In the Ming Dynasty, Taoism was divided into two major factions: Quanzhen Taoism and Zhengyi Taoism. Among them, the Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect did not return to their peak during the Yuan Dynasty, and their status was replaced by the Wudang Sect and became increasingly low-key.

The Taoist priests of Quanzhen basically became monks, stayed away from politics, began to live in the Taoist temple mountains and forests, did not eat meat, focused on internal alchemy cultivation, did not use talismans, advocated dual cultivation of nature and life, and practiced cultivation as the right way.

Maoshan Taoism is the main temple of Zhengyidao, and it is also the talisman sect in Zhengyidao. Taoists generally have families, are good at drawing talismans and chanting spells, exorcising ghosts and demons, praying for blessings and eliminating disasters, etc. The one who worships Sanmao Zhenjun.

Maoshan is known as the "eighth cave heaven" among the "Ten Great Cave Heavens", and the "thirty-second cave heavens" among the "Thirty-six Small Cave Heavens", and is also known as the "first blessed land" among the "Seventy-two blessed lands in the world".

The predecessor of Maoshan Sect was the Shangqing School of Taoism. The founder of the sect was Tao Hongjing, the master of the Southern Liang Dynasty. He was known as the "Prime Minister in the Mountains". His works include "Bencao Jing Notes", "Collection of Golden Elixirs and Yellow White Formulas", "Erniu Tu", "Huayang Tao Yinju Ji", etc. Unfortunately, most of them were lost.

Xu Hao's gunpowder is recorded in chemical records from Tao Hongjing. Now the alchemy technique of Maoshan Sect is also declining. Because most of the elixirs are toxic, they often cause the takers to be poisoned and died, and are gradually replaced by internal alchemy techniques.

Lu Xun once said that China's foundation lies in Taoism. As a religion originating from China, it has become an inseparable inheritance of the Han people.

The old Taoist priest was surnamed Tao, and it is said to be a descendant of Tao Hongjing. When Xu Hao saw him looking around in the Shen family, he ordered Taoist Chu to transform the altar talisman, sacrifice the talisman of exorcising evil and controlling the house, summon the land talisman, and summon the talisman of the guardian spirit.

Taoist Chu burned the talisman and added sandalwood to the incense burner. Taoist Taoist sat down and ordered the Taoist to play a miscellaneous person to pay homage to the Shen family's wife again. Anyone who had unclean bodies had to avoid them, and the Shen family's wife quickly agreed.

The servant brought fruit tea. Taoist Taoist slowly used up the tea, washed his hands and rinsed his mouth. He put on a Bagua Seven-Star Vest, a seven-Star Crown on his head, and a peach wood sword in his hand, and began to practice on the altar.

After finishing, he first sprayed out a mouthful of magic water, set up a net of heaven and earth, summoned the heavenly soldiers, Liu Ding and Liu Jia to come, and then drew the talisman water for the patient to take it.

Xu Hao felt that the fu water had the effect of sleeping pills, and the old lady of the Shen family went to bed not long after. In this way, Taoist Tao took his disciples to the patient's house to collect the demons.

The room was filled with cigarette smoke. Master Tao was standing in front of the kang, muttering something, and suddenly shouted, squirting the old woman's face with soju, which scared her to tremble all over.

Xu Hao looked interesting and watched Taoist Taoist Tao put a cinnabar talisman on the patient, and ordered a twelve or thirteen-year-old Taoist priest to hold a demon mirror. The Taoist priests followed the mirror and chanted the spells one by one.

At first, there were no traces of demons everywhere. Xu Hao thought to himself that if there was a monster, then my belief would really change. I must convert to Taoism and practice immortality for the rest of my life.

There are no fairies in this world? Xu Hao thought so. Unexpectedly, the little Taoist priest shouted: "There are fairies! Hiding on the edge of the kang."

Xu Hao was shocked and saw that Taoist Taoist Priest had designated the direction, and rushed over and sipped with a sip of wine. He shouted: "The gods obey the orders and surround the fairy."

"Incredible." Xu Hao and Zhang Fu, who were also surprised, looked at each other, then looked at Taoist Taoist Tao with his left hand and reached into the edge of the kang. It seemed as if he had grabbed the fairy.

Xu Hao opened his eyes wide and saw the fairy still stretching and twitching in the Taoist priest's hand, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious. After all, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods in his bones.

"Don't let him run away, get the token as soon as possible." Tao Tao shouted loudly, took the token and came to the fairy's head for a moment. A white breath came out, and the fairy didn't move any longer.

Everyone was shocked. Taoist Taoist Tao and the Taoist priests seemed to be very curious. They looked around the fairy carefully and suddenly burst into laughter.

Xu Hao said in a deep voice: "What?"

Taoist Chu smiled and said, "Young Master, you are ridiculous but not ridiculous. It was the woman who used the horn and became a spirit."

"Mr. Jiao has become a spirit?" Xu Hao also found it funny. Naturally, he didn't think he really became a spirit, but the truth was found by Taoist Tao.

Taoist Priest Taoist smiled and said, "Since I became a Taoist priest, I have seen so many evil spirits. I am 72 years old this year, and I have never seen such things become a spirit. It is probably because she can't stand loneliness and spends time with him day and night. This is called "demons are rejuvenated by others. Don't do this again in the future. It's a joke."

Chief Tao Dao looked at the shameful old woman with a deep meaning. She was so embarrassed that she was lying on the kang. Even the wife of the Shen family blushed. Who told her to be fascinated by the fairy before?

He ordered Taoist Chu to take it outside and burn it with fire, which was considered to have broken the evil roots. Then Taoist Tao led his disciples out to clean up and disperse with a smile.

