Chapter 125: Qilin Incense Burner
"Dao Chief, please have a green incense. A white-haired old man gently placed a tael of silver on the offering table, and said respectfully to a kind middle-aged Taoist inside.
"Old man, take your incense. There is a saying in the fairy family: If you have good thoughts, you will fulfill your wishes. Benevolence, diligence and thrift, longevity is extended. If you respect the fairy words on weekdays, you can live a long life. ”
The middle-aged Taoist put away the silver and put it into the box under his feet, and the square wooden box had been filled with most of the silver from the white flowers. Then he turned around and took a green incense plant from the incense room behind the little Taoist, smiled and handed it to the old man.
"Thank you, Dao Chang Ji Yan. The old man took Qingxiang with both hands and thanked him respectfully.
The old man held the green incense high and squeezed out the chaotic crowd, during which he was careful to fear that the green incense in his hand would be squeezed off. This two-foot green incense can cost a tael of silver, all of which are saved by frugality and diligence on weekdays.
"Dad, over here. A bronzed young man stood outside the hall, and when he saw the old man squeezing out of the crowd, he hurriedly waved and shouted.
"Xing'er, Daomen blessed land Hugh to shout loudly. The old man approached and scolded in a low voice.
"Got it, Dad. The young man touched his head and said embarrassedly.
The two walked briskly to the huge amphora unicorn incense burner, and there was a thick circle of people around the incense burner, and they waited for a while before they lined up in an empty place.
The old man gently threw the two-foot green incense in his hand into the incense burner, only to see the green incense automatically rotate, floating straight in the incense burner from top to bottom, floating to an open space on the stove surface, falling straight down, and inserting it into the incense burner. Then something even more miraculous happened, the green incense spontaneously combusted without fire, and the incense head glowed red and began to smoke.
The old man and the young man put their hands together above their heads, half-bent down and bowed to the furnace, looking pious, and bowed nine times before stopping. The people around were also like the two of them, all burning incense and worshipping.
The old man's name is Lu Yong, and he is an old fisherman who lives by Fusha Lake. The bronze man's name is Lu Pingxing, and he is Lu Yong's youngest son. Lu Yong was nearly fifty years old, and his mother-in-law was pregnant and gave birth to Lu Pingxing.
The huge amphora unicorn incense burner is filled with high incense, which is divided into three types, different heights and sizes.
A kind of high incense has a blue surface, two feet high, and a width of about one finger, commonly known as green incense. A green incense plant, you need to hand over a silver incense money to the Taoist temple, most of the ordinary people come to worship in the temple, they will invite a green incense.
Another kind of high incense has a red surface, five feet high, and is about the size of three fingers wide, commonly known as Xixiang. A branch of incense, need to offer a hundred taels of silver to the Taoist temple, only the rich and noble people come to worship in the temple, will invite a red incense.
The last kind of high incense is purple on the surface, one zhang high, shaped like a sea bowl, very huge, commonly known as longevity incense. A longevity incense, need to donate 10,000 taels of silver to the Taoist temple, only the rich and noble, the family of the illustrious family, come to the temple to worship, will invite a longevity incense.
At this time, the amphora unicorn incense burner is in the middle, and three longevity incense sticks stand side by side, standing proudly in the group of incense. There are thousands of red incense sticks around it, showing a hugging trend, guarding three longevity incense. The four sides of the stove are filled with green incense, dense, and rapidly spontaneously combusting. The whole binaural unicorn incense burner is full of green smoke, and the incense is in full bloom.
The amphora unicorn incense burner is a subtle magic weapon, which is not offensive and belongs to the auxiliary functional magic weapon. It can automatically ignite the incense in the furnace, and can also control the burning time of the incense according to the amount of incense in the furnace.
When the auspicious day arrives in the temple, the tourists are crowded, and the incense burners are filled with high incense sticks, and there is a long queue to worship.
At this time, the Taoist in the view will accelerate the burning speed of the high incense in the furnace, and a green incense plant can be burned out in a few breaths at the earliest, which is visible to the naked eye, which is very magical. If there are many pilgrims in the temple and there are too many people worshipping incense, the incense and longevity incense in the furnace should also be burned faster.
"Xiaodao Chief, Xiao'er has reached the age of receiving Jian Yue's Lingpei, and I am tired of Xiaodao Chang taking it to the apse to collect it. Lu Yong stopped a young Taoist priest with a delicate face, pointed at Lu Pingxing and said respectfully.
