Chapter 23: The Opening of the Altar

Gongsun Jian saw Qinghe and returned to the banquet hall on the second floor of the post house, at this time, Su County Ling and Hu County Lieutenant had not left yet, and were waiting for news from him.

"Mr. Gongsun, I don't know ...... over there?"

Seeing Gongsun Jian coming back, Su County Ling hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Gongsun Jian said arrogantly: "The Taoist chief is already meditating and pranayama, and it will not affect the practice of opening the altar tomorrow." ”

Su Xian Ling and Hu Xian glanced at each other, both of them breathed a sigh of relief, and rejoiced: "That's good, that's good." ”

Gongsun Jian asked dissatisfiedly: "Why, do you still have doubts about the ability of the Qinghe Daoist?" This is even admired by the festival marshal, if it weren't for him at today's banquet, you might all be entangled by ghosts, and you can't afford to be sick! ”

Su Xian Ling didn't quite believe what Gongsun Jian said, but he still responded: "Yes, yes, thanks to Qinghe Dao's great powers." I don't know what kind of preparation the official needs to make for the opening of the altar tomorrow? ”

Gongsun Jian said: "The Taoist chief said that he will prepare for what should be prepared, and he will wait for the Dharma meeting to be held tomorrow night." ”

"Tomorrow night?"

Su Xianling said in surprise, "If the festival is held this night and the people are invited to participate, it will inevitably make the scene chaotic, and there may even be a stampede...... Why don't you schedule the puja during the day? ”

Gongsun Jian said angrily: "Since it is said that it is a method of opening the altar to suppress powerful ghosts, have you ever seen a powerful ghost come out to wander around during the day?" Even at night, as long as the fire is lit, the people can still see clearly...... However, it doesn't matter whether they can see it clearly or not, the most important thing is that the Taoist chief is willing to come forward to help with the practice and exorcise the demons, don't be satisfied. ”

Although Su Xian Ling complained bitterly in his heart, he still stubbornly agreed: "In this case, this official will arrange it and will not let the Fa Festival cause chaos." ”

Gongsun Jian said: "Make good arrangements, if you behave well this time, I will say good things for you when I return to the festival marshal, if you don't arrange it properly...... It's hard to explain to the marshal. ”

Su Xianling's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, and he arched his hand and said, "This official understands." ”

Gongsun Jian said again: "Like tonight, the Taoist chief obviously made a great effort, but he was misunderstood and pretended to be pretentious, and he didn't do anything...... It's just that those who don't know how to do it have misunderstandings, how can you, as a local parent official, do the act of demolishing the stage? ”

"And that little Taoist priest named Yang Yun, don't let him come out tomorrow and be embarrassed, in front of an immortal chief with great magical powers like Daoist Qinghe, that kind of tricky little person will only add to the chaos, just let him watch and learn with his tail between his legs."

"This ...... Yes, yes. ”

Su Xian Ling hesitated slightly, but in Gongsun Jian's forced gaze, he still nodded and agreed.

Gongsun Jian nodded with satisfaction: "Tomorrow, let the people of Shifang pay a good homage to the Qinghe Immortal Chief, if things are not taken care of, it will be difficult for the Immortal Chief to take care of such a poor mountain and bad water place in the future!" ”

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The next morning, Yang Yun was told that the puja was scheduled to be held this evening.

Yang Yunxin said: "The reason why it is held at night must be to facilitate the use of blind eyes, and in broad daylight, many methods are very easy to expose. ”

In the afternoon, the people of the county town began to gather at the place where the puja was held.

The venue of this festival is located in the northwest corner of the county "Xipu", this area near the city wall on the slope of the hill has the mausoleum of the famous Yi scholar Wei Yuansong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, under the hillside is a land temple, in front of the temple a large open space. Nowadays, a platform has been temporarily erected in this vacant land, and a ring of braziers for lighting is placed around them, and the braziers are surrounded by wooden fences to prevent the people from approaching.

There were no tickets on the day, but six rows of seats were set up in front of the high platform, so that the local gentry could worship the Qinghe Taoist people at close range.

The seating area was barricaded with ropes, and every few steps was guarded by a messenger.

In addition, the restrictions were relaxed, and the people who came first would take a better position, and the later ones could only look from a distance, and the hillsides and walls behind the high platform were full of people, and the trees in front and to the left and right were full of stubborn children.

