ghost craftsman

Chapter 20 Rootless Water

Back then, the patriarch considered that the spell of "Lacking a Door" would easily make his disciples arrogant and deceive others, so he specially established a rule that the son is outside and the master is inside. Those who deceive the master will not have a good death. And vice versa.

What this rule says is that when going out to work, unless the owner is bullying others, the carpenter must not indiscriminately harm others.

When the rules were first established, a disciple of the patriarch, Xin Zi, felt that the rules of the patriarch were just talk, not necessarily useful, and he didn't take it seriously. Asked for ten times the salary, but the owner didn't give it, so he drew a tiger on the door of the owner's house, and cast a spell. About a month later, the owner was eaten by the tiger when he went up the mountain.

The patriarch knew about this, so he asked Xin Zi the reason, and Xin Zi said that the boss did not want to pay the wages.However, the patriarch did some investigation and found out that Xin Zi wanted a high salary. The old man was angry at first, but he didn't beat or scold Xin Zi.

On the third day, seven members of Xinzi's family, old and young, died suddenly and inexplicably. The death conditions were extremely horrible. Everyone's hands seemed to be torn off by some huge force.

This incident caused a lot of commotion at the time, and the authorities had investigated the cause of death, but no one could tell the reason. In the end, this incident was left alone, but this incident was widely circulated in the carpenter circle. Many carpenters believed that it was a violation of the law. If you break the rules of the patriarch, you will suffer retribution. Over time, carpenters call this kind of rules, the curse of the patriarch, also called the curse of Luban.

Based on this incident alone, it must not have been passed down to this day. Coincidentally, just after the ancestor died, a very few carpenters thought that the curse should be gone with the death of the ancestor, so they took the risk. Using the spell of "Que Yimen" to harm people, the result is no different from that of Xin Zi. The whole family died suddenly and their hands were broken.

In this way, when every carpenter is working, he feels that there are a pair of eyes behind him, watching his every move. It is very particular.

As I said before, "Que Yimen" is divided into two volumes, the first volume is the spell of harming people, the second volume is the spell of saving people, and the first thing we ghost craftsmen learned is the spell of saving people, but somehow this saves people. The spell of saving lives was not handed down for long, and it was lost in the early Han Dynasty. It was not until the appearance of a character that the spell of saving lives was passed down in another way.

This character is Zhang Liang, who possesses peerless talent. He, Han Xin and Xiao He are also known as the Three Heroes of the early Han Dynasty. Everyone only knows that Zhang Liang has military talent, and only some carpenters know that Zhang Liang's attainments in carpentry are not Lower than Lu Ban, some people even think that Zhang Liang has far surpassed Lu Ban, the patriarch. In that society where respecting teachers is more important than anything else, Zhang Liang dare not pretend to be too big, and has always been inferior to the patriarch.

When he was young, Zhang Liang devoted himself to the military and devoted himself to assisting Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang resigned from office and returned to his hometown. He learned two spells, one is "Gongshi Liyu" and the other is Jiwen.

At that time, the second volume of "Que Yimen" had been lost, so Zhang Liang combined the two spells into one and added them in the second half volume of "Que Yimen". It cannot be said that this spell was created by Zhang Liang, but it can also be regarded as respect for the patriarch.

It is precisely because these two spells were added later, so many of the spells in it are targeted, targeting the harmful spells in the first half of "Lacking a Gate".Therefore, strictly speaking, the true patriarch of our ghost craftsmen is actually Zhang Liang, but Lu Ban was first, and those of us who come after us dare not make mistakes, so we can only call Lu Ban the patriarch.

However, when doing some specific things, our ghost craftsman will move out the statue of Zhang Liang and place it together with the statue of the patriarch Lu Ban. Cannot be placed side by side.

It is precisely because of the little story in it that I am so sullen. If according to what Li Chengze said, he gets along very well with that old master, then it is impossible for the old master to harm him. After all, this thing has to bear the consequences.

Could it be that the wooden window is fine?

After thinking about it, I asked Li Chengze to bring over a bucket of rootless water, intending to try the wooden window.

Speaking of rootless water, it is actually clear water that has not been eroded by the turbid air on the ground. Generally, water caught in rainy days can be called rootless water. However, the best rootless water is the dew that comes out in the morning. It is pure and yang, and has a restraining effect on some filth.

Li Chengze stared at me for a long time, and finally choked out a word, saying no.

I thought, yes, no one will catch the rain in rainy days, and no one will be bored enough to fiddle with dew, so I am a little disappointed.

And the reason why I want rootless water is that, in the words of my senior brother, those carpenters and the spells handed down by the ancestors have almost lost, and there are not many people who really understand the harmful spells. If you know some introductory spells and splash them with rootless water, you will be able to see the way.

Just when I was disappointed, Li Chengze seemed to have thought of something, and said to me: "By the way, it rained a while ago. There is a family in our village with serious water leakage. They often use wooden barrels to catch the rainwater, and they don't need to use it to catch rainwater. Do you know if he has one?"

I looked happy, and quickly said: "Go and ask."

Li Chengze nodded, and hurried out, and after a while, he came in with a wooden bucket, and said happily: "Little brother, it's a coincidence, that person's wooden bucket has been standing there to catch water, and it happens to be half full. It's just that the water in this wooden barrel is a bit dirty, I wonder if it's okay?"

I looked down and saw that the water in the bucket was not dirty, it was just a few garlic cloves floating. I guessed that the bucket should be used to catch water in the kitchen. I said yes, and then asked him, "This bucket Remember to pay for the water, otherwise it will not work.”

Li Chengze's complexion changed, and he hurried out, saying that he was going to give money.

When he came back, I asked again if I had paid, and he said yes, so I dared to use a cup to pour some water, and poured it on the wooden window.

As the rootless water splashed on the wooden window, the window did not change at all. It flowed down the wooden window, and the water stains were very obvious. It didn't look like it was tampered with by a carpenter, which made me feel depressed. Such as iron, hell, according to what my brother said, ordinary houses have been tampered with, but this rootless water can definitely be tested.

But, the situation in front of me is not right!

At the moment, I took rootless water and poured some wooden doors in Li Chengze's house again, but the result was the same as the wooden windows, without any change.

Then Li Chengze saw that I had been messing with it for a long time, but I still couldn't figure it out, so his expression was a little strange, so he said: "Little brother, can you do it, if you can't, go find your master!"

I raised my head and glanced at him, but didn't say a word. Since the rootless water is useless, I can only use the most primitive method, using the Luban ruler to measure the size, use the size to distinguish yin and yang, use yin and yang to determine bad luck, and use bad luck to judge the method.

(End of this chapter)