Chapter 40: The Unswerving Obsession of Loyalty
Jing Niang left the Great Xiangguo Temple and returned to her Yuzhen Temple.
She went back in a sedan chair carried by two people, dressed like a Taoist priest. wearing a hat and white veil to cover his face; Wearing a wide robe with a gossip map on its back, this robe is really unbelievably wide, and I am afraid that only she can wear it on a hot day...... But it still can't cover the figure, mainly because the chest is too high, so that the chest looks empty, and the clothes appear wider and ill-fitting.
If it weren't covered by this wide robe, her bee-waisted, tall and plump seductive figure would probably be too eye-catching.
Yuzhenguan is not far from Daxiangguo Temple, and it is not easy to have a small piece of land in this area; If it weren't for the sponsorship of Madame Hua Rui when she was practicing on Mount Emei, she would not have been able to establish this Taoist temple and would not have had a foothold in Tokyo.
Many years ago, Jingniang's father was a doorman of a big merchant in the south, so she saw people from afar when she was a child. The Semu brought all sorts of gods, but she didn't believe in them; The reason for not believing it is very simple: she doesn't think that the god of the Semu people can control the affairs of the Jade Emperor Taishang Laojun.
The big merchant Jia who worked for his father was rich and unkind, but he was still willing to defend his master at the cost of his life. He told Jing Niang: If one person lives in peace, he will either be the master of everyone; If you can't be a master, you should be loyal to the only master at all costs, don't be half-hearted, and don't ask why. Only in this way can we have a home...... Her father may not know that his words and deeds have planted seeds in the young Jingniang's heart and slowly taken root.
Jing Niang can't change herself when she grows up, in her heart, the biggest thing in her life is to choose a master, and then entrust her life, loyal and loyal, until death. For the sake of extreme loyalty, this person must of course be a husband, and save everything.
That's why she followed Zhao Kuangyin for no reason, because she decided to follow him that year.
At that time, Jingniang was rejected, and after returning home, she wanted to die Mingzhi, but later she didn't die to hold on to a little hope, and left home to find Zhao Kuangyin...... But Zhao Kuangyin never agreed, and only let her be a righteous sister.
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Perhaps because she was stimulated, Jing Niang later did some strange things that made Zhao Kuangyin stay away.
She tried to establish the Jade Shrine in Tokyo and accepted a group of women as Taoist priests.
Few of these women are normal; If it is a good family with good appearance, I am afraid that he will not come to this broken Taoist temple to seek a safe life, let alone believe in the queen mother's teaching, people are stupid and don't look for a good family, how good it is to marry a husband and godson. Among these people, some of them are ignorant and ugly-looking women, just like the black woman who specially sent letters to Jingniang, her hands and feet are almost as black as Zhao Kuangyin; There are also young and beautiful girls, but they are by no means good girls, they all have their own misery, and it is really difficult to survive...... For example, Yulian almost entered the Queen Mother Sect. Those people and Yulian's experiences are similar, and they are all bad fates anyway.
These women, who are almost abandoned by the world and cannot survive, Jingniang does not dislike them, takes them for herself, and lets everyone get along like a family under the same happy dream. Because of the continuous recitation of words to praise the "Holy Aunt" every day, now the believers have been convinced of Jing Niang's deified identity, believing that she is the fairy next to the Queen Mother, who came down to earth. If it is pious, everyone may cultivate into a fairy, with the beauty of a fairy, the fairy palace with Qionglou and Yuyu to live in, and the brocade clothes and jade food, anyway, in the fairyland in the clouds, there are only flowers and only joy; And there was no abandonment and persecution.
The government has never asked them much, if it weren't for the emperor's order to destroy those redundant temples and Taoist temples to save resources, it is estimated that the government would not have bothered to take care of Yuzhenguan...... Because they really didn't do anything bad, and they didn't force good people to join the church; The cultists are all abnormal people and have no home, so where can they go to let them go?
Once the government wanted to send someone to disperse them, but two of them decided on the spot, saying that they wanted to leave the holy aunt and could only go to die. The people of the government hurriedly gave up and calmed down.
…… When Jing Niang sat in a sedan chair into the backyard of the Taoist temple, everyone was still sitting cross-legged in the patio to worship the sky, and there was a copper tripod in the middle, surrounded by green smoke, and the female Taoist priests were around the copper tripod to recite the words, and the words were simple to the cheesy: "Thank you to the Queen Mother, thank God!" The Queen Mother is wise and fair, omnipotent, and if the world dares to be disrespectful, she will be crushed and ashes scattered; The Queen Mother sent the Holy Aunt Yuzhen down to earth to relieve the suffering......"
There are forty or fifty people who are reciting, and Jing Niang can support dozens of people almost from scratch, and she has not done anything illegal, which can be regarded as very capable.
When everyone saw Jing Niang appearing, they hurriedly bowed down next to the sedan chair and shouted: "Holy aunt! ”
Jing Niang didn't have to respond, and entered the "Guannai" without saying a word: the house where she practiced immortal arts. Then summon his confidants and close servants to enter the customs to discuss the opportune situation.
