135. Guangong Temple monk
After Duan Jueming and the Poison King arranged all the matters, everyone went to work separately.
And Duan Xian'er brought a burden at this time, and quietly came to find Xi Siqi, at this time Xi Siqi was removing her makeup, so she asked Duan Xian'er:
"Sister Xian'er, what are you looking for me?"
Duan Xian'er threw the burden to Xi Siqi and said:
"Hurry up and run, it'll be too late if you don't leave!"
Xi Siqi was stunned for a moment, and then asked again:
"Xian'er, why are you willing to let me go today?"
Duan Xian'er said:
"Don't ask, let's go out and talk about it!"
Then he pulled Xi Siqi out of the Five Poisons Sect, and walked until he couldn't see the disciples of the Five Poisons Sect, and then said to Xi Siqi:
"Sister Xi, I've been locked up in our Five Poisons Sect for so long, you won't blame me in the future!"
Xi Siqi replied:
"No!"
Duan Xian'er said again:
"After you leave, if you meet Du Xian, please tell him for me, I, Duan Xian'er, hate him all my life!"
Then he said:
"Let's go, I hope you and Du Yi will be happy!"
Then went back.
Seeing this, Xi Siqi was full of doubts, but after thinking about it, she could finally find it and never forget it, and her heart was full of joy and quickly left the Five Poisons Sect!
Du did not forget to go on a two-day boat trip, and then arrived near Yingtianfu, because it had been nearly two months since his news was sent, but the imperial court had never announced the news of the defense of Tatar and Fusang, so he was a little worried, so he planned to go to Nanjing City to inquire.
In the early morning of this day, Du did not forget to ask the boatman to sail to the west water gate of Nanjing, and then got off the boat and entered the city gate.
When I was about to go to the Shangshu Mansion of the Nanjing Military Department to understand the situation, I met two familiar women, and I was pleasantly surprised, so I greeted the two of them, these two people turned out to be Ling Xue and Ling Lu!
The two of them were directly shocked when they saw Du Buxing, because several people thought that Du Bucheng was dead.
Then the three of them said hello together, and then found a nearby tea and chatted.
It turned out that Ling Xue and Ling Lu returned to Emei from Wudang Mountain last time, and then met the Great Wizard and Poison King of the Five Poisons Sect at the foot of Emei Mountain.
Then Mrs. Jin Guang asked the two of them to go everywhere to ask the major factions to help Emei, and Mrs. Jin Guang herself was reluctant to leave Emei, but now she is nowhere to be found.
The two of them then went around trying to ask for help from each faction, but as a result, each faction was greatly injured because of the last battle of Wudang, and they were unwilling to come out to provoke the Five Poisons Sect again, so they had to come to Yingtianfu first, and then planned to go to Shaoxing to find Wang Yangming Daoist for help.
Du Buyi sighed and said:
"Now the rivers and lakes are really chaotic, I am planning to go to the Five Poisons Sect General Altar to save Siqi!"
Ling Xue asked:
"It turns out that Sister Xi is still in the Five Poisons Sect, he really has a rough fate, a daughter and a lady follow you to fall like this. ”
Then he thought about it and said:
"Brother Du, I have news for you, I don't know if I should talk about it or not!"
Du didn't forget to look at Ling Xue, and then said:
"Well, we have such a good relationship, what else can't we say!"
Ling Xue said:
"Senior Sister Ling Lu and I have been wandering around outside recently, and recently learned that your wife has returned to the Xia Mansion!"
Du was overjoyed and immediately asked:
"Do you know how Zihan went back to the Xia Mansion?"
Ling Lu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, hurriedly said:
"We were drinking tea in the teahouse near Shaolin Mountain that day, and we happened to meet the housekeeper who came to Shaolin Temple to ask for blessings for Lord Xia, so we said that it was your friend, and then talked with him, only to know that your wife Xia Zihan was sent back to Xia Mansion by Shao Guoshi!"
Du did not forget to hurriedly ask:
"Zihan, she's okay!"
