects, rats, and ants came to build their nests nearby.”
"No matter how solid the dragon's pond or tiger's den is, it is afraid that a thousand-mile embankment will be destroyed by an ant nest. Once the foundation stone is unstable, a large number of holes will be built by the snakes, insects, rats and ants with negative nature. This is like digging holes in a good Feng Shui bureau, and
It is still riddled with holes, and the Feng Shui fortune has plummeted."
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"The second is to see if there are a lot of poisonous weeds and strains growing near the ancestral graves. The highly toxic herbs like yin but not yang. They grow in the shade and not in the yang."
"As the saying goes, outstanding people and places can nourish people, while places where Yin gathers can harm people. If a lot of poisonous weeds grow near the ancestral graves, it is necessary to specifically investigate whether there is something wrong with the ancestral graves and a large amount of abnormal Yin energy has gathered."
"The third thing is to see if there is stagnant water near the ancestral graves. If there is living water, it means endless life. When water flows to lower places and people move to higher places, it can bring great wealth."
"The fourth step is to see if there are large tracts of withered bamboo groves near the ancestral graves. Bamboo symbolizes climbing and fortune. If the ancestors' sleep is disturbed, they will use the withered bamboo groves to warn future generations."
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The old Taoist priest shook his head and said, and the Jia family all took the old Taoist priest's words to heart.
Even the other guards who were escorting him secretly remembered the old Taoist priest's words and planned to let his family members see if there was anything wrong with their ancestral tombs one day.
"For ordinary people who don't know the art of Feng Shui, as long as they master these two points, they can handle ordinary cemetery Feng Shui."
"There is a high ground there, let's go to that mountain ridge first."
At this time, a group of people happened to reach a high ridge. The old Taoist priest pointed to the high ridge and said that he needed to climb there to see the entire Feng Shui situation of the Jia family's ancestral tomb.
There are thick bushes in the mountains, blocking the view. Some things can only be seen clearly from a high place.
Naturally, the Jia family has no objection.
It's just that the mountain road is really difficult to walk. When the group reached the mountain, they were panting and sweating, but no one complained about the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest climbed up and looked far away, looking at the Feng Shui pattern that looked like a pregnant woman's slightly swollen belly. He looked stunned for a moment.
There have been mudslides and landslides in this deep mountain recently, and loess is exposed on two mountain tops, which is in sharp contrast to the lush green of other surrounding mountains.
But the next moment.
The expression on the old Taoist priest's face became solemn, and he looked carefully at Feng Shui from a distance.
"There were mudslides on the two mountains on the left and right, turning the green hills into sloping mountains. If the atmosphere of the mountains and rivers is irregular, evil spirits will breed. There are these two sloping mountains, one in the south and one in the north, standing at both ends of the ancestral tombs. It's like having a knife in each other's ribs.
With such brutal killing, can the ancestors in this ancestral grave sleep peacefully?"
The old Taoist's words frightened the Jia family to a great extent.
He quickly found the servant of the Jia family who was responsible for guarding the mountain, and asked angrily when did the mudslide happen in the mountain?
A mountain guard carefully answered that it was a mudslide that happened yesterday. There was a storm and thunder in the mountain yesterday. About Yin hour, a loud rumbling sound was suddenly heard, which woke up everyone who was sleeping at night.
When everyone got up, they saw that there was a mudslide in the mountains.
But because the landslide occurred on another hilltop and was some distance away from the Qingshan Mountain where the ancestral graves were located, the servants guarding the mountain didn't take it too seriously.
The old Taoist priest couldn't bear to see the servants who were guarding the mountain being harshly criticized by their master, so he took the initiative to persuade the Jia family to make peace, saying that the people guarding the mountain were indeed not to blame for this matter.
Usually, a mudslide will not affect the feng shui of ancestral graves. Ordinary people will not think about feng shui at all if they encounter it.
Then the old Taoist priest walked down the mountain to another mountain on the opposite side. He wanted to carefully examine the Feng Shui of the Jia family's ancestral tomb.
