Old Fogey Goes Down The Mountain

Wei Xi suddenly stopped and looked back.

He noticed that the second disciple also stopped and looked back, asking, "What's wrong?"

The wind gently rolled the incense ash and spun around the feet. Outside the lush green house of the Wei family, the towering Zongmen stone tablet and the quaint incense burner stood quietly in place.

Wei Xi looked at it for a while, and finally frowned and shook his head: "It's nothing."

***

Liandu Temple is located in a small scenic spot in the suburbs of Beijing. The location is relatively remote. Because of its age, it has been classified as a cultural relic protection building. You can see the introduction information hanging on the wall from a long distance.

The incense is also very strong. On ordinary days that are not festivals or festivals, you can see ordinary believers carrying tributes to burn incense on the road.Wei Xi was very envious when he heard the voice on the phone. Now that he has inspected the scale of his peers, he feels that his own sect needs to be improved. When will the Taicang sect attract so many people to come and burn incense? .

Tuanyiyi comforted him: "Master, we have just started. How can we compare with a family business like Lianduguan? Didn't you read the introduction that Lianduguan was established 200 years ago? You don't look at it either. People have a house in a scenic spot, but it’s still such a big house, it’s different, the rich second generation, with a father, the starting point is higher than our company.”

Wei Xi looked at the more reliable second disciple: "Is that so?"

Shuo Zong met his black and white eyes, and was silent for a while: "...um."

Tuanjieyi: "That's right, the younger brother also agrees with me!"

Wei Xixin said that was the case. According to this, the background of Kuang Zhiming's sect is indeed much deeper than that of the bragging Wei Dedao. up.

When Kuang Zhiming came out to pick up people, he found that Wei Xi was sizing him up with envious eyes, and he couldn't help but sweat a little. Now that he saw the people who caught ghosts in the Taicang sect who were able to catch ghosts at the recruitment site, he was speechless and dying , How can I think of what I have that is worthy of the envy of the other party.

But even though he acted strangely, Taicang Sect's strength was there after all, and his attitude was still polite: "Fellow Daoist Wei, I'll trouble you to make this trip."

Wei Xi agreed, followed him and walked inward, suddenly remembered something, reached out his hand and took out a roll of notebooks from Tuanjieyi's backpack: "Fellow Daoist Kuang, this is what our sect's personnel manager told you on the phone earlier. Although you are willing to trust us, it is related to the reputation of the sect, so you have to explain it clearly to your believers. If he still has doubts, he can directly call our personnel manager here to confront him. "

Kuang Zhiming: "???"

Kuang Zhiming glanced at the gloomy book in Wei Xi's hand. Although the words "Taicangzong Co., Ltd.'s first staff training meeting" were printed on the cover, it was definitely not human. used things.

Thinking of the content of the Taoist temple that the HR manager mentioned on the phone, the sweat on his temples began to flow faster, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Tianzun enshrined beside him.The god of heaven looked ferocious behind the curling smoke, no matter how you looked at it, he seemed to be glaring at him angrily.

"No need, no need." He hurriedly refused, and said in a difficult tone: "Please put away the sign-in book, after all, I am a Taoist temple, and the ancestors are watching..."

Although usually never appear.

As soon as this idea came up, I heard a scream from beside me: "Oh, why is this incense broken in the middle!"

Kuang Zhiming: "..."

Seeing that his face turned blue, Wei Xi couldn't help sighing after putting away the sign-in book: "Your Tianzun has a really bad temper, much more irritable than our sect's Tianzun."

When the voice fell to the ground, another exclamation was heard: "Oh! The candle is also extinguished!"

"..." Kuang Zhiming didn't dare to answer the words, and his vests were soaked with sweat after hastily resolved the commotion of the believers. Fortunately, the believers were relatively simple, so they just found an excuse that the quality of the incense candles was not good enough to fool them.

***

The believers who came to ask for the ceremony were still waiting in the quiet room. When they saw Kuang Zhiming bring in a group of strangers with a pale face, they immediately stood up to greet them: "Taoist Master Kuang, are they...?"

"This is the Taoist chief of the Taicang sect. These two are disciples of the Taoist chief. They are my fellow Taoists in the local area. I heard about you and came to investigate together." It was only after a frantic apology that it was finally easy to secure a good incense, and he waved his hands exhausted physically and mentally, "The things they asked you to do have a bit of a relationship."

The believers were still a little unbelievable when they first saw the appearance of Wei Xi and the others. Why do monks and Taoists now have such high requirements for appearance?In the end, I heard Kuang Zhiming say that they have a relationship with him, so I couldn't help but ask curiously. The strange thing is that Kuang Zhiming refused to explain the origin of the two parties. He simply turned his head to look at the person who came, but a smiling big man came out The tall man shook hands with him without saying anything else, and kept talking about it, please take care of him in the future.

