Chapter 137: The Great Hide
Zhang Mazi's face turned pale, and he slapped himself a few times in a hurry, confessed repeatedly, held the copper coin and left with his tail between his legs.
Ding Bao was surprised when he heard it, General Zhennan, isn't this Su Ge's father Su Jing?
Then I suddenly thought, yes, although this Izumo Temple is also in Zhongnan Mountain, it is actually under the jurisdiction of Xuanhua Mansion in the three prefectures of the southern country. It's just that how can General Su have time to come here to listen to the Narauszi puja?! When I contacted the demons and monsters like Judge and Qi Yanxin gathered here, I suddenly had even more doubts in my heart.
Before they had time to think about it, the group followed the breeze to a patio on the side, and there was an ancient well covered with green moss in the courtyard covered with bluestone.
Originally, there were a few people sitting or leaning on each side of the corridor stable, lazily talking and laughing, and when they saw the breeze coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted. Qingfeng ignored it, drove all the villagers into the patio, and ordered: "Take off your clothes, and don't leave a single cloth!" ”
Ding Bao was very old-fashioned at the back, and when he saw that the posture was wrong, he suddenly flashed to the side of the forage warehouse and dodged in. Through the crack in the window, you can see the shape of the outside.
The rest of the people, you look at me, I look at you, until I was sure that Qingfeng was not joking, and then I reluctantly took off the stripes.
Qingfeng made a look at the trails, and the trails picked up the green bamboo poles that were more than one zhang long from the ground, and there were a few crisp sounds, and the bamboo poles were horizontal and vertical on the narrow patio, and the word "well" was like a stroke copying when looking down.
More than a dozen villagers in the patio couldn't move and shouted one after another.
"This ...... What is this doing? ”
"Dao Chief! I didn't do anything, why did you put a bamboo stick on me? ”
"Quick...... Let me go! ”
"Silence!"
Qingfeng waved his hand: "Splash water!" ”
The young paths gathered in the porch lifted buckets and splashed buckets into the patio one by one. There are people on the side who do not stop carrying water from buckets in the well. A steady stream of supply.
It was just after the New Year. It was early spring, it was difficult to see the light of day in the courtyard, and the cold well water was splashed on the body, even if it was an iron body, it couldn't help but tremble, not to mention these thin men who couldn't eat enough and didn't warm up, so the ghost cried wolf for a while.
What's more, whenever someone wants to dodge, crouch or escape, the bamboo poles are clamped on all sides. Stuck in the middle, the thick hard bamboo of the cup was clamped between the waist and abdomen, it was really a surging inside, and the messy things that I ate indiscriminately when I got up in the morning were about to squeeze out of my throat, and I was miserable.
After a simple and rude splash for a while, Qingfeng ordered the Taoist to bring a few buckets of water, took out a large piece of soap wrapped in oiled paper and threw it into the bucket to dissolve, scooping it with a long-handled spoon and splashing it on everyone. The potion was as white as thin milk, and the smell was pungent. When the skin is touched, it feels slightly tingling, and it is difficult to open the eyes. had to close his eyes and shrink his head, cover his mouth and nose, and provoke a burst of laughter from the onlookers.
Ding Bao couldn't bear to see it, this kind of inhumane scene had only been seen in some video materials when he was on Earth in his previous life. In real life, when I was just a child in the countryside, I saw pigs, cows and sheep use potions to remove lice, and I couldn't help but sigh secretly, these Taoists actually treated ordinary people as livestock!
After a ghost cried wolf and squatted on the ground to hug his head, the medicinal bath was finished, and the Taoist people poured water for these villagers to wash away the medicinal juice.
After a while, the bamboo pole was removed, and the villagers were weak in their legs, all of them clasped their hands on their chests, squatted on the ground, hissing and inhaling cold air, humming and moaning, and their bodies were shaking.
