Snowflakes fell in large flakes on the road, on the trees, in the river, and in the fields. When the wind blew away, a dense layer of coldness hit people's faces, making it so hazy that pedestrians could not see what was happening more than ten meters away.
Fortunately, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Most people who have been busy for a year are staying in warm homes and happily preparing various things needed for the New Year, so few people are still on the road during this period.
As we walked, there was a thick layer of snow on the road. If it had been November, when there were many people traveling from north to south, the snow would have been trampled down, leaving only a muddy road.
An exquisite carriage stopped in the middle of the road. One of the wheels was tilted because it was stuck in the snow. The coachman in decent cotton clothes was whipping the horses there, but he still couldn't pull the carriage. He cursed in a low voice: "So
It’s snowing heavily and I have to go out. I don’t know what I’m thinking. I think this person is probably a charlatan.”
I tried to push the car again, but found that I couldn't push it by myself. I wanted to ask the guest on the car to get off, but I was afraid of offending him. If I said that in front of the master, my butt would be ruined. Wait.
Wait, a passerby walked out of the wind and snow behind. He was of medium and slightly tall build, with white snow on his body and hair.
The coachman immediately came up to him and said, "This kindhearted person passing by, please do me a favor." He imitated the gentleman's gentle language, but it was a bit nondescript.
The passerby stopped when he heard this, and the coachman discovered that he was a young junior student wearing a Taoist robe, holding a long black flag in his hand. Although his appearance could only be regarded as ordinary, he had the kind of thing that the master often said, what the hell, right?
, graceful!
Shi Xuan has been walking north from Tongxuan Mountain for several days. The first two days were fine. He passed through the city without encountering any obstacles. Unexpectedly, just after crossing the Cai River, heavy snow began to fall for several days and the road changed.
It was very difficult to walk, but fortunately Shi Xuan didn't have to rush for time, and he also liked snow very much, so walking in the heavy snow every day was quite interesting.
In response to what the driver said, Shi Xuan only glanced at it and said with a smile: "You can call the people in the car to get off and you can push it by yourself. You don't need help from a poor Taoist."
The coachman smiled politely and lowered his voice: "How dare I? In the car is the distinguished guest of my family. The little Taoist master will help me. When I arrive in Kaiyang City, Li San and Li Ji still have some reputations. If you have anything, just ask for it.
Me.”
"Haha, okay, if I come to Fengcheng, I will look for you." Shi Xuan was a little funny when he saw the coachman's behavior, but it was easy to do, so he just helped.
"Oh, little Daoist, don't believe it." Li Ji looked at the carriage behind him and whispered: "My master transferred Fengzhou from Liangzhou to serve as governor. The Yamen is in Kaiyang City. I, Li Er,
I can still say something in front of the master."
Shi Xuan didn't pay attention to these, smiled and said nothing, and walked to the carriage with the driver. The distinguished guest in the car didn't know what he was doing, but there was no movement anyway.
He stretched out his hand and tried it, and then with a strong exertion, the wheels of the horse came up from the depression, and then the whole carriage moved sideways a few feet, and then stopped steadily.
After doing this, Shi Xuan was very satisfied with his current strength. The effect of forging his body and increasing his internal energy was really good. He signaled to the coachman and continued to move forward.
The coachman's mouth was slightly open and he couldn't close it. It wasn't until Shi Xuan's back disappeared in the wind and snow that he felt his mouth was filled with coldness. He turned around and kept peeing to the side, and then rubbed his eyes: "Mom
Yes, this little Taoist priest doesn't look like he has much flesh, but his strength is boundless. He can't be some kind of monster, bah bah! Don't scare yourself!"
He hurriedly got back to the carriage, raised his whip, and continued his journey in the wind and snow.
Shi Xuan waited until dusk when he saw a small town. On the street opposite the town entrance were children playing outside, running around in twos and threes.
When the children saw Shi Xuan shaking off the white snow on his body at the street corner, it was probably because of the heavy snow that blocked the road. He hadn't seen a stranger for several days, so they immediately gathered around him, looking around with laughter, and some pointed at Shi Xuan.
If Shi Xuan looked back at the black banners, he would immediately hide on both sides. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would immediately surround him again.
Seeing these happy children, Shi Xuan's mood was also infected. He wanted to go up and tease the little devils. The sound of firecrackers rang out at the other end of the street. The children became excited when they heard it: "Let's go watch the firecrackers!"
"Don't grab firecrackers from me!"
"Brother...brother, wait a minute, Xiaoya."
Then they ran over in a swarm. Shi Xuan shook his head with a smile and asked for directions to several aunties chatting on the roadside: "Auntie, where is the inn in the town?"
Several aunts had noticed Shi Xuan for a long time. After all, he was the first foreigner to enter the town today. One of the aunts with a round face and big eyes and a very kind look pointed to the end of the street: "No, you can see it when you walk to the end of the street."
arrive."
Shi Xuan expressed his gratitude, and just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by the round-faced aunt, who was a little mysterious: "Young man, I see you are still rushing outside in such heavy snow. There must be something urgent. I told you to go to the street."
If you worship at Chixia Shenjun Temple in the west, your dreams will surely come true."
