Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 161

[Chapter 123 (2)]

Lord, otherwise, why would you rather be swept away and curse the descendants of the Teng family to die.

Lin Chengyou was silent for a long time. The deep-seated resentment of more than 4,000 people turned into a powerful resentment that was difficult to resolve. It

was not just one person who succeeded in casting the spell. It was Teng who fell on the head of General Teng. General and Teng Yuyi.

Regardless of whether the descendants of the Teng family are willing or not, the rope of fate has quietly locked their throats.

Even if they change their fates and wait for their father and daughter, they will die again and again.

Suddenly, Lin Chengyou’s heart is very sad.

Whose fault is it in this matter? For the

first time in his life, he can’t give an answer, such a heart-wrenching past, such a tragic military disaster, even if he is physically I’m afraid I don’t have the right to judge right or wrong.

After thinking for a while, Lin Chengyou turned his eyes to Teng Shao’s undershirt.

“General Teng wanted to draw all his grievances on himself, so he did it in advance. Have you prepared this piece of clothing with the scriptures of Dunjiayuan written in reverse? There was certainty in his eyes, but more sadness.

Teng Shao’s expression was sullen, as if he had already made up his mind: “Early before this expedition, some experts predicted that I would encounter an accident, just like Yu’er’s ‘previous life’ As I have experienced, I will still die at the age of thirty-eight. After I figured out the truth of the wrong hook, I began to try to break the curse for me and Yu’er, but someone told me that the only way to resolve the curse is through the curse. When I die wearing such a dress, I will be lost and unable to reincarnate. The wrong hook spell can only affect three generations. If I can take away the heaviest curse alone, the punishment that falls on Yu’er will be reduced accordingly…”

Having said this, Teng Shao closed his eyes: ” Like Mother Hui, I just hope that Yu’er can live in peace. ”

Perhaps when he mentioned his wife, Teng Shao’s voice trembled slightly.

That year, his wife was restless all day because of the nightmares at night. In order to eliminate disasters and bring blessings, Madam Hui made a wish that as long as she passed by a Buddhist temple, she would enter to burn incense and worship Buddha.

That time, he took his wife and Yu’er back to Yangzhou. When his wife saw the Buddhist temple on the banks of the Wei River, he ordered him to berth the boat. When he entered the temple to burn incense, he happened to meet the abbot Zhiren.

The experience of monk Zhiren is very different from others. He was a Taoist priest before he became a monk. It is said that he used to get rid of troubles with several Taoist friends in his early years, and beheaded many evil things.

When he was middle-aged, Zhiren suddenly yearned for Buddhism.

Monk Zhiren has kind eyes and kind eyes, and his fat ears are long enough to reach his shoulders. Madam Hui asked him about his nightmares when she saw that he was born with a strange appearance.

Monk Zhiren asked Hui Niang when she started having nightmares and what she saw in her dreams.

Madam Hui said that she had nightmares when she was pregnant with her daughter, but she stopped doing it after giving birth to her daughter. When her daughter was four years old, she went to Baolian Temple to light a lantern to relieve disaster and blessing for the father and daughter. The nightmare came to her again.

The monk Zhiren said that he had never heard that the light of the prayer lantern would cause injustice, and he suspected that there was a curse on Hui Niang’s daughter. Any act of praying for the child would be counter-attacked. The reason why Hui Niang started having nightmares again was because of her The act of lighting prayer lamps for the father and daughter aroused resentment.

Although Madam Hui refused to believe that the ancestors of the Teng Wang family had done anything bad, the recent encounters really made her feel unbelievable. Knowing that Monk Zhiren was both knowledgeable in Buddhism and Taoism, she asked for advice that Monk Zhiren could solve it.

Monk Zhiren agreed to help Hui Niang to ask the Taoist friends of the year, and also said that Hui Niang should withdraw the prayer lamps that were placed in Baolian Temple.

When she left the Bodhi Temple, Madam Hui made a wish in front of the Buddha as usual, but this time, instead of praying for her husband and daughter, she prayed for herself. She wished that everything would go well for herself. The so-called “successful” naturally includes the safety of her husband and daughter. .

