Chapter 67: The Missing Steward
The little disciple pondered for a moment, "It's possible, it's just that the master didn't take me to that place, and I don't know." ”
He stole a glance at the wooden kite, "What is this son?" I have been with the master for a long time, and I have heard and heard some of the ways of divination, and the master has not come over, so I may be able to help the two of you calculate a hexagram. ”
"You?" Li Huai looked at this little disciple with a questioning gaze.
"I've done the math for others before!" The little disciple was afraid that Li Huaiyun wouldn't be able to wait, so he left.
"Then try it! I'm a smoker! ”
Marriage? Does this guy have a sweetheart? The wooden kite was beside him, glancing at him, feeling a little bored.
"Marriage? This... The little disciple was a little unexpected, the two people in front of him came to the temple together, and he thought that a couple, with other women, what kind of marriage was it, it seemed very strange.
Li Huaiyun saw that this little disciple couldn't figure it out, so he pointed to the wooden kite, "That's the case, she is my sweetheart, there is a big gap between the identities of the two of us, but I don't marry her, but my identity is looked down upon by her family and doesn't agree with us being together, therefore, I want to calculate, do we still have a chance?" In the future, what must be done to be successful together. ”
His words made Mu Kite a little surprised, he didn't expect it to be involved with her, and he made up such a reason.
"So that's the case," the little disciple heard these words, and was completely a little embarrassed, if it was any other future, fortune, and money, they could talk a few nonsense at will, but now, their choice is a lifelong decision, and if they say these words, I am afraid the consequences will be unpredictable.
"Is it difficult?"
"It's difficult! I need my master to come in person, and I am afraid that it will not be counted according to my Taoism! The little disciple stretched out his hand and pointed to the side of the gate, "I think the master will be here soon, son, you can wait there for a while." ”
"Okay!" Li Huaiyun and Mu Kite walked to the fortune-telling booth.
"Cut! You kid really know how to make up stories, this time and again, we're a couple. ”
Li Huaiyun clasped his fists and saluted, "Mu Kite, don't mind, I'm just talking nonsense, just to make this little disciple believe that we have something to come here, otherwise, let him doubt our motives for coming here, I'm afraid he will be more vigilant against us!" ”
"Of course I wouldn't mind! I think it's quite natural for you to make it up. ”
He glanced back at the incense burner, "This little disciple has always been quite vigilant, for fear that he would say something wrong and arouse the suspicion of others. ”
They stood at the fortune-telling booth and waited patiently for the steward to arrive, but after a long wait, the steward still did not come.
Li Huaiyun had nothing to do, so he took the red paper on the table and took a look, with patterns drawn on it, and words written next to it, and the contents of it could be compared according to the life of the fortune teller, and then began to calculate.
He picked up a turtle shell that was placed on the table, and it contained a crescent-shaped wooden block, "Cut, this one looks quite similar." ”
"Outfit?"
Li Huaiyun said, "Based on my feelings, there is a high probability that it is pretended, and there are several errors in what is written on this red paper, and this kind of turtle shell is not used for divination." ”
"I guess, that is, a half-hanger, pretending to be very powerful, and then pretending to be a ghost, telling the people in the vicinity to serve the gods!"
Li Huaiyun frowned, "So, that widow was also unlucky and was taken a fancy to." ”
He looked at the little disciple from time to time, "I guess this guy is not clean, the way he looks at you, I'm afraid he has done a lot of things to you in his mind." ”
The wooden kite clasped his hands and patted it lightly on his arm, "It seems that there should be no good people in this temple!" ”
They waited a little longer, but still did not see the steward come to the temple.
Li Huaiyun didn't want to wait aimlessly, and said to the wooden kite, "Let's go directly to the steward!" In case this guy does something evil, we can stop it. ”
"That's true, I agree!" Wooden Kite nodded, "We don't know where this steward lives, though. ”
"That little disciple must know, didn't he say it, this master and apprentice usually come together in the morning."
Li Huaiyun came to the side of the incense burner, the little disciple, who was using an arm-long shovel, to clean up the ashes in the incense burner, if not, clean up the contents of the incense burner, this stove would have been burned into ashes and covered into a pile.
"This little fellow Daoist, why hasn't your master come yet!"
The little disciple wiped the sweat with the back of his hand as he frowned and leaned back to keep away from the flying dust.
He shook his head vigorously. "I don't know, at this time of day, the master must already be in the temple!"
Li Huaiyun proposed, "Why don't we go to him, maybe your master is waiting at home, but it's a little inconvenient." ”
This can't be left unattended, that's a lot of income! The little disciple thought to himself, and he looked around while shoveling, for fear that if no one took care of it, someone would go around behind the stone statue and discover some secrets under the shadows.
