Chapter 8: Asking Your Mind (10)
Pan Luo walked into the living room with Yulin Lian Ling. The fat and calm-looking nephew set off the thin Lianling Temple head like a little mouse perched on a remote roost, and his wandering and dodgy eyes were especially annoying to Xiu Ran.
"The head of the Lianling Academy!" Xiu Ran got up from the wide rattan chair and greeted Yulin Lianling with a smile.
"God forbid!" Yulin Lian Ling walked forward quickly, bowed deeply to Xiu Ran, and said in a trembling tone: "On the way here, I heard that I was actually the first person you summoned today, the head of the Fengdi Academy, I couldn't believe it!" It must have been the gods who listened to my prayers over the past year to grant my wish. He put his hands on his forehead, put the back of his hand to his eyes and then opened it, then quickly lowered it. I swear that I will continue to pray to the gods day and night for your health! ”
"The gods have blessed me because of your prayers. It is my duty to listen to your request. Lian Ling Yuan, please speak. Xiu Ran said softly.
Yulin Lian Ling looked up at Xiu Ran, and when he met the encouraging gaze of the head of the courtyard, his eyes immediately flushed red and moist. Then, with tears in his eyes, he recounted what had happened to him over the past two years.
Yulin Lianling's Xinggang Wanyi Temple is located in a little-known quiet port town at the eastern end of Lingshen Island, and he took over the position of temple head from his father. During his twenty years at the helm of this small temple, he carefully and reverently worshipped Tadarus, the god of death, sought out and nurtured psionics, and guided the spirits of the unblessed in his jurisdiction to the Mount of Tranquility and their loved ones on their way to the Eternal Forest. Although the operation of the Xinggang Wanyi Temple did not go smoothly, it also endured dozens of cold and summer.
However, the situation has changed since two years ago.
The news of the fall of the Burning Legion on the Night of Bloody Eyes caused a huge shock in Goto. Yulin Lian Ling, who heard this, was deeply distressed. He didn't just want to lead the few psionics in the temple to pray for the souls of the deceased heroes, but hoped to do more for the five islands of the Kamiriku Islands.
"Although I am only a small temple leader, I have the same opinion as the head of the Fengdi Temple in this matter!" He looked at Xiu Ran and spoke earnestly.
"Although the Shadow Land Barbarians are blitzked, they already have the ability to cross the Mountain of Sighs, who dares to say that they won't attack again! We should prepare in advance, all the temples in the five islands should be the same as the temples and the legions! Speaking of excitement, Yulin waved his sleeves vigorously.
Therefore, he wrote to Shuran two years ago and asked him to expand the temple of the Star Port Manichi.
"Feng Di Yuan, you...... Do you remember when I wrote to you? ”
"Of course I do." Xiu Ran replied after pretending to think about it. "You spoke earnestly in your letter, and it touched me deeply. So I wrote to the temple officials in Starport, and they also issued the title deed for the land you requested. ”
"The head of the Fengdi Academy, you know everything. But ......"
Xinggang Town, where Yulin Lianling is located, is located in a corner of Lingshen Island, and has never encountered any war in hundreds of years. The conservative inhabitants of Wenton did not believe that a night raid on the distant Isle of Mars had anything to do with their lives, and refused to donate money to the temple that had been expanded as a result.
"These stupid inhabitants are not as brainy as the sheep! But it's our responsibility to protect them! "Yulin Lian Ling's voice is not high, but it is full of pain that is not understood." I don't dare to take the burden off my shoulders, and I can't live up to the trust of the head of Fengdi! ”
Therefore, he used all his savings to complete the expansion of the Xinggang Wanyi Temple at the expense of debt. But he was defrauded of all the funds by unscrupulous profiteers under the pretext of opening up forest land and building courtyard walls.
