Nongmen Shenjue

It was the sixth day of July when Lin Jia arrived in Feixian Town.

The seventh day of July is Qixi Qiqiao Festival, a festival for women, and it is also the biggest temple fair in Feixian Town every year, because this day is also the birthday of the fairies enshrined in the temple.The fairy statues in the Fairy Temple have real prototypes.Outsiders only know the Fairy Temple, and most of them don't know its origins. However, in Wunan County, especially around Feixian Town, people have little interest in monks and Taoists, but almost every family worships small statues of fairies and is very devout.

Lin Jia worked in Wunan County, had heard of Feixian Town earlier, and was a little curious about the Fairy Temple. He was usually busy with government affairs, and finally got some free time. He made friends and invited him, so he planned to come here for a few days.

The journey is far away, so we arrived one day in advance and stayed at the inn in the town that night.

Woke up early and prepared to taste the food in the town, but suddenly heard people's voices shouting: "Fairy!"

Lin Jia was surprised. Seeing people running towards the archway of the town, they raised their heads to look up at the top of the mountain.He also looked up, but saw a faint figure on the floating Feixiantai.The distance is too far, so I can't see clearly, but I can still see that it is a person in white.

"It's the fairy girl in the temple!" Someone shouted.

The fairies in the Fairy Temple all have uniform costumes, which may be to highlight the holiness and holiness of the fairies. The fairies in the temple have wide-sleeved white dresses and light gold girdles with exquisite embroidery and green tulle. Tie up the girdle, and the tulle will be covered outside the white skirt, which is slightly shorter than the white skirt, making the clothes more layered, richer in color, and not messy.The hair of the fairies is mainly simple, with the upper part tied high, wearing a wooden lotus crown, and the lower part scattered behind the head. In addition, the fairies are all carefully selected, just like real fairies.

As long as you have been a fairy girl, your marriage will be very beneficial in the future, so every time you choose a fairy girl, it is also a grand event.

As the crowd screamed, the people from Feixiantai jumped down.

Just as the sun was rising, the golden sunlight pierced through the clouds, and the figure that fell from the sky swayed like a cloud, or like a fairy rising from the clouds. After a short period of splendor, the figure quickly disappeared at the bottom of the cliff.

The town reacted quickly and immediately organized people to search for it.

Lin Jia was an outsider, so she made her identity clear in order to follow immediately.

It seems that Feixian Town is very obsessed with "Feixian". The mountain where the Fairy Temple is located is called Feixian Mountain. Below Feixiantai is a deep valley with steep walls on all sides, which is very dangerous. It is called Luohun Valley by the locals.

To go to the bottom of the valley, there is only one small road, which is winding and not only difficult to walk, but also has many snakes and insects. It took half an hour to reach the bottom of the valley.At the bottom of the valley, there are lush vegetation and scattered rocks. I found the fallen person on a piece of barren grass. Looking at his clothes, he was indeed a fairy from the Fairy Temple.

The deceased was face down at the time, smashed his face, and could not recognize his identity. When he went to the temple to inquire, he learned that a woman named Yuzhu was missing.

Yuzhu, surnamed Sun, was nineteen years old and was elected to serve in the Fairy Temple at the age of 12. It has been seven years.Due to the rules in the Fairy Temple, Yuzhu was about to leave, there were four people leaving in the same batch, the list had already been listed, and all four of them knew about it.

Generally, there is no accident, the temple will announce the matter one year in advance, and when the women's family members learn about it, they will release the news and arrange the marriage for the women.

The women who can enter the fairy temple are not bad in appearance, not to mention that the temple will teach reading, literacy, textile farming, etc., which is one of the reasons why fairy girls are popular.

Sun Yuzhu is no exception, and she is the best in the same batch.

However, Sun Yuzhu's marriage had already been arranged.

The Sun family is not a resident of Feixian Town, but a businessman in Wunan County.The Sun family is in the business of mountain goods and runs a mountain goods store in the county. There are two sons and one daughter in the family. Sun Yuzhu is the youngest daughter.

The selection of celestial beings in the Fairy Temple seems to be regardless of the origin of the origin, but in fact it attaches great importance to the basic origin.In the selection, priority is given to the main household in Feixian Town, especially the two surnames Tang and Lou, followed by the surrounding villages and towns. If you are a foreigner, you can also, but you need to verify your identity at various levels, and you must have a reliable recommender.

Sun Yuzhu is from the county seat, so she is a bit weaker in the competition, but her mother is from the Tang family in Feixian Town, and she has been married to the Tang family's cousin since she was a child.Sun Yuzhu's entry into the Fairy Temple was firstly for this kind of honor, and secondly, it was also at the request of the Tang family. She would marry into the Tang family when she was 20 years old and formally returned to vulgar life.

According to this trend, Sun Yuzhu's future is very good, and he should not commit suicide.

At that time, it was almost the focus of everyone's attention. Only one figure was seen on Feixiantai, and there was no sign of outsider harm, so it could only be inferred as suicide.But after checking Sun Yuzhu's past and background, Lin Jia couldn't figure out that such a person would seek death, or such a sensational one.

Lin Jia himself is good at investigating cases, and he also likes investigating cases. He always felt that there was some unknown secret hidden behind Sun Yuzhu's death, and he wanted to find out.Unexpectedly, after repeated investigations, his term of office had already expired. Instead of finding out the result, two suicide cases were dug up, and the deceased were both fairy aunts of the Fairy Temple.

