My enemies became my companions

Chapter 40 I will fight

"Summoning spirits... Only you can come up with such an evil technique!"

Min Ning was stunned for a moment, then looked angry.

Chen Yi's ideas are not only whimsical, but also shocking and inhumane!
Summoning the dead soul of Min He, isn't this blasphemy against the ancestors? According to Dayu law, those who blasphemed the ancestors and the ancestral tablets would be punished with 80 strokes of the cane at the lightest and death at the worst.

"This is the simplest way. Just call your grandfather out and ask him questions. And..."

Chen Yi is like the demon Buddha Mara tempting Gautama Siddhartha:
"Don't you want to see your grandfather again? Don't you want him to see that Min Ning and Min Yuechi are young and promising and have not brought disgrace to the family. Don't you want to hear this old man praise you again? Don't you want to hear this old man teach you a sword again?"

His words seemed to have an indescribable magic. Min Ning couldn't help but picture the kind old man in his mind. As the sage said: A gentleman stays away from his sons. Therefore, in a family, fathers and sons are not close, but grandfathers and grandchildren are close. What's more, Min He started from scratch and carried the Min family's heyday on his shoulders. However, under the shade of his tree, no matter how stormy it was, no one could enter the Min family.

Min Ning's thoughts were wandering for a moment. She kept wandering around the yard, her eyes shifting.

She still couldn't make up her mind. After all, summoning spirits was...

But...one more compliment, one more lesson in swordplay. Min Ning recalled that when the sudden rain had just stopped, she practiced martial arts in the rain. Even though she was covered in bruises, her father never said a word to stop her. It was her grandfather who stopped everything and bought her osmanthus cake in the rain. That dish of osmanthus cake was very greasy and not very sweet, but it still left a mark in her heart.

Min Ning was in a daze, with ethical principles entangled in her mind. Her mind was wandering and hesitating.

At this moment, Chen Yi's face suddenly appeared in front of her.

The man stared at her and said softly:
"Trust me. No matter how big the problem is, I will handle it. No matter how big the burden is, I will share it."

Min Ning's expression paused at first, and her shoulders shook. Twelve years, a full twelve years had passed, and no one had ever said such words to her, no one had ever said that he would share the burden with her.

The top ten on the martial arts list lost their minds for a moment and said in a trance:

"Um…"

………………

[Outside the western suburbs of the capital, there is a demon in Huaishui Village. Please exterminate it. This is also what Elder Lin wants. Do not leave the building. ]

Early the next morning, Chen Yi looked at the note again.

It is the day of eliminating bandits and demons, evil thoughts are rampant, and evil spirits are heavy. It is normal for there to be ghosts in Huaishui Village.

But it is not normal that Lord Lin specifically asked to remove the mite.

"If I remember correctly, the demon wandering in there is not a simple one. It is a ghost general."

Chen Yi murmured.

Elder Lin wanted to cultivate Taoism and become an immortal. His method of cultivation was obtained by Lin's party from an ancient tomb where an immortal had passed away. It was presented to Elder Lin on his 60th birthday. This method is a quick way of cultivation compared to the Shangqing Dao's method of beheading the three corpses and the Tai Hua Mountain's method of forgetting emotions, which both take generations of time.

It is said that this method came from a hermit who practiced both Buddhism and Taoism. People at that time called him the Prime Minister in the Mountains. The principle of this method is also very simple. It does not rely on enlightenment and longevity, but relies on a meritorious instrument to gather incense and vows, and rely on merit to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven. For this reason, the Lin Party built a shrine in the ancestral land of Lin Ge Lao to worship him, and the locals called him Lin Shenxian.

The best way to achieve enlightenment through meritorious deeds is not to be a hero and eliminate the evil spirits that are causing trouble everywhere, but to keep the evil spirits around you and keep them around the capital, and then wait until the day of eliminating evil to eliminate them all.

In order to avoid the mysterious interaction between heaven and man, and the practice of keeping demons and ghosts in captivity, Lord Lin always issued orders to prohibit it, but in fact, he had "no intention of condoning" it. Then, every year, he would order the East Factory, his disciples' masters, familiar alchemists and monks to eliminate the demons and ghosts to accumulate merits for Lord Lin's merit box.

