It seems that I am still too full [travel]

Early in the morning, the city of Fuzhou became lively, and there were shouts and shouts of selling Buddha flowers, candied glutinous rice, walnuts, orchid sprouts, and mint in the downtown area.On the main street, the sound of Buddha is wafting, the sandalwood is bursting, and the monks are rubbing shoulders. The monks of the Fuyun Temple are wearing cassocks and holding silver sala in their hands. Inside the sala are gold or silver sculptures soaked in perfume. Buddha statue.

Monks parade in groups on the street, chanting Buddha in their mouths, holding a willow branch in their hands, lightly spitting the cool jade dew in the Shaluo, and then sprinkle it on the Buddha statue. One day is also called Bathing Buddha Meeting.Followed by the little novice monk with a pot in his hand, he went door to door along the street to raise money for lamp oil for the Lantern Festival.

The perfume used to soak the Buddha statue is actually the most popular cool jade dew nowadays. Wherever it goes, the cold fragrance surges. Refreshing, as if being blessed by the Buddha, this kind of magical induction made these pious Buddhists even more fanatical, so there appeared on the street where the Buddha statues went, believers bowed down, and the spectacle of gasoline and money sprinkling wildly, The bowl in the hands of the little novice is almost full...

Shen Sen also watched the scene of throwing money all over the sky in the crowded crowd, and he sighed a lot, and said to the boy beside him: "It is said that there are many rich people in Suzhou, but I think the people in Fuzhou are not too much less, look at this If the family is well-off, the money will be thrown out.”

"Officer, when are we going back to Suzhou? You didn't go home for a reunion in Laba. The master and wife must be angry, and the old lady knows that you have been away from home, so I don't know how worried you are!" Si'er has been trying his best to block the frenzied common people so that his young master will not be bumped into by others.

It's a pity that the young master of his family likes to watch the excitement, and he doesn't feel crowded at all. Hearing his persuasion, he patted his head with a fan, "Don't use my parents and the old lady to oppress me. If you say this, let me go out. I’ve said it hundreds of times, and you don’t bother me. My ears are numb from hearing the official. When I meet the person I need to meet and the conversation becomes a voice I want to talk about, I will naturally go back to Suzhou to plead guilty to the old lady. .”

"I think you're just making excuses. You see, you've been away from home for half a month, and you've been in Fuzhou for a few days. I haven't seen anyone you've asked to meet, but I've seen where you're busy. Besides, who do you want to see, sir?" Can't see, who can not give our Shen family face? You, you just don't want to leave when you are away!"

"Hey! You little bastard, you are so courageous, you even arranged for your young master to come and beat me up! Who else can not give face to our Shen family, let me tell you, there really are, thank you Mr. I won’t accept my invitation. I won’t be able to meet the Patriarch of the Han family. Cen Yu, the head of the Cen family, met him once. In the end, he is just a smiling fox. He doesn’t want to talk to me. He wants to discuss business with my father. Which of these people gave our Shen family face?"

The little servant was speechless, so he could only murmur: "Who is this Xie Shi? Why don't you see any officials?"

"Thank you, you may not have heard of it, but a person is a golden doll. The Bazhen Pavilion business that the Cen family is now making a lot of money in the Jiangnan and even the Central Plains is all from his prescription. It is said that this bathing Buddha The cool jade dew, a small bottle can be exchanged for a piece of gold the size of a palm if you take it to those hot island countries overseas! Looking at the rose dew again, as soon as the Shen family's boat docked, the court nobles who heard the news all rushed You come here to buy gold and jewelry, such gods and men, do you think your family officials can meet them? If you can be kidnapped to our Shen family's big boat, wouldn't it be like carrying back a human-shaped cornucopia?" The Miqier that Mori mentioned is actually an Egyptian.

Shen Sen was talking with the boy while watching the bustle, completely unaware that Xie Shi, whom he wanted to make friends with, actually just passed him by.

Xie Shi and Han Ji walked side by side, accompanied by Cen Yu, surrounded by Qi Teng with a lot of family guards, Wang Jia silently joined the former team of colleagues to protect the two masters.The group of them had just come down from the Fuyun Temple. Xie Shi listened to a Buddhist meeting and didn't feel any inspiration from the Buddhist music. Instead, they saw the extravagance and wealth of the temple.A small bottle of Refreshing Jade Dew is priced at ten taels of silver at Bazhen Pavilion. This Fuyun Temple has used just how many bottles of Refreshing Jade Dew for this Buddha bathing ceremony. It is rich and powerful, full of enthusiasm.

