Chapter 306 Visiting Senior Hua "I'm afraid I can't repay your kindness even if I work like a slave!" "No need to talk about other repayments. If you are interested, just do me a favor on your way back to Huizhou next time." "What favor? Just tell me, sir!" The Huizhou merchant immediately looked at Lin Jue, and other relatives and friends in the store also looked over. "I am also from Huizhou." Lin Jue smiled at him with a gentle expression, "I have been away from home for a long time this time, and I have not brought any letters back. If I use other methods, I am afraid that my family will be frightened. So I would like to ask you to help me take two letters and some silver money back on the way to Huizhou next time." "It's my luck!" The Huizhou merchant immediately agreed. The people around were surprised and envious. Huizhou's pens, inks, paper and inkstones are the best in the world, and most of the shop owners in Wenbaofang are Huizhou merchants. Therefore, they were surprised to find that Master Lin, who has become quite famous in the capital recently, is also from Huizhou.
What I envy is that this shop owner is related to Master Lin. This was Lin Zhenren, who lived with Fan Tianshi and had a good relationship with him. It sounded like their abilities were almost the same. Even Fan Tianshi was standing next to him. They are also willing to deliver this letter. Lin Jue had already written the letter and prepared the silver. He went to the back room of the shop with the shop owner named Yan and told him: "Here are two letters. One is sent to the head of the Wang family in Heng Village, Hong County. Heng Village is a big village and easy to find. Everyone in the village has the surname Wang, so it is easy to ask for directions. "The other letter was sent to Shu Village, which is not far from Heng Village. My family lives there. Everyone in Shu Village has the surname Shu, except for my family surname Lin. It is easy to find. Just ask where the Lin family lives. Please also take this one hundred taels of silver back for me." The businessman surnamed Yan took it seriously. "I have been to Hong County and Heng Village before as a business traveler. The Wang family in Heng Village is prominent. The head of the family, Mr. Wang, is highly respected and behaves in a refined manner. I have even visited him before. I know the way there." "That's great." Lin Jue said, "You can go to Wang's house in Heng Village first, and then ask for directions to Shu Village." "Don't worry, Master! I will definitely bring it to you!" "Thank you very much." Lin Jue bowed to him. "I dare not." The businessman surnamed Yan bowed to him while holding the letter and money. "It is my honor." "Then don't bother me." "Master, do you need a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone? They are all top-quality goods from my hometown. Take whatever you like!" "Haha! No need!" Lin Jue laughed a few times and walked out. As soon as the letter was sent, I felt relaxed and in a good mood. Asking someone to deliver a letter is not an easy task in itself. Lin Jue asked Master Fan to go along, or rather, Master Fan took the initiative to go with him, also because he wanted to use the name of "Master Fan" to make this matter more convenient. If an ordinary person asks someone to deliver a letter, there is a risk of it being lost. If they are also asking someone to deliver silver, they have to be even more cautious.
But now it's good - Unless the Huizhou merchant encountered an accident on the way, the two letters would almost certainly be delivered, and there would be no need to worry about the silver being embezzled, and the remuneration for entrusting someone to deliver the letters would also be waived. Kill several birds with one stone. While relaxing, I happened to go shopping in the market with Fellow Daoist Fan. Both the East and West Markets in the capital are very prosperous. The things sold in the East Market are a bit more expensive, while the West Market is more down-to-earth. The East Market is more high-end, so pens, inks, paper and inkstones from Huizhou are popular here, while the West Market is more exotic and all kinds of spices can be bought there. It was morning, the market was bustling with people, there were often crowded pubs and teahouses, and people were casually standing on the street chatting. The biggest event in the capital recently is the murder of women one after another after the New Year. The most shocking thing about this incident is that it ended with the destruction of Jingyun Temple outside the city. Some time ago, Jingyun Temple was bustling with people, but now it has become a ruin. Some time ago, the blue smoke from Jingyun Temple rose straight into the sky and gathered into clouds, but now even farmers have to deliberately avoid it when passing by to work in the fields. In contrast, it seems even more unreal. Such things would shock even the emperor. Even if the news spread beyond the capital, or even spread to places thousands of miles away, anyone would be surprised as long as it was told truthfully. Even if the details were missing, it would still be a fairy tale that people enjoyed talking about. But they were in the capital, so they naturally knew more details. This incident was happening right next to them, and there was an incomparable sense of reality to it. Many people even went to Jingyun Temple to see it with their own eyes. There is no doubt that no matter why they went to Jingyun Temple, whether it was disbelief, doubt, or curiosity, the scene in Jingyun Temple was enough to shock them deeply. The people here are numerous and mixed, many of them are well-informed and some are well-informed. Someone got the news from the county government office and told the people around him excitedly that on the day when the tall and thin Taoist priest was eliminated and the day before the evil Taoist priest in Jingyun Temple was eliminated, a woman was captured by the evil Taoist priest and locked in a secret cellar in the house. She was eventually rescued by Master Lin and handed over to the government office. Some people even visited Jingyun Temple and saw the guardian martial deity with flowers blooming in the courtyard, and actually connected it with the Qingmiao God of Langfeng County last year. Therefore, he told others that the Qingmiao God was also eliminated by the gods. After being eliminated, flowers bloomed on the statues of the god in several Qingmiao temples in the county overnight. Some people say that it was done by the Green Emperor. At the end of last year, Master Lin subdued two stone horses on the street. Just as the immortal spoke, flowers grew on the stone horses. Some were talking excitedly, while others were listening fascinatedly. However, few noticed that the Master Lin and Master Fan, whom they were talking about, were walking past them. Lin Jue bought a big red rooster, a few pounds of bones, led a sheep, and a flowery mattress and quilt. Then he said goodbye to Master Fan, called out the donkey, and slowly went to Fengshan with the fox. Leave the official road, pass Niu Village, and walk onto the small road. There were pedestrians on the road again. I don't know if these people have always come, or if they only mustered up the courage to go up the mountain after Lin Jue asked Master Fan to help clear Senior Hua's name. In any case, even if it was the latter, it was enough to prove how tempting Senior Hua's abilities were to these people. The Taoist, the fox and the donkey walked slowly up the mountain. Today is also a good day, the wind and smoke are clear, and the Tianshan Mountains are all the same color. Lin Jue soon met Senior Hua.
