The Chinese Taoist culture has a long history and has a history of thousands of years. There are endlessly high-ranking people. In the long years, how many records about Taoism have been annihilated in the dust of history or left in the folk villages. Most of the once glorious Taoism has now become a tourist cultural attraction. ... There is such a Taoist priest whose life is legendary, tortuous, and more helpless. He has saved the lives of many people, including me and my aunt. Telling about the last Taoist priest: Cha (zha) Wenbin's life - a person who was drawn out by a short story.

Zha is a rare surname, and it is recorded in this way: Cha (zha) surname is one of the Chinese surnames, ranking 397th in China.One is from the Jiang family, a descendant of Emperor Yan.The son of Duke Qing of Qi in the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period was enfeoffed as "Zha", and the descendants took the feudal city as their surname and became the surname "Zhu". Later, Zha removed the radical of "Mu" and became the surname "Cha".The second is from the Mi surname.In the Spring and Autumn Period, the officials of the Dukes of the Chu State were entrusted to Zhayi, and the descendants took the place as their surname.

There is a village called Hongcun in the mountainous area of ​​western Zhejiang. In the village there is a family surnamed Xu. The man who heads the family is a carpenter who is good at carpentry.My ancestors often made a living by digging coffins for other people's families. In his generation, he naturally inherited the family business. Although he has a good craft, but because he is in the business of dead people, it is rare for ordinary women to appreciate it. After going to him, after several twists and turns, the matchmaker finally married a daughter-in-law in a neighboring village.One thing that was underdeveloped in that era was contraception. In ten years they gave birth to three daughters and two sons.When the population of this family increases, the expenses will increase. As soon as the husband and wife discuss it, the daughter-in-law will have a vasectomy.

Who is Xu Luban?It's my grandfather. Another ten years later, I didn't expect my grandmother to be pregnant again, and my grandfather didn't know whether it was happiness or worry. Why was my daughter-in-law still pregnant after she had undergone a vasectomy?My belly is getting bigger day by day, I am pregnant in October, and it is ripe. Grandpa never thought that he would have a daughter when he was 40 years old. He named the youngest daughter "Xiu", which is my aunt. The year is 1977. Grandpa was born with a daughter, so he was very happy. On the day of his daughter's full moon, there was a big banquet, and all the neighbors in the village came to congratulate him. Just in the midst of the celebration, a man wearing a tattered Taoist robe and carrying a The Taoist priest of the gossip bag.Those who have good deeds stopped the Taoist priest, and suggested that the owner of the family just got a daughter, and asked the Taoist priest to do the math and see his fortune.The Taoist priest was quite refreshing, and came over to take a look at the baby in the swaddle, and immediately counted his fingers. Suddenly, he was shocked, and called the male master Xu Luban into the inner room, and said in a low voice: "Master, It is a gratifying and congratulatory event for you to be blessed with a daughter, but Xiaodao has a saying, I don’t know if I should say it today or not?”

Although my grandfather is a carpenter, he is also very reasonable, and said with a smile: "You Taoist priest, you can say what you want, no matter whether you say it well or not, I will treat you to a glass of wine when the banquet begins!" The Taoist glanced at Xu Luban and said, "Although your little daughter is beautiful, I'm afraid it will not be very easy to support in the future." Grandpa became impatient when he heard that, he had just had a daughter, and you, a Taoist priest who came from nowhere, was lying here, saying such unlucky words, so he went up and pushed the Taoist priest: "You Taoist priest is too ignorant, why don't you How can you talk nonsense like that?"

The Taoist priest was originally dressed in rags, but being pushed by Xu Luban tore his clothes, a copper lump fell out of his arms and fell to the ground. The yelling inside startled the grandma who was waiting for guests in the room. When she came over to see, a tattered Taoist priest was entangled with her own man. She went up to separate the two, and heard my mother say that grandma is really a character. He scolded grandpa for his rudeness, then apologized to the Taoist priest, took out a needle and thread to mend the old clothes for him, and kept him for dinner no matter what.The Taoist priest couldn't shirk it, so he sat down with the others, drank a few glasses of wine, blushed, and began to brag that he was the head of Maoshan Mountain, and his Taoism skills were amazing, but he didn't want to, but the guests laughed...

