"Taoist Master, please give me a piece of green incense." A white-haired old man gently placed a tael of silver on the altar table and said respectfully to a kind middle-aged Taoist inside.
"My father-in-law, take your incense. There is a saying in the fairy family: If you have kind thoughts in your heart, God will fulfill your wishes. If you are kind, diligent and thrifty, you will have long life. If you respect the fairy's words every day, you can live a long life."
The middle-aged Taoist put the silver away and put it into the box at his feet. The square wooden box was mostly filled with white silver. Then he turned around and took a green incense plant that the young Taoist brought from the incense room at the back, smiling.
Pass it to the old man and say.
"Thank you for your kind words, Taoist priest!" The old man took the green incense with both hands and thanked him respectfully.
The old man held the green incense high and squeezed out the chaotic crowd. He was careful not to break the green incense in his hand. This two-foot stick of green incense cost one tael of silver, which was saved by being thrifty and diligent.
"Dad, this way!" A bronze-colored young man stood outside the hall. Seeing the old man squeeze out of the crowd, he waved and shouted.
"Xing'er, don't shout loudly in Daomen Blessed Land." After the old man approached, he scolded in a low voice.
"I know, dad." The young man touched his head and said awkwardly.
The two people walked quickly towards the huge double-eared unicorn incense burner. There was a thick circle of people surrounding the incense burner. They waited for a while before they found an empty seat in line.
The old man gently threw the two feet of green incense in his hand into the incense burner. The green incense rotated automatically, floated straight in the incense burner from top to bottom, floated to an open space on the burner, fell straight down, and was inserted into the incense burner.
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Then something more magical happened. The green incense ignited spontaneously without fire, and the head of the incense glowed red and started to smoke.
The old man and the young man raised their hands together above their heads, half-bent down to worship the furnace, with pious expressions. They bowed nine times before stopping. The people around them were also burning incense and worshiping like the two men.
The old man’s name is Lu Yong, and he is an old fisherman living next to Fusha Lake.
The bronze-colored man's name is Lu Pingxing, and he is Lu Yong's youngest son. Lu Yong was nearly fifty years old when his mother-in-law became pregnant and gave birth to Lu Pingxing. She had a son in her later years, so she naturally doted on him.
The huge double-eared unicorn incense burner is filled with incense, of different heights and sizes, divided into three types.
A kind of green incense has a green surface, is two feet high, and is about the size of a finger in width. It is commonly known as green incense. For a green incense, one or two silver incense money needs to be handed over to the Taoist temple. Most common people come to the temple to worship.
Please bring a green incense.
Another kind of high-grade incense has a red surface, is five feet high, and is about three fingers wide. It is commonly known as Xixiang. One stick of Xiangxiang requires a hundred taels of silver to be offered to the Taoist temple. Only wealthy people come to the temple to worship, and they will be invited to have one.
Hongxiang.
The last type of high incense is purple in appearance, one foot high, shaped like a sea bowl, very huge, and is commonly known as longevity incense. One longevity incense requires a donation of 10,000 taels of silver to the Taoist temple. Only people with great wealth and prominent family status can come.
Only when you worship in the temple will you be offered a longevity incense stick.
At this time, in the middle of the double-eared unicorn incense burner, three longevity incense sticks stand side by side, standing proudly among the incense sticks. Thousands of red joyful incense sticks are inserted around it, in a hugging posture, guarding the three longevity incense sticks.
The four sides of the stove are filled with green incense sticks, which are densely packed and burning rapidly. The whole double-eared unicorn incense burner is filled with green smoke, and the incense is in full bloom.
The double-eared unicorn incense burner is an exquisite magical instrument that is not offensive and belongs to the auxiliary function. It can automatically ignite the incense in the furnace and control the burning time of the incense according to the amount of incense in the furnace. p>
When an auspicious day arrives in the temple, there are huge crowds of tourists, the incense burners are filled with incense, and long lines of people line up to worship.
At this time, the Taoist in the temple will speed up the burning speed of the high incense in the furnace. A green incense will burn out in the fastest few breaths, which is visible to the naked eye, which is very miraculous.
If there are too many pilgrims in the temple, the joy and longevity incense in the furnace will burn faster.
"Little Taoist Priest, my child has reached the age to receive the Jian Yue Lingpei. Please take me to the back hall to receive it." Lu Yong stopped a young Taoist priest with a delicate face, pointed at Lu Pingxing and said respectfully.
