Chapter 53: Flying geese don’t know how to pluck their hair
After directing the heaven-sacrifice ceremony single-handedly, Li Dianshi broke into a sweat.
Fortunately, this scene doesn't require any acting skills from the elder. He just needs to be expressionless, angry, and scolding as usual. He is familiar with it. After all, he has been a parent officer for half a year, so he gets into the role very quickly. It is worth trying.
What I want to mention is that the moment when Chen Zhixian closed his eyes and burst into tears at the end, it was definitely an extraordinary performance that can only be achieved after the actor and the character are completely integrated, and it won unanimous praise and cheers from the people watching.
On the other hand, Li You himself is not only the director, but also plays a major supporting role, so he is put to the test. He has to constantly change into various complex expressions such as surprise, helplessness, excitement, etc. In addition, there are action scenes where he flies to block people, so he must pay attention to it.
Don't steal the spotlight from the protagonist.
In fact, the scene was very simple. The above complex rhetoric was all used by Li Dianshi to brag within the county government. Only old people like the county government would not believe that there is a real blue sky.
The next day, Li You sat in the public room and thought about it. After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, he should do some other rituals. But he really didn't want to go to the monks and Taoists anymore. As mentioned before, the country's spiritual resources are very rich, and there are also
There is really no shortage of all kinds of gods.
Take Xujiang County as an example, there are many money temples. The bigger temples in the city include the Chenghuang Temple, Guandi Temple, Dragon King Temple, Jiang Taigong Temple, Chao Shen Wu Zixu Temple, Wealth Temple, etc. Besides, there are many temples worshiped by various industries.
There are a lot of professional deities such as the carpenter god, the weaver god, the blacksmith god, and the wine god. Many of them also have small temples, especially the three major industries of silk weaving, winemaking, and woodware that are very prosperous in the county.
Li You considered ordering all these temples to carry gods to pray for rain. Regardless of whether it is effective or not, just show your piety to others. As for sects like Buddhism and Taoism, which have legal official organizations, he cannot force them, so he should step aside.
Go ahead, I won't wait for you!
Just as he was thinking about it, someone gave him a pillow when he dozed off. The disciple reported that someone from the Chenghuang Temple in this county was looking for him. Li You thought it was a good idea and invited him in.
The city gods in these places were all conferred by Emperor Taizu in the early years of the Kingdom. The county gods were granted the title of Xianyoubo. The city god temples were built by local officials. It is no coincidence that the regulations are very similar to those of government offices. The official color is very strong, so the people in the temples
It’s not surprising to be able to go in and out of the county government office.
Li You waited for a while, and then a strangely dressed woman came in. She was thirty-two or thirty-year-old. Although she was beautiful, she was dignified but not coquettish. What was strange was that she was wearing a robe that seemed to be Taoist but not Taoist, and a lotus flower crown on her head.
"You seem to be the Han Goddess in the City God's Temple? What are you doing?" Li You recognized it. People dressed like this are just like Wu Zhu. On weekdays, the City God's Temple is managed by the Miao Zhu, and this Han Goddess is the Miao Zhu of the Town God's Temple in this county.
Dai's wife receives female guests in the temple.
Goddess Han lowered her head and did not dare to look at Li You. She replied in a low voice: "The little temple has something to ask of me. Please allow the small temple to carry the deity and parade it through the streets to pray for the rain to benefit all living beings."
Having said that, the matter of carrying gods around the streets was relatively casual in the past. However, the emperor of this dynasty strictly reiterated the system. He just issued an edict the year before last and said: Without special reasons, parades in the streets are only allowed on statutory holidays and the birthdays of gods, and not at other times.
In order not to disturb people's livelihood. In the past two years, Jiangnan has demolished more than 20 prostitution temples because of this incident.
But the two-month drought should be regarded as a special situation as mentioned in the edict. No one from the emperor to the county magistrate dared to object to the four words "agriculture is the foundation of the country", at least on the surface. The severe drought
Even if something shakes the foundation of the country, can it be considered a special situation?
It's not impossible to approve the spirit being carried around the streets, but Li You asked strangely: "Shouldn't the temple minister be the one to talk about this matter? Why are you here?"
Listening to Li You's question, Mother Han blushed, remembering what her husband said to her last night: "My dear, you go find Li Dianshi tomorrow. He is famous for being a womanizer, and he is easy to listen to women."
