Mu Yuan took out the silver and handed it to Li Huaiyun. He came to the stall owner, secretly stuffed the silver into the stall owner's hand, and then said with a serious look, "Keep this money as if you didn't see what we did." Because, the gods will not punish you!"
The stall owner held the money and wanted to speak righteously and severely reprimand this behavior, but when he saw that the other party actually gave so much, the hand holding the money trembled slightly, and for a while, his heart began to waver.
"This young master, I... I am not such a person. I want to know the gods..."
Li Huaiyun said in a low voice, "When I come out, I will give you a few more taels. I don't mean anything else. I just hope you can help me."
The stall owner put away the money, smiled at him, said nothing more, and apologized to Mu Yuan, and returned to the stall, unable to conceal his excitement.
Mu Yuan was a little surprised by this, "Just let it go? Doesn't he want to stand up for the people in this area?"
"Why bother? It's so troublesome. As long as you give me enough money, I will catch the Jade Emperor from heaven and apologize to you, but he won't even bother to say a word."
Mu Yuan glanced at him, thinking that this was reasonable. She looked at the man in confusion, "For such a small amount of money, you will abandon the spirit in your heart."
"That's how people are. In their eyes, gods are just tools of profit!"
"No piety at all!"
Li Huaiyun crossed his arms over his chest and shook his fingers, "Mu Yuan, you are wrong to say that. Do you know what these people need most?"
"Food? Housing?"
"It's all the conditions for survival. They are poor and destitute. The reason why they choose faith is because they think that gods will save them!"
"But what is the reality? We can only save them with money."
"Now, I'm putting money into their hands just to save them."
Mu Yuan looked surprised. She didn't expect that this guy was thinking of himself as a god. "Good guy, you want to be a god here, right?"
"That's not true. However, as long as I am strong enough, one day I will make them kneel down and worship me."
"Idiots are just dreaming! It's not impossible to kneel down at your grave!"
Nani! Li Huaiyun didn't expect that Mu Yuan could sometimes speak venomously, "Your words are hurtful!"
"That means I mean what I say."
Li Huaiyun stopped responding and carefully pushed open the temple door, then filed in.
He gently opened the door ajar. This temple didn't look very big. On both sides of the door, there were various paper supplies, paper money, ingots, paper people and cars. On one side of the corner were , there is a table with turtle shells, copper coins, and bamboo tubes with lots on it, which are obviously tools for setting up stalls and fortune-telling.
Inside the temple is a square courtyard, with an incense burner in the middle. There are a lot of incense ashes in the burner, and there are a few wisps of blue smoke floating in it. The smoke spreads into the air and floats into the distance.
There are willow trees planted on the walls on both sides, with red talismans on the trunks and red gauze ropes hanging on the branches.
The willow leaves swaying in the wind sway gently, like a monster with teeth and claws.
When they arrived at the main hall, a strong yin energy, mixed with a bit of the smell of blood, hit their faces.
There was silence in the room. In the middle of the main hall, there was a statue of a god carved from stone.
This god has four eyes, is bare-chested, wears a five-Buddha crown on his head, has his hands in mudras, and has an angry look, making him look quite fierce.
Looking behind him, he actually carried a sword engraved with talismans.
Li Huaiyun's eyes have been looking at this stone statue. From the first time he saw this statue, he felt extremely strange.
It is impossible for a temple that can offer incense to place such a stone statue, as it would look very murderous.
This kind of spirit is more like subduing demons.
"This is not a temple built by Taoist disciples, so why is there still a shadow of Buddhism! This is too confusing!"
Mu Yuan didn't know much about it and asked about its contents.
Li Huaiyun analyzed the stone statue carefully, "The most special thing is that this stone statue wears a Buddhist crown of five Buddhas, but it carries a sword with a Taoist talisman on its back."
"Then there must be something wrong with this temple!"
"There is not necessarily a problem, maybe there is a possibility!" Li Huaiyun looked at the stone statue and remembered the wandering old monk in the Taoist temple. He became a monk and later learned Taoism, focusing on chaos.
The surface of this stone statue is dilapidated, with cracks everywhere, especially the long and thin cracks from the throat to the abdomen. The glaze on the surface of the statue has also lifted and fallen off.
On the wood grain table in front, there were fruit tributes. In the bronze cauldron in the middle, there were three pillars of incense. They were burned to the end, but there was still a trace of fragrant smoke floating out.
Li Huaiyun stood in the main hall, looking at the stone statue in front of him. He did not feel a sense of tranquility. Instead, an inexplicable desire arose in his heart, which made his emotions a little confused. He even glanced at Mu Yuan more unconsciously.