I came here to ask for help to exorcise evil spirits, so what can I do to take care of these masters?He heard that Monk Zhang Er was puzzled, so he had no choice but to put the question aside and describe the troubles he encountered.

This person's name is Bai Hao, and he is the developer of the Gangyue Building, a shopping mall under construction.

Speaking of the development process of the Gangyue Building, it is quite a long story.This project has been delayed for nearly ten years since the land was approved. The progress of the project is appallingly slow, and it has simply been abandoned there in recent years.You must know that this is a city center where land is very expensive. Such an unfinished real estate with an astonishing cost is quite rare in the whole country, so it has always attracted the attention of the outside world. The pressure on the developer can be imagined.

"Such a good location has not been built for so many years, and every day is a new loss. We are also anxious. In June, the project department put the plan of resuming the mall on the agenda, and the company also decided to re-allocate funds. I want to continue to follow the original plan to complete the construction of the Gangyue Building as soon as possible, and then create a brand new shopping mecca. For this purpose, I brought a new design project team to Beijing for inspection last month and traveled all over the place. Learning experience in shopping malls in the entire capital city. The investigation was almost over, and we almost had plans for planning the shopping mall area and attracting investment. As a result, after having a celebration meal with the project team a few days ago, I happened to pass by that area, and I suddenly thought of The nighttime lighting of the new shopping mall should also be designed to fit the exterior of the building, so I decided to take people in at night to take a look, who knows that something will happen after seeing it.”

When Bai Hao said this, he was still in shock, so he stretched out his hands and rubbed his face.

It was almost midnight at that time, it was quite late, and the weather was cold, and there were not many people still staying in the city center for shopping. To be honest, in such a situation, the dark unfinished building looked really infiltrating , an architect named Xiao Ke in the project team was very scared and refused to go in no matter what.

However, everyone present at that time was eager to try it except him. Bai Hao received the education of the new era since he was a child, and he was a young man with a vigorous blood. He also didn't believe that. How can you, an imposing man, be afraid of the dark?

The minority obeys the majority, and everyone is so persistent, Xiao Ke has no choice but to follow behind them tremblingly.

The temperature was low at night. After measuring the walls outside, we decided to go to the top of the building to see if we could do something about the sign lighting on the top floor.

The building elevators in unfinished developments have long been out of service, and the only way to get to the top floor is to walk up the stairs. Fortunately, the building is not high, and it is not difficult to climb up.However, it was too late, and because Xiao Ke was afraid of the dark, everyone did not leave separately, and they always gathered together. Unexpectedly, when going up the stairs, Xiao Ke suddenly said that he heard a voice.

Everyone stopped immediately, but of course they didn't hear anything. It's been winter in the capital recently, and the temperature has plummeted. Under such severe cold, there's no insects singing outside at all.

When everyone saw this, they immediately began to laugh at Xiao Ke, saying that he was so afraid of the dark that he had auditory hallucinations.

Xiao Ke said with certainty that he heard it right, there was a voice floating around faintly all the time, but of course no one believed him, everyone insisted on going up to the top floor, and took photos of the night scene of the surrounding business district.

Bai Hao was busy framing the scene at the time, but as he was filming, he suddenly heard someone around him asking him, "Where did everyone go?"

He subconsciously replied, "Isn't it right here?" Then he realized that the person asking the question was a very old and strange voice, which he had never heard before.

He was terrified at the time, and immediately turned his head to search, only to find that the people on the top floor had already dispersed, and there were no other figures around him.He was startled and frightened, and thought he had auditory hallucinations, but after scanning the crowd, he realized that Xiao Ke had disappeared!

He immediately yelled and gathered the crowd, but the others didn't even realize when Xiao Ke disappeared.It's not fun to make such a scene at night. Several team members thought that Xiao Ke was hiding somewhere secretly because he was afraid of the dark, so some people called Xiao Ke unhappily.Unexpectedly, the phone rang, but the source of the sound was not from the top floor, but faintly, like a desolate ghost crying, came up from the bottom of the building, and no one answered it.

Everyone was baffled and went downstairs to check, but they were surprised to find that Xiao Ke had fallen into a pool of blood.

When everyone rushed forward, Xiao Ke was still a little conscious. He was lying on the messy pile of wooden boards at the bottom of the building, his body was covered with a dense red, his eyes were fixed, and with the blood gushing out, his throat blew out. Gurgling sound.

"Ghost... There is a ghost... I saw it..."

After saying this, he tilted his head in horror and passed out.

