Chapter 14: Following
The street market in the scenic area is extremely lively day and night, and there is no deserted situation at all. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It may be due to the imminent arrival of the Midyear Festival, most of the sacrifices used in the world along the way or some river lanterns and paper ingots used for burning.
As I walked along the road, I even saw a lot of bald monks and some Taoist priests who looked like thieves.
I understand the arrival of the bald monks, because they have to perform rituals for the Midyear Festival, the purpose is to forgive the sins of the dead souls and alleviate some sins, most of them are transcendence or purification of some old and new deceased.
But the Taoist priests who came and went looked extremely gloomy, not only did they have the temperament of Taoist priests, but they also felt a little more like chicken thieves.
I walked for about half an hour, and I had walked back and forth on this street more than a dozen times, and I didn't see the white-haired Taoist priest I was familiar with at all, and I always felt that something was wrong.
I gritted my teeth, thinking that if I couldn't see that man today, I wouldn't sleep, and I wouldn't believe him if I squatted for a few days.
As I paced, I asked a few aunts who were selling river lanterns at their stalls, and the answer was that I had never seen a white-haired Taoist priest.
"Then why did these Taoist priests who came in suddenly, do you know?" I thought about it and asked again.
The bald man who was watching the excitement on the side suddenly came over and said, "You want to know why not?" ”
"Think" I nodded, and when the bald man saw this, he took a sip of water, and just wanted to confide, but was stopped by his aunt beside him.
"Don't you want to live anymore, you have your business anywhere?" The aunt complained and slapped the bald man.
"Oh, it doesn't matter, everyone is hearsay, and there is no way to get out of Mozi's affairs" The bald man waved his hand, pushed the aunt aside, and put his face against me and said: "I'll tell you, it is said that this year's Midyear Festival is not peaceful"
"What's the law of unpeace?" As soon as I heard this, curiosity swelled up, and I asked.
"In the past few years, the Midyear Festival, the Buddha and the Tao have been running as usual, and there will be no major accidents, because there are two Buddhist and Taoist spells to protect them, and those ghosts can't make trouble" The bald man said and gestured, his face was full of superstition, "But this time, I don't know what went wrong, the two Buddhism and Taoism all issued obituaries and decided to remove all the magic weapons and charms left in the various scenic spots on the day of the Midyear Festival, saying that this is an order from above and must be obeyed."
"Oh?" Hearing this, my brow furrowed unconsciously.
As far as I know, several scenic spots in the capital are guarded by Buddhism and Taoism, if they stop sheltering, doesn't it mean that the scenic spots here will be transformed into real underworlds?
"Do you think, if the ghost gate of the Midyear Festival is opened, and the Buddha is still withdrawn, then wouldn't this place be as if his mother threw it away and blew it up, and the crowd was blown up?" The bald man cursed and wanted to continue, but was stopped by his aunt in time and beat him back.
Auntie turned to me and said, "Young man, don't listen to his rumors, this is all about where and where, now it is a harmonious society, there will be no such things, you can rest assured that you can play."
I nodded, bought a few lanterns at his house, took care of the business, and as a thank you, I left the stall.
Although I am skeptical of the bald man's words, there will always be a lot of truth mixed with the things that come out of the masses, and if his words are true, then Li Fa and Li Cai's situation will be even more dangerous.
Looks like I'm going to have to find the white-haired Taoist priest right away.
I've thought of a way to maybe make a discovery.
I wrapped my clothes around my body, and randomly picked a few Taoist priests who bought sacrifices in the market, since that guy is a Taoist priest, then I followed this group of Taoist priests, maybe I had a chance to meet him.
"Senior brother, let's look for it like this, can we find it?"
There were three Taoist priests in front of him, and one of them, a man who looked relatively young and thin, said to the man who seemed to be the leader.
"That's what the gentleman is referring to," the man in charge frowned, as if he was a little impatient, but was quickly suppressed, and said, "Let's go get something to eat first, and then come back in a while."
"Okay," the two accompanying little Taoist priests replied.
After that, the three of them walked into a Xiangxi restaurant not far away, ordered some food, and swallowed quickly.
I secretly sat down next to me, ordered peanuts, threw them into my mouth, and from time to time my eyes drifted to the table of the Taoist priests next door, looking at them.
The man in charge seemed to be very calm, his eyes were quite mature, and he felt like a true Taoist, but the other two seemed a little immature, and they also served vegetables to the man in the lead from time to time, as if they were currying favor with the latter.
"Don't look at it, what's the matter?"
The man in charge, who was halfway through the meal, suddenly looked at me and said with a light smile.
"Ah...... I? I froze for a moment, wondering how this guy had found me.
"Yes, it's you, you've been following us since just now, what's the problem?" The man in charge nodded twice, beckoned to me, and motioned for me to come over and speak.
I calmly brushed my shirt, walked over and sat down, and said, "It's just...... I want to ask you about something."
"What?" The man in charge saw my thoughts and asked lightly.
"Have you ever seen a white-haired Taoist priest on this street?" I asked hurriedly.
After I finished saying this, the three Taoist priests looked at me with wide eyes at the same time.
"How...... What's wrong? I tensed, thinking that they were going to do something to me, so I said, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to answer, I don't know that white-haired Taoist priest, you ......."
"You're the one the gentleman entrusted you?" The man in charge stretched out his hands and pinched my shoulders and asked happily.
"What...... What the? I don't know, what sir?? I didn't understand what he was thinking, so I quickly cleared up the relationship.
"Uncle Lou?" The man in charge suddenly looked at me and shouted.
I stood up suddenly, took a few steps back frantically, and pointed at them, "Who are you?" What are you going to do? Why did you know this name? ”
Only the two of us know about me and Uncle Lou, why did he call him by this name? If you have to make a judgment, then there is only one possibility - someone from the Niu Abang faction has chased after you.
"No, no, don't get me wrong" The man in the lead hurriedly saluted me and said respectfully: "It was Uncle Lou who asked the three of me to come to help you."
"What?" I'm even more inexplicable, isn't Uncle Lou a person in the underworld?
Since I am a person in the underworld, then I must have died, why can I still ask someone to help me?
Seeing that I hesitated, the leading man seemed to have guessed something, and said: "Taoism has a way to open up the connection with the underworld, and Uncle Lou holds an official position there, so he can naturally entrust us with news."