Chapter 31 Guan Gong

To tell the truth, Liu Dong is still quite sorry for Mu Gang, he is talented and has extraordinary martial arts, if he was born in ancient times who were good at cold weapons, he must be a peerless fierce general in the style of Zhang Fei and Dian Wei, and I am afraid that it will not be a problem to worship the marquis. But in this modern age, which is known for its best skills, no matter how high your martial arts are, you can't stand up to firearms. Therefore, Mu Gang, who has a wooden mind but strong martial arts, is useless as a hero except for taking care of Uncle Long's home and nursing home.

"Alas, don't go, Xiaodong, or let's discuss it again!" Mu Gang strode after him and said. To be honest, for so many years, except for Liu Dong, who was able to fight with him, no one else could pick him up a few times.

"Sir, they're in!"

"Well, I saw it!" After retracting his gaze from the backs of the two, Zhou Bin looked up at the three gilded italic characters of 'Taiyi Pavilion' hanging above the door, and couldn't help but smile faintly on his face, and secretly thought to himself: "I didn't expect to come here in the end! It seems that it is expected to take down this Guan Gong statue!"

"Let's go, let's go in too!" As he spoke, Zhou Bin took a step, stepped on the stone steps in front of the door, and walked into the gate of Taiyi Pavilion.

"Stinky boy, that's how you invited Second Master Guan in?" When Liu Dong walked into the backyard, the old man who was sitting on the rocking chair to take a nap, heard their footsteps, opened his eyes, and looked at Liu Dong and said angrily.

Hearing this, Liu Dong looked at the statue of Guan Gong in his arms, and couldn't help touching his nose with a little embarrassment.

You must know that although Guan Gong was only a famous military general in the Three Kingdoms period in real history, for thousands of years, because of Guan Gong's loyalty, righteousness, courage and integrity, as well as the need for successive rulers to strengthen their dominance, Guan Gong has been deified in China, and even in all Chinese circles around the world.

In the Qing Dynasty, Guan Gong was enshrined as "the Emperor of Loyalty, Righteousness, Martial Spirit, Benevolence, Courage and Might", and was worshiped as a "Martial Saint", which was as famous as Confucius, the "Sage of Literature".

In the folk Guan Gong, there is also the title of 'God of Martial Wealth', which is the god of protecting merchants. In Buddhism, Guan Gong is revered as the 'Jialan Bodhisattva', known as the King of Garanzun, the Garan Chitose, and Wei Dao Bodhisattva are known as the two protectors of Buddhist monasteries. Moreover, in Taoism, Guan Gong is also known as "Guan Sheng Dijun", referred to as "Guan Di", and is one of the four protectors of Taoism. It can be seen that Guan Gong has a sacred status among the Chinese people.

In addition, according to incomplete statistics, there are even more than 40,000 Guandi temples in the world, and more than 30 countries and regions such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, Australia, and Malaysia are enshrined.

It is precisely because of the special status of Guan Gong that when people invite a Guan Gong home or the company to worship, they have to choose a good day and auspicious day, and even women and people who belong to the tiger can not get started. Of course, Taoist priests must be those who are truly Taoist, not those fakes who sell dog meat on the head of a sheep and specialize in defrauding people of money.

Of course, from this, it can be seen how disrespectful Liu Dong is to Guan Erye's belly with his left hand and the base with his right hand. But Liu Dong couldn't help it, when he asked him to come out, he forgot to take the second master Guan out of the mustard seed space earlier.

"Second Master Guan atoned for his sins, the kid has always admired your old man very much, and he will definitely make more offerings in the future, and the incense will continue every day!" After secretly reciting it in his heart, Liu Dong put the statue of Guan Gong in his hand on the square table beside Uncle Long.

Of course, Liu Dong didn't believe much in these gods and ghosts before, but after he inexplicably had more of this ability, it also made him mutter. Although there are no ghosts and gods to believe in, there are some thoughts that Confucius respectfully stays away.