****

"Xiao Ke is still in the ICU of the city hospital. The doctor said that it was fortunate that he was discovered early. If he was half an hour later, he might not be able to save him. Although he has survived the dangerous period, he is still in a coma, and he doesn't know when he will wake up. The hospital said that he had multiple comminuted fractures all over his body, and his internal organs were also injured, which should have been caused by falling from the roof.” Bo Hao wiped his face again, with obvious fear and regret on his face, “Yes I was wrong, I shouldn't have proposed to go into the real estate inspection in the middle of the night, and that voice...that voice..."

That old and strange voice has been lingering in his mind for a long time since the day of the accident. He has confirmed it with everyone in the company. At that time, everyone was busy with their own affairs, and no one had said anything similar.

This time, Bai Hao was really frightened. He felt that it was a hallucination, and at the same time, he felt that Xiao Ke's fall from the building was really strange, not to mention that the words the other party said before he fainted were so directional, which made him I can no longer lie to myself.

But Xiao Ke hasn't woken up yet, and he can't ask exactly what happened to the other party before he fell from the building. He can only worry about it all day long, and he can't even fall asleep.Therefore, after thinking about it, he decided to seek help from unnatural forces, searched the Internet, and selected this famous Liandu Temple in the local area.

After hearing this, Kuang Zhiming's expression became very serious. A living person fell from a building and almost died. This is not a trivial matter. He immediately got up and said, "Mr. You go to the real estate to see what's going on."

"Yes, can it work?!" Bai Hao was so frightened that he changed from firm materialism to the other extreme at this time, and asked palely, "I... I went to inquire later, and the mall was under construction at the time. Back then, it was rumored in the company that the land of the Gangyue Building was a mass grave hundreds of years ago, and then it was outsourced to a construction company, and accidents happened one after another in the project. , but the problem has not been solved. If it weren’t for this, we wouldn’t have let it stop working for so many years. You said that if this is really a mass grave, wouldn’t there be thousands of dead people buried there? Xiao Ke They were all forced to jump off the building, if these dead people appeared together, wouldn’t it be a big army? How could we solve so many problems with just us?”

Kuang Zhiming was silent for a while, and under Bai Hao's horrified gaze, his eyes slowly turned to the group of Taicangzong.

Bai Hao: "?"

The eldest disciple of Taicang Sect immediately smiled knowingly at the future landlord: "Mr. Bai, don't worry, my master is the best at fighting and fighting. If it doesn't work, we can also get foreign aid. There are hundreds of employees in our sect, and we will go to work together at that time." , it is impossible to suffer.”

Hundreds of employees?This is the standard for a medium-sized enterprise. Looking at Wei Xi, Bai Hao imagined the scene of hundreds of Taoist priests sending troops to fight against the ghosts. He was relieved for a while, and then he was surprised: "Master Wei is really... really young and talented. Why, at such a young age, he managed such a large-scale Taoist temple."

But he didn't understand, do Taoist temples have to recruit so many people now?He didn't seem to have seen so many Taoist priests when he came into Liandu Temple just now. Thinking of this, Bai Hao couldn't help asking Kuang Zhiming curiously: "Master Kuang, do you have so many Taoist priests here?"

Kuang Zhiming stared at him with complicated eyes, and didn't know how to explain it. After a long time, he could only answer with difficulty: "There are currently 17 people in Liandu Temple, nine of them are monks, and there are all kinds of others, including short-term lay visitors, a total of 45 people. people."

This number is really impressive among the Taoist temples in various cities, and it is one of the best in the local area. Bai Hao, a non-believer, has no idea, and is disappointed when he hears it. There are only 45 people, and there are hundreds of people in the Taicang sect.

Having said that, such a direct comparison is still too embarrassing, Bai Hao didn't show his thoughts, and quickly nodded with a smile and said: "Ah, that's it, it's all right, there are quite a lot of 45 people, I see the situation Daoist Master, your incense is good, the location is good, and it is still a scenic spot, and it will definitely develop in the future."

But if he had known this earlier, he would have gone directly to the larger Taicang sect. The netizens on the local forums were really unreliable, saying that Liandu was one of the best, which made him, an outsider, take it seriously.

Hearing his sincere consolation, Kuang Zhiming was not happy at all. He bit his lip and stepped out of the threshold, feeling extremely humiliated. Why was his Liandu Temple so inexplicably inferior!

Before the grievances were over, I heard Bai Hao's voice from inside again: "Hey, Master Wei, where is the exact address of your Taicang sect? I didn't find it on the Internet before. Anyway, I'm free recently, so I'll go there then." You burn incense sticks."

When his words fell to the ground, the believers exclaimed again from the front of the quiet room: "Oh, this Taoist priest, come and take a look, why is the newly installed incense broken again? Is the quality of this brand not good?"

Kuang Zhiming: "..."