It was Senior Hua who discovered his arrival in advance, so he came out of the cave and came to greet him. In the mountain breeze, a man in flowery robe stood with his hands behind his back. "Hello, Senior Hua!" "Oh! You're here, why are you bringing anything with you?" Hua Daoren said in a mature tone, staring at the big red rooster and the sheep with his eyes squinted. "When a junior comes to visit, he should bring some thoughts with him." "Just come and do it! Just come and do it!" Today, Senior Hua was still wearing a flowery robe and had a dog head on his head, but Lin Jue knew that the reason why Senior Hua did not completely transform into a human form was not necessarily because he could not do it. It could also be because of habit or because he did not have the intention to do so. Just like when my own Fu Yao just learned to speak, she didn’t like to speak human language. Now she can speak very well, but she still likes to speak one word at a time, especially when talking to others. It doesn't necessarily mean that they don't have the ability, but because they are not human beings, so it is normal for their thinking habits to be different from humans. Lin Jue is very good at understanding. If you understand, you can apply it. Like the old senior who refuted, Lin Jue knew his personality and could often get words out of him. Like this old senior Hua, he was very proud, and since he was a real old senior, Lin Jue could show him some etiquette that a young person should have, and he could make him smile and wag his tail. "Go, go, go! Sit in the cave!" The Taoist Dog in the flowery robe stretched out his hand, made a gesture of invitation, and then walked away, saying to him in shock: "I heard about what you did! Good fellow! At that time, your great-grandmaster had a quarrel with Yushan, and in his rage, he only sent out soldiers to surround Yushan for a few days, and you just killed everyone in the third largest Taoist temple in Qinzhou!" "How did you know this, Senior?" "Of course I heard it from the pilgrims." "Senior, you are very capable." Lin Jue paused before replying, "We didn't kill them all. We stopped after we won." "That's about right!" Hua Dao Ren was a little flattered by his flattery, but he didn't show it on his face, "I'm afraid there is no Jingyun Temple outside the capital now, right?" "The house is still there, only some of the buildings have been destroyed." Lin Jue walked a little behind him, looking at the swaying of his flowered robe behind him, a smile appeared on his lips, and he kept talking, "I wonder what will happen in the future." "After this, who would dare to go and practice Buddhism?" Taoist Hua paused, then turned around, posing as a senior, and warned him earnestly: "But you have to be careful. Originally, your uncle-master only used magic to surround Yushan Mountain. During this process, he did not give face to the Guanxing Palace and did not accept their mediation. They have been hated for a long time. I'm afraid that your incident will cause a bigger commotion and make more people unhappy. You have to be careful..." When Lin Jue heard this, he was curious and asked: "Originally, my uncle-master displeased the Star-gazing Palace. Did the Star-gazing Palace deal with him or make things difficult for him?" "How could the Taoists of the Fulu Sect embarrass your great-grandmaster? If they want to embarrass him, it's the gods they worship!" Taoist Hua said, "But although your great-grandmaster has a bad temper and is easily impulsive, he won't listen to my advice and teachings, but he acts uprightly, doesn't do bad things, has a clear conscience, and has no handle. Even if the gods are angry with him, they can't do anything to him." "Does the senior often instruct and teach that great-grandmaster?" "… In addition, the gods had not fallen so badly in the past, so they might not be angry with him. Even if they were angry with him, they would not be so unscrupulous, so they did not make things difficult for him." "Hmm? Nothing?"
"I have a guess..." "What guess?" "Your great-grandmaster had a very high talent. Although he could not achieve enlightenment at the end of his practice, he could still live for a few more years. However, he suddenly encountered a mysterious obstacle at the end of his practice. He told me that it was a obstacle that all practitioners would encounter, and that his fate with the Tao had ended. But I have heard of a story - in ancient times, there was a practitioner who was disrespectful to the gods, so the gods punished him and cast a spell to confuse him, causing a mountain and fog to appear on his practice path. No matter how he tried to get around it, he could not find the way, so he had to work hard until his life was exhausted." Hua Dao Ren led them into the cave, with a look and tone that Lin Jue often saw, which was the subconscious concern and favoritism of rural people towards those close to them: "I suspect a deity cast a spell on him!" "So that's it." Lin Jue nodded, thoughtfully. Fuqiu Temple has a magic spell that is incomparably important in terms of inheritance, which is "knowing people and knowing their destiny". With this magic spell, almost every generation of disciples is very talented, and the great-uncle master is naturally no exception. However, as a cultivator practices, he or she will encounter some mysterious difficulties due to his or her own talent, state of mind, knowledge, and even merits, and thus stop moving forward. Especially the efficiency of practicing the Small Yin-Yang Method is lower, so it is normal for the master uncle to have "exhausted his fate". On the contrary, Senior Hua's guess is less well-founded and less likely. Anyway, just keep an eye on it. …… Please give me a monthly ticket at the beginning of the month! (End of this chapter)