"Old man, the word Taoist, the kid can't afford it, he's just a little Taoist, just call the kid Qingyun. The little Taoist priest hurriedly replied.
"Big brother, let's come with Xiaodao! Let's go to the Xiangyuan Hall in the back. Qingyun Little Daoist said with a smile.
"Okay. Lu Pingxing responded nervously.
"Dad, I'm going, you're waiting for me outside. Lu Pingxing said a word to Lu Yong, and then followed the little Taoist priest who walked towards the back of the hall.
On weekdays, only the Gaoyang Hall and the front yard are open, and special auspicious days will allow visitors to enter other palaces behind the Gaoyang Palace. Lu Pingxing was able to go to the Xiangyuan Hall because he wanted to receive the Jian Yue Ling Pei, and his father Lu Yong could only stay in the front yard and wait.
The two walked out of the back door of the Gaoyang Hall and walked towards the antique Xiangyuan Hall on the left. The Xiangyuan Hall is half smaller than the Gaoyang Palace, and it is not like the Gaoyang Hall that carves beams and embroidered columns, revealing a pure and refined atmosphere.
"Brother Lu, you sit here first, and after waiting for a while, a senior brother will come to call. The little Taoist priest of Qingyun took Lu Pingxing to the hall of the Xiangyuan Palace, pointed to a row of benches and said.
"Thank you, Trail Chief. Lu Ping thanked him, and walked to an empty seat on the bench and sat down.
After seeing Lu Pingxing sit down, the little Taoist priest of Qingyun turned around and went back to Gaoyang Palace, he also had to help greet other pilgrims, but he didn't dare to be lazy.
There are rows of wooden benches in the hall of the Xiangyuan Hall, which can accommodate hundreds of people waiting at the same time. At this time, because it was early in the morning, there were not many people waiting in the hall, only more than a dozen people, all young people, all of whom were very restrained, did not dare to talk to each other, and seemed extremely quiet.
While Lu Pingxing was waiting, he saw a little Taoist priest in the hall from time to time, called someone who arrived before him, and went to several side rooms on both sides.
"This big brother, please come with Xiaodao. Half an hour later, a little Taoist priest came to Lu Pingxing's side and said.
"This donor, please take a seat, what do you call me? My surname is Meng, just call me Meng Daoren. Meng Shengming said with a smile to Lu Pingxing who came in, and raised his hand to signal Lu Pingxing to sit on the wooden chair opposite.
"My name is Lu Pingxing, and I have seen Meng Daochang. After Lu Pingxing sat down, he greeted respectfully.
"Brother Lu is here to receive Jian Yuelingpei? Can you show the official government card, Poor Dao needs to confirm it. Meng Shengming asked according to the process.
"Dao Chief, please see. Lu Pingxing took out the official government card that had been prepared and handed it to Meng Shengming with both hands.
"The villagers of Hongyan Village, Fusha Lake, Gaoyang City, Gaoyang Prefecture, Lupingxing, were born in the thirty-second year of Zhengshi"
Meng Shengming took the small iron plate of the rectangular line handed over, the front of the iron plate was engraved with the words above, and the reverse side was engraved with the official seal of the Quartet of Gaoyang City. After confirming that it was correct, Meng Shengming returned the iron plate to Lu Pingxing.
Takakura citizens who have reached the age of 15 need to apply for a civil license at the local government. If you shirk without reason, and fail to apply for a civil license in time after reaching the age, once investigated, you will be convicted of a felony and sentenced to 10 years of hard labor.
Lu Pingxing was born in the thirty-second year of Zhengshi, and this year is the fifty-second year of Zhengshi, and Zhengshi is the year name, so he is just twenty years old, and he has reached the standard of receiving Jianyue Lingpei. At the same time, another condition for receiving Jian Yue's spirit pendant was also met, that is, it must be a native of Gaoyang City.
For example, the civilians of Yannan City are also under the jurisdiction of Gaoyang Mansion, but they can't go to the temple to receive Jian Yue's Lingpei. The conditions are extremely strict, and the secular civilians are very incomprehensible, and the people of the other five cities of Gaoyang Mansion have a lot of complaints.
Every once in a while, some of the emerging nobles in the five cities would jointly write to Gaoyang Taishou, asking Gaoyangguan to give up this extremely unfair condition and distribute Jian Yue Lingpei to the people of the other five cities. But every time I read a book, I was like a stone in the sea, and there was no news, and I didn't get any response.