I don't know if the Taoist priest drank too much or something else, during the banquet, everyone asked about the baby's fate again, and he said again: "This little baby girl is short-lived, it's hard to feed, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future." When everyone heard this, they thought to themselves that you, a Taoist priest, dare to speak wild words?Especially grandpa, the fire that had just been suppressed suddenly sprang up again. He ran into the house and took out an ax to chop it off. Fortunately, he was stopped by everyone and cursed there. This time, grandma heard the truth, and couldn't help but couldn't help but shouted at the Taoist priest: "Where did you come from, wild Taoist priest? I entertained you kindly, but you curse my daughter like this! Get out!"

I didn't want the Taoist priest to be insulted like this, but he was not annoyed. He touched his chest, looked at the sky, glanced at the crowd, and said, "Master, don't be angry. Xiaodao is telling the truth, you girl, I'm afraid you won't live past nine years." If you are in trouble, you can come to see me at Wulipu, An County." After speaking, he bowed to everyone, turned his head and left... Only the guests were left looking at each other and the grandfather's family humming in anger. Although everyone persuaded her not to take it seriously, there was still a shadow in the heart of the somewhat superstitious grandma.

Nine years later in a blink of an eye, my aunt is not only healthy and smart, but also very beautiful, especially a pair of big watery eyes, which is very pleasing to adults. The words were gradually forgotten. There are many places in rural areas where dead people have to hold a big funeral, which is the so-called happy funeral. Everyone in the village has to go to help with the funeral. Everyone has to drink heavily and eat large pieces of meat. It is very lively, but there must be a dish that is Every family has a serving of white tofu, so Bai Xishi is also called eating tofu rice. In the summer of 1986, that is, the day I was born, an old man died in Hongcun. In that age when materials were scarce, there was a white wedding event, which meant a tooth-beating ceremony. Grandpa and grandma took the aunt to eat tofu rice.

During the banquet, my aunt also ate a lot of oil and water. After the banquet, the family of three took advantage of the light of the stars in the sky to rush home.The family is two miles away from my grandmother's house. On the road that must pass, there is a reservoir, about 300 meters long. When I was young, I used to sneak away to swim in that reservoir. Every time I was caught by my grandmother, I was beaten up. , don't say why... That section of the road is uninhabited.It only takes about ten minutes to walk these two miles, and this road is usually walked a lot.The moon and stars were so bright that night that the path was so pale that there was no need for a flashlight to illuminate it.

In the countryside in summer, there is one thing that always attracts children, and that is fireflies. My aunt is chasing the fireflies in front, laughing while chasing them. The insects fly forward, and my aunt runs behind. Grandpa and grandma were not far away, looking at the child with a smile. The grandfather smoked a pipe and said to the grandmother: "Who said that my daughter is not easy to raise? This child has never suffered from even a minor illness since she was born. I think the Taoist priest is a charlatan!" Grandma told my aunt to run slowly, and she arrived home after a while. My aunt used to sleep with her grandparents when she was young, but when she grew up, she was arranged to sleep with her third sister. Grandpa has four daughters and two sons. My aunt, uncle and my mother are all married. , only the three aunts and aunts and one uncle are still at home. Before going to bed, my aunt told my third aunt about the good things I ate at the banquet today, which made my third aunt very envious. Since the arrival of this younger sister, the grandpa’s house is a bit better, so I leave it to my aunt as much as possible, so I eat corn Generally speaking, my aunt will always get the part near the head, and my third aunt will always eat the half of the tail.But my aunt is really likable. After washing her feet, the third aunt carried her to the bed. Accompanied by the third aunt, the aunt quickly fell asleep. Until the middle of the night, a scream pierced through her. The home has lived peacefully for nine years. It was none other than the third aunt who was already sound asleep. Before the little aunt fell asleep, everything was normal. In the middle of the night, the third aunt vaguely heard the rustling sound of getting up. She thought it was Xiu who was going to wake up at night. Why did you get up tonight?With the help of the moonlight outside the window, she saw the nine-year-old Xiu'er got up from the bed. She thought her sister was just getting up to pee, so she didn't care, so she turned around and continued to sleep. After about one cigarette, the third aunt suddenly woke up, because