Chapter 4 Orion "In that case, I will go with you, Madam." Jiang Lin smiled slightly, secretly thinking it was interesting, but said with shame on his face: "However, I have only been practicing for a short time, and my skills are not good enough, I am afraid..." "How about the believers go to the nearby Jinshan Temple and ask a great monk to come down the mountain to perform a ritual?" Upon hearing this, Madam Tu suddenly lowered her head and stammered, "I dare not hide it from you, Taoist priest. I have spent all my family wealth on treating my husband. Now I..." "In fact, I also know that my husband is afraid that... Now he comes to ask the Taoist priest for help, just to seek peace of mind and make the last effort. Regardless of success or failure, I am grateful for the Taoist priest's kindness." "Please forgive me, Taoist..." Jiang Lin understood. It turned out that it was not that he did not want to invite an eminent monk, but that his little-known Taoist temple was more cost-effective. Well, maybe there's something else. This butcher lady may not be telling the truth... At least, not to myself.
"No problem, no problem. Let's go now without further delay." Jiang Lin thought of this and nodded with a smile. "Taoist Master please!" Mrs. Butcher was cheered up and quickly turned aside, asking Jiang Lin to follow her. They asked me to perform a ritual, but they didn't even ask me if I brought any instruments with me... Jiang Lin sighed inwardly, without stopping, and followed Mrs. Butcher out of the Taoist temple. I walked all the way to the foot of the mountain before I saw a donkey cart. "It's really unfair to you, Master." Mrs. Butcher said somewhat embarrassedly. "It's okay. It's common for monks to eat and sleep outdoors." Jiang Lin smiled and shook his head, then got on the donkey cart. Along the way, Jiang Lin also got to know a little about the so-called Butcher family and the Butcher hunters. According to Mrs. Butcher. Her husband learned martial arts in his early years. He was 25 years old when he became a master. Then he became a hunter relying on his martial arts skills. His skills are quite amazing. He can hunt big bears or big insects almost every month. At the very least, he can hunt wild boars or lynxes. There are countless other animals such as rabbits and chickens. With such a great skill, the butcher and hunter also accumulated some wealth. Both the couple had no parents, and they lived a prosperous life. There is only one move. They have been married for twenty years but have no children.
Mrs. Tu has also been persuading her husband to take a concubine, saying that it would be easy to support a concubine with her own property. But the hunter was a devoted man and refused to do so. Mrs. Butcher was naturally very moved, and she took care of the household more meticulously. They were originally a harmonious and happy little family, but because of a strange disease that the hunter had for no apparent reason, they became what they are today. Mrs. Butcher, who never left her house, was forced to go out into the world and find a famous doctor for her husband. The family fortune was almost exhausted, and her husband's illness became more serious. Finally, I had no choice but to think of Taoism and Buddhism. However, due to financial constraints, he could not afford to hire the famous great monks from Jinshan Temple in Hangzhou, let alone the eminent monks from Lingyin Temple. He could only ask for help from Jiang Lin, a small Taoist temple. "If this fails, I think this is the fate of my husband, wuu ... When it came to the sad part, Mrs. Butcher couldn't help but shed tears. Jiang Lin did not comfort him, but just sighed. However, he suddenly saw a hint of...expectation in the corners of the boy's eyes and eyebrows? The donkey cart was moving quite fast and soon reached Taiping Township. The butcher and hunter were indeed a well-known wealthy family in the surrounding area. The courtyard with two entrances alone was unique in Taiping Township. When Jiang Lin followed Mrs. Butcher to the door, there were already quite a few people gathered there, most of them were village women and idlers who came to watch the fun. When these people saw Jiang Lin, they looked over with some curiosity and muttered to themselves. They thought Jiang Lin just passed by and couldn't hear them at all, but Jiang Lin heard it clearly. "Didn't you say you were going to invite the master from Jinshan Temple? Why did you invite back a Taoist priest?" "Yes, and she's still so young, and she's just pretty. Can that be of any use?" "It's useless, so I just satisfy the butcher lady." "What do you mean?" "Let me tell you, it is said that the doctors she hired are all..." Listening to the whispers in his ears, Jiang Lin couldn't help but curl up a strange smile on his lips. It is really boring to stay in the mountains for a long time. The world of mortal world is more interesting. I just came out of the mountains and encountered such a bloody thing. Thinking this in his mind, he kept walking and followed Mrs. Butcher into the house. I walked through the moon gate to the back hall, where a tall and strong man came towards me. "Sister-in-law." The big man bowed to Madam Butcher, then looked at Jiang Lin and asked in confusion: "Who is this young Taoist priest?" "uncle." Madam Tu forced a smile and said, "This is Taoist Xuanying whom I invited from Ziwei Temple on Longjing Mountain. Taoist, this is my husband's junior fellow apprentice, his last name is Zhang and his given name is Hu. He is a soldier. Upon hearing the bad news about my husband, he came all the way from Wuzhou. He has been at the Han family for more than half a month."
