Part-Time Taoist Priest

An ordinary Weibo of an ordinary passerby, because a picture attracted many people.In the picture, dozens of Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes are half surrounded by an old monk. This picture is really surprising at first glance.

"What is 6666 doing, Monk: What are you going to do to me..."

"Laughing to death, what a ghost, a group of Taoist priests surrounded a monk."

"It's horrible! Bloggers don't leave, live broadcast!"

"This picture is so beautiful that I can't bear to look at it."

"Seeking the monk's psychological shadow area..."

"Master Dao, please be merciful!"

……

Without the people at the scene knowing, there was a lot of excitement on Weibo, and the picture has been used as a spoof by netizens who don't know the truth, and it is accompanied by various words.

Under the crowd of passers-by who also don't know the truth, the monks and priests are very harmonious.

Xie Lingya said: "It's okay, you take it. Let's go."

The Taoist priests were about to get on the bus, and there was a sign in the front window of their bus, which marked the driver's name and the Fuyang Asking Group.

The old monk looked at the word "杻阳", slapped his forehead, remembered, and called Xie Lingya: "Is your surname Xie?"

Xie Lingya turned around, "Yes, do I know you?"

The old monk raised his face and smiled, and said heartily: "It's fate, fate, I met you."

Xie Lingya: "?"

He was at a loss, he was still somewhat familiar with Taoist temples, and he had never been in temples a few times, let alone knew monks.There is no impression of this face at all.

The other Taoist priests were going to get in the car to wait, but they couldn't help showing strange expressions, what does it mean to have a fate, who is destined to be with you, this is a member of our Taoist sect!

The old monk smiled and glanced at Shi Changxuan again, and said: "Landscapes for lotus, you and I have a good relationship!"

As soon as he said the words "landscape for lotus", others didn't understand why, but Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan suddenly realized it.Last year, Shi Changxuan set up a feng shui bureau for the Buddhist temple to be built in the resort area of ​​Tang Qitang General, relying on the vitality of mountains and rivers, to support the Buddhist temple of Pure Land Buddhism, also known as Lianzong.

At that time, Tang Qi said that after the Buddhist temple is completed, there will be eminent monks invited from other places to sit in charge. Looking at it now, could it be this ugly old monk in front of him?

"Are you the Zen Master Tang invited?"

The old monk nodded, "Exactly. After I know the design of the Buddhist temple, I will remember you two."

The old monk introduced himself, his Dharma name is Liantan, and he became a monk at Donglin Temple, the ancestral home of the Pure Land Sect—of course, he will pass after Tang Qi's construction is completed.

He recognized Xie Lingya because he added Tang Qi's wechat, and Tang Qi forwarded the photos of Xie Lingya and the others that were posted online.

After hearing the name, Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan looked at each other again. Coincidentally, the old monk also had a lotus character in his dharma name, so this game matched him.

Although the disciples of Shizong can't engage in Fengshui divination and pay attention to the location of Buddhist temples, they have spirits, but after so many years of development in China, how can it be possible to completely get rid of the local influence.The reason why the old monk remembers them is not because he thinks that the Feng Shui Bureau is set up interestingly.

"That's true. I didn't expect to meet you here. Are you here to participate in the event?" Xie Lingya asked politely.

"I came here for business." Lian Tan spoke very briefly, and didn't intend to clarify the specific matters, but it's okay, we just met by chance.

Relying on this fate, they chatted for a few words, Lian Tan thanked Xie Lingya again for sending him back the phone, and then said goodbye.

——Seeing the monks and priests waving their hands in a friendly way, the passers-by who were watching showed a little disappointed expression.Don't quarrel or fight?

After Xie Lingya got on the bus, someone asked how they met.

After Xie Lingya finished speaking, Zhang Daoting, who was sitting in the back, leaned on the back of the seat and said, "I thought the monk was going to pull you into the team, but suddenly he said that it was fate, and it scared me to death."