At sunset, the originally empty dam was already crowded with people, and everyone was looking forward to it, waiting for the Qinghe Taoist to appear.

"I heard that this time, the little real person who is quite meritorious will also come, I don't know who is more powerful between the little real person and the Qinghe Daoist?"

"Of course, he is the head of the Qinghe Dao, and he has a lot of backgrounds, and even the festival envoys are regarded as guests."

"If Xiao Zhenren's master comes in person, there may be a chance of winning, but Xiao Zhenren has no play, and his seniority is a few cuts behind."

There was a lot of discussion, and Yang Yun, who was blocking the back of the crowd, was listening carefully to the topics discussed by others from the complex voices, he closed his eyes and carefully felt the subtle differences between the voices and the voices.

"In addition to having a strong sixth sense, he is also deaf and clear, able to distinguish and lock on to sounds, and is not disturbed by other sounds. It seems that the potential of this superpower is very huge, and I am still only in the beginning of my grasp and cannot make good use of it. ”

The more Yang Yun pondered, the more confident he was in his future, and he had just come into contact with superpowers, which he had made great progress, and he began to imagine what it would be like to exert superpowers to the extreme in the future.

Just when Yang Yun closed his eyes and thought, County Lieutenant Hu came over and said, "Xiao Zhenren hasn't gone inside yet?" You've been assigned a seat...... However, Daoist Qinghe said that it is best not to get too close to the altar to avoid interfering with his practice. ”

Yang Yun nodded, and Wang Ji next to him interjected: "Didn't you say that there is a fighting method?" ”

Hu County Lieutenant only thought that this young man was Yang Yunxin's follower, and introduced with a smile: "The discussion of fighting the law is not serious, and whoever loses will not look good on face...... After all, tomorrow the Blue Crane Daoist will leave, please bear with the little real person, and the matter of defending the city against the enemy will depend on you in the future. ”

"Hmm."

Yang Yun smiled and agreed.

Before Lieutenant Hu could say a few words, someone shouted in the distance and left in a hurry.

Yang Yun took Wang Ji and An Lun to the center of the venue, and Wang Ji asked dissatisfiedly: "If you don't fight the law, how can you make Qinghe Lao Dao ruined?" ”

Yang Yun said: "Even if Qinghe loses in the fighting method, it is just that his skills are not as good as others, how can he be ruined?" ”

Wang Ji said: "The master won't think about it, right?" That old guy was so ugly yesterday, and today he has to give him a chance to make a name for himself? It's really not good, I'll go on stage to expose him! I know some of his old tricks best. ”

Yang Yun smiled: "Since you know the trick of his tricks, why don't you tell me?" I'll see what I can do to defuse ......."

Wang Ji thought about it for a long time and nodded lightly: "Okay, then tell the master about his ghost tricks, so that the master can also see the tricks." ”

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About one more drum sounded, the entire altar was already shrouded in darkness, and the Blue Crane Daoist came out in a thousand calls.

The head of the Blue Crane Dao chose the method of "descending from the sky", flew from a distance, and slowly descended to the temporary high platform.

Yang Yun was listening to Wang Ji tell the inside story of some of the books that Qinghe Daoist is good at, when he saw the other party flying by from a distance, and thought: "In this era, there is a hanging Weiya?" ”

Wang Ji exclaimed: "Hurry up and find a way to let him fall and eat!" Let him always show up hanging with a steel rope! ”

Yang Yun was not as "bad" as Wang Ji, and he did not destroy the way the Qinghe Daoist appeared. On the one hand, he deliberately saved some face for the guests of the Shifang government, and on the other hand, his outstanding status came from the mystery of the Taoist profession, and if he took the initiative to expose it, it would be equivalent to lowering his identity.

"The Immortal Elder is here, worship the Heavenly Master!"

Someone on the high platform shouted loudly, it was not Gongsun Jian, but the person brought by the Qinghe Dao Chief.

In Qinghe's "performance" team, there is a loud voice responsible for shouting.

When Qinghe landed steadily on the high platform where the altar was placed, Gongsun Jian, Su Xianling and others happened to enter the first row of the stage, and at this time, Su Xianling and others all looked at the high platform in shock, obviously impressed by Qinghe's "ingenious" appearance.