Chapter 14: Disputes
"The peach is dying, scorching its bloom. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room. The peach is dying, and there is a fact. The son is home, and his family room is appropriate. The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming. The son is home, and it is suitable for his family. β
Yun casually tried his best to hold back the smile on his face: "Master, not only do I not understand, but you still sing ugly. β
The Taoist chief patiently explained: "Apprentice, these two are not cause and effect, you can't form sentences like this. β
Yun casual: "Because Master sings badly, I can't understand it." β
Dao Chief: "Yes...... That's not what the teacher wants to talk about!"
The weather outside was wonderful, the sun was hanging brightly overhead, and the blue sky was spreading out from the edge of the halo as if it had been dyed. But the snow in the forest shows no signs of melting.
Yun casually stumbled along with the Taoist chief like a ball, and from time to time he would fall and nibble on a mouthful of snow. There is one at the foot of the Taoist temple, but I have rarely been there recently. As soon as he stepped through the door, he was so smoky by the thick incense that he could barely open his eyes, and Yun casually sneezed loudly.
There is a small road in the Taoist temple, and when I saw that it was a companion, I just glanced up and down, and said lazily: "Pray for 20 yuan, burn incense for 50 yuan." This Taoist leaderβ" he tapped his finger on the merit box, "pay the money first." β
The Dao Chief glanced at the merit box a little blankly, and then immediately frowned and asked, "The people who come here are all ordinary people, why do you want to charge so much?"
The little path shook his head disapprerovingly, and even yawned a lot, before he replied slowly: "This colleague, don't your Taoist temples accept money? A few days ago, Zhao Yuan in the town came out to pray that he wanted a child and donated a hundred taels, but the next day his concubine became pregnant - you say that the spirit is not spiritual?
Xiaodao's voice increased significantly when he said the last few words, and he seemed to look much more energetic. He said this not so much to the Taoist chiefs, but to the good men and women who were still burning incense - as long as they donated enough money, then their wishes would definitely come true. What kind of fallacy is this?
The Taoist chief's expression seemed to be poisoned by some incense. He never knew that he could also rob the job of sending Guanyin.
"Really?"
"How effective is it?"
"Daughter-in-law, let's come and worship too!"
"What a relief! It's a lie!" a woman who had been unkempt in the corner suddenly roared hoarsely, and she rushed to the trail like crazy, grabbed him by the collar and shouted, "How much did I donate? I bought everything I could buy at home! Why hasn't my husband come back?" she cried until her voice became hoarse, and she almost burst into tears. The trail snorted in disgust and shoved her hard, knocking her to the ground. Yun casually was so frightened that he hid behind the Dao Chief, only daring to show his two eyes to look at it quietly.
The people around were taken aback by this change and began to whisper: "Who is this?"
"I'm afraid that if I don't have some crazy disease, I dare to make trouble here!"
He pretended to smooth out the folds on his clothes, but his face was blue and white: "How many times have I said it, it's because you don't donate enough! Besides, what's the use of you pulling my collar? You have the ability to pull Tianzun's collar and ask him!"
The Dao Chief glanced down at his collar, then patted Yun casually on the shoulder, signaling that it was okay for her. She knew her identity, and now that she was said so, she was almost about to shout in the Taoist temple. The child's voice is loud, and I'm afraid that I won't want to attract everyone here.
"I, I really don't have any money...... the woman sobbed under her breath, and her voice sounded a dying despair: My husband, I just want him back...... How can I live alone? I shouldn't have let him go up the mountain alone that day......" As she said this, several ladies in the corner began to sobble softly, probably in the same difficulty, but only hidden.
Xiaodao snorted again, and several Taoist priests next to him surrounded him and shouted: "Make trouble here, and you are not afraid of ruining the purity of Tianzun!
"No...... I'm not leaving!" she crawled hand and foot over the futon, "I'm kneeling here, I, I'm kowtowing a thousand heads, I'm kowtowing ten thousand...... Tianzun, kill me, kill me, let him come back!"
Looking at her almost crazy appearance, the expression on Yun Xian's face was very puzzled. Master said that life and death have fate, and good and evil are reincarnated. This man's husband is dead, shouldn't she look away and live the rest of her days well, why do she insist on him coming back?
"Drag it out!
Two Taoist priests stepped forward, grabbed one of her arms and dragged them out, and one of the women was still shouting, "Please, please......
"Presumptuous!" the Taoist finally couldn't hold back his anger and shouted, stepped forward and waved his sleeves, and the two Taoist priests were immediately swept away by a strong wind. He stretched out his hand and pointed at it, and the merit box suddenly cracked, and the copper coins inside leaked out like water and rolled to the ground.
"You take the money, I'll take care of this matter to the end!"