Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 196 Buddhist Golden Body Casting Lamp

The word "name" contains multiple meanings, including name, reputation, reputation...

As the saying goes, "If the name is not right, the words will not be smooth." In the Qian Dynasty, the name was quite important.

Letting Chen Jin marry Su Jin as a matchmaker is Su Xiaowen's biggest last wish; at the same time, it is also the best hope in Su Jin's heart.

She belongs to that kind of traditional lady, who pays attention to consistency, and she also pays attention to a status.

That's why Chen Jin did these things to "balance" Su Xiaoming and Su Xiaocheng.

In ancient society, breaking up with the clan was an unacceptable choice for both men and women.

Unless you have no choice, you will definitely not go to that step.

For example, Su Xiaowen, although he was separated from his family, finally decided to return to his roots and let his daughter escort his ashes home and bury him in the ancestral mountain.

Only in this way can the soul return to the clan's ancestral hall.

As for the Su family, they were quite tolerant, without any difficulty or bullying.

Having said that, the conflict between Su Xiaowen and the clan is mainly due to disagreement of political views, but there is nothing dirty about family affection.

After learning about Su's behavior and style, Chen Jin felt that there was no need for the two sides to arouse conflicts and become irreconcilable.

So after some discussion with the teacher, they directly resorted to the "letter of appointment" strategy.

If Su Xiaoming and others insist on forgery and refuse to admit it, then it will be a different story.

But fortunately, the Su Xiaoming brothers still want to be proud and pay attention to rules and etiquette.

When the dust settled, the atmosphere of the ensuing discussion became much more harmonious and relaxed, and even laughter could be heard from time to time.

Half an hour later, after everything was settled, Chen Jin stood up to leave, and Su Xiaocheng with a warm face walked out the door.

Gu Leyou was waiting outside. He had excellent hearing, so he naturally heard everything. For Chen Jin, he could only say, "My admiration is like a surging river, endless."

Seeing the irreconcilable deadlock, in one morning, the hostility turned into friendship.

This kind of method can even be called "turning the clouds upside down."

The date and time of the wedding have not yet been decided, and you have to check the almanac, but there are good days in October, so there is no need to wait long.

Before that, Chen Jin had to find a quick matchmaker to do the job.

Although the "letter of appointment" is available, it doesn't matter if you go through the procedure again from the beginning, it looks more complete and has a sense of ceremony.

In addition, Chen Jin needs to express certain requirements through the matchmaker's mouth.

It was not difficult to find a matchmaker, and the Su family even directly recommended two or three candidates.

Chen Jin's requirements are not high, just choose one.

The matchmaker quickly started working. On behalf of Chen Jinfang, she first came to talk to Su Xiaoming, and then went to Su Jin.

There is no need to waste any words, it is equivalent to a notice and a message.

……

"Chen Jieyuan doesn't have many requirements for the dowry, but he does require six old Kuixing lanterns..."

In the hall, Su Xiaoming called Su Xiaocheng: "What does this mean?"

Su Xiaocheng smiled and said, "What's the point? He probably wants to get a good omen. After all, he is going to Beijing to take the exam."

"I know the meaning of Kuixing Lantern, but will there be more than six? As far as I know, there are also three in Su Jin's family, all left by the old fourth."

Su Xiaocheng understood the elder brother's meaning, and pondered for a moment: "The fourth brother's three lamps are not counted. Let's follow his wishes and prepare six lamps for the past. Counting, there are nine lamps in total, and the number is also nice."

Chen Jin will become the son-in-law of the Su family. In a sense, he will be one of his own.

Naturally, you have to be more generous towards your own people in order to win over people's hearts.

After all, the current situation is uneasy and the Su family is in a very difficult situation. The appearance of Chen Jin may be an opportunity to break the situation.

Su Xiaoming nodded: "Well, let's do this. Anyway, there is no shortage of Kuixing lanterns at home. Since they are going to be sent as dowries, we have to choose good old objects and make them beautiful."

"I'll choose it myself."

Su Xiaocheng said that from the beginning, he had been very interested in winning over Chen Jin, and now was the opportunity.

……

Chen Jin and Gu Leyou no longer lived in Yuelai Inn, but moved into the house arranged by Su Xiaoming.

The house is not big, but it has all kinds of things, and the environment is elegant. There are several clumps of bamboo planted in the yard, and the bamboo leaves are green.

During this period of time, it is impossible for Chen Jin to meet Su Jin.He decorated the house here and bought all kinds of wedding supplies.Fortunately, with Gu Leyou's help, Su Xiaocheng sent the two maids from last time.

