Volume Five, The Pen of God, Chapter 98, The Mean Alley
Compared with the last time Ning Que saw him in Linkang City, Ye Su looked thinner and paler, but his expression was calmer, and it was difficult to find any trace of pride.
There were hundreds of people listening to his sermon, and the streets were completely packed and dark, but no one made a noise, and the place was unimaginably quiet.
His voice kept ringing in the quiet alley in front of the dilapidated house, occasionally mixed with a few painful coughs. The main content of what he said was the Xiling Canon, and the way he expounded it was very different from that of ordinary priests.
Ning Que's eyes fell on the people listening to the sermon. Although the clothes of these believers were simple and simple, and many of them had patches on their clothes, they were all washed very clean. The clothes of dozens of people on the southeast side were obviously much richer.
But he sat quietly on the white futon like his companions.
Through observation, he found that Ye Su's preaching was much smoother than expected, so he was even more worried - because Sangsang said that these people should be burned to death, and he knew that she could do it.
Not long after Ye Su started preaching in Linkang City, Ning Que came here. He understood that this was Ye Su's own redemption, and it was also his desire to lead the world to carry out his own redemption.
Taoism requires believers to take faith in Haotian as the foundation, turn passion into devotion, and place hope in the Kingdom of God. The salvation that Ye Su said is to seek it from oneself.
For Haotian Daomen, this change may seem small, but it is actually a very shocking revolution, because this revolution starts from the lowest level, with love for this world replacing the yearning for the Kingdom of God, requiring believers to
Save yourself. If all this can succeed, then what position will Haotian be in?
"Haotian is watching you."
Ye Su stood in front of the broken house, looked at the believers and said calmly: "No matter what you do, no matter what you are thinking, it is all under the watchful eye of Haotian. So you must reflect on your behavior all the time, from early morning to
At dusk, from waking up to falling asleep, you can violate Haotian's teachings, can you do good, can you control evil?"
When Ning Que heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Sang Sang beside him.
Sang Sang is looking at Ye Su.
Haotian is looking at him.
She didn't speak, just listened to him preaching quietly without any expression.
"Actually... what he said is not completely unreasonable."
Ning Que said: "Save the intermediate link of Xiling Temple. Believers will directly dedicate their love and respect to you. From the perspective of logistics principles, it can improve efficiency and save costs."
Sangsang said: "Those who belong to the Kingdom of God will return to the Kingdom of God, and those who belong to this world will return to this world. So, is the Haotian they believe in me or each of them?"
Ning Que couldn't answer this question. Ye Su's preaching was to fundamentally overturn the teachings of Haotian Taoism and disperse the specific meaning of faith into self-understanding.
From this perspective, the faith of these believers is not the faith that Haotian needs, because it is very likely that Haotian will no longer be able to absorb the power of their faith.
While the two were talking, today's doctrinal lecture had ended. Hundreds of believers left in an orderly manner, leaving a group of children behind to start tidying up the venue and preparing for the afternoon craft class.
Ye Su covered his lips with his hand and coughed twice. Just as he was about to take down the blackboard hanging in front of the window, he suddenly saw Ning Que and Sang Sang outside the crowd. His body couldn't help but become a little stiff.
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The door of the broken house was pushed open, and Ning Que and Sang Sang walked in. They were surprised to see Chen Pipi lying on the bed and Tang Xiaotang cooking at the stove in the corner.
Chen Pipi opened his eyes, looked at Ning Que and smiled, but before he could wave his hand, the smile froze on his face, and the spatula in Tang Xiaotang's hand also froze in mid-air. They had never seen Sang Sang at this time.
But now that he saw Ning Que, he knew who the woman who was naturally following him was.
Ye Su had lifted up his front and knelt in front of Sang Sang in an orderly manner.
Sangsang clasped his hands behind his back and looked at everything in the room with an indifferent expression.
She said nothing, so Ye Su never stood up and knelt down humbly.
Sangsang's eyes fell on him, without any warmth.
"Twenty years ago, in the wilderness, you called Tang a demon and Qin Nian a heretic. What would you call yourself if you saw you now?"
On that day many years ago, she was born in a doctor's house in Chang'an City. Ning Que climbed over the wall with a blood-stained hatchet, and a black line appeared on the wasteland. Ye Su said a few words.
Ning Que's expression was a little complicated.
Ye Su was silent for a long time, and said calmly and firmly: "The me of today will not regard the me of yesterday as stupid, and the me of yesterday will not regard the me of today as evil."
Sangsang said: "How can blasphemy not be evil?"
Ye Su said: "We are just ants, but we also want to live a better life."
Sangsang said: "For countless years, I have never committed any crime or punishment."
Ye Su said: "What's the meaning of eternal night?"
Sangsang said: "It's just pruning."
Ye Su said: "Every branch and leaf is destiny."
Sangsang said: "Buddha spoke nonsense."
Yesu said: "The Buddha does not say anything, but life is also life."
There was a dead silence in the broken house. The voices of Sangsang and Ye Su kept ringing. The atmosphere became heavier and more depressing. Tang Xiaotang was holding a spatula in front of the stove, and there was a faint smell of burning behind him.
As a former Daoist, now kneeling in front of Haotian, he actually dared to point out Haotian's faults and insisted on his own opinions. Ye Su, who has become a cripple, is stronger than most people in the world.
