Chapter 66: The Steward's Apprentice
The wooden kite took out the silver and handed it to Li Huaiyun, he came to the stall owner's side, secretly stuffed the silver taels into the stall owner's hand, and then said with a serious expression, "You take this money, as if you didn't see what we did, the gods will not punish you!" ”
The stall owner held the silver, and wanted to speak righteously and severely reprimand this kind of behavior, but when he saw that the other party actually gave so much, the hand that made him hold the money trembled slightly, and for a while, his heart began to waver.
"This son, I... I am not such a person, to know the gods ... ”
Li Huaiyun whispered, "When I come out, I'll give a few more taels, it's nothing else, I hope you can do me a favor." ”
The stall owner put away the silver taels, smiled at him, said nothing more, apologized to the wooden kite, and returned to the stall, unable to hide his excited look.
The wooden kite was a little strange about this, "That's it?" Isn't he going to stand up for the people in this area? ”
"What's the point! That's so troublesome, as long as the money is enough, I will arrest the Jade Emperor from heaven and apologize to you, and he is too lazy to say a word. ”
The wooden kite glanced at him, feeling that what she said was reasonable, she looked at the man puzzled, "Take such a small amount of money from you, and abandon the gods in your heart." ”
"People are like this, the gods are just tools of profit in their eyes!"
"No piety at all!"
Li Huaiyun clasped his hands in front of his chest and shook his fingers, "Wood Kite, you are wrong to say so, do you know what these people need most?" ”
"Eat? Lived? ”
"It's all the conditions to survive, they are poor and destitute, and the reason why they choose faith is because they think that there are gods to save them!"
"But what is the reality? The only way to save them is money. ”
"Now, I have put the money into their hands, not to deliver them?"
Mu Kite looked surprised, she didn't expect that this guy was thinking of himself as a god, "Good guy, you want to be a god here, right?" ”
"Not really, but as long as I'm strong enough, one day they'll come and worship me."
"Foolish dreams! It's not impossible to bow down at your grave! ”
Nani! Li Huaiyun couldn't imagine that this wooden kite sometimes spoke quite poisonously, "Your words hurt people!" ”
"That means I'm telling the truth."
Li Huaiyun didn't fight against the wind, so he didn't respond, carefully pushed open the door of the temple, and then rushed in.
He gently closed the door, this temple does not look very big, on both sides of the gate, there are all kinds of paper supplies, paper money, ingots, and paper people and cars, one of the corners, there is a table, there are turtle shells, copper coins, and bamboo tubes with sticks, it is obvious that it is a tool for setting up stalls and divination.
Inside the temple is a square courtyard, and in the middle is an incense burner, which has a lot of incense ash, and a few wisps of blue smoke waft into it, and this smoke spreads into the air and drifts into the distance.
Willow trees are planted on the sides of the walls, with red runes on the trunks and red gauze ropes hanging from the branches.
The willow leaves swaying in the wind swayed gently, like a monster with teeth and claws.
When they came to the main hall, a strong yin qi, mixed with a slight smell of blood, rushed to their faces.
There was silence in the room, and in the middle of the main hall was a statue of a god carved out of stone.
This deity has four eyes, a bare upper body, a five-Buddha crown on his head, and a handprint on both hands, with angry eyes and round eyes, which looks quite fierce.
Looking behind him, he was carrying a sword engraved with a sigil.
Li Huaiyun's eyes kept looking at this stone statue, and from the first time he saw this statue, he felt extremely strange.
Generally, temples that can offer incense are unlikely to put a stone statue of this kind, which looks very murderous.
This kind of god is more like subduing demons.
"This is not a temple built by Taoist disciples, how can there be a shadow of Buddhism! It's too confusing, isn't it? ”
The wooden kite didn't know much about it and asked about it.
Li Huaiyun carefully analyzed the stone statue, "The most special thing is that this stone statue carries the five Buddha crowns of Buddhism, but carries a sword with a Taoist talisman. ”
"Then there must be something wrong with this temple!"
"There is not necessarily a problem, maybe there is a possibility!" Li Huaiyun looked at the stone statue and remembered the wandering old monk in the Taoist hall, who became a monk and later learned Taoism, focusing on chaos.
The surface of this stone statue was in a dilapidated state, with cracks everywhere, especially from the throat to the abdomen, the slender cracks, and the colored glaze on the surface of the statue was also warped and peeled off.
On the wood-grain desk in front, there are fruit tributes, and in the bronze tripod furnace in the middle, there are three pillars of incense, which have burned to the head, but there is still a trace of fragrant smoke wafting out.
Li Huaiyun stood in this main hall, looking at the stone statue in front of him, and did not have a sense of tranquility, but an inexplicable desire rose in his heart, which made his emotions a little confused, and even unconsciously looked at the wooden kite twice.