"It seems that people in this Buddhist sect probably don't have very clean six sense organs."

Cen Yu, who was on the side, heard Xie Shi complaining so much, shook his fan and laughed: "Otherwise, why do so many people join the Qinglian Sect, which claims to worship Maitreya Buddha, burns incense and worships Buddha every day, and even makes golden bodies for Buddha statues?" , if there is no money for incense, oil and lamps handed in by the believers below, where will the money come to do this, let alone rebellion?"

These monks and monks are the most capable of brainwashing the lower class people with their so-called teachings, advocating that they are the savior who leads the poor people out of suffering, and they often use some so-called talismans and spells to pretend to be gods and ghosts, coaxing believers to contribute money and effort, more extreme, like The Qinglian Sect will also use the name of Maitreya Buddha to incite ordinary people to rebel.

Xie Shi felt that the Qinglian Sect was a cult organization at first glance, and its spread of teachings was more like a pyramid scheme. It even preached that those who believed in Maitreya Buddha would not enter the [-]th level of hell after death, but would ascend to the Heavenly Palace to obtain eternal life.People at the bottom who are living in poverty are naturally willing to believe in this doctrine of sustenance in the afterlife, and they will do some superficial efforts, such as donating rice, noodles, grain and oil to some people, just to get more money from the people, and call it The name is the incense money dedicated to the Buddha.

However, this Fuyun Temple is located in Fuzhou, and because of the influence of the local snake Han's family, it is impossible to develop a power like the Qinglian Sect, and this Fuyun Temple has always been committed to making good friends with the Han family, such as the second master of the Han family He is the guest of the abbot of Fuyun Temple. Master Han Er does not believe in Buddhism, but has been obsessed with some metaphysical theories that outsiders see as gods and gods. He is very weird, and he doesn't care about family affairs, just like an invisible person.

A group of people walked along the long main street with the parade of Fuyun Temple. Xie Shi was curiously looking at the things on the street stalls when he felt his clothes being pulled. He looked down and saw that it was a man selling Nuo masks Child.After entering the twelfth lunar month, from time to time in Fuzhou city, there will be poor people wearing Nuo masks of various images of women, ghosts and gods, in groups of three or four, beating gongs and drums, dancing Nuo opera along the street, and begging for small money to celebrate the New Year. Yehu".

Today is the Buddha Bathing Festival, and the scale of the Nuo opera is even bigger. There are more than a dozen "night beard" teams on one street, and even ordinary people with a little money in their pockets will buy Nuo masks from roadside vendors. In the Nuo opera team, worship gods and dance ghosts to drive away evil spirits.

When the child saw Xie Xie, he looked over, as if he didn't expect this young man to be so good-looking, his small mouth, which could always be coaxed, stopped, and his face turned red in an instant, with a small black and red face, he stumbled and said: "Immortal...brother...Nuo mask?"

Xie Shi saw that he was a little one, slithering through the crowd like a little loach to sell the mask in his hand, his head was sweating from exhaustion, his little face was flushed, so he nodded and said, "Okay." Then He squatted down and picked out a mighty and domineering tiger mask from the pile of Nuo masks in his hand. Seeing that there was a raccoon cat mask next to him, Xie Shi picked it up with amusement and handed it to Han Ji said, "Brother Ji should wear one too."

Cen Yu saw this scene from the side, his face was so wonderful, he couldn't hide his laughter in shock, and there was a trace of enthusiasm in watching the good show, even the corners of Qi Teng's mouth twitched, their faces were weird, and they couldn't maintain their faces at all. The faces on the board were expressionless, and they all looked at the sky, the ground, and the surroundings, but they didn't dare to look at those two, for fear that it would be too offensive if they couldn't help but laugh in front of the master.

Han Ji saw the person on the opposite side holding a kitten mask and looking at him with a smile, as if he was sure that he would not pick it up, so he took it over without saying a word.Now it was Xie Shi's turn to be stunned. He originally wanted to make fun of Han Ji. Such a cute and childish mask didn't fit his cool and cold brother's painting style at first glance. Han Ji probably wouldn't wear it even if he was beaten to death. Xie Shi just I wanted to see him change his face, tease him, and tell him not to be expressionless all day long, but Han Ji actually took it!