Zhang Fu shook his head and said to Xu Hao: "Let's go too."

Zhang Xu said angrily: "It's so embarrassing."

As soon as he got home, he heard that the third wife Liu was sick. Xu Hao hurried over to visit him. It was dark and dark, and the yard was full of people. Mu Ningxue, who had arrived first, came over and said, "The Third Master has hired an imperial doctor."

The tall and powerful Fu said, "If my wife has any problems, needless to say, what is my miserable wife still alive?" As she said that, she shed tears.

Xu Hao frowned and looked at her, wasn't it pretentious? He didn't say anything.

A wife came over and said, "Grandma Xu outside led Taoist Li from Qingliang Temple to sit in the room for a long time, saying that she was waiting to see Grandma Six."

Fu said, "At this time, I was upset. Who has time to gossip? Send someone to see him and see what he has to say."

Daimu said, "I'll go, you guys take good care of grandma."

Xu Hao entered the house and saw Xu Song, Xu Jiang, Yuan and others standing in front of the bed. Feng Wenjun sat quietly on the side. Liu seemed to be asleep. He turned around and planned to go to the study to see his third uncle.

When passing Furong Courtyard, Daimu asked under the eaves: "Old Taoist, what are you doing?"

Taoist Li said, "I'm paying homage to grandma. Did you hear that the third master is here too?"

"Here." Daimu smiled and said, "Your complexion is good, hey, even the light is emitted from the longevity pattern."

Taoist Li smiled and said, "Where did you learn the monk's tone? Why didn't you meet a few genuine grandmas? I just heard that the wife was in a bad state and thought she was suffering from some wind."

Daimu said: "I'm sleeping very hard now. I took a medication yesterday and it's even heavier today. The doctors I invited came to see, but they were always vague and had no right words. Don't say you're in a hurry, even we are anxious."

At the same time, Shen Qing'er's business plummeted. It turned out that she was appreciated by Lord Li first, and after Xu Huhuan got better, her reputation was made, but the higher the status on the Qinhuai River, the more deserted the business was.

Not to mention Xu Hu's identity, Lord Li is a famous vinegar jar. Needless to say, he likes Shen Qing'er very much. Even if the flowers and plants in his family are not allowed to be moved, so the powerful and noble children are not keen on Xu Hu and officials are not keen on Lord Li? Therefore, no one has come to care about Shen Qing'er's top brand recently.

Even those artful scholars and wealthy merchants, at most, come to sit and never dare to stay overnight. Of course, Shen Qing'er was unwilling to sleep with her, and her business became lighter.

Tonight, Xu Hu did not come, and Widow Chen asked her daughter: "Didn't the Seventh Master reward me anything?"

Shen Qing'er, who was leaning on her cheek, said indifferently: "What are you anxious about?"

Widow Chen said, "Didn't you send anyone to send money?"

"Mom is here again." Shen Qing'er frowned, "I've been stolen by him, but I'm afraid I'll have less food and clothing? Don't worry, old man."

Widow Chen said unhappily: "I knew you had changed your mind and was thinking about entering the Xu Mansion. I will tell you today that since he met you with that Li Mingshi, who wouldn't say that Shen Qing'er had climbed up? Don't you know that you can go into the Xu Mansion? Dreaming! It was a good day ago, but I haven't even made a fortune in the past few days. I just lost money, but you still said you are not afraid of having no food or clothing."

After saying that, Widow Chen sat on the chair angrily. Shen Qing'er thought that there were fewer people coming, no wonder her mother was anxious, but what were those guests? Can they compare to his identity? You can't see it.

Wuxin and his mother were able to tell her that Shen Qing'er had to use words to comfort the widow, and then said what Xu Hu promised to her. Only then did Widow Chen smile.

A girl hurried in, holding a letter in her hand, and said, "It was sent by the Duke's Mansion."

Widow Chen was very happy and thought that good news was coming, so she snatched the letter and tore it apart randomly and pulled it out of the letter.

He looked over with his eyes open, and he couldn't read a word, and smiled and sent it to his daughter, "What troublesome young master, what did you write like an eel? You know more words than me, tell me quickly."

Unexpectedly, Shen Qing'er didn't recognize a word and said, "Call Liu San, he has written a prostitution account for many years, so he should know it."

But after calling Liu San in, he said in amazement: "This seems to be a personal word."

"Bah!" Widow Chen squeezed, "I just know one word, but I'm sorry, I'm yelling to take charge of the bill."

Liu San said with a smile: "Although I don't recognize this font, the signed name is here, what are you afraid of? It's the word "hu"? You see, there are still three points of water."

At this time, the girl came in with a famous post and said, "Mr. Li is here."

"White Mr. Li?" asked Widow Chen.

Liu Sanyi saw the famous post and recognized the word, and smiled and said, "It's my cousin here."

Now that Li Zhongnan has become the alternate magistrate, he was invited in happily. He bowed and greeted Shen Qing'er and his daughter first, and said, "I came to say goodbye yesterday. I saw my sister-in-law and the lady were too busy and didn't dare to come in. I saw that the ship schedule was delayed. The officials thought that they would meet again."

Shen Qing'er couldn't help laughing, and Widow Chen said, "You are so polite, please sit down quickly. It just so happened that I have a letter from Mr. Xu. We don't recognize this word, so I want to ask the master to help you." As he said that, he handed over the letter.

When Li Zhongnan heard that it was Xu Hu's, his waist instantly stretched three feet long, and he respectfully said, "Mr. Li's letter is the nine-day pearl jade, which is easily left on earth."
Chapter completed!