Chapter 21: The Three of Us

Yun Xiaobao was waiting for us at a very quiet and elegant tea garden in Qintai Road.

When Su Rou and I arrived, it was only a little after 10 a.m. We thought we had come early and would have to wait a while, but we didn’t expect Yun Xiaobao, Ma Dudu, Cao Er, and an unfamiliar young man to already be waiting there.

When I and Su Rou went in and sat down, Yun Xiaobao wanted to pour tea for me and Su Rou himself. I was embarrassed to let an old man pour tea for us, so I quickly stopped him and helped myself to some tea with Su Rou.

The tea was excellent Tieguanyin, but I didn’t feel much of it. God knows what treasures my master has hidden, making me feel that even outside tea is very ordinary. The only time I was impressed was when I drank the Dahongpao at my great-uncle’s house.

However, the dim sum on the tea table made me and Su Rou very happy. There were “dragon beard pastry,” “three cannons,” “white bee cake,” “pearl balls,” “egg cake,” “glass dumplings,” etc.

The dim sum that I and Su Rou ate was so delicious that my mouth was oozing with oil. Yun Xiaobao looked at us smilingly. After we finished eating, he said, “Rich people are really good.

After eating for a while, Su Rou suddenly whispered to me, “Sanwa, don’t eat anymore. You won’t be able to eat at noon.”

This little brat! I was thinking of not eating anymore, and there was still something important to say. I was a little embarrassed, so I pulled a piece of paper and wiped my mouth. Just as I was about to speak, I heard a voice that was obviously a bit weak say, “Dad, are these two kids the high-level people you were talking about? Why are they eating like this? I think they’re not as good as Master Chen.”

I didn’t think much of it. Compared to the master, who was often treated like a “vagrant,” what did I have to do with it? Su Rou didn’t care at all. He wasn’t a master in the first place.

It was just Yun Xiaobao who couldn’t bear to lose face, and he scolded the young man, “I think I’ve spoiled you too much, and you don’t know when to keep your mouth shut. It seems that you almost didn’t survive a few years ago, and you still haven’t learned your lesson! Do you know where that life-saving spirit jade came from? It was sold to us by this young master’s master at a very low price.”

The young man said defiantly, “I’ve said many times that I didn’t die that time because I was lucky. What does that piece of broken jade have to do with it? You and Grandpa are superstitious, and that’s why you believe in these charlatans. They don’t have any real skills, they just rely on their mouths. I’m leaving, I have things to do.”

After saying that, the young man didn’t care how ugly Yun Xiaobao’s face was, and he left very decisively. Yun Xiaobao had no way to deal with his own son.

Well, he was called a charlatan. I secretly wanted to teach him a lesson, to let him know that he should be respectful, but then I remembered that my master had left a letter saying that I should not use Taoist magic unless it was to save my life.

I was thinking that even if Master were here, he would definitely not care about this matter. The thing he hates most is using Taoist magic to fight and be aggressive. Besides, Master has been wandering around for so many years, and he doesn’t care about his reputation. Why should I care?

I thought about it and felt relieved. I patted the crispy meat on my face, which meant that I should not care about the crispy meat.

Yun Xiaobao looked at me and the crispy meat apologetically, and I said, “It’s okay. People who believe in these things will always believe in them, and those who don’t believe are free. Uncle Yun doesn’t have to mind.”

An awkward situation was thus resolved, and I talked about the real business with the few people present, asking about the specific symptoms of Master Yun. Under Yun Xiaobao’s detailed description, I gradually got the picture in my mind.

This poison is indeed capable of making people delirious and stimulating the most subconscious desires in people’s hearts. For example, when Grandpa Yun was delirious, it was as if he had returned to the ‘exciting’ years of his youth, with a gangster’s spirit, calling friends and acquaintances to do what they wanted to do.

As for the crispy meat, his subconscious was not to be a rich man, but to be a hero. I thought it was a little funny when I thought about it.

After clarifying this, my mind was at ease. I knew that the poison in the meat and Yun Laoshi was the same, so finding Master Chen should be reliable. I originally wanted to ask Yun Xiaobao to help me meet the so-called Master Chen, but Qin Huai came over, so there was no need.

