Chapter 269 blood palm print
This autumn, the climate was abnormally rainy, which unintentionally hindered the actions of the Shangqing School.
Otherwise, at the speed of one ritual a day, after 20 years, the progress of the ritual will spread throughout the county, making the days of few evolutionary and conservatives even more sad. Therefore, a continuous autumn rain for several days is really joyful and sad. Although the people who are floating outside cannot go home to reunite due to the above orders, they still have some rest and breathe a breath of turbid air under the cold autumn rain.
Wucheng County was originally Kuaiji County. After the latest division in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was classified as Wuxing County. It is now quite close to Wuxing City and is considered a remote suburb.
Wuxing is not like Kuaiji, without Wang Biaozhi. Wang Ning worked hard before and after, and the official road was fine, but the path in the countryside was completely muddy and ragged. If you step on it gently, the entire wooden clogs will often be deeply trapped in it.
"How can I go like this? I'm asking the villagers yesterday to send food and agree directly. I have to go and get it myself. I'm not asking for trouble?"
The Taoist wearing a knot scarf seemed a little out of character, but he could cover some rain. Now the rain is much smaller. As long as you don’t get hit during the rain, your clothes will be at most turbulent. While speaking, you and your companions got into the shade of a tree, shook the raindrops on your body, handed the food box to your companions beside you. He turned around and used a wooden stick to salvage the wooden clogs that were trapped in the mud not far away.
"Maybe it's for Senior Brother Jingyuan's plan, but it's a pity that I don't know what exactly." Xiaodao Ren was a younger person behind.
"I understand this. I could hear some from Senior Brother Gu Qi that day." The Taoist tried hard to hook out the wooden clogs, sighed at the mud above, turned around and threw them on the tree trunk, knocked the soil down, and looked at the barefoot companion, shook his head, "What do you think... Senior Brother Jingyuan's plan is?"
"I don't know, maybe I'm gradually becoming an ordinary people who pay attention to ordinary people like the evolutionary school?" replied the young man.
"How is it possible? Even if Senior Brother Jingyuan is willing to make such a decision, we can't bear to worry. You must know that the Shangqing School includes most aristocratic families and poor families."
"But now every village is very similar to the practice of doing rituals?"
"Similar is similar, but the purpose is different." The Taoist chuckled, raised his head inexplicably, and pointed to the sky. "Those ordinary people all see in front of them, but they can't see the sky, so they don't look like Senior Brother Jingyuan..."
"Sky?"
"Forget it, forget it, you are still young, you will know in the future-" The Taoist put on wooden clogs, took the food box, and looked at the young man, "It's not that I won't say it, but you have some dough dishes. You should have added recently. These involve Guangyuan, you should contact them slowly... Let's go, let's go, go back."
A trace of harshness flashed across the young man's face, but he quickly calmed down, holding a bulging cloth bag in his hand and following him.
The team where the rituals are resting is a dilapidated Taoist temple, which has long been gone. In addition, many areas have begun to leak rain. Fortunately, the number of people in the team is not large, so they can be repaired and temporarily settled.
The Taoist temple is divided into several rooms, many of which are two or three people living in one room. The main hall in the middle is Zhang Lu, the newly sent manager.
After the Taoist and the young man entered, they were quickly surrounded. Because it was raining, people here rarely lacked food. They were spoiled on weekdays. When did Taoist people in Shangqing School be hungry and full, like refugees? Fortunately, it was Sun Tai's order, and the majesty was still there, so no one complained, but the act of robbing food had occurred.
The Taoist and the young man were crowded, and finally came out of the encirclement, and the bag of food was obviously shrunken.
The little Taoist cried and said, "It's true, at least I can leave some for me."
"Senior brother, I'll give you all these." The young man said silly, stuffing the cloth bag to the Taoist, "I still have some dry food in there, I can't be hungry, I'll give you all these... I'll go and deliver meals to Senior Brother Jinjue."
As he said that, he lifted the food box next to him, and regardless of the little Taoist holding a cloth bag in his hands, the young man walked towards the main hall with a smile.
No one came after him, and the young man stood in front of the main hall for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief.
It is said that it is the main hall, but it is a little bigger than other rooms. The statues worshipped inside have long been cleared, leaving only dilapidated wooden doors and empty windows. As the cold wind blows, it creaks and squeaks... This place is not necessarily better than other rooms. The windows are broken and large raindrops are scattered. The dry area is not big.
The young man knocked on the door.
"Senior Brother Jinjue, it's time to have lunch."
"Come in."
Squeak...
The young man pushed the door open and nodded at Zhang Jinjue, then placed the warm food in the food box on the shabby table.
But after finishing, he did not leave, but stood aside in a daze.
Zhang Lu was reading a book, and there was not even a cover. It was the Shangqing sect classics given to him by Sun Tai. There were many notes in it. It was something that Sun Tai read in his early years. Although he was very martial, he was trapped in the Taoist temple and was bored and could only read to relieve his boredom. He was able to read it in a daoist way. After a long time, he realized that the person who delivered the food to him had not left, so he raised his head and looked at the young man and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"I, I want to ask... Brother Jinjue, can we leave here?" The young man seemed a little nervous, his naked feet kept curling up, leaving wet footprints on the ground.
"Leaving here? Not yet." Zhang Lu took the chopsticks handed by the young man and said while eating the food, "At least you have to complete what Jingyuan has told you to return."
The young man suddenly felt distressed and hesitated for a moment and asked, "Senior Brother Jinjue, although it is a bit abrupt, can you reveal some of the explanations of Senior Brother Jingyuan? In the past, Senior Brother Jingyuan would let us know why we should do it, but now... do we have to compare with the Evolution School?"
"For comparison? Haha... This is a bad statement. A mere evolutionist would not make us so alert. If we really say why, it is related to Jiankang City. It is not convenient to tell you what it is." The taste of the wine and food might be good, and Zhang Lu showed a hint of joy on his face. After saying that, he put down his chopsticks and was about to serve rice. When he glanced at the young man in his mouth, he suddenly had a meal and frowned.
"What's your name? It seems to be a little bit disgusting?"
"I just came here, and my name is Song Zhi." The young man smiled silly and immediately reached out to help Zhang Lusheng's rice. "Senior Brother Jinjue, eat more..."
He mercifully disintegrated Zhang Lu's last doubts and didn't care, but he ate more as the young people said. The food today tasted very good, not like what a country family could make.
...
It took about two quarters of an hour before Song Qi walked out of the main hall with a smile on his face. When he went out, he met a Taoist who had gone out with him.
"Senior Brother Jinjue finished eating?" asked the Taoist.
"I've finished eating, it's half missing." Song Qi lifted the food box, took out some leftovers and handed them to the Taoist, "Senior brother, do you want to eat some?"
"Forget it, I'm full, and we'll leave when you eat some." As Song Zhi approached, the Taoist wrinkled his nose, "What does it smell? Why have you been in there for so long?"
"I ate with Senior Brother Jinjue inside, and asked about the purpose of this time."
"Are you asking?"
"without……"
"What's so happy about you? Since you have eaten, then leave."
"Farewell, senior brother, let me go for this chore..." Song Qi smiled, carried the food box, and crawled into the rain with his bag on his back.
The Taoist clapped his hands with glory and watched Song Qi leave. He felt a little proud, his eyes turned around and suddenly stopped in front of the main hall.
Bang!
The door trembled.
Chapter completed!