Chapter Twenty-Six: The White Water View
Behind the county order, there were a few people behind, all of them were white, Fang Ming glanced at the corner of his eyes, and He Song was also among them.
When the party came to the county office not far away, they saw that they had entered a place, which seemed to be a temple, and it took a long time before they came out. Fang Ming looked at it, the corners of his eyes twitched, the luck of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant seemed to be a little thinner, and the same was true for the few people behind.
Although there was a trace of white qi surging to replenish it, but it couldn't be made up for a while, Fang Ming was surprised, beckoned a guy, pointed to the temple, and asked, "Where is that, why did all the officials go in?"
The man was surprised, staring at Fang Ming, as if he had seen a monster, but he still said: "That is the royal temple, which worships the emperors of the past dynasties, and there are them in every city, and the people in the official mansion have to worship every day." Even the people, they have to go to the square in front of the temple on the first and fifteenth days of the new year to worship, and the curfew will be lifted in these two days, a temple fair will be held, and a big drama will be sung for a few days, which is very lively, and most of them are like this in various places, why don't the guest officials know?"
Fang Ming was startled, his eyes flashed red, the guy's expression was confused, he seemed to be a little dizzy, shook his head, and asked, "What did the guest officer order?"
"Oh, it's nothing, I'm a foreigner, I'm here to play, I want to find a spiritual temple to worship, do you know, are there any famous ancestral spirits in this city?" Fang Ming smiled, threw out two big coins, and said.
The man's face flashed with joy, and he quickly put away the two big coins, and he didn't even care about the dizziness just now, and said in his mouth: "If you want to talk about the ancestral spirit, that is the ancestral spirit of the four major families of Zhou, Wu, Zheng, and Wang, who have been sacrificed for hundreds of years, and it is very supernatural, but it is the ancestral hall of the human family, not for outsiders to go." Besides, it's the White Water Temple, and the enshrined Baiyun Sword is also said to have a miracle, especially if it can exorcise ghosts!"
"Oh!" This really aroused Fang Ming's interest, and he asked the guy about the location carefully before letting him out.
After sitting for a while, I thought of the royal temple, and thought of the royal blessed land that He Yuqing said, so I had a little guess. In the previous life, the royal temple could be visited by outsiders, and it would have been punished a long time ago.
But in this world, the royal blessed land is huge, and the consumption is also many, even if the previous emperors of the past dynasties supplemented the emperor's qi and collected hundreds of officials, I am afraid that there are some deficiencies, so they set up temples in various places, and ordered officials to worship, collect their luck, and replenish the blessed land. On the first and fifteenth days of each month, a great festival is held to collect the qi of all the people and replenish it at all times, so as to maintain the blessed land and maintain the blessings.
As for it, the mixture of luck, divine power, incense, wishing power, spiritual power, and resentment will make the victim become a disadvantage of earth-bound spirits. Hehe, don't forget, the emperors of the past dynasties were bound in the royal blessed land and couldn't come out. They can also be regarded as earthbound spirits, but the scope of restraint is very large.
When the cage is big, they don't feel the restrictions, and the blessed land is rich in products, and they are powerful and blessed in it, and they are afraid that they are a little happy, so they must do everything possible to maintain the blessed land, and they do not hesitate to collect the luck and incense of the officials and people of the Yang world.
Well, Daqian Taizu has a long-term vision, I am afraid that he will not only indulge in enjoyment, but also harvest luck, return to his own family, and then preside over the dragon vein, and transfer the collected qi to the current emperor, in order to prolong the number of qi.
Thinking about it like this, the front and back can be matched, Fang Ming suddenly felt a little melancholy, stood up, and sighed again.
Think of that Daqian Taizu, a generation of heroes, two hundred years ago, the world was in turmoil, Taizu lifted a three-foot sword, starting from the end of the micro, governing the elite soldiers, soothing the displaced people, a sword to flatten more than a dozen dragons, suppressing the world, and opening up the great Qian's national fortune.
