Part-Time Taoist Priest

It took Xie Lingya two days to count the things in Baoyang Temple, and he found a plaque in the utility room. This is the original sign of Baoyang Temple, which must have a history of hundreds of years.

When Jingui Pedestrian Street was renovated, the facades of the whole street were uniformly decorated. Baoyang Temple was actually located outside the gate of the pedestrian street, but at that time it was probably because it was close to each other, so it was changed together for neatness. Anyway, the outer wall was always turned over and over again. turned over.

Besides, the entire Baoyang Temple covers an area of ​​less than one mu, and it is just a miniature, mini Taoist temple.The whole building is a small building with brick and wood structure. A circle of bamboo is planted against the wall in the front yard, and there is an old water well in the shape of eight trigrams in the corner.

Then there is the Sanqing Hall, the main hall, which is also the largest building in Baoyang Temple. Sanqing is enshrined inside, the Jade Emperor is on the back, and Taiyi Tianzun is in the east-west room.

Pass the Sanqing Hall and enter the backyard. In a circle of buildings, except for the Lingguan Hall and Wenchang Hall, they are all used for living such as residences and kitchens. These living rooms have been renovated with cement.

A small piece of land was set up in the courtyard, where some fruits and vegetables were grown in the past, but now it has been abandoned.There are also inscriptions left over from the old days, which are also hundreds of years old.

The Taoist temple as a whole is a very typical Taoist temple architectural style. It faces south and has a symmetrical layout.

According to the notes of predecessors, the Taoist temple was first built in the Ming Dynasty, was destroyed, and was rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty.

Xie Lingya still remembered that his uncle told him when he was a child that when Baoyang Temple was the largest, there were several entrances along the central axis.Later, it was destroyed over the years, leaving only one main hall and two side halls. The statue of Sanqing was moved to the main hall, and the statue of Lingguan was relegated to the side hall.

Xie Lingya took photos one by one and went to the Municipal Bureau of Culture. His uncle didn't care much about these things, so he thought there were some old people in the temple, so he went to inquire about it.

After asking, Xie Lingya knew that Baoyang Temple had been registered.

In the past two years, the city has begun to pay more attention to the protection of cultural relics and historic sites. Someone from the Cultural Bureau went to Baoyang Temple for inspection and appraisal, but the whereabouts of the only Taoist priest Wang Yuji were sometimes uncertain, so it was only registered.

As soon as Xie Lingya showed up, they also said that they would issue nameplates to Baoyang Temple, which were made uniformly, and there are historical and cultural relics in this city.Xie Lingya accepted it happily, and asked cheekily if there was any protection funds in this area that he could apply for.

It's a pity that they have special funds, but the amount is limited. Baoyang Temple is neither the oldest nor the worst. I don't know when it will be its turn.

The staff at the reception saw that Xie Lingya was good-looking and always smiling, and they liked him, so they told him that the bureau was compiling a book about local scenic spots, historic sites, cultural relics and legends. send them.

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Xie Lingya was taken aback, and started flipping through his notes when he got back.

Not only does it cost money to repair Taoist temples, it is also difficult to recruit disciples for an empty Taoist temple, and it will fall into a vicious circle.He has to attract some tourists and pilgrims first. It may be difficult in the early stage, but it is necessary.

Wang Yuji never had the intention to commercialize the Taoist temple, or he didn't know it at all.Xie Lingya thought, let's start by perfecting the legends of Taoist temples.

People before Baoyang Temple had a lot of notes, and there were footnotes added from generation to generation. At most, half of a page of notes was full of annotations.The story materials Xie Lingya was looking for were all scattered in his notes. He flipped through several books and saw his previous doodles.

Xie Lingya didn't like to study before, but he was thinking about peeking at Wang Yu's notes.

Xie Lingya doesn't know what happened to those so-called star-studded people in the past. Anyway, when he was ignorant and incompetent, he didn't say "sixteen steps to become a fairy" so exaggeratedly, but his understanding was really special. quick.

The contents of these few pages he turned over are still fresh in his memory.

After searching for a while, Xie Lingya finally found some usable materials.

There are many ways of naming Taoist temples. Gods, legends, place names, and Taoist cultural terms can all be used as temple names. Xie Lingya always thought that the name of Baoyang Temple was taken from "carrying yin and embracing yang".

It turned out that the Baoyang Temple was originally called "Baoyang Temple" because I found the notes of a master Wang Yuji, because there used to be a lot of sheep in the temple, but somehow it gradually became "Baoyang Temple".

"This is too unreasonable." Xie Lingya sweated, and simply omitted this part.With a swipe of his pen, he exaggerated and made up a legendary story about Baoyang Temple based on some of the notes of his predecessors. Various gods descended to earth and goblins fought.