"Hahaha, how is that possible? I have opened a Taoist temple." Xie Lingya thought they were too funny.

"The two schools of Buddhism and Taoism have learned from each other for thousands of years, and there are also people who abandon Buddhism and enter Taoism or abandon Taoism to become Buddhism." Shi Changxuan was not surprised, and said lightly, "One of the five ancestors of the Southern Sect of Jindan School Daoist Bai Yuchan was once invited by Shi Zong to join Buddhism because of his understanding of Buddhism, but he refused."

——Look, don't say that you just opened a Taoist temple, even if you become a Taoist priest, people may come to pull you.

Bai Yuchan's name, Xie Lingya, has been heard before. Jindan School does not refer to specific schools such as Lingxiao School and Sazu School, but is classified according to the subjects majored by Taoists. , Jindan faction refers to alchemy.

Bai Yuchan was a Taoist priest in the Song Dynasty, very famous, but Xie Lingya didn't know the details of his deeds. I didn't expect this cow to go to Buddhism and want to poach him.

"There is still this kind of operation, but don't worry, I'm not interested in Buddhism yet." Xie Lingya thought, "In this day and age, there should be very few people who study both Buddhism and Taoism."

……

Xie Lingya didn't take the chance meeting with Lian to heart, neither of them added a WeChat account, and after getting in the car, they went to the local palace to watch the Jade Palace.

As the name suggests, the Jade Emperor Palace is dedicated to the Jade Emperor. This place is also a local scenic spot. Most people have to buy tickets to go up the mountain.Basically, the Wendao group does not need to buy a ticket, as long as they have a Taoist certificate, only people like Xie Lingya need to buy a ticket.

There is also a cable car here, but it is for tourists to take it. They come to ask, and naturally walk up the mountain.

When they arrived at the Jade Emperor Palace, the abbot of the place came out to greet them and entertained everyone to drink tea.

——It is not a mistake to be called abbot. The words abbot and abbot are both from Taoism, and they are the highest teaching titles in Taoist temples.Generally, the Quanzhen sect is called the abbot, and the Zheng sect is called the abbot. Of course, it is correct to call it the temple master, or even the director (usually there is a temple management committee).

The abbot of the Jade Palace is Fang Xushan, who looks middle-aged, exchanged a few words with Zhou Daochang, the leader of the Wendao group, and one of the members of the management committee of the Taihe Temple, and introduced the members of the Wendao group one by one.

When introducing Xie Lingya, Daoist Zhou joked, "This is our Taoist Priest."

Fang Xushan immediately understood, "Is it Xiao Xie?"

Xie Lingya sweated, he didn't expect him to be famous outside, "It's me, it's me."

There are many kinds of Taoist priests. Some are monks, that is, they live in Taoist temples, and some are at home, such as Shi Changxuan. Rituals, but Taoists who are unwilling to pass on teachings—they are different from lay Buddhists.

"I follow your official account of Baoyang Temple, and I read every post." Fang Xushan is quite enthusiastic about Xie Lingya, "The content in it is very good, and I even recommended it to believers. I said this It is very helpful for everyone to learn classics.”

Xie Lingya also hurriedly said a few words modestly, saying that this is the achievement of the predecessors of Baoyang Temple, and they have always been willing to share it with their colleagues.

"If you come a few days earlier, you will come across our Tourism Culture Week, where there are many activities." Fang Xushan showed a meaningful smile, "Every year we hold such large-scale events several times with the support of the government and enterprises. , attracting tens of thousands of tourists to visit.”

When Xie Lingya heard that this was what he was interested in, he immediately cheered up and listened attentively to what Fang Xushan had to say.

"Xiao Xie, are you interested in coming to our Taoist temple for an internship? I heard that you are quite qualified in management." Fang Xushan suddenly turned to ask Xie Lingya.

"..." Come, come, come again, Xie Lingya said lazily, "I still prefer to stay in Baoyang Temple."

What kind of qualifications in management is the qualifications in Taoism, it's just a little more reserved.

