Part-Time Taoist Priest

Chapter 4: Grandfather sends a mission

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The drought in Tuyang City and the surrounding areas was devastating, and the people in the urban areas could not bear it, not to mention the people living in remote mountainous areas. For a while, rumors spread in the society, but fortunately, the water price was forcibly suppressed.

On this day, Xie Lingya received a letter from the Municipal Taoist Association, which contained an invitation card, and the invitee filled in the unit: Baoyang Temple.

Once opened, there are several rows of artistic fonts on the left:

Jiyang City Rain Prayer Ceremony and Drought Fundraising Ceremony

Unity

Fight against drought

Xie Lingya: "..."

Xie Lingya didn't know much about what should be called the "mainstream religious world", so he felt a little weird when he saw the theme of the event, and said with emotion: "It seems that when the government is active in disaster relief, people in the religious world are not idle. …”

No, I helped in my own way, and if it works... let's talk about it, anyway, there is a fundraising session.

Although Baoyang Temple is small, it has been built for so long, so it is also a member of the Tuyang Taoist Association, but Wang Yuji didn't usually participate in activities in the past, and he didn't have much friendship with his peers.

Looking at the other side of the invitation, the inscription is the Office of the Taoist Association of Tuyang City, and it is also stated that with the strong support of the Taoist Association of the Province, the prayer for rain organized by the Taoist Association of Tuyang City will be held in Taihe Temple the day after tomorrow.

Gao Gong is the director of the Municipal Taoist Association and the master of Taihe Temple, Chen Sansheng, and invited more than ten Taoist priests from various Taoist temples in the province to participate together. All member units are invited to come and watch the ceremony. There will also be donations for the affected people. Activity.

Gao Gong is originally a person with profound knowledge. In Taoism, he is called a master who presides over large and small ceremonies, and it can also be understood as the highest Taoist practice. As the president of this city's Taoist Association, Chen Sansheng naturally does his part.

For this kind of activity, Wang Yuji, the only Taoist priest in Baoyang Temple in the past, was able to lift it off when he could, and people just sent invitations on a routine basis. Now that there are no Taoists in the temple, Xie Lingya decided to go after receiving the invitation.

It's not that he is keen to form a group, Xie Lingya just wants to know the industry situation, and by the way, see if he can find the shadow of his uncle's future apprentice.

The ceremony will be held for three days. Xie Lingya only intends to go for one day. On this day, he has to say hello to the people first, and ask Sun Fuyang's wife to help look at the front yard. As for the main hall, it is directly locked.

On the day of the prayer for the rain, Xie Lingya went there wearing a T-shirt and jeans.

In addition to the Taoist priests, there were also many devotees watching, so Xie Lingya's dress was not abrupt, but when the invitation letter was presented, the Taoist priest who checked the admission qualifications at the door was a little murmured. This Baoyang Temple either does not have people, or comes with... a lay disciple (?) as a representative.

The Taihe Temple occupies a larger area than the Baoyang Temple, and it was only repaired a few years ago. It has a new look and is very stylish.

Xie Lingya has been flipping through his notes these days, constantly looking at the faces and figures of the Taoist priests he sees on the way, and using his own very fresh technique of recognizing people to observe their talents.

From ancient times to the present, Taoist priests can flow between various temples, but this flow is usually between the same schools. In modern times, it is even less new. Many temples will invite famous Taoist priests to be the masters of the temple, which are all professional.

In a place like Baoyangguan, where there is real ability, it is more cautious to recruit people.

Although for Baoyang Temple, the top priority is that there is not even an ordinary Taoist priest who can explain it to the believers, but after all, they can be recruited if they have money, but it is not the case.

Because Xie Lingya was holding an invitation from a member unit, he was different from ordinary people, so he could stand closer and watch the ceremony. He mixed among a group of Taoist priests to watch the ceremony.

Outside the hall, there are many devotees full of pits and valleys. Inside the hall, there are altars, candlesticks, incense burners, vases, embroidered gold banners, everything, and there are bells and drums next to it, which is very formal.