The old man, who was still thinking of mentioning his face to him and preaching, suddenly widened his eyes after seeing the statue of Guan Gong that Liu Dong put on the table at close range. I didn't care about Liu Dong at the moment, so I carefully picked up the statue of Guan Gong, looked at it seriously, and even took out a magnifying glass from my pocket when I saw the micro-carved pattern at the base.

Seeing the old man's movements, Liu Dong couldn't help but show a hint of self-satisfaction on his face, and he himself was very satisfied with this Guan Gong wood carving that took him more than ten days to carve out, and even in terms of craftsmanship, it was already a super-level performance for him.

Seeing that the old man was looking seriously, Liu Dong didn't bother, but found a seat next to him and sat down.

Soon, after five minutes passed, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his waist, and looked at Liu Dong with a hint of surprise in his eyes, but more of a surprise, "Boy, let's talk about it, why did you get so much better at once?

Of course, although the old man asked like this, there was more of a joke in his tone.

After all, after so many years, I still know about Liu Dong's character. And the knife technique of this Guan Gong statue is no different from Liu Dong's previous works, so the old man didn't suspect that he used someone else's work to fool himself.

What's more, most of Liu Dong's wood carving skills are basically taught by him, so the old man still has this vision and confidence.

Listening to Uncle Long's ridiculous words, Liu Dong couldn't help touching his nose with a slightly wry smile. Of course, looking at this work that he had worked so hard to carve out, and being affirmed and praised by Uncle Long, whom he had always respected, Liu Dong was still a little proud in his heart!

"Uncle Long, look at what you said, how dare I fool in front of your old man! This statue of Guan Gong took me 12 days to complete! The reason why I can reach this level is thanks to Uncle Long's usual hard teaching. ”

"Okay, stinky boy! I'm too old to wear a top hat for me!"

After all, he has always regarded Liu Dong as his own son and nephew, and the craft of carving is also taught, and now Liu Dong has finally made amazing achievements under the accumulation of thick and thin, and he still feels honored in his heart!

"Uncle Long, Mr. Zhou is here!" Just as the two were chatting, Mu Gang, who had been looking at the store in front, strode in and said.

"Oh, the people are coming! Quick, let him in!" After hearing this, Uncle Long hurriedly said.

"Xiaodong, haven't you always wanted to learn jade from a jade carving master before?

After listening to the old man's words, Liu Dong was shocked, but before he could open his mouth to ask, he heard the clearer and clearer footsteps from the front yard, and finally had to temporarily press his doubts in his heart, and turned his head to look at the courtyard gate.

"Is it you?" Looking at the person who appeared at the door, Liu Dong couldn't help but ask with a look of surprise.

"Hehe, this brother, let's meet again!" Zhou Bin glanced at the statue of Guan Gong on the wooden table, and then said with a smile to Liu Dong, who was surprised.

"Old Long, it's nice to see you again!" Then, Zhou Bin owed to the old man and said respectfully.

"Mr. Zhou, you're welcome, but it seems that you seem to know Xiaodong?" Uncle Long said with a faint smile on his face, glancing at the middle-aged man.

"Hehe, it's a coincidence, just now on the street, I took a fancy to the Guan Gong wood carving in the hands of this little brother, which is a real masterpiece. Therefore, when I saw that I was overjoyed, I bluntly said that I wanted to buy it, but unfortunately this little brother didn't even ask the price, so he turned around and left! Later, I wanted to follow this little brother to see if there was still a chance to invite this Guan Gong statue. But I didn't expect to end up here with Long Lao, which surprised me!" Zhou Bin glanced at the young man in front of him, and said with a smile at Uncle Long.

After listening to his words, Liu Dong nodded. Although he also wanted to sell this wood carving, it had to be after Uncle Long read it, so when he rejected the middle-aged man in front of him, his attitude naturally became more resolute.