Chapter 45 The Blind Beggar
"Second Fatty, seniors. Have you ever suspected that someone is watching us all the way?"
Liu Sa thought for a while: "I also had this idea. At first I thought it was Professor Jiang, but after returning from Haiyan Dragon Palace, I still had this strong feeling that we seemed to be being watched."
"Could it be Tongyuan?"
"No, we are just a bunch of unknown people. If Tongyuan doesn't let the Ninth Family keep an eye on it, how can he have time to take care of us juniors?"
I glanced at Erpang again. Now he put a towel on his face and lay on his back. I thought he was asleep, but there was no loud snoring. It was unscientific: "Erpang, what are you thinking about?"
"I miss Nizi." He answered me briefly, "Although I know that treating you is the most important thing, I was wondering if Nizi would be in danger if we went a few days late."
I wanted to say that we all died more than ten years later, but I thought it was too irresponsible to say this, so I suppressed it and replaced it with: "Have you ever thought about how powerful your dad is and my grandfather?
Maybe Nizi has been rescued by them a long time ago? Maybe she has graduated from college and is working somewhere now."
After saying this, I suddenly felt confused.
I used to study hard and was finally admitted to the Department of Archeology at Xi'an University, all because of my strong belief in finding Nizi and Erpang.
Now that Erpang has been found, I also know that Erpang has a very powerful family background, and my grandfather is even more powerful. It is possible that Nizi has been rescued.
So is it necessary for us to go to the Sanjianshan Underground Palace again? Since there is no need, then wouldn’t it be meaningless for us to take risks in the Sea Eye Dragon Palace and narrowly escape death?
"Your idea is not unreasonable." Liu Sa shook his wine glass and said to me, "With three mountains and five mountains, saving a little girl is definitely not a problem. Maybe when you go back, you can still see that girl.
, saving your life is more important than anything else now."
Incense Division, that’s the word again.
I once heard Senior Liu Sa mention this word, but he refused to say it any further. This time I had to ask him: "Senior, what exactly is the Incense Division you just mentioned? Please tell me.
"
Liu Sa realized that he had made a mistake and drank red wine without saying a word. However, he could not bear the burning gaze of me, so he could only make a sound of disgusting trouble: "Tsk, ah~ okay, okay. I'm so annoying, junior."
Can you change your habit of being too curious?
Forget it, you have to know sooner or later anyway, I just hope Boss Zhongde won’t blame me for talking too much.”
The "Boss Zhongde" he refers to is my dad.
I always feel that our seniority is inexplicable. He is Uncle Liu's younger brother, and Uncle Liu Anyu is my father's brother, so logically I have to call him uncle. The problem is that this guy is only a few years older than me.
The first time I thought about this issue, I felt very awkward.
According to senior Liu Sa, he had a very good relationship with my dad in the early years. He even played games with my dad and Uncle Liu, and even helped my dad chase my mom. Although he called me junior, every time
When talking about my dad, he would always say "Boss Zhongde" in a friendly manner, like a younger brother calling an elder brother.
I am used to this kind of messy generational issues. After all, the grievances and grievances of the previous generation are complicated enough to write a series of novels. What is more important to me is that I learned about my grandfather from Liu Sa.
"I don't know much about the Incense Department, I only heard your dad talk about it occasionally after he took over the Incense Department.
The so-called Incense Department is actually similar to an official position. What they are in charge of, as the name suggests, is ‘incense’.
In terms of sects, the Incense Division is still a branch of Taoism, but their involvement is more extensive. Not only must they have a good relationship with Taoism, Buddhism, shamanism, Chuma Xian, and even with the development of the times, even foreign descendants
People such as the chief master and the wizard are all within the contact range of the Incense Department.
It's a bit too complicated to say this. To put it simply, you can understand the Incense Division as the liaison and diplomat between all religions in the world.
The inheritance between incense chiefs is more similar to the hereditary system of feudal ethics. The previous incense chief teaches and inherits the inheritance, and the successor is designated to inherit the position.
I don’t know the origin of the earliest Incense Division. I can only ask your dad or your grandfather about this. But what is certain is that in addition to communicating with various sects, the Incense Division also has one of the most important responsibilities, that
It's a sacrifice.
The so-called incense department is the person in charge of incense. The incense here has two meanings, one is the continuation of human civilization, and the other is the enshrinement of human beliefs. Therefore, the two major responsibilities of the incense department are to serve behind the scenes when social turmoil occurs.
As a pusher, and responsible for offering sacrifices to gods.
Let me talk about the most typical example, Qu Yuan of Chu State, you know? He was one of the most famous incense officials in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."
"So, my grandfather and my father are both incense makers."
Liu Sa nodded: "Yes, and no. In the beginning, the Incense Division was just a simple single lineage, but as wars broke out in China, generations often broke down.
Therefore, there are differences between big and small incense sticks.
