It was more or less someone who had followed him for a long time, knew his subsequent deeds, and was waiting for him to come back until his death. The feeling in Chen Yuan's heart was indescribably complicated.
'If you have the opportunity, live up to it.'
Thinking like this, his thoughts were interrupted by Bai Susu running away screaming. He saw the master holding a big toad, making faces in excitement and chasing after the woman. Looking at the noisy scene, Chen Yuan smiled.
stand up.
Soon after having lunch, the ox cart set off again, crossing the mountain in front of us, and finally merged into the official road at the foot of the mountain. After walking for more than a hundred miles, I inquired about passing business travelers and found out that I had entered the boundary of Yanzhou for a long time.
The folk custom of worshiping Taishan Fu Lord is still flourishing in this period. It is said that the entrance to Hades is at the foot of Mount Tai, and Taishan God is also revered as Taishan Fu Lord, in charge of Hades.
Chen Yuan actually doesn't know much about the twists and turns inside. Anyway, Taishan Mansion is very big.
After thanking the group of traders heading to Luoyang, following the direction pointed by them, the mountains gradually became taller and taller, and the ridges continued to get taller and larger in the field of vision, stretching to the end of the world.
The Taishan Temple occupies a huge area. Chen Yuan did not need to ask for directions. Before he got there, he saw the temple gate at the foot of the mountain on the hillside.
Buy some leather goods, or set up a stall here to sell some incense candles and paper money to make a living.
"Ingot incense candles, which have been worshiped devoutly at home, are most suitable for worshiping the gods!"
"Sugar water! Delicious and thirst-quenching sugar water..."
"Dear guests over there, are you tired from walking? If you want to go down the mountain, you can take a slide to find my brothers. It's very cheap to go down the mountain!"
In front of the gate of Taishan Temple, people are noisy and noisy. After entering the temple gate, there is a big cauldron with incense curling up. A devout old woman and her daughter hold incense and candles and bow to the mountain. There are also literati and elegant guests calling friends and waving paper fans.
On the long steps, I talked softly and laughed at the surrounding scenery, and occasionally improvised a poem, which attracted a lot of applause.
"The car is coming, the car is coming, the one in front should give way."
At the sound of shouting, the pilgrims and common people who were passing by heard the words and retreated, looking at a chubby old man wearing coarse linen clothes and waving a whip driving his car.
The carriage was tall and strange, but everyone's eyes were always fixed on the big green ox pulling the carriage. Many people had never seen an old ox standing upright, with its back alone taller than a human head. Some were bold enough to even step forward.
I touched it and exclaimed in surprise: "The skin is so hard. How old is this cow?"
However, the fat old man driving the car did not answer, and just said: "Take your hand away, the little cow will startle you."
These words really worked. After all, if such a big cow were frightened and it lost its temper and ran around in the crowd, a lot of people would be killed or injured. Then, everyone went their separate ways in a tacit understanding.
Then watch and boo.
"Master, there are so many people here, should we really go in and look for them?"
The bullock cart came to a stop at a nearby edge. The fat Taoist man was dressed in ordinary robes, like a driver driving the cart. He was afraid that coming in a Taoist robe would attract too much attention.
"There shouldn't be any need...Master!" Chen Yuan just got off, and in the middle of his words, he turned to call the crazy old man who jumped out of the car. Fortunately, Bai Susu transformed into a human form in the car and chased after her. She is a demon, it is impossible
Enter Taishan Fujun's temple and stay outside just enough to take care of the crazy old man.
"Sir, go and get down to business. I will take good care of the master. I happen to have some copper coins in my purse. I will take the master around to buy some food."
There was something to eat, but the crazy old man was much more honest. When he first heard in the car that there was a market under the temple, he jumped up and down in the car with joy. As soon as the car stopped, Chen Yuan jumped up without even reacting.
go out.
"Then I'll bother you."
With Bai Susu taking care of her, Chen Yuan felt relieved. However, the other party's appearance was too beautiful, but she didn't know if it would cause trouble. He slightly told her to cover up her appearance so as not to attract the libertines to tease her. Then he took Sun Zhengde with him.
I bought some incense candles nearby, entered the mountain gate, and walked up the long steps.
"My boss, do you think Mr. Taishan Mansion is easy to talk to?"
"Hard to say."
"Haven't you seen it before?"
"I've only heard voices. Most of the time I was dealing with Zhong Kui and the others."
The low-pitched conversation attracted the attention of passing tourists or pilgrims. After hearing the last words, they all stared at the two of them as if they were looking at madmen.
"Watch the road!"
A group of pilgrims looking at Chen Yuan and the two almost bumped into the old man sweeping the steps and cursed a few times. Here, Chen Yuan and the fat Taoist followed, took a look, and suddenly handed the incense candle in their hands to Sun Zhengde.
"Old Sun, you first go to the main hall to offer incense."
"Hey, okay."
The fat Taoist didn't think much, took the incense candle and went to the front on his own.
After there were fewer people around, Chen Yuan turned around, shook his wide sleeves, and raised his hands towards the old man who was immersed in sweeping the floor. The latter ignored him and swept away the fallen leaves from more than ten steps.
After finishing, I picked up the broom and went to a path separated by the stairs.
Chen Yuan quickly followed him. When no one was around, he spoke tentatively.
"Junior Chen Yuan pays homage to Mr. Taishan Mansion."
The old man who walked forward did not stop. When he arrived at a small house ahead, he leaned the broom against the door frame, sat on a low stool under the eaves, and poured a pot of brewed tea into the small cup next to him. He poured two cups at a time. Where is Chen Yuan?
Still don’t understand? So he went over and sat down side by side with the old man.
In fact, Chen Yuan was not sure at first. After getting closer, he smelled a faint scent of incense from the other party. He was very sensitive to the scent of incense himself.
What I just can't understand is that the majestic Mount Tai, who is also the Lord of the Underworld, would actually turn into an old man in the mortal world, clean his own temple himself, and even be scolded by several mortals without even saying anything back.
Do all the gods hide in the city?
An old man and a young man were sitting under the eaves. No one spoke first, as if they were all thinking about their own things.
Not long after, Chen Yuan took a sip of tea and couldn't help but speak first, but it was just a matter of family matters: "Why did you clean the temple for yourself?"
"No one else is as good as myself. They don't know how to prune branches. Last year, the old branches and leaves were almost touching the tiles, and there was no one to prune them. So I just had to do it myself."
The old man spoke in an easy-going manner, and it was impossible to tell that it was the God of Mount Tai who was sitting in the middle of the hall, just like an ordinary old man talking to his nephews.
"You've come all the way from Yulong Mountain and you're asking me these rude words? If you have something to say, please tell me quickly. I'll have to clean another yard later."
Yes, I was said to be easy-going just now, but now he is more like a stubborn old man with a bad temper.
Seeing that the old man was already chatting, Chen Yuan stopped talking about home affairs and quickly talked about the reason why he came.
"Jun Huifu, King Li Tian asked me to come here."
"This Li Jing... wants to drag me into trouble again."
The old man took a sip of tea, slurped it in his mouth a few times, then sprayed it on the ground, wiped the water stains on his white beard, and waved to Chen Yuan.