"A pot of wine for two people to drink. I am the younger brother and Xie (you) is the elder brother. Who should drink, Xie should drink!"
"A crab has eight legs and two eyes as big as each other! It's a pair of treasures, what a great couple!"
"Such a big lump!"
"Samsung photo!"
"Such a big lump!"
"Small bench, stand upright at both ends, no one loses and no one wins!"
There were two Eight Immortals tables in the flower hall. Zhao Xin and Chen Jishan led the people from the Suiyuan Cult through the door. The dozen or so noisy water bandits who were eating meat, drinking, and fist-fighting suddenly fell silent. They didn't expect the Suiyuan Cult people who were scolding them just now.
The Yuanjiao group actually followed.
A group of water bandits looked askance at a group of believers, and no one looked down on the other. However, the rules on the road must not be broken, and they must not undermine each other when they meet.
Zhao Xin clasped his fists at a group of water bandits and said: "Everyone, this is Taoist Master Sun and his disciples. Our place is small and we usually don't have many guests. It's rare for everyone to show their respect today, so please forgive me. Taoist Master Sun and his disciples will sit in the other room."
If you don't greet the whole table well, you will be offended!"
The second counter looked sideways at Zhao Xinda and said, "Who is this again?"
"My surname is Zhao, and I am a Qingke from Zhuangzi. I will help Mr. Xu greet everyone. If there is any inconvenience, please forgive me."
"If the master doesn't come, is it appropriate for you to entertain us as a Qing guest?"
"I'm sorry, a batch of grain has just arrived from Zhuangzi. Mr. Xu took the brother just now to count the grain."
As soon as Zhao Xin said these words, he immediately attracted the greedy eyes of a group of people present. The second cabinet asked tentatively: "How many are there?"
"Haha, there are still a few hundred stones."
The second cabinet suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go take a look too."
Zhao Xin persuaded with a smile: "The food is all in the warehouse, so it won't run away. Everyone, please eat and drink first. Master Xu will come back with your noble men later, and I will offer you a glass of wine."
The second cabinet wanted to ask again, but the water bandit beside him pulled him to sit down and said, "Second brother, the big cabinet will bring people to bring food in the future. I'm sorry they don't dare to play tricks! Good wine and food are rare in this season.
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Chen Jishan and Li Erkui took advantage of this time to carry a screen over and separate the two Eight Immortals tables. An action team member disguised as a servant brought over another dish.
Smelling the aroma of wine and meat coming from the other side of the screen, several members of the Shu Yuan Cult were also greedy and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Zhao Xin said to the middle-aged man who called himself Taoist Master Sun: "Is there any taboo between Taoist Master and the disciples when they eat?"
"Well, I won't eat any meat, but there's no harm in eating wine and meat."
Zhao Xin nodded and said: "That's good. I'll make arrangements right away. Please sit down for a moment."
Not long after, Li Erkui, Chen Jishan and two other men dressed as servants brought several trays of meat and dishes to the table. Zhao Xin, however, carried several bottles of wine that were exactly the same as those used by the water bandits next door.
After walking back, the Taoist priest surnamed Sun looked at the bottle in Zhao Xin's hand, and his eyes immediately widened.
Where did this family come from? They actually used crystal glass bottles to bottle wine, and they looked like they didn't care. Originally, he just wanted to bring his apprentice over to have a meal and drink, and use the words in the treasure scroll to frighten the other party, and also to cheat a little bit.
Money, but I didn’t expect that the other party would be so extravagant!
"Please, everyone, please forgive me for the rush. Let's have a couple of drinks first, and there will be hot dishes later."
Zhao Xin pretended to pour wine for several people who accepted Yuanjiao, walked around in a circle, and when he came to the pretty woman, he hesitated and asked: "Does this noble lady also drink?"
Taoist priest Sun said: "It doesn't matter."
The woman's face turned red, she put down the child in her arms and stood up and said, "Sir, there is no need to be polite, I will kill the little girl. I will do it myself." While she was speaking, the little girl stood aside with her little head exposed.
Staring at the meat dishes on the table.
After everyone poured wine, Zhao Xin picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Today I am destined to be able to make friends with all the immortal masters. I will do it first as a token of respect!"
Daochang Sun looked at the clear wine in his hand, drank it all with a smile, and then praised: "Good wine!"
He looked at Zhao Xin and asked: "Mr. Zhao, does this wine have a name? Where does it come from?"
Zhao Xindao: "Oh, this is produced in the far north. My master likes it for its refreshing taste, so he bought a lot of it from overseas. If the Taoist Master likes it, he will take a look at the Feng Shui of the yard later, and please take a few more bottles with him."
"Okay, okay!" Daochang Sun was extremely happy when he heard this and nodded repeatedly.
At this time, several believers finished their wine and looked at the meat and vegetables on the table, salivating. They wanted to feast, but were afraid of being underestimated by Zhao Xin, so they had to use chopsticks to carefully stuff it into their mouths.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Xin finally asked: "If you dare to ask your eldest brother's name, I can go with Mr. Xu to report it clearly."