Xie Shi said in surprise, "Are you really wearing it?"

Han Ji glanced at him silently, and asked lightly, "Didn't you pick it for me?"

Xie Shi: "..." I can't just say that it's just to amuse you, brother, I'm under a lot of pressure, do you wear any mask I give you?If you put on this kitty mask today in front of your subordinates, your majesty as a master will be swept away!

In the end, Han Ji took the raccoon cat mask and put it on for himself without changing his face. He also took the tiger mask in Xie Shi's hand and put it on for him. Xie Shi looked at him stupidly and let him move.The surrounding subordinates really couldn't look directly at their master wearing a kitten mask, so they hurriedly bought a Nuo mask with teeth and claws to wear, so that they couldn't hold back their laughter and no one noticed.

The kid selling Nuo masks didn't expect that all the masks in his hand would be sold out in just a short while. He happily bowed several times to Xie Shi, thinking in his heart that it would be good luck to meet this fairy-like brother.

This cat mask is really well made. Not only is the cat painted with paint cute and naive, but there are also kitten whiskers on the left and right. Not to mention, once this mask is put on, it is nine feet long and comes with Han Jidu. Lovely and kissable, Xie Shi looked at it, couldn't help it, and burst out laughing, and he felt that it was not good for him to play tricks on others, so he wanted to change masks with him while laughing: "I was wrong, I was wearing a mask. Wear this kitty mask."

Han Ji looked at the smile on his face, and said lightly: "It's nothing, it's fine, that's it."

The two were talking, suddenly, a Taoist priest dressed in rags and holding a cloth banner muttered something in his mouth, and went straight towards Xie Shi, and the guards placed around stepped forward to stop him.

The Taoist was crazy, ignored everyone's dragging and stopping, and kept looking at Xie Shi, muttering in his mouth: "It's strange! It's strange! Why did the phoenix figure fall on the man... There is no possibility for the old man to misread it. Why...why..."

At this time, the Nuo drama on the street reached its climax, and the drums were deafening, completely covering the voice of the mad Taoist priest. Only Wang Jia, who was holding the Taoist priest firmly, raised his eyebrows when he heard this strange sentence. , directly threw the Taoist priest out.

At the same time, in an alley not far from Xie Shi and his group, a group of people wearing Nuo masks and pretending to be a "night beard" team whispered.

"Head, who is our target? There are two people protected in the middle."

"It should be the one wearing the tiger mask. How could the Patriarch of the Han family wear a civet cat mask? Wouldn't that make people laugh out loud!"

"Brothers, pay attention, aim at the person wearing the tiger mask, that is the Patriarch of the Han family!"

"God help me too, let's go while the Taoist priest disturbs our sight!"

This sudden accident has not subsided, and Xie Shi, who has been firmly guarded by Han Ji, has not figured out what happened, so he just heard a sound on the ground, like firecrackers exploding beside his ears. The crowd started screaming and jostling.

In the chaos, with the sound of a sharp knife unsheathing in his ears, Xie Shi was keenly aware of the approaching danger. Relying on his extraordinary sense of hearing, he hugged Han Ji with his backhand and deftly dodged to his side. Unfortunately, Xie Shi dodged One person's knife point, but unable to resist all the crazy people around him, only paying attention to the assassins who besieged him, blood began to spread...

Han Ji reacted immediately, hugged him and flashed into the shops on the street.He took off the mask on his face, revealing the terrifying face underneath. The assassin leader saw that it was broken, and shouted to his companions: "Damn, brothers, the one wearing the raccoon mask is the head of the Han family!" !"

It's a pity that his reminder was useless. Han Ji had no expression on his face. He glanced at the man, as if he was looking at a dead person, and said in a cold tone: "Keep alive, and everything else will be wiped out."

When Qi Teng, Cen Yu and others heard the master's tone, their scalps immediately went numb. Knowing that the master was really angry, they quickly took the blame and made meritorious service, and took down all the assassins as quickly as possible.

In his arms, Xie Shi, who had been stabbed a few times, lost a lot of blood, and his face was turning pale, saw that Han Ji's face was as cold as a dead man, so he still thought of joking, "I'm not dead yet, Brother Ji Why don't you give me a smile."

Now the Han family's carriage has arrived, Han Ji hugged him horizontally, stopped when he heard what the man in his arms said, and smiled stiffly as he said.Xie Shi was almost sent away by his smile, it was terrifying.