Chapter Twenty-Five: Settling In
If it weren't for Huang Huai's generosity and good impression on him, he wouldn't have bothered to say so much to Huang Huai, anyway, this house will definitely not be sold in the future, even if Huang Huai doesn't buy it, he won't have any loss.
At this time, Huang Huai had already made a decision, and when he arched his hand at the little official, he said, "Brother Lao, help me go through the formalities." ”
Hearing this, the little official laughed and said to Huang Huai: "Don't worry, just chong Gongzi, your silver melon seeds, we won't pit you." ”
Huang Huai watched the figure of the little official go away, looked at the sealed deed in his hand, and then looked at the small courtyard in front of him, and felt something else.
Huang Huai has already looked at the yard, don't look at the yard looks dilapidated, but the yard covers an area that is not small.
There are five rooms in a row plus two rooms on the left and right sides, which is enough for a large family to live.
It's just that it has been uninhabited for a long time, a little messy, a path on the ground is paved with bluestone from the gate to the main hall, the path is full of weeds, a big tree that looks at least one or twenty years old sprinkles shade, the most surprising thing for Huang Huai is that a small pavilion was built in the corner of the courtyard, and under the pavilion is a well.
You must know that the water well was not the standard configuration of every household in ancient times, and often the residents of the same alley shared a well.
Only large families or those with financial resources can dig wells in their own courtyards.
Walking along the bluestone path through the waist-length weeds into the main hall, Huang Huai looked around, the houses were mostly made of wood and blue bricks, like the houses left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties in modern society, but there were no people for a long time, resulting in the houses full of dust, cobwebs, etc.
After some inspection, Huang Huai is quite satisfied with this courtyard, as long as he cleans it a little, repairs or replaces the broken doors and windows, and adds some bedding and the like, he can move in at any time.
But before that, Huang Huai walked towards a room with a package on his back, and walked to the seriously damaged stone statue, Huang Huai took a look, and found that the head of the statue was so badly damaged that it was no longer visible to its original face, and an obviously tattered incense burner also fell to the ground, obviously abandoned by the owner's family along with the damaged statue.
Jumping past the dilapidated idol, trampling a patch of weeds to the ground and making a way to a room.
This room is not large, it can be said to be the smallest of all the rooms, but inside there is a table full of dust, and it is obvious that this is where the statues of the gods are enshrined in the master's house.
Huang Huai, who has been accustomed to doing things by himself since he was a child, started cleaning up with his hands, and he quickly cleaned up this partial house.
Looking at the cleaned desk, Huang Huai took out the statue of Emperor Guan Shengjun who was in the package and carefully placed it on the desk.
After looking at it with satisfaction, Huang Huai thought of transferring the statue of the Holy Emperor three times in one day, disturbing the gods, and even took out three incense sticks and two candles.
Previously, when Huang Huai burned incense to worship the statue of Guan Shengdi Jun in the bedroom of the inn, because there were candles on the desk of the idol of the inn, Huang Huai only replaced them with the candles he prepared.
But here, everything has to be prepared, there is no candlestick to fix the candle, and Huang Huai can only temporarily put it on both sides of the case.
Take the three sticks of incense in your left hand, light the incense with a candle, hold the incense with your left hand on top and your right hand on the bottom, and raise it above your head to make a solemn expression, and worship respectfully.
There are also rules for burning incense and worshipping God, just say that this burns a few sticks of incense to pay attention to, everyone burns incense and worships God on weekdays, I am afraid that it is rare to see someone directly burn a piece of incense, the most common is three incense.
Daozu Lao Tzu once said in the Tao Te Ching: Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, and three to all things. Three represents all things, and also represents the Taoist Sanqing Daozun.
Buddhism is also a three-pillar incense, the first pillar of incense in the middle represents the Buddha, the second pillar of incense on the right is called the Dharma, and the third pillar of incense is called the monk on the left.
Similarly, Confucianism also burns three pillars of incense, and the three pillars of incense of Confucianism represent heaven, earth, and people, one pillar respects the sky, one pillar respects the earth, and one pillar respects the ancestors.
Therefore, whether it is Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, they are unified in this regard.
Huang Huai didn't find any incense burners in the room, thinking of the collapsed statue in the courtyard and the broken and abandoned incense burner, and then looking at the god case in front of him, Huang Huai suddenly felt that the statue in the courtyard was not damaged before it was enshrined here.
I don't know what happened here, the statues were all broken, and they were even moved to the outer world.
Looking at the incense candles inserted in front of the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, how awkward it looks without candlesticks and incense burners, Huang Huai made up his mind in his heart, he must find a good incense burner and candlesticks, and he must not fall into the majesty of Emperor Guan Sheng.
All kinds of thoughts flashed in his heart, and suddenly Huang Huai seemed to have discovered something, and stared at the incense and candles that he had just offered in front of him.
At this time, the smoke of the incense candles is faint, exuding a faint sandalwood fragrance, which makes people's hearts calm, and it is indeed stronger than the incense burned by Huang Huai in the search for truth for many years.
Of course, this was not the key to Huang Huai's surprise, under Huang Huai's gaze, he saw that the three incense sticks and even the two candles inserted in front of the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng were burning at an extremely fast speed, which was far faster than Huang Huai usually saw.
Over the years, Huang Huai has burned incense, and all kinds of incense and candles have been seen, even if the incense candles burn faster, they are not as fast as the incense candles in front of him.
To be precise, this is no longer something that can be described as fast as it burns, it can only be described as weird.
Through the lingering aroma, Huang Huai looked at the statue of Emperor Guan Shengjun full of endless majesty, if it wasn't for the fact that he had worshiped for many years and was extremely familiar with the statue, I am afraid that Huang Huai would have to leave here first as soon as possible.
Even so, Huang Huai also had a thought in his mind, and the mysterious portal appeared, and he took a step back with a little vigilance, enough for him to return to the world through the mysterious portal in the middle of his thoughts.
At this time, it is not that I am afraid of exposing the problem of the mysterious portal, but I must ensure my safety first, after all, if my life is not guaranteed, then what kind of secret portal secrets are protected.
This abnormal phenomenon in front of me represents an abnormality, such a world with gods and demons appearing, as long as it is related to the anomaly, it is very likely to be a disaster for ordinary people.
Huang Huai was also adhering to the trust in the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, which he had worshiped for many years, and he was ready to flee instantly, so he was barely able to keep calm and stare at the fast-burning incense candle.
To be honest, Huang Huai was also quite curious about the vision in front of him, this involved the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, so Huang Huai couldn't help but think about it.
He also wanted to know what was going on, and if this vision was really triggered by the statue of Emperor Guan that he had brought.
Just when all kinds of thoughts and speculations flashed in Huang Huai's heart, the fast-burning incense candles burned out almost at the same time.
And the moment the incense candle burned out, the original scent of incense automatically turned into wisps of wind and drifted towards the statue of Emperor Guan, just like a god enjoying the incense offering.
The statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, who enjoyed the incense, did not change, but Huang Huai felt a flower in front of him, and he could vaguely see a divine light bathed in his body, with a scarf on his head, red phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, holding a knife in one hand, and a god with a beard in one hand for nine days, and he glanced at himself from afar, and the next moment he saw a divine light shooting towards him like a meteor.