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Chapter 54 Another busy first month

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    Zhumeng left and was picked up by a middle-aged Taoist priest who was not very old.  Zhao Ran heard the prison guards and others calling him Master Liang, and knew that this was Liang Tengxian, the Taoist priest of Huayun Pavilion mentioned by Yu Mo in his letter.

    In Yumo¡¯s letter, Zhao Ran knew that Taoist cultivators are divided into nine levels according to their magic power: first-level Taoist priests, second-level Taoist priests, third-level Huang Guan, fourth-level mage, fifth-level great mage, sixth-level refiner, seventh-level  The great refiner, the eighth-grade real person, the ninth-grade heavenly master - Quanzhen is also called the great real person.  Yu Mo didn't explain how to distinguish the higher grades, and Zhao Ran didn't ask.  According to this calculation, Master Liang Tengxian should be at the fourth level, and Master Chu Yangcheng, who introduced himself to Wujiyuan, should be at the seventh level.  As for Yumo herself, she said that she had just entered the rank of Taoist priest.

    Master Liang did not come in the clouds and mist. He was riding in a very ordinary carriage. Zhu Meng simply followed, carrying only a silk bundle on his shoulders.  Before leaving, he seemed to want to say something to Zhao Ran, but in the end he didn't.

    Zhao Ran was full of envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart, but one of his advantages was that he was willing to lower his head and accept his fate when he was unable to do anything. Since he did not have that fate, it was better to put aside distracting thoughts and live in the jungle of ten directions.  , try to climb up and make your life easier.

    As the first month of the lunar month approaches day by day, everyone in Wujiyuan is busy again.

    The Taoists and Huoju in the dormitory began to sweep the Taoist courtyard, wipe the temples, and paint the statues; the warehouse took inventory and the accounting room took inventory; the number room counted the income and payment of the manors, shops, and forest fields; the Fangtang sent all to  The patrols in Guyang County were all transferred back to maintain order inside and outside Wuji Mountain.

    The Dian Zaofang, who is in charge of etiquette, has been discussing with the living room and sutra hall for many days, and has made intensive preparations for a series of sacrificial ceremonies before and after the New Year, starting from the winter solstice to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, including the Christmas Day of the Yuanshi Tianzun and the Memorial Day of the Kitchen God.  , Tianlazhichen, Jade Emperor¡¯s Christmas, Lingbao Tianzun¡¯s Christmas and many other celebrations and sacrifices.  These ceremonies require the gates of the mountain to be opened widely to welcome people from all directions, so the preparations are very cumbersome.

    In addition to ceremonies, Sanqing Hall and Tianshi Hall will be open to receive pilgrims during this period, especially on New Year's Eve and Zhengdan.  According to the usual practice, Dian Zaofang counted the incense burners on New Year's Eve. There were hundreds of households who applied to burn incense on the mountain. Among them, the incense price for the first stick of incense has been quoted as high as 60 taels.  According to the situation in previous years, this is not the highest price. The highest price that night is likely to exceed one hundred taels!

    In the annual examination in December, Zhao Ran once again ranked first.  As a Taoist boy in the Sutra Hall, especially an excellent Taoist boy whose scores in the monthly and annual exams have never been lower than the first rank, Zhao Ran took on more tasks during this period. In the words of the world before traveling, it was a shoulder.  A burden has been added.

    In addition to playing the main role in the worship ceremonies held in Wujiyuan, he also went down the mountain many times to participate in the fasting ceremonies of Guyang County officials, gentry, and wealthy households.  Because there were so many households applying to Wuji Yuan to hold fasting festivals, Jiang Gaogong was already busy. Masters Liu Jing and Chen Jing began to lead teams down the mountain to host fasting festivals. Even so, he was still very busy.

    On the eighth day of the first lunar month, in the afternoon, Zhao Ran had just returned from the mountain with Liu Jingzhu, and Zhao Ran was sent to the Jingtang to wait for orders.  In addition to Jiang Gaogong, Liu Jingzhu, Chen Jingzhu and others, five sutra chanting Taoists who ranked first in the annual examination were also present in the sutra hall, including Ma Zhili and Fang Zhihe.

    I only heard Jiang Gaogong say: "Tomorrow is the Jade Emperor's Christmas. All the county officials, including the county magistrate and the county magistrate, will go to the mountain to watch the ceremony and pray for blessings. In addition, there are no less than 500 people from the wealthy gentry and Xiang believers, not only the abbot and the supervisor."  Everyone must attend, and I and most of the disciples in the sutra hall must participate. However, the fasting ceremony at the foot of the mountain cannot be stopped, otherwise it will hurt the believers' desire to seek Taoism, which will be a big mistake. Therefore, I discussed with the supervisor and the three capitals  , all the junior disciples in the Sutra Hall will be divided into several groups tomorrow, and each one should be dispatched. Those who are guarding the mountain should work diligently, and those who are descending the mountain should not be arrogant and slack. Can you hear me clearly?"

    All the Taoist boys responded in unison, and then Liu Jingzhu distributed the personnel.