Then Ling Lu replied
"Listening to the housekeeper's words, now your wife seems to have just lost her memory, and she is a little haggard when she goes back, she should be fine, Lord Xia is very angry with you, but unfortunately they all think you are dead, so they can only give up!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"Zihan is fine, I'm done with these things in the future, and I will definitely take good care of her for the rest of my life!"
Then he said to the two of them:
"I haven't seen Wang Dao Chang for a long time, and I miss him very much, if it weren't for saving Siqi, I would have wanted to accompany you to see Wang Dao Chang!"
Then he said:
"It's time for me to go to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War to investigate the situation!"
Ling Xue and Ling Lu said together:
"Brother Du, let's go with you, anyway, it's not in a hurry to see Wang Daochang!"
Then the three of them came to the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Mansion together, and when they inquired at the door, they learned that the current Nanjing Military Department Shangshu is Wang Yangming's Wang Daochang!
Du did not forget to ask the guard again:
"Since Daoist Wang is not in the Ministry of War, who is in charge here now?"
The guard replied:
"Now the military department is in charge of the left waiter Tao Kai, and he is working in the inner hall at this time!"
Du Buyi took some silver and gave it to the guards, and asked them to go in and report to Tao Kai that someone was in a hurry to see him!
After a while, the guard came out and said:
"Tao Shilang is waiting inside!"
Then Du Bu Bu and the three of them went in, and after seeing Tao Kai, Du Bu Bu didn't wait for Tao Kai to speak first, and said:
"Tao Shilang, we are people sent by Wang Shangshu, and we now want to know how the Nanjing Military Department plans to deal with the affairs of the Japanese invaders!"
Tao Kai originally wanted to ask a few people if there was anything urgent, but when he saw that the person who came was someone sent by Wang Shangshu, he replied:
"A few days ago, the imperial court sent an urgent official document to Nanjing to prevent the Japanese invaders, and I was planning to discuss it with all the personnel of the military department tomorrow, and then make a decision!"
Du did not forget to see that there was already news in Nanjing at this time, so he naturally put his heart at ease, and said to Tao Kai:
"Tao Shilang, we still have important things to do, so we won't bother!"
After speaking, he turned around and left the Shangshu Mansion of the Military Department with Ling Xue and Ling Lu!
Du didn't forget that Tao Kai was inexplicable by a few people, so he said:
"Now young people are really getting more and more incomprehensible!"
Then I went back to work as well.
After Du Bu left the house, he said to Ling Lu and Ling Xue:
"Since it's okay, I should rush back to the boat and continue to the southwest, and you two should also pay attention to safety on the road!"
Then he left directly, but Ling Xue looked at Du Buyi's departing figure stupidly, and only after Du Buyi disappeared into the distance was he willing to continue to rush to Shaoxing with Ling Lu to find Wang Daochang.
After nearly a month, Du Buyi finally arrived at Jingzhou City, after all, a month of sailing was also very tired, Du Buyi planned to rest in Jingzhou for two days, and then buy a horse to go south to the southwest.
Du did not forget to find an inn to put his luggage away, and seeing that it was not yet lunch time, he wanted to come to Jingzhou City to take a stroll, but unconsciously walked outside the Guan Gong Temple.
At this time, Du did not forget, so he planned to go in, but was stopped by a group of monks, Du was not very curious, so he asked:
"Wasn't it a Taoist priest here before, why did you change it to your monk?"
One of the gatekeeper monks said:
"This Guan Gong Temple was originally taken care of by us before, but it was occupied by that group of Taoist priests, and now that group of Taoist priests has already run away, of course we will take over!"
Du did not forget to ask again:
"Why don't I go in!"
This is the head of the monk replied:
"If you want to enter this Guangong Temple, you have to pay the entrance fee!"
Du did not forget to ask:
"How much?"
The head monk said:
"One tael of silver, as long as the donor pays one or two pieces of silver to go in, Guan Gong will bless you with many sons and blessings!"
Du Buyi took out a tael of silver and came out to give you a few people, and said:
"What if I don't have many children?"
The head monk replied:
"If you don't have more children and more blessings, you are not sincere enough!"