Look at the Taihe Temple, and then think about the situation of the Baoyang Temple... They don't even have followers, let alone a dojo. Xie Lingya remembered that his uncle also did a dojo when he was a child, but he did it alone.

But Mingming's uncle has real ability and is very religious. Xie Lingya thought sourly, work hard, in the future, they will be able to hold a dojo with more than seven people!

After the ceremony, a Taoist priest in red came out with a yellow paper in his hand. He is very young, he may only be in his twenties, especially with a handsome face and a big red robe, but he doesn't look tacky at all, like an immortal.

He didn't have long hair, but he was wearing a towel. At this moment, his cold phoenix eyes looked down at the yellow paper in his hand, his expression was as calm as water.

It stands to reason that Gao Gonghui, who presides over the event, wears a red robe embroidered with Tuanhe, and the others wear yellow.

Xie Lingya was a little surprised and chatted with a Taoist priest next to him: "... Chen Guanzhu is so young?"

The Taoist asked, "Are you ill?", but when he turned around, he saw that Xie Lingya was pretty good-looking, and his temper was gone, "Chen Guanzhu has something to do, and the Taoist priest Shi Changxuan of the provincial capital will replace Gao Gong."

Baoyangguan was so marginal in the association, Xie Lingya naturally didn't know the news of the substitution on the spot.

Xie Lingya cheekily asked, "Is he famous? Which Taoist temple?"

The man looked at Xie Lingya in disbelief, "Did you sneak in?"

Xie Lingya: "…"

So is it really famous

The Taoist priest seemed to have heard Xie Lingya's heart and said, "You should know that he doesn't grow his hair. He is a Taoist priest of Zhengyi Huoju, and he doesn't live in Taoist temples! Daochang Shi is a family heirloom!"

Xie Lingya: "…"

To die or to die, common sense is not enough.

At this time, Shi Changxuan had already unfolded the yellow paper and started chanting. His voice was clear, his words were clear, and he had a wonderful sense of rhythm. The scene soon became quiet.

"Since May, the rain has been scarce, the fields have dried up, and the people have panicked. I would like to choose today to set up an altar to chant sutras and pray for rain, and hope that the gods will show mercy to the people, and the rain will be poured down everywhere..."

This document records the sponsor, location, time, content, etc. of the ritual. When it is finished, it must be incinerated and presented to the gods.

There are other Taoist priests in the rear holding eight flags, walking through the five elements, and inserting the flags into the bottle after three times. Because the people present were all Taoist priests or believers, most of them watched it seriously.

Xie Lingya didn't pay much attention to the ceremony. He was staring at Shi Changxuan. The more he looked, the more he felt that his face was good. He couldn't feel the bones on his body. The root bone is probably not bad.

As soon as he heard that this person was a Taoist priest Huoju, and that Taoism belonged to the family, he was a little bit anxious. He felt that this person could be included in the inspection target!

- In addition to the masters that the Taoists bring in, they can also learn knowledge from the masters. The more masters you worship, the better you can learn. However, due to the views of the sects, the self-esteem of the broom, etc., fewer and fewer people can gather the directors of each family.

The philosophy of Baoyang Guan's previous Guanzhu is that he is willing to learn more knowledge, and he doesn't mind how many teachers there are in his disciples. Unfortunately, there are only a few people like them.

But if it is a family heirloom, it is more likely to worship Mr.

Although Taoist Huoju couldn't be a Taoist priest, Xie Lingya didn't mind adding a few more outstanding apprentices to his uncle. His uncle was unlucky, he didn't have a single apprentice, and it would be good for one more person to burn incense in the future. Of course, the premise is that the apprentice must have good roots and good character, good character, and good morals, otherwise what's the use of accepting it.

It's a pity that after staying at the Fa conference for a day and eating two meals of fast food, that Shi Changxuan was either doing things or was surrounded by people all the time. Xie Lingya didn't even have a chance to chat or hook up, so he could only go back with a little regret. .

I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but on the third day after the rain prayer ceremony, the rain fell from the sky, and the people in the arid areas cheered.

Although the water supply gradually returned to normal after the rain, the wells in Baoyangguan have already made a name for themselves.

