Shi Pengpeng couldn’t help but turn his head slowly and gave Lu Mange a questioning look.
Lu Mange looked puzzled, and her hands were almost waving like a fan:
“I really don’t know.”
Shi Pengpeng gently patted the back of the old lady Shang’s hand:
“Grandma, could you please tell us more about this?”
“Of course I can.”
Rarely did anyone want to listen to her chatter, so Old Lady Shang was more than happy to share and immediately began to tell the story with a cheerful expression.
It turned out that her grandson worked as an food delivery rider.
Since he had reached the age of marriage, he wanted to buy a house with his girlfriend.
However, both of their families had limited means and could not provide much support.
The young couple decided to work hard and save up some money on their own.
Old Lady Shang’s grandson worked tirelessly, day and night, taking orders.
Half a year ago, during a holiday when it was pouring with rain, he saw that the delivery fee had increased significantly.
So, he took on many orders despite the heavy rain.
Unfortunately, in his haste to deliver the orders quickly, his vehicle slipped, and he fell heavily onto the middle of the road, losing consciousness.
At that time, it was pouring rain, and visibility was very poor.
With cars coming and going on the road, the situation was extremely dangerous.
Fortunately, a lady who was on her way home from work happened to pass by and noticed him.
She immediately stopped her car near him to block the traffic and called the police and emergency services.
Moreover, while working, he used to chew gum to stay alert.
When he fell, the gum accidentally got stuck in his throat, nearly causing him to choke.
It was the same lady who discovered this and used the Heimlich maneuver to help him expel the gum, thus saving his life.
It can be said that if it hadn’t been for that kind-hearted lady, or if she hadn’t known first aid, Old Lady Shang’s grandson would probably not be alive today.
Hearing this, Lu Mange finally remembered and exclaimed, “Ah,” “Isn’t her grandson named Yu Xiaohao?”
Shi Pengpeng asked Old Lady Shang.
“Isn’t it Xiaohao?”
Old Lady Shang nodded,
“Hey, how did you know?”
Shi Pengpeng smiled,
“The community had informed us about the situation at your home before we came.”
“I see,”
Old Lady Shang realized, and praised, “Your work is becoming more and more meticulous.”
Yan Jing, who was standing by, said:
At this point, they had a general understanding of the situation.
The kind lady who saved Yu Xiaohao was none other than Lu Mange.
Lu Mange usually had a busy job and sometimes worked late into the night before ordering takeout, but no matter how late it was, the delivery riders would always bring it to her door.
Therefore, she could understand how hard they worked.
That day, when she saw Yu Xiaohao lying in the middle of the road, she didn’t think twice and instinctively rushed over to help him.
However, the aftermath of this incident was clearly too unexpected.
Old Lady Shang’s family was extremely grateful to Lu Mange, but she said it was just a small favor.
She not only declined the gifts they offered but also refused to give them her contact information.
The family felt really bad inside, but there was nothing they could do.
After all, there was no reason to force the benefactor to accept their thanks.
Since Old Lady Shang usually worshipped Buddha, she thought it over and decided to set up a longevity position for Lu Mange at home to pray for her blessings.
Fortunately, Lu Mange had left her name, otherwise, the longevity tablet couldn’t even be established.
Old Lady Shang’s son and daughter-in-law didn’t quite believe in these things and didn’t really approve of this practice, thinking it was useless.
But they thought it was the old lady’s kind intention, and it would be good to let the elderly find peace of mind, so they didn’t stop her.
So Old Lady Shang spent a lot of money to have someone specially customize a longevity tablet with Lu Mange’s name engraved on it, which was placed next to the Guanyin statue to receive incense.
“This Miss Lu, she is truly a great kind-hearted person. She helped our family so much and wouldn’t even accept a red envelope”.
“As an old lady, I can’t do much, so I can only burn incense and chant scriptures for her on the first and fifteenth of every month, wishing her a smooth life…”
Old Lady Shang patted her chest, her face full of kindness.
Disaster relief.
The room fell into a silence.
The two people and one soul who had been searching from Mount Chui Rong to here looked at each other and couldn’t speak for a long time.
The longevity position is also called the longevity tablet, which is a merit position offered for the living.