"Now that two years have passed, the temple in Xinggang Town has asked for the repossession of the title deed when it sees the slow progress of the temple expansion project." Yulin Lian Ling couldn't control his excitement and took two steps forward: "Feng Di Courtyard Head!" In the past two years, I have worked hard to maintain the normal operation of the temple, tried my best to complete the military apportionment of Lingshen Island, and raised money to expand the temple. Can you please ask the head of the Frontal Academy..."
He was halfway through his sentence and looked up at Xiu Dye's eyes. Xiu Ran looked sympathetic and nodded slightly for him to continue.
"Can you ask the head of the Fengdi Academy to temporarily reduce the military expenses of the Xinggang Wanyi Temple?"
Xiu Ran didn't speak, and the tips of the five fingers of his left hand tapped the armrest of the rattan chair in turn, making a regular "doo" sound.
"Leader of the Blade Courtyard, it's not that I don't want to share in the defense of Shield City. It's just that the Star Harbor Wanyi Temple has really gone through ups and downs in the past two years, and I want to concentrate the limited money I have on my hand and use them in more important places. ”
Xiu Dye was still noncommittal, and Yulin Lian Ling was a little anxious.
"Head of the Academy, once the expansion of the temple is completed, I am willing to make up all the military expenses that have been reduced, and if I have spare strength, I am willing to complete more assessments!" He looked at Xiu Ran with blazing eyes.
"Expand the Wanji Temple, recruit and train more psionic beings, and prepare in advance for the possible war, I really hope that the capital of the Wanji Temple on the five islands can have your vision and heart." Xiu Ran said slowly in an appreciative tone. "Loyalty deserves to be rewarded. I sent someone to Xinggang Town to help you expand the temple, what do you think? ”
The sudden proposal made Yulin Lian Ling a little flustered, and Xiu Ran saw it. However, the cunning Star Harbor temple head immediately regained his composure.
"The mighty kindness of the head of the Fengdi Courtyard, the villain is ashamed!" Yulin Lian Ling lowered his head, grabbed the placket of his left heart with his right hand, and his shirt was wrinkled. "The villain had never met with the head of the hospital before, and with only a letter, the head of the house generously gave the land. Two years have passed, and the villain has made no achievements, and he is very ashamed, and he really has no face to accept such a favor from the head of the hospital again. Villain... The villain wants to prove with his own strength that you are not wrong to love! Feng Di Yuan, you ...... Do you understand? After saying the last sentence in a trembling voice, the head of the Lian Ling Yuan raised his head. The furrows on the wrinkled face were criss-crossed, and tears were dripping through them.
Pan Luo Fengdi, who had been standing next to him, opened his mouth slightly in surprise, he didn't expect this thin middle-aged head of the courtyard to have such tenacity, no wonder his uncle named him to see him first.
Why are the people who gather around me either liars or fools!
Xiu Ran looked at the crying Yulin Lian Ling and Pan Luo Fengdi, who was obviously moved by him, and tried his best to restrain the disdain in his heart so as not to show disdain.
Yulin Lianling's humility was too contrived. However, it seems that pretending to be humble may have won him a lot of hearts. The head of the hospital is not hopeless. Some words, muttered in a whisper, may work better. It is better to wave your hand sharply than to add a few gestures occasionally, and when you express your heart, you can exaggeratedly cry bitterly and weep as if you are in a hurry. If we had met on a different occasion, I would probably have suggested this. If he wasn't as irritable as he is today, I might ask him: You have a very personal relationship with the officials of the Xinggang Town Temple, and the other party did not hesitate to falsify in order to get your only son to enter the Golden Crow Temple, why did he forcibly take back the title deed? Two years ago, the temple only issued the title deed after receiving my letter, why did the repossession of the title deed go behind my back? Do you have any secret deals? The military assessments you have handed over to the Shield City of Spirit God Island in the past two years have all been settled in gold rings, and there are no materials. How did the Wanyi Temple, which is struggling to operate, get these gold rings? Where did you get the money to buy three mansions and dozens of child servants for a young woman in Shield City over the past three years? If he answered truthfully, "It has to do with the land." "I'll probably give him another chance. But today, when I really need some small passes, to relieve my tension......