Part-Time Taoist Priest

Sure enough, Shi Changxuan went to Baoyang to watch it, and of course he wasn't thinking about the rent issue.

Xie Lingya knew that he could earn a lot of money if he went to do things, but Baoyang Temple's location is really good, and it's a Taoist temple, so if he does something here, he won't be reported by his neighbors.

Shi Changxuan didn't look like someone who was particularly materialistic, and he didn't feel bad about the reward he got last time, so he passed it on to Xie Lingya.And even if Xie Lingya said that, it was impossible for him not to give any money.

Finally, Shi Changxuan really agreed to move to Baoyang Temple, and Xie Lingya couldn't stop laughing at that time.

People have entered Baoyang Temple, are they still far from apprenticeship? ?

Xie Lingya kindly accompanied Shi Changxuan to the Temple of Supreme Harmony and brought all his luggage. Shi Changxuan's room was next to Xie Lingya's.

"My uncle used to live in this room, so it is a little bigger. Because I have more affection for my uncle, I am not willing to give up this room." Xie Lingya said with a little emotion.

How long can he live now? It is said that he wants to give this room to his uncle's apprentice in the future—although he has already set his sights on Shi Changxuan in his heart, but it doesn't refer to Shi Changxuan specifically. After all, Shi Changxuan is a Taoist priest who graduated In the future, there is a high probability that they will not live in the temple.

A trace of incomprehension flashed in Shi Changxuan's eyes, "...no need."

"Hehe," Xie Lingya didn't look at him at all, and he couldn't understand anyway. He was thinking that now he could imbue Shi Changxuan with some image of his uncle, so he took the opportunity to say, "I often came to live with my uncle when I was young. Sometimes I’m practicing here, like swordsmanship, fists, etc., and I’m scared to play, so I’ll be picked up and thrown high, even higher than the roof, and then I’ll be caught to remove all the strength.”

After hearing this, Shi Changxuan seemed to imagine it for a while, and then said: "You must not be frightened."

"Ah, yes. I'm not afraid of heights, but I'm happier." Xie Lingya thought that this point was wrong, and said, "My uncle often solves some troubles for others for free. When I was young, I loved to watch him secretly. He seems to know everything when receiving those who come to ask for help. If there is anything wrong with someone, he will analyze the ins and outs clearly at once, and after a while, he will even have a solution. I think that is very cool, and I even play secretly Pass his magic weapon."

Shi Changxuan: "...you are very talented."

"My uncle said the same thing, hahaha," Xie Lingya said. "At that time, my dad was busy, and he went to hold a parent-teacher meeting for me. When they saw him wearing a priestly robe, they all looked at him. But he showed it to our math teacher. He figured it out, and told our teacher that there was a small calamity at the end of the month. Our teacher really avoided him, saying that my uncle's calculations were accurate, which led to me getting a free small stove."

Shi Changxuan said softly: "So you studied finance?"

"It's nothing to do with this. I didn't get any better in mathematics after I started a small course of study. The main reason is that I don't like learning. Later in high school, I started to work hard because my father remarried." Xie Lingya was talking, and found that the topic was always crooked. Ah, hurry up and stop talking.

Seeing this, Shi Changxuan stopped talking, and took the time to look at him twice, hesitating to speak.

Xie Lingya didn't notice anything, just went about his own business.

……

Because the Hungry Ghost Festival was approaching, Baoyang Temple had to find a way to do it. He found a red paper and wrote a notice to inform believers of the time of the Dharma meeting.

The [-]th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the Ulan Basin Festival in Buddhism, and the Hungry Ghost Festival in Taoism.There are also Shangyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival, one on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is the Lantern Festival, and one on the fifteenth day of October.

Sanyuan is another name for the Great Emperor of the Three Officials, Tianguan, Diguan, and Shuiguan.The Sanyuan Festival is the birthday of the three great emperors. The Heavenly Official blesses, the Earth Official pardons sins, and the Water Official relieves misfortunes. Therefore, the Zhongyuan Earth Official Festival is the time to forgive sins.

On this day, the local officials opened the underworld to test the souls of the dead.In addition to celebrating the birthday of the local official, the Taoist temple will also hold a puja to alleviate the sins of the ancestors of the believers, and at the same time relieve the lonely souls of the ten directions.

Daoist temples have the methods of Daoist temples, and small Daoist temples have the methods of small Daoist temples.