It is usually set up for benefactors to pray for blessings and add longevity.
Shi Pengpeng judged from the offerings that Old Lady Shang was indeed out of kindness.
Old Lady Shang had a peaceful face, and she was clearly a kind and enthusiastic old lady.
Moreover, she had clear hearing and sight, and she didn’t seem to have learned any evil magic.
More importantly, the house was full of strong yang energy, and there was no sign of any evil energy.
It was evident that this family had never intentionally harmed anyone.
But the problem precisely lay in this
“kindness.”
Because the tablet that Old Lady Shang had set up for Lu Mange was not a longevity tablet at all, but a tablet for the afterlife.
There is only a one-character difference between longevity and afterlife, but their functions are completely different.
The longevity tablet is for praying for blessings for the living, while the afterlife tablet is for the deceased to be released from this world.
Although Old Lady Shang had been worshipping Buddha for many years, she hadn’t read many books and wasn’t very clear about the intricacies of these things, which is a common problem among many elderly believers.
The longevity tablet that she had set up for Lu Mange out of gratitude was mistakenly made into an afterlife tablet for some reason, which originally didn’t matter much.
Most of these privately set up tablets by folk believers don’t have any effect and are more of a token of their heartfelt intentions.
However, the afterlife tablet that Old Lady Shang had customized had a faint trace of magical power.
Shi Pengpeng got up and walked to the altar to take a closer look.
She saw that the afterlife tablet was made very meticulously, with the wood, carving, and paint all being very exquisite.
In addition to that, there was a circle of strange patterns and Sanskrit inscriptions on the edge and base of the wooden tablet, which was a Buddhist afterlife spell.
This was an afterlife tablet that had been consecrated.
With Lu Mange’s name engraved on this tablet and receiving incense, it was as if she was constantly being released from this world, no wonder she had a soul separation phenomenon.
Fortunately, Old Lady Shang had good intentions, and every time she offered incense, she chanted scriptures for longevity and blessings.
This actually diminished the effect of the afterlife tablet, leaving only a very weak influence.
Therefore, Lu Mange’s soul separation was not severe.
It was also because Old Lady Shang had no evil magic and no malevolent methods that Zhong Zi couldn’t figure out the reason and couldn’t determine the direction.
And just now, the reason why Lu Mange’s soul could easily enter Old Lady Shang’s home without being affected by the family protection spell was because there was a tablet for her in the house.
The old lady also often prayed for her blessings, so she was considered a part of the family by default.
Lu Mange, who knew the truth, almost burst into tears and said miserably,
“No, I didn’t leave my contact information for them at that time, not because I was noble, but because I was afraid that if something happened to Yu Xiaohao, they would come back and blackmail me…”
Shi Pengpeng: “Pffft——”
Lu Mange said that when she saw Yu Xiaohao lying in the middle of the road, the situation was critical, and she didn’t have time to think and rushed over to save him.
It was only when she got to the hospital that she started to be scared.
What if she encountered those unreasonable people in the news who would come back and blackmail her?
That would be troublesome.
Later, Yu Xiaohao’s parents rushed over, but they didn’t turn around and bite the hand that fed them.
Instead, they were overly enthusiastic, wanting to give her money, invite her to dinner, and said that the grandmother at home wanted to personally come to thank her.
Lu Mange felt that it was just a small favor and didn’t deserve such a big fuss.
On the one hand, she felt embarrassed, and on the other hand, she became more and more suspicious.
So she politely declined all their thanks and didn’t even give her contact information, leaving behind a legend of a kind person who did good deeds without revealing their name.
“If I had known it would turn out like this,”
Lu Mange’s voice was choked up,
“I would have preferred if they had blackmailed me for a meal.”
Shi Pengpeng gave a thumbs up:
“Good deed.”
Lu Mange thought more and more about it and felt more and more painful.
She complained,
“I don’t know where the old lady got the tablet made. It was too unprofessional.”
Shi Pengpeng felt that something was still not right, but she couldn’t figure it out for the moment.
At this time, Yan Jing suddenly spoke:
“The craftsmanship of this tablet is very exquisite. It doesn’t look like the work of an amateur.”
