Chapter 168: Temple Street
After lunch, he stayed in the clinic until three o'clock in the afternoon, and asked the staff of the clinic to leave work early on the grounds that Qianfan City was not very stable recently, which sounded somewhat far-fetched, but after learning that the salary was still the same, whether it was the doctor or the nurse in the clinic, they walked faster than one another, for fear that Zhu Jue would regret it on the spot.
The explanation that I had thought of in advance didn't come in handy, and it couldn't be said to be a bad thing, Zhu Jue cleaned up and took Suzi and Gu Yinxing to the religious district of Qianfan City.
Yesterday's commission to the manager Gattuso in the religious goods store has been answered, and they are now going to find the character who appeared on the talk show of the religious channel - Fisher Faraz.
Although Qianfan City is not a city with a strong religious atmosphere like Rongxia City, it also has a considerable number of believers because of its huge population base.
Therefore, among the 40 communities in the lower city of Qianfan City, the No. 7 and No. 27 communities are officially recognized as religious districts, and it is estimated that the special setting is also intended to cover the 40 communities in the lower city to the greatest extent, and the destination of Zhu Jue's trip is the No. 27 community.
Of course, this is not to say that only those who are allowed to preach or live in these two communities are believers, but it is just a compromise method that the government of Thousand Sails City has come up with in order to minimize the burden on the religious affairs management department.
All religious activities in these two communities can be helped and supported by the government to some extent, such as the parade of the Ten Thousand Ghost Festival, the activities in these two communities are particularly rich, not necessarily comparable to the spring festival in Rongxia City, but also attract many tourists to come and watch.
At the same time, the official government has allowed all kinds of denominations to open large regular churches and temples after paying the so-called "evangelism" tax, so that the faithful can have a place to worship, rather than a small prayer hall house that was more of a church than a church before the arrest of Father Kane.
Although the government tried every possible way to cover it up, just like what happened in the No. 1 community yesterday, many things are not just deleted from the news report, and word of mouth cannot be stopped.
However, to Zhu Jue's surprise, the successive events not only did not make the No. 27 community deserted, but it was much more lively than other communities!
Zhu Jue held his mobile phone and looked at the steaming smoke and colorful prayer flags on the street and the crowds of people coming and going.
It should have been a lively scene, but because of this mixed element, it was obscure and difficult to understand, which made people frown subconsciously.
"Where are you waiting for us?"
As the manager of the religious goods store, Gattuso has been immersed in this business for a long time, and he knows a lot of things, so Zhu Jue spent extra money to hire him as a middleman, and not long after, Zhu Jue reached out and patted the driver's chair and said,
"Stop 6, Gattuso at the tea stall on the right side of the exit. ”
It took me more than ten minutes to arrive at the No. 6 stop according to the electronic map.
As soon as the airboat settled at the mooring, Zhu Jue and his party passed the hue value test, and as soon as they went out, a unique smell of incense sticks and candles when they burned came to their ears, followed by a burst of bells that they didn't know whether to say it was noisy or lively.
Zhu Jue's gaze wandered through the crowd, and soon he locked on Gattuso, who was waving to this side of a stall on the street on the right with a silver-white metal bowl.
"Is this all the case in Community 27?"
Passing over a wave of monks wearing saffron lama robes and holding cymbals in their hands, Zhu Jue came to the side of the tea stall, his eyes stayed on the crowded street again, and he couldn't help asking.
"Of course not, it's one of the few temple streets in the 27th neighborhood...... At first, it was just a street, a few years ago, Qianfan City was rebuilt, I heard that it was an integration area that several sects with more believers discussed and joined together to do it, saying that it was to coexist peacefully, freedom of belief, anyway, in my opinion, it means that there is a little bit of money that everyone earns together, and even the purchase is much more convenient, and it has become what it is now, so you can see it in any sect. ”
Gattuso said as he got up and put the bowl on the side of the stall in a row of recesses, and the cleaning robot that was cleaning next to him walked over slowly, and a Sanskrit character appeared on the display screen where his head replaced his eyes, and when the former took out his mobile phone and swept it on the display, he raised his hand and scratched it on his chest, and then bowed down to take the tea bowl.
"Where's Fisher?"
Zhu Jue didn't intend to delve into the history of this temple street, and after getting a vague answer, he turned to ask the target person of the trip.
"At the spiritual retreat ahead, I made an appointment with him at your request. ”
Gattuso is also a good person, taking money to do things, and as he spoke, he began to walk forward, signaling Zhu Jue and the three of them to follow.
It was nearly evening, and due to the geographical location, the sky that was still bright when the No. 27 community was driving in the central empty floor outside quickly darkened in the street.
