Chapter 819 Taoism

Bai Shan took Man Bao to draw the lottery, each person had a lottery holder, and a lottery fell out after a while.

Man Bao looked at it, and handed it to Shou Cai, "It's still signed."

The same goes for Bai Shan.

County magistrate Tang felt curious after seeing it, and shook a lottery with the lottery tube, and found that it was also a lottery.

He looked at the lottery, wanting to take out all the signatures inside and have a look.

Shoucai put away the lottery holder with a smile on his face, and said to the three of them, "Brother is in the quiet room in the backyard, why don't you go to him to release the lottery?"

County magistrate Tang took the lottery and went to the quiet room with Man Bao and the others. On the way, he couldn't help asking: "Are there more lottery signs in the lottery container?"

Man Bao nodded, "Yes, Daoxu said, there are a few lottery and winning lottery in it, basically no one can shake out the lottery."

"Why?"

Man Baodao: "Daoist Shouqing said that the seven emotions hurt the will. Since the believers come to the temple to pray, it is likely that they have encountered difficulties, people have worries, sadness hurts the liver, and also hurts the energy. Now say some nice words to make people feel happy." It's always good to be happy and sad."

Man Bao paused and said: "I think Taoist Shouqing is right. The "Huangdi Neijing" also records the method of restraining emotion and ambition. Although I have never used it, I have read medical books that there are many famous doctors. Everyone likes to use this method."

Magistrate Tang looked at the lottery in his hand and asked, "Then you are going to release the lottery?"

Now that you know the root cause, what's the point of resolving the sign?

Bai Shan said: "Although I know the root cause, I'm still very happy to get the lottery, and each lottery is different, and what you get always has some special meaning."

Magistrate Tang shook his head and said with a smile: "I know, you both don't believe in it, and you believe in it. You only want to believe in the good side, and when you encounter the bad side, you have to think that it's not good to believe in ghosts and gods."

Bai Shan took it for granted, "We are mortals."

Man Bao stared at County Magistrate Tang, "Master Tang, are you happy with the lottery right now?"

Magistrate Tang: "... happy."

Bai Shan couldn't help but pursed his lips and laughed.

They went to Taoist Priest Shouqing to release the lottery, and Taoist Priest Shouqing looked at Man Bao and Bai Shan's expressions, praised them for being kind, and told them to relax, the road ahead will be smooth, and then he accepted their lottery and looked at County Magistrate Tang .

Apparently, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Qian had approached Taoist Priest Shouqing, so Taoist Priest Shouqing acted like he had a happy conversation with County Magistrate Tang, pretended to be polite, and then talked about it.

Man Bao and Bai Shan sat on the sidelines and watched their polite discussion, and felt that it was not at all interesting to listen to Mr. Shouqing and Daoist Priest Shou Qing.

After talking for a long time, Daoist Shouqing felt that time was enough, so he served tea to see off the guests.

Master Tang didn't know him well, and he couldn't have a deep conversation with him, so he stood up and said goodbye tactfully.

There are already several booths set up on the lawn in front of the Taoist temple, and I don't know how they carried the things on their backs, but it is steaming right now.

The hungry Magistrate Tang couldn't help swallowing with Man Bao Bai Shan.

Bai Erlang was squatting on the edge of a rock and playing with his friends. When he looked up and saw the two of them, he ran over and shouted unhappily, "Where have you been all day? My father said you just On the mountain, I searched the Taoist temple and couldn't find you."

Man Bao: "That's really a coincidence, I just missed it."

Man Bao swallowed, pointed to the things on those stalls and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"have eaten."

Bai Shan asked: "Which restaurant has the best food?"

"The one that sells wontons is the best, the one that sells naan is the worst, and the others are just average."

The three of them turned around and sat down at the wonton stand. Man Bao said loudly, "I want five bowls of wontons."

Magistrate Tang looked at the portion and asked, "Have you finished eating?"

"There's also Daji and your family's Mingli." Man Bao looked at him strangely, "One bowl per person is not too much, right?"

Magistrate Tang nodded.

"Ah, magistrate Tang, why are you here?" Bai Erlang on the side exclaimed.

Magistrate Tang: ...

He paused for a long time before looking at Man Bao and Bai Shan, and asked, "Is he always so slow in responding?"

Bai Shan: "Almost, just get used to it."

Bai Er shouted: "You speak ill of me in front of me, isn't it too much?"

"No, it's not a bad word, it's the truth." Man Bao said, "You didn't see such a big living person standing next to us until now."

Bai Er didn't want to talk to them anymore, so he got up and wanted to leave, but he thought it was wrong, so he sat back and asked, "What did you do so early this morning? Why didn't you call me?"

Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other, and decided not to tell him, so they said: "I just walked around the end of the village, you came out too fast, we came by car, what's the use of coming so early, the excitement is not there yet. Let's start."

"Who will come here by car to catch the temple fair? Didn't we all come here on foot in previous years?"

A little friend came to look for Bai Er, "Bai Er, are you still going to look for the bamboo rat? It's almost dark today, hey, you are here, Sister Man, Bai Shan, are you two going or not? "

Man Bao and Bai Shan shook their heads together, looked at Bai Er and said, "It's getting dark."

"What are you afraid of when it's dark, we'll go back after Xu time."

Bai Shan said: "Then don't run far away, go to the mountains without lights, if we can't find you, we won't go in and look for them."

"Don't worry, we go there every year to catch bamboo rats, and we'll come back as soon as the sun goes down." After saying that, he dragged Bai Er away.

County Magistrate Tang followed the two to experience the temple fair here. After they finished eating the wontons, they went to taste some small snacks. At the time of You, the bell rang in the temple, and the Taoist priest Shouqing came out of the temple. , randomly found an open space to sit down, and preached to everyone.

In layman's terms, it is just to teach everyone how to relax and how to live a long life.

County Magistrate Tang listened for a while, but felt bored, so he was a little distracted to observe the believers who came to listen, and saw that they listened very carefully, and they were still chanting words, as if they wanted to memorize them all.

Magistrate Tang touched his chin and asked, "Do you give sermons at the temple fair every year?"

Man Bao nodded, "Mostly he talked about the way of health preservation and the way of dealing with the world. Taoist Shouqing said, but if he said anything else, everyone couldn't understand it, and they couldn't use it."

Magistrate Tang asked with a smile, "Have you heard of Changbo?"

"I've heard that the county magistrate Yang also praised Taoist priest Shouqing for his good speech, and even wrote a rewarding article for the Taoist temple," Man Bao said, "Magistrate Yang said that this is to enlighten the people's wisdom, nothing else, Teaching people how to keep healthy can make people live longer, and teaching people how to behave in the world is the merit of enlightenment, so the magistrate Yang also allocated the land under the mountain to the Taoist temple as a reward."

Magistrate Tang stroked his chin and said, "Is it so highly regarded?"

Bai Shan then said: "It was originally wasteland, and County Magistrate Yang just asked someone to open it up. Daoxu also told me that the dry land can't be planted with anything but beans. It's not as good as the land they opened on the mountain. the land fertilizer."

Magistrate Tang couldn't help laughing out loud, "Let me just say, he's always been stingy."

Man Bao defended County Magistrate Yang, "That's much more generous than you."

Magistrate Tang ignored her.