Chapter 217 If the gods don’t work, the temple should be burned down
Chapter 217 If the gods don’t work, the temple should be burned down
"I wonder how many people there are in Lei Qing Temple, and what gods are they worshiping?"
"..."
The man looked at Song You carefully, maybe because he didn't look like a villain. The man who was carrying a sword and leading a dark horse seemed to be his guard. He was not only gentle in his conversation but also gentle.
Being courteous and courteous, he also slowed down a little, cupped his hands and said:
"My surname is Xu, and my last name is Mu."
"It turns out it's Mr. Xu, you're polite."
"To answer your question, sir, as far as Xu knows, there are three masters and disciples in Lei Qingguan, which is not too many. As for the enshrinements..." Xu Mu was a little embarrassed, "Xu came here several times and didn't even look at it.
All over, but of course there is the Red Gold Emperor and several important gods of the Heavenly Palace, and the main ones worshiped are the Thunder Gods."
"Only three people?"
"Xu remembers that there were only three people."
"How many Thunder Gods are enshrined?"
"Exactly."
Song You couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
Xu Mu seemed to be knowledgeable, and after thinking for a while, he explained: "Sir, I don't know. There are wars all year round in the north, and there are many demons and ghosts. Although this is the border of Angzhou, it is actually only a few dozen miles away from Hezhou. I often hear
There are rumors of demons and ghosts causing trouble everywhere, so compared to the south, there are more Taoist temples and temples dedicated to Thunder God here."
"Sounds like you've been to the south before?"
"Xu went to the capital and walked through Shang."
"I see."
Song You had seen Zhou Lei Gong's demeanor. Although he didn't have much contact with him at that time, he had an intuition that Zhou Lei Gong was also an upright person. Therefore, even if he knew that the Taoist was in the temple on the mountain at this time, and knew that the Taoist temple mainly worshiped Lei Gong, he also knew that
The Taoist was a demon through and through, and he did not make a hasty decision. He just asked Xu Mu again:
"Why are you here?"
"Oh, I'm telling you the truth." Xu Mu sighed, "There have been some strange things happening in Xu's home recently, so I wanted to come to Lei Qing Temple to see the owner of the temple and help him."
"Is this Taoist temple very effective?"
"Effective... I can't say it's efficacious, but the master of the temple is wise and good at exorcising and subduing evil spirits." Xu Mu paused as he spoke, with a look of helplessness on his face, and spread out a hand to weigh it, "It's just
If you want to ask experts to take action, this is indispensable."
"I see."
Song You paused for a moment and then said with a smile: "I feel that I have a destiny when I meet you. I talk to you and receive answers to my questions. I am also very grateful. It just so happens that I know some magic and am good at exorcising evil spirits and subjugating demons, but...
Don’t you know what kind of strange things happen to your family?”
"Sir, do you also know magic?"
"Understand a little bit."
Song You knew that he was doubtful, so he added: "If it happens to solve my worries, I will save some incense and money for you. If not, it means that I am not good at studying. I can only say sorry to you. Please
I still go up the mountain to find the owner of Lei Qing Temple."
When Xu Mu heard this, his suspicion disappeared.
After thinking for a while he said:
"Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that Xu's mother has been possessed by some kind of evil spirit recently. She often talks to... people who seem to be invisible at home."
Xu Mu's voice became softer when he said this, as if he didn't want to talk about ghosts and gods, and avoided those sensitive words.
"Sometimes she will say that someone is calling her, asking her to get up, asking her to eat, asking her to go out to pick peas and rapeseed, and asking her to do the laundry. Sometimes she will ask people to join her when eating, and sometimes she will lie in bed and say
There was a person standing in front of her looking at her. But there was no one in front of her during all these things. When we asked her who it was, she could sometimes tell her, but the people who said it were different. Sometimes she said it was us who had been dead for many years.
Sometimes she said she was her sister, sometimes she said she was another old woman who died in the same village, and sometimes she couldn't tell and said she was an unknown stranger. We were all scared after hearing this..."
"That's it."