It is "sending" rather than "sending", which is equivalent to changing the ownership of the maid.

Like Chen Jin's current situation, the house really needs manpower to manage it.

Of course, Gu Leyou was the happiest when the maids arrived. He could do some ground-breaking work again and have heart-to-heart conversations with the maids.

In this way, Chen Jin actually didn't have much to do. Fortunately, he had the foresight to get the nine Kuixing lanterns first.

Taking advantage of the time and effort, the lamp happened to be refined.

It’s a matter of spiritual practice, so don’t neglect it.

Regarding the refining and casting plan, Chen Jin and Gu Leyou discussed it many times before settling on it.

The two disguised themselves, went outside to find a suitable blacksmith shop, rented it at a high price, and then started working.

They are all blacksmiths and have considerable experience in this field.

Each of the nine Kuixing lanterns I got is an old lamp that is well-preserved and of high quality. If you take out any one of them, you can sell it as an antique and fetch a good price.

But folk artifacts are just commonplace items after all, and Chen Jin's request is to create a magical artifact.

Even if the finished product cannot be produced directly, it must be made into a good embryo.

The finished product of the magic weapon has very high requirements for the grade of materials and craftsmanship, which is difficult to achieve, so it is more realistic to make it into an embryo.

Embryos are not necessarily bad. In fact, if raised from embryos, the final product will be better.

The most obvious example, Chen Jin's conservation sword, was developed from a sword embryo.

In order to improve the quality of this magic lamp, not only did the best materials be extracted from the nine old lamps, but Chen Jin also added another material during the melting process: stainless golden body powder!
Seeing this, Gu Leyou cried out: "Luxury, it's too luxurious..."

Apart from Chen Jin, I am afraid there is no other company that uses Buddhist golden bodies to cast dharma lanterns.With this blessing, even if you only have a lamp embryo, you don't need to light it at all. Hanging it out can suppress evil spirits, drive away evil spirits, and ward off evil spirits.

To this extent, this lamp embryo surpasses many ordinary-level magic weapons.

After using it this time, there was only half a bottle of golden body powder left, but half of it was gone again, and not much was left.

Chen Jin didn't feel it was a pity. The materials were meant to be used.It's like making money. If you don't use the hard-earned money and enjoy it, what's the point of being a miser?
As long as it is used properly and where it should be used, it is worth it.

Three days later, the lamp was completed.

But the shape of this lamp is not much different from the ordinary Kuixing lamp. The figure wears a scribe's scarf, has a rough face, thick eyebrows, and a big beard... He holds a pen in one hand and kicks back, a typical "Kuixing kicking fight" ".The main color of the lamp is bronze, and most people can't tell it. It's because it's fused with a gold body, so they just think it's ordinary brass.

After the casting was completed, Chen Jin liked it very much, and Gu Leyou couldn't put it down even more.

Chen Jin joked, "Taoist priest, why don't you hit one too?"

Gu Leyou curled his mouth: "I'm not a scholar, what are you doing? What I love is the golden body mixed with it. But don't get me wrong, I don't want the remaining golden body on your body."

Chen Jin laughed.

Once you have the lamp, the next step is to start raising the lamp.

The principle of raising a lamp is the same as raising a sword. It is a matter of time and effort, work slowly and carefully, and do not be impatient.

……

"I sent someone to ask Ah Hong, and they said that Gu Leyou is a practicing ranger. Because Chen Jin saved his life, he voluntarily put down his body and drove Chen Jin's car."

Su Xiaocheng said.

Su Xiaoming lowered his head slightly: "No wonder the relationship between the two of them does not look like a master-servant relationship. In this way, this Gu Youxia is a master of the rivers and lakes. When we meet in the future, we must invite him to a seat, and we can no longer treat him like a coachman."

Su Xiaocheng muttered: "This matter must be discussed with Chen Jincheng in advance to avoid any rudeness."

"Should be."

Su Xiaoming is now more and more satisfied with Chen Jin: "The date is set, October 26, which is an auspicious day."

Su Xiaocheng asked: "Is it too late?"

After all, after getting married, it is impossible for Chen Jin to leave for Beijing a few days apart.Generally speaking, at least one month will be spent with Su Jin before leaving.

This is human nature.

Su Xiaoming said: "It takes about a month to travel from Zhongzhou to the capital, which should be sufficient."

"I know there is enough time, but after December, it will be the cold winter, with strong north wind, wind, rain, frost and snow. I am afraid it will be difficult to walk on the road."

Su Xiaocheng's main consideration was the weather and road conditions.

Su Xiaoming stroked his beard: "That's true. I think Chen Jin's body is quite thin. If he gets sick again while he's on his way, it's not easy to handle. If he delays the exam, it's too late to regret it."