"Wulian Tianzun, you are truly a righteous man." Jiang Lin smiled, nodded and greeted. "I've met the Taoist priest." Zhang Hu nodded, but his attitude was not very enthusiastic. He even looked at Mrs. Tu and said bluntly: "Sister-in-law, didn't you say to invite the monks from Jinshan Temple? Why..." "Uncle, don't be rude!" Mrs. Tu interrupted Zhang Hu and sighed, "Uncle also knows that the Han family has no money left. We are really short of money and cannot invite a great monk..." "Fortunately, the Taoist priest is merciful and willing to accept the Han family's humble offering and come for a visit." After saying that, he actually knelt down in front of Jiang Lin. "Master! I will tell you everything, whether it's something you should or shouldn't say, whether it's polite or not." "Please, Taoist priest, perform a ritual for my husband!" "If this is the case, even if I cannot save him, I will..." Before she could finish her words, Mrs. Butcher burst into tears. When Zhang Hu saw this, he could only sigh helplessly. In his opinion, his senior brother's wife had already tried her best and spent all her family wealth to find countless famous doctors, but none of them could diagnose the problem at all. In the end, we could only place our hopes on Taoist and Buddhist rituals, but we couldn’t even invite decent monks. Whatever, we all know that this is just the last hope. After the ritual is completed, Brother will be able to rest in peace... Zhang Hu sighed in his heart. No one expected that a ritual could save the butcher hunter who was already dying and had only one breath left. Everyone knows that this is just the final psychological comfort. Jiang Lin didn't care about what these people thought, he just smiled and said, "Let me go see the victim?" "Taoist Master, please." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Butcher quickly stood up, wiping her tears, and led Jiang Lin around the main hall in the backyard to a small courtyard with excellent lighting. There was a wooden bed in the small yard, and on the bed lay a strong man wrapped in several layers of quilts. Although he is called a strong man, one can only vaguely see some of his strong bones in the past. Now he is just skin and bones, looking like a tuberculosis patient. It was clearly noon, and the sun was already warm at the turn of spring and summer. The big man was even wrapped in several layers of quilts, but he was still shivering. "This is what the previous doctor said. He wanted my husband to be exposed to more yang energy. So every noon, he would move out to bask in the sun." Mrs. Butcher looked at her miserable husband and could not help feeling grief-stricken. She cried with red and swollen eyes. Jiang Lin looked at the hunter, nodded thoughtfully, and asked casually, "Is it useful?" "Ugh……"
Madam Tu sighed and said, "Whether it works or not, it's better than having no solution at all." "That's what the lady said." Jiang Lin also sighed, moved closer, and leaned over to take a look. Mrs. Butcher was also staring at her husband on the sickbed, but from the eyes of the silent servant, she knew that the whore was looking at the pretty Taoist priest. A hint of jealousy flashed across the servant's face, and he secretly made a gesture with his hands behind his back. "Ahhhhh!!!" Suddenly, the hunter roared angrily, threw back the quilt, and pounced towards Jiang Lin, who was closest to him, with red eyes! (End of this chapter)