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Chapter 1: Huang Yu Village

  There is a village called Huangyucun in Chongqing, since the 1950s, every household in the village has started making funeral-related items such as wreaths and incense sticks.

  Its strange that since Huangyu Village started doing this dead person business, the whole village from top to bottom, with 136 households, as long as they gave birth to children, they were all girls, not a single boy. Over time, most of the men in the village basically came from outside and married into the village.

  The villagers of Huangyu Village who made a fortune nearby said that it was the people of Huangyu Village who made a fortune from the dead, so they suffered retribution.

  Even after the news got out, several so-called experts from Beijing came to investigate and suspected that Huangyuvillage was the "Country of Women" recorded in Journey to the West. As a result, they were beaten up by the village head of Huangyu Village.

  As time went on, even the people of Huangyu Village thought that it was probably true that he had something to do with making money from dead people.

  In the second half of 1990, the village heads family surprisingly gave birth to a baby boy.

  Excluding those who were born outside the village, this boy can be said to be the first male child born in Huangyu Village in 50 years, and he is also a big fat baby weighing eight kilograms.

  This made everyone in the village overjoyed, and one by one they went to the village heads home to offer congratulations.

  The village chief was named Lin Fude. Although he looked kind and gentle, at the time when those scientists came to "investigate", he was the most ruthless in dealing with them.

  He was so excited when he learned that he had become a grandfather that he almost went to see King Yama ahead of time, fortunately, he held his breath.

  Lin Fude invited a troupe of performers and on the second evening after the childs birth, he invited everyone in the village to watch the show and drink wine, with the whole village reveling in this grand celebration.

  From time to time, the villages little girls would run over, curiously looking at this newborn cub and wondering why it was so exotic, with such a grand scene as soon as it was born.

  The whole Huangyu Village was lively and bustling, but outside the village came a Taoist priest wearing tattered clothes.

  This Taoist looks over thirty years old, wearing tattered clothes, with a dirty face, and its unknown how long he hasnt taken a bath. A gourd is hung at his waist.

  The villagers of Huangyu Village were delighted to see the Taoist priest arrive and immediately welcomed him with enthusiasm, then invited the Taoist priest to drink together.

  The villagers of Huangyu Village, being in the business of dealing with the dead, inevitably encounter some strange and bizarre things, so they have to ask for help from Daoist priests or geomancers, so their attitude towards Daoist priests is extremely good.

  The villagers and the Taoist priest drank two rounds of wine, listening to the Taoist priest claim that his surname was Mao, and he had come from afar in the north to handle some business.

  Lin Fude heard that a Taoist priest had arrived, so he secretly took a look and found that although the Taoist priest was wearing tattered clothes, his speech was extraordinary. He carried his newborn grandson and walked forward, smiling: "Greetings, Master Tao, my grandson has just been born, and since youre passing by, why not take a look at his face?"

  Mao Daochang drank the wine without hesitation, and immediately took a look at this big fat boy. As it turned out, this big fat boy was white and clean, with a round face, closed his eyes, but didnt cry or make trouble.

  Mao Daochang furrowed his brow and looked up and down at Lin Fude: "Village chief, can you tell me the birth date of your grandson?"

  Lin Fude saw Mao Daolang frowning and his heart skipped a beat.

  The whole village is doing business with the dead, an evil thing, which family hasnt encountered it?

  He hastily had someone write down his grandsons birth eight characters and handed them over to Mao Daochang.

  "What about the 15th of September in the year of Gengwu at noon?" Mao Daochang counted on his fingers for a moment, then looked at Lin Fude and said: "Village Chief Lin, I dont know if I should say this."

  Lin Fudes heart tightened, his only precious grandson, could there be any other problems? Thinking of this, he hastily said to Mao Daochang: "Dao Chang, just say it."

  Mao Daochang smiled and asked Lin Fude, "Ive heard that in your Huangyu Village, for decades, only girls have been born, not a single boy. Is this true or false?"