However, the visibility of the street is not reduced in the slightest, because Temple Street is also a commercial street in the No. 27 neighborhood to some extent, with a dense flow of people, and there is naturally no shortage of lights.
Interestingly, the street lights in Temple Street are not entirely street lamps, to be precise, not only are they far apart from each other, but they are no longer the usual style, but have become an old-fashioned chandelier with an oval cover, which limits its lighting range.
As a result, the dark area between the street lamps and the street lamps became a free place for some shop stalls, hanging high on mechanical telescopic poles, large red lanterns with square pieces of paper, translucent crystal lamps that scattered various rays, and lampstands that looked like enlarged versions of Aladdin's spotlights.
In a way, these different lighting fixtures represent the religious culture of the stalls, but the rusted buildings that make the neighborhood look inexplicably strange.
After walking only half a street, Zhu Jue saw the preacher sitting on the pulpit surrounded by candles, wearing only a white cloak to preach the scriptures, and also saw the crowd wearing "colorful" clothes, dancing a strange dance that looked like a great god, shaking her head, and there were many people around who either shouted loudly, or raised their hands to make some strange gestures and whispered prayers.
It's clearly a religious ceremony, but in their opinion, maybe there is some performance art in it?
"So many strange things have happened in Thousand Sails City recently, and they still dare to gather people to join in the fun?"
Zhu Jue looked sideways with interest for a while, feeling the noisy flow of people around him, and couldn't help asking.
"Haha, it's because there are a lot of strange things, that's why it's lively here, you're not in this industry, they can't wait for some supernatural events, there are ghosts, there are gods. ”
Gattuso explained casually, suddenly turned around, glanced at Zhu Jue, and then stretched out his finger and pointed to a stall selling masks next to him, where there were people nearby who were performing the scene of evil ghosts eating people and then being expelled by the gods, and said in a muffled voice,
"If there are no demons, then what is the point of the existence of angels, and people will want to go to heaven if they are afraid of hell. ”
"It's kind of interesting, there seem to be some small items sold over there...... Let's go, go and see. ”
As if he had suddenly thought of something, Zhu Jue reversed his pace and walked towards the stall
"Hey, if you're going to go shopping in Temple Street, why don't you wait until you're done talking, I have to go home for dinner in the evening, and you're just paying me to make an appointment with you, and being your 'tour guide' is not included in the service." ”
Looking at the two ladies who followed without saying a word, Gattuso, who had expected them to persuade him, could only trot over to remind him.
In his opinion, although Fisher Faraz is just a small role, he just said so in private, and those who can talk about their own teachings on talk shows are naturally not simple people in this No. 27 community, if they are late, maybe this time the "business" will be considered yellow, and when the time comes, who will he ask for the remuneration?
"Don't worry, it's just two things...... This gossip mirror is good, how much does it cost?"
The reason why Zhu Jue can turn around is naturally not the show here, but the things sold here.
Brass-colored gossip plate, several grooves outlined with dansha, the center is embedded with a convex mirror, the whole is only the size of the palm, there are quite obvious traces of hand-made, it should not be something on the assembly line, at most it is the later polishing and old, it looks unexpectedly a little simple and exquisite.
"200, I also have a religious trivia guide here, how about it, I earned it!"
The stall owner had a cross on his chest, but the objects on the stall did not match his sect in any way.
"200, is your gossip mirror diamond-studded or gold-plated, and you won't be afraid of being poked in the back if you sell it at this price?"
As a colleague, Gattuso immediately stood up to expose the other party's profiteer face.
What are you kidding, this mirror is only 80 in his shop, and this is not the way to slaughter pigs!
Zhu Jue fiddled with the gossip mirror, glanced at the demon pattern used to attract customers on the cover of the booklet handed over by the stall owner, Qingmiao fangs, who looked like a guy from the hell in the East, and didn't say anything when he took it, ignoring Gattuso, who cast a strange look next to him, motioned for Suzi to pay, and turned around and left.
"Sir, if you want to buy this mirror, just tell me, I have a better one, the town house, in addition to the evil, you can also attract good luck, and it is a gold-plated genuine product, only sell you 998!"
Seeing that Zhu Jue didn't even mean to bargain, Gattuso immediately leaned over and said with some flattery.
"I don't need it, it's really gold-plated, but it doesn't smell like that...... Let's go, everything that should be prepared is ready, take me to Fisher, I'm in a hurry. ”
Casually put the gossip mirror into the pocket of his trench coat, and looked at the religious trivia guide with one hand.
Gattuso didn't understand the meaning of Zhu Jue's words, but he didn't have the idea of getting to the bottom of it, in his opinion, it was a serious thing to bring people to as soon as possible.
Walk to the front and start leading the way.
He didn't notice the black-purple energy overflowing from Zhu Jue's pocket in the Bagua Mirror.