For lunch, we went to a so-called high-end place to eat. Yun Xiaobao really asked me to buy another Lingyu, and Ma Dudu and Cao Er also made the same request.

The 1980s were a good time. Many people made a fortune during this period. Now not only Yun Xiaobao, but also Ma Dudu and Cao Er are rich. They all told me that as long as they had Lingyu, money was not a problem.

I smiled wryly. For them, money is not a problem, but for me, the spirit jade is a problem. Taoist cultivation and Buddhist consecration are fundamentally different. Buddhist consecration consumes the spiritual power of high priests, and Buddhists have always been excellent at spiritual power, which is also easy to attach to the equipment to be consecrated. But what Taoist thing does not consume a lot of time?

There are only a few Lingyu left by the master, and many of them are used as the center of a formation or as a magical weapon. Many years ago, if it wasn’t absolutely necessary, the master wouldn’t have sold the Lingyu.

To be honest, I am short of money, really short of money. If selling the spirit jade could get me money, I would not refuse. However, this is not the way to go, spirit jade is not easy to cultivate.

I refused Yun Xiaobao and the others, but at the same time I promised them that I would give them a way to contact me, and that I would help them out if they needed it.

The contact information I gave them was Qin Huai’s cell phone number. As for why I did this, it’s because I think I’ll have to find a way to survive in the future, and I’ve already seen the difficulties of this path.

Even if I don’t yearn for the worldly pleasures, isn’t every step of this spiritual practice paved with money?

I had a pleasant dinner with Yun Xiaobao and the others. When I got back, it was already past 2:00 p.m. I was afraid that Su Rou would have an attack on the road, so I bit my teeth and splurged on a taxi, which was still very new and rare at the time.

Fortunately, after we got home, Su Rou didn’t have a seizure, so we just sat around at home reading and talking nonsense. When it was a little after 5 p.m., Qin Huai arrived.

As soon as he entered the door, Qin Huai started to complain, “I heard that Su Rou has a new girlfriend. Can I see her?”

Su Rou was about to hit Qin Huai, and after a while of arguing, Qin Huai remembered to throw his luggage down and lie on the sofa and said, “Tomorrow we’ll go straight to the police station. I’ve found a connection in Beijing and have already talked to him on the phone. You owe me a lot for all these favors, Su Rou.”

“Okay, okay, let’s go find Master Chen. There’s no guarantee it will work.” Su Rou didn’t take Qin Huai’s kindness to heart.

Qin Huai also knew that Su Rou was a person who would not spare others when he was with him, and he was too lazy to argue with Su Rou. Qin Huai said to me, “Chengyi, I have begged my grandfather and grandmother, and I have taken a year’s leave of absence. You must take me with you to Miaojiang this time. The days in the Beijing government compound have suffocated me, and I have to see the world.”

Facing this crazy person, I had nothing to say, except to say, “Have you forgotten what happened to the old village chief? It’s not a safe life with me. If I die one day, what can I give your grandfather in return?”

“You won’t die. Don’t you have a powerful sister in Miaojiang? That beautiful girl, Ling Ruyue, is there to protect you. I’m not afraid of any of the gurus.” Qin Huai had an expression of supreme confidence.

I didn’t bother to explain anything. After all, I didn’t know much more about the art of sorcery than they did. It just brought back a lot of thoughts. Could I meet my master in Miaojiang? Was he still in Miaojiang?

I miss him so much.Taoist priest

The next day, Qin Huai and I went directly to a detention center. As for Su Rou, we locked him at home, locked him in, and added a big lock.

This kid went crazy in the middle of the night, and Qin Huai also saw it. In the middle of the night yesterday, he didn’t just become Yang, he transformed into Guo Jing! It’s really fucking dumb. Can you trust him to come out with you like this? What if he turns into Wei Xiaobo on the way?

So, this time, when we went to the detention center, it was just Qin Huai and I.

With power in our hands, it was easy to get things done. After some special attention, Qin Huai and I saw the so-called Master Chen in the detention center with little effort, and in a separate room at that.

The best part was that the police officers at the detention center were all standing outside the door, so it was very convenient for us to talk and do business.

Master Chen, who had been unexpectedly called here, was a bit surprised to see me. He didn’t expect the person who came to see him to be me.