Taoist Master Sun hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Zhao Xin was cheerful and polite, he said, "I am a poor Taoist named Sun Guiyuan. His Taoist name is Qingfeng Zhenren."
Zhao Xin still doesn't know at this moment that Sun Guiyuan, who calls himself Qingfeng Zhenren, is the current leader of Shuoyuan Sect.
In the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi's reign, Zhang Jindou, a native of Changzi County, Shanxi, founded the "Longhua Society", also known as the "Wuwei Jiao", based on the "Litianhouhuijing" left by his father, and called himself the Patriarch of the Yuan Dynasty. In the sixth year of the Yongzheng reign, Zhang Jindou was arrested by the Qing court
He was discovered and killed. After that, each disciple began to preach to surrounding provinces, and the second disciple, Li Yanwen, taught Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren renamed the Suyuan Sect "Ronghua Hui".
In the 21st year of Qianlong's reign, Zhang Ren was arrested, and his disciple Xu Guotai escaped. Xu Guotai later changed the Ronghua Society taught by Zhang Ren to the Shuyuan Sect, preached the Cross Sutra and the Eight-Character Mantra, and spread the "Ten Sects of the Right Way"
The rumor spread from mouth to mouth that "ten people work together to carry a burden, ten people contract with Xijiang Yue, shoot bows and arrows as far as Chang'an".
In the 39th year of Qianlong's reign, the Shuoyuan Sect was cracked down by the government in Henan, and Xu Guotai and a group of key members were executed. Sun Guiyuan, a disciple, managed to escape. After living in anonymity for ten years, Sun Guiyuan became more and more convulsive as he lived, and he was so poor that he could no longer survive.
Recalling that Shu Yuanjiao could make disciples and make money, he made Zhan Zhenglin and others his disciples and started cheating money along the way.
Some "scholars" in later generations believed that the founders of ancient folk religions and their enthusiastic disseminators were "outstanding" folk religionists and elite figures with outstanding religious talents.
Don't blaspheme the religious spirit! It's not enough to call these people outstanding money-makers.
Historically, most of the founders and propagators of folk religions belonged to the poor class who lived extremely poor lives, and some were even typical hooligans. These people had low economic status, could not guarantee their own lives, had low social status, and had difficulty improving their moral character.
Compliment.
They are simply unable to provide relief to others, let alone hold the noble sentiment of "saving all sentient beings out of the sea of suffering." Their so-called creation and missionary work are not so much a religious pursuit as they are taking advantage of people.
religious beliefs and seek an effective way to improve one's economic status and social status.
Founding a religion, preaching, making money, getting rid of poverty and becoming rich are their most primitive mentality. Throughout the ages, these people have followed the same path (in modern times, these folk religions have suddenly changed, either a certain master, or a certain lecturer; even more What’s more, a certain spiritual practice class was held.)
For example, Hu Zhang, the third generation leader of the Shuoyuan Sect (yes! She is a woman), once donated 120 taels of silver to donate a supervising student for her son. Liu Ruhan, the leader of the Bagua Sect, spent money to donate money to a student in Shanxian County, Shandong Province. The county magistrate actually served as a county magistrate for more than ten years.
Of course, in addition to money, beauty is also a by-product of their preaching.
Historically, Wu Sanniang, who became a disciple and joined the Qingshui Sect out of gratitude for Wang Lun's healing grace, was named Wang Lun's adopted daughter, and was actually Wang Lun's mistress; and Wang Lun had more than one mistress.
Wang Hui, the leader of the Hunyuan Sect, once publicly said to his followers: "When I achieve my ambition, everyone will give alms if they have the advantage and wealth, and if they are born without money, they will always have the same merit."
As for explaining the White Lotus Sect uprising in the Qing Dynasty, it was mostly because the government discovered their secret money-making activities and was forced to rebel. However, they succeeded in attacking the government by luck! Then one by one, these sect members changed dynasties and became officials to make a fortune. The sweet dream of courting a group of young wives. With this ambition, can it not fail?
Well, having said all that, Sun Guiyuan, the fifth-generation leader of Shuoyuan Sect, is not a good guy either!
The medicinal powder they distributed outside Zhuangzi was just ginseng seeds mixed with musk and other strong tonics. After eating it, it looked like the disease was cured, but in fact it was just a sign of returning Yang. The weak patient was overdrawn and his energy was restored, and he could not recover. Three days to death.
Zhao Xin sat calmly with these swindlers for a while, and then left the flower hall on the pretext of going to drink and serve food. After leaving the flower hall and turning around the moon gate, Li Erkui was walking over with the dishes.
"My boss."
"Erkui, bring a few more bottles of wine to those people in Luoma Lake!"
"Still taking it?!"
"Take! Drink these bastards to death!"