"Hey, it's okay to come over and have a chat." Fang Xushan said without hesitation.

Xie Lingya spent a lot of talking and fooling around, but fortunately, he had already expected such a situation.

After all, Fang Xushan took everyone to visit the temple again, and when they reached a palace courtyard, there was something going on inside.Xie Lingya saw that there was another camera at the scene.

Fang Xushan also introduced: "This is a cooperation project between us and a certain live broadcast platform. It is a live broadcast of the ritual process for believers. At most tens of thousands of people can watch it online." Take a look at the contract income and live broadcast income.

Xie Lingya always felt that Fang Xushan was looking at himself while talking about being old, probably wondering if this would appeal to him.

Xie Lingya only felt envious, and what he thought was, the popularity of the Jade Emperor Palace is really good. There are tens of thousands of people watching the webcast. When will Baoyang Temple reach this level?

"I'll take you to the expansion site over there." Fang Xushan led everyone out, and the Jade Emperor Palace was also expanded, but the scale was much larger than Baoyang Temple.

Fang Xushan behaved so well to Xie Lingya, some people took it for granted, and some people were dissatisfied, for example, a Taoist priest surnamed Liu who participated in the reception was Fang Xushan's junior.

As he walked, he said to Xie Lingya: "Mr. Xie, how much does Baoyang Temple pay the resident Taoist priests every month?"

There is nothing to say about Xie Lingya's skills, although he has never been compared, but knowing that he can get back the seal of dugong, he knows it well, and of course he will not be so stupid as to start from this aspect if he wants to find it hard.

Xie Lingya didn't realize it at first, and said, "Now the bill is two thousand a month for each priest."

Compared with the bill that Zhang Daoting billed at the beginning, this has already increased, and it is not considered a commission.

Taoist Liu smiled, "We have six thousand here."

The Jade Emperor Palace is a grand temple, and the city is bigger, so the standards are naturally different.

He asked again: "How much do you charge for a fasting ceremony?"

"It's 100 yuan to participate in the ceremony, and the ceremony is another..." Xie Lingya replied, feeling a little subtle.

Just now Fang Xushan was also raising money, but that was to introduce the situation in the temple, and second, he wanted to sell Amway to Xie Lingya, so as not to make people disgusted.And this person's tone made people uncomfortable, as if mocking the concept of holding the sun.

Dozens of Taoist priests walked back and forth, and the two of them were not very loud. Others thought they were discussing something serious when they saw it.

Xie Lingya didn't like to talk to each other anymore, as soon as he stepped into the gate hall, Taoist Liu was still nagging: "Is it difficult to make offerings in ordinary times? What is the area of ​​your temple?"

Xie Lingya was not willing to answer. He usually likes to raise money because he has a heavy responsibility. Is it interesting for you, a monk, to always raise money? Are you here to practice Taoism or to make money?

However, there seem to be quite a few such Taoists now.

Taoist Liu: "...how tall is the main statue of your temple? Clay or bronze?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a heavy object fell down and landed in front of Taoist Liu's feet, almost brushing the tip of his nose!

Xie Lingya glanced at the ground and almost couldn't hold back his smile, he half turned around and lowered his head so as not to be seen.

The Taoist priests were all attracted, "Hey, what's the matter?"

"Are you injured?"

"It's time for the statue to be repaired. If you earn so much, don't be reluctant to spend money. Our place is gold." Xie Lingya raised his head and said slowly, then walked to the statue and burned three sticks of incense.

Daoshi Liu glanced at him in shock, touched his nose, looked down, and saw a huge middle finger on the front of his foot facing his face.

This is a clay sculpture painted hand with the middle finger upright, but in Taoism, which god has the middle finger upright?

They have just stepped into the Mountain Gate Hall. There are Lingguan in the temple, and the Chinese Army in the Juzhi Mansion. Since ancient times, Lingguan has guarded the mountain gate. This hand fell from the statue of Wang Lingguan in the Mountain Gate Hall!