she didn't feel the movement of her sister returning to the bed, so she turned her head to see. It doesn't matter if you turn your head, the third aunt saw the most terrifying scene in her life. The younger sister in front of the window knelt towards the moon outside the window. A shiver woke up the third aunt who was still a little confused. She straightened herself clothes, deliberately boldly coughed, but there was no response.Third Aunt has been very timid since she was a child, and a mouse can scare her half to death. The third aunt softly called out to the younger aunt: "Xiu." But the kneeling sister still didn't respond at all. The third aunt shouted again loudly: "Xiu, what's wrong with you?" The younger sister still didn't respond. She got out of bed quickly, not even thinking about putting on her shoes, and went down to see her sister.The third aunt took a few steps towards her kneeling sister with bare feet, and put her hand on her back to turn her around, but found that the younger sister, who was usually helpless, was not turned by her. With the help of the moonlight, the third aunt Going around to the front, she saw the most unforgettable picture in her life, the kneeling sister, chewing a white candle for lighting. At that time, there was often no electricity in the countryside, so people had to always use candles instead of electric lights, and they were reluctant to use them. At this moment, my aunt was chewing a candle, her face was bloodless, her eyes were dull and lifeless, she was looking at the moon motionlessly, and the third aunt was so frightened that she uttered the loudest cry in her life: "Ah..." This cry woke up the grandparents and the unmarried uncle, and also woke up the calamity that was counted on the aunt when she was born.When the grandfather came to their room with his coat on, the third aunt was speechless, and the moment she turned on the light with a slap, the aunt had passed out on the ground, and the bite marks on the candle next to her were clearly visible. When the grandfather picked up the little aunt, he was shocked to see her face and the candle in her mouth, and the whole family turned their attention to the third aunt who fell to the ground. Grandma pulled up the third aunt: "What's going on? What's wrong with your sister?" At that time, Aunt San was completely frightened and speechless, only her trembling body and chattering teeth told everyone that she seemed to have seen a terrifying scene. Grandpa picked up his comatose aunt and put her on the bed, grandma hugged the trembling third aunt, and the little black dog in the arms of the 12-year-old uncle started barking wildly after entering the house, and the barking was a bit Scary, grandma impatiently asked my uncle to take the dog out, but after the dog went out, it barked outside the door again, but didn't come in. Grandma might also be a little annoyed by the barking, so she yelled at the dog: "Bark again, and I'll kill you if you bark again!" Strange to say, the black dog actually frightened He peed, and ran back to the kennel with his tail between his legs. After a while, the third aunt, who gradually calmed down, told the grandparents what she saw, which made the grandparents' hairs stand on end.After the third aunt finished speaking, she couldn't help crying again, but her grandmother covered her mouth and said, "Don't cry!" The third aunt could only hold back her fear, and let out a rough breath. After a while, the auntie began to move in a daze, and then began to vomit, vomited wildly, and the things she vomited were mixed with stench. The candles just eaten, and the half-digested dinner, are so colorful and disgusting. Grandma actually knew a little local medicine, so there was nothing she could do at that late hour, so she boiled Kuding tea for my aunt to drink.I also drank this Kudingcha at my grandmother’s house when I was a child. It is very effective in treating children’s stomachs after eating. Specifically, the outer skin of chicken gizzards is dried, and the tea leaves are roasted on an iron plate. After roasting, it is ground. Drinking it with water can get rid of children's accumulated food. It is said that it has the effect of expelling evil spirits and helping digestion. It is really effective. Grandma poured kuding tea into my aunt according to the earthen method of accumulating food, but my aunt clenched her teeth tightly. Anyway, she couldn't pour it down, and occasionally she spit out a little bit of it. In the end, grandma had no choice but to ask grandpa to pinch auntie's mouth open, and ask uncle to hold down her kicking feet, and forced her to drink a lot. After drinking the Kuding tea, my aunt was quiet for a while, but my third aunt didn't dare to sleep anymore, so my grandpa and grandma stayed in my aunt's room to sleep with my aunt, and asked my third aunt and my uncle to sleep in their room . At this time, my aunt was already a little sober. After a while, she stopped vomiting and started to have diarrhea again. She tossed and tossed like this until dawn, and was sent to the