After returning to Yangzhou, Madam Hui changed the prayer and wishing lamp enshrined in Baolian Temple to pray for herself, and she did not have nightmares that night.

For this reason, Madam Hui once again fell into deep anxiety. During this period, she kept sending letters to Monk Huiren at Bodhi Temple, but it was not until half a year later that Madam Hui received a reply from Monk Zhiren again.

Madam Hui opened Monk Zhiren’s letter and read it, as if a basin of cold water was poured over her head.

Speaking of this, Teng Shao’s eyes were full of remorse: “It’s a pity that I didn’t know about it at that time, no matter how Madam Hui asked me, I firmly said that the ancestors of the Teng family never did anything bad, and Madam Hui never did anything bad. I can’t get the truth here, I can only find the answer myself, I can’t imagine how tormented she was at that time.”

Based on her husband’s words, Madam Hui was skeptical about what Monk Zhiren believed, but not only did she slip again after a while She was pregnant, and she heard the truth about the Battle of Nanyang from Wu Yingying’s mouth. Only then did Mother Hui know where the bones she saw in her dream came from.

Mother Hui seemed to have fallen into purgatory. The faint hatred of the common people in the dream made her shudder. Every time she woke up from the dream, she would be terrified for a long time. It turned out that it was not a life-threatening injustice, but a curse.

After a few days of anxiety, Madam Hui quickly made up her mind. In the past year or two, she has asked many monks and Taoists for advice. Only this monk Zhiren, who is both versed in Buddhism and Taoism, told the crux of the problem. , I’m afraid no one can help their father and daughter. The imperial court was urgently summoning the Zhenhai Navy to attack Tubo. Her husband was often away from the house in order to discuss the military situation. She was afraid that her husband would have an accident this time, so she sent a letter overnight to ask Monk Zhiren to come to Yangzhou to help cast the spell.

However, Zhiren said that love could not help, but he couldn’t stand Hui Niang’s repeated letters for help. In the end, his heart softened. He told Hui Niang what another Taoist friend thought. This Taoist friend was the Taoist priest of Youyouguan in Cangzhou. Although people did not succeed in resolving the wrong hook spell, since then, fellow Taoists have known that this spell can be used to offset some of the evils with the blessings of the close relatives, but the premise is that a ritual must be done, and the ritual is extremely bad. To do it requires the joint efforts of monks and Taoists.

Zhiren also told Hui Niang that from the perspective of her daughter’s fate, the child would encounter a turning point that would change his fate at about five years old.

This turning point was brought about by another child who was blessed with a big life. If Madam Hui wants to do this ritual, the timing must be chosen before her daughter is five years old. After the threshold of five years old, no amount of prayers will be useless.

Having said that, Teng Shao looked at Lin Chengyou, and his deep eyes clearly showed gratitude. Lin Chengyou felt like a gust of wind was blowing in his heart.

“A while ago, I finally found the monk Zhiren who lived in seclusion in the mountains. After the monk Zhiren heard that Yu’er could predict the future, he guessed that she had lived through one life. He sighed for a long time for this, saying that Mother Hui had a great predestined relationship with Buddhism. , the ritual of the first life brought Yu’er an opportunity to borrow life, but also because of the rebirth of life, Yu’er and I were trapped in this ‘rebirth’ curse. In this second rebirth In the world, Madam Hui still has no hesitation to use her own blessings to pray for Yu’er and me…”

Teng Shao suddenly lost his voice.

This time, Madam Hui finally asked for an ancient sword for him and her daughter, but because someone helped Yu’er change her life in a “previous life”, the caster and Yu’er would continue to encounter monsters and ghosts, which belonged to the two of them. A catastrophe is also an opportunity. That sword can slay demons and remove demons. If Yu’er is not afraid of hardships and dangers, she might be able to use the demon to remove evil obstacles for herself.

“Monk Zhiren told me that when Madam Hui found out the reason, she immediately wrote back to him saying that she was willing to do this ritual. She said that it doesn’t matter whether it works or not, since she has found the source of the nightmare, she must give it a try. Tell your husband about this, because of his temperament, not only is it impossible to agree to do this ritual, but he will also drive out the monk Zhiren as a slanderous person.”

