Super Thrilling Live Broadcast Chapter 254: The cadaver
Chapter 254 The mortician
After getting off the taxi, it was already the outskirts of the city. There were deserted farmlands on both sides of the road, and occasionally one or two unfinished buildings could be seen.
At the beginning, Jiangcheng planned to expand the new area to include this place, but later, due to various reasons, the construction party stopped work, which made this place look barren and uninhabited.
I recalled the scene when the dead man got out of the car, and found that similar place along the road.
This is a site without a stop sign, and the ground is all covered with white bricks.
"The fourteenth road hearse was broadcast live, and Taoist Xianqing picked up the dead from here." Although it was dark at the time, I could still distinguish some scenery around the road.
Following the direction in which the group of dead people left in memory, I entered the wilderness.
There are overgrown weeds around, and the road is very difficult to walk, but I found something strange, the terrain gradually becomes lower, showing a gently sloping slope.
Walking to the lowest point, there are two or three dirt roads in front of you. These narrow trails are also very interesting. They are covered with a layer of fine sand, and there are some white particles in the sand that seem to be salt.
"Is there anything special about it?" Several roads lead to different places, with no end in sight at a glance, so I randomly picked one and walked deep into the wilderness.
"What a poor land and bad water."
There is not a single family around, but there are many solitary graves. There are no monuments, and it is unknown who is buried in the graves.
There are more and more grave mounds, and when I look at them in broad daylight, I feel chills on my back, as if something is following behind me.
After walking forward for more than a hundred meters, the terrain suddenly rose, and a small hill appeared in front of it.
It is said that the hills are very conspicuous on the plain, but the terrain here is high on the outside and low on the inside, which happens to hide the hills, so it is not too conspicuous when viewed from the road.
"There is a universe inside."
I walked around the hills and finally found Qingtu Temple.
This small Taoist temple is hidden on the back of the hill. There are two doors in the east and west, one side welcomes the sun, and the other side accepts the shade.
"Let me find it easy." The overall architecture of the Taoist temple is antique, although it is old, but it does not have the impetuous feeling of modern architecture, it seems to be a place for retreat from the world.
"Is anyone there?"
Two doors of the Taoist Temple were wide open, and I stood at the door and looked in.
Qiannankunbei, with the meridian as the central axis, facing south from the north, the hall dedicated to the Taoist gods is located on the central axis, and the side halls are set up on both sides according to the principle of symmetry between the sun, the east, the moon and the west, and the ridges and distances. god.
The sparrow is young, but it has all internal organs. There are four wing rooms in Qingtu Temple. Advertisements for Taoist characteristic items such as Taoist incense, health-care pills, and Taoist health-care medicinal wine.
There was no answer for a long time, so I knocked on the door twice and entered the Taoist temple.
The courtyard is not big, and the sum of all the wing rooms and halls is estimated to be only 100 square meters.
However, walking inside does not feel crowded, but it feels calm and natural.
Going straight inward, the innermost part of the Taoist temple is the Sanqing Hall. There is a wooden sign next to the three gods of Yuqing, Shangqing and Taiqing, which seems to enshrine another god.
"Sanqing is the highest **** of Taoism, who can stand alongside Sanqing?" I was about to go to see the writing on the wooden sign, when a young Taoist priest in coarse linen came out from the east wing.
"Fate Master, the palace is the residence of the gods and spirits, so don't offend them."
This young Taoist priest has an ugly face, his head is tied in a bun, he doesn't wear a high crown, and he is dressed in coarse linen clothes, which turn white from washing.
"I'm sorry, I'm just a little curious." Looking him up and down, I have practiced the Miaoxin method, and I probably know the classification of Taoist priests in orthodox Taoism. It is necessary to work hard in the meditation and cultivate meritorious deeds. You can become a formal Taoist priest only after the crown towel is apprenticed to a teacher.
And this is only counted as an introduction. Later, according to the size of the Taoist temple, the level of the Taoism, and the different functions, it can be divided into many types. For example, the names of Mr., Zhenren, and Tianshi in the countryside, or the division of "Gaozhen", "Gaoshi", and "Great Virtue", etc.