town's health center early the next morning. The people in the health center looked at it and said that they were afraid that the food was bad, so they gave my aunt a drip according to acute gastroenteritis. The nurse just inserted the needle into my aunt’s arm, but she was pulled by her. She refused to cooperate with the doctor’s treatment anyway. In the end, the doctor had no choice but to use a buttock injection instead, and grandpa had to hold her tightly to keep my aunt from moving.After tossing like this for a long time, my aunt still kept complaining. The doctor at the town health center suggested that my grandmother send my aunt to a county hospital with better medical conditions. At noon that day, my grandparents took my uncle and aunt to the county seat by car. After getting on the bus, I was motion sick, so my grandma hugged my aunt and picked a seat by the window. At that time, the bus was very tense, and there were crowded There were many people on the bus, including my uncle and grandfather. Grandma opened the window to take a breath, and suddenly my aunt jumped out of the window, just in time to be caught by the grandfather outside.My aunt cried while crying: "Mom, don't take me to the hospital. I can't be cured of this disease. I'm going to die. You take me home..." No matter how grandpa coaxed me, my aunt just kept crying and refused to die. boarding.She was only nine years old that year. What my aunt said was told to me later by my uncle himself, because he was there at the time, but my aunt told me that she no longer remembers anything, only vaguely remembering that she had a baby when she was young. A serious illness, I don't know anything else. In other words, the grandfather who caught my aunt outside pushed my aunt into the car through the window again. Grandma this time grabbed my aunt tightly and held her firmly, even though she cried and cried, the car carried a family. People slowly drove towards the county seat. When I arrived at the county hospital, with the letter of introduction from the town hospital, the hospital immediately arranged for my aunt to be hospitalized. After the doctor checked her, she began to treat her as if she had eaten something bad. During the treatment, my aunt took advantage of the adults more than once. Not paying attention, ran out of the hospital.In the end, there was really no other way. Grandma tied her aunt with cloth strips cruelly, and dared not sleep. Several people took turns watching her. Even going to the toilet was handled in the ward, so how could she dare to let her out. In 1986, everyone's living conditions were generally bad at that time, and the hospital also used the cafeteria. At first, the meals brought by my aunt and grandma from the cafeteria were either overturned or not eaten at all, and they were all maintained by nutrient solution. It was probably the third day of hospitalization. At noon that day, my grandma went to the cafeteria to make meals as usual. When everyone tasted the meal, it was half-cooked.Strangely, the bowl of raw rice that was placed in front of my aunt this time made my aunt drool, and it was the first time she said that she wanted to eat. Grandma untied the cloth strip for her in surprise, and my aunt swallowed a bowl of half-cooked rice in a few mouthfuls, and yelled to eat more. As a result, my aunt ate all the raw rice in the hands of my grandpa, grandma, second aunt, and uncle. , her belly was very distended, but she yelled to eat, which frightened the whole family.Grandma hurried over to find a doctor. The doctor saw that the child had become like this. He couldn't eat anymore. He even pulled out the infusion tube, gave him some Xiaoshi tablets and walked away. At dinner time, the rice was normal, and my aunt stopped eating again. I thought it was because she ate too much at noon, but on the second and third day, no matter how good the food was, she would not open her mouth in front of my aunt. Continued until the evening of the fourth day. My aunt still didn't eat that night.Looking at my aunt who was getting thinner day by day, my grandma was in tears, her heart ached so badly, no matter how much she coaxed her, it didn't work. In desperation, my grandma went outside and spent money to buy a sandwiched rice for my aunt to try. As expected, my aunt ate everything again. , have been eating until the stomach is bulging again.The doctor couldn't explain this situation, but he just told her not to eat this kind of raw rice. The child's stomach is not good, and this kind of food is easy to aggravate the condition. In the next two days, the family did not dare to give her raw rice, and the doctor couldn’t help her. On the seventh day, the aunt suddenly fainted again, and began to convulse and foam at the mouth. Her heart rate and blood pressure dropped. start to fall.The doctor said, it's better to prepare for the funeral. The child may not be able to save it, and he doesn't know what the disease is. At that time, my grandmother was very strong, and she didn't cry. She just said: "If you want to die, you can't die in