If Huang Huai hadn't been generous and left a good impression on him, he wouldn't have bothered to talk to Huang Huai so much. Anyway, he would definitely not have to worry about selling the house in the future. Even if Huang Huai didn't buy it, he wouldn't have much to lose.
At this time, Huang Huai had already made up his mind, and he raised his hands to the clerk and said, "Brother, please help me go through the formalities."
Hearing this, the clerk laughed and said to Huang Huai, "Don't worry, I'll give you your silver melon seeds, sir, and we won't trick you."
Huang Huai watched the little official go away, looked at the sealed house deed in his hand, and then looked at the small courtyard in front of him, and he felt something special.
Huang Huai had just taken a look at the yard. Even though the yard looked a little dilapidated, the area of the yard was actually not small.
There are five rooms in a row plus two wing rooms on the left and right sides, which is enough for a large family to live.
Just because it has been uninhabited for a long time, it is a little messy. There is a path on the ground paved with bluestones that leads directly from the entrance to the main hall. Outside the path is full of weeds. A big tree that looks to be at least ten or twenty years old casts shade. , what surprised Huang Huai the most was that a small pavilion was built in the corner of the yard, and under the pavilion was a well.
You must know that water wells were not a standard feature of every household in ancient times. Residents in an alley often shared a well.
Only wealthy families or families with some financial resources can dig wells in their own private courtyards.
Following the bluestone path through waist-high weeds and walking into the main hall, Huang Huai looked around. Most of the houses were made of wood and blue bricks, which looked very much like the remaining houses in modern society from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, they had not been inhabited for a long time, resulting in The house is full of dust, cobwebs, etc.
After some inspection, Huang Huai was quite satisfied with this yard. As long as he cleaned it a little, repaired or replaced the broken doors and windows, and added some bedding, he could move in at any time.
But before that, Huang Huai walked towards a room with a package on his back. When he came to the badly damaged stone statue, Huang Huai looked at it and found that the head of the statue was so damaged that it was impossible to see its original shape. The appearance of the incense burner was revealed, and an obviously tattered incense burner also fell to the ground. It had obviously been abandoned by the owner along with the damaged statue.
Crossing the dilapidated statue, he trampled a piece of weeds to the ground to make a path, and walked to a room.
This room is not big, it can be said to be the smallest of all rooms, but there is a plan table inside, which is covered with dust. It is obvious that this is where the owner usually worships the statues of gods.
Huang Huai, who has been accustomed to doing things by himself since he was a child in Xunzhen Guan, started cleaning the house neatly and quickly cleaned up the side room.
Looking at the clean desk, Huang Huai took out the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng from the package and carefully placed it on the desk.
After looking at it with satisfaction, Huang Huai thought about moving the statue of Guan Sheng Emperor several times in one day to disturb the gods, and immediately took out three incense sticks and two candles.
When Huang Huai burned incense and worshiped the statue of Guan Sheng Emperor in the bedroom of the inn, there were already candles on the desk where the statue was enshrined in the inn, so Huang Huai just replaced it with the candle he prepared.
But here, everything had to be prepared. There was no candle holder to hold the candles, so Huang Huai could only temporarily place them on both sides of the divine case.
Hold the three sticks of incense in your left hand, light the sacred incense with a candle, hold the incense with your left hand at the top, and hold the incense with your right hand at the bottom, raise it above your head to bow, look solemn, and worship respectfully.
There are also rules for burning incense to worship gods. Let’s just say that there are particularities in how many incense sticks are burned. When people burn incense to worship gods, it is rare to see someone directly burning one incense stick. The most common one is three sticks of incense.
Laozi, the founder of Taoism, once said in the Tao Te Ching: Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. Three represents all things, and also represents the Taoist Three Purities.
Buddhists also have three pillars of incense. The first pillar of incense in the middle represents respect for Buddha, the second pillar of incense on the right is called respect for Dharma, and the third pillar of incense on the left is called respect for monks.
Similarly, Confucians also burn three pillars of incense, and the three pillars of incense in Confucianism represent heaven, earth, and man. One pillar respects heaven, one pillar respects earth, and one pillar respects ancestors.
Therefore, regardless of whether it is Confucianism, Buddhism or Taoism, they are unified on this point.
Huang Huai didn't find any incense burner in the room. Thinking of the collapsed statue in the yard and the damaged and abandoned incense burner, and then looking at the sacred case in front of him, Huang Huai suddenly felt that the statue in the yard was not damaged. He thought it was enshrined here before. Bar.
I don’t know what happened here. The statues were damaged and even moved outside.
Looking at the incense candles inserted in front of the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, it looked awkward without a candlestick and incense burner. Huang Huai made up his mind to find a good incense burner and candle holder, and he must not lose the majesty of Emperor Guan Sheng.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and suddenly Huang Huai seemed to have discovered something. He stared at the incense and candles that he had just presented to him.
At this time, the smoke from the incense candle was faint, exuding a faint scent of sandalwood, which calmed the mind. It was indeed much better than the incense that Huang Huai had burned for many years in the Seeking Truth.
Of course, this is not the key to Huang Huai's surprise. Under Huang Huai's gaze, he saw that the three sacred incense sticks and even two candles inserted in front of the statue of Guan Sheng Emperor were burning at an extremely fast speed. The speed was so fast. Far more than what Huang Huai usually sees.
Over the years that Huanghuai has been burning incense, he has seen various types of incense candles. No matter how fast the incense candle burns, it is not as fast as one-tenth of the burning speed of the incense candle in front of him.
To be precise, this can no longer be described as burning, it can only be described as weird.
Through the lingering aroma, Huang Huai looked at the statue of Guan Sheng Emperor, which was full of endless majesty. If he hadn't been a worshiper for many years and was very familiar with the statue, Huang Huai would have left here immediately.
Even so, Huang Huai thought about it, and the mysterious portal appeared. He took a step back with some vigilance, which was enough for him to return to the living world through the mysterious portal in just a thought.
At this moment, it's not that I'm afraid of exposing the mysterious portal, but I want to ensure my own safety first. After all, if my own life is not saved, then why should I protect the secret of the mysterious portal?
The abnormal phenomenon in front of us represents an abnormality. In such a world where gods and demons appear, as long as it is related to anomalies, it is very likely to be a disaster for ordinary people.
Huang Huai was adhering to his trust in the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng that he had worshiped for many years, and he was already prepared to escape in an instant, so he could barely keep calm and stare at the rapidly burning incense candle.
To be honest, Huang Huai was also quite curious about the vision in front of him. This involved the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng. Huang Huai couldn't help but think about such a vision.
He also wanted to know what was going on, and whether this vision was really caused by the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng he brought.
Just as various thoughts and speculations flashed through Huang Huai's mind, the rapidly burning incense candles burned out almost at the same time.
And the moment the incense candle burned out, the originally lingering incense breath turned into strands and floated directly to the statue of Guan Sheng Emperor on the sacred table without any wind, and then disappeared into the statue, just like a god enjoying the incense.
After enjoying the incense, there was no change in the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng. However, Huang Huai felt a blur in front of his eyes. He could vaguely see a figure bathed in divine light, with a silk scarf on his head, red phoenix eyes, and silkworm eyebrows. He was holding a knife in one hand and stroking his beard with the other. The god of God, who was high in the sky, glanced at himself from afar, and the next moment he saw a divine light shooting towards him like a meteor.
