The stars were dotted, reflecting on the two young figures on the grass, and in my ears were the chirping of insects and birds.
"Brother Taoist, what do you think the brightest star in the sky is called?"
"It." The young man raised his head, looked at the brightest star in the distance, and replied: "It is called Venus, but we call it Taibai, when it appears at dawn it is called Qiming, and in the evening we call it Changgeng. It is said that there is Qiming in the east and Qiming in the west.
This is what Chang Geng said."
"There's Qiming in the east and Chang Geng in the west. It's too hard to remember, so I'll just call it Taoist Star. Hehe, Taoist Star, Taoist Star, it's as beautiful as Taoist Brother."
The young man pursed his lips, looking at the girl's bright and innocent smile, but there were some words he never said.
In fact, he is not a Taoist priest.
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Magic City!
The sun is blazing in July!
The subway is as crowded as ever, but for many men they enjoy the crowding because they can admire those beautiful women in cool clothes and even have the opportunity to enjoy the pleasure of skin-to-skin contact.
Of course, most men only glance at her secretly, but one man is different.
It was a young man who was dressed incompatibly with everyone else. When everyone was wearing short-sleeved shirts, the young man in a long shirt stood out.
But what all the men in the carriage admired was not this, but the fact that this young man kept staring at the most beautiful girl in the carriage.
It was a beautiful woman in her early twenties, wearing a black low-cut suspender skirt, her fair and beautiful skin exposed in the air, attracting the eyes of countless perverts. The most important thing is that the woman also has a
A delicate face.
Jiang Yingying's brows furrowed. She already felt a little regretful. She should have known better that she shouldn't have made a bet with her best friend. Now she lost the bet and had to wear such revealing clothes to be peeped by those perverts.
Especially since the man in front of her had been staring at certain parts of her body since she got into the car, she couldn't stand it.
"Have you seen enough?"
Seeing the disdainful look in the woman's eyes, Fang Ming realized that she probably regarded him as a pervert.
"Girl, let me see your face. Today you..."
"If my hall turns black today, there will be a bloody disaster!" Jiang Yingying interrupted Fang Ming directly. Such an old-fashioned way of striking up a conversation has long been outdated.
Fang Ming's face didn't change as he replied: "The girl is right."
"Next, do you have a solution? Do you want me to stretch my hand over and show it to you?"
"You don't need this, you can already tell it from your face." Fang Ming shook his head seriously, "Girl, you only need to remember one sentence, retreat when encountering water, and you can avoid this disaster."
jingle!
At this moment, the subway happened to arrive at the station. Jiang Yingying gave Fang Ming a fierce look. The pervert was pretending to be a pervert. She cursed "psycho" and walked out of the subway car in high heels.
Looking at Jiang Yingying's leaving figure, Fang Ming smiled bitterly. He knew that this woman definitely didn't believe what he said. However, this was the best he could do. If he continued speaking, it would be what the master said.
The secret has been revealed.
…
At the entrance of the subway station, Jiang Yingying looked at her best friend waiting here and rolled her eyes angrily.
"How about Yingying? Isn't it very comfortable to be dressed like this? Are all the men's eyes peeping at you in the subway?"
"I'm too lazy to care about you."
Jiang Yingying slapped her best friend and walked outside. Her best friend was a big talker and could never keep secrets. If she told her that she was almost raped in the carriage, everyone in the circle would know about it within a day.
.
"Tell me, what happened on the subway?"
"If you want to know, please change clothes with me, and then you can find out by taking the subway again."
After bickering all the way out of the subway entrance, Jiang Yingying suddenly stopped because the fountain in the square in front of her was spraying water.
Seeing the fountain, Jiang Yingying suddenly remembered the young man's words that when water recedes, she subconsciously stopped.
"Yingying, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Yingying's best friend saw Jiang Yingying stop and stopped too, and asked curiously.
"Nothing, we...ah!"
Jiang Yingying screamed, her eyes fixed on the lamppost that fell at the fountain. The lamppost fell less than three meters away from her. If she had not stopped just now...
Jiang Yingying was trembling all over, and her best friend was also frightened. After a few seconds, she saw Jiang Yingying's pale face and quickly comforted her: "Yingying, it's okay, we are not injured."
However, at this moment, Jiang Yingying could no longer hear her best friend's words, as those words kept echoing in her mind.
"Girls only need to remember one sentence, retreat when encountering water, and you can avoid this disaster."
After a long time, with her best friend's anxious expression, Jiang Yingying murmured to herself, "It turns out that everything he said is true."