As the safety of the father and daughter is concerned, Madam Hui does not dare to take risks lightly , at least before the practice, she could not tell her husband about it for the time being.

Monk Zhiren solemnly warned Huiniang that her life expectancy was only a few years away. If she used her blessings to save her husband and children from disasters, her death would likely be brought forward to this year. But Madam Hui said, what if she lived a hundred years old, and told her to watch her children and her husband die one after another, she would be sadder than death. She is willing to donate her good fortune to their father and daughter. If she doesn’t believe it, she can’t get a little in return.

Before the practice, Madam Hui bought small clothes and new jewelry for her daughter all day long, because her daughter always wanted her to sleep in her arms at night. She even made a puppet for her daughter, and even brought her children to make desserts when she was in good health. To her husband, Madam Hui deliberately distanced herself, because she was afraid that if the ritual happened, she would leave their father and daughter early. The sadder the husband is, the sadder she will be.

After making this arrangement, Madam Hui calmly waited for the ritual.

Tears fell silently from the corners of Teng Shao’s eyes, soaking his shirt.

“This curse is aimed at my father. If it is to be punished, it should also be directed at me. I only hate my inability to fight against this fate, and it will eventually implicate my wife and children. After learning the truth, I often think that my wife and I will never live in a lifetime. He did evil things, why did this happen? The resentment originated from the people in the first battle of Nanyang, but what did they do wrong?!”

He wanted to hate, but no one hated him.

Lin Chengyou’s heart was extremely bitter and bitter, and in the face of this despair that was comparable to struggling in the mud, the relief in words seemed so powerless.

Teng Shao looked at a certain point in the void, and suddenly smiled pitifully: “I asked Monk Zhiren, can the sword that Mother Hui asked for can help Yu’er resolve the grievances on her body? In addition to a lot of evil spirits in Yajian, the curse may still not be resolved, because my Yintang has turned black, and there will be catastrophe recently. Unless my expedition is safe, it can be said that the curse has been broken. So I prepared this curse in advance. , this is the most vicious self-punishment technique in the world. Only in this way can the most vicious grievances in the world be resolved. Only if I also end up

never reincarnating, can I stop this disaster for Yu’er.” After falling, Teng Shao suddenly gasped heavily, Lin Chengyou was startled, and Teng Shao’s complexion quickly deteriorated.

The emotions of people who have been poisoned by corpse should not be ups and downs. After all, this will cause the toxin to spread all over the body. When Teng Shao was talking about the past, Lin Chengyou tried to interrupt many times, but Teng Shao wanted to use his own death to earn a chance for his daughter. The will to survive, the words of the monk Zhiren came true, and the grudges on Teng Shao’s father and daughter are still there. From the moment he was injured by the grudge tonight, Teng Shao was ready to die.

“General Teng.” Lin Chengyou was so worried, he clasped Teng Shao’s chin and stuffed a protective pill into Teng Shao’s mouth. It would be nice if you had the six-yuan pill on your body, and the six-yuan pill had a miraculous effect on detoxifying the demon. It’s a pity that the master has not prepared this medicine after returning to Chang’an, and the bottle that he usually does not leave his body, and when he dealt with the tree demon in Ziyun Tower, all of them were distributed to the unconscious Du Tinglan and others.

Thinking of this, Lin Chengyou was a little stunned. Teng Yuyi tried desperately to save the life of his next sister from the tree demon, but because of this, the six yuan pills were distributed in advance, so that when General Teng was poisoned, there was no more medicine left to save him. Isn’t it all? It was destined somewhere –

seeing that Teng Shao’s condition was getting worse and worse, Lin Chengyou suddenly ordered the car to stop, got out of the car and went to another carriage loaded with baggage to get an item, and quickly returned to Teng Shao’s side.

Open the bag, and inside is a box of candied fruit and a stack of makeup damask.

“General Teng.” Lin Chengyou helped Teng Shao and motioned him to look at the thing in the damask, “This is a package that Ayu sent to the army, and it was delivered from Chang’an in June, but because of the two months The Zhen Haijun and the Shence Army went all over the place, and I didn’t receive them until last night. There are two things in total. One is the candied fruit she made by herself, which is for me. The other is for General Teng. General Teng, take a good look at it, This is the summer dress that Ayu made for you.”

