Chapter Twenty-Four: The Old Man Is Bad
Liu Qing did not punish the temple keepers.
Among the people who have given him incense, there are many people who don't believe him, and some even secretly scold him in their hearts while offering incense, and there are also his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
I have seen a lot of such things, and I am indifferent.
And he is now a consciousness body, with limited divine power, and very little impact on real matter, the most terrifying thing he can do is probably to stage a ghost blowing lamp for this temple keeper, and secretly blow out his lamp at night.
If you really want to punish him, you can't punish anything, at most, you can punish him through the two old ones of the Liu family.
It's a little thing, it's not necessary.
In addition, if you change the temple keeper, you don't necessarily have more respect for yourself.
In the communication with the temple keeper, he added some special effects to his voice, which looked very majestic, and the language also revealed some reproach, criticizing the temple keeper's idea that he wanted to be blessed without faith, and scared the temple keeper half to death, kneeling on the futon with incense, his knees were trembling.
However, Liu Qing finally said that he treats everyone equally, and as long as he truly believes in him, he will be protected.
- He didn't say the word "good" directly, it seemed too philistine, and he lost the style of a god, so he used the word "protection" instead.
But that's what it meansβif you want to be good, come and believe in me.
Add a "real" before faith, and that is to leave a back door for the future to fulfill promises.
If you believe and you haven't reaped the benefits, it's not that I'm cheating, it's because your heart is not sincere enough, and your faith is not true faith.
As for what is true faith, this interpretation is in the possession of the land gods.
Sincerity is spirituality, this is not something invented by Liu Qing, it is a discourse technique shared by multiple groups that harvest faith, and with such words, it can explain some doubts that have given faith but have not been rewarded.
The wisdom left by the ancestors, of course Liu Qing has to pick it up.
He communicated with the temple keeper for nearly half an hour, and the temple keeper no longer had any doubts about his existence, and he also developed a sense of awe.
However, did not become a believer in him.
This made Liu Qing very regretful.
Finally, he asked the temple keeper:
"You prayed for me to bless you before, but now you are not in trouble, there are no problems that need to be solved, what do you need me to bless you?"
If it weren't for the identity of the god there, to maintain a sense of majesty, he would have wanted to ask this temple keeper directly:
"What do you want, make an offer, I don't think it's worth it in exchange for your faith."
The temple keeper hesitated for a moment before answering him:
"Lord Land, I have been a slave in the Liu family for decades, and now I come here to see the temple, and my life is better. It's just that the weather is cold now, and I sleep alone in the temple at night, and I feel very cold. β
Liu Qing almost scolded - this old thing, he was fifty or sixty years old, and he arranged a quiet job for him, but he was not satisfied, and he felt that it was too cold to sleep alone at night, didn't he want to find a woman?
- Do you still have that function?
Although he can solve this matter through the Liu family brothers and arrange a woman for him.
However, he didn't want to use this way to fulfill the wish of this temple keeper, even if the other party exchanged his beliefs, he didn't do it.
- Isn't this pushing other people's girls into the fire pit?
Just as he was about to say something, he heard the temple keeper say:
"Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, I can't stand living alone in this temple at night. I wonder if the land lord can show the two masters of the Liu family and ask them to send me a thicker quilt. β
Liu Qing was stunned for a moment: "So, what you need is a thick quilt"
"It's better to have a new quilt that is thicker," the temple keeper complained, "The current quilt is too thin, and it is covered with an old quilt of I don't know how many years, and it is not warm at all." Young people can still bear it, I'm fifty or sixty years old, and I can't bear such a quilt. β
Liu Qing's consciousness was released, and he expanded to the small house at the gate of the compound where the temple keeper lived, perceiving the bed he was sleeping on, and found that whether it was the quilt covered on the top or the bedding underneath, it was stuffed with cotton wool that had been hard and hard, and the color had turned black and yellow one by one, and I didn't know how many years it had been used.
The quilt is really thin.
However, even if this old quilt is two or three times thicker, it will not be much warmer.
The weather is cold, and it is indeed a little difficult for a fifty or sixty-year-old man to cover such a quilt at night.
He didn't say yes right away, but said:
"I said that if you believe in me, you will receive my protection. If you really believe in me, this wish will come true. If it is not realized, there is only one possibility, and that is that your heart is not sincere enough. β
The temple keeper hurriedly kowtowed: "Lord Land, I already believe in you, and my heart is already very sincere." β
Kowtow while talking, and his attitude is quite sincere.
But Liu Qing didn't believe it at all.
Whether the heart is sincere or not, the system will tell him, and the divine power provided by his share of incense will also tell him.
This bad old man is very bad, not honest at all.
However, it is quite pitiful to see this fifty or sixty-year-old temple keeper kowtowing so hard, just trying to get a thicker quilt.
Moreover, although this temple keeper is not his believer, when he kneels with incense, he can also provide him with a hundred times the divine power of ordinary incense, and the long kneeling time is similar to the divine power provided by believers.
So he said:
"If you are truly sincere, then you will bow down with incense every morning, noon and evening for a moment, and I will protect you."
When the temple keeper heard that there was hope, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said:
"Don't worry, Lord Land, I will definitely let you see my sincerity."
He didn't know what kind of standard sincerity was, and the land lord said that he was not sincere, and he couldn't find evidence to refute it.
But every morning, noon and evening to kneel and bow for a moment, this is what he is sure he can do, which also has an objective standard, and he is confident to complete this task.
At this time, it was already noon, and in the courtyard of the Liu family, the two brothers who had accumulated virtue and done good deeds began to incense Liu Qing again.
The courtyard of the Liu family originally had Liu Qing's tablet, and it was enough to put incense there, so there was no need to come to the temple.
This is also to avoid creating a feeling that this land temple is a Liujia family temple to the neighbors.
When they put on the incense, Liu Qing began to communicate with them.
At the beginning, he praised Liu Xingshan for what he did today, allowing him to add four more believers.
Do more of this in the future.
In addition, it was mentioned that the temple keepers were still covered with thin and old quilts on cold days, and asked them to solve it.
A person who is fifty or sixty years old, it is not easy to guard this temple alone, and even the person who guards the temple can't bless it, how can the neighbors believe that he will bless others?
As soon as the temple keeper came out after the incense and was still cooking lunch, someone from the Liu family came, came with a new futon, and said to him:
"The master has spoken, you guard this temple alone, it's not easy at night, don't build the old bedding, there is a new one for you to use, remember to protect this temple with your heart."
The temple keeper was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.
After the people of the Liu family left, he hurriedly ran to the temple and kowtowed to the land god three times to express his gratitude.
At this time, Liu Qing also got a hint from the system and added another believer.
sighed in his heart: "It seems that if you want to get their faith, you still have to give them benefits first." β