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Chapter 4 Four: Temple of the Goddess

After eating the mutton, Li Chan pinched the wine glass, thinking about something.

The young man put down his chopsticks, and there is still a row of Goulan washers on the road to see. Now he can only sit stupidly. He already hates leftist monsters, so why bother to go into this muddy water?

He actually understood Shen Heyi's intentions. It was not a big deal for Shen Zhasi to call a leftist demon, but if the news leaked out, it was also giving someone a handle.

Shen Gong, as the emissary of Zhizhi Heyi, was sent by the imperial court to Jiannan Road, responsible for contacting the temples and temples of Buddhism and Taoism in Jiannan Road, and preparing for the Taodu Mountain Festival.He is also the official supervisor of Zhuyuantai Palace and Temple, and his official title is Qingquejian. Improper playing the two teachings.Sandwiched between the Humane Dynasty and the two religions, Shen Gong is just a messenger.

However, in the eyes of the officials below, the identity of this messenger is very important.With this Heyi envoy participating in the monitoring, Shen Zhasi's Sun Sicheng is not afraid of impeachment and attacks by his opponents for colluding with heretical demons.

Shen Heyi didn't need to personally monitor the case, not to mention self-declining his identity, but also helping Shen Zhasi to take too many risks, sending the young man over was just an experience.

But the young man's supervision seemed superfluous, rather like a companion to eat and drink. He glanced at Li Chan, "Aren't you going to find out the news, when will you get down to business?"

Li Chan was interrupted by the young man, put down his wine glass, looked outside the door and said, "Xiao Lang, go to the water and see those two temples?"

The young man was puzzled, subconsciously got up to look, then stopped, glanced at Li Chan, "What about you?"

Li Chan laughed and said, "I settled the bill with Captain Guo."

The young man tossed Guo Xun the words "Take care of him" and left the store.

Guo Xun saw that Li Chan dismissed the young man, took out his purse, and said in a low voice, "Even if you can complete this job, you should act respectfully. Who do you think you are, you are a leftist?" Daoist! If it wasn't for your usefulness, who would listen to your bargaining?"

Li Chan picked up a piece of vinegar celery with his chopsticks, and muttered, "Why don't you take advantage of it while it's still useful?" He glanced outside the door, "What do you think is the origin of that young gentleman?"

Guo Xun's eyes flickered, "Heyi's entourage is always something you can't afford."

Li Chan chuckled, "Personal follower? How can a personal follower support such a domineering air? He went out of Beijing with Shen Heyi to practice, this Shen Heyi..."

Before Li Chan finished speaking, Guo Xun quickly waved his hand, "You guess what, it has nothing to do with me."

"Okay, okay." Li Chan picked up the wine glass, looked at the bottom of the glass with one eye, but there was no drop left, and he murmured: "Guo Duwei, this case is strange."

Guo Xun's heart skipped a beat, and a broken piece of silver that was in his hand fell back into his purse, "What's the matter?"

"Qinghe and Anping are protected by the Lord of Pushui Mansion and the Goddess, so where are the monsters making trouble here?"

"I want to know that the case has been solved long ago. You don't even have the chance to make meritorious deeds."

Guo Xun waved to the doctor, and pressed the broken silver on the table.

Li Chan put down the wine glass, glanced at Guo Xun, and said nothing more.

But I thought in my heart that this godly Si Duwei has practiced martial arts to the marrow, and that Sun Sicheng's eyes are introverted, and he has entered the congenital state. One step further, he will be known as the great master's magical state, so Under the blessing of Shen Zha Si Ling Ying Dharma, he is still afraid of any monsters and ghosts.This case is still pending, is it impossible to find out, or is it unwilling to investigate, afraid to investigate?
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Pushui Fujun is the god who guards the Pushui area. The Fujun Temple is built on the side of the street near the water, and the incense is very prosperous.In contrast, the Goddess Shrine on the back of the bridge base is not very eye-catching and much deserted.

At the entrance of the ancestral temple, there are fish marshes and flying beams, and a cross bridge draws out a small pond in all directions.Men and women gather on the bridge and beside the bridge, not to worship incense and seek wisdom, but to throw fish food, which makes the koi in the pond erratic.