"What's wrong? What are you waiting for? Li Huaiyun asked, he knew that this little disciple must be thinking about something, afraid of being discovered.
Just now, I looked at the main hall, and the secret of this temple should be there.
"If no one is in charge of the temple, of course it can't be done, and they can't be driven out of the temple."
Li Huaiyun laughed indifferently, "Oh, I thought you were thinking about something, it turned out that you were worried about the temple, but in this regard, I don't think there is anything to worry about."
"These people are so religious, and you are afraid that they will do evil here? After believing for so long, my own moral standards must be higher. ”
The little disciple glanced at Li Huaiyun and felt that what he said was quite correct, but he was still a little hesitant.
"Don't be afraid! The temple is full of incense, and besides, my sweetheart will go together, and after meeting your master, I am almost ready to leave! ”
The little disciple glanced at the wooden kite twice, and was afraid that such an opportunity would slip away, if the master could persuade him, he would soon be able to taste the taste of this plump woman.
He put away the shovel, and then brought a believer and told him that he could gain some merit by helping to do these things, and he was afraid that if it was too big, those people would go crazy to rob the matter.
"That's it! Come with me! The little disciple tidied up his clothes, and then left the temple with Li Huaiyun and Mu Kite.
They walked towards the steward's housekeeper, and after a round and turn in the alley, the two of them did not know where they were now.
"You and your master take care of your temple?"
"Yes, occasionally when I'm busy, I'll call some people to come here to help."
"I heard that the gods of your temple still have an offering!"
The little disciple's footsteps were a little messy, and he turned his head to look at Li Huaiyun, "Childe, where did you know that?" ”
"That's what the Christians told me! At that time, I was walking around the street, and before I could see it, they pushed the door in first, and I followed. ”
"Someone must have broken the lock!" The little disciple was indignant, "How did they tell you to make offerings?" ”
Li Huaiyun snorted in his heart, and really wanted to know how much we knew, "Let's just say that at a certain time every month, this temple needs someone to do things to serve God." ”
"It seems to be talking about the widow of the Sun family!"
"Ahh The little disciple's voice became a little gloomy, and he immediately retorted, "No! We didn't have such a thing, but the widow was too religious, so we let her stay here and tell her that she was worshipping the gods. ”
"That's a high-sounding excuse!" Mu Kite couldn't help it, this little disciple's nonsense, and said directly, "What you do, there should be many people who know." ”
"This lady, don't talk nonsense, our temple is quite formal, there is no such thing at all."
Li Huaiyun immediately interjected, "Little Taoist friend minds, she just listens to what people say, and it is common to add oil and vinegar!" ”
"This son Mingjian!"
Li Huai glanced at the wooden kite, then shook his head gently at her, signaling her not to be so public.
The wooden kite understood what he meant, and could only grit his teeth and suppress that anger in his heart.
After passing through a few more alleys, the little disciple finally took them to the steward's residence.
Li Huaiyun gently patted the door and found that there was no movement inside, and the door was bolted from the inside.
He went to the window, made a hole in the window paper, and looked in, and saw only a table with food on it, and the bed was rather messy, as if someone had been here.
"No way!" Li Huaiyun shrugged his shoulders, he raised his fist, punched directly, forcefully pried the door open, and pushed the door directly in.
"What are you doing?" That little disciple's face was pale, he couldn't have imagined that this person would directly use such a rude method to open the door, if this was known by the master, he would definitely accept a serious punishment.
"Do you know what you're doing?" The little disciple shouted in a painful voice.
"I saw such a mess inside, I thought something happened to your master, but now it seems that it's my problem!"
The little disciple looked at Li Huaiyun with a resentful look, and he wanted to scold, but when he thought of the other party's female companion, he asked himself to endure it a little longer.
This dimly lit room is quite quiet, judging from the simple layout in the room, Li Huaiyun has some curiosity, such a high income, but there is only hope.
The tables and chairs, as well as the fabrics used in the room, all looked very high-end.
The wooden kite stood in front of the table, looked at the food on it, reached out and touched it, it had been cold for a long time, "This food is placed here, and no one seems to have touched it." ”
Li Huaiyun walked up and took a look at it, and at first he felt strange why he had made a table of meals, but he didn't move a single chopstick!
"This... Chopsticks! ”
The wooden kite glanced down and pointed downward, "Fallen to the ground!" ”
"Pick it up!"
The blue tendons on the wooden kite's forehead burst out, thinking that this guy actually ordered herself, squatting down to pick up the chopsticks, she opened her mouth and glared at Li Huaiyun, but thinking of the previous promise to the minister, she could only swallow her anger and pick up the chopsticks on the ground.