As far as I know, the most powerful incense department is called the "Three Mountains and Five Mountains Incense Department". You know the so-called three mountains and five mountains. The five mountains are Hengshan, Taishan, Hengshan, Huashan and Songshan. There are many ways to describe the three mountains.
The first one is Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang, and the other one is the Himalayas, Kunlun Mountains and Sea and Tianshan Mountains.
In short, this is not important. The three mountains and five mountains here just mean that its jurisdiction is very large, and the entire world's incense is within its scope of supervision.
And your dad is still just an ordinary first-level incense maker~"
After listening to Liu Sa's explanation, I roughly understood.
Simply put, the Incense Department is an official position with a transcendent status in religion and great power and responsibility.
Then I can probably understand why my grandfather is highly respected in Wudang Mountain, and the Ninth Family also attaches great importance to him.
"Think about it, why is the Incense Department so responsible and powerful?
Not only because of his official position, but also because the Incense Division itself has many special abilities.
It can even be said that all previous Incense Divisions are walking magic manuals. For Incense Divisions, saving a little girl is a piece of cake." Liu Sa continued to comfort me.
After understanding this, I felt more and more that it was possible that Nizi had been rescued.
I felt relaxed instantly. Maybe after I get rid of the poison in Bashu, I can go back and find a job with peace of mind. It would be good to be an ordinary office worker.
"Hey~ It's so beautiful, so beautiful. I'm going back to have a good sleep, bye bye~" Liu Sa got out of the hot spring and walked away.
The second fat man also stood up and said: "That's right, it's useless for us to think so much. If Nizi is really saved, then I will be satisfied. After this matter is over, we will go to find Nizi. Then I will invite you
Give it a good rub.
Before that, please save your life!"
After leaving his lofty words, Er Pang also left.
I was the only one left in the hot spring room.
I wiped my body away and left the hot spring room.
The hot spring room is separated from the main hall of the hotel. If you want to go back to your room, you have to go back to the main hall first.
I walked back to the lobby with my cotton flip-flops. I don’t like taking the elevator and am used to taking the stairs to go upstairs. When I reached the platform in the middle of the stairs, I heard a shout from the front desk downstairs: “Hey.
Hey, I said you’re a beggar, where are you going?”
I grabbed the handrail of the stairs and looked down, and saw someone walking through the revolving door of the hotel.
This man was dressed in rags. The cotton clothes on his body were dirty and tattered with several patches of different colors. He wore a big thatched hat on his head, and his appearance could not be seen clearly. His feet were in tatters.
He wears straw sandals, and it can be seen from the bamboo stick in his hand and the way he walks that this man is still blind.
At first glance, I looked at his attire and thought he was a time traveler from some martial arts crew, playing the role of a beggar gang master like Hong Qigong.
But when I saw him being stopped by the front desk, looking embarrassed, I realized that this man was indeed a blind beggar.
"I said blind beggar, why don't you look where we are here? A five-star hotel! Do you have eyes? Oh, yes! Yes! Unfortunately, he is blind. Hey, go, go, find a corner to beg for food.
This carpet is so valuable that I can’t even afford to sell it to you.” With that, the two security guards rushed over to drive the blind beggar out.
But a scene that shocked me happened.
I clearly saw that the two security guards had grabbed the blind beggar with both hands, but I didn't see him move. In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of the counter. The two security guards somehow missed the opportunity and fell to the ground, together with
The person at the front desk who chased people away fell into disrepute.
I took a closer look and found that the receptionist's face was pressed against something on the ground. It turned out to be the blind beggar's broken straw sandals!
Seeing such a strange scene, even the little girl at the front desk who was responsible for registration was stunned.
The blind beggar paused and came to the front desk. He took out an ID card from his cotton-padded coat pocket and handed it to the girl at the front desk. The girl tremblingly took the ID card and held her cell phone in her hand, ready to call the police at any time.
Unexpectedly, the beggar just smiled and took out a card from the inner pocket of his cotton coat.
I recognized that card at first glance. It was actually a silver card!
And it’s the silver card of the Ninth Family!
The staff at the front desk were all shocked when they saw the silver card. After all, we were there first. When they saw the person holding the Ninth Family Silver Card, they immediately put on a flattering look and no longer dared to judge people by their appearance.
Several people hurriedly completed the check-in procedures for the blind beggar. He limped up the stairs and passed me.
The moment the two of us faced each other, I felt as if his lifeless blind eyes suddenly came to life, and he cast an unexplained look at me.
But when I turned around to follow his back and carefully observe the person's background, the blind beggar had disappeared at the end of the corridor.
I felt unspeakably uneasy.
Thinking back on it, it seemed that neither Patriarch Liu nor Uncle Tianqian of Wudang Mountain were willing to let us stay too long, but urged us to rush to Bashu as soon as possible.
Could it be that my illness is really that serious?
Or--
Chapter completed!