  Lin Fude heard this and was somewhat suspicious. Obviously, he was having his grandsons face read, so why bring up this topic? However, since the other person asked, he nodded in agreement.

  "Do you know why?"

  Lin Fude didnt know that this matter had always been a heart disease for the Huang Yucun, seeing Mao Daolang ask like this, Lin Fude said: "Outside people all rumor say is we earned dead persons money, so suffered retribution."

  At this point, Lin Fude looked at Mao Daochang with some guilt, after all, saying "making money from peoples deaths" didnt sound very good.

  Mao Daochang saw him say this, waved his hand: "They are just envious of your high earnings, nonsense. You create these things, those ghosts will only be grateful in their hearts. This is accumulating blessings for you, how can there be any retribution?"

  "Your village will become like this, there should be other reasons, Im not clear either. It seems that in the past 50 years, a boy suddenly appeared, and this boy should be the key to solving your Huangyu Village problem."

  Lin Fude looked at Mao Daochang and asked: "Do you mean that my grandson can solve our villages problem?"

  "Thats right." Mao nodded in agreement.

  The villagers around, upon hearing Maos words, all showed joy on their faces and began discussing the child in hushed tones.

  Mao Dao was silent for a moment before saying, "However, you child are not easy to raise. I calculated earlier that your grandson has the Purple Wei fate."

  Lin Fude led the whole village to prosperity, but as for this aspect of things, he didnt understand a single bit. He asked: "Mao Daozhang, what is a Ziwei fate? Why cant I raise my grandson well?"

  "In ancient times, the Ziwei represented emperors. This is a natural-born emperors fate. If born in ancient times and known to people, they would be killed immediately to avoid being implicated with their entire clan."

  Hearing this, Lin Fude let out a sigh of relief, now is a society ruled by law, unlike the feudal society of the past.

  Mao Daochang saw Lin Fudes relaxed face and said, "Dont be too happy yet, countless demons and monsters dream of eating people with the Purple Wei fate."

  Lin Fude heard this and thought, "Isnt my grandson just like Tang Seng in a Beijing Opera?"

  "Hurry up and ask: Master Dao, is there no solution at all?"

  "Unless you let me bring him up." Mao Da Zhang said with a deep voice.

  Just finished speaking, Lin Fude shook his head vigorously. The whole village only gave birth to a boy like this, how could they send him away for outsiders to raise?

  Mao Daochang smiled and understood Lin Fudes meaning, saying: "Why not do this? Before the child is seven years old, let you take him. After he is seven years old, I will raise him until he is twelve years old and then send him back to you. Only in this way can his life be guaranteed; otherwise, he will definitely not live beyond eight years old."

  Lin Fude thought for a moment, and Mao Daochang hadnt said to let his grandson follow him now, but when he was seven years old, and this matter concerned the life of his own grandson.

  Lin Fude also agreed at this point.

  A year has passed and Lin Fudes grandson is growing up, named Lin Xiaofeng.

  Lin Xiaofeng this kid, grew up with a golden key in his mouth, unlike other kids, maybe they were spoiled by their elders at home, but he was different.

  The whole village treats him as a treasure, and whenever he wants to go to which familys house for dinner, that family immediately brings out all the best meat and dishes.

  When Lin Xiaofeng was seven years old, even if he didnt want to leave, Lin Fude contacted Mao Daolang and asked him to take Lin Xiaofeng away.

  As for where Lin Xiaofeng and Mao Daolang went and what they did, no one was clear about it until Lin Xiaofeng returned from Mao Daolangs place.

  Lin Xiaofeng grew up a bit, but there was nothing special about him. When someone asked Lin Xiaofeng where he and Mao Daozhang had gone and what they had done, Lin Xiaofeng refused to mention anything about Mao Daozhang.

  In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiaofeng had turned seventeen.

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