Chapter 400: Behind Enemy Lines (3)
"In this way, this Lingji Niangniang is very effective! I must go and ask my brother for an exorcism talisman to protect me, and ask Brother Wang to show me the way! Lin Xian pretended to have been initially brainwashed, and said hurriedly.
"You go down this street and turn right when you see a junction! It's almost there after the Hongyun Building, and then you can find someone to inquire about it. Brother Wang was very enthusiastic to point out the path, and then said: "Lingji Niangniang can know what you think in your heart, so you must be very pious in your heart!" The first time I was dragged by my daughter-in-law to visit the Lingji Niangniang Temple, it was because of the disrespect in my heart that the catastrophe came to the house! So you don't want to make that mistake......"
I didn't expect this big brother Wang to have a good heart, but his brain is a little not very good. This is obviously because the people in the temple saw that his family was well-off, so they wanted to steal his money! But he thought that it was his disrespect in his heart that caused trouble......
But then again, that fairy also has some means. First of all, tens of thousands of catties of boulders can be moved from the back mountain to Duliang City, it seems that he must have a storage magic weapon with a large capacity? Serving the land of the mountain god or something, of course, is nonsense!
Secondly, being able to make Brother Wang's family evil, whether it is with charms or witchcraft, shows that the Wen Immortal should be a monk! Although it is not clear how to cultivate, it is certainly not a mortal means!
Could it be that some small sect is playing a trick to collect money? This is much more ruthless than the Qingxu Palace! Let you fall into evil spirits first and then exorcise evil spirits for you, it's like eating the plaintiff and eating the defendant!
However, this is Liangcheng, the capital of Shu, but it is the sphere of influence of the Emei Sword Sect! What small sect has the guts to dare to grab food in the tiger's mouth?
Could it be that Lingji Niangniang Temple has anything to do with the Emei Sword Sect? Probably not, right? How could the Emei Sword Sect, the number one in the world, do such a thing?
But it's still necessary to go and investigate, maybe you can start from Lingji Niangniang Temple and follow the vine to touch the melon, and you will be able to catch the little tail of the Emei Sword Sect!
"Dad...... I want to eat pot kui ......" A child's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Lin Xian's thoughts.
Lin Xian looked down and found that it was a little boy about seven or eight years old, with bright eyes salivating at the freshly oiled pot on the food stall.
The boy was yellow-skinned and visibly malnourished. The clothes on his body were also mended, with seven or eight large patches, but the slurry was fairly clean.
Lin Xian couldn't help but be a little speechless when he saw this, there was really no one who could starve a child like this by opening a food stall!
Brother Wang looked embarrassed, bowed his head and said to his son: "Our family once made a grand wish in the Lingji Niangniang Temple, to donate millions of pot treasures for the master to use for good deeds!" This pot is a merit, as long as you accumulate enough millions of merits, you can follow the master to ascend to the immortal realm in the future! It's still far from it......"
Only then did Lin Xian know why this big brother Wang was so embarrassed, even the children were hungry like this! Nima sells 100 pot kui a day, and it will take 30 years to sell 1 million! And you have to remove the cost of meat, noodles, oil, etc.! This is a special year of the monkey to donate enough......
"Smack!" Lin Xian directly patted the five copper coins and said loudly: "I bought two pots for the children to eat, as a thank you for Brother Wang's guidance just now." "Ten copper coins and four pots, five copper coins to buy two is just right!
It's not that Lin Xian's local tyrant style has changed, and he refuses to buy a few more for his children. It's because he knows that money has to fall into the hands of that fairy in the end, and the child is so hungry that he eats too much at once, and it won't be beautiful if he holds it up.
However, Lin Xian still thought too much. After putting down the copper coin, he followed the path pointed out by Brother Wang, and didn't go far before he heard the conversation between the father and son behind him......
"Dad? That uncle just said to buy me two pots, why did you give me one? ”
"You're so young that one pot can be full, what do you want two people for?"
"Can I have another one in the evening?"
"No! Didn't your mother come back yesterday from going out of the city to pull a bunch of wild vegetables? Let's improve it in the evening, the wild vegetable nest is full ......"
"Alas......"
Lin Xian shook his head and sighed helplessly, knowing that Brother Wang had been brainwashed too thoroughly, and he couldn't listen to anyone's persuasion at all. The only thing that can make him wake up is probably to expose the true face of Lingji Niangniang Temple and shatter the fairy dream in his heart!
So he didn't stop Lin Xian and continued to move forward, and his figure slowly blended into the flow of people on the street......
Lingji Niangniang Temple is actually very easy to find, Hongyun Building is a very large restaurant with four floors, is the highest building in the vicinity. Lin Xian saw the towering Hongyun Building from a long distance, so he walked towards it.
"Guest officer, may I ask how many people have dinner?" The guy in front of the Hongyun Building saw that a guest came to the door, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him warmly.
