Chapter 52: Great Dao Drawing Talisman
In fact, it is no wonder that Brother Long and his friends asked such questions. This group of second-hand tomb robbers were influenced by those tomb-robbing novels. They were lucky enough to dig up the tomb on their first try. Along the way, this group of people also visited the antique market. Unfortunately, the people who wrote the book also did some research. Although the events in the book were fabricated, the names were three true and one false, which was very deceptive.
In Brother Long's group, Zheng Wen is from a fake academic school. Although the school is not very reliable, the orthodox style is here. He really doesn't know these unconventional things. The others are completely outsiders. After listening to the novel, they actually believed that what was written in the book was true. The tomb robbery business was indeed divided into four branches. Zhang Dadao was shocked when he said this.
Others may not know, but he knows that tomb raiding and tomb-robbing are real events as recorded in the Historical Records, but moving mountains and removing hills is pure fiction. Upon hearing Brother Long's serious question, Zhang Dadao almost laughed out loud, and shook his head quickly, saying, "Of course not! You guys don't believe me if you're just laymen, so what? It's just tomb robbing, there's no need to make so many stories! The 'Four Olds' have all been destroyed, and those who did exist have been tossed away! There are two ways to classify tomb robbing, one is called archaeology, which is official theft! The other is called tomb robbing, and those caught will be sentenced!"
When Zhang Dadao said this, Brother Long and the others were stunned. Seeing that they still didn't understand, Zhang Dadao explained, "This thing is the same as porn movies. There are many companies, such as Kyoto Fever, Nihonmichi, and Caleb, but in fact, there are only two types, infantry and cavalry! Do you understand?"
The Long brothers were even more confused, but Zheng Wen, who was indeed a scholar, was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, he also felt that what Zhang Dadao said made some sense. But he still had doubts and asked, "But our professor said that archaeology is also divided into north and south? What's going on?"
Zhang Dadao said happily: "This is not simple. This is the way officials divide corruption. This is how archaeology comes from. There are more big tombs in the north and more shipwrecks in the south. The targets are different! There are more water buckets in the south and more dry buckets in the north. There are naturally different methods for analyzing . There are more private corruption in the north than in the south. Can't you read more about materialism and dialectics? What! Do you still want to do this business after asking so many questions?"
Brother Long laughed dryly, not knowing how to deal with this Taoist priest who was full of materialism. Just when he was feeling awkward, he saw Wu Datou coming over with a bowl of something red. Zhang Dadao was just asking casually, but when he saw what he wanted was coming, he quickly shut up, took the bowl and put it on the coffee table, and asked Zheng Wen to take the written words to the side to dry. Wu Datou looked at Zhang Dadao curiously as he started to cut the yellow paper, and asked:
"Brother Zhang? Are you going to draw a talisman? Could it be that there really are ghosts in the ghost market?"
Although this guy was killing chickens , he was not far away and heard everything Zhang Dadao and the others said clearly.
Zhang Dadao did not answer. He had never seen a living ghost, so how could he know if there was one? He just said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. What level of cultivation do I have? Do I need to draw talismans to catch ghosts? What ghost dares to face me?"
Zheng Wenxue, however, was indeed related to traditional culture, and he did have some understanding of Taoist talismans. He asked in confusion, "Da Dao, don't Taoist talismans have to be printed with seals to be useful? Your stuff is not complete?"
Zhang Dadao didn't say anything. He raised his hand and drew something on a piece of yellow paper. Then he handed it to Liuzi and said, "You suffered a fire disaster today. Take the ashes and swallow them with water. It will change your luck."
Liuzi took it with a half-believing and half-doubting attitude. He was so angry after just one look that he glared at Zhang Dadao while waving the talisman in his hand and said, "You dead liar, look at what this is! Do you think I can't read?"
Zheng Wen quickly took the talisman and was stunned when he saw it. His face showed an expression that was almost the same as the words drawn on the talisman paper, a big red "囧". There were also a few cloud-like pictures and words on both sides. Even if Zheng Wen was uneducated, he knew that this weird thing was definitely not a serious talisman, and he couldn't help but say:
"Brother Da Dao? It doesn't matter if you don't have the seal with you. You don't necessarily have to draw the talisman! Why is this necessary? What kind of talisman is this?"