Shi Pengpeng’s thoughts became clear, and she suddenly realized.
The tablet, whether in terms of craftsmanship or the spell, was of professional standard, not to mention that it had been consecrated.
It was definitely made by an insider.
Since it was made by a professional, they wouldn’t confuse the longevity tablet with the afterlife tablet.
In other words, this tablet was probably not made by mistake, but intentionally.
Thinking of this, Shi Pengpeng quickly held Old Lady Shang’s hand and asked about the origin of the tablet.
Old Lady Shang was a devout believer.
Seeing her so interested, she was happy to share.
She immediately took out her phone, opened WeChat, found a group chat called
“Buddha’s Light Illuminates All,” and showed it to her:
“This longevity tablet was bought from the group leader of this group. The group leader is practicing in a temple in the United States and knows the high monks there…”
Shi Pengpeng didn’t expect that Old Lady Shang’s longevity tablet was bought on WeChat.
She was a little surprised at first.
Upon closer inspection of the chat records in the group, it was clear that they were filled with a lot of pseudo-religious knowledge, and there were even some evil spells and items mixed in.
The group leader, together with a few other people in the group who were obviously shills, would occasionally sell things like prayer beads and longevity tablets to other members at high prices.
The “longevity tablet” that Old Lady Shang had customized cost as much as 20,000 yuan.
After a while, Shi Pengpeng had a general idea.
This was probably a network fraud group targeting the elderly.
Seeing this situation, she knew she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
So she carefully chose her words and said,
“Grandma, everyone in this group is a scammer. You can’t believe them anymore.”
Old Lady Shang’s first reaction was naturally disbelief:
“Oh my, what nonsense are you talking about?”
Shi Pengpeng had anticipated this.
She pointed to the afterlife tablet and patiently explained to her.
Since the elderly lady was old, she was afraid of scaring her, so she didn’t mention that Lu Mange had a soul separation.
She just pointed out the problem with the tablet.
At first, Old Lady Shang was unwilling to believe it, but seeing that Shi Pengpeng spoke logically and didn’t seem to be making it up, she couldn’t help but have some doubts.
Shi Pengpeng knew that it wouldn’t be easy to completely convince the old lady in a short time, and Lu Mange’s soul separation had a time limit.
She couldn’t stay outside for too long.
Since the problem had been identified, Shi Pengpeng thought it over and secretly cast a spell to break the spell on the afterlife tablet.
She then got up and said goodbye.
Before leaving, she didn’t forget to remind Old Lady Shang to go to a proper temple to have it authenticated.
If Shi Pengpeng had only tried to persuade Old Lady Shang, she might not have listened.
She might have even thought that Shi Pengpeng was the scammer.
But by suggesting that Old Lady Shang go to the temple for verification, it dispelled her doubts.
Old Lady Shang was a regular visitor to the temple and had a good relationship with the monks there.
The masters there would surely not deceive her.
The two people and one soul hurriedly went downstairs and left the urban area before the evening rush hour.
Yan Jing kept pressing the gas pedal all the way, and finally made it back to Qinglian Temple in time.
Zhong Zi Qing saw that they had returned safely and let out a sigh of relief.
She quickly cast a spell to help Lu Mange’s soul return to her body.
After a while, Lu Mange woke up slowly.
Zhong Zi Qing asked anxiously,
“How is the situation?”
Lu Mange glanced at Shi Pengpeng and Yan Jing.
The three of them looked at each other, all finding it hard to speak.
Zhong Zi Qing felt a sinking feeling in her heart and asked nervously,
“It didn’t work?”
“No,” Shi Pengpeng shook her head,
“It worked.”
Zhong Zi Qing:?
If it worked, why did they have such expressions?
Shi Pengpeng took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and then explained the whole story.
After she finished speaking, Zhong Zi Qing also fell into silence.
Lu Mange’s soul separation had troubled him for several months.
During this period, he had imagined countless possibilities.
But this result was still too abstract.
“Fusu Wuliang Tianzun.”
Zhong Zi Qing made a bow, and said with a serious expression,
“I will notify everyone right away to post the download link of the National Anti-Fraud app in the temple. Please make sure to download it.”