One died 13 years ago, named Tang Fengfei, at the age of 32; the other died 12 years ago, named Lou Fengyang, at the age of 32.One of these two people is from the Tang family and the other is from the Lou family. They are both direct descendants and born in the same year. They both have "phoenix" in their names. It's not in vain. .The two followed the family tradition and participated in the selection of Xiangu. Not only were they both selected, but they both became candidates for the succession of Xiangu's mother-in-law.

Back then, these two people were called "Flying Immortals and Two Phoenixes", and they overshadowed the other fairies, and their rivalry was also talked about.They were all looking forward to it, but they didn't know who would be the final successor, so how did they know that the two died one after another.

Externally, it is only said that the two died of illness.

Lin Jia was just checking on Sun Yuzhu's affairs at the time. When he visited the town, people either didn't know what to ask, or turned around and left.Tired from walking all day and discouraged, he went to a cool place in the corner to rest for a while, but unexpectedly heard two families arguing.

The cause was Lin Jia's investigation, the two households had conflicts, and because of Lin Jia's investigation, they quarreled.You said that someone died in my family, and I said that someone died in your family. All kinds of slanderous words were blurted out, and they were arguing and wanting to do it.Because the two families spoke a dialect, and the speed of speech was urgent and fast, Lin Jia didn't understand what he heard, and soon someone came to persuade the quarrel, and a word made the quarrellers quiet down.

Lin Jia became curious, so she questioned every single word and half sentence she heard, and finally got a little clue, which was the death of "Flying Immortals and Two Phoenixes".

It is difficult to find out more things, because the people in the town keep this secret, no matter who Lin Jia asks, the other party will always be vigilant and defensive, and even the radicals will speak ill at each other.Lin Jia spent a long time under the pressure, suspecting that the two committed suicide, but the cause of death was unknown, fearing that the news would have a bad impact, Xiannv Temple, together with Tang and Lou, suppressed the truth.

Lin Jia felt that the Fairy Temple was full of fog and secrets, but even as the county magistrate, he couldn't explore those places in depth.

The strong dragon does not suppress the local snake.

Although Feixian Town is under the rule of Wunan County, in fact, it is controlled by Tang and Lou.

The three deaths were separated by a year, and they were both fairy girls in the Fairy Temple. Lin Jia connected the three deaths together out of an intuition.There are too many questions, too many mysteries, and occasionally he even feels that he is overthinking.

Since all the fairies died, Lin Jia checked the Fairy Temple in detail.

According to the records of Wunan County Chronicles, the Fairy Temple was first built in the fifth year of Chaotianfu.Tianfu is the last year name used by the last emperor of the previous dynasty. The previous dynasty perished in the 17th year of Tianfu, so this dynasty calls the last emperor of the previous dynasty Tianfu Emperor.When Emperor Tianfu changed the year name, the world was already in chaos, there were civil disturbances everywhere, and there were also rebels from all walks of life.The Tang and Lou families in Feixian Town settled in Feixian Town in the 11th year of Tianfu. At that time, there was no town, it was just a forest, and the town was developed later.

Therefore, there is the Fairy Temple first, and then there is Feixian Town.

It is said that the fairy enshrined in the Fairy Temple was originally a Taoist nun. The poor woman was lonely and helpless during the war, so a Taoist temple was built to give her shelter.After the Taoist nun passed away, the woman she rescued inherited her wish and enshrined the statue of the Taoist nun. Because the temple only accommodates women, outsiders often say that there are fairies in the mountains here. Locally, they donated money to the Taoist temple to renovate and reshape the statues. It was also at that time that the Taoist temple was renamed "Fairy Temple".

The records in the county annals are limited, but there are detailed records about Tang and Lou's restoration of the fairy temple, but they only briefly mention the Taoist nun.

However, the Taoist nun not only left behind a temple to shelter women, but also a source of income for the temple.The Fairy Mountain where the Fairy Temple is located belongs to the Fairy Temple.The Fairy Mountain is very large, and the temple is only located on the main mountain. There are all kinds of wood, medicinal materials, game, etc. in the mountain. It can also cultivate vegetable fields, grow mulberry and silkworms for textiles.

The big head of incense, from Tang and Lou, will donate a sum of money every year.

Lin Jia checked the county chronicles carefully. Earlier, there were monk temples in the mountains around Feixian Town, but there were no Taoist temples. The Taoist nun was from outside.This Taoist nun is very mysterious, her age is very old, and her age and appearance cannot be tested, but the Yamen has recorded in detail the records of Taoist nuns buying mountains, with thousands of silver. One can imagine, how is it unusual for a person with such a huge amount of money?

I can't complain that everyone praises her "Bodhisattva heart" and "fairy descends to earth".

Lin Jia speculated that the Taoist nun might have fallen into poverty and had no choice but to become a monk. When she saw other poor women, she felt the same way, so she took care of her.Originally, when Taoist nuns built temples, they should have left a record, but after a long time, no record could be found, and it may have been lost.Later, when I bought the mountain, I bought it directly in the name of the Fairy Temple.

The reason for studying the origin of the Fairy Temple is just to know more about the Fairy Temple.

After all, when the temple was first built, it was only for shelter, not a place for marriage.