Daoist temples are like Taihe Temple, a Zhongyuan Dharma meeting, more than a dozen mages practice, hundreds of believers participate, a high platform is set up, and the band accompanies.

As for a small Taoist temple like Baoyang Temple, there is only one Taoist priest in total, so it is relatively shabby, and the scene will definitely be relatively small.The small things on the scene must be complete, such as fragrant flowers and fruits, food offerings, lamp offerings, soul-calling banners and so on.

Because the merit money is given by believers casually, Xie Lingya was a little unsure at first.Fortunately, according to the last statistics, almost forty believers signed up, hoping to pray for the blessings of their deceased relatives. Each person donated at least one hundred, not to mention more, it was enough.

The believers provided the information, and Xie Lingya made a spiritual tablet in advance based on these.There are also uncles among them, Xie Lingya is holding out hope, the door of hell is wide open, what if I can see my uncle again?

The other thing is to accept the education work of the street staff. They are located in the urban area, and they are told to pay attention to fire prevention when they burn paper money. Xie Lingya also had to nod repeatedly and write down the precautions.After all, Baoyang Temple is also a patriotic religious organization under the leadership of the party, and it cannot do things that endanger society.

And he also happened to negotiate with the aunts and uncles who dance square dances every day in the Liming Square next to him through the street staff, and asked them not to dance here on the night of the Ghost Festival, otherwise it would be outrageous to sing scriptures here and dance music on the other side.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Daoting, as the master of the technique, needs to practice well in advance, and he is particularly uneasy. Although he is familiar with the process, he is afraid that his cultivation is not enough.

Before coming to Baoyang Temple, Zhang Daoting had never independently presided over a ritual ceremony. He was very nervous last time on the birthday of the Patriarch.

In the past 20 years, Zhang Daoting was unlucky. He was unsuccessful in almost everything he did, and he also brought trouble to the people around him.During the time he came to Baoyang Temple, he was also a little uneasy. Seeing that Baoyang Temple was not down, but the incense was getting more and more prosperous, he felt a little relaxed.

But at this moment, my heart raised again, I was too afraid of failure.

But Shi Changxuan is not a disciple of Baoyang Temple after all, no matter how hard it is for Xie Lingya to ask him to help with the matter now, Zhang Daoting can only bear the heavy pressure.

Zhang Daoting: "Boss, I'm afraid I can't do it! Otherwise, come on, you can wear a Taoist robe and pretend."

"I'm not a monk, and I don't even have a layman's certificate. What if I get exposed in the future?" Xie Lingya said.

Zhang Daoting cried, "Although you have encouraged me many times, but I..."

"You have to have confidence in yourself!" Xie Lingya said, "I tell you, you go to ask the patriarch for one night, and ask him to bless you to complete the ceremony smoothly. This is an important step in the new beginning of our Baoyang Temple. Fa conference!"

Zhang Daoting tremblingly said: "Can, can it be done?"

Xie Lingya said: "Are you questioning Patriarch's ability?"

"No..." But since Xie Lingya said that, Zhang Daoting couldn't help muttering, "But isn't the Patriarch a great Dharma protector?"

If Xie Lingya hadn't said it, he wouldn't have imagined that the patriarch didn't seem to be in charge.Indeed, judging from these days, the patriarch had more frequent manifestations in Baoyang Temple, which made Zhang Daoting a lot of money, but if the business is not right, can he be blessed?

"Did you forget something? The Taoist temple used the "Sazu Tin Pot Alchemy and Food Alchemy" for Zhongyuandu's death ritual." Xie Lingya reminded, "It's impossible for you not to know who Sazu is?"

Zhang Daoting: "..."

Zhang Daoting used to live in several Taoist temples. Although the master who brought him in had different sects, he learned so much that he didn't realize it for a while.

There are also many different methods for the Zhongyuan Festival in various schools of Taoism, such as "Lingbao's Food Offering Ritual", "Doumu's Food Giving Ritual", etc. Among them, a very widely used set is called "Sazu Tin Can Refining and Giving Food Gold" division".

The founder of this set of rituals, Sa Zu, whose real name is Sa Shoujian, is honored as the one-yuan Supreme Sa Weng Zhenjun.He also has a personal identity, that is, the master of Taoist Dharma Protector Wang Lingguan...!

