Chapter 12: Opening the Coffin
When my cousin said this, he looked quite relaxed, as if this matter could be completely handled.
I have worked in the pig farm for so many years, and to be honest, I have never seen the master that my cousin mentioned, but my cousin would mention him in front of me whenever he had nothing to do.
But over the years, my uncle has had a habit of keeping the first pig slaughtered every month.
At that time, I also asked my uncle, what is the purpose of keeping it?
My cousin said he gave it to his master, and he said his master loved to eat this.
Out of curiosity, I once wanted my uncle to take me to find his master, but every time my uncle was vague and refused to take me.
So I have always been curious about this master he mentioned.
The car drove forward, and after about half an hour, we arrived at a village in the city.
My cousin found a place to park the car and asked me to follow him carrying the pig's head. He strode forward , and as he walked, he did not forget to praise to me how powerful his master was.
After walking for a while, we found that the houses were becoming more and more dilapidated.
I thought that my cousin's master lived a very poor life, but after passing the entrance of this group of dilapidated houses, we arrived at a temple.
I was a little surprised to see this temple. I didn't expect that there was a temple in the urban village.
However, this temple seemed to have fallen into disrepair after a long period of time. The steps at the entrance were already covered with moss. If nothing unexpected happened, this temple would not have many visitors.
I stood in front of the temple in a daze for a while, thinking to myself, my cousin must be right?
Carrying a bloody pig's head to the temple?
My cousin didn't delay. He walked up to her and knocked on the door.
After a few knocks, the door opened by itself. My cousin started to complain, saying, "This door really needs to be fixed. It's already in such a bad state."
After entering, the place was in a state of disrepair, with fallen leaves piled up on the ground.
He took a few steps and began to shout at the top of his voice: "Master, Master, your disciple is here to see you."
As my uncle shouted a few times, a voice suddenly rang out : "Wulian Tianzun."
I:"……"
I was a little dumbfounded. Shouldn't the monk be Amitabha? How did it become Wuliang Tianzun? Isn't this what Taoists say?
Taoist priests live in Buddhist temples?
I looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man who looked like a woman walking towards me.
I originally thought that my cousin's master would be a white-haired old man with some Taoist skills, but the man in front of me looked only about twenty years old, with fair skin and tender flesh, wearing a black Taoist robe. The whole person gave people an indescribable weird feeling.
He also acted in an old-fashioned manner, which was totally different from what one should look like at his age.
I thought to myself, could it be that my cousin had been cheated? But then I thought, that shouldn't be the case. When my cousin had crushed the yellow paper man to death, his skill was real.
"Master." My cousin walked forward happily with a smile on his face.
I was watching from the side, a little dumbfounded.
"Disciple, go to the kitchen and make it for Master."
My uncle came back to his senses and understood.
Afterwards, he looked at me and said, "Xiaoyang, why are you still standing there? Call someone."
I looked at the young Taoist priest in front of me and felt something was wrong, but seeing how attentive my uncle was, I also called out, "Master Taoist, hello."
"Go quickly."
The Taoist priest was obviously impatient and urged us to cook the pig's head.
My parents are still in the village at this time, and I am a little worried. If the person in front of me has real ability, I hope he can follow me to the village as soon as possible to see my parents and see if he can solve this problem.
"Master, can you come back and make it again? Something happened in my family. When you come back, I will make you a full banquet of pig head meat."
I said anxiously.
The Taoist priest said calmly, "Don't worry. I know you are worried about your parents. But I have observed your parents' palace and can see that they will be safe for the time being. But you are in danger ."
The Taoist priest spoke slowly, and his words made my expression change slightly. I was not sure whether what he said was true.
The Taoist priest saw that I was still standing there, and said to me anxiously, "Go quickly."
My cousin took me to the kitchen and quickly cooked a simple meal. The Taoist priest in front of me ate a portion of both meat and vegetables, and then he burped.
I saw that it was almost two o'clock in the morning, so I said to the Taoist priest, "Master, can we go over now?"
"Get up and go."
The Taoist priest stood up and my cousin hurried to the front to serve him. When they arrived in front of the car, my cousin opened the door.
The Taoist priest was sitting in the passenger seat and I was sitting in the back seat. My cousin was extremely respectful to the Taoist priest. I even thought, no matter who could cheat on me, my cousin would not cheat on me, right?
After driving for about forty minutes, the car arrived at the center of the village.
After we got off the car, the Taoist priest walked towards the village. Seeing this, I stopped him and briefly explained the situation to him. It was not convenient for me to go back to the village due to my current identity, and my second uncle and third uncle would definitely cause trouble for me.
The Taoist priest was glad to see me like this. I said, "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong with me here."
Since the Taoist priest said so, I didn't say anything and just kept walking forward. After a while, I finally arrived home. The lights in my house were on, but there was no one there.
I went in and called out to my parents, but no one responded. I couldn't help feeling worried.
I even started to wonder if anything would happen to them?
Seeing this, my cousin quickly reminded me, "Xiaoyang, don't worry. The elders are holding the funeral in the ancestral hall, and your parents should be there to help."
What my cousin said brought me back to my senses.
We walked towards the ancestral hall, and when we arrived, we found that my parents were indeed there, but they were the only ones in the hall; my second and third uncles were nowhere to be seen.
After I went in, I called out to my parents and their attention quickly fell on me.
My mother stood up and came towards me, hugged me and said, "Xiaoyang, why are you back?"
"Mom, I brought a master with me this time. This master can help our family solve the problem and find our family's enemy."
"Where is the master?" my father asked.
When I said this, both of them looked happy and were obviously quite pleased.
I pointed at the young Taoist priest and said, "Mom and Dad, that's him."
When my parents looked at him, the smiles on their faces suddenly froze. It was obvious that they didn't really believe that this young Taoist priest could solve any problems.
In fact, not only they didn't believe it, I didn't believe it either.
The Taoist priest seemed to have seen through it all, and immediately said calmly: "Open the coffin."