These days, the old wells are also really struggling, so many people have taken water, and they have not been cut off. It is worthy of measuring the position.

After the water supply was fully restored, not only did nearby residents continue to enjoy the shade and chat in their spare time, but there were also a handful of people who came to fetch water.

When asked, most of them are good tea drinkers.

They have eaten the water here these days, and usually like to drink tea, so they pay attention to details such as water use.

For the rest, they basically feel that well water is delicious. These people all called the well by the name of Baoyangguan, and called it Baoyangjing. Every day, there are even people who come to drink from another area as far away as possible.

Of course, Xie Lingya wouldn't let people draw water just because the drought passed.

In this way, the residents are happy, but Xie Lingya is not very good.

After this period of acquaintance, he was also used to the simple affairs in Baoyang Temple, that is, he didn't sleep well and dreamed for some reason these days.

It's just a dream, but I dreamed that Wang Lingguan slammed in front of him, like this every day.

Xie Lingya has always been big-hearted, and now he has to think more, "Great God, God, is this a dream? But what are you trying to tell me? what are you doing?"

Xie Lingya looked in the notes to see if there was a similar situation, and even searched the Internet to find out what happened to Wang Lingguan, but it seemed that there was nothing like him.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xie Lingya made a helpless decision to ask the Taoist priest of Taihe Temple.

-No idea! He didn't learn to interpret dreams, so he really couldn't guess the meaning of this dream!

I don't know if people from Taiheguan can give him a discount. Although he is not a Taoist priest, he is also a person who holds Yangguan. Everyone belongs to the Taoist Association. And if you go there, maybe you will see Shi Changxuan again!

Xie Lingya was packing up and preparing to go to Taihe Temple when He Zun came.

He Zun: "Teacher Xie, where are you going?"

Of course, Xie Lingya couldn't say that it was so humiliating that he went to another Taoist temple to interpret dreams, and looked behind him.

He Zun: "Don't look, I came alone today."

How about bringing your roommates to incense? Xie Lingya asked, "What's the matter with you, you won't be in hell again."

He Zun smirked: "Then how unlucky I am!"

Xie Lingya: "So what are you doing here?"

He Zun: "My uncle's house is haunted!"

Xie Lingya: "…"

He Zun: "I am an uncle who lives in Tuyang. Recently, the whole family has nightmares every day. He didn't believe this, and he went to do a physical examination and test the surrounding environment, and the results were all right. I suggested him Please come to the door to play it and solve it completely."

mess around? What to do, Xie Lingya is still troubled here, how can he care about others, he wants to say that otherwise, we will go to Taiheguan together.

He Zun was elated, seeing that Xie Lingya was thinking about it, and said, "Teacher Xie, I'll give the patriarch a fragrance first."

Of course Xie Lingya couldn't refuse to offer incense, so he took him to the side hall and smoked three sticks of incense.

He Zun lit the incense, squeezed it in his hand, and bowed down to worship, but when he got up and looked, the three incense sticks were interrupted in the middle.

He Zun's scalp exploded, "Teacher Xie, what's going on!"

Although he doesn't understand these things, but in this situation, it's not a good thing at first glance! I'm afraid it's a bad omen!

Xie Lingya also hurriedly said: "I'll get you three more, and I won't charge you more money. Hey, I didn't deliberately sell fake and shoddy goods."

He Zun: "..."

Xie Lingya took out three more sticks of incense, this time he lit it by himself, and then fanned the fire, just after two blows, the incense even broke!

This time, even Xie Lingya felt that something was wrong, his face was a little ugly, and he thought of his dream.

He Zun was still afraid and said, "Have I offended the Patriarch in some way, Teacher Xie?"

"It's none of your business." Xie Lingya let go of the incense, put his palms together, and said to the statue, "Master, what instructions do you have, can you clarify?"

"Thank you, teacher." He Zun suddenly said weakly, "Look, does the ancestor have..."

Xie Lingya saw that He Zun was pointing to somewhere on the side of the statue, and a piece was peeled off. He turned to look behind him, only to find that the back of his head was more mottled.