Zhao Xin stood at the door of the moon and thought for a while, then rolled his eyes and a bad idea came to him.
In the kitchen of Xikuoyuan, Chen Jishan's sister Chen Erya and Li Erkui's wife Zhang were busy. Suddenly so many people came to entertain them, and the two women were in a hurry.
Chen Erya was busy rolling out and slicing noodles when he heard someone coughing outside the door, and then heard his elder brother's voice: "The boss is here."
I heard another man's voice saying: "Ask the kitchen to make two large pots of hot noodle soup quickly. Can you do it?"
"I can do it." Chen Jishan turned around and said through the window: "Erya, did you hear the boss's order?"
"I heard it." Chen Erya worked quickly, and after ten minutes, two large basins of hot soup noodles were ready. "Brother, the noodles are ready!"
Zhao Xin, who was outside the door, waited for Chen Jishan to come out with two large basins, and quickly waved to the other party to put the basins on the lid of the water tank under the window edge. He took out a small glass bottle from his pocket, which was filled with white powder; he opened it. Finally, he poured more than half of the bottle of powder into two basins. He also found a branch and stirred it together for a while until it became invisible.
Xu Dayong and others on the side were horrified. They thought Zhao Xin was poisoning, so they asked hesitantly: "Sir, what are you doing?"
Zhao Xindao: "Don't worry, you won't die if you eat it. This is a laxative."
Xu Dayong was a little confused, and only heard Zhao Xin say calmly: "You will be ready in a moment, and take care of them as soon as they come out. Try not to shoot, so as not to alarm the outside."
"Why."
In the flower hall, a group of water bandits were completely drunk. The sixty-degree strong vodka made these people forget everything they drank. Several transparent glass bottles were regarded as treasures by the bandits, and they would not let go of them. Seven or eight
A bottle of wine can be divided among twelve people, so it will not be divided evenly no matter how much it is divided.
"Hey, Jiang Si, let Xie drink this bottle of wine by himself, and let the rest of us have a taste too!"
"Don't you have it in your hand? Why do you want it from me?"
"That bottle is different from this one, I'll just take a look!"
"No! Hey, hey, he pulled it out just by looking at it, and he couldn't pull it out!"
"Pah!" The second cabinet's head was also groggy at this time. He didn't expect that the wine didn't smell strong, but drank it so vigorously. He mumbled a curse in his mouth: "Shit, mother, shit!" His mind began to
He was still thinking about the bald man who hadn't come, but he was so drunk that he quickly forgot about it.
At another table across the screen, a young congregant took a sip of wine and whispered with envy: "We are at the right time today! This family is really rich!"
A congregant next to him agreed: "That's right! It's been a long time since we've seen meat. Good guy! This table is full of meat and vegetables!"
While several people were talking, the pretty woman sitting next to Sun Guiyuan was feeding the child and said, "Godfather, this family is kind-hearted and has taken in so many hungry people. Let's not go too far.
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Sun Guiyuan smiled and said disdainfully: "What a woman's opinion! When I was in Funing, I heard people say that the master of this family made a fortune in sea trade earlier. Not only did he buy such a big yard, but he also had it on the coast.
We bought thousands of acres of saline-alkali land. This kind of stuff is worthless and worthless. After making the money, we will go to Hubei. Now in Henan and Shandong, we can’t buy food with money. What a world!”
Just as he was talking, he heard footsteps coming from outside the door. When he turned around, he saw that Chen Jishan was walking in quickly, holding a large pottery basin in one hand. "Everyone, please pour vinegar on the hot noodles. Our Master Xu specially ordered it! He
I just sent word that the food is being stored in the warehouse. I will come over and apologize to you all after my work."
"Hurry! Hurry!"
"Two cabinets, with bowls and noodle cushions for eating."
The people at the two tables drank wine for a long time and stuffed their bellies with meat. They smelled the aroma of vinegar and became hungry again. So each person filled a bowl and started eating.
The woman at Shuoyuanjiao's table helped several people with serving noodles, but she didn't serve herself. She said, "Cong Niang and I can't eat any more. Please eat more, brothers."
A quarter of an hour later.
"Hey~! Why does my stomach feel uncomfortable?" A water bandit muttered, rubbing his stomach.
Several people nearby laughed and said, "Young man, you've eaten too much meat and your intestines have become slippery, right?"
The water bandit who was rubbing his belly became more and more unable to sit still, so he stood up and walked out.
"What are you doing?"
"The hut!"
Li Erkui outside the door pursed his lips, suppressing a smile, and pointed out the location of the latrine to the man. As soon as the man stepped onto the threshold of the east courtyard, a big stick hit him on the back of the neck.
one time!
When the water bandit fell down after eating shit, the two people next to him quickly stepped forward, blocked his mouth, tied him up with a rope, and threw him into a nearby hut.
In the hut, the thin and bald man, who was tied up and gagged, opened his eyes and narrowed his eyes after being beaten, looking at this scene in horror!