The other Taoist priests all turned back, looked at the statue, and felt that the meaning was not very good. Fang Xushan quickly wrapped his arms in a yellow cloth, and then asked someone to contact the craftsman.He muttered about how the factory did it, the tofu dregs, it can still be broken.

"Junior Brother, are you alright?" Fang Xushan asked Taoist Liu, seeing that he was still in a daze.

Taoist Liu went to see Xie Lingya. Xie Lingya had just finished offering incense. At this time, other Taoist priests were also going to offer incense because of the scene just now. He was the only one standing aside with a half smile on his face.

Taoist Liu felt a chill in his heart, how could he dare to say the real situation just now.He walked to the Shanmen Hall and mentioned the main god of Baoyang Temple. Now that he thinks about it, isn't the main god of Baoyang Temple Wang Lingguan...

Even a coincidence is scary enough, not to mention Taoist Liu is a Taoist.

For a while, Daoist Liu faltered and didn't dare to talk to Xie Lingya again.

……

"What happened just now, Mr. Xie, are you not hurt?" Zhang Daoting and Shi Changxuan were dragged away by other Taoist priests to talk, Zhang Daoting asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just..." Xie Lingya glanced at the portrait of the Lingguan, "Hey, your patriarch is still your patriarch."

The patriarch's temper is really violent, no wonder the original name is "Wang E", the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Zhang Daoting nodded half-understanding, "Then I'll go and offer incense to the Patriarch too."

That night I also spent the night in the Jade Emperor Palace. There are rooms specially for laymen and tourists, but there are many people sleeping in one room.

"Let's sleep together, are you above or below?" Entering the room at night, Xie Lingya habitually asked Shi Chang.

Shi Changxuan: "..."

Xie Lingya: "?"

Shi Changxuan: "...the upper bunk."

This bed is a bunk bed.

"You're very kind." Xie Lingya also thanked him, but it's so inconvenient to get on and off the upper bunk, so Shi Changxuan took the initiative to bear it.

Most of the other beds are for the young to let the older ones take the initiative to sleep on the upper bunk.

Shi Chang hesitated to speak, and finally buried his head and climbed to the upper bunk.

……

On the second day, the Yuyang Asking Group was about to have a formal discussion with the Taoist priests of the Jade Palace. In order to avoid Amway, Xie Lingya squatted at the door and used his mobile phone to compose WeChat messages.

Just at that moment, a little Taoist priest hurriedly ran towards this side, stumbled on the stairs, and got a nosebleed.

Xie Lingya strode over, supported the little Taoist priest, and recited the hemostatic mantra, "Clear the blood and keep the dirty blood away!"

Now that he is reciting the hemostatic mantra, the patient no longer needs to spit, and the nosebleed will stop after reciting.

At this time, the Taoist priests inside had just finished speaking, and when they came out, they saw Xie Lingya supporting the little Taoist priest, who had nosebleeds all over his face.

Fang Xushan: "Xiaoyou, no matter how good-looking senior brother Xie is, you can't have a nosebleed."

Little Taoist: "..."

Xie Lingya: "..."

Shi Changxuan: "..."

The little Taoist jumped anxiously, "Director, don't be joking! I just received a call from the police station, asking us to assist in the investigation."

Fang Xushan looked puzzled, "What did you ask us to assist in the investigation?"

Fang Xushan made a public complaint, and left with the little Taoist priest. He disappeared for about 10 minutes before returning. His face was a bit unsightly, and he said with some grief, "A devout member of our Taoist temple was found to have died in a strange place. at home."

Not only devout people, but also devout people who donated a lot of money, but died suddenly.Two days before his death, he went up to the mountain to burn incense, so the police also contacted the Taoist Temple during their investigation.

"Hey, Jushi He is a pious and good believer, how could such a thing happen." A Taoist priest from the Jade Emperor Palace said.