In addition, the main hall is much darker than outside, and there are often noises in the ears, like miserable roars.
Mu Yuan glanced at the token at her waist and found that there was no response. When she raised her head, she felt that the statue was staring at her, "Why does this stone statue become more and more scary the more you look at it!"
"Is there any?" Li Huaiyun raised his head and found that the glaze on the stone statue's eyes was peeling off. "It's psychological. It's just that something fell off it."
He glanced at the towering peak of Mu Yuan, suppressed the impulse in his heart, and walked around behind the statue. He found that there were some subtle blood stains on the wall behind it. Judging from the scope of the splatter, it seemed that he had been exposed to strong force. extrusion.
The cracks behind this statue are even bigger, and at the same time, there is a faint smell of blood at this location.
Could it be that something happened here?
There was a blanket spread on the ground, with signs of tearing and squeezing on it. There were a few half-burned candles next to it. It really seemed like a place used to serve the gods. "In this filthy place, there are still delusions of hope that some gods can protect people." , it’s just a joke.”
"If these people knew that they were worshiping such a filthy god, they would have to beat the person in charge to death."
Mu Yuan also came to her side and saw the things on the ground, "It seems that what Sun said is true!"
"It's very possible, but it's better to find this manager, so that we can know the truth!"
The two of them came out of the main hall and just walked out of the yard. They found that the door of the temple had been opened, and a few strangers walked in from the outside. They calmly threw the paper products into the incense burner in the yard, and then put the incense into the incense burner. Go inside.
That behavior was obviously that of a devout believer who came to worship early in the morning.
Li Huaiyun came to the incense burner and asked a few questions. They didn't know when the steward would come. They just saw that the door was ajar, so they pushed the door open and went in without seeing the steward. Usually the steward was the first one to come and just stood there. Beside the incense burner.
"This is strange! Are you sick at home?" Li Huaiyun thought to himself. At this moment, a young man wearing a Taoist robe and with his hair in a bun walked in from outside. The look on his face was quite panic, and he shouted loudly, " You! How did you get in?"
Li Huaiyun and everyone looked towards the door, "Is he the manager?"
"She looks so young! I never thought she was a little thief secretly." Mu Yuan glared at the young man at the door.
The believer beside him shook his head, "No, he is not the steward, he is a disciple of the steward. He usually works in the temple with the steward."
The young disciple stepped forward and stood behind everyone, "How did you get in?"
Everyone looked at each other, "No, did you open the door of the temple?"
"Where is it?" The disciple shouted loudly, "Master hasn't even arrived yet, how can he open the door!"
"Then I don't know! The door was ajar when we came here."
Li Huaiyun stepped forward at this time and said, "My little fellow Taoist, could it be that you forgot to close the door last night?"
"How is it possible? I closed the door myself!"
"Did something happen in the middle and you forgot about it? You were too impatient for a while. I have had this experience before."
"Ah!" The disciple suddenly felt a little guilty. He was said to be a little unconfident and couldn't remember whether he had locked the door or not.
"You know how to fish in troubled waters!" Mu Yuan smiled lightly at the side.
"This happens all the time. Since it's like this, let's not discuss it. Otherwise, if the supervisor comes, he will definitely punish this little Taoist friend if he knows about it."
When the disciple saw what Li Huaiyun said, he immediately smiled and said, "Yes! Yes! Yes! Everyone is like this, and they don't know what to do!"
"Continue, continue!" He said while nodding towards Li Huaiyun to express his gratitude.
"The timing is just right!" Li Huaiyun walked up and asked, "This little fellow Taoist, where is your master? Why hasn't he come yet?"
The young disciple saw this unfamiliar face and asked warily, "This young master, have you never been here before?"
He took another look at the female companion next to Li Huaiyun. He was attracted by her beautiful appearance and graceful figure, and a smile appeared on her face.
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked! Li Huaiyun thought to himself, and he took a step forward, "Yes, my friend lives in this area, and he told me that the divination and fortune-telling in this temple is quite effective."
"That's natural. My master is here, but he has the reputation of being the best in the world."
"The hexagram of Sheng Tian, then your master controls the way of heaven."
When the young disciple heard this, he felt that he had exaggerated a bit, and immediately said humbly, "That's enough. I don't dare to say that I have mastered the way of heaven. I just want the fortune teller to accurately know the future fortune."
"So that's it! When will your master come?"
"Well..." The young disciple looked confused, "Logically, the master should be here. I went to his house and knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response. He usually opens the door and comes with me."
"But in the early morning, I came to the temple and the door was opened, but the master was not there."
"Is there something urgent and you need to go somewhere else?" Li Huaiyun asked.
The young disciple frowned, a little at a loss!