Then make a gesture of invitation.
Du did not forget to enter the gate, and when he saw that the people who came to pay homage to Guan Gong in the temple were basically rich people, he smiled and said to himself:
"If Guan Gong has a spirit and is regarded as the God of Wealth by a group of monks, I don't know what he will be angry about!"
At this time, a monk next to him seemed to hear Du not forget to speak, so he came over and said:
"Donor, please don't slander this temple!"
Then he signaled Du not to forget to go to the Guan Gong Hall to pay respects.
After Du did not forget to come to the Guan Gong Temple, he saw an old monk over sixty years old in front of the Guan Gong Temple and said to the two women who came to worship:
"Miss, if you sincerely worship Guan Gong, you have to go to Guan Gong's foot to throw three taels of silver into the box first!"
Du did not forget to see that the box was nearly half a foot long and wide, and nearly half of the copper coins and silver in it were messily intertwined.
The woman kneeling in the middle, she motioned to the maid on the side to throw three taels of silver and began to pray, Du did not forget to listen carefully, it turned out that the woman wanted to ask Guan Gong to give a good husband.
Then the old monk said to the woman again:
"If you want Guan Gong to give a good husband, you have to invest another nine taels of silver!"
The woman asked:
"Why?"
Old monk says:
"Miss, if you want a good husband, you have to have a long time, of course you have to be nine taels!"
The woman said okay, and then motioned to the maid on the side to take out nine taels of silver from the bag and throw it into the box.
Du Bu did not forget to take the opportunity to look at the maid just now after taking out nine taels, counting the silver, at least there are more than a hundred taels, it seems that this young lady's family must be rich in the first party.
After a while the young lady began to pray again, and then the old monk asked again:
"Miss is praying for a long life for the family, this has to invest nineteen taels of silver, and Guan Gong will bless your parents for the rest of his life!"
At this time, the young lady motioned to the maid on the side to invest in the silver, and then the maid was a little unhappy, and said to the old monk:
"Your Guan Gong Temple is obviously cheating money, where is it to make people pray, we have spent nearly fifty taels to enter the temple now, is there still a reason for Guan Gong Temple now?"
At this time, the old monk pointed to the maid and said:
"This benefactor, please don't disturb your young lady's prayers, your heart is sincere, your young lady knows more than you!"
The young lady also said to the maid on the side:
"Li'er, you have to be in front of the Guan Gong Temple, insulting the gods, if you don't want to accompany me here, you can go back first!"
After listening to the young lady's words, the maid had to take out another nineteen taels of silver and throw it in the box.
Then the young lady prayed again, and then prepared to get up and leave.
The old monk said to the young lady again:
"Miss, if you want to fulfill these wishes, when you leave, you must put sixty-six taels of silver in the box, as all the votive money, and Guan Gong will let Miss you have everything you need in the future!"
After listening to the monk's words, Du did not forget to curse secretly in his heart:
"This is completely a cheat, it seems that this young lady is really too simple!"
At this time, the young lady hesitated and said:
"Master, can Guan Gong really bless me?"
The old monk replied:
"Of course, not only the Guan Guild will bless you, but even the Buddha and Yue Lao will help a kind person like you!"
The young lady looked at the maid next to her, and saw that he was unwilling to invest money, so she snatched the money bag in his hand, counted fifty taels herself, put it in the wooden box, and then said to the old monk:
"Master, are you okay now?"
At this time, the master replied:
"That's it!"
Then he said to the back:
"The next donor, please. ”
At this time, the young lady turned around, then glanced at Du Bu Fu, and said to Du Bu Cheng a little shyly:
"It's your arrival, it's time for me to go!"
Du did not forget to see that this woman's appearance was also very delicate and lovely, and she also had some beautiful temperament.
Du was stunned for a moment, and saw that the woman had gone away, but seeing that the woman was pitted by the monk in this temple, he was unhappy, so he said to the old monk:
"I won't come to visit Guan Gong if I have something to do today!"
Then he planned to go out and find the young lady, and tell her, by the way, let her know that she had been deceived.