Chapter Eighty-Three: Witty Advancement into Taoism
There was a long "chirp", and the door of the Taoist temple opened.
A seventeen or eighteen-year-old little Taoist priest walked out of the Taoist temple, his eyes rolled a few times, looked at Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong and said, "Who are you looking for?" ”
Song Ruilong said: "Looking for your viewer below, Purple Cloud Dao Chief." ”
"We see that the Lord is not there." The little Taoist priest was about to close the door, "Please go back, two of you!" ”
Song Ruilong blocked the door with a fan and said, "Little Daoist, didn't your master, Daoist Ziyun, tell you that it's not good to lie?" ”
The little Taoist priest said with some grievances: "My master is really not here. Childe, please don't be embarrassed. ”
Song Ruilong was a little angry and said: "Go back and tell your master, saying that this Taoist temple is an illegal building and needs to be demolished, and if your master has any objections, you can go to the county government tomorrow to theorize." Rongrong, let's go. ”
Song Ruilong turned around and was about to leave.
The little Taoist priest immediately walked out of the Taoist temple and said to Song Ruilong: "Childe, stay in the Qing Dynasty!" Childe, please stay! ”
Song Ruilong opened the fan, fanned it gently, didn't look back, and said, "What's the matter with the little Taoist?" ”
The little Taoist priest walked up to Song Ruilong very respectfully, and said very politely, "Childe, please stay." Xiaodao then returned to the meditation and explained all this to my master. ”
Su Xianrong said strangely: "Didn't you just say that your master was not at home?" ”
The little Taoist priest said with a bitter face: "My master is a person who likes to be quiet, and he doesn't want anyone to disturb his cultivation, so as long as it is an inconsequential person, my master will not see it." The little Taoist stepped back a little and said, "Childe, girl, please wait a moment, Xiaodao will go and ask my master to come out." ”
Su Xianrong saw that the little Taoist priest had entered the Taoist temple, and she smiled and said, "Brother Song, you really have a way!" When I heard the tone of the little Taoist, I wanted to break through, but when you said that, the little Taoist priest was so respectful to you. ”
Song Ruilong said: "If we break in, we will definitely alarm the people inside, and they may not see us." If I tried it just now, the Purple Cloud Dao Leader would definitely not leave. ”
"Why are you so sure?" Su Xianrong looked at Song Ruilong with some disbelieving.
Before Song Ruilong could answer, he heard a voice coming from inside the Taoist temple, "Who is there talking nonsense, and dare to say that the Taoist temple of this Taoist chief is an illegal building?" The Taoist temple of the head of this province was personally approved by Guo County's order that year, and all the fees were paid. ”
Song Ruilong saw a man in a gray robe and a gossip round felt hat walking towards him angrily, still holding a piece of rice paper in his hand.
After Song Ruilong saw the Taoist priest come out, he said, "This must be the Purple Cloud Dao Chief."
The Purple Cloud Dao Leader raised his head to the sky and said, "This Dao is the Purple Cloud Dao Chief, I don't know who you are?" How dare you talk nonsense here! ”
Song Ruilong smiled bitterly: "I just worked in the Ping'an County Ya, and today I received an unsigned report letter, saying that this Ziyun Xianguan is an illegal building, and let the county lord find out and demolish it according to law." Zai Xia is also acting under orders, and I also ask the Purple Cloud Daoist to understand and show relevant evidence, so that I can have an explanation when I go back next. ”
The Purple Cloud Daoist lowered his head helplessly and said, "Since it is a tolerance case, this Dao will naturally not object, please come in!"
The courtyard of the Taoist temple is not very big, and the courtyard wall is not high, but the main house is built very gorgeously, especially the statue of Taishang Laojun enshrined in the house, which is holding the dust in the hand, lifelike. Daoist Ziyun said that it was really inappropriate to talk about the title deed of the house in front of Taishang Laojun, so he took Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong to his place of cultivation.
The room was very simple, with a square table, a few round gray futons, and a bed covered with hemp mats.
Daoist Ziyun sat on the futon first, and Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong also sat on the futon. Song Ruilong looked at the Purple Cloud Daoist and said, "May I ask the Chief, does this Purple Cloud Immortal Temple have a legal title deed?"
Daoist Ziyun slapped the title deed in his hand on the table and said, "Look! This is the title deed issued by Guo County's order three years ago. There is also a large seal of Guo County's order on it. ”
The Purple Cloud Daoist looked very proud, and after Song Ruilong saw it, he pushed the title deed to the Ziyun Daoist, and said: "The Daoist Chief's title deed is true, but to build this magnificent Purple Cloud Immortal Temple, it is not possible to build this magnificent Purple Cloud Immortal Temple, may I ask the Purple Cloud Immortal Chief, who came out with the silver for the construction of the Purple Cloud Immortal Temple?"
The Purple Cloud Daoist sneered and stuffed the land deed back into his sleeve and said, "Who is the silver of this Dao, is it possible that Lord Tolerance also wants to ask?"
Su Xianrong said: "Of course, if you don't answer truthfully, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to explain to the whistleblower." That person said that he had already mastered all the information of the Purple Cloud Immortal Concept, and if the Purple Cloud Daoist was a smart person, he should tell the truth. According to our investigation, three years ago, the head of Ziyun Dao was just a poor talent who walked through the streets and alleys and told fortunes for people everywhere, but now he has a luxurious Ziyun Immortal Temple. ”
Song Ruilong continued: "It is said that three years ago, there was a wealthy merchant with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but suddenly one day he disappeared in Ping'an County. The hundred thousand taels of silver are gone. But a few months later, the poor fortune teller built a luxurious Ziyun Immortal Temple on this Ziyun Mountain, and the land price of this Ziyun Immortal Temple, plus the cost of materials and labor for construction, added up to just over 100,000 yuan. ”
Song Ruilong glared at the Purple Cloud Dao Leader and said, "Dao Chief, do you want to tell me if this 100,000 taels of silver has anything to do with this Purple Cloud Immortal Concept?"
Su Xianrong felt that Song Ruilong's words were too lethal, and the face of this Purple Cloud Dao Leader suddenly turned a little pale.
Su Xianrong continued: "If the Purple Cloud Dao Elder doesn't explain the origin of the 100,000 taels of the Purple Cloud Immortal Temple, I'm afraid that the Purple Cloud Dao Elder will not be able to escape the suspicion of murder and robbery."
Song Ruilong said: "Are you explaining the burial place of the rich businessman you killed?" Or do you want to explain the origin of the 100,000 taels of silver? ”
The head of the Purple Cloud Dao was big, his face turned pale with fright, and he said, "I said, I said."
Daoist Ziyun wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said, "The 100,000 taels of silver are from Cui Yinshan, the second owner of Fengming Villa."
Song Ruilong was surprised: "Why did he pay 100,000 taels of silver to help you build this Taoist temple?"
Ziyun Dao took a long breath and said, "This ...... At that time, because Cui Yinshan had a strange disease, his hands and feet were twitching, his eyes were white, and he was almost dying. Cui Yinshan was grateful to Dade and was willing to pay for the construction of a Taoist temple to repay Taishang Laojun for saving his life. ”