As a result, before the group of people had gone very far, one of the Jia family members did not pay attention to their steps and stepped on the wrong foot. He sprained his foot and stepped into a snake hole.
Fortunately, it is not winter now. The poisonous snakes should be out hunting now. There are no snakes hiding in the caves to hibernate. Otherwise, the Jia family will suffer a lot if they are bitten by a poisonous snake.
This Jia man's feet were sprained and he could no longer walk on the rugged mountain road, so he was helped by several servants and left first.
The group of people continued walking on the mountain road and headed to the other end.
Because of the lessons learned from the past, the old Taoist priest asked everyone to use dead branches to explore the path this time, so as not to miss the mark again.
As a result, this trip really got rid of a big problem. Along the way, everyone encountered many mouse holes or poisonous snake holes. On a short mountain road, more than a dozen caves were discovered.
We even encountered an ant nest with protrusions like a grave mound.
This is not a good sign.
The Jia family members all looked ugly.
When they walked to the shade of the green hills of the ancestral graves, everyone smelled a foul stench.
At first everyone thought the dead animal had rotted somewhere.
But when we found the source of the stench in a very hidden place, we found that it was a stagnant pool of water in the mountains. The stagnant water was black and smelly, and the stench was unpleasant.
"I remember that the water in this pool is living water. It must be a spring in the mountain passing through it. When did it become stagnant water?" A servant of the Jia family who was responsible for guarding the mountain said in shock.
The old Taoist priest asked the man, when was the last time he saw that the water in this pool was living water?
After trying hard to think back, Mr. Shouyama replied: "It seems...several years ago."
"Because it is located in a remote place and the mountain roads are difficult to walk, no one will come. When we guard the mountain, we usually guard the main road, and then people from high places keep an eye on the woods at the foot of the mountain to prevent anyone from sneaking into the mountain."
"Living water has turned into stagnant water. Look at how black and smelly the stagnant water is. It has been at least two or three years since it stopped flowing. This is called long-standing resentment."
The old Taoist priest glanced at the Jia family with a vague look, and the Jia family avoided the old Taoist priest's gaze with twinkling eyes.
The old Taoist priest shook his head and sighed, and continued on his way.
Who knows.
At this time, Jin An suddenly stood next to the stagnant water, took the wooden stick in his hand and poked at the dense vines at the edge of the stagnant water.
Hula la——
Under the dark and damp black vines, a large number of bats flew up, as big as two or three palms, frightening the Jia family and their servants, who were ordinary people, and screamed again and again. Some people almost fell into the water, but fortunately they were caught.
The old Taoist priest had quick eyes and quick hands to catch it.
The old Taoist priest has never seen any scene before. He has seen rotten corpses, withered bones, and even corpses that have been soaked in pulp for a hundred years. Such scenes do not scare the old Taoist priest.
Except for the slight paleness of his face, he tried to remain calm and collected.
"Little brother, have you discovered anything?" The old Taoist priest who tried to remain calm saw that Jin An was still poking at the dead water with a wooden stick, so he walked to Jin An and asked.
Before Jin An could answer.
Gululu——
Under the dark and damp vines, a bubble of air bubbled up, and then a highly decomposed corpse rolled out.
"ah!"
Except for Jin An and the old Taoist priest, everyone present was so frightened that they screamed.
"No need to panic, this is just a wild boar that fell into the water and drowned, not a dead body."
The old Taoist priest quickly comforted everyone.
It's just that this highly decomposed wild boar carcass is really beyond description. The carcass is bulging, and the abdominal cavity exploded by putrid gas is filled with thousands of white maggots.
No wonder this stagnant pool breeds such large bats. It turns out that such a large rotting wild boar carcass is hidden.
They discovered a large number of nests of snakes, insects, rats and ants, and found stagnant water, all of which were predicted by the old Taoist priest. Now the Jia family regarded the old Taoist priest as an outsider, and they all looked like frightened little quails.
All were timid and crowded around the old Taoist priest.
To be continued...