The Baoyang Temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is a little worn out. The tiles on the main hall are damaged. If it is not covered with a tarpaulin, it may leak. Now even the golden body of the idol is peeling off, can Xie Lingya not dream wildly

- Grandfather, what a mission! !

Xie Lingya understood all of a sudden, lit three more incense sticks, and said, "Great God, I will fix the statue for you." He glanced at the incense and gritted his teeth, "Within two months."

This time, until he carefully inserted the incense into the incense burner, the three sticks of incense remained unscathed.

In an instant, both Xie Lingya and He Zun felt a little chilled, Xie Lingya was okay, and he was brave enough, He Zun almost trembled, and became even more in awe. Xie Lingya felt fortunate that he didn't tell him that he had been dreaming of the Spirit Official God for the past few days.

Although Xie Lingya boasted, but he had no idea where to get the money. His plan to expand his financial resources has only just begun the first step. At present, Baoyangguan's monthly total income is not much after expenses, and he still has to save money to recruit Taoist priests.

I don't know the money for repairing the statue, but the income is definitely not enough. This statue is more than two meters high. It is impossible to repair only the peeling parts. Isn't it ugly to see the color difference.

At this time, He Zun also lit three sticks of incense with trepidation, but this time it did not break either.

Xie Lingya looked at He Zun thoughtfully, and suddenly asked, "What's going on at your cousin's place, do you have money?"

He Zun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course there is! My cousin said that as long as it can be solved, it will be paid at the market price."

"Okay." Xie Lingya seemed to be very skilled, then turned his head and thought to himself, Damn, I don't know what the market price is!

However, this matter can indeed be tried. Like He Zun's case, he didn't know the source at first, so there may be no way.

But this time, knowing that the incident happened in the new house, and that the situation was similar to what happened at Xie Lingya's high school classmate's home, he felt somewhat confident.

Besides, the incense was broken when He Zun was offering the incense just now. Xie Lingya always felt that this was a hint. He bowed to the Lingguan Statue again, and said silently: Great God, you encouraged me to go, then if you don't bless me. It's not fair to live...

When He Zun saw Teacher Xie's pious appearance, he became awe-inspiring.

Now that he already knew where the dream came from, Xie Lingya didn't have to go to Taihe Guan to interpret the dream, and made an agreement with He Zhen to go to his cousin's uncle's house the next day.

The next day, He Zun took a taxi to pick up Xie Lingya, Xie Lingya brought what he had prepared, and the two went to the villa area of a new building in Tuyang City, where He Zun's uncle's house was.

After Xie Lingya got out of the car, he observed the feng shui around him, then lowered his head and fiddled with his mobile phone.

He Zun took a look, I rely on it, this is the posture with confidence.

In fact, Xie Lingya was opening the Baoyang Note that he had entered before, and turned to Feng Shui to try his best to find the corresponding terrain...

"Teacher Xie, my uncle and aunt were both atheists before, and they have seen many liars. If their words are offensive, can you bear with me?" He Zun said embarrassedly, "Before they asked me, You live in a Taoist temple, why are you not a Taoist, do you have a certificate, and what if you act without a certificate?"

These days, you have a certificate for everything, and Taoist priests are no exception. If you have a Taoist priest certificate, you can check it online.

But He Zun still felt speechless! You've already found a Taoist priest, why are you still pursuing unlicensed catching ghosts

"I have a certificate." Xie Lingya laughed, took out a blue certificate from his pocket, and glanced in front of He Zun.

The speed was too fast. He Zun didn't see it clearly. After a while, he said, "Damn it, Teacher Xie, aren't you a monk? How could you have a certificate?"

Xie Lingya smiled without saying a word.

He Zun: "...Teacher Xie, do you have a fake certificate?"

"No, really." Xie Lingya glanced at him and pulled out the certificate.

He Zun hurriedly bent over and looked over, only to see Mr. Xie's blue-backed certificate printed with three black characters: Student ID.

He Zun: "..."

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Xie Lingya: Yashou, the grandfather has sent out a mission!

He Zun: Fuck, Teacher Xie is a student!