Teng Shao stared at the thing in front of him with tears in his eyes, it was a summer dress with a green Buddha’s head, and the stitches were a bit rough.

Lin Chengyou held up the sleeves of Xia Chang so that Teng Shao could see the complicated patterns clearly: “I don’t know how long it took A Yu to make this dress, but just by looking at the patterns on the top, you can tell that she put a lot of effort into it. She sewed every stitch, every thread, and every corner of her clothes by herself. She knew that it was hot in the army, and the softer and softer the clothes, the better. When she made the clothes and sent them to the army, she just wanted to make her father less hot, Teng. General, don’t you know how much A-Yu misses his father?”

Teng Shao’s nose twitched, looking at the stitches through the mist of tears.

“Father goes off the expedition, Ayu must be looking forward to his father’s safe return. If it is his father’s body that arrives at the end, Ayu will feel very sad. Ayu has lost her mother since she was a child, and if she leaves again, she will be alone. Now. If you find out that General Teng ended up in a dead end in order to break the curse for her, even if she can live a hundred years, I am afraid she will not be able to let it go in her life. General Teng, you and Mrs. Teng love Ayu more than I do. Think even more deeply, but Ayu’s love for her grandfather and mother is not necessarily inferior to yours. General Teng is very determined, and he has no choice at this point, but things may not turn around until the last moment.”

“Even for Ayu’s sake . , and also ask General Teng to support him to Chang’an.” After saying that, Lin Chengyou solemnly put the summer dress on Teng Shao.

Teng Shao closed his eyes with tears in his eyes. The clothes were as soft as silk, reminding him of his daughter’s white and tender cheeks when he was a child. Frames of memories flashed before his eyes, making his heart as soft as fabric, and he was silent for a long time, even though he He was already suffocating, but he still nodded with difficulty.

***

On the way to Qingyun Temple, Teng Yuyi was silent as never before.

Jue Sheng and Qi Zhi rarely saw Teng Yuyi’s expression so solemn, and did not dare to speak rashly.

Along the way, the Xuanyin bell on Teng Yuyi’s wrist rang a few times from time to time, but the bell was very light, which indicated that the evil mana outside was low. Evil drifted by.

Teng Yuyi took care of himself for a moment, and suddenly felt that something was not right. In the past, Juesheng and Qizhi would quit when they saw the evil, but tonight they have no intention of making a move.

She asked the two of them: “There are evil spirits on the street, why not accept them? Aren’t you afraid that they will harm the people nearby?”

Juesheng shook his head: “I can’t accept them. These are just wandering spirits on the street. Being a ghost doesn’t harm anyone. The reason why they linger and don’t reincarnate is mostly because of unfinished ambitions. We can only help them to cross the border by doing things, but we can’t rashly beat them to pieces. Doing so is too damaging to Yin virtue and will greatly damage them. self-cultivation.”

Teng Yuyi asked again: “I remember when Chikuo appeared last time, the Taoist priest and his old man led the Taoists to set up a circle of evil nets around the city for fear of Chikuo breaking into the city. You can’t break into the city.”

Qizhi was worried: “Someone must have secretly destroyed the evil net in a certain place. The city of Chang’an is so big, and there are more than a dozen gates in the city, and people who enter and leave the city every day are like that. There are many, there is a chance to damage the net of evil. As long as there is a loophole, there will be gaps between wandering spirits and evil spirits. Even if we find that gap, we can’t prevent those people from destroying the other one.”

Teng Yuyi nodded. It seems that someone is deliberately trying to stir the wind and rain. According to her, it is probably the master of Haoyue Sanren, but when it comes to this, she can’t figure it out: “These wandering spirits can’t harm people, and their mana is low. What if we bring them into the city?”

He suddenly heard Qizhi and said, “Miss Teng, haven’t you noticed that those wandering spirits have been following our cart?”

Teng Yuyi hurriedly lifted the curtain and looked out, it was midnight, and the streets and alleys were empty. Yes, I didn’t see anything at a glance.