Lin Xian saw that it was not early, so he decided to go to Lingji Niangniang Temple after lunch, and handed over a stack of copper coins and said, "Just one person." I like to eat a little quieter, so you can find me a smaller private room. ”
The guy grabbed the copper coin in his hand vigorously, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it was ten! Immediately overjoyed, he hurriedly nodded and said, "The clean private room is no problem!" Guest, please come with me......"
There was no private room on the first floor of Hongyun Building, Lin Xian went directly to the second floor with his guys, and walked along the corridor until the end before entering a secluded small private room.
"Pair your signature dishes with four dishes, and then have a pot of light wine...... "Lin Xian still has the old rule, and he only orders signature dishes when he eats.
It can be seen from the reward given by Lin Xian just now that this is a master who is not bad for money, so the guy didn't say much, nodded and agreed and exited the private room.
"The Wen Immortal of Lingji Niangniang Temple is acting in such a high-profile manner, is it just to collect money?" Lin Xian's brows tightened and he fell into deep thought.
As a monk, unless you have completely given up your cultivation, there is no point in amassing countless amounts of money, right? If it is indeed the kind of person who has no hope of the path and relies on what he has learned to make money crazily, how can the Emei Sword Sect ignore it?
What's so funny about this......
"Guest, the food and drinks you want will be ready immediately, please drink a few cups of tea first and wait for a while......" At this time, the guy just now walked in with a teapot and a teacup.
Lin Xian nodded, casually handed him a few copper coins and said, "I heard that there is a Lingji Niangniang Temple in Duliang City, and it is extremely effective to expel evil spirits!" Because the younger brother in the family was weak and weak, he was prone to evil spirits, and the elders told me to go and ask for a talisman. I don't know if the second brother can give me some pointers? ”
When the fellow saw that there was another reward, his face suddenly burst into laughter. patted his chest again and again and said, "Of course I'm familiar with Lingji Niangniang Temple!" In fact, our family also enshrines the tablet of Lingji Niangniang, and the three pillars of incense a day are never daring to be missing! ”
Lin Xian was even more surprised when he heard this, this Lingji Niangniang Temple is becoming more and more like a cult organization! Is it an attempt to rebel by such a wide range of believers?
"What's the benefit of the tablet dedicated to Lingji Niangniang?" Lin Xian pretended to be very interested and asked.
Hearing this, the guy suddenly said eagerly: "Don't you dare to ask what benefits!" We are all sincerely dedicated to Lingji Niangniang! If you are sincere, you don't ask about the benefits......"
Then the fellow babbled on and on, and he looked like a devout believer. But Lin Xian still heard some reasons from his words......
It turned out that it was about five or six years ago, when the Lingji Niangniang Temple had not yet been built. A lot of evil things suddenly appeared in Duliang City, probably whose children suddenly fell into evil spirits, and they were crazy at home talking nonsense.
Or if an evil creature has entered the house, no one often hears the ghost crying wolf and whispering at night.
There are also people who walk at night, and meet a woman in white who is drifting in the wind, and then disappears again.
The concentrated outbreak of this situation made the residents of the entire Duliang City panic. Then it didn't take long for rumors to have a rockslide in the back mountain, and a boulder with nine holes and seven holes suddenly appeared near the top of the mountain.
That strange stone is very supernatural, and after several evil children in the family have slept nearby, they are all safe! So the reputation spread more and more, and finally got the name of Lingji Niangniang.
Then it was the turn of Wen Shenxian to perform on stage, and the Lingji Niangniang he made up needed millions of merits to achieve Taoism and transformation was widely spread, and finally someone took the lead in donating money and materials to build the Lingji Niangniang Temple.
Lin Xian was thoughtful when he heard this, I'm afraid this matter was planned from the beginning! Someone used the next means to harm people in Duliang City, someone put a strange stone in the back mountain and then spread the rumors that it had spirits, and then heard that the gods appeared to explain all this clearly!
Plans are interlocking, and it's a good idea! This is completely textbook-like, the development process of a cult organization!
But the most strange thing is that this is the core of the Emei Sword Sect's sphere of influence, and it is a good show that makes a storm in the city, why do they ignore it?
Saying that they don't know at all, Lin Xian doesn't believe it ten thousand! If the Emei Sword Sect realized that it was like this, then the first sect in the world would not be able to take their turn!
And according to what the guy said, now more than half of the people in Duliang City worship Lingji Niangniang at home! But the Lingji Niangniang Temple is not the pursuit of wealth, those who donate all their property to the temple are the voluntary actions of those devout believers!
Nowadays, there are countless believers in Lingji Niangniang Temple, but it is roughly divided into three levels! Like this guy's family to worship the Niangniang tablet, the daily three pillars of incense are just the most ordinary!
People who are more devout not only give more money for incense, but also take turns to pray in the temple for half an hour on the fifteenth day of the new year.
And the most devout is the kind of food stall owner, who makes a grand wish and dreams to ascend to heaven with the fairy chicken dog!
What's going on here? Lin Xian couldn't find the answer......
(End of chapter)