Chapter 205 Lure Qingping Temple
When Tie Banxian put Lao Er's body in the coffin, he was in a daze. How did he lose his head and bump into Qin Liuxi's thief ship?
He put the white silk on Guan Laoer's face in order, and while reciting the mantra of death in his heart, he tidied up the inside of the coffin.
After he had settled down, he turned around, only to see Qin Liuxi personally hanging two white lanterns at the door of the shop.
That's all.
Tie Banxian sighed.
Seeing that Yu Changkong and the people around him had already set up a simple small mourning hall, Tie Banxian also lit incense candles, preparing for a feast.
Someone is coming.
Qin Liuxi greeted him and winked at Chen Pi, who held incense and handed it to those who came to express condolences.
All of them are people who run a shop on this street, or are familiar with Guan Laoer in the entire Shouxifang. When they get the news, they all come to offer incense to express their condolences and send him a ride.
Sifang stood at the door, and according to Qin Liuxi's instructions, handed the needle seal to ward off evil spirits and eliminate darkness to the mourners who came to express their condolences, and took them away.
This is the rule of funerals.
Tie Banxian listened to Diao Ke's words while preparing matters, and also learned about Guan Laoer's situation. His family died, and Qin Liuxi just helped with the funeral. Of course, the coffin shop paid him.
Tie Banxian looked at this dilapidated coffin shop for some years. To put it bluntly, it was just a shop, and it was opened in the area of Shouxifang. Is it the same?
"Let's get started." Qin Liuxi looked at the hour and said to Tie Banxian.
Tie Banxian hurriedly put on a tattered Taoist robe, and when he noticed Qin Liuxi's disgusting eyes, his face turned hot, and he stammered: "If I were rich, I wouldn't bump into you..."
It's not a poor man, that's why he's the magician.
Seeing that Qin Liuxi was impatient, he coughed, and began to chant sutras and worship in front of the altar, stepping on foot, burning talismans, and chanting mantras.
Qin Liuxi watched from the side, seeing that he looked good and that the steps of the scientific procedure were correct, so he sat down cross-legged.
Yu Changkong handed her a glass of water and knelt down beside her.
Qin Liuxi smiled and thanked, and said, "Why are you here?"
"You also said that meeting is fate."
Qin Liuxi glanced at the coffin, and sighed: "It is an honor for the old man to have Yushi Changkong help with the funeral."
Yu Changkong said: "The most honorable thing for him is you."
Qin Liuxi giggled.
Yu Changkong didn't say any more, sat with her, watched Tie Banxian perform the rituals, and said: "What he does is somewhat of a Taoist demeanor, not like that bluffing and deceitful one."
"What he did was a bit undecent, but his face was upright. He didn't harm anyone and never did evil. As a sidewalker, he was fine. Moreover, there was a little sinister virtue on his forehead, although I don't know what he did. , but these are enough." Qin Liuxi said: "This fasting ceremony is fairly neat, if he is interested, I would like to invite him to be a Taoist priest in the Taoist temple."
"You heard Daoist Qingyuan say that there is a shortage of manpower? That's why you have the heart to recruit talents."
This person is not enough, so she has to come, just thinking about it is scary and tiring.
Therefore, we have to recruit talents. This Tie Banxian is not good at learning Taoism, but he also knows a little bit of Taoism. The most important thing is that he can do Zhaijiao.
Tie Banxian performed the tactic, feeling a chill down his back, and had an ominous premonition of being targeted.
Wouldn't it be this little evil spirit who wanted to do something bad to him?
This distraction made me say another spell wrongly.
Qin Liuxi scolded: "Read carefully, don't get distracted."
Tie Banxian shrank his neck, mother, once this matter is over, he will run as far as he can, and he can't be provoked, so it's time to hide!
"If the Taoist temple can't recruit, what if there are too many things?" Yu Changkong asked curiously.
"In the past years, we relied on some trustees and lay Buddhists to help us. The help was mainly porridge and medicine donations. The rest, such as collecting land rent, could only be handled by Qingyuan himself."
"Qingping Temple still has land?"
Qin Liuxi smiled and said, "Why, do you really think that Buddhism is empty?"
Before he could reply, she said again: "It is said that you enter the Buddhist door to become a monk, but isn't the empty door a door? It also has roof tiles to cover its head, and you also need to eat, drink and lax when you enter the Buddhist door. Relying on bigu alone cannot last long. In this case , then the source of life is needed, otherwise, why do Buddhist and Taoist sects all need incense and fragrant oil? Those are all sources to maintain the operation of the Buddhist sect. If you want to do some great good things, you need more. "
Yu Changkong seemed to realize something, and said: "Buddhism is also a mundane world."
"It's right if you can understand like this." Qin Liuxi smiled slightly: "No matter what kind of sect, you can't escape the vulgarity, you can't get rid of this mundane world, only like him, when your lifespan ends, you can leave this mundane world."
Yu Changkong followed her gaze and looked at the coffin.
"Qingping Temple also has its own land, because it is a great charity of Taoism, renting it to farmers, and the interest rate is not high, and it does not receive a penny in disaster years, and the Taoist temple has to do more good things in disaster years, which requires A lot of sesame oil money is used to buy supplies." Qin Liuxi said: "Seeing that winter is coming, Taoist temples will also start giving porridge and medicine, if you haven't left by then, you can come to help."
"good."
It was night, Qin Liuxi did not go home, but guarded the spirit for the whole night, until it was about dawn and when the city gate was opened, she took Tie Banxian and Chen Pi to carry the coffin out of the city to Yizhuang.
Tie Banxian had been busy all night, his eyelids were almost glued to sleepiness, and he had to follow Qin Liuxi to Yizhuang to cremate the old man's body. hold.
There is a collective cemetery in the back mountain of Qingpingguan. If someone like Guan Laoer who has no family behind him is found by Qingpingguan, he will be cremated and his ashes will be brought back to the cemetery for burial. There are incense and sacrifices during the New Year's festival, which can be regarded as a little kindness of Qingping Guanshi.
Of course, this is also based on the life experience of the deceased. Anyone who does evil will only be saved by the Qingping Temple.
Once the ashes are collected, the funeral affairs of Guan Laoer are considered to be done. The process is simple, but it is already a great kindness. It is better than leaving no one behind.
"Can I go?" Tie Banxian thought of running away when he saw that he had nothing to do.
Qin Liuxi glanced at him: "Where are you going?"
Tie Banxian said vigilantly: "I don't need to worry about this, Daoist."
"Qingping temple is now recruiting Taoist priests. If you have nowhere to go, you can go to Qingping temple to make an order. On weekdays, you can help with doing some rituals, explaining hexagrams and attracting incense. There are tiles to cover your head, three meals to continue, and four seasons to have Taoist clothes. Are you so good at bluffing and deceiving?" Qin Liuxi said persuasively, "How about it, are you coming?"
It seems that if you get a book for free today, whoever sees it will count, hee hee!
(end of this chapter)