    "I will go to the clan ceremony at the Zhang Family Ancestral Hall in Dongfeng Mountain in person, and Junior Brother Zheng will go with me"

    "The Zhao clan in Jingcun established a new school to worship their ancestors and saints. Junior Brother Ma and Junior Brother Lu went there, and Junior Brother Ma presided over the altar"

    "Wutang Luo's grandson died in infancy. Junior Brother Fang and Junior Brother Zhao went there, and Junior Brother Fang presided over the altar"

    After the arrangements were made, Liu Jingzhu specially gave a few words to the four people Ma, Lu, Fang and Zhao who were going to Jingcun and Wutang. There was no professor to preside over these two routes, so he was a little worried.

    That night, Fang Zhihe came to the door at night. Zhao Ran originally thought that he was going to discuss tomorrow's legal arrangements with him, but he didn't expect that he came to ask for leave.

    "Junior brother Zhao, I have a heartless request, and I hope you can help me."

    "Senior Brother Fang, no matter what you say, Junior Brother will definitely try his best."

    "Brother, I have been suffering from chronic diseases since I was a child. I often suffer from headaches."??, the attack started again in the past two days, and I couldn't sleep well every night.  I wanted to take time to go down the mountain for diagnosis and treatment tomorrow, but unexpectedly I had to go to Wutang again"

    "Brother, you must be careful. Speaking of which, your body is, uh, your capital, so you can't be careless. Why don't I go report it to Jiang Gaogong and Liu Jingzhu? It would be better for another senior brother to go to Wutang with me tomorrow."

    "This is not appropriate Well, I have asked for leave from Jiang Gaogong many times for this stubborn problem. I am really embarrassed to ask for leave again. Besides, tomorrow is so busy. If I ask for leave again, even if Gao Gong and the professors are right,  But it will inevitably make the brothers feel unhappy. After thinking about it, I can only ask my brother. Tomorrow you and I will go down the mountain together, and then we will work separately. I will go to the city for diagnosis and treatment, and you will go to Wutang to set up an altar. I wonder if Brother Zhao can do it.  Do you want to help senior brother with this?"

    Zhao Ran understood as soon as he heard this, what was causing this headache? He clearly wanted to take the opportunity to go down the mountain for a relaxing day.  Zhao Ran was not a high-ranking scholar, nor a professor, so he couldn't control that much. Fang Zhiping was usually kind to him, and he also wanted to be a good man, so he agreed: "That's okay, senior brother, just go to Yanyi for diagnosis and treatment.  It¡¯s just that, junior brother, it¡¯s my first time to host the Dharma altar, but I don¡¯t know if I can take on the important task"

    Fang Zhihe was overjoyed: "I can afford it, I can afford it! Junior Brother Zhao's studies are excellent, how can he say that he can't afford it? Furthermore, even if there are occasional flaws, Luo Yuanwai can't tell them clearly. Even if he can tell them clearly,  Can he still complain to the mountain?"

    "But I don't know what the background of Luo Yuanwai is?"

    Zhao Ran agreed to Fang Zhihe's request, and Fang Zhihe naturally spared no effort to introduce him: "Luo Yuanwai was born in poverty, but he was good at reading. He even passed the college examination, provincial examination, and general examination.  He was born as a Jinshi in the same year. Later, he was released as the county magistrate of a certain county in Anhui Province, which can be regarded as a typical example of a grassroots turnaround. However, he started from the grassroots and did not have a strong backer. When he was fifty years old, he was only one year old.  The government judge stopped. Later, when he saw that he had no hope of promotion, he simply resigned and returned to his hometown. He returned to Wutang and built a village to take care of himself. Three days ago, his young grandson died in infancy, so he came to the mountain to ask for help.  Zhai Jiao"

    Seeing that Zhao Ran was listening carefully, Fang Zhihe became interested in gossip again and couldn't help but spread the gossip: "Junior brother, do you know how much the book of rituals presented by Luo Yuanwai is?"

    Zhao Ran shook his head to show his ignorance, Fang Zhihe stretched out a finger, and Zhao Ran said: "One hundred taels?"

    Fang Zhihe sneered: "One hundred taels? Even if this old man dies, he won't even think of this number for the Zhaijiao he organized for himself, let alone a concubine's young grandson! I went to inquire, and it's only ten taels! Hehe!"

    ??????????? In fact, if placed in an ordinary family, ten taels of silver would be quite a lot to hold a fasting ceremony, but in the eyes of the well-informed Taoist priest of Wujiyuan, this amount is indeed a bit insufficient.

    Just listen to Fang Zhihe continue: "If others come to ask for help, the courtyard will never agree. Ten taels of silver is enough for them to go to a small temple to ask for help, or find a wild Taoist priest to deal with it."  But Luo Yuanwai is not only good at studying at home, he is also good at teaching. Both of his sons were educated at home, and both of them were admitted to the Juren Examination. Now they are waiting for the National Examination in Beijing, and they will spread the news at any time.  There is a good story about 'a father and a son who were three Jinshi'. Therefore, the courtyard held their noses and recognized him. Even if he didn't book the ceremony, we still had to help him organize the fasting ceremony."

    ? ?Thanks to yangzhigang and Brother Jiumingxuanmao for the reward.

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