Part-Time Taoist Priest

This day coincides with Lingzu's birthday, and the Baoyang Temple will be held to celebrate Christmas.

Because every weekend, Dabao and Xiaobao also came to the temple, and together with Xie Lingya, set fruit plates for Wang Lingguan.

"Does grandpa only eat fruit? My mother bought me a box of yogurt yesterday. Can I give grandpa a bottle?" Dabao asked.

Xie Lingya said: "Grandfather may not be used to yogurt, you can keep it for yourself."

"Oh," Dabao nodded, and said again, "Today is Grandpa Patriarch's birthday, why hasn't Grandpa Patriarch come yet?"

Xie Lingya thought about how to explain this to the child. Your grandpa is in the sky and you can't come down casually. "Uh... because grandpa is very busy, but he knows we are celebrating, so he is very happy."

After setting out the fruit plate, Xie Lingya led the two children out.

I happened to meet a group of people who were moving the statue of the Lingguan. It was the old statue of the Lingguan. Because it finally got married, it was going to be moved now.

Xie Lingya led the child and passed by, but saw a Taoist priest's foot slipped, his hand was not lifted steadily, and the statue of the spirit official fell down from the side.His expression changed, and he immediately reached out to block it.

Others noticed it and rushed to the rescue.

Xie Lingya only had a pain in his hand, but it was nothing, but the spirit official statue was too heavy, because it had lost its center of gravity, everyone could only put it down as slowly as possible.Xie Lingya stood in front of the two children and told them to go away quickly, but he was a step too late, being pressed under the statue of the Lingguan, he felt extremely tight in his chest and slowly lost consciousness.

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When Xie Lingya woke up again, he opened his eyes and saw the blue sky and the cold and hard stone beneath him.

He thought to himself, even if he resigned, he couldn't treat me like this, wouldn't he help me into the room if I fainted?By the way, why did he faint when he was slightly pressed, it wasn't a smash... Could it be that he was sick?

Xie Lingya sat up, but found that he was beside a small stream, there were no buildings around, either trees or grass, and Dabao and Xiaobao were lying beside him.

Xie Lingya felt something was wrong in his heart, so he woke them both up, "Where are we now? Wasn't the godfather the only one who was crushed at that time?"

They were also dumbfounded and didn't know anything.

Xie Lingya touched it, but he didn't have a mobile phone on him, "Could it be a prank? Sit down for a while, and I won't be fooled. I need to calm down."

Xie Lingya restrained his expression and sat on the rock calmly.

After sitting like this for about half an hour, both Dabao and Xiaobao started to dig earthworms to play, Xie Lingya still didn't wait for someone to jump out and yell to tease you, but!This is the time to compete in patience!

Xie Lingya didn't believe that he had cultivated for so long and could lose more than patience, so he continued to sit calmly on the spot.

Until a young man in Taoist robes came out of the woods. He had black hair tied on his head with a wooden hairpin, cloth shoes on his feet, and a cloth bag on his back. But very stable.

As soon as Xie Lingya saw the Taoist priest, he felt that his own people were playing tricks on him. Although he had never seen this person before, Bao Buqi was a fellow Taoist who came to help.

Because today is Lingzu's birthday, Xie Lingya is also wearing a Taoist robe, the young Taoist priest was rushing to the stream, and kept looking at him, Xie Lingya also stared back, thinking that it's almost over, he's hungry.

The Taoist clasped his hands by the stream and asked, "My fellow Taoist, how long will it take to get to the nearest family in Fuliang County?"

Fuliang County?Where?

Xie Lingya subconsciously also clasped his fists in return, and said, "What about Fuliang County, you are enough, aren't we all in Fuyang?"

The Taoist frowned and said, "Where is Fuyang? Isn't Fuliang in Xiangyin?"

Xie Lingya: "??"

Xie Lingya was even more speechless, "Which Taoist temple are you, they taught you how to play with me? Could it be that they are trying to lie to me, that I have crossed time?"

He took off the hood and looked depressed.

Seeing Xie Lingya's short hair, the Taoist priest looked even weirder, "What time travel, fellow Taoist once joined Buddhism?"

