"It can be said that Yue Qingshan and Chao Bingzhong and I listened to the words of this Jin Dao Chang to pick up a life from the former dynasty's official mansion, if we hadn't disbanded the Golden Rat Club at that time, then what was waiting for us would be the beheading of the bandits of the former dynasty's official mansion."

After finishing speaking, Sun Daqiao finished talking about the past, and Yue Guanchao was a little more curious about this golden Daoist, which could make the second uncle and Sun Daqiao so respectful, and he was a big man.

"That's done, anyway, there are still a few days before the full moon, and we'll follow you to have a look."

……

The next morning, the sky was in full bloom.

Yue Guanchao followed Yue Qingshan out of Yueyang City and came to Kamakura Mountain in the south of the suburbs, that is, the mountain where the prince of the ancient Chu Kingdom was buried.

Yueyang City is located in the alluvial plain of Dongting Lake, and the further southwest they go, the more they can see the lofty mountains, and they walk along the Dongting Lake Plain to the mountainous area, and at a glance they can see the Kamakura Mountain, which is the closest to the lakeside plain.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, everyone looked at the Kamakura Mountain in the distance, this mountain resembles an ingots crescent moon, lying flat at the end of the lakeside plain, the mountain is rarely bare flat, covered by verdant thousand-year-old trees, shrubs have been extended into the foot of the mountain, into the Xiangjiang River under the mountain.

Since the mountain is like an ingots crescent moon, it means that there is more than one mountain in this mountain, on the mountain that is almost lying flat, there is a high and a low wolf's tooth peak on the left and right, like two ends of the eaves and stilts, there are countless green snail dwarf hills in the middle, and the river meanders in the middle, and the smoke is swirling.

They say the concept of mercy, that is, located in the half of the Yuanbao Peak, you can see the Yuanbao Peak mountainside at the high tower Qingtian, the temple view of the sacred, find the right position, everyone quickly whipped up the mountain road and drove into the mountain peak dense forest.

On the way to the Temple of Mercy and Grace, Yue Guanchao opened his mouth and asked, "Second Uncle, why is there a Temple of Compassion and Grace on Yuanbao Peak?" When I came, I also heard the innkeeper say that the concept of mercy and grace is a thousand-year-old temple, and this temple has no incense, so it will not be able to maintain a thousand years without falling. ”

Yue Guanchao was most curious about this, the night before he came, he and the second artillery talked to the owner of the Qingtong Inn for a long time, and he also wanted to inquire more about the concept of mercy.

According to the innkeeper, this temple of mercy and grace is completely different from other Taoist temples in Yueyang City, and there is only one rule for the concept of mercy and grace for thousands of years - do not accept donations of incense and oil, nor do you accept outsiders to worship, in short, the set of worship of immortals and Buddhas in the world is completely excluded.

Even if someone wants to ask the Taoist chief to do something, this old Taoist priest still does not accept money, and the person who asks for it will either work for the Taoist temple for a few days, or leave food, which is not a donation of incense and oil, just a few rations.

Ordinary temples, most of the pilgrims, even directly in front of the Buddha statue put a merit box, the beautiful name is said to be charity, to the pilgrims to do good deeds, gift gold and silver, Taoism is the same, but I don't know which merit money, all into the pockets of which person.

The more this is the case with the concept of mercy and grace, the more wrong it seems to Yue Guanchao - how can a Taoist temple that does not accept external funding at all survive, and it is even more strange if you think that he is a thousand-year-old temple.

For thousands of years, these temples have not accepted alms or donations, and they have been able to survive until now, and even maintain the temples are always new, which is more or less difficult to understand why.

Yue Qingshan coughed a few times and continued to explain: "Back then, I also asked Jin Daochang, and he said that the concept of mercy and grace was the concept of blessing in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Jin soldiers went south and killed many people in the south, the concept of mercy and grace was built here to appease the souls of the dead. ”

"In the past generations, there was no master of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, and they did not accept incense to add oil, if there is a Taoist priest who occupies the Taoist Temple, he must become the main person of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, repair the house for the Temple of Mercy and Grace, maintain the daily life, and wait for the Taoist priest to go, and then he can be buried in the merit cave of the Temple of Mercy and Grace."

"Normally, these Taoist priests cultivate soil and farm, chop wood and carry water, if there is any surplus to sell in the market, to achieve self-sufficiency, there is no need to accept external donations, for thousands of years, many principals have come like this, ascetic-like life, it can also be regarded as the characteristics of the benevolence of the principal, doubly respected."

As they spoke, they had already traveled for two hours before the Temple of Mercy.

Everyone got out of the carriage, walked up the stairs to the temple and knocked on the door, only to wait for the door to creak, and an old Taoist priest wearing a hundred gray Taoist robes leaned out of the half door.

"Jin Daochang, I haven't seen you for decades, and I am becoming more and more immortal."

After Sun Daqiao bowed to the old Taoist, the old Taoist's eyes were stunned at first, and he thought for a moment before remembering the two of them, half surprised and half emotional: "Farewell for thirty years, don't come unharmed, the two of you hurry in." ”

After that, the old Taoist priest opened the door and let them enter the hospital.

When Yue Guanchao was in a hurry, he carefully observed the old Taoist, who was of medium height, worked all year round, had a strong figure, dark and rough skin, and his fingers were full of calluses.

It looks like a Zhuang Tianhan wearing a Taoist robe, which is completely different from those crane-haired and child-faced fairy wind dao bone veterans, and it feels particularly down-to-earth.