Li Chan strolled across the cross bridge with an umbrella, arrived at the Goddess Shrine, and stopped to look east.

There is a stone step beside the Goddess Bridge, built under the embankment, half of which is submerged in the water. It is a place for pounding clothes.It's just that the place is remote. At this time, no one is pounding clothes, and there is no vegetation growing, so it is very empty.

Li Chan blinked, but a red medicine plant was reflected in the black pupil, which grew among the clear water and blue stones, and it was too red.

Li Chan's eyes were on the verge of closing, she turned her head, closed her umbrella, and walked into the Goddess Temple.

Dayong State has a tradition of worshiping Xuan and worshiping Buddha, and the people respect all gods and gods very much. The scale of this Goddess Temple is not large, but the system is not low. On the north wall, two lines of red silk descended to set off a painted sculpture of a goddess.

There is a gold-painted flower between the eyebrows of the painted plastic sculpture, and two bright red dimples are dotted on the white face, dignified and lovely.

An old woman in a lapel-collared blue shirt set up a table in the temple, sitting alone, selling incense and candle offerings.

The old woman is the spiritual blessing in the temple.

In Dayong, as long as there are temples dedicated to the gods, there will be spiritual blessings to take care of the common affairs. The gods have different ways and deeds, and the spiritual blessings are also divided into big and small.Although the Lingzhu of the Xuandu Town God's Temple has no real power, it is also regarded as the same as the fifth-rank official. This old woman, according to the specifications of the Goddess Temple, can only be barely ranked as a low-rank official.

Li Chan looked around in the Goddess Shrine with her hands behind her back, and then walked to the old woman's incense candle case. The old woman pointed to the top of her head, where a red thread was hanging between two pillars, covered with bamboo plaques.

On the row of bamboo tablets below, there are ink characters saying "Dalbergia 23 Wen", "White Sandalwood 44", "Qinglong Tan [-]", "Sprinkling Gold Paper Three Coins and Silver", "Tongshen Paper One Two Two "Money and silver" and other words.

On the bamboo plaque above, words such as "Soothing the God", "Blowing Yizi", "Jiulong Bone Dissolving", "Antipruritic", and "Stopping the Bleeding" are written in Chinese ink.

The bamboo plaques with ink characters are all incense offerings, and the bamboo plaques with red letters are the spiritual responses that pilgrims can pray to the gods in this temple.

This Goddess Temple is not big in size, and all the spiritual responses that can be sought can be written on a string of bamboo tablets, but there are only eleven kinds of spells, all of which are ninth-rank spells.

Generally, pilgrims come to the door, and as long as they ask Lingzhu, they can learn from Lingzhu about the rituals of worship corresponding to the spiritual response method.

Li Chan glanced at it, and said to the old lady, "Don't you recognize me?"

The old woman looked at Li Chan suspiciously, recalled thinking for a while, but couldn't remember that she had seen this young man, "Who are you?"

"The old lady really forgot about me, but I haven't forgotten about you."

Li Chan smiled.

Seeing that the old woman was even more confused, Li Chan tried to guide her: "Think about it again, before the Goddess Bridge was built."

The old woman was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Chan carefully. This young man was wearing a black dress, which was light in style but good in material.With a fair and handsome appearance, it seems that she should be from a wealthy family, and then she contacted this young man and said that when the Goddess Bridge was not completed, she seemed to have a little impression in her heart.

Li Chan saw the old woman's dazed expression gradually, and said happily, "Remember?"

The old woman smiled and said, "It must be the young master from the Cui family."

Li Chan said: "I wanted to make a fool of myself, but the old lady guessed it right away, it's amazing, it's amazing."

There was also a smile on the old woman's withered face, but there was still a hint of doubt in her eyes: "You are so old..."

Li Chan said: "Back then, I heard that the bridge was being built, and there was a lot of noise to come to supervise the work. Actually, I followed the elders to watch the fun. After many years, my body has grown. I recognize the old lady. Of course, the old lady can't recognize me."

The old woman nodded suddenly. There are many children in Qinghefang. She doesn't remember that when the Cui family supervised the construction of the bridge, there was a young child who came here. It is rare that this young man still remembers herself after so many years, and she blames herself for being old. How forgetful.

(End of this chapter)