Shi Xuan thought to himself where this was going, and said to the aunt: "Auntie, look at my body and banners. I am an authentic Taoist priest. This Chixia Shenjun Temple is not from our Taoist sect, right?"
The faces of the aunts were a little ugly, and another aunt who looked very shrewd spoke first: "Oh, little Taoist priests, you Taoist priests are of no use at all. I have been going to Taoism for several years, and my wife has not given birth to a single child.
Come out, the temple of Chixia Shenjun was just built a few months ago. I have only been worshiping for a few days, and my wife is pregnant. Little Taoist, you should stop being a Taoist and go and worship Chixia Shenjun."
"That's right, that's right."
"You Taoist priests who believe in crooked ways will go to hell after death! Only by believing in Lord Chixia can you go to heaven and enjoy it after death!"
The aunties were chattering away, but Shi Xuan was not interested in these beliefs and the like, so he turned a deaf ear and walked to the end of the street.
"This damn little Taoist priest will definitely go to hell after death and be fried by the Chixia God!"
"I think he must have done a lot of bad things!"
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Shi Xuan suddenly remembered that he had heard of the Chixia God in Xia'an City before. He heard it from the neighborhood gossip. He didn't expect that this God already has so many believers. There is also a temple in such a small town. This
It is said that it is very effective in seeking children. Could it be that Guanyin is the world's child-giving Guanyin?
At the end of the street, the children gathered around the door of a large house and watched the servants of that house setting off firecrackers. When they heard the sound of firecrackers, a group of children rushed up to pick up the firecrackers and play with them, but they couldn't.
After being stopped by the ferocious servants, a man wearing a strange robe-like skirt and red clothes walked out of the door and shouted: "Please take the throne~!"
Then there was a group of ten men standing at the door wearing the same clothes as him, but in light red. They followed the leading man in red holding a wooden sign and walked into the door.
Shi Xuan didn't know what was going on, so he bypassed the crowd and walked to the inn on the other corner. When passing the crowd, he heard children complaining: "Really, I can't even pick up a firecracker."
"These people in red clothes are so fierce, and they come to my house to get money. My father said that he will not eat meat during the Chinese New Year tomorrow, and he must donate the money to some Shenjun Temple!" As he said this, this child actually
I cried, "I want to eat meat."
“My family also donated a lot of things!”
"My family is the same, my family is the same!"
"Hey, kiddos, don't talk nonsense." A middle-aged man who was watching heard these words and taught them a lesson, "This is to show your sincerity to the god. The god will bless your family with a good harvest in the coming year, and he will only bless your family after his death.
You will go to heaven! If you still dare to talk nonsense, you will go to hell in the future! Your hands and feet will be eaten by evil spirits..."
The children were a little scared after hearing this, and they all made faces and scattered back home.
"These naughty little brats don't even look at this big house. Didn't they not believe in the Lord God before? Now they are better. Several people in the family have been sick one after another. Hehe, I don't know how much money it cost to bring in the God Lord's magic card."
The young man shows off to the people around him.
"That's right, that's right." Everyone nodded in unison.
Shi Xuan became curious when he heard this. He looked at Zhang's Mansion with his Luck Qi Observation Technique. He saw a white pillar of air mixed with a little black, and then a red pillar of air rose up in the mansion. It was solemn and sacred on the surface, but there were some black spots inside.
, and at the same time, the entire air column gave Shi Xuan the feeling of being extreme and stubborn, but not strong in nature, at least not as good as Shi Xuan himself. As soon as he was rushed by the red air column, the black in the white air column disappeared completely.
Judging from the results of the qi reading, this Chixia Shenjun does have some cultivation, but he doesn't know what the black spots inside are. After all, he is a "god". If such a situation occurs, Shi Xuan has no experience or knowledge and cannot judge it.
Seeing that it was not an evil god, Shi Xuan turned around and walked into the inn.
During the Chinese New Year, in addition to the owner and his family, even the waiter in the inn went home to celebrate the New Year, but this was good, it was quiet and peaceful, and it was convenient for Shi Xuan to practice.
After a night of silence, Shi Xuan got up early in the morning. The snow that had been falling for several days finally stopped, and the warm sunshine shone on him, giving him bursts of warmth.
Shi Xuan didn't plan to stay in this small town for long. After breakfast, he was about to check out and leave. At this time, he heard bursts of crying coming from outside the inn. He followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man wearing white washed cotton clothes.
The young man was struggling forward with a large package in his hands. His left leg was held by a woman in her thirties who was similarly dressed in simple clothes and was dragged forward by him.
"My child's father, we can't dedicate everything to God. Our family still has to live, wuwuwu." The woman hugged her tightly and cried loudly. A little girl stood next to the woman, who also cried loudly.
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"Damn you, this is the time to show our sincerity! It can't be shown by saying goodbye at home every day!" The middle-aged man twitched his leg hard.
"You have given them all, and our whole family will starve to death!" "Dad, the second girl is hungry, wuwu."
"It's better to starve to death like this! How sincere! God will definitely let us go to heaven! It will be fine then!" The middle-aged man's face was filled with enthusiasm.