After the carriage stopped, Xu Xiake got out of the carriage and saluted with both hands: "Sanqing blessings, immeasurable heavenly venerable." ”

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable."

When several people were welcomed into the main hall by the old road, Yue Guanchao took the opportunity to observe the pattern of the Taoist temple, this Taoist temple was established in the Song Dynasty of the two Song Dynasty, and still maintained the pattern of the front yard and the middle hall and the back yard, the courtyard was paved with blue bricks, surrounded by flower beds, and the corridor and side hall were clustered around the main hall, and there was a verandah leading to the backyard.

As soon as you enter the main hall, the pattern here is completely different from the ordinary Taoist temple, and the ordinary Taoist temple is mostly the statue of Sanqing in the main hall, and there are also statues of god kings or gods on the side.

There are no Taoist gods in the main hall here, the main god on the god platform is a martial artist, eight feet tall, slender and beautiful, with a strong figure outlined in armor, slender eyes, full of heaven, round pavilion, thick and bright lips, blessed ears, a pair of sharp and heroic eyebrows, and with beautiful cheeks, he is a handsome general.

On both sides of the shrine, there is no match for the gods, instead of countless shrines that are recessed inward, these shrines are surrounded by ever-bright lanterns, it can be seen that countless bronze famous brands appear in the shrines, tens of thousands of names build three walls, densely packed like the walls are carved with inscriptions, under the dim candle fire, the text appears from time to time, it is extraordinarily weird.

Song Siyuan looked at the furnishings of the main hall, her eyes became curious, she looked at the golden Taoist priest and said: "Daoist, isn't the Temple of Mercy and Grace a Taoist temple, why don't you have a Taoist deity, all of them are these tablets?" ”

"Good faith, this concept of mercy and grace was established in the Southern Song Dynasty, about a thousand years ago, when this concept of mercy was established, it was to appease the generals who died in battle, and the main god in the view was not Sanqing, but King Yue Wumu."

After speaking, Jin Daochang looked at the Shentai beside him and continued to explain: "During the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei once led the Southern Song Dynasty soldiers to fight against the Jin soldiers, and was buried near Yueyang after being killed by Qin Hui. ”

Jin Dao Chang paused, pointed to the bronze plaques that were shining with candles, and explained: "These bronze plaques are the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to guard the Yuezhou Mansion sacrificed soldiers, since the establishment of the concept of mercy and grace, these divine plaques have been enshrined in the main hall, thousands of years have passed, even the divine plaques have been rusted." ”

"After I became the Lord of Mercy and Grace, I have always been worshipping these gods."

When Jin Daochang spoke, Song Siyuan looked at the stone tablet in front of the god card, the inscription did have an introduction to the Song and Jin wars, and it did mention Yue Fei and the anti-Jin soldiers, which shows that the old Taoist priest was indeed not lying.

Sun Daqiao saw that the old Taoist priest handed them fragrant tea, and complimented: "I didn't expect that after many years, Jin Daochang has also become the chief of the concept of mercy and grace, we have heard about the deeds of the Taoist in Yueyang City, and I heard that you are bright and profound, and you are deeply respected by the people. ”

"Living immortals don't dare to be, but they are a little famous."

As they spoke, the sound of walking sounded outside the main hall, and when everyone focused their eyes, a flower monk walked in.

This monk is about forty or fifty years old, with white skin and thin face, delicate oily skin, that pair of slender monk eyes are full of wisdom, the scar of the shiny head is obvious, there is a flame mark at the center of the eyebrows, the figure is thinner than the average monk, the gray monk's robe wraps the whole body, the neck is hung with chalcedony Buddha beads, and the sandalwood Buddha string in his hand is always playing.

Look closely, the monk's clothes are pasted, the monk's shoes are new, and the socks are clean, but the outer baina robe looks too frivolous, full of bright square and round patches, it looks like a colorful enamel vase, especially like a flower monk, forty or fifty years old, but looks only in his thirties.

The monk's robe is mainly solemn, no matter how bad it is, it is also gorgeous and sacred, but the robe in front of him is always significantly frivolous, and even carries a wine jar and a bundled lotus leaf chicken in his hand, all say that the monk does not eat meat, he is frivolous and meaty, but makes everyone curious.

The monk also realized their curiosity, stepped forward and saluted, "The poor monk has no fate, and I have seen all of you's good believers. ”

"Master Wuqiu, you can't eat this roast chicken with wine, right?"

Yue Erpao smelled the fragrant lotus leaf chicken, half curious and half puzzled.

Yuan Wuqiu knew what Yue Erpao was thinking, and explained: "Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Dharma remains in my heart, although I eat meat, I am a believer in Buddhism, except for the three impure meats, the rest of the meat can be eaten, and I am not guilty of breaking the precepts." ”

"Master Wuqiu, do you know Jin Daochang?"

Yue Qingshan asked.

"Indeed, the two of us have been practicing penance again for nearly ten years, and we can be regarded as close friends."

Yuan Wuqiu explained.

"Then, the monk who practiced the jade coffin of the corpse king, could it be the two of them?"

Sun Daqiao remembered that after the corpse king's jade coffin came out of the lake, the Provincial Government Institute did find a monk and a Taoist priest to do it.

"It is a poor monk who has been wandering the rivers and lakes for decades, and he will also have some kung fu to solve disasters."

Some people died, but not completely......