After Xie Lingya finished writing, he was still a little unfulfilled, not because he was exaggerating, but when he was in the Cultural Bureau, he read other materials compiled by others. Good guy, all of them have been linked to Nuwa and Huangdi, and the most simple one has also been linked to Qianlong.

In Taoist temples, the highest deity Sanqing is bound to be enshrined. In addition, there is usually a main deity to be enshrined. This depends on the beliefs of the local people or the Taoist priests in the temple.For example, some Taoist temples worship Emperor Zhenwu, some worship Lu Dongbin, God of Wealth, Wenquxing and so on.

The main god enshrined in Baoyang Temple is Wang Lingguan, who is the deity of the statue of Lingguan Hall in the side hall, and is regarded as the patriarch by Baoyang Temple.

Wang Lingguan is the protector of Taoism and guards the mountain gate, so basically the first hall of the Taoist temple, there will be a statue of Lingguan in the gate hall, which guards and protects the mountain gate.

Xie Lingya roughly made up a story about Wang Lingguan appearing to help a certain master of Baoyang temple to subdue demons and save the people of Fuyang. He sent this rough story to the person in the Cultural Bureau, and the other party sent a few thumbs up emojis, It is estimated that he got the essence.

Compared with the outside world, the environment of Baoyang Temple looks very quiet and simple, but it is not covered after all.

There is a vegetable market behind Baoyang Temple. Business starts early in the morning, and the pedestrian street is full of people during the day.In the evening, the grandpa and aunt gathered in Liming Square, several groups, and the music was loud.

Xie Lingya spent a whole day reading in such an environment, and the more he read, the more he felt that it would be amazing if this environment could have believers...

He hasn't figured out how to get the funds yet. For the time being, he spends half of his time reading his professional books and half of the time recording his predecessors' pens into electronic versions, which has improved his typing speed.

Because the sound of the square dance accompaniment was too loud at night, his Taoist temple faced the square, so Xie Lingya read with earphones on.Xie Lingya fell asleep just looking at it, and woke up with a dry mouth. He didn't know what time it was. As soon as he took off his earphones, he heard a faint knock on the door.

Xie Lingya had just woken up, and was stunned for a while. Then he realized that there was a corner door in the backyard, which led to the vegetable market at the back. Hearing the sound, it seemed that he was knocking on the back door.

Xie Lingya turned on his phone and glanced at the time, it was [-]:[-] in the middle of the night, who would knock on the door at this hour?

The knocking on the door was chaotic and urgent, there were shops all around, and Xie Lingya was probably the only one who was disturbed.Xie Lingya has always been bolder, he put on his slippers and went out while clutching his phone, and even grabbed a rolling pin.

Tonight there is a moon and no stars, the moonlight shines in the world quietly, Xie Lingya didn't even ask who was outside, he opened the back door halfway with one hand, and asked the knocker suddenly: "What are you doing?"

……

He Zun was almost lying on the door, his upper and lower teeth were fighting, and panic spread all over his body. He had knocked on the door for 3 minutes and still hadn't responded, but the darkness behind him seemed to have substance to cling to him...

He was almost desperate, when the door suddenly opened.

crunch.

The moonlight poured down along the opening and closing, illuminating a very beautiful face. The complexion seemed as cold and white as the moonlight. The two lying silkworms under the clear eyes were originally cute, but since He Zun lay on the door a little lower Looking at it from a different angle, it seems a bit cold.

He Zun was stunned for a moment, and then fell into the ecstasy of finally seeing a living person: "Please let me in, help!"

Xie Lingya raised his eyebrows.

He Zun wanted to squeeze in through the crack of the door, but Xie Lingya blocked him very tightly. He said anxiously, "Saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. What about that, let me go in and hide!"

Xie Lingya: "Futu? You can see that this is a Taoist temple, right?"

He Zun: "..."

I really don't know... The roof of the building can be seen from the outside at night, and he thought it was a temple at first.

He Zun was deeply afraid that the other party would really lock him out, and that they might think he was avoiding debts, so he opened the door and shouted: "Please, please, please, there is a ghost, help!"

Ghost?Xie Lingya paused when he closed the door, held the door and looked at him, and slowly raised his left hand under the expectant eyes of this person——

The ring finger and little finger are flexed, the index finger and thumb are respectively pinching the back and front of the first horizontal crease of the middle finger, and the white and slender middle finger is stretched straight.

He Zun: "..."

He Zun shuddered, and then said sadly and angrily: "Why are you like this? If you don't listen or believe it, it's fine if you don't save yourself, and you still give me the middle finger!!"

Xie Lingya: "...?"

A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated.

He Zun turned around and left.

Xie Lingya called him from behind: "Hey, you should come in."

It took only five steps for He Zun to go out. In fact, he regretted it when he reached the third step. It was so scary outside. Xie Lingya didn't even finish his sentence, so he turned around immediately, "Yeah, okay!"