"Jingjiong, you have a magic talisman for luck?" Zhang Dadao said with contempt, "Only the clerks need to seal the talismans when drawing them! I am a real person, and anything I draw is a talisman when my spirit is flowing. Jigong rubbed some dirt on it and ate it, and it can cure diseases, not to mention that it is a talisman written by me! Well, if you believe it, then eat it. If you don't believe it, you will continue to be unlucky, and I don't care!"
Zhang Dadao opened his mouth and began to draw something on the talisman. Wu Datou watched with great interest and occasionally exclaimed. Zheng Wen and the others looked even more strange, and Liuzi was holding the talisman, not knowing what to do.
Big Head: "Oh, this is a gourd! What kind of talisman is this?"
Dao: "The gourd represents fortune and luck. This is called borrowing a form to attach meaning. Do you understand?"
Big Head: "What about this Saint Seiya? You are drawing a Saint Seiya, right? Of course, this shape is the wrath of the Goddess of Dawn!"
Da Dao: "Yes! This is called the Tortoise Shell Talisman. Have you seen Saint Seiya? Look at the five little strong men, how strong they are! This is called the Borrowed Intention Talisman! If you stick this on, you won't feel any pain when you get hit. Do you want to try it?"
Big Head: "That makes sense, that makes sense, Brother Zhang, you really have a way! Just try it! I believe it! I really believe it!"
Liuzi listened to these increasingly unreliable words, and watched Zhang Dadao even draw Red Wolf. He felt indescribably aggrieved, but it was true that he had been predicted to be unlucky in the morning, so he could only say to Zheng Wen directly: "Wenzi, do you think this thing is reliable?"
Zheng Wen gritted his teeth and said helplessly: "You can try it. It won't kill anyone anyway! If it works, we'll have found a treasure!"
Brother Long also nodded and said, "Listen to him! We don't know as much about these things as he does! If this mess is useful, this little Taoist priest is really a half-immortal, and our business will be settled!"
Liuzi gritted his teeth and went to the kitchen. Brother Long picked up the Red Wolf Talisman that he had just drawn and asked Zhang Dadao who was taking a break, "Brother Zhang, we wouldn't doubt you even if you drew a god or something, but this thing is really unreliable, isn't it?"
Zhang Dadao raised his eyebrows and said, "What's unreliable about it? This is a talisman to ward off evil spirits. If you carry it with you, female ghosts won't be able to get close to you. Have you ever seen Gray Wolf in cartoons? Has he ever had any evil thoughts? This talisman is good for anything like a cheating husband or a cheating boyfriend! You can't take this away without 1,000 yuan, and it will cost 300 more if you add a frying pan."
Zheng Wen also looked helpless and said, "It's fun for you to draw like this, but whether it's useful or not is aside for now. Who would believe in such a talisman?"
Zhang Dadao said calmly, "It's better if you don't believe me! I'm not planning to use it for others. Drawing the talisman is very laborious. This kind of talisman is actually not very effective because the materials are too low! If you really want to draw the talisman well, you need good paper, good brush, good cinnabar, and even the chicken has to be a rooster that has been fed with pine caterpillars since childhood. When it is nine months old, you have to bleed it . After the drawing is done, you have to worship it in a divine way, which means that I am a real person. If you change a legal official, he will die of exhaustion and still not be able to draw it!"
Zhang Dadao's words were so confusing that Zheng Wen and the others were getting more distracted. When their eyes lost focus, Liuzi came over with a suffocated look on his face, with some black ash on the corners of his mouth. He glared at Zhang Dadao fiercely before saying, "Brother Long, should we take out the things we are going to the ghost market later?"
Brother Long and Zheng Wen shuddered together before waking up from Zhang Dadao's hypnosis. They looked at each other and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes! Let's prepare things first!"