Qingfeng crossed his hands on his hips, stood on the steps and looked down at the villagers, changed the gentle words when he saw the beautiful little Dao Gu Qingyu before, and shouted loudly: "I'll listen to the Taoist master!" The prayer festival is imminent, in order to welcome the Taoist envoy from the heavens, there are not enough people in the temple, and you will have to enter the temple as a last resort. Otherwise, with these lowly pickled things, you will not be able to set foot in these three clear doors and the land of supreme immortal blessings for a few lifetimes! ”
Everyone was hungry and cold, and they didn't even have the strength to raise their heads, even if they were unhappy in their hearts, they were only discouraged at the moment, and they suddenly felt that they were really humble, like water dogs.
Ding Bao secretly thought, I am afraid that this is also the purpose of Qingfeng forcing them to strip their clothes and splash water.
Seeing that the breeze was condescending, he looked around, and said in a cold voice: "There are no gods and Buddhas in your hearts here, if there is, then there is only me!" From this day forward, it is your God, your immortal, and your heaven! From now on, I tell you to stand, and you are not allowed to sit down. I told you to eat, and then I was allowed to open my mouth. If any of you dares to disobey the order, I will throw him down from the back mountain, and look at the gods and Buddhas you believe in, regardless of whether you get this Taoist treasure of the three clears and four royals! ”
Through the window lattice, Ding Bao's eyes narrowed slightly, and his body trembled slightly, feeling both stunned and angry.
Where the is this Sanqing Daomen? It's not as good as a villain who blocks the road and kills people!
Qingfeng seemed to be very satisfied with the trembling of the ignorant villagers under his feet, paused for a moment, made sure that no one dared to raise his head slightly, and said loudly: "Of course, the person who works hard, the Sanqing Patriarch will not treat him badly. You work here for a day, Izumo Guan is in charge of food and shelter, even if you wear warm clothes and sleep on a hot kang, and you will be paid 70 wen a day. I will work for a month, and I will give you money once when I leave. In addition, the bonus is also added, and the white flower is given two taels of real silver. ”
Last year, there was a drought in the east and south, and officials and businessmen in various localities were ordered to donate a large amount of silver, rice, and grain for disaster relief, causing the price of silver and rice to soar in various places.
As a result, in the entire southern country, except for the Shuangqiao Mansion where the Zhennan General's Mansion is located, because the Su family tried their best to maintain the price balance, the increase was barely suppressed at around 1,200 Wen, and the exchange rate of silver money in other places had already risen unspeakably, and prices remained high because of this, and the people were resentful.
These poor villagers have never seen a genuine silver ingot in their lives, and when they heard that Yunguan actually wanted to pay for the high price of silver taels, they were all overjoyed, and the haze of suitable talents was swept away.
Ding Bao looked at their grinning and infinitely happy appearances, only to feel sour in his heart, the more he felt that it was necessary for Kong Ci to make that jasper feast, but he secretly thought in his heart, he could get two taels of silver in a month, which was much higher than that of ordinary yamen officers, what is it ...... What are you going to do?!
But I heard Qingfeng say: "According to the rules of the view, except for pilgrims and laymen, the rest of the people who enter are monks. You can't do that. ”
The deacons took a bench and a razor. There was also a thick stack of old robes. It is necessary to repair the crown for the villagers.
A young man with a mouth full of yellow teeth snorted, "Dao...... Dao Ye! I only have one lonely seedling at home. to be passed on to the next generation. I...... I can't be a monk and become a Taoist. ”
Qingfeng sneered: "Are you worthy of being a monk and a Taoist?" Phew! You practice the Dharma and wear Taoist robes, but you are just pretending, except for me or other disciples above the Qing character generation, all of them pretend to be dumb for me, and the pilgrims and laymen in the temple go in and out, who dares to say a word more, I will throw him down the back mountain. ”
Everyone followed the words, and one by one took the robes and put them on. Qi Qi sat down and waited for the Dharma Cultivation Bundle Crown.
Ding Bao's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly turned around, found the Taoist robe that Song Juji had taken off when he entered the door before, and then put it on and felt out of the forage room, his body moved, and he sneaked back into the team silently, anyway, no one knew anyone here, and everyone didn't dare to talk nonsense, but no one noticed.