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Longhua Yipin, a high-end villa area, each one has a price of more than 30 million, and the people living there are either rich or noble.
"According to the address given by the master, it is here."
At the gate of the community, Fang Ming stared at the community for a moment and said softly: "The Feng Shui of the Eight Houses and the Qi Liangtou can be regarded as a place to gather wealth. It seems that Mr. Feng Shui has been consulted for the development of this community."
"Please let me know the owner of the sixteenth house, please tell me that an old friend from Miaohe Township is here to visit."
The sixteenth villa of Longhua Yipin.
In the hall, an aristocratic young woman was looking at Fang Ming. Although she had a smile on her face, she still couldn't hide her worry.
"You are the little Taoist priest Fang Ming back then. I have seen your photos, but I didn't expect that you have grown so big after so many years."
Liang Qiong looked at Fang Ming, but she couldn't help but blame her husband in her heart. Why did she make such an agreement when she had nothing to do? Now, she has come to visit her. Is it possible that she really wants to marry her daughter to him?
"It's hard to be a Taoist priest. You have to eat fast and recite sutras all day long. But ordinary people at a young age can't bear this hardship. Take my daughter as an example. Every meal is full of meat and pleasure."
"Auntie, not all Taoist priests eat vegetarian food. The ones you are talking about are the Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect, which are called monastic Taoist priests. There is also a type of Taoist priests who do not taboo these things."
Fang Ming answered with a smile, but of course there was one thing he didn't say: he was not a Taoist priest, he just lived in a Taoist temple.
Liang Qiong was at a loss for words. She originally wanted to use these words to tell Fang Ming, you are a Taoist priest, so don't worry about my daughter, but Fang Ming's answer suddenly blocked her words.
Taoist priests could still eat meat and marry wives, but she really didn't know that.
"I heard that if it weren't for your master, your Uncle Ye would have died. Your master is a great benefactor to our family." Liang Qiong could only change the subject, "Your Uncle Ye has been too busy these years to go back.
Check on your master, how is he doing?"
"The master left three months ago."
"Leave?" Liang Qiong didn't react at first. When he understood the meaning of leaving, he quickly apologized: "I'm sorry for mentioning your sadness."
"The master has ascended to perfection and passed away. This is a happy event, not a sad one."
Fang Ming didn't care. If it weren't for himself, the master would have left the world a few years ago.
However, the attitude of Fang Ming's answer made Liang Qiong feel nervous, and secretly said: "This kid must be stupid to be a Taoist priest. If he dies, he will die. How can he be promoted? No, let alone marry his own daughter.
Give it to him."
Liang Qiong further strengthened her inner thoughts. Who knows if Fang Ming, who has been brainwashed, will one day suddenly drag his daughter to seek death for the so-called ascension.
But after all, she was from a scholarly family, so it was hard for her to break the contract directly. After pondering for a moment, Liang Qiong had an idea in her mind.
"Fang Ming, to tell you the truth, my daughter believes in Christianity. She talks to me about God, Jehovah, all day long, and she also talks about going to the Vatican to pay homage to the Pope."
Liang Qiong observed Fang Ming's expression as she spoke. She was secretly happy when she saw Fang Ming frowning, because she had heard that people with religious beliefs were more hostile to other sects.
In this way, Fang Ming should not have any ideas about his daughter.
"Auntie, let me correct you. The Vatican is the power center of the Catholic Church. They don't call God but Heavenly Father. Christianity that calls God is Protestant and there is no pope."
As soon as Fang Ming opened his mouth, Liang Qiong was speechless again.
"In addition, Auntie may have misunderstood Taoism. In fact, Taoism is the most inclusive and accepts gods from almost all sects."
Fang Ming frowned earlier because he heard Liang Qiong’s misunderstanding of Taoism, and Liang Qiong’s words represented most people’s understanding of Taoism. In fact, if Taoism was not inclusive, Buddhism would not have come in in the first place.
To give a very simple example, if you have been to many Taoist temples, you will find that many Taoist temples enshrine Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. This is the characteristic of Taoism.
The Tao follows nature, and all things live in harmony. The best is like water, do it without fighting.
As long as believers are willing to pay, worshiping gods of other religions in Taoist temples will not be blocked, but the opposite is true for other religions.
Take Buddhism as an example. There are very few temples that worship Taoist gods. Moreover, Buddhism also has a great feature, that is, it accommodates many local gods.
Careful people will find that if there is a relatively spiritual local god in the local area, or some legendary good people in ancient times, as long as they are enshrined in temples, there will be scriptures introducing who this god is.
The incarnation of a Bodhisattva or the manifestation of a disciple of the Buddha is used to develop followers.
