"What about the second, third, fourth and eighth in the middle?" Cole wondered.
Nine uncle shook his head, "no, this generation, only six of us."
"Why is that?" An Yu is puzzled.
"The old men didn't explain, that's how it was arranged," said Jiu Shu. "We don't know the purpose of this. But since I was a kid, that's how it came down. "
He looked at me, "old seven Lin you is your seventh uncle, that is Lin Xia's father."
"Well," I nodded, "you said just now that you and uncle Qi almost suffered from Chen Daoye's loss. What's the matter?"
"We were all young at that time, and we didn't have you yet," said Jiu Shu. "That autumn, the fourth uncle came to Beijing to make a fortune telling for a big man, and then he lived here for a period of time. Seven and I heard about it, we came to Shangjing together, accompanied by the fourth uncle, one is to learn something from the fourth uncle, the second is to follow the world. At that time, we lived in this house. The fourth uncle slept in the big bedroom. Seven and your father and I laid the floor together in the living room for more than a month
"Well," I nodded.
"Later, because there was something wrong with my hometown, the fourth uncle took the fifth elder brother to go back first," he continued. "I reserved a ticket with Lao Qi for the next day, and I was going to stay with him for a few days. On that night, Chen Ziwu came and said that he would come to see the fourth uncle for help when he met with a difficult matter. "
"The two of us knew him a long time ago, so we let him into the room and asked him what happened. He said that there was a friend who met with a very evil sect. He had no way out, so he wanted to ask the fourth uncle to give him a divination to see how to break it. "He looked at us." Wu family has ancestral precepts. Every generation of geomantic omen has a generation of hexagrams. The fourth uncle only looks at divination and doesn't look at Fengshui. Chen Ziwu's doing this is actually a bit out of line. Seeing the fourth uncle's absence, he had an idea and asked us if we could help
"Did you help?" Kor asked.
"We didn't want to meddle in our business, but we couldn't help him saying it again and again, so we went to a Taoist temple in the south of the city with him," said Jiu Shu. "When we got there, we found that a woman of high status had fallen into evil spirits. The female ghost possessed by her body was a very powerful role. Chen Ziwu's way of dealing with them can't stop the ghost girl, so they can't do anything about it. "
"What kind of ghost is so powerful?" Kor asked quickly.
"The ghost died, and it's also a character," the ninth uncle said implicitly. "She was framed by that woman, and she was tortured to death...
" Oh... I understand... "Ke'er nodded," you go on, I don't want to talk much. "
"Your seventh uncle and I saved the woman and gave the ghost a free rein." Uncle Jiushu looked at me. "After that, Chen Ziwu's Taoist brother gave us a small part of the blessing given by the woman, and the rest was left to the temple."
"Did Mr. Chen agree?" I frown.
"Of course he won't," said uncle Jiu. "Because of this, he had a fight with his Taoist brother in front of us. But your seventh uncle and I don't care about this. We don't want them to lose peace with each other, so we donate the blessing to the temple, and the storm is over. "
"What happened then?" I asked.
"Chen Ziwu was so moved that we had to stay there for a few days," he said. "It was difficult for us to accept the kindness, so we stayed. In those days, he abandoned all the mundane affairs and accompanied us all day long, chatting with us. At the beginning, talk about his friendship with your second and third grandfather, and talk about the things of that year. After chatting, he began to ask us some questions about Cultivation in the name of consulting. The secret arts of Anjia and the Lin family are not spread out to the public. Your seventh uncle and I never inquire about each other. Chen Ziwu said that he knew the rules of our two families and did not dare to covet it. In the name of consulting, he repeatedly asked us, and constantly put on high hats and flattered us. After all, our meeting was still young. Even if we were wary, we were still flattered by him. Unconsciously, we told him some of the essence of cultivation. "
He laughed at himself and shook his head. "That night, just talking about the important place, suddenly there was a storm and thunder outside, and it rained heavily. Your seventh uncle and I wake up all of a sudden. After the rain stopped, we left. Chen Ziwu tried his best to keep us, but we decided to go. What he said was useless. After leaving Shangjing and returning to my hometown, your second grandfather punished me for kneeling for three days and nights because of this. Your seventh uncle was not so good. Your third grandfather didn't say a word to him for a whole year. Later, in order to ask for your third grandfather's forgiveness, he went to the old man's door every morning and knelt down for nearly half a year before the old man spoke to him
He took a long breath and told me earnestly, "Wu Zheng, Mr. Chen Daoye, can't make him special because he takes care of his face, and he can't go too close to him. Otherwise, he will build a plank road and hide behind the scenes, persistently asking for advice in the name of Wu family's secret arts. You know, when he was young, he coveted the secrets of our four families. This is his obsession, and he can't change it in his life
"For example, this time," the ninth aunt took over, "if you don't follow the rules and start for him, then he will ask you for advice on the reason that he is insufficient? Can you give him some advice? Your ninth uncle and seventh uncle were cheated like this at the beginningI nodded, "Uncle nine, aunt nine, you can rest assured, I will pay attention to it."
"Chen Ziwu's suit is too much to guard against," Jiu Shu looked at me. "Wu Zheng, Kunlun's secret arts are not handed down to the outside world. This is the ancestor's motto for thousands of years. You pass it on to Xiaojun and Ke'er. They are all your women, which makes sense. But Chen Ziwu, he is not one of us. You must remember that! "
"Dad, mom, brother Wu Zheng won't be cheated," an Yu said. "Don't worry about it."
"After all, he is only 19 years old," nine uncle said. "We are afraid that he will be trapped by Chen Ziwu, which reminds him."
"Uncle Jiu, you reminded me right," I said, "you can rest assured that I will pay attention to everything according to the rules."
"As long as you follow the rules, nothing will happen," Jiushu told me, "Wu Zheng, please remember."
I looked at nine uncle quietly, nodded seriously.