In addition, this main hall is much darker than outside, and there are often some noises in the ears, as if it is a miserable roar.
The wooden kite glanced at the token on her waist and found that there was no response, and when she raised her head, she felt that the statue was staring at her, "Why does this stone statue become more and more terrifying!" ”
"Yes?" Li Huaiyun raised his head and found that the colored glaze of the stone statue's eyes was peeling off, "Psychological effect, it's just that something has fallen on it." ”
He glanced at the towering peaks of the wooden kite, suppressed the urge in his heart, and went around the back of the statue, and found that there were some slight blood stains on the wall behind it, which should have been strongly squeezed from the range of the splash.
The crack behind this statue is even bigger, and at the same time, there is a faint smell of blood in this position.
Could it be that something happened here?
There was a blanket on the ground, with marks of tearing and crushing, and a few half-lit candles beside it, which indeed looked like a place for the worship of the gods. ”
"If these people knew that they were worshipping such filthy gods, they would have to beat the person in charge to death."
The wooden kite also came to his side and saw something on the ground, "It seems that what Sun said is true!" ”
"It's very likely, but it's better to find this steward, so you can know the truth!"
The two of them came out of the main hall, and as soon as they walked out of the courtyard, they found that the gate of the temple had been opened, and a few strangers walked in from outside, and they calmly threw the paper products into the incense burner in the courtyard, and then inserted the incense inside.
That act was clearly a devout person who came early in the morning to worship.
Li Huaiyun came to the incense burner and asked a few words, they didn't know when the steward came, but they saw that the door was hidden, so they pushed the door directly inside, and they didn't see the steward, usually the steward was the first to come, and he stood by the incense burner.
"That's weird! Is it sick at home? Li Huaiyun thought to himself, at this moment, a young man wearing a Taoist robe and a bun walked in from outside, the look on his face was quite panicked, and he shouted loudly, "You guys! How did you get in? ”
Li Huaiyun and the others looked towards the door, "He's in charge?" ”
"Looks so young! I can't imagine that he is secretly a little lewd thief. The wooden kite glared at the young man at the door.
The believer beside him shook his head, "No, he is not a steward, he is a disciple of the steward, and he works in the temple with the steward on weekdays." ”
The young disciple stepped forward and stood behind the crowd, "How the hell did you get in?" ”
Everyone looked at each other, "No, did you open the door of the temple?" ”
"Where?" The disciple shouted loudly, "The master hasn't arrived yet, how can you open the door!" ”
"Then I don't know! When we came, the door was hidden. ”
Li Huaiyun stepped forward at this time, "This little fellow Daoist, could it be that you forgot to close the door last night." ”
"How is it possible, I closed the door myself!"
"Is that something happening halfway, you forget, you are too anxious for a while, and contemptible people have had such an experience before."
"Ahh This disciple suddenly felt a little weak, and he was said to be a little unconfident, and he couldn't remember whether he had locked the door or not.
"You know how to fish in troubled waters!" The wooden kite was on the side and smiled faintly.
"This thing often happens, since it's like this, then don't discuss it, save the matter, know this matter, and definitely punish this little Taoist friend."
When the disciple saw Li Huaiyun say this, he immediately smiled, "That's right! Right! Right! Everyone is like this, they don't know what to do! ”
"You guys go on, go on!" He nodded to Li Huaiyun as he spoke, expressing his gratitude to him.
"The timing was just right!" Li Huaiyun walked up and asked, "This little fellow Daoist, where is your master?" Why hasn't it come yet. ”
The little disciple saw this unfamiliar face and asked vigilantly, "This son, I haven't been here before!" ”
He glanced at it again, and the female companion beside Li Huaiyun was attracted by the beautiful appearance and graceful figure, and a smile appeared on his face.
Fish begins to rot from the head! Li Huaiyun thought to himself, he took a step forward, "Yes, my friend lives in this area, and he told me that the fortune-telling in this temple is quite effective. ”
"That's nature, my master is here, but he has a reputation for winning the heavens."
"Shengtian Yigua, then your master, isn't he in control of the way of heaven."
As soon as the little disciple heard this, he also felt that he had blown it a little too far, and immediately said modestly, "Then it's over, I don't dare to say that I have mastered the way of heaven, but I just let the fortune teller know the future fortune accurately." ”
"I see! Then when is your master coming! ”
"This..." The little disciple's face was embarrassed, "It stands to reason that the master should be here, I went to his house and knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response, usually the door is opened and comes with me." ”
"As a result, early in the morning, I came to the temple and the door was opened, but the master was not there."
"Will there be any urgency, go somewhere else?" Li Huaiyun asked.
The little disciple frowned, a little overwhelmed!