Chapter 14: The Joyful Funeral
At the beginning, when Qin Kai was sent to the state city to find a relationship to get a Dao Palace Fengshen Edict, Liu Jide didn't really care about this time.
What went to the underworld and was given land by the judge, he thought it was more of a faint thing that the old father said when he was sick and confused.
It's just that when he said such a thing, out of filial piety, he should also be satisfied.
This was his old father's dying wish.
Of course, it is best to get the edict, but if he can't get it, he has worked hard and is worthy of his old father.
But in the next few days, especially after the out-of-body was taken to Heaven to participate in his old father's canonization ceremony, he was already convinced of his old father's words and became a devout believer.
At this time, he was already determined to obtain the edict of the land god.
If Qin Kai hadn't done this well in the past, after his father's funeral, he would have gone to the state city to handle it in person.
If 10,000 taels of silver is not enough, then 20,000 taels, and 20,000 taels is not enough, then 30,000 taels.
In short, we must take this edict down.
The canonization of the heavenly court is the canonization of the heavenly court.
In the affairs of the world, you have to find someone who is in charge of the world.
Without the permission of the Dao Palace, he didn't dare to build an ancestral temple privately.
In the past two days, he was quite worried about this matter, afraid that his son-in-law would not be able to handle it.
Unexpectedly, I brought the edict today.
After he heard Qin Kai's shout, his spirit suddenly lifted up, and he almost ran out.
From Qin Kai's hand, he took the edict written by Master Fufeng, the presiding officer of the Gyeongju Hongfa Palace, and after reading it, he laughed loudly, handed the edict to his brother Liu Xingshan, who ran out with him, and said:
"It's a big deal!"
The edict was written by Master Fufeng himself, and the seal of his propagation hall was also used on it, which means that this edict represents the will of the Dao Palace.
The above content is very simple, that is, Liu Qing of Liuzhen, Gyeongju Museum County, has accumulated virtue and done countless good deeds all his life, touched the heavens, and was named the land god of Liuzhen after his death, and continued to protect this land, allowing Liuzhen to build an ancestral temple for him and enjoy incense offerings.
At this time, a lot of people gathered around to hear what was going on.
Several Taoist priests who had not slept after completing the rituals all gathered around.
When a person dies, he becomes a god, and he is still a land god, and they really haven't heard of it.
Liu Xingshan finished reading the edict, and his heart was also very happy, seeing that so many people were around, he satisfied their curiosity and read the edict out loud.
After reading it, it was explained in the vernacular.
At this time, the Taoist chief led by the group of Taoist priests came over, shook his head, and asked Liu Xingshan if he could show him the edict.
This Taoist chief is the Taoist chief invited by the Liu family from the county Taoist temple, and he is a true Taoist who is certified by the Taoist Palace, and he made this request to verify the authenticity of the edict.
It is somewhat strange to enshrine a newly dead man as the god of the land.
If it is false, it is a very serious matter, and he will report it to his superiors to investigate the matter.
It is a great sin to build obscene shrines privately, to confuse the public with gossip, and to disturb the hearts of the people.
No Taoist priest with a sense of justice can ignore it.
- Without a hush money of two or three thousand taels, this matter cannot be passed.
If it is true, then of course you have to congratulate a few words, and even change the process of doing things, gather the pen in the team, and keep up with current affairs.
- Everyone has been enshrined as a god by the Dao Palace, and you are still doing the ritual of taking him from the underworld into the heavenly realm, which is somewhat out of place.
You can change the process of the Dharma and come to a script of a big god on the spot, so that the main family will be happy, and you can also drop a little more silver.
What the actors can do, they can do.
Doing things every day, asking God to come up or something, isn't it acting?
In terms of acting, I haven't lost anyone.
Liu Xingshan could probably guess his thoughts, so he handed the edict in his hand to the Taoist leader.
And introduced Qin Kai who came over with the edict to this Taoist chief:
"This is my brother's son-in-law, Qin Kai, the second son of the Qin master of the Gyeongju Taishou Mansion, and he brought the edict of Master Fufeng."
As soon as the Taoist chief heard that it was the son of the master of the Taishou Mansion who was doing the work, he believed it a little.
With that kind of relationship, it can indeed be done.
Nothing like that has happened before, not because of how difficult it is to do it, but because those who have the ability to do it don't bother to do it.
A land god in the countryside is really not a faceless existence.
He glanced at the content of the edict, the same as what Liu Xingshan had read.
He mainly looked at seals.
That's what really represents the Dao Palace.
While he was studying, Qin Kai couldn't help but say:
"The good Taoist learned that after this edict was sent from the Hongfa Palace, the Linghe Taoist in the hall accompanied me to the county and informed the Taoist temple presiding officer Wang Daochang, who also promised to send the Taoist chief to guide the construction of the temple tomorrow."
The chief studied the seal, but didn't see a problem, and when he heard Qin Kai say this, he also believed it, returned the edict to Liu Xingshan, and said with a smile:
"This is indeed written by Master Fufeng himself, it seems that Old Man Liu has indeed been canonized as a god, which is gratifying."
With the endorsement of him, a Taoist priest, the people around him believed it and congratulated the two brothers of the Liu family together.
A funeral, just like that, came with joy.
With the edict, it means that the temple can be built legally, and the Liu brothers are also very happy.
Liu Xingshan found his son-in-law Xu Qiang and asked him to immediately organize people to prepare for construction.
Liu Jide also instructed his family to go to the county to invite a well-known carving master to come over and carve a statue of a god outside the old man.
That night, that group of Taoist priests changed the process of the ritual, and they didn't need to guide the undead to ascend to heaven step by step, and directly made up a ceremony to seal the gods.
The time was too short, and they only made up the first step and started to perform the next step, and the rest of the steps were conceived while performing.
Anyway, they have to go all the way to the burial, and there are many more times during this period, so you can take your time.
Their improvised adaptation also made the host very satisfied, and gave them an additional reward of a few hundred taels of silver.
When the invited troupe heard about this, they also abandoned the original scene with a long crying scene, and did not have the time to improvise a new drama, but they put on a drama that is generally used for birthday celebrations.
At the funeral, singing a jubilant play is a little strange.
But what's even stranger is that neither the main family, nor the troupe, nor the audience find it strange.
The elder died, and he should have grieved.
If you don't grieve, you're unfilial.
But when the elders have been canonized, they should rejoice instead of continue to mourn.
- Such a happy event still has to show a sad color, and cry and cry, it is a bit of a bad scenery.
Two things happened at the same time, and the filial sons and grandchildren were a little confused and didn't know how to manage their emotions.
It's just that when I saw the joy on the faces of the two brothers who accumulated virtue and did good, they gradually pondered:
"It's a happy event, and you have to be happy."
"Laugh, everybody have to laugh hard!"