Compared with marriage, he actually cares more about Chen Jin's career development.

Although the situation in the capital is changing, normally it should not affect the imperial examination.

The difference between gold and silver refers to the difficulty of the exam. In terms of future, Jinshi is definitely much better than Juren, not the same level.

If you are a Jinshi and the first degree, you can directly erect the archway.

Of course, Su Xiaoming hoped that the Su family's son-in-law would pass the exam and be named on the gold list.And currently, it seems that the probability is not low.

After all, Chen Jin was able to pass the Jiangzhou Jieyuan exam and came out on top.

That's potential.

So I asked, "What should I do? If we go ahead of time, it will be October [-]th, so time is very tight."

Su Xiaocheng thought for a while: "How about I talk to Chen Jin and see which day he chooses?"

"Alright."

While the two were talking, there was the sound of rapid footsteps, and Su Yuanchong ran in, panting.

Su Xiaocheng glared displeasedly: "Why are you running away? You don't even know how to report it, how can it be decent?"

The current crisis of the Su family is not only external, but also internal. First, there are many daughters and few sons; and among the few male generations, there is only one selected, which is Su Xiaoming's second son. 45 years old.

At this age, if you want to win the gold medal in the examination, the difficulty is really no joke.

Su Yuanchong and others also relied on the protection of the family to gain the reputation of being a scholar.

Su Xiaowen's son was smart and talented since he was a child. He had high hopes for him, but he fell ill and died young...

It's like this.

This made Su Xiaoming, the head of the family, quite anxious. The Su family was huge, but the first thing he had to consider and protect was the status of the main lineage.

Originally, this position was quite stable, the second child was proud of the spring breeze, and the fourth child was restored by the new emperor, but who would have expected that a series of accidents later would change everything.

Now that Su Xiaocheng saw his son's reckless behavior, he felt even more like he hated iron than steel, and he got very angry: "What's the matter?"

Su Yuanchong said hurriedly: "Uncle, father, Xie Zizi is dead."

"what?"

The two elders of the Su family were shocked and stood up at the same time: "How did you die? Where did you die?"

Su Yuanchong wiped off his sweat: "It's not clear how he died, but the way he died was quite strange. His body was found on a black-covered boat on the Panlong River. At that time, the boat was empty The state of the helm was drifting with the water. A fisherman saw it and felt strange. He hooked the boat and went to check. He saw Xie Zizi dead in the boat, naked, with a weird smile on his face. I I don’t know how to describe it…”

"Panlong River?"

Su Xiaoming and Su Xiaocheng looked at each other, and Su Xiaocheng took a step forward: "Where is the body?"

"The fisherman was so frightened that he quickly reported it to the officials, and the Yamen brought the body back. I got the news, went to see the body, and after confirming the identity, I quickly came back to report it."

"Well, Chong'er, you did a good job this time. Let's go spy again to see if there is any new information."

"Yes."

Su Yuanchong went out again.

Su Xiaoming sighed: "It's been such a troubled time, second brother, what do you think?"

Su Xiaocheng thought for a while: "Xie Zizi died suddenly in Zhongzhou. This is no small matter. He was very popular among the younger generation of the Xie family. When the news of his death reaches Changzhou, the Xie family will definitely be furious."

Su Xiaoming asked: "You mean Mr. Xie will vent his anger on us?"

"It's very possible. Don't forget, Xie Zizi had a conflict with Chen Jin and the others before. Xie will make a big fuss about this."

"But based on the circumstances of Xie Zizi's death, he was probably hit by something evil."

Su Xiaocheng shrugged his shoulders: "Whether it's against evil or homicide, in short, Mrs. Xie will not let this opportunity go, and always ask for an explanation."

Hearing this, Su Xiaoming's face became gloomy, he walked up and down the hall with his hands behind his back, walked back and forth twice, and suddenly asked: "Second brother, Xie Zizi came to our Zhongzhou earlier and said he wanted to do something, what exactly is he doing? "

Su Xiaocheng replied: "I asked him about it, and he said he wanted to do a business, but he didn't tell me the details. Who knows what he will do in private? The Xie family has many heroes and knows many people. People in the green forest have various and complicated businesses. I don’t know whether Xie Zizi’s accident was an accident or the disaster caused by the business. The situation is not yet clear and it is unclear. "

Su Xiaoming suddenly asked: "Isn't it related to Chen Jin?"

Su Xiaocheng couldn't help laughing: "How is it possible? During this period of time, Chen Jinke has been staying in the city to make arrangements for marriage."

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