Sangsang asked: "If the world wants me to save them, why bother to save themselves?"
Ye Su said: "Haotian loves the world, how can he not allow the world to save itself?"
Sangsang glanced at Ning Que and said, "Why should I love the world?"
She once asked Ning Que this question, but Ning Que couldn't answer it. Ye Su was far more knowledgeable than Ning Que and couldn't answer it, but he could ask a rhetorical question.
"In this case, why do people in the world love Haotian?"
Sang Sang's willow-leaf eyes suddenly became bright and extremely cold.
There was a sizzling sound, and the vegetable leaves in the iron pot behind Tang Xiaotang finally became mushy.
Ning Que clapped his hands vigorously and said, "I'm suddenly very hungry and want to eat!"
Chen Pipi sat up from the bed and shouted angrily at Tang Xiaotang: "You can even stir-fry green vegetables! Are you going to stop letting people eat? Do you want to starve your husband to death!"
Tang Xiaotang knew what these two people wanted to do, but still felt aggrieved. He waved a spatula and shouted angrily: "I haven't cooked in the tribe or in the back mountain, why should I be allowed to do it!"
Ning Que walked up to Sangsang and asked, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
Chen Pipi climbed up from the bed, helped Ye Su from the ground to sit on the edge of the bed, then looked at Sang Sang and said, "Seriously, I haven't eaten your cooking for several years, do you want to show off today?"
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Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Tang Xiaotang kept turning the vegetables in the iron pot with a spatula, making a tinkling sound. He looked extremely aggrieved.
In an instant, the room went from dead silence to extremely noisy. In an instant, the room was filled with the smoke of human beings. In an instant, a table of meals was ready.
Sang Sang was a little uncomfortable with this change and seemed a little confused. Before she could figure it out, she was led by Ning Que to sit down at the table, and Tang Xiaotang stuffed a bowl of white rice into her hand.
Ning Que and Chen Pipi looked at each other and saw the lingering fear in each other's eyes. They wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads. Only these two brothers in the world can react so quickly. Do they dare to fool Haotian like this?
Sitting at the dining table, Ning Que said to Ye Su, "Formal introduction. My wife Sangsang."
Ye Su was also a little bit unconscious. He nodded subconsciously and said to Sangsang: "It's just some home-cooked food. Eat whatever you want. Don't be polite. Just treat it as your own home."
After saying this, he felt that this matter was a bit strange.
Sangsang didn't say anything, just looked at the white rice in her hand and the green vegetable on top.
Several people sitting at the table were worried that she would suddenly wake up. Chen Pipi winked desperately, trying to get Tang Xiaotang to say something. Tang Xiaotang's eyes widened, thinking that he was not good at talking. Isn't this a good job?
Should you and Ning Que do it? Chen Pipi kept coughing, thinking to herself, aren't you her best friend?
Tang Xiaotang looked at the clay sculpture-like men at the table, and suddenly realized that something was missing, and asked: "Where is the big black horse? I heard that it also left Taoshan. I thought it would follow you."
As long as someone starts any topic, Ning Que has the ability to drag it to the edge of the topic, pretending to be stunned and asking: "How do you know what happened in the Xiling Temple?"
Chen Pipi interrupted just in time: "We left Xiling with the disciples of Jiange, and now we are living in Linkang City. Liu Yiqing will naturally inform us about the matter of cultivating in Boundary City."
Tang Xiaotang brought the topic back again very promptly: "Where is the big dark horse?"
"The idiot is too big. I was afraid of bumping into people in the alley, so I kept him in the mountains outside the city." Ning Que said, "Speaking of which, how are you spending your days?"
Chen Pipi said helplessly: "Listening to senior lectures every day, my ears are getting calluses."
Tang Xiaotang glared at him fiercely. Ning Que wanted to strangle him to death, thinking that you are the most talented guy in the Taoist sect and academy, why did you suddenly turn into a pig brain at this time? Everyone finally managed to change the topic, you
Bringing it back to Pastor Ye Su, what kind of trouble is this?
Chen Pipi also realized that she had said the wrong thing, and she felt anxious and secretly glanced at Sang Sang.
Sangsang didn't know that he was peeking at her, and said expressionlessly: "Eat."
Everyone responded honestly, and then began to immerse themselves in eating, not daring to talk anymore.
Eating without speaking means concentrating, and concentrating naturally leads to eating quickly. It didn't take long for the food on the table to be cleared. Chen Pipi hid in the kitchen to wash the dishes without any responsibility, leaving the heavy responsibility to others.
Sang Sang stood up, looked at Tang Xiaotang and said, "You."
Tang Xiaotang stood up nervously and said, "What's the matter?"
Sangsang put her hands on her back and walked out of the house, saying, "Follow me."
Tang Xiaotang glanced at everyone and didn't know what to do.
Ning Que consoled her, "It's okay, I've never seen her eat anyone."
"Are you as comforting as you?"
Chen Pipi rushed over with a wet rag in his hand, looked at him and said angrily. Then he looked at Sang Sang's back and said in a trembling voice: "If you have nothing to do, come back early. There will be wine and meat in the evening."
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(I have things to deal with tomorrow, so the update will be late. I wish everyone a happy weekend.)