After the crown was repaired, Ding Bao fetched water from the well. When I looked at the water, I almost didn't even recognize myself. I can't help but feel satisfied, great, if you want to wander around in this Izumo view, where is it more convenient to directly pretend to be a Taoist? Alas, it's just that some of them are too much for Yushu to be in the wind......
After everyone cleaned up, Qingfeng immediately assigned the work, and the servants and Taoists took them to work.
The word "work" is not some ulterior secret language, but a solid work.
From cleaning the courtyard, trimming flowers and trees, cleaning the main hall and even helping the kitchen in the dining room, everything is covered and the work is complicated and heavy. Rao is the villagers are used to working on weekdays, and they feel unbearable, but when they think of the monthly salary of two taels of silver, everyone gritted their teeth and worked hard, and they did not dare to slack off.
Thanks to the blessing of being called to run around, Ding Bao also figured out the geographical location of Izumo Temple: Izumo Temple sits in the north and faces south, and is divided into four parts: middle, east, and west, as well as the backyard.
The main hall is located on the central axis, that is, the middle road, including the mountain gate, the Lingguan Palace, the Jade Emperor Palace, the Old Law Hall, the Qiu Zu Palace, the Sanqing Pavilion and other buildings, with the hall, the corridor is arranged on both sides of the central axis.
West Road, in addition to the Lu Zu Palace, the Eight Immortals Palace, the Yuanjun Palace, the Yuanchen Palace, the ancestral hall and so on, the most important thing is the Tibetan Scripture Building, which contains tens of thousands of various orthodox Taoist treasures and continuation Taoist collections, as well as the spiritual position of the previous generations of the masters, which is basically a forbidden place.
East Road, the original Antarctic Palace, Zhenwu Palace, Fire Temple, Zhai Hall and other buildings, because the statues of the gods were destroyed early, now as a living and residential area. On the basis of the previous building, combined with the small garden in the backyard, another magnificent courtyard was built to provide pilgrims and laymen for overnight, named "Shetang".
And separated from the hall by a garden, is the "Cihang Nunnery" that Ding Bao climbed over the wall last night, which is a place for women to stay.
The three delicate little Taoist aunts that Ding Bao met earlier were from this nunnery.
Unconsciously, Ding Bao was busy all morning, he was agile, powerful, and fast and good at everything, and the head of the Taoist loved his neatness, so he called him to help in the kitchen in the middle of the road.
There were too many people here, and the breath was too mixed, and he had long lost the trace of the judge, and he was happily walking around, so he smiled and took the flat burden handed by the Taoist, carried two bundles of firewood, and went up the mountain road.
In the morning, the villagers who were assigned together were all on the east and west roads, and only Ding Bao came to the middle road. He has a lively temperament, so he can call, and while helping to wash vegetables and make a fire, he chats with another Taoist in the kitchen.
"Hehe, Master Dao, how long have you been a monk?"
"Not a monk!"
The man grinned and raised a wide brow, "If you want to become a monk this year, you have to have a good family background and spare money to get through the joints and buy a degree of imperial court nucleus." My hometown grows crops for people, do you think that my background is worthy of the Taoist? Besides, Lao Tzu is not like you, and he is not decent enough. ”
He was indeed short and fat, dark-skinned, and laughed like a cracked gourd.
Seeing that Ding Bao was a little stunned, the man smiled again: "Silly boy! How noble are the Taoist leaders? With the support of the imperial court and the support of the rich, they will not cook to wash vegetables and cook, or to clean the latrine or something, anyway, there is money in the view, and they want cooks, long-term workers, and even maidservants to serve and live, and buy them in the temple. As long as the robe is draped and the head is bunched, it looks like they are all Taoist aunts. ”
Ding Bao thought of the three little Dao aunts he met in the morning, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Lao Tzu, like you, is here to help. Most of the people here are. ”
The Taoist said, lowering his voice: "Lao Tzu has been here for two years. The money here is generous, and I take two months of vacation a year to go home and take a look, although it is hard and cheap, it is worth it! ”
Ding Bao picked up the kitchen knife wordlessly, didn't look at it much, slashed a few times, and only one thought surged in his heart, damn it, this place must have a ghost!! (To be continued!)
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