After Zhao Erluzi finished reading the entire book, he realized that what was recorded in the "Secret Book of Folk Magic" were all folk methods for exorcising evil spirits and treating ghosts, or some ancient folk remedies.
There were no magical spells such as invisibility and wall penetration that he wanted to learn. He was so angry that he cursed the old man for leaving him a bad book. But coincidentally, what he had learned in the past year was still
It really came in handy.
In the village where Zhao Erluzi lives, there is a rich man named Wang Manguan. A maid in his family committed suicide by jumping into the well in the backyard a few years ago. Nothing strange happened at first, but
After a few months, strange things started to happen one after another.
First, people heard someone crying in the middle of the night. Later, someone actually saw the ghost of the dead maid Chuntao floating back and forth in the yard. For a while, everyone in the Wang family was panicked.
Especially Wang Manguan’s third concubine, who married later, had nightmares every night. She dreamed that Chuntao’s face was covered in blood, she was standing in front of her bed with a long tongue sticking out and two big eyes bulging, saying that she was coming to find her.
She asked for her life!
From then on, the third concubine couldn't get sick and was in a trance every day. In the end, the incident became more and more serious, and even people in nearby villages and towns knew that the Wang family was haunted.
Wang Manguan was also worried about this. In order to exorcise ghosts, he hired many monks and Taoists, and spent a lot of money. However, most of those so-called 'masters' were fake and deceptive.
When I came here, I just walked around, and after taking the money, the person ran away.
Some "monks" even imitated Taoist priests and drew talismans after they came in, which really made people laugh and cry.
Zhao Erluzi heard about this and knew that this was an unjust ghost seeking his life. He studied the "Secret Book of Folk Magic" for more than half a year and learned many ways to exorcise evil spirits and cure them. He thought: "I would like to take this opportunity to try that."
Does the method written in this book work? Maybe it really works? If it works, maybe you can make a living by using it. Even if it doesn’t work, it’s not a bad idea to cheat a little money out of it.”
Thinking of this, he came to Wang Manguan's house, and regardless of the servants guarding the door, he strode inside. They were all from the same village. How could those servants not recognize him, Zhao Erluzi, and immediately stopped him and said:
"I asked Zhao Erluzi, did you take the wrong medicine and go to the wrong place? This is the residence of Mr. Wang Manguan. Did someone like you just enter it casually?"
At this time, Zhao Erluzi put on an air of dignity and pretended to be angry, saying: "How dare you! You are such a rude person. I am here to exorcise ghosts and subjugate demons for Mr. Wang. Why are you trying to stop me? Get out of the way quickly."
, don’t stop the people from doing this.” His words made the two servants happy.
One of the servants said to him: "Quickly pull you down, you are so bear-like, who doesn't know how to return to the mountain? I think you can't eat, are you here to cheat and drink? I advise you to hurry up."
Come on, don't get beaten up later and say I didn't tell you." Zhao Erluzi was not willing to just leave like this, so he started arguing with the two of them.
Coincidentally, Wang Manguan walked out of the house at that moment. When he saw the three people arguing, he stopped and asked, "What are you arguing about here? Don't you think the house is not chaotic enough?"
Seeing Wang Manguan come out, a servant stepped forward and said: "Sir, that scoundrel in the village, Zhao Erluzi, said he would come to exorcise ghosts and subjugate demons. Who would believe that he has such ability? I think he is here."
This is a lie."
As soon as he heard that Zhao Erluzi was here to drive away ghosts, Wang Manguan came up with an idea and immediately stepped forward and asked: "Erluzi, you said that you can exorcise ghosts and cast down demons. Is this true or false?"
Zhao Erluzi deliberately pretended to be incomprehensible and said to him with his hands behind his back: "I am from Lutou Mountain. I was originally the horse of Zhang Guolao, one of the eight immortals in the sky. I came down to earth this time to help your family."
To exorcise ghosts and ward off evil spirits, if you don’t believe me, I will let your third aunt settle down tonight and stop having nightmares.” Zhao Erluzi is actually not sure at all. The purpose of saying this is to cheat him out of the money first. What’s worse?
Even if he was beaten, it wasn't like he had never been beaten by others before, so he didn't care at all.
He already had a long face, and he pretended to be very tall, which really frightened Wang Manguan. Wang Manguan thought to himself: "This man cannot be judged by his appearance, and the sea water cannot be measured. Maybe this Zhao Er donkey is really
It's possible that some kind of donkey immortal descended to the earth. After saying that I haven't seen this person for a long time, I wonder where he can attain enlightenment." In fact, this is a typical example of him seeking medical treatment indiscriminately when he is sick.
"Er Donkey...ah no, Shanren. What do you think I should do now?" Wang Manguan asked.
"In this way, you first prepare a room for me, and then bring 20 steamed buns, ten pounds of beef, two roast chickens, and a pot of white wine. In the evening, I will start a ritual to slay the demons.
"Zhao Erluzi hasn't eaten for three days. How could he let go of such a good opportunity?
This little thing was just a drop in the bucket for Wang Manguan. He hurriedly ordered: "Go quickly and prepare it immediately according to the mountain man's needs." Although the two servants were suspicious of Zhao Erluzibao, the master did not say anything.
Dare to disobey, nodded quickly and went to prepare things and room.
In a short time, all the rooms and food that Zhao Erluzi needed were ready. Zhao Erluzi also told Wang Manguan and others not to approach his room, otherwise his spells would malfunction.
After everyone left, Zhao Erluzi observed for a while and found out that no one was watching him. Then he felt relieved, opened his cheeks, ate a lot, and then had a good sleep again. In the evening
Then he walked out of his room.
After finding Wang Manguan, he said to him: "Mr. Wang, Shanren, I have already set up the altar. Now I just need you to take me to the third lady's room to take a look, so that I can prescribe the right medicine to help the third lady to avoid misfortunes.
"
Wang Manguan took him to his third concubine's room. At this time, his third concubine was no longer human, and she was going crazy. She kept talking to herself and saying some incomprehensible words.
When someone came, they were so frightened that they hid in the corner and shouted loudly to prevent Wang Manguan and Zhao Erluzi from passing by.
When Zhao Erluzi took a look at her state, he found that he looked very much like the "lost soul" written in the book. This so-called "lost soul" means that after a person is frightened, his soul will be extremely unstable, so his thinking
It will lead to confusion and abnormality, which is what people in ancient times often referred to as mental illness.
After looking at it pretentiously for a while, Zhao Erluzi said slowly: "I think the third lady was frightened by the female ghost, but don't worry, the mountain man has his own clever plan." After thinking for a while, he again
Then he said: "Just write on red paper the sky is panic, the earth is panic, my family has a crying night, the gentleman passing by reads it three times, and sleeps until dawn. These words are pasted on her bedside, and she is hanging them with a red string.
Tie a slip knot on her two little toes, and this will bring back the spirit that scared her away." Zhao Erluzi casually recounted a method for summoning the spirit of a child from the "Secret Book of Folk Magic".
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