Song You thought for a while and couldn't make a hasty decision: "We have to go over and have a look at this next time."
"Haha, thank you sir, but Xu is already here and has brought all his money with him, so I'd better go up the mountain. I just want to relieve my mother's worries at home as soon as possible and save my husband from traveling all the way."
"You are a very filial son."
"Haha, as the saying goes, filial piety comes first among all good deeds. What's more, Xu's family was poor when he was young. He lost his father at a young age. His mother worked hard to bring us up. It's so hard, how can we be unfilial?"
Song You nodded and didn't say much.
So he and Xu Mu went together to the gate of the Taoist temple on the mountain.
The Taoist temple is neither big nor small, with red painted wooden doors.
"Tuk tuk..."
Xu Mu knocked on the door first.
There were footsteps coming from inside.
Sanhua Empress already understood that the Taoist grave digger that day was the enemy of her group, and she also understood that she was here to find that Taoist today. Although she was confused by the attitude of her Taoist priest in talking to passers-by, it did not hinder her vigilance and protection.
The Taoist priest's determination was already ready to go.
The swordsman's hand holding the sword also stretched forward.
"Squeak..."
The person who opened the door was a young Taoist priest.
"?"
The calico cat tilted its head and stared at him blankly.
The swordsman also frowned and did not attack easily.
The little Taoist priest looked like a teenager. When he opened the door and took a look, he couldn't help but ask:
"Who are you looking for?"
"My surname is Xu and my name is Mu. My mother seems to be possessed by an evil spirit. I would like to ask the conservator to relieve my mother's worries." Xu Mu was respectful.
"oh……"
The little Taoist priest nodded and looked at Song You again:
"Who is the Taoist Chief looking for?"
"I am a traveling Taoist. I saw a Taoist temple here and came over to visit." Song You smiled and asked, "Is it convenient?"
"..." The little Taoist priest looked at him up and down, "It's not that we don't know how to treat guests, it's just that our Taoist temple is not big. Apart from the palace dedicated to the gods, there are only two rooms in total that can accommodate people. There is really no place to stay for the Taoist priest and the Taoist priest.
This hero is with the Taoist Master."
"We're not staying overnight, we're just coming in to take a look."
"That's it..."
The little Taoist priest was a little embarrassed again: "But my master had something wrong with his practice yesterday and was ill. I'm afraid he won't be able to entertain the Taoist priest..."
"My fellow Taoist master is a middle-aged Taoist priest with a beard. He is about as tall as me and very thin?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
"I have had a relationship with the temple master, but I don't know the temple master's Taoist name."
"That……"
"Why don't you, little Taoist friend, let us in first and then report to the temple master. If the temple master is willing to see you, I will have a long talk with him. If the temple master is really ill and unable to entertain guests, I will just leave."
"fair enough."
The little Taoist priest nodded and opened the door: "Then please invite a few people in."
"Sir, I won't go in and watch the horses outside." The swordsman in gray said to Song You.
"Good work."
Song You knew what he meant.
Then he and a man named Xu Mu followed the little Taoist priest into the Taoist temple and came to the main hall.
The little Taoist priest asked them if they wanted to burn incense. Xu Mu spent more than ten cents to buy three sticks of incense, but Song You declined. The little Taoist priest asked them to wait in the main hall for a while, and reminded them not to let the cat in, lest they go in.
Mao'er was ignorant and blasphemed the gods, so he went to inform the master himself.
The calico cat turned around and stared at the little Taoist priest.
Looking back, she saw that her Taoist priest and the man she met on the road had entered the temple. She thought about it with flashing eyes, and then she actually sat down on the spot, licked her paws, and refused to go in.
There are bright lamps in the main hall, but no candles.
Several incense sticks are already burning.
It should be respected by Taoist priests in Taoist temples.
Song You stood at the door with his hands behind his back, looking at the statues in the temple one by one.
In the center is indeed the statue of the Chijin Emperor. The statues on the left and right are different from most Taoist temples, but they are also some of the more important gods in Dayan Taoism.
In addition, there are several statues of Leibu gods and gods next to it.