Xie Lingya was speechless, did he really come?

He hugged Dabao and Xiaobao, "I don't want to play with you, where is this place, tell me quickly, I'm going back."

As soon as he hugged him, the Taoist noticed that the clothes of Dabao and Xiaobao were also very strange, and said clearly: "Fellow Daoist, are you from a foreign country, lost your way here?"

Xie Lingya was a little amused when he heard this standard time-traveling dialogue, who planned this, it's too boring.He simply ignored it, and just followed the Taoist priest to leave here.

The Taoist didn't care, just smiled slightly, "Poverty Taoist Quan Yangzi, what's your name as a fellow Taoist?"

Xie Lingya heard the name was a little familiar, maybe he had heard it before, and said casually: "Then my name is Baoyangzi, what temple do you belong to, Junior Brother?"

"I'm afraid I want to call you brother." Quan Yangzi smiled, and said that he didn't belong to a temple and traveled around.

If what Quan Yangzi said was not a line but the truth, then it would be quite old fashioned, and now most of them have to find a unit.And when Quan Yangzi said that he wanted to call him Senior Brother, it might not just be because he looks tender?

Dabao and Xiaobao were already tired and fell asleep on his shoulders. Xie Lingya felt a little tired after carrying the two children for a long time. Quan Yangzi also offered to help him hold one.

Xie Lingya didn't think much about it at all, and asked him to help hold Xiaobao.

The two hurried on their way without much chatting, Xie Lingya scolded the planner depressedly in his heart, what kind of wilderness did they throw them into, and they didn't send a car to pick them up, did they really let them walk into the city?

After walking for about an hour, some buildings appeared in front of him. Xie Lingya felt that something was wrong when he looked at it from a distance, and it was even more like being struck by lightning when he looked closer.

Each of these houses has a sense of age from the shape to the bricks and trees, and the people who come and go on the rice paddies are all wearing antique bunts.Just take a look, you can tell that this place is definitely not a film and television base, and these people are definitely not actors!As far as this flavor is concerned, it cannot be faked!

Xie Lingya's whole body is not well, what is he doing? ?

Quan Yangzi didn't notice what was wrong with Xie Lingya, he was chatting up with an old couple by the field, asking if he could stay at their house, the old couple also agreed, and asked their eldest son to take the two of them home to rest.

While talking, they kept looking at several people, especially the child in their arms.

Although Quan Yangzi is handsome and has delicate skin, he still looks tanned. Xie Lingya is frighteningly white in their eyes. The child they are holding is even more plump and tender, like a doll in a New Year painting So pretty.

Xie Lingya was in a trance, and almost unconsciously followed Quan Yangzi forward. This is not a prank, but a real time travel?He was just suppressed by the statue of the Lingguan. Could it be that this is what the Patriarch meant?

When we arrived at the farmer's house, it must be simple. The eldest son of this family made a bed for them, and two adults and two children were squeezed together. He said awkwardly, "Sit down first, and I'll pour water."

Quan Yangzi put Xiaobao on the bed, saw that Xie Lingya was absent-minded, and said: "After holding the baby for so long, let's put the baby down first. Daoist friend thinks this place is too simple? There is no way to go out."

He saw more than those villagers. This Taoist friend not only has white skin and tender flesh, but also has neat teeth, and the Taoist robe and crown scarf on his body look ordinary, but the stitches are incredibly fine and neat, including the two strangely dressed children. , presumably the family background is extraordinary.When it comes to ordinary people, the habit is strange.

Xie Lingya put Dabao next to Xiaobao, thought for a while, then simply knelt down in the room, and silently prayed to Wang Lingguan in his heart: "Master Patriarch, what's the matter, you smashed me through time! Boyfriend left behind and didn't say anything." , and brought two children! How can I live? If this is really what you mean, you have to make it clear, what do you want me to wear?"

After begging the Lingzu, I begged Sazu again, "Sazu, please take care of the patriarch!"

After begging the patriarch for a long time, he hurriedly brought him back. I don't know if the two patriarchs can hear it, or if the patriarch who listens to his prayers is not the same patriarch at normal time.