the hospital. You have to take her home no matter what!"On the way back, grandma remembered the mad Taoist priest back then, and asked grandpa to look for him again, but it was a mad Taoist priest who passed by here nine years ago. At that time, there was neither a phone nor a business card. Grandma recalled that the mad Taoist once mentioned a place - Wulipu, An County, and hurriedly sent grandpa to go there on a bicycle.Grandpa hurriedly asked people all the way, and finally found out about the place in a small town. When he arrived at Wulipu, it was already dark, so he asked if there was a Taoist priest here. The elderly grandpa pointed out to my grandfather that there is a small village to the west of Wulipu, but it is very remote. You have to pass through a chestnut forest, and there is a cemetery below. Taoist, as for the name, no one knows. Grandpa thanked the old man, took the moonlight, drove the night road, passed the chestnut forest, did not know if it was a green piece of fireflies or ghost fire, he was so scared that he pedaled desperately, and accidentally fell hard Yes, I got up and ignored the inspection, gritted my teeth and rushed forward. When I arrived at the small village, I was sweating profusely from the pain. I sat at the entrance of the village and checked, and even the bones were seen. Grandpa loves this very much. The younger daughter was also in a hurry, so she squatted on the side of the road and burst into tears. While grandpa was crying, a young man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, high nose bridge, and a white robe came out of a dilapidated thatched house at the entrance of the village. When he caught up with him, he asked grandpa what was going on. Grandpa is also really impatient, so he "dumps beans into a bamboo tube" with a stranger and just talked about the matter. After listening to the grandfather's narration, the young man said: "Brother, don't worry, just follow me into the house and talk slowly, and I will bandage you." Then he led the grandfather into the house.After entering, Grandpa saw that in this unremarkable hut, there were portraits of Taoist Sanqing on the walls: Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun. The man made a cup of tea for grandpa, motioned for grandpa to sit down, looked at the wound of grandpa, saw that there was a big opening, even the pants were torn, and the cloth was soaked in blood, then went into the house and took some herbal medicine to apply on the wound first , and then wrapped it in a white cloth to temporarily stop the bleeding, but grandpa was still flustered in pain. After bandaging, the man got up again and made a cup of tea for grandpa. The tea looked ordinary, and it was strange for grandpa to drink it in one gulp. The anxiety in his heart gradually calmed down, and the wound gradually stopped hurting.Grandpa then began to narrate, telling the whole story of the matter, and asked the man if he knew there was an old Taoist priest here. Unexpectedly, the man said: "If I guessed correctly, the person you are looking for should be my master, but unfortunately he passed away three years ago. Since the master told you to come to him before his death, then if the elder brother believes me, I will take care of you." Go over and have a look, can you see it?" As soon as Grandpa heard that someone died, there was nothing else to do. He could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. He immediately nodded, fearing that he might not be able to find him later. The man asked his aunt's birth date, took out a compass and pinched his fingers to calculate, and said to the grandfather: "If there is no accident, your little daughter may not live until the fifteenth day of this month. My teacher died nine years ago." I warned you before, but I didn’t expect that not only did you not believe it, but you also... Sigh!" As soon as the grandfather heard it, he knelt down to the man and cried bitterly: "None of us thought of that crazy Taoist priest back then, oh no, what the Taoist priest said is true. Here, look, what should we do?" Everything may be predestined, the man said to himself while supporting his grandfather, "That's all, just wait a moment." After a while, the man came out from the side room, dressed in a Taoist robe with gold and silver threads, a gossip hat, white gossip shoes, and a gossip Qiankun bag on his back, and said to Grandpa: "You take me Go to your house, the sooner the better, if you can go now, start right away." Grandpa saw the man dressed as a Taoist priest, and knew that he had met a knowledgeable person, so he got up quickly, and the two rushed back to grandma's house overnight.Little did they know, the grandfather's journey also caused some problems with his legs in the future, and he has been limping a little since then. To say that Wai Gong was a good laborer in the village at the time, but now that his legs and feet were injured, the Taoist spoke eagerly, so he could only grit his teeth and insist. This man was Cha Wenbin who later formed an indissoluble bond with our family.At