Xie Lingya who originally wanted to explain: "..."

……

Xie Lingya poured a cup of hot water for this stranger, he looked him over, he looked young, probably around twenty, and asked, "What happened just now?"

In fact, He Zun felt much better just now, and now that he drank hot water, he was even more refreshed, and slowly told about his experience.

He Zun is a sophomore at Yuyang University. He met his friends for dinner and sang karaoke at night. After we left, he felt really sleepy. After drinking some wine, he decided to take a room in a nearby hotel to rest.

He Zun wanted to take a shortcut and cross a small road, but as he was walking, he found that he couldn't reach his destination no matter what, and the surrounding area was unbelievably quiet.

This is a commercial area anyway, even in the middle of the night, there is no sound at all, and all the lights of the buildings have been extinguished, including the street lights, leaving only a little bit of strange moonlight, which is even more terrifying.

The whole world suddenly had no direction, no sound, no lights, and He Zun woke up from his drunkenness, and suddenly thought of three words, ghost hit the wall.

Then, instead of being able to go out, it seemed that something was peeping from the dark, which made his hair stand on end.

When He Zun was very desperate, Baoyang Temple and the lights of Baoyang Temple appeared in his sight, just like the brightest star in the night sky.

Then Xie Lingya also knew what happened, He Zun rushed over and knocked on the door, Xie Lingya was asleep and wearing earphones, so He Zun knocked for several minutes.

Seeing Xie Lingya's expression, He Zun seemed to have no disbelief, and said hesitantly: "Well, actually, just now you gave me the middle finger, and I felt like a layer of veil was covering my surroundings, and it disappeared all of a sudden, and I returned to the normal world." Feeling. Is that because of your... middle finger?"

Xie Lingya: "...It's not what you think."

He Zun bowed to Xie Lingya with his palms together, and said brokenly: "Thank you very much, I misunderstood, I didn't expect you to save me by pointing your middle finger! Did I bump into something strange? The first time I met, I heard that People have to be fiercer than that thing, and it is afraid of you! Thank you, I have learned!"

Xie Lingya was speechless, and simply took He Zun to the nearby Lingguan Hall.

He Zun looked up, and there was a statue of a god in the small side hall, with a golden armor and a red robe. It was old, but it looked majestic, with three eyes on its forehead, and held a golden whip in one hand. In the same gesture, the middle finger was raised high.

He Zun took a breath of air: "... Are you Taoist gods so infatuated?"

Xie Lingya: "..."

Xie Lingya resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and said: "This is the patriarch of our Baoyang Temple, the Taiyi Thunder God Yinghua Tianzun, the Taoist Dharma protector, Wang Lingguan. He is also called Yushu Huozhi, which exorcises evil spirits and subdue demons." .Later generations will be able to sense the patriarch and not be touched by evil through the official art of forming spirits."

——Although they are very similar, they are really not comparing the middle fingers!It's exorcism, exorcism!Is it really better than the middle finger?No matter how much she dialed, she wouldn't be so unqualified!

As a Taoist temple dedicated to Wang Lingguan, this belongs to the basic knowledge of Baoyang Temple, which has been well thought out in the notes of predecessors.

Generally, hand moves need to be combined with gang steps and incantations, and Lingguan Jue is no exception, but it has been simplified by generations of Baoyang Temple, and it can be regarded as a unique skill handed down from generation to generation.

After hearing this, He Zun felt even more awed. He said why the middle finger is so good. When Xie Lingya compared it to him, he felt the chill all over his body be expelled.

Before tonight, he didn't say he was a staunch atheist, but he never entered a monastery, but today he was a bit subverted, and immediately said respectfully: "Then I will put a stick of incense on the patriarch to thank him!"

He Zun asked Xie Lingya after burning the incense: "Then tell me, have I been affected by this? Is there any sequelae? Why did I encounter it, and what should I pay attention to? This must be the legendary ghost hitting the wall, right?" ?”

Xie Lingya said: "I don't know."

He Zun: "??"

In He Zun's mind, Xie Lingya, who saved him in a critical moment, seemed to be an expert image, and these words directly made He Zun's face froze with a somewhat funny expression.

Xie Lingya said innocently: "I really don't know, I'm not a Taoist priest, but I just live here."

There are some Taoist priests who don't need to wear long hair, but he really doesn't, I'm sorry this guy can't pretend.

His theoretical knowledge is not as good as the system, and his operation is so sharp, but he still can't tell whether what He Zun encountered was a ghost hitting a wall.

He Zun's eyes were unpredictable, looking at Xie Lingya, he exclaimed: "You are the sweeping monk here..."

"..." Xie Lingya looked at him with caring eyes for the mentally handicapped.