After worshiping the gods, Xie Lingya got up lazily, and saw Quan Yangzi took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone from his bag, and started to write.

Xie Lingya is not in the mood to care about what other people are doing now, he just leans against the bed and keeps thinking about how to dress, how to go back, and what to do if he can't go back... No, he must go back!

Xie Lingya resolutely cheered himself up a bit, and when the eldest son of the owner came back with water, he asked again: "Are there any temples near here?"

An inexplicable look flashed across the elder son's face, he lowered his head and said, "There is a Town God's Temple."

Xie Lingya's spirit is more refreshed, as long as there is something, if the patriarch can't hear it, he has to ask other gods to bring them back to their original world quickly.

At this time, Dabao and Xiaobao woke up, touched their stomachs and said, "Godfather, I'm hungry."

At this time, it was not time for people to eat, and Xie Lingya was not too embarrassed to ask for food when he was staying here, so he asked them to drink some water for a while.

Instead, Quan Yangzi took out some dry cakes from his bag and asked them to soak them in water.

But the two children grew up eating white rice, so of course they couldn't accept it. After two bites, they couldn't eat anymore.

Xie Lingya couldn't help but sighed.

Tears welled up in Xiaobao's eyes, and he picked up the cake again, "Godfather, have we become poor..."

Xie Lingya didn't know how to answer, "Uh..."

Little Treasure didn't know what story he had imagined, so he took another bite of the cake with tears in his eyes, and ate it with water.

Xie Lingya's heart ached to death, but there was nothing he could do.

Dabao lay on the bed, tilted his head and said, "If I don't eat, I won't be hungry if I don't move."

Xie Lingya went from distressed to dumbfounded again.Even for these two children, he couldn't be decadent. He lifted his spirits and started chatting with Quan Yangzi, trying to find out about the current era and the like.

"The imperial capital? I have been there 27 years ago." Quan Yangzi heard Xie Lingya talk about the imperial capital, and looked up and sighed, "The flowers are like brocade, and the market is bustling. When I watch the moon at Zhouqiao, I can see the wine flags on both sides of the Bian River. There are exhibitions, the music and songs are endless, and the people of the city are like the Bian River, like the river..."

Bianhe?Xie Lingya captured this key word, Bian is another name for Kaifeng, that is, Tokyo Bianliang, so the current era should be the Northern Song Dynasty!

Then he thought of another thing, Quan Yangzi went to Bianjing 27 years ago, how old is Quan Yangzi, or does he remember things early?Even though he was five years old at that time, he would be 32 now, no wonder Xie Lingya couldn't call him junior...

But soon, Xie Lingya's attention was all on Quan Yangzi's words, listening to him talk about the Bianliang style, as a modern person, how could he have such an experience.Not only him, but even Dabao and Xiaobao listened with great interest, and asked Quan Yangzi from time to time what the words "Washe" and "Guanpu" were in his mouth.

Fortunately, it was a child who asked, Xie Lingya was afraid that he would reveal his secrets when he asked, so he just listened from the sidelines.

Unknowingly, it was getting late, and the farmer's family came back. Of course, it is impossible to eat white rice for dinner, only wild vegetables and beans.

Dabao hadn't eaten two bites of pancakes before, and he couldn't control so much when he was hungry, so he ate a bowl of bean rice.

After eating, the two of them lay in Xie Lingya's arms and asked, "Godfather, when can we go back?"

"Soon." Xie Lingya patted their heads.

People go to bed early at this time, Dabao and Xiaobao are children, they fell asleep quickly, but Xie Lingya is not used to it, sitting by the bed in a daze, really bored.

This family is not to say that the house is bare, but there are very few things. After staring at everything for a while, his eyes fell on Quan Yangzi's book.

"Fellow Daoist, what did you write?" Xie Lingya asked dryly.

Quan Yangzi didn't sleep either, he had to guard Gengshen today, and said: "That is the book of Taoism written by me, do you want to read it?"

