Kaohsiung said, "Can I go talk to him?" They all understand our Mandarin, and Brother Zhang said it was no problem. Kaohsiung and I stood up and went into the house, where only a middle-aged woman was cleaning up the house, occasionally making new boiling water in the Taoist cup. There was a wooden table in the room, and there were chairs on both sides, and this one sat in the chair on the right, with a very white face, and was in his thirties, wearing glasses, and looked polite, and his demeanor and expression were a little arrogant, and he sat upright, his waist straight, and from time to time he picked up a glass and drank two sips of water. On the table next to it is an old-fashioned Nokia phone, which looks very shabby.

"Which immortal temple are you a monk in?" Kaohsiung asked with a smile as he sat down on the left side of the table. The Taoist chief didn't look at him, just drank tea and asked who you were. Kaohsiung said that he was a friend of Brother Zhang's in the county town and came to visit.

The Taoist chief sighed: "I am a monk in Chaozhenguan in the western suburbs of Xianyang. "Still didn't look at him.

Kaohsiung asked: "Quanzhen faction or Zhengyi faction?"

Dao Chief: "Zhengyi. ”

Kaohsiung smiled: "I guess it is, too." ”

Taoist chief: "Oh? Can you guess this? Are you familiar with Taoism?" Kaohsiung said that he has lived in Thailand for many years, and often travels to Hong Kong and Taiwan on business, and there are many Taoist temples in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and he also has many friends in Taoist temples, so he knows a little. Hearing this, the Taoist chief turned his head to look at Kaohsiung, and there were two points of caution and vigilance in his expression.

"What is the difference between the Taoist temples in Hong Kong and Taiwan and ours?" asked the Taoist chief quietly, still drinking tea, but I could hear that what he said just now was a casual answer, and now the words have begun to be tentative. Kaohsiung also took a sip of the tea brought by the middle-aged woman, saying that there was no difference, it was nothing more than Zhaijiao rituals, drawing talismans and chanting mantras, but most of them had no real mana. He also talked about the Taoist temple in the old building in Hong Kong, which was Ms. M's business.

The Taoist raised his eyebrows and asked, "The Taoist temple is located in the building, really?" I said of course it is true, it is on XXX Road in the New Territories, if there is a chance for the Taoist to travel to Hong Kong in the future, we can introduce you to visit the past, and the Taoist nodded.

We asked you how much it would cost you to do this kind of exorcism for Lao Zhang. The Taoist chief said: "I have been a poor monk for decades, and the purpose of cultivating the Tao is self-cultivation, and the exorcism of evil spirits is only done by the way, and only 20,000 yuan is charged. We nodded, and the old phone on the table rang, and the screen lit up, buzzing and vibrating regularly. The Taoist chief picked it up and fed him, and then simply said things like "I'm in Hanzhong", "Do a Dharma thing", "Well, I know", "I'll talk about it when I go back", "Let's do it tomorrow", and hung up.

I, who used to sell mobile phones for a few years, have a special interest in mobile phones, and occupational diseases have come again. I thought that this long-term driver of Audi should have a good business, but why do mobile phones use so old, unlike people who can't afford to change good mobile phones. "Your phone is old enough," I laughed, "why don't you get a new one?" I raised my HTC phone in my hand.

The Taoist chief smiled: "Cultivators don't have much pursuit of this kind of mundane thing, and the mobile phone is a tool for contact, just have one." Wouldn't the money saved be used to do a lot more meaningful things?"

Kaohsiung asked why there was a charge, 20,000 yuan is not a small number for rural people. The Taoist chief replied, "The Buddha also received gold for giving lectures, so that sentient beings could know how to be grateful, instead of taking everything for granted. I rarely spend this money on myself, and most of it has been given away so that more sentient beings can be helped, which can be regarded as the person who took the money to do good. ”

"So, the Taoist chief is helping these people who contribute money to make merits, what a great act of kindness!" Kaohsiung gave a thumbs up. The Taoist chief smiled and continued to drink tea. I saw that the Taoist was wearing a watch on his left wrist, and when I drank tea, it was only half exposed, but I was most interested in the two things that were mobile phones and watches, and from the half that was exposed, I could clearly see the brand new braces and the crown logo on the lugs, needless to say, it was Rolex. Judging from the non-head chain, it is not a flamboyant style such as the head of state, water ghosts and yachts, but a relatively ordinary log model, but it also costs more than 30,000 yuan.

Coming out of the house and sitting at the table, Guan Yu, his uncle and Lao Zhang's eldest brother all asked, "How is it, what can you see?" I told them that this long man has a good income, driving an Audi and wearing a Rolex, which means that he makes a lot of money, and just now he said that most of the money he earns is given away, and only a small part is spent on himself. This person has been charging for legal affairs in society for many years, and there will definitely not be too many loopholes in his speech, and this "small number" can already drive a good car and wear a watch, which can be imagined that his income is huge. Moreover, whether the "majority" of the money is given out or not seen by everyone is another matter. Because whether it is deposited in the bank or exchanged for real estate, it is a very hidden net worth, and no one knows.

Dinner is opposite Brother Zhang asked us to come over to eat, made a big table of dishes, and opened a banquet in the courtyard, with the head of the dish sitting on it, and several members of the Zhang family, me, Kaohsiung and Guan Yu's uncle and nephew as accompaniment. This chief is not a vegetarian, but a whole line of wine and meat, and those who come do not refuse, which makes the Zhang family and the Guan family very puzzled. The Taoist chief may have seen everyone's psychology, so he said: "Taoism is divided into two factions, Quanzhen and Zhengyi, I cultivate the Zhengyi faction, I don't need to become a monk, I can have a wife and children, I can also eat meat and drink wine, and the Zhengyi faction is all Taoist laymen." ”

Only then did everyone understand, Guan Yu's uncle said with a smile: "It turns out that Taoist priests can also eat meat and drink wine, and marry a wife!"

The weather was hot, and we were all drinking tea and chatting in the courtyard of Zhang's house. In the middle of the night, the Taoist leader walked out of the courtyard and told us that he was about to cast a spell. I saw that he was holding a sword in his hand, and it was still very bright, like a real guy. According to the instructions of the chief, the Zhang family entered the middle room, turned on the electric light, and we stood outside the window and saw a man lying on the kang in the house, straight and straight like a dead man, with a yellow piece of paper pasted on the door of his head, and there seemed to be words on it.

The Taoist chief entered the house and stretched out his hand to take down the talisman, and asked the Zhang family to help Lao Zhang up and come outside the house. This old Zhang looks very similar to his eldest brother, but he is darker and stronger. He hadn't slept at all, he had been humming and muttering something. Guan Yu said: "Uncle Zhang said that lying on the kang for half a day and not being allowed to move, it is too uncomfortable. ”

"It's about the same as Rus's penance. Kaohsiung said with a smile. The Taoist chief carried the sword in his hand, and asked us to move the table in the courtyard and place it in the courtyard with a square table, and put some ritual tools used in Taoist practice on it, such as the soul detention bell, the heaven-turning seal, the token holder, and the Taoist rune pen and ink, and many other things that I didn't recognize. Standing behind the table, the Taoist leader made Lao Zhang kneel across the table, and he raised his sword and began to cast a spell. This is one of the few Taoist practices I have seen, although there have been before, but it is not so "formal", in fact, I don't know which is the formal.