One of the greatest treasures that can be obtained in the Taoist temple for eliminating bandits, eliminating demons and praying for blessings is Elder Lin's merit box, which is an incredible top-grade magic weapon, and the incense and vows accumulated in it over the past twenty years are comparable to those of the gods of mountains and rivers.

After Chen Yi packed his clothes, he saw Min Ning coming out of the courtyard from afar.

"Where is your grandfather buried?"

Chen Yi asked.

"It just happened to be there, in the cemetery near Huaishui Village. The late emperor issued an order that the bodies of those implicated in the prime minister's case should not be buried in the ancestral land."

Min Ning sighed.

"Let's get going, then."

Compared to Min Ning, Chen Yi was well prepared.

Two good horses were brought from the Western Factory, and Chen Yi and Min Ning mounted them. It was daytime now, so there was no need to worry about Huang Liuqing from the Bailiu School coming to kill them.

A man and a woman quickly rode their horses out of the capital. Along the way, they first saw rows of blue bricks and black tiles, which then slowly turned into sparse thatched wooden houses.

Under the towering city gate, many Taoists and businessmen can be seen along the avenue slowly entering Beijing to pray for blessings. A small market has formed next to the city gate, and people take advantage of this time to sell talismans, firecrackers, couplets, black dog blood and other items to ward off evil spirits and exorcise demons.

Chen Yi got off his horse and ran to the market. Min Ning looked puzzled and waited on his horse. Not long after, Chen Yi ran back holding an old and yellowed peach charm and got back on his horse.

“It’s so hard to find.”

"Why did you buy the peach charms? Are you going to put them up when you get home?"

Min Ning asked doubtfully.

"There is a lot to this."

Chen Yi looked as if the secret could not be revealed.

After leaving the city gate, we headed towards Huaishui Village and slowly walked towards the outskirts of the city. The road became increasingly overgrown with weeds and ended up in a forest. The road was rugged, so we had to dismount and walk up the mountain, leading the horse.

When we arrived outside Huaishui Village, the village was filled with a dead atmosphere. Gusts of cold wind blew through the hall and brushed past our ears, making us shudder.

On the day of exterminating bandits and demons, people would not go out even during the day.

Inside the house, some villagers poked their heads out and looked at the two Jinyiwei in official uniforms.

"Another desperate person is coming..."

"I tell you, last year that old Taoist priest with a big nose said that even if he gave his life here, he couldn't get rid of this evil general."

"And then..."

"He is so grateful and righteous that he really gave his life here."

"However, not only was the evil spirit not eliminated, but it became even more evil. The door gods of several families fell down for no reason."

"Old Li's family insisted on hanging door gods, saying that good cannot prevail over evil. Later, the whole family was hanged!"

Inside the house, villagers were whispering in groups of two or three, discussing the matter with lingering fear.

After climbing over a slope, they arrived at the village cemetery. The eerie aura of death was even heavier, and there were overgrown weeds. Chen Yi stepped into it and found that he stepped on something. He looked down and saw a broken knife half buried in the ground.

“This was an ancient battlefield.”

Min Ning paused.
"That's why graves here are so cheap. My family was fined a lot of money at that time, so we couldn't afford to buy a good grave for grandpa."

After hearing this, Chen Yi realized how difficult the Min family's life was at that time.

After entering the cemetery and searching for a long time, Min Ning finally found his grandfather Min He's grave. The tomb was lush and green, blending in with the surroundings, and there was an unknown tree growing on the grave.

Min Ning clasped his hands together, knelt in front of the grave, and bowed very solemnly. Then he turned to look at Chen Yi and whispered:

“…Let’s do it.”

Chen Yi turned to look at her:

"What action?"

Min Ning blinked and asked in confusion:
"Didn't you say... to summon spirits?"

Chen Yi shrugged and spread his hands:

“I can’t.

I'm not a Taoist priest, how can I go to summon spirits if you ask me to do so?"

Min Ning's face turned pale and he glared at him. It seemed that this man had spoken so confidently, but when the time came, he actually said, "I can't do it!"

"You don't know what you mean by summoning spirits?! You, you... shameless bastard! Did you say those words just to deceive me?!"

Being scolded like this, Chen Yi did not get angry, but smiled and said:

"Don't worry, there are others who can."

At this time, a group of Shangqing Taoist priests were walking up the mountain slowly, talking and laughing.

(End of this chapter)