Such characters are also bound by the will of the people, and have to be trapped in a blessed land, and they have to plan for future generations, and they do their best, even at the cost of drinking to quench their thirst, how sad is this!
Receiving the spirit of all the people in the world, it naturally has a connection with the people. If the current emperor makes every effort to govern the country, he will return the people to a peaceful world, or he may be able to break this karma. Otherwise, once the world is in chaos and the lives are ruined, I am afraid that the incense and luck collected over the years will be reversed, and at that time, even if it is a great Qiantaizu, I am only afraid that it will inevitably end up scattering.
Fang Ming quickly cheered up again, time is precious, since the news is almost heard, it is better to go to Baishui Temple to find out one or two, as he expected, this view must be related to Baiyun Temple, if it is not good, it is a separate view, and he is about to go to get a peek at the details.
Anchang County is faintly divided into four parts, and the county government is in the middle. To the south, there are the residences of large families and officials, and the four major families of Anchang account for a large part. To the east, there are the residences of merchants and small families. To the north, there is a slum where artisans live. Finally, to the west, there are residences for soldiers and their families.
The White Water View is located in the east of the city.
Fang Ming walked all the way, thinking all the way, and he could see a lot of things from the position of Baishui Temple.
First of all, in the previous life, the Taoist temple was generally located outside the city, but it was not possible here, there was a harassment of fierce ghosts, if it was the general view of Baiyun, of course, of course, I was not afraid, but the view of this small county, I am afraid that it is not enough. And even if it can be kept, except for the nearby farmers who will come to offer incense, other areas will definitely not be willing to come, so how can it be?
It can only be located in the city, and the center is not good, not to mention that the land is expensive, and the government will not agree, after all, the royal temple is here!
The south side is very suitable, but unfortunately the officials are big, they all know some feng shui, usually worship, donate some incense money, to build next to his residence, impossible. In addition, some Confucian officials have always been hostile to Taoist priests, and there are often recitals that "Taoist priests are lowly and should not go to the court", and the relationship between the two is very delicate.
To the west is the soldiers, and there is a military spirit to suppress it, and it is not suitable for Shinto and Immortal Dao.
The only things left are the east and north of the city. The residents in the east of the city are relatively wealthy, and the north of the city is a slum area, and the Taoist temple can only be built in the east of the city.
Fang Ming thought clearly, and suddenly realized that if he wanted to build a temple in the city, but he didn't want to directly conflict with Baiyun Temple, there was only one place in the north of the city.
But it was also a good place, in Fang Ming's opinion, the only people who needed faith the most were the top and bottom of society. In the middle class, there is a contrast between the poor, and the sense of happiness comes, and there is a goal to catch up, and it is natural to work hard, and there is no need for comfort.
At the highest level, the material needs have been satisfied, and they have to turn to spiritual needs. And the lowest level is nothing, the straw will be firmly grasped, and the faith is the most fanatical. If you build a shrine in the north of the city, you can naturally take root firmly, but you just have to pay attention to cooling down the believers, and you can't pit yourself in.
Along the way, pawnshops, incense shops, cloth shops, grain stores, restaurants, stalls are everything, as well as merchants, picking goods, walking the streets and alleys to sell, there are many pedestrians in the city, bustling, ruddy faces, than almost everyone in the countryside has a dish that is a few points higher, no wonder the villagers and villagers are willing to live in the city.
When you arrive at the Baishui Temple, although it is in the city now, the Taoist Temple is still very large, divided into gates, front yards, halls, apsees, gardens, etc., and there are many side rooms on both sides.
When Fang Ming came to the main hall, he saw that the person enshrined in the middle was not a person, but a sword, which must be the Baiyun Sword in the man's mouth, Fang Ming looked at it carefully, and now this Baiyun Sword looked very simple, without a scabbard, the whole body was pale cyan, and it seemed to be mixed with golden light, which was very strange.
