Chapter 87 Visiting the Temple
Some rich men like to donate money directly to the temple, but more people like to break up the money and donate it to the monks in the temple with their own hands. Could this person be the same? Is it the change to donate money to the monks one by one?
If this is the case, you need to visit nearby temples! And such people often leave many clues, and monks may remember the appearance of this person!
In order to protect the old farmer's family, Situ Ce did not tell the Jinyiwei this clue, but this is definitely a very useful clue. If the useful clue is not verified in time, it may soon become meaningless. Therefore, Situ Ce could not wait, so he decided to investigate it himself.
The 100 taels of silver from the Jinyiwei Long Xiang that Linglong brought back was placed in his house. He immediately took two ingots of silver and brought them with him, and asked the maid Linglong to tell the magistrate that he had gone out to investigate the case. Then, he waved the white paper fan and came to the former yamen constable team room. Shi Meng had already taken people out to patrol. There were only Xiao Mouse, Tang Tang, Yin Yadan and others in the room. Seeing him in, he hurriedly got up to greet him.
Situ Ce said: "I want to go to a nearby temple, who would you like to accompany me?"
"I'll go!" The answer was naturally Tang Tang and Yin Yadan. Then the Bald Brother Sun also shouted that he wanted to go. Deputy Chief Xiao Mouse smiled and said, "Master, you have chosen it, everyone is willing to investigate the case with you."
"Haha, I'm not going to investigate any case, I just went to visit. You are the deputy chief officer, and you can't leave here, so as not to find someone if you have something to do. Just the three of them will go with me."
The three of them immediately jumped up with joy and excitement.
Situ Ce said again: "But you can't wear constable clothes, you have to change to casual clothes." Situ Ce was worried that the people in the temple would be alert to the people in the yamen and were unwilling to tell the truth, so he decided to dress up as a pilgrim.
The three of them quickly changed into their own casual clothes. Yin Yadan asked Situ Ce silly: "Master, go to the temple later. What do we call you? Are you still called Master?"
"Of course not, uh, just call my brother."
Brother Sun hurriedly said, "Okay, okay! This is a good idea!"
"What's good? Not good at all!" Tang Tang glared at Brother Sun, "Which onion are you? How dare you call me brothers?"
Brother Sun scratched his head: "That's right, what should I do?"
"According to me, the master is our young master. Yadan and I will be the young master's personal maid, and the starlings will be the young master's servant."
"Okay! This is a good idea!" Brother Sun hurriedly said.
Situ Ce smiled and said, "This is not very good. How can you play the role of servants?"
Yin Yadan said, "The Tang Man has a good idea. Master, let's do it like this. Let the three of us call you brothers, then we are serious and dare not."
Situ Ce said: "Okay, it's fake anyway. Let's take the painter from the yamen with us, who will call me?"
"I'll go!" Although Brother Sun followed the crowd, he was very diligent. As he said that, he ran to ask someone to go.
Tang Tangqi said: "Master, no, young master,—hehehe, I have to change my words now. Young master, what should we ask the yamen painter to do?"
"Of course the painter has painted a portrait. It's so fun to see a good Buddha statue and come back to offer it."
"So Master is so pious? Hehe, if my grandma knows, I will praise you."
"Your grandma? She also believes in Buddhism?"
"That's right? I eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name all day long. There is also her special Buddhist temple at home! It enshrines all kinds of Buddha statues, big and small. One day my grandmother will be happy when she comes to our house to sit."
"Haha, I actually don't have much research on Buddhism, I just think it's interesting."
"Many people have no research, including my grandmother, who often gets the gods and Buddhas wrong, but they still believe it."
"Yes? I will definitely visit Ling Gaotang someday."
As he spoke, Brother Sun had already invited the painter in the yamen. The painter's surname is Qi, who is already in his sixties, has gray hair, but is in good spirits, and happily came over and bowed: "I wonder if the master invites me to come, what are you doing?"
"We have no choice but to go to the temple and want to invite the old man to go with us. If we need a portrait, we have to bother the old man."
"It's easy to say it! I should obey my orders."
Tang Tang said: "We have to change our identities this time. We can't show off the outfit of the yamen. Master, just pretend to be our young master. Yadan and I are maids, and my brother are servants. What are you doing with you?"
Painter Qi stroked his white beard and said happily: "Why just pretend to be a housekeeper?"
Tang Tang clapped his hands and smiled, "This is great! There is a butler missing!"
Situ Ce asked the painter to go back and get the painting tools, and then the five of them left the yamen. Situ Ce ordered Brother Sun to rent a carriage, took out the two ingots of silver, gave it to Yin Yadan, and asked her to go to the money shop for scattered silver.
Situ Ce told Tang Tang about the road of the old farmer who set up a roadside stall to sell snails, and asked if there were any temples in that area. Tang Tang was very familiar with the temples in Zhenhai County and said that there were exactly three temples along the area. Situ Ce decided to look for them one by one.
Brother Sun quickly rented the car, and Yin Yadan also changed the change. The five of them got on the carriage, and Situ Ce asked Tang Tang to guide the way, and the carriage left the city and ran forward.
The carriage ran for about two hours, and it was only when the sun was far west, and then it arrived at the first temple.
The temple is very small, with only a few monks. Situ Ce asked the Painter Qi, who plays the housekeeper, to donate a small piece of silver to the temple, which weighs about five cents. This was a considerable income for a small temple. The monk immediately changed his smile and quickly ordered the monk to invite the presidency.
After the host came, he heard the monk telling him, and he smiled and kept praising Situ Ce for his devout intentions toward Buddha, and he would definitely receive the protection of the Buddha. He would be named on the list of gold and become a successful person and become a general in the future.
Situ Ce shook his head and said intoxicatedly, "Actually, there are many people like me who eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name. In the morning, we went to the temple in front and heard that about half a month ago, three people came to the temple to give money one by one, and gave a few taels in total. I was envious when I heard it. Alas, such people can be regarded as true believers in my Buddhism! Unfortunately, I have no chance to meet, and I don't know where people are. If I can see it, visit and meet such great good people, I can fulfill my wish."
The host was happy: "What the young master said about donor Yan?"
"Donor Yan?" Situ Ce said, "Master knows this person?"
"I didn't know each other before, but half a month ago, there were three great charitable people from my temple. One of the leaders was Yan, who was the same as the young master said, and they gave each monk like this, and gave a total of one taels and two cents of silver!"
Situ Ce asked in surprise: "It turns out that the people from Guiji are here too? By the way, are they here on horseback or by car? I will know if they are them after I tell you."
"I came here in a donkey cart, but it seems that the donkey cart is not theirs. Maybe it was rented."
"Rent?" Situ Ce shook the white paper fan and said, "How can I see it?"
"They are generous and generous, not like donkey carts. Moreover, I heard from the tall man that the donkey cart is too slow, and it is still comfortable to sit in the cart."
"Is there a tall man?"
"Yes, there is another beard. Add to donor Yan, there are three in total."
Chapter completed!