"Okay." Xie Lingya picked up the book, and saw the title on the first page: "Lei Shuo", and the author's name in the lower right corner: Fenyang Sake.

Xie Lingya coughed violently: "Cough cough cough cough!!!"

Xie Lingya was completely messed up, so he said that Quanyangzi sounded so familiar, and he didn't wake up until he saw Fenyang Sake... Damn, this "Fenyang Sake" is the name of Chongen Zhenjun Sazu !

Quan Yangzi sat up in shock, "Friend Baoyangzi, are you alright?"

When Xie Lingya heard this "Daoist friend", his feet softened and he knelt down beside the bed.

Quan Yangzi:? ? ?

Xie Lingya supported the bed and reluctantly got up, and said in horror: "Fenyang Sa Ke... Quan Yangzi... You, you are Sa... Sa..."

"Pundao Sa Shoujian." Quan Yangzi said kindly.

Xie Lingya: "..."

Xie Lingya felt thunder in his head.

Really Sazu.

He called Sazu his younger brother, and asked Sazu to help him hold the child...

By the way, the most embarrassing thing is that he begged Sazu to bless him to go home in front of Sazu.

Seeing Xie Lingya's appearance, Sa Shoujian thought he recognized him. He is over 50 this year, has traveled around the world for dozens of years, and is somewhat famous in Taoism.Moreover, since he succeeded in cultivation, his white hair has turned black and his face has been reborn as a child. I am afraid this little fellow Taoist is also surprised by this.

Sa Shoujian was about to comfort Xie Lingya, when he heard some movement outside, he quickly made a silent gesture to Xie Lingya, and leaned against the window to listen again.

Xie Lingya was taken aback, and hurried over to listen.

The footsteps of many people could be heard outside, as well as the faint sound of fire and whispers.

"... two virgin boys... a Taoist priest..."

"Tomorrow...in the temple..."

Xie Lingya frowned upon hearing some short words, feeling that something was wrong.

Sa Shoujian even jumped up and opened the door, only to see a dozen villagers standing outside, including the owner's family of the house.

Seeing that Sa Shoujian and Xie Lingya were not asleep, they panicked for a moment, but because of the crowd, they became courageous again, and discussed with each other: "Catch it! Go get the stick!"

Sa Shoujian frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

The hostess of the house couldn't bear it and said: "Taoist priest, to worship the gods tomorrow, we need two pairs of boys and girls. You can hand over the two fat dolls, so that you will be released after the sacrifice, and it won't hurt you."

Xie Lingya is cold, is it a life sacrifice?

Looking at the numb expressions on the dark and thin faces of these villagers under the light of the fire, he felt more and more terrifying.

Although he read from many sources that there were a lot of prostitutes in ancient times, and the government repeatedly banned them, it still made him uncomfortable to face them with their plans for living people.

Thinking about it, the two of them are foreigners, and the two children are so tender, they are simply a good choice.During the day, he was in a trance, and he felt that the villagers were staring at them. At that time, he just felt that he was curious about seeing strangers. Now that he thinks about it, he must have been thinking about it at that time.

Thinking about it this way, Xie Lingya felt even colder.

Sa Shoujian was also angry, and said to Xie Lingya: "Friend Daoist, take good care of the two children, and I will deal with them."

"You come, you come." Xie Lingya replied respectfully, what is he afraid of with Sazu around!

"..." Sa Shoujian choked for a moment, because most people would be worried when he said that he wanted one-to-many. He was about to explain, and this fellow Taoist entrusted him with confidence.

Xie Lingya picked up Dabao and Xiaobao, stood behind Sazu, still angry after thinking about it, and accused: "Where are you offering sacrifices to evil gods? The imperial court expressly prohibits prostitution. Do you know that this is against the law?"

"What is breaking the law, I have never heard of it..."

"We are offering sacrifices to the City God! Not to evil gods!"

"I see, tie them up too, and sacrifice to the temple god master together!"

"Yes, sacrifice him to Lord Wang E!"

Xie Lingya: "...to whom??"

Xie Lingya is even more messy, isn't it... Isn't Wang E the real name of his patriarch? !