Fang Xushan didn't say anything at the time, and after the Taoist priests dispersed, he grabbed Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan, and said with a sullen face: "Xiao Xie, Xiao Shi, please give me a detailed look. I called and asked for more details. It is suspected that He Layman may have been cursed to death.

"When Layman He's body was found, he was still holding a Daoist scripture in his hand. I had placed it in the hall for worship. It can ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts. When I gave it to him, I told him that I would take it out when encountering any evil things.

"He Jushi is usually in good health, and even the police don't believe it was a sudden death."

"That really doesn't sound right, is there any other sign?" Xie Lingya asked.

But Fang Xushan didn't go to the scene, he just inquired about some details, the three of them discussed it, and they only felt that there was such a possibility, but they couldn't be sure.

"I'm definitely going to save Lay He, can you walk with me?" Fang Xushan knew, not to mention Xie Lingya, Shi Changxuan came from a Taoist family, and he was very famous in the industry.In this regard, he may not be as good as Shi Changxuan.

He Jushi usually helped the Jade Emperor Palace a lot, so Fang Xushan invited Shi Changxuan and the two to take a look together without hesitation.

The two naturally did not refuse, "Of course this is possible."

Fang Xushan spoke to the team leader for help, then took Xie and Shi down the mountain, and rushed all the way to the city.He Jushi's wife is complete, Fang Xushan called his family, when he arrived at He's house, someone naturally opened the door, it was He Jushi's son.

Mr. Xiao He looked tired, looked at Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan, and thought they were under Fang Xushan's hands.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw that besides Layman He's wife, there was an old monk with a white beard in the living room.

"Lian Tan Master?" Xie Lingya asked in surprise.

Lian Tan looked up, "Xiao Xie?"

"Do you know each other?" Mr. He asked in a daze, wondering why the relationship between a monk and a priest seemed to be on good terms.

"I know." Xie Lingya replied subconsciously, "Why are you here?"

Isn't the He family a believer in Taoism? What happened when the monk came to the door?Fang Xushan didn't quite understand this point.

Layman He's wife said with a strange expression on her face: "Abbot Fang is here. This Master Lian Tan came here uninvited just now, but he said the same thing as you. My old man He died in that way."

Fang Xushan had contacted her and made it very clear that he not only came here for salvation, but also suspected that the perpetrator used unusual methods.

"Amitabha." Lian Tan stood up and said to everyone in the room, "A month ago, the daughter of a believer in our temple died in exactly the same way, and no ghosts could be recruited. I followed the clues to this place, but before I found out , found that there were also fatalities here.”

He took out a booklet from his pocket and handed it to everyone, "This is the clue, it appeared at the last victim's home."

Xie Lingya took a look, it read "Hunyuan Hongyang Floating High to the Ordinary Scripture", which looked like a classic of some sect, he frowned, "What is this?"

"It looks familiar?" Fang Xushan was also confused.

As expected of Shi Changxuan who studied religion, he could tell at a glance, before Lian talked about popular science, he said, "Is it the book of Hongyang Dao?"

"Which faction is this? I haven't heard of it." Xie Lingya was even more confused.

Shi Changxuan: "This sect has developed for hundreds of years. Although it is called Taoism, it is actually a folk evil sect pretending to be a Taoist sect."

After all, in China, Taoism and Buddhism have the greatest influence, and the official also admits that everyone still has a sense of trust in monks and Taoists.

There are many crooked ways like this that pretend to be Buddhist or Taoist, and they do use some Taoism, because some of them were developed by true Taoists or Buddhists.

In fact, there are many folk sects, such as Lushan Fa and Meishan Dao, which have become intangible cultural heritage, but Hongyang Dao is still despised, of course there is a reason.

Shi Changxuan took the scripture and opened the follow-up saying, "Those who practice this way worship Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, as well as Taoist gods. They advocate that Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and lay people need to read his scriptures to ascend. In modern times, it is said that Not even God escaped..."

Everyone: "..."

Xie Lingya: "...No, you have to read this scripture to enter heaven. Will they translate it?"