Now Jing Niang is sulky, and her heart is confused, like a rootless Ping floating on the water, Zhao Kuangyin seems to have completely rejected herself, but she doesn't know if there is any room for recovery, even a little hope can make her feel good. I couldn't figure it out for a while, but the current thing was imminent: if no one helped in the government, the Yuzhen Temple that had been built up so hard would be demolished.
"Zhao Kuangyin is reluctant to contribute." Jing Niang simply said to her subordinates.
Several people are okay, and Jing Niang is not willing to watch too ugly people as close attendants by her side all day long. When they heard this, they were also troubled, and one of them said, "What then!" If the Taoist temple is demolished, there will be no place for everyone, and there will be no income...... What should fifty or sixty people rely on for their livelihood? ”
The four of them talked for a while, at a loss. So many people have no place to live, and they have to sit and eat. They are all women, and what they can do is indeed a very headache and a serious practical problem.
At this moment, the youngest lady said, "Do you remember the Yulian who lived in Yuzhen for a few months? ”
Everyone said that they still had an impression, but they didn't know what the little lady meant by mentioning her, so they were busy asking.
The little lady seemed to have forgotten her worries, and when she gossiped, her eyebrows fluttered: "When Yulian was in the Taoist temple, she mentioned a forbidden army colonel named Shao Ge'er, you may not know, but I love to inquire about these interesting things!" Why did Yulian live and go back? Because Brother Shao came back and was promoted to a senior official, he took more than 100 people to the market to marry Yulian the next day. That pomp is called a big, 100 cavalry guards! I was curious and asked someone what kind of official Brother Shao had promoted...... The inner sanctum is all waiting for you, and there is a history of thorns in any state. Not small, right? ”
Someone blurted out: "Yulian is like that, and there are still big officials who are willing to marry?" What's your name brother, isn't that old? ”
Xiao Niang said: "I don't know about this, anyway, Yulian has already lived in the courtyard of the former Fu family, and it is not far from here; I heard that the courtyard was personally rewarded by the queen to Brother Shao. ”
Suddenly, several people felt that there was a way, and one of the women immediately said: "Yulian is here with us, and it is not bad to treat her." If we go to ask Yulian and ask her to find Brother Shao to help us in the official mansion, maybe Yuzhenguan will be fine! ”
Even Jing Niang felt that this way might as well be tried, according to her experience, the female Taoist priest was likely to succeed in fooling the noblewoman. She ordered her attendants to do the work.
After the subordinates said goodbye and exited the pass, Jing Niang's distracted attention returned to Zhao Kuangyin. She recalled what Zhao Kuangyin had said before several times, and she was even more heartbroken.
It was as if something was slowly collapsing in my heart...... What the Queen Mother and Holy Aunt, she doesn't believe in herself, and she doesn't know what she is living for. She took off her robe, which was a plain white and patterned "fairy suit", and lay on the wooden couch weakly, not wanting to do anything.
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She slept tired and weak, and woke up in a tangled mood.
It's better to listen to Zhao Kuangyin's words, hand over the master to his subordinates, and go home. But when Jing Niang thought of her bad reputation in her hometown, she didn't want to go back. What should I do?
Feeling uncomfortable, she remembered the "Forget Worries" refined the month before, the pill is not good for the body to eat, but it will feel very comfortable. This is the ancient book of the Wei and Jin dynasties she got from Mount Emei, and she refined it according to it; It is said that the celebrities of the Wei and Jin dynasties have nothing to do all day long, so they eat this kind of "forget their worries" and flutter like immortals. Jing Niang pondered that it was not good to eat too much of this elixir, but it was a good medicine when it was very uncomfortable, so it was enough to eat less.
When it's hard to feel like now. Jing Niang has almost no pressure, what does it matter if it's good or not, she just doesn't worry about eating it.
She got up and took a pill, poured water and swallowed it. But she didn't feel it for a while, and she wasn't afraid of anything, so she ate two more in a row.
After eating three pills at a time, the medicinal properties began to attack after a while. Her face gradually flushed, and the corners of her mouth showed a bewitching smile, first lightly, then more and more medicative, and her vision was blurred. She no longer knew that she was in the mortal world, and only felt that she had gone to the fairyland; Even who he is and what he does has been completely forgotten, and there is a faint feeling in his heart that happiness and worry-free are real, and the world is just a dream.
At this moment, a woman's voice outside the door said, "Holy aunt, things are going well. Yulian promised me that she would find a way to help us and repay the kindness of taking us in. She had already persuaded Guo Shizhu, but Guo Shizhu said that he was worried about what kind of cult we were; He didn't want to help the abuse, and said that he would not be willing to help until he figured out our affairs...... Although we haven't done anything bad, we don't have the government's degree! ”
There was no response inside, and the woman outside the door said, "Why don't you order him to be invited over and see for yourself?" It's up to him to believe it or not. ”
Jing Niang, who was half-lying in the house, didn't know what the people outside the door were talking about, she couldn't even figure out what Yuzhenguan was, and when she heard a voice, she responded with a coquettish "hmm".
When the person outside the door heard the response, he said, "I understand, so I'll go and invite him over immediately." So that Guo Shizhu understands that we have only done good things, but not bad things! ”