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"It doesn't matter, as long as the news spreads, I believe there will be monks coming."

This matter was finalized in just a few words.

In the early morning of the second day, some yamen servants began to post notices everywhere, attracting many people to watch.

"Eh? Lanruo Temple is going to be rebuilt?"

"No way?"

"It's written in the notice that it's going to raise funds to rebuild Lanruo Temple."

"Isn't Lanruo Temple haunted? It's been abandoned for so many years, who dares to go?"

"This is a fundraising initiative initiated by the county government. It said that Gu Jieyuan had promised to donate 500 taels of silver, and the county magistrate also donated 100 taels of silver in his own name, and the government contributed 500 taels of silver."

"Really?"

"It looks like it's serious, so I'll donate a tael of silver too."

For a time, the people discussed heatedly.

As soon as the news spread, many gentry in the city went to the county government office to visit Nie Hongshu and inquired about it.

After getting a definite response, all the squires donated money one after another.

The most generous one was Zeng Tiancheng who donated 2000 taels.Of course, there is a reason for this. After all, Gu Ming just saved Zeng Dehao's life, and the Zeng family should strongly support this matter.

Things went better than expected.

In just two days, more than 7000 taels of silver were raised.

Regarding this, Nie Hongshu knew very well that more than half of them donated not for the face of the government, but for Gu Ming's face.

Especially those ordinary people, in their minds Gu Ming is almost equivalent to a god-like existence.

To put it simply, it was mostly due to Gu Ming's charisma that he was able to raise such a large sum of money so smoothly.

At the same time, there are still many people who have no money to donate, but are willing to contribute to the reconstruction of Lanruo Temple.

With the money and people, and everything ready, Nie Hongshu immediately began to prepare for the reconstruction work, looking for people to survey the terrain and design drawings.

In principle, the layout of Lanruo Temple will not change. It will be renovated on the original basis, and the destroyed Buddha statues in the temple will also be restored one by one.

afternoon.

After two or three days of repeated polishing and improvement, Gu Ming finally made a monocular by himself.

The mirror body is carefully polished with hard dark wood, and consists of two sections, which are convenient for expansion and adjustment of focal length. The lens is made of crystal, with excellent hardness and transparency.

After testing, the effect is great, and the distant scenery is brought to the front in an instant.

"Xiaoqian, come and take a look."

"Is this the telescope?"

Nie Xiaoqian had heard of binoculars, but had never experienced it, so she was naturally a little surprised.

"That's right, but I think the term telescope is exaggerating a bit, calling the telescope better."

"Well, let me see."

Gu Ming handed over the telescope and explained how to adjust the focus.

"If you can't see clearly or there is a double image, you can twist it back and forth until you can see it clearly."

"Um"

Nie Xiaoqian raised her binoculars and looked at it with a shocked expression.

"Oh my god, it's amazing, it's just like the legend, the scenery in the distance is in front of you"

"Miss, let Yu'er see it"

Yu'er had an anxious expression on her face, waving her little hands and yelling.

"Wait"

Nie Xiaoqian turned around and looked around, then handed it to Yu'er with some reluctance.

"Thank you ma'am."

Yu'er excitedly received it in her hand and raised it to look at it.

"Ah? What's going on, how did my uncle and miss become so small?"

"Silly girl, you took it down!" Gu Ming said angrily.

"Uh?"

Yu'er turned around embarrassingly, then lifted it up to look, and immediately yelled: "Wow, really, I can really see a thousand miles!"

Well, this is not an exaggeration, it is far more than a thousand miles to see the moon.

"I'll make a few more later, so you two don't have to fight over each other."

Hearing this, Yu'er was even more joyful, and thanked her all the time.

This thing is indeed very rare to ordinary people, but to Gu Ming, it is nothing more than spending a few taels of silver to buy some materials, and then spend a little time polishing it.

After all, now that you have experience, it will be much faster if you do it again.

a few days later.

Abandoned for countless years, Lanruo Temple, which has been shunned by many people, has become more lively than ever.

All the officials of Guobei County, large and small, were present, as well as many gentry inside and outside the city, craftsmen who participated in the reconstruction, and common people who came to watch the excitement with courage.

Not to mention the crowds, at least hundreds of people were present.

When the time came, Nie Hongshu walked up to the crowd and announced loudly: "Thanks to the strong support of all the villagers, the reconstruction of Lanruo Temple will officially start today. Here, I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone."

Afterwards, Zeng Tiancheng, Gu Ming, Zheng Juren and others also stepped forward and spoke briefly.

In the words of Gu Ming's previous life, this is called the foundation laying ceremony.

It was almost noon, and with a bang, smoke and dust filled the sky over Lanruo Temple. As the saying goes, if the old does not go, the new will not come.

