After listening to Shen Xing's story, I said that you are really kind-hearted. You even took her to Zhongnan Mountain for a trip to pick up work and materials. You didn't sleep much for the past two days and nights.
Who reimbursed you for the travel expenses to Zhongnan Mountain?
He couldn't help laughing and said that practitioners don't have so many worldly thoughts. Helping ghosts is the same as helping people. They are all for all living beings without asking for anything in return.
Besides, he traveled all over the world, and it was the same wherever he went, so there was no such thing as travel expenses.
He was quite open-minded, so I said okay. In that case, what are you going to do with this female ghost next?
He thought about it and said that would be easy to do. There are so many temples and Taoist temples on Zhongnan Mountain. If I like whichever one I like, I will leave this female ghost alone and leave...
I said, then you are more or less stupid... The way you deal with it is to let the female ghost live with someone else?
He smiled and said that this is the purpose of those temples. If you don't even accept the lonely souls from all directions, then what's the point of building a temple?
I rarely heard this statement. Seeing that I was very curious, he told me that in his opinion, the temple actually has three functions.
The first is to sacrifice to the gods, the second is to educate all living beings, and the third is to accommodate the ten directions.
Among them, "accommodating the ten directions" can refer to the "accommodating believers from the ten directions", and of course it can also refer to the "lonely souls" in the ten directions.
Because those lonely ghosts are very pitiful, they have no place to go, so the temple becomes their refuge.
However, they cannot enter many temples casually. Someone has to set up a memorial tablet for them before they can enter.
But there are also some temples that have less incense and are deserted. There are also some lonely temples in the mountains and forests. Such places have become paradises for lonely ghosts.
There are also some temples that usually do not allow lonely souls to enter, but they will hold salvation pujas on certain days to summon lonely souls from all directions to be saved.
Therefore, Shen Xing believed that if he took in a homeless soul like this by chance, he should send it to a temple.
If the temple refuses to accept it, then it’s the temple’s problem.
After listening to his logic, I felt like there was nothing wrong with it, but something seemed not quite right...
So I sighed and said, "You are quite a good person. If there is a ghost, please send it to someone quickly."
He chuckled and said, "Rescue the poor, and those temples are idle even if they are idle. If I send a ghost there, I can still keep them company. Otherwise, how free are those monks and Taoists for a day?"
In his words, he seems to have some opinions on those monks and Taoists?
But this is a bit strange. Isn't he a Taoist priest himself?
I touched my chin: "You said that monks and Taoists are very idle, but that's not the case. There are people who deserve it. For example, I know a female Taoist priest who is busy building temples all day long, leading her apprentices to work and move bricks. , so I had to plant vegetables, chop firewood, and beg for alms everywhere, all of which gave me terminal liver cancer.”
His expression moved slightly, and he nodded and said: "Such a Taoist priest is worthy of respect. If I have the chance, I would also like to take a look. If I can help, I would like to contribute some efforts."
I was overjoyed when I heard this: "That's great. The temple is short of... uh, young talents like you. To tell you the truth, their oldest Taoist priest is over eighty years old and can't even walk." I can’t even walk, it’s so difficult.”
I almost spilled the beans, but I couldn’t tell him that the temple was short of laborers. Since he wanted to go, I would bring him back later. This would be a thank you to Mr. Lingguan for protecting me...
When he heard what I said, his eyes flickered slightly, and his expression seemed to be smiling but not smiling, as if he had seen through my little thoughts, but he didn't say much and replied with a smile.
"Okay, I don't have anywhere to go anyway. If we are destined, I will go to that temple with you and release the female ghost in the temple."
Uh-huh... This kid, this kid is not stupid. My little idea was to take him to the temple to work, and he immediately said that he would let the female ghost into the temple by the way.
This is his grandma's, and exchanging a female ghost for a laborer should be... worth it, right?
Besides, Uncle Ma is also there. A mere little female ghost can’t cause any trouble, so it’s probably no problem!
And I am also full of curiosity about this person. If I go with him, I might be able to talk about some more stories and add material to my creation.
Seeing that it was getting late, the two of us chatted for a while and then dispersed. He went back to the house to sleep, and I also lay down and started brewing.
However, after brewing for a long time, I didn't feel sleepy. My brain was still in a state of excitement, full of random thoughts.
And what worries me the most is, when I go back tomorrow, can that old Taoist Gao give me the medicine?
If the medicine is obtained, then it is done, and I can go back to the temple to deliver the work, and then purchase materials to build the temple.
It will be very hard to walk on the mountain road this time, but there is nothing we can do.
After all, Taoist Master Zixu's illness is the most important, and one more day of delay will be in danger.
But if Gao Laodao doesn't give me the medicine, I can't go back with Shen Xing, because I don't have the medicine. Why can't Uncle Ma scold me to death when I go back?
As a result, I tossed and turned like this and didn't fall asleep at all in the second half of the night.
I finally felt a little sleepy when I heard someone knocking on the door again.
"Excuse me, is Brother Wu asleep?"
I woke up immediately, and when I heard the voice, it was Shen Xing from just now.
Why is he here again after not sleeping for most of the night? Could it be that the female ghost came to my house again?
I quickly looked up at the ceiling and then into the room, but there was nothing.
So I yawned and went to open the door for him. As soon as it was opened, he got in, and then hurriedly closed the door with a bang.
When I saw his nervous look, I asked him, "What's wrong? Looking at you like this, are you haunted again?"
He looked around my room, then breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "That's not true. Mainly because I suddenly discovered that there are... rats in this hotel."
Making a fuss...making a fuss? ? ?
I'm quite speechless. This guy was so cool and majestic when he was catching ghosts just now, but he was so scared by a mouse?
But I'm embarrassed to laugh at people, because... I'm also afraid of mice.
"Where is the mouse? Where is it?"
I looked nervously at the corner of the wall and the crack in the door. He grabbed my arm, stared at me for a long time, and then said to me.
"It's okay, there shouldn't be anything in your house. I was about to fall asleep just now, and the mouse went to bed. I was half asleep when I touched the fur. It scared me so much that I almost used the Five Thunder Curse to kill it..."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "That's not the case, right? If you use the Five Thunder Curse to kill a mouse, the Patriarch will know and won't kick you in the face?"
The expression on his face slowly softened, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "You don't know, I have been afraid of this thing since I was a child. To tell you the truth, I dare to go to the graveyard to sleep in the middle of the night, but I really can't stand the rat thing... "
I looked at him helplessly, he looked at me, and we both looked at each other.
He hesitated and said, "Look, how about we spend the night here? Don't worry, I don't have any special hobbies."
I struggled for a while and said, "Okay, just squeeze in one night, don't worry, I don't have any special hobbies."
After hearing what I said, he put his backpack on the table and said with a smile: "That's okay, it's getting late, let's stop talking and go to sleep!"
