Chapter 205: Lured to Qingping Temple

When Tie Banxian put Guan Laoer's body into the coffin, he was a little confused. How could he have been so confused that he ran into Qin Liuxi's pirate ship?

He put the white silk on Guan Laoer's face neatly, and while silently chanting the mantra of rebirth in his heart, he tidied up the coffin.

After everything was done, he turned around and saw Qin Liuxi personally hanging two white lanterns at the door of the shop. The words written on them were bright and dazzling. Look at this coffin shop and Guan Laoer.

That's it.

Tie Banxian sighed.

Seeing that Yu Changkong and the people around him had already set up a simple mourning hall, Tie Banxian also lit incense and candles and prepared to do fasting and offering.

Someone came.

Qin Liuxi came in and winked at Chenpi, who held the incense and handed it to the person who came to mourn.

They were all people who opened shops on this street, or people who were familiar with Guan Laoer in the whole Shouxifang. After hearing the news, they came to burn incense and pay their respects to him and send him off.

Sifang stood at the door and handed the needle seals for warding off evil spirits and removing bad luck to the mourners according to Qin Liuxi's instructions.

This is the rule of funeral.

Tie Banxian prepared the matters while listening to the mourners' words. He also knew Guan Laoer's situation. His family had died out. Qin Liuxi was just helping to deal with the funeral affairs. Of course, the reward was this coffin shop.

Tie Banxian looked at this coffin shop that was a bit old and shabby. To put it bluntly, it was just a shop, and it was opened in the area of ​​Shouxifang. It did a lot of funeral business. If it is opened again in the future, it will probably be of this kind?

"Let's start." Qin Liuxi saw that the time was almost up and said to Tie Banxian.

Tie Banxian hurriedly put on a tattered Taoist robe. Noticing Qin Liuxi's disdainful look, his face turned red and he stammered, "If I were rich, I wouldn't have bumped into you..."

It's because he's poor that he becomes a charlatan.

Seeing Qin Liuxi's impatience, he coughed and began to chant scriptures and repent in front of the altar, stepping on the magic circle, burning talismans, pinching fingers and chanting spells.

Qin Liuxi watched from the side and saw that he was doing it in a very professional manner and had not made any mistakes in the ritual steps, so she sat down cross-legged.

Yu Changkong handed her a glass of water and knelt down beside her.

Qin Liuxi smiled and thanked him, saying, "Why are you here too?"

"You also said that meeting is fate."

Qin Liuxi glanced at the coffin and sighed, "It's an honor for the old man to have Yu Changkong help with the funeral."

Yu Changkong said, "What honors him most is that you are here."

Qin Liuxi chuckled.

Yu Changkong said nothing more, sitting with her, watching Tie Banxian perform the ritual, and said: "What he did was somewhat like a Taoist priest, not like a swindler."

"What he did was a little bit unrighteous, but his face was upright, he didn't harm anyone and never did evil, so he was good enough as a wandering Taoist priest. Moreover, there was a little bit of Yin De on his forehead. Although I don't know what he has done, it's enough." Qin Liuxi said: "This fasting and offering ceremony was done quite neatly. If he is interested, I would like to invite him to the Taoist temple to be a Taoist priest."

"Did you hear Taoist priest Qingyuan say that there is a shortage of manpower? That's why you wanted to recruit talents."

"He is a worthless talent. He just recited two spells wrong." Qin Liuxi said with disdain, "But there are indeed not enough Taoist priests in the temple. Winter is coming, and there are many things to do in the temple. It's not enough to rely on two or three people from Qingyuan."

If there are not enough people, she will have to come. It's scary and tiring just thinking about it.

Therefore, we must recruit talented people. Tie Banxian is not very good at Taoism, but he also knows some Taoist techniques. The most important thing is that he can do fasting and offering sacrifices. This is enough. If there is a Taoist temple in the future, sending him out will be very useful.

Tie Banxian pinched the seal and felt a chill on his back. He had an ominous premonition that he was being targeted.

Could it be that this little evil spirit was going to do something bad to him?

This distraction made him recite the wrong spell again.

Qin Liuxi scolded: "Recite it carefully, don't be distracted."

Tie Banxian's neck shrank. Damn it, after this matter is over, he will run as far as he can. He can't afford to offend, so he can just hide!

"What if the Taoist temple can't recruit him, and there are more things to do?" Yu Changkong asked curiously.

"In previous years, we relied on some believers and lay Buddhists to help us with things like distributing porridge and medicine. For the rest, such as collecting rent from the fields, we had to rely on Qingyuan to do it himself."

"Does Qingping Temple have land?"

Qin Liuxi smiled and said, "Why, do you really think that Buddhism is all about emptiness?"

Without waiting for his reply, she continued, "It's said that you should become a monk, but isn't Buddhism just a door? It also has a roof over your head and you still need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate after you enter Buddhism. You can't last long just by fasting. If that's the case, you need to live a normal life. The source of life, otherwise why do both Buddhism and Taoism need a lot of incense and enough incense oil? Those are the sources to maintain the operation of the Buddhist sect. If you want to do some great good deeds, you need more. "

Yu Changkong seemed to have some understanding, and said: "The Buddhist sect is also the secular world."

"You are right to understand this." Qin Liuxi smiled lightly: "No matter what sect, it is inevitable to be secular and can't escape from this mortal world. Only when you are like him, you can leave this mortal world when your life ends."

Yu Changkong followed her line of sight and looked at the coffin.

"Qingping Temple also has its own land. Because it is a great charity of Taoism, it rents it to farmers, and the interest is not high. In disaster years, it does not charge a penny. In disaster years, the Taoist temple has to do more good deeds, which requires a lot of incense money to buy supplies. "Qin Liuxi said: "It's almost winter, and the Taoist temple will also start to give porridge and medicine. If you haven't left by then, you can come to help. "

"Okay. "

At night, Qin Liuxi did not go home, but stayed up all night to guard the spirit until dawn, when the city gates were open. She then asked Tie Banxian and Chenpi to carry the coffin out of the city to the charity cemetery.

Tie Banxian was busy all night and was so sleepy that his eyelids were almost glued shut. He had to follow Qin Liuxi to the charity cemetery to cremate Guan Laoer's body, and then collect the ashes in a small urn, sealed with a yellow talisman, and was held by Chenpi.

There is a collective cemetery on the back mountain of Qingping Temple. If a person like Guan Laoer, who has no family and no one to live with, is encountered by Qingping Temple, he will be cremated and his ashes will be taken back to the cemetery for burial. The tablet will be placed in a specially set up hall for the dead. There will be incense and sacrifices during festivals, which is a little kindness from Qingping Temple.

Of course, this also depends on the life experience of the deceased. For those who have done evil, Qingping Temple will only help them to transcend.

Once the ashes were gathered, Guan Laoer's affairs were completed. The process was simple, but it was a great kindness, which was a hundred times better than no one caring about him after his death.

"Can I leave now?" Tie Banxian thought about running away when he saw that he had nothing to do.

Qin Liuxi glanced at him: "Where are you going?"

Tie Banxian said vigilantly: "You don't have to worry about that."

"Qingping Temple is now recruiting Taoist priests. If you have nowhere to go, you can go to Qingping Temple to register. On weekdays, you can help with some fasting, prayers, and incense. You have a roof over your head, three meals a day, and Taoist clothes for all seasons. Isn't it better than you swindling people everywhere?" Qin Liuxi persuaded him, "How about it, come?"

It seems like I can grab a book for free today. Whoever sees it will get it, hehe!