Qi Zhi hurriedly helped Teng Yuyi open his eyes.

Teng Yuyi opened her eyes again, and saw the street full of shadowy ghosts, they followed the cart, but they did not dare to get too close because of fear of Xiaoya’s sword light.

“In the first few days, Juesheng and I discovered that there are more evil spirits and wandering spirits near the Teng Mansion than other places, but because the senior brother has set up a barrier in the mansion, those things do not dare to trespass at will, Mrs. Teng, we think they are Just like these wandering spirits tonight, they are very interested in you.”

Teng Yuyi put down the window curtain and thought, this is really strange, even though she has always been easy to attract evil spirits, she has never seen such a group of wandering spirits following her before.

While thinking about it, I suddenly heard Duanfu outside the curtain and said respectfully: “The Taoist priest.”

Looking out, it turned out to be the chariot of Qingyun Temple, who came with Qingxuzi, and the Wudao of Dongming Temple.

Wudao bluffed: “Qing Xuzi, when our Dongming Temple was famous in Chang’an, your Qingyun Temple was still a piece of shit! Others are afraid of you, but we are not afraid of you. You called us out in the middle of the night, what are you going to do? There is something wrong with this whole city of grievances, but why do you say that this is related to the wrong hook spell? Tell me, who is the person who was hit by the curse? How did that person attract so many evil spirits?

” It’s been more than an hour on the street. If you don’t sleep, we will sleep. Besides, what does it have to do with us? Even if you say it wrong tonight, we will never do it. I followed you to Qingyun Temple.” Juesheng and Qizhi

jumped out of the car: “Master, why are you here so late?”

Teng Yuyi looked at Qingxuzi and Wudao, looking at this posture, it seemed like a special trip When she came to find her, she hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: “Daoist priest.”

Qing Xuzi raised his white eyebrows: “It’s getting late, why are you still swaying outside?” Then

she swayed Juesheng and Qizhi’s foreheads with a whisk. : “There is a vision in the sky, you don’t persuade Madam Teng to stay in the mansion and accompany her around, even if you encounter some wandering ghosts, if you encounter Chikuo, it is up to the two of you. Are you sure you can handle it?”

Teng Yuyi hurriedly apologized to Qing Xuzi: “It’s not about the two little Taoist priests, it’s the junior who needs to go out for an urgent matter. Today, the junior went to an old friend to verify a past story, I’m about to go to the Taoist priest to tell me about it.”

Qing Xuzi was startled for a moment, and he probably saw that Teng Yuyi’s face was uglier than usual, so he nodded and changed a gentle tone: “That’s it, it’s not clean outside, what’s the matter? Let’s talk about it later.”

Wu Dao refused to move, looked at Teng Yuyi, his face full of stunned: “Qing Xuzi, the person you said was the one who was wrongly cursed was Mrs. Teng?”

Teng Yuyi had no intention of answering, and Qing Xuzi also Did not pick up.

Seeing the sky, he suddenly realized: “It’s no wonder that Mrs. Teng always encounters evil spirits, it turns out to be—”

He wanted to know that most of the people who were hit by the curse would not end well, his eyes flashed, and he didn’t say anything further. Jianxi and others also looked different.

At this time, Qing Xuzi and Teng Yuyi had already gotten into the car, and Wu Dao hurriedly jumped on the donkey.

“Old Daoist, let’s go back to Qingyun Temple with you.”

Jue Sheng said stupidly: “Seniors are willing to go to Qingyun Temple?”

Seeing the sky, he smiled and said, “It’s okay for others, whoever called the cursed person is Lady Teng, last time. We lost a bet to Mrs. Teng in Caifenglou, and we haven’t honored that bet until now, so helping out this time is considered a debt repayment.”

Jue Sheng Qizhi’s heart warmed, and he scratched his head happily.

Looking back, Teng Yuyi was also smiling while Juesheng and Qizhi whispered, “No wonder Master and Senior Brother think of the five seniors when they have something to do, and probably know that they are not bad-hearted. Look, when something really happens, the seniors seem to be Never shirk.”

Teng

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