At this time, there were also people worshipping, and as the person bowed, Fang Ming saw the incense wish power mixed with luck, surging towards the Baiyun Sword, the golden light of the White Cloud Sword flashed, and the incense wish power was shattered by the golden light, but it was still attached to the sword body sporadically, and the rest of the luck poured into the void, as if it was sucked by something. As soon as the sword body moved, a trace of sword qi attached to the worshippers, which was fierce and could drive away evil spirits.
Fang Ming's mind turned sharply, with the answer, his luck must have been sucked away by the real Baiyun Sword, and after thinking about it carefully, he knew a little more about the Dao Gate.
The immortal path pursues its own tranquility and leisure, which is completely contrary to the incense wishing power, and these incense wishing powers are very poisonous to the qi refiners, and they must not be touched.
Therefore, I don't see Taoist people being sacrificed, but the items are different, especially the heavy treasure that suppresses the luck of the sect.
Daomen widely built Taoist temples, enshrined treasures, collected luck, when mortals worshipped, the incense power was broken, and was enshrined by the fake to ward off the disaster, most of which was absorbed by the enshrined fakes. However, the luck of the believers is sucked away by the treasures stored in the main altar, which increases the power and gives a trace of power, keeps the believers safe, and breaks the karma.
Therefore, even if there is still a little incense wishing power left, it will not be a big problem to be able to trace back to the source and find the body of the treasure, and it will be insignificant compared to the luck obtained.
The more luck you collect, the more powerful you will be, and you will be able to suppress the foundation of the sect and keep the Dao unified.
This kind of treasure will not be much in the whole world, and it will be collected by the Daomen.
If you want to know the strength of the Taoist sect, you can understand one or two just by looking at the Taoist temple offerings under it, after all, the treasure must always be used, and once it is used, it will inevitably be damaged, and then it needs to be repaired by luck. Even if the Taoist sect has a secret treasure, there will not be many, one piece will be up to the sky.
Comparing the expenses and gains of believers, the current Daomen is far less generous than himself in this regard, and the protection given is only about two or three percent of what believers pay, which is very stingy compared to himself.
If the Taoist temples in the world are all in this mode, then their own Shinto will win a lot, and they are not afraid of competition.
"Why did this layman stand for a long time, but he had some understanding of my Dao Sect offerings?" Fang Mingzheng pondered, and was suddenly interrupted by a voice, and suddenly knew that when he entered the main hall, he did not offer incense to worship, but stood and checked, which was different and attracted attention.
When I came back to my senses, I looked at the person who came, and now he was an old man, dressed as a Taoist priest, with a white beard, looking elegant and dusty, quite a bit of fairy, and he looked very good. Looking at the luck again, the white gas is faint and rippling, but it is not as good as the spirit bamboo. Knowing that this is a disciple who has gained a little bit of cultivation skin, he has only cultivated until now, and he should be an outer disciple who was sent to take care of the Taoist temple.
Just smiled and said: "Li came here to travel, I heard that Baishui Temple is very extraordinary, specially came to visit, I was distracted for a while, and I hope not to be surprised!"
Lao Dao made a joke and said: "Where is it, since Li Jushi has come to play, you might as well be led by Lao Dao, and by the way, you will explain a thing or two for the layman." ”
"Huh...... It's getting late, Li still has important things, so don't bother, this is incense money, please accept it......" Fang Ming excused himself, it was difficult to ensure that this person did not have any secret treasures to protect himself, and he was now clueless.
Give a tael of silver incense money, regardless of the Taoist surprised look, he said goodbye, this time into the city, there is a lot of gain, but it is no longer staying, straight out of the city gate, to Qingxi Township.
Baishuiguan, a boy asked puzzledly: "Master, why do you pay special attention to this person?"
Lao Dao smiled and said: "Although I haven't cultivated the fairy law, I know some face-to-face techniques, looking at this person's face, it is ordinary, but the bearing is extraordinary, not a thing in the pool, just a good fate......" In his heart, he was a little puzzled, this person gave him a very strange feeling, but this, needless to say.
didn't understand the Tong Tong either, waved his cloud sleeves and went by himself.
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