"My father-in-law, I cannot be called a Taoist priest. I am just a little Taoist priest. Just call me Xiaodao Qingyun." The little Taoist priest replied quickly.
"Brother, come with Xiaodao! Let's go to Xiangyuan Hall at the back." Little Taoist Priest Qingyun said with a smile.
"Okay." Lu Pingxing responded nervously.
"Dad, I'm going, please wait for me outside." Lu Pingxing said to Lu Yong, and then followed the little Taoist priest walking towards the back of the hall.
On weekdays, only Gaoyang Hall and the front yard are open to Gaoyang Temple. On special auspicious days, tourists are allowed to enter other palaces behind Gaoyang Hall. Lu Pingxing could not go to Xiangyuan Hall because he wanted to receive the Jianyue Lingpei. His father, Lu Yong, could only go to Xiangyuan Hall.
Can stay in the front yard and wait.
The two walked out of the back door of Gaoyang Hall and walked towards the antique Xiangyuan Hall on the left. Xiangyuan Hall is half smaller than Gaoyang Hall and does not have the same carved beams and embroidered columns as Gaoyang Hall, giving it a pure and refined atmosphere.
"Brother Lu, please sit here for now. A senior brother will call you after a while." Young Taoist Qingyun led Lu Pingxing to the hall of Xiangyuan Hall and pointed to a row of benches.
"Thank you, little Taoist priest." Lu Ping thanked him and walked to an empty seat on the bench to sit down.
After seeing Lu Pingxing sit down, the young Taoist priest Qingyun turned around and went back to Gaoyang Hall. He also wanted to help greet other pilgrims, so he didn't dare to be lazy.
There are rows of wooden benches in the hall of Xiangyuan Hall, which can accommodate hundreds of people waiting at the same time. Because it is early morning, there are not many people waiting in the hall. There are only a dozen or so people, all of whom are young people and are very reserved.
, did not dare to talk to each other and seemed extremely quiet.
While Lu Pingxing was waiting, he saw young Taoist priests in the temple from time to time. He called those who arrived before him and went to several side rooms on both sides.
"Brother, please follow the Taoist priest." Half an hour later, a young Taoist priest came to Lu Pingxing and said.
"Please sit down, this benefactor. What should I call you? My surname is Meng, just call me Meng Daoren." Meng Shengming smiled and said to Lu Pingxing who came in, and raised his hand to signal Lu Pingxing to sit on the wooden chair opposite. "My name is Lu Pingxing, and I have met Taoist Meng." Lu Pingxing greeted him respectfully after sitting down.
"Brother Lu, are you here to receive the Jian Yue Ling Pei? Can you show me the government and civilian ID card? I need to confirm." Meng Shengming asked according to the procedure.
"Taoist Priest, please take a look." Lu Pingxing took out the government and civilian sign that he had prepared and handed it to Meng Shengming with both hands.
"The villagers of Hongyan Village, Fusha Lake, Gaoyang City, Gaoyang Prefecture, Lu Pingxing were born in the 32nd year of Zhengshi"
Meng Shengming took the small rectangular iron plate that was handed over. The front of the iron plate was engraved with the above words, and the back was engraved with the official seal of Gaoyang City. After confirming that it was correct, Meng Shengming returned the iron plate to Lu Pingxing.
When citizens of Gaocang Kingdom reach the age of fifteen, they need to apply for a civil license from the local government. If they shirk without reason and fail to apply for a civil license in time after reaching the age, once investigated, they will be convicted of a felony and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. Lu Pingxing was born in the 32nd year of Zhengshi, and this year is the 52nd year of Zhengshi. Zhengshi is the reign name, so he is exactly twenty years old and meets the criteria for receiving the January Lingpei. He also meets the requirements for receiving the January 19 Lingpei.
Another condition for Lingpei is that it must be from Gaoyang City.
For example, the civilians of Yannan City are also under the jurisdiction of Gaoyang Prefecture, but they cannot go to the temple to receive the Jian Yue Lingpei. The conditions are extremely strict, and secular civilians cannot understand them. People in the other five cities of Gaoyang Prefecture have a lot of complaints.
Every once in a while, some emerging prominent families in the five cities will jointly submit a letter to the Governor of Gaoyang, requesting Gaoyang Guan to abandon this extremely unfair condition and issue the Jian Yue Lingpei to the people of the other five cities. However, every time the letter is written, it is like a stone.