that time, Cha Wenbin had a son and a daughter. They were twins. They lived a poor rural life, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. When they arrived at grandma's house, grandpa explained the background to grandma, and took Cha Wenbin to my aunt's room. The strange thing was that this time my uncle's little black dog was very kind when he saw Wen Bin, and hugged him happily. You must know that this dog is usually very fierce to strangers. It is said that even my father was almost bitten by it. Wen Bin patted the little black dog's head, smiled and went in, and told the others to wait outside.After a stick of incense, Zha Wenbin came out with a heavy expression on his face.Grandma asked nervously, "Master Taoist, how is the situation?" Zha Wenbin didn't say anything, but asked his grandma to prepare a table outside the door. How could grandma dare to be negligent, so she hurriedly moved a small table and put it outside the door, and then Cha Wenbin asked grandma to prepare a dinner ( Inverted rice is to fill the bowl with rice, press it firmly, and then pour it out, so that the rice takes on the shape of a bowl, and then put the rice upside down in the bowl, keeping the bottom of the rice bowl upside down, and it must be half-cooked rice). After setting up the case, there was a bowl of down-to-earth rice in the middle, and the man took out three sticks of incense, a stack of talisman papers, a box of cinnabar, and a brush from the Qiankun bag, and asked his grandfather to carry my aunt's bed to the side facing the door. place, and asked grandpa to tie up my aunt with hemp rope. Besides, the aunt at that time, since Wen Bin entered, has been moving around, even the grown man, grandfather, can hardly hold her down, as if she has become as powerful as a cow overnight.After hearing what the Taoist said, my grandfather tied my aunt with a hemp rope. Later I realized that this hemp rope was not only to prevent my aunt from moving around, but also to lock the soul, that is, to bind my aunt's soul so that she would not let her go. She was out of her body. After tying up my aunt, the Taoist took another black stone-like thing and stuffed it into my aunt's mouth, saying that it was to prevent her from biting her tongue and committing suicide later.After finishing all this, the Taoist respectfully lit the three sticks of incense.That kind of incense is longer and thicker than the ordinary incense we have seen, and its color is yellowish. It may be the legendary tribute incense. It is strange to say that there is no wind in this room, but the smoke from the lit incense is Three strands merged into one strand, and then slowly floated into my aunt's room. Then, Wen Bin took out an inkstone. My grandfather is a calligraphy lover. When he saw the inkstone, he knew that it was not an ordinary inkstone. Red, not black like ordinary inkstones. The Taoist glanced at the little uncle, patted his head, and said to him with a smile: "Little baby, go and pee, put it in a bowl and bring it to me." Grandma quickly took another big bowl, and led my uncle out.After a while, my uncle's urine was brought in, and the Taoist poured a little urine into the inkstone, then put the box of cinnabar into the inkstone, and after stirring, picked up a brush and began to draw talismans on the talisman paper. Without leaving the paper, everything was connected to the end in one stroke. A total of eight talismans were drawn, and then pasted in eight directions in my aunt's room. Strange to say, when the last talisman was pasted, the aunt on the bed let out a horrified roar, but something was stuffed in her mouth, and she couldn't make out what it was. Head, seems to be very scared, but also seems to be very angry! Wen Bin didn't even look at the struggling aunt, but walked over quickly, stepping on the seven-star step, drawing a talisman every time he took a step, and then twirling his fingers, who didn't know how to do it, the talisman paper was Burning up, and then began to chant the mantra, the aunt on the bed began to struggle with Wen Bin's mantra and the talisman paper, a little girl who was only nine years old seemed to be about to break free from the hemp rope that was as thick as a finger, and even the bed board There was a rattling sound, his face turned from white to blue, and he kept making a sound: "Hu...hu..." I couldn't make out what it was. After burning a total of seventy-seven forty-nine talismans, my aunt seemed to have exhausted her strength, leaving only the sound of panting loudly. Grandma's family was too frightened to move, but the expression on Wen Bin's face became more and more serious. He was dignified, and gradually began to sweat. After the last talisman was burned, he was already sweating profusely. The Taoist priest sat on the ground and drank a cup of tea passed by his grandmother, looking very tired.He sat for about three minutes before standing up, looking very weak, beckoning to his grandfather, and shouting in a low voice: "Don't keep anyone in the house, all go to the door, I have something to tell you."