Xie Lingya whispered: "Do you think that I just force you to practice things? Think about it, the patriarch is Sa Zu and he is a direct disciple. He must have learned this set of rituals!"

Zhang Daoting: "........."

Fuck, does the boss mean the same as going through the back door?But, go to God? ?

Zhang Daoting raised his head and said in admiration: "...boss, I am really convinced, your inference is really flawless! That is really not possible, can you still ask the patriarch to intercede with Sa Zu?"

Xie Lingya: "...you are quite good at drawing inferences from one instance."

Zhang Daoting couldn't laugh or cry, he felt that only someone like Xie Lingya who had a strong connection with the Patriarch could have thought of this method, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed not unreasonable, it made perfect sense.

Hold the Zhongyuan Dharma Conference, and ask the patriarch of Baoyang Temple and the apprentice of Sazu to bless you for success, and there is nothing wrong with it!

So, Zhang Daoting really went to the Lingguan Hall and knelt for a long time, praying to the patriarch to bless him to perform well.After it's over, I really feel at ease.

On the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a small platform was set up in the front yard of Baoyang Temple, where sutras and blessings were chanted during the day to celebrate the birthday of the local officials.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, believers who want to participate in the Zhongyuan Dharma Conference will stay, and the Dharma Conference will begin.

There is a portrait of Taiyi Tianzun and a tablet of Sazu on the altar, and there are five offerings of incense, lanterns and fruits. Zhang Daoting sat on the stage and exchanged a look with Xie Lingya. He was not so nervous, "Fate and pass, Huiguang Jiuquan... …All the seas of evil will cease to be waves, and hearing the Dharma will come to the world!"

Below are about forty believers who signed up and a small group of people who simply watched. Among them, some of them participated in this kind of puja for the first time, and they all seemed very curious.

Among these people, Xie Lingya could see familiar faces, such as He Zun, Uncle He, Chen Mo, Cheng Jie and his wife, Mrs. Sun and others.

Not long after the puja started, Shi Changxuan also came out with some food. The Dharma faction is different, and he didn't participate in the puja, so he took some food and went out by himself to feed the lonely ghosts without priests on the street.

Xie Lingya said hesitantly: "If you feed him, don't you have to take the subway to the suburbs?"

Shi Changxuan didn't react for a while, "Huh?"

Xie Lingya: "We are very strict here. You may be fined for littering food, and they don't care about your morals."

Shi Changxuan: "..."

Xie Lingya thought for a while, "Why don't you go to the back door, it's not next to the street, but next to the vegetable market, no one will catch you."

"..." Shi Changxuan obviously had never experienced this kind of situation where he sneakily gave food to lonely ghosts, so he went to the back door to put food with some indescribable words.

Then, at Xie Lingya's invitation, Shi Changxuan watched the ceremony with him.

There are almost five steps in this Dharma meeting. The first step is to pay respects to the temple. The Taoist priest who presides over the Dharma must worship Taiyi Tianzun and Sazu.The second is to invite the saints, praying for the saints from all walks of life, as well as the dead souls of the believers to come together and enjoy the fast feast.

When Zhang Daoting began to pray for the undead of his family to come from the underworld, He Zun felt a little restless.

His luck has been low for a long time, so when he reached this step, he felt strange for no reason, and couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Uncle, do you feel anything..."

Uncle He glanced at him in horror, "You, what do you feel?"

"I can't tell, but there seems to be something too much." He Zun murmured.

These believers all paid for the spiritual position, and someone nearby heard it, and they also looked surprised when they looked sideways.

Originally, the first part of the ceremony was a bit boring, coupled with the heavy traffic outside, it made this place different from the general practice, the noise made it difficult to calm down.

But what He Zun said made the people around him chill.

Then they found that not only He Zun, but also two believers who were not very angry also expressed in a low voice that they felt strange, as if there was nothing around them, but they seemed to be able to sense something.

Fortunately, there were dozens of people at the scene, and most of them were believers, so there was no riot, and it became quieter after a while.

The unusual induction of those few believers made everyone not think too much about the environment. For a while, they stared at the mage closely and concentrated on it.

Some of them have also participated in the Zhongyuan Fa Conference in other places, but they have never encountered such a situation.