But this is talking about orthodox Taoist temples like Miaozhen Temple. As for the 100-square-meter Qingtu Temple, it is not bad if there are more than three masters and apprentices together, and naturally there are not so many restrictions.
"I'm here to find Daoist Xianqing. If he's here, can you convey it to me?" .
"The master is practicing, please go to the East Wing and wait quietly."
The young Taoist priest hadn't finished speaking when the door of the west wing was pushed open, and Daoist Xianqing in a dark green Taoist robe came out with one large and one small two gongs.
"Yunchuan, how many times have I told you that if someone comes to visit you, you have to call me Daozheng." Taoist Xianqing put away the Yingong and was surprised when he saw me: "A rare visitor , Yunchuan, hurry up and make some tea."
The expression on his face didn't look like he was welcoming me. He walked quickly into the main hall and offered a stick of incense to the Sanqing God before inviting me into the East Wing.
"I don't know why Master Yuan came to the door this time?" Daoist Xianqing unobtrusively put the enrollment brochures of health training courses, Tai Chi teaching diagrams, Taoist amulets for sale at low prices, and the acceptance of any prayer rituals on the table. The advertising paper was put in the drawer, and he continued to maintain his image of a master: "These are just amateur interests, which benefit the common people."
"Well, I understand." I tightened my lips and tried not to smile. This Taoist Xianqing is similar to blind Liu. One is chased by the urban management all day long, and the other is hiding in the middle of the pile of graves for training classes. .
"Hey, you can laugh if you want to. It's really not easy these days." Daoist Xianqing found that I had endured a lot of hard work. In the corpse lineage, a lot of things that have been handed down have disappeared. I am okay, I can receive Yunchuan as an apprentice, and I can wear the mantle. Some Taoist temples have been neglected all year round, and their inheritance has been broken."
The topic of Daoist Xianqing is a bit heavy, and I don't know how to reply: "Master Daoist, I have seen your body expelled with my own eyes. If you have this ability, don't you worry about making money?"
"How to make money?" Daoist Xianqing threw a drawer of unpublished advertisements on the table: "In the past, driving corpses could make money, because the water network in South China and the Jianghuai area is densely covered, and the boatmen dare not let it go." The dead get on the boat, ordinary people have no choice but to ask us to drive the dead, now that the trains and ships are running everywhere, who needs us?"
"But didn't I see you chasing corpses that night?"
"Those are just tramps who died in other places. I couldn't bear it, so I took them back to my hometown." Taoist Xianqing took off the soul-absorbing bell and yin gong from his waist, and wiped them carefully. : "But having said that, it's good that no one needs to chase away corpses, at least it means that there are a lot less injustices in the world. That's good, that's good."
"Daozheng, here comes the tea." The young Taoist brought in two cups of tea, then turned and left.
"Xianqing Daoist, I don't know what this means? Why do you insist on letting him call you that?"
I have a question that embarrasses Taoist Master Xianqing again: "Daozheng means the meaning of the master of the temple. Although there are only two masters and apprentices in this Qingtu Temple, the etiquette must not be messed up."
He waved his hand: "If you don't have anything to go to the Three Treasures Hall, don't go around the corner, tell me what you can do with me?"
I told Taoist Priest Xianqing about the sloppy Taoist priest and Bai Qi, as well as my own speculations.
After hearing this, Daoist Xianqing frowned and pondered: "I do know the person you are looking for, but with his style of behavior, he would not do such things as stealing."
"Why?"
Master Xianqing mentioned that the sloppy Taoist priest had a helpless expression on his face: "He is over sixty years old, and his Taoism is unfathomable, but he has a dissolute and unruly personality. How can such a person steal your things if you don't love the world of mortals and don't love the life of immortals?"
After listening to Taoist Xianqing's words, I also felt that there was a problem with my thinking direction, but to be cautious, I asked one more question: "I don't know what is the relationship between that Taoist priest and you?"
"It doesn't matter if it's related. A few weeks ago, he asked me to help him drive a special corpse."