As for human beings, please come up with soft words and beg him. He is very kind and considerate, and maybe he can give us some conveniences. He must not be able to do anything lawless in that government office, and you will suffer too.
It won’t be a big loss. If it turns out to be a good thing, we must teach our temple to take the lead.”
Dai Miaozhu still doesn't understand Li You. If he saw how Li You beat Miao Chuntao and humiliated Yao Xing'er, he would stop thinking about it. But coincidentally, Han Shenpo's request coincided with Li You's idea
, this seems to be much less expensive than hiring a greedy monk.
Seeing the other person's shyness, Li You was puzzled. You are also a person who welcomes people to and from the temple. You are also over thirty years old. Why are you pretending to be a shy woman? You were confused and didn't bother to ask again, so he said: "
It's settled! Let me allocate you ten taels of silver to spend on the parade! Remember to pray for rain, and don't go off topic, otherwise this book will not be able to spare you!" Li You was still not old enough, so he habitually allocated ten taels of silver.
Two taels of silver, and I thought it was a good deal to spend ten taels of silver, much more cost-effective than the monk.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Li." Although Mother Han was over thirty years old, her voice and skin were very delicate. She was surprised and happy that things went so smoothly. Could it be that it was just as her husband said, Li Dianshi directed at her
Why is beauty so beautiful? Thinking of this, Mother Han's face turned red with embarrassment.
At this time, Wang Zhong, the scribe who lived in the same room, came back from an outing. He happened to see the Han Goddess walking out with her face slightly red and in a thoughtful mood. He couldn't help but curiously asked Li Youdao: "May I ask, sir, what did the Han Goddess do here? She looked full of tears.
Chunyi, what did you do to her?"
Li You didn't hide it from Wang Zhong and told him about carrying the god on the street. Wang Zhong exclaimed: "Why give her ten taels of silver? Even if you ask her for ten taels, she will be willing to do it!"
Li You's face was full of questions.
Wang Zhong replied: "Sir, it seems that he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, so he doesn't often go to the temple. The Chenghuang Temple and the Guandi Temple in this county are fiercely competing for incense, because the two gods have many similar affairs. I don't know why the Guandi Temple is so weak this year.
As the incense is getting stronger, the Temple of the City God has become a little deserted. Dai Miaozhu must have wanted to use the opportunity of praying for rain to carry the god around the streets, create an exclusive momentum to save the situation, and attract pilgrims to attract incense. He also wants to pay you for it. "
When Wang Zhong said this, he suddenly realized something and immediately changed his words: "Sir, you have thought carefully and must have a plan. Your subordinates don't know the truth and are talking nonsense because they are smart!" I thought to myself, I don't believe that people like you don't understand.
This must be the benefit that the beautiful goddess promised you!
He really lacks experience, Li You sighed inwardly. He doesn't know how to eat the food when it comes to his mouth. He has to rely on experienced people to remind him.
However, it is not too late to make amends. If you can escape from the temple, you cannot escape from the temple. Extorting the money from the magician will not cause public anger, let alone uneasy conscience. What's more, there are so many temples in this county.
As for Dai Miaozhu of the City God's Temple, when he saw that his wife not only successfully completed the matter, but also received ten taels of money, he couldn't help but feel extremely suspicious in his heart: Why did Li Dianshi not ask for any benefits, but instead allocate ten taels of silver? His wife and Li
What happened between classics and history?
I began to suspect that because my wife's red apricot was out of the wall, I asked you to sell your face instead of selling your body! I can take advantage of it without having to pay more for the favor, but I didn't ask you to sacrifice yourself to get money back! So Dai Miaozhu made a fuss at home.
After a while, the Han goddess was forced to point at the statue and swear that she would never betray her husband.
Although Dai Miaozhu felt a little relieved about the color of his hat, he still couldn't get rid of the doubts in his mind. He tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep at night. I thought that all the subordinate officials in the yamen were ruthless and ruthless, so why did Li Dianshi not take any of the money this time but gave it to him?
Ten taels of silver? It’s really elusive.
It's so weird! I only saw subordinate officials asking for money, but I didn't see anyone giving money. These ten taels of silver were very hot. Could it be that Li Dianshi wanted to use this method to safely transfer the money from the official treasury to his own pocket? That way
If that's the case, I really have to recognize him, and I have to pay homage to Li Dianshi.