This is also the reason why Buddhism, as an imported product, is more popular than Taoism in China. The two religions have completely different styles of doing things. The former does everything without fighting, while the latter does its best to expand its influence.
Liang Qiong naturally didn't know that the reason why Fang Ming frowned was because of her misunderstanding of Taoism, but when she heard Fang Ming's words, she also understood that her thoughts were seen by the young man in front of her.
Now that it had been seen, Liang Qiong stopped being secretive and said directly: "Fang Ming, I know that my husband made a promise to your master back then, but now it is no longer the old society. What kind of fingertips are there?"
Arranged marriages are illegal. Marriage is about mutual consent."
"To put it another way, even if I agree, the elders in the family and Tzuyu's grandparents will not agree."
"Although we don't care about being well-matched now, you are a smart child and you should be able to see the conditions of our family. Tzuyu has been pampered by his elders since he was a child, and his monthly pocket money is higher than that of ordinary families.
The income in a year is much more.”
"Fang Ming, apart from asking Ziyu to marry you, you can put forward any other conditions. As long as Auntie can do it, you will be satisfied."
Fang Ming had been listening quietly. Liang Qiong sighed inwardly after looking at it. It was a good time to cultivate his energy. If it were other young people who heard these words, they would have become angry and turned against each other.
If his background could be better, I might give him a chance, but unfortunately...
"I understand what Auntie said. In fact, I came here this time mainly because I was asked by the master to visit Uncle Ye, but..."
Fang Ming didn't say anything else. If he told Aunt Ye at this time that the master said that Uncle Ye would have a problem this year and he had to come to Ye's house to help resolve it, I'm afraid Liang Qiong wouldn't believe it either.
After pondering for a moment, Fang Ming took out a wooden box from his arms, "This is what the master asked me to bring to Uncle Ye. Inside is a peace charm. I hope Auntie will give it to Uncle Ye so that he can take it with him."
Liang Qiong glanced at Fang Ming in surprise. She didn't expect that Fang Ming would take out something even after she said that. There was an embarrassed look on his face, but he still took the wooden box and observed it.
The wooden box was no bigger than the palm of your hand, but it felt heavy in your hand. After opening it out of curiosity, you found a silver-white triangular paper package inside.
"Auntie, please don't touch it with your hands. This peace charm should not be in the hands of anyone except Uncle Ye."
Seeing Liang Qiong reaching out to take it, Fang Ming quickly stopped him, "This peace charm can only be touched by the person wearing it, otherwise it will become invalid. I hope Auntie will remember it."
Liang Qiong retracted her hand angrily. She didn't believe Fang Ming's words. Wasn't it just a peace charm?
However, when she thought that Fang Ming was able to say something like "ascension" even after his master passed away, she just thought that Fang Ming was an obsessed believer who had been brainwashed by Taoism, so she didn't take it seriously.
"Master's instructions have been completed, Auntie, then I will take my leave."
"Let's go now, how about...stay for dinner?"
Liang Qiong didn't expect Fang Ming to be so straightforward, which made her feel a little embarrassed. Anyway, someone came all the way to deliver the peace charm, but she just beat the mandarin duck, and she felt a little guilty.
"It won't be a problem."
"Where are you going? I'll ask the driver to take you there. This is my aunt's phone number. If anything happens, call her."
This time Fang Ming did not refuse, got into the driver's car and drove out of the community.
"Hey, I hope you don't blame me. I am also selfish as a mother. Who doesn't want their daughter to be happy?"
Seeing the car disappear from sight, Liang Qiong sighed softly, then looked at the peace charm in the wooden box, stretched out his hand to take it out, but took it back halfway.
"No matter what, this is the child's intention."
Three hours later, the driver looked at Fang Ming in the back seat and finally couldn't help but ask: "Sir, where are you going?"
This is the second time he has driven here on this road, and he has driven on the streets nearby several times.
"Oh, then let's get off here."
Fang Ming opened his eyes, and when he saw the driver looking at him with a puzzled look, he smiled and said, "Are you wondering why I didn't ask you to stop when the car drove here?"
The driver didn't answer, but the expression on his face showed that he indeed had such questions.
"No reason, just plain unhappy."
After saying this, Fang Ming opened the door and got out of the car. After being stunned for a moment, the driver cursed "I'm sick" and stepped on the accelerator and left.
"Are you sick?"
Looking at the busy street, Fang Ming's eyes narrowed. After all, he was just a young man in his early twenties. How could he not have the temperament of a teenager? Although, this was just a very childish act of venting.