The third step is to break the prison, and invite the lonely souls of the ten directions to come to the Dharma meeting. The lonely souls and wild ghosts who died in foreign lands, mothers and children died in dystocia, drowned in rivers, bitten by wild animals, etc., can come to the meeting.Then the fourth step is to invite these lonely and wild ghosts who have no one to worship and eat the Dharma food provided today together with the dead souls of the family.

People like Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan could also keenly feel that the scene became much colder.

Over there, He Zun's face was pale with fright, he was on the verge of seeing a ghost at any time, and he didn't dare to open his eyes.

Xie Lingya, on the other hand, was very courageous, and because he wanted to see his uncle, he drew the eyes of a spirit official between his brows, and used his third eye to see——

It's hard to describe the sight in front of him!

The small courtyard is full of ghosts and shadows, and most of them are wild ghosts who have wandered around for a long time. They look very miserable and die in different ways. Some are dragging their intestines, some are covered with water, and some are holding ghost babies... ... They all looked eagerly at the ignorant Zhang Daoting on the altar.

Of course, there are also the ancestors of those believers, they are easy to distinguish, because they have opened a small stove just now, and their mental outlook is much better than those lonely ghosts.

Zhang Daoting sprinkled it with willow branches dipped in dew, turning one into ten, ten into a hundred.All the ghosts scrambled for the hard-won dew and wiped off the dirt on their bodies.The ghosts in the back row couldn't grab it, so they climbed up to catch the dew on the heads of people who couldn't see them.

The wild ghosts who wiped off the dirt on their bodies looked better than before, and they were neatly dressed.At this time, Zhang Daoting began to chant mantras to transform the enshrined food, and then made an action of "sprinkling" them out with willow branches.

In Xie Lingya's eyes, he could see clearly that the ghosts obeyed the rules of the Dharma Conference and did not dare to fight for it, but after getting the food, they stuffed it into their mouths desperately.The entire front yard of Baoyang Temple is almost full of devouring ghosts...

"..." Xie Lingya wiped off the cinnabar with trembling hands. Although he felt that he was mentally prepared, it was still a little exciting to see such a scene of all ghosts sharing a hand-picked meal.

Shi Changxuan looked at Xie Lingya with a clear look.

Xie Lingya smiled awkwardly, and felt a little disappointed because he had written his uncle's spiritual position, but he couldn't see his uncle's ghost when he looked around just now.

Thinking about the good, my uncle did so many good deeds during his lifetime, so don't let others overdo it, maybe he was reincarnated early...

Xie Lingya thought wildly for a while, and thought that he should burn more paper money later, their puja was not large in scale, and they said it was to save the lonely souls of the ten directions, but their ability was limited, so they just did their best.There are many dead souls in the world. I hope that there will be more monasteries, Taoist temples, and well-meaning people around the world today, the better.

As Zhang Daoting rang the Dharma bell, Xie Lingya, together with the believers, threw paper money and other objects into the prepared brazier.

……

In the end, Zhang Daoting recited "Nine True Precepts", so that these ghosts can reform themselves after eating and drinking enough, wash away their sins, and get rid of their sins.

"When you come, you will come, if you go, you will go. This is not a place to keep your soul... This night is good to inherit the power of merit and virtue, and when you come, you will repay the good cause. Rely on the power of Tao as the best cause, and follow your wishes to be born in heaven..."

Following Zhang Daoting's chanting, Xie Lingya quietly opened his eyes again, and saw the ghosts who had been liberated had peaceful faces, throwing themselves into the sky.

In the eyes of everyone, it was accompanied by the last chanting that a gust of wind blew from nowhere and swept all the ashes of the burned paper money and spiritual tablets into the sky.Pieces of paper dust fluttered in the dark night sky, like snowflakes and butterflies.Stay in the world for a while, fly to the clouds.

Thinking of the strange performance of the two believers before, the current scene is so similar to the deceased relatives leaving reluctantly after enjoying the offering.Everyone's heart throbbed, and they were inexplicably moved, but they were no longer afraid.

Zhang Daoting saw the strong wind blowing up the ashes of the paper, and he felt a sense of perfection in his heart, woohoo, it succeeded, the bad luck was really suppressed by the patriarch and the boss!

Only Xie Lingya feels lost in his heart...

Not only did I not see my uncle, but it was too late to stop them from interviewing the specific feelings of being saved. It seems that the ghost investigation cannot be done, and I wonder if there will be another chance in the future.

The author has something to say:

Our patriarch, that is also very coverable drops