It can be seen from the incense and tributes that this Taoist temple mainly enshrines the Chijin Emperor and the chief officer of the Thunder Department. Taoism honors the Nine Heavens Xuandu Thunder Universal Transformation Tianzun. If the folk just say Lei Gong, they are referring to him. Fulong Temple
In recent generations, descendants generally call him Fu Leigong.
The remaining Lei Gong statues are not well made, and it is difficult to identify who is who. There is no sign that they have absorbed the power of incense and aspiration. They have no spirituality and no divine light. If there is spiritual light, no matter how they are made, Song You may
He could also recognize a few familiar ones, but even he couldn't tell who was who.
Naturally, the gods themselves cannot tell the difference.
At this time, the smoke in the temple was curling up, almost only drifting in two directions.
The first is Emperor Chijin, and the second is Duke Fu Leigong.
"You really dare to accept..."
Song You looked at the incense and smiled.
Worshiping the Chijin Emperor may be out of respect. After all, there is no Taoist temple that does not worship the Lord of the Heavenly Palace. The other gods are purely respectful, and there is nothing else except respect. Lei Qingguan mainly worships Lei Bu
The chief officer, Fu Lei Gong, and the rest of the Lei tribe gods only put up statues and wrote their names symbolically, but in fact they couldn't identify who they were at all.
As for why these few have no spiritual light...
Maybe they have already noticed that the owner of this Taoist temple has gone astray and practiced evil ways. Maybe it is because when the Taoist temple was first established, there was no sincerity in worshiping them when the statue was made, and there was no sincerity in doing anything.
Unlike, naturally they don't sense that there is a statue of their own god here, or they sense it and don't care.
Xu Mu beside him was also sincerely offering incense. He lit the incense in his hand, knelt down and made a wish, and then placed it in front of Fu Leigong.
The incense and aspiration still only drift towards those two people.
"You two..."
The little Taoist priest ran back again and said to them: "I just went to wake up the master and asked about it. The master said that he was ill and could not entertain guests. Please go back."
"Oh?" Xu Mu was surprised, "What should my mother do?"
"Master said he would come back some time later."
"this……"
"I'm really sorry." said the little Taoist priest. "If a good person comes back some time later, he can spare the money."
"Oh well."
Xu Mu had no choice but to agree and looked at Song You again.
"I wonder where I live?" Song You asked with a smile, "I'm traveling around the world, and maybe I'll come to you. If I haven't found another way by then, I can try it."
"Thank you sir!"
Xu Mu hurriedly bowed deeply. It was about his mother, but he did not refuse. Instead, he said: "Xu's family lives in Zhijiang County, Erqiao Street in the north of the city. If you make a little inquiry, you can find it. If Mr. Xu comes, although Xu's family
He can’t be called rich and powerful, but he is treated with food and wine.”
"Walk slowly."
"Then sir..."
"I have a destiny with this Taoist temple, and I haven't offered any incense yet, so I will offer another incense before leaving."
"How long does it take to burn incense? Xu is waiting for you sir."
"Let's go ahead and leave."
"this……"
Although Xu Mu didn't know why, he had just met and didn't want to bother much, so he had no choice but to agree and leave with a smile.
Song You also took it out in his arms, and looked back at the calico cat sitting in the yard. Under her burning eyes, he took out a handful of money, counted out more than a dozen coins, and handed it to the little boy next to him.
Taoist priest.
We were both Taoists and came to offer incense. Logically speaking, we shouldn't charge money, but the little Taoist smiled and actually took it and put it into his arms smoothly.
"..."
Song You got three sticks of incense, blew on them, and the incense burned automatically, and placed them in front of Fu Lei Gong, the chief officer of the Lei Department.
"This Taoist Priest..."
Just as the little Taoist priest was about to persuade Song You to leave, he heard a slight explosion.
"Canopy!"
The three sticks of incense that had just been lit suddenly burst into flames.
The flames were far too big to be burned by incense sticks. However, the statues were all covered in windbreakers and hung in red, which were very good combustion aids. Once burned by the fire, they all burned.
If the gods don't work, the temples should be burned down.