After so many years of ups and downs, the buildings in the temple have long been decayed, and even if they haven't collapsed, they have to be rebuilt.

With the smoke and dust together, Gu Ming and others went down the mountain one after another.

A lot of people were surrounded at the foot of the mountain. After all, Lanruo Temple had a bad reputation, so many people were too timid to go up the mountain to see it.

This requires a process.

If the temple is built and there is incense, maybe the shadow in people's hearts can be slowly eliminated.

After walking for a while, Gu Ming stopped suddenly, greeted Nie Hongshu, and then walked slowly to a tree by the side of the road.

Under the tree, stood an old monk with white beard and hair, holding a Zen staff.

"Master, why don't you go up and have a look?"

"Amitabha, benefactor, who proposed to rebuild this temple?"

"Master, this matter was proposed by the county magistrate Nie, and we also contributed."

"Good, good, rebuilding this temple is a great merit, but"

Having said that, the old monk couldn't help but frowned, and stopped talking.

"Isn't Master worried about the monsters in Montenegro?"

"Judging from the aura of the benefactor, he must be a fellow. If so, he should also know what kind of existence is hidden in this black mountain."

Gu Ming nodded: "Well, there is an old Black Mountain demon in Black Mountain. However, it is currently in retreat. Master, I wonder if you are interested in staying and presiding over this temple?"

The old monk was stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "I don't practice enough, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to take on this important task."

"Master's words are serious. Master Guan's aura must be that of a generation of eminent monks. If it is difficult for you to sit in command, I am afraid that there will be few people in the world."

Hearing this, the old monk couldn't help but frowned, and said: "During this journey, I have heard many rumors that there is a Gu Jieyuan in Guobei County, who is not only good at mining, but also has profound magical powers, and can subdue demons and catch ghosts. Is it the benefactor?"

"Hahaha, the master has good eyesight, and I am Gu Ming. However, folk rumors should not be fully believed. I do know some techniques of subjugating demons, but it is a bit heavy to say that the power is profound."

"Little friend, you are being modest, in fact, the old man guessed your identity as soon as you came here.

That unworthy old man sent a letter a while ago, in which he praised you very much, and also talked about the fact that you all joined hands to exterminate the Millennium Tree Demon. "

Upon hearing this, Gu Ming pretended to be suddenly enlightened, cupped his fists and said, "So you are the master Baiyun that Shi Fang often mentions, I'm disrespectful!"

Bai Yun smiled and waved his hands: "Speaking of which, we are all of the same kind, so you don't have to be so polite."

After a few words of politeness to each other, Baiyun subconsciously raised his eyes to look in the direction of Heishan, sighed and said, "Forget it, when this temple is completed, I will preside over it for a while."

"Great, thank you Master!"

"My friend, you are welcome! As a disciple of Buddhism, I should thank all the benefactors in Guobei County for their kind deeds. That's right. Please accept this prayer bead."

"Master, this is?"

"The temple has not yet been completed, and the old monk happened to be walking around. If there is something urgent, the benefactor can take out this Buddhist bead and read a mantra, and the old monk will come back as quickly as possible."

After finishing speaking, he told Gu Ming the formula.

After that, the two went up the mountain together to visit Lanruo Temple.

Looking at the construction scene in full swing, Bai Yun was both emotional and relieved, and at the same time gave some suggestions on the layout of the temple.

After watching it almost, I said goodbye and left.

When returning to the city, Gu Ming was in a good mood, humming a little song while walking.

Now, he has finally assembled all the important characters in the movie. By then, Master Baiyun, Yan Chixia, Shifang, Zhiqiu, plus him, what old Black Mountain demon will he be afraid of?

Just beat him into an old black mountain pig!

Chapter 159 The Secretary of the Ministry of War came to visit

The moonlight is like silver.

The surface of the river is glowing with sparkling waves, reflecting the weeping willows by the river.

The breeze is coming, and the night insects are whispering.

A couple walking hand in hand by the river.

Behind him, a little white fox with three tails followed suit, with a leisurely expression.

Beautiful moonlight, beautiful scenery and beautiful people

Gu Ming was moved for a moment, looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he hugged Nie Xiaoqian in his arms, and slowly moved his head towards her.

"Gu Lang, there is someone"

"Who is there?"

Gu Ming looked around suspiciously.

"Baby Ning"

"It's not Human Baby Ning yet, turn your head, children are not allowed to look at it."

squeak! ?

Ying Ning blinked in confusion.

However, he turned around very obediently.

"Okay, no one is watching now"

Just at the moment of tenderness and sweetness, Gu Ming's heart suddenly moved, and a formula popped up in his mind for no reason.

"what happened?"

Seeing Gu Ming suddenly stunned, Nie Xiaoqian couldn't help asking in doubt.