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Chapter 78 Dragon Head Temple

The two teams parted ways.

After receiving the fee settled by the Gu family caravan, Ren Ning divided the money according to the previous promise outside Dingxi City.

In addition, he also divided the bounty for arresting the wanted criminals in Luoxia Mountain according to the proportion of three soldiers and one female family member.

The female relatives waved their hands and declined one after another, all a little embarrassed to take the money.

After all, they did nothing to catch the wanted criminals.

"Take it." Ren Ning smiled amiably.

"It is said that behind a successful man there is a group of silently supporting women. If it weren't for the ingenuity of the aunts and sisters who cooked delicious meals along the way, everyone would not have the energy to catch the wanted criminals!"

"So your contribution is great."

"That's right, they're all a family, take it." The soldiers followed suit.

The money they received was equivalent to half a year's extra military service, so they were not dissatisfied.

The female relatives accepted it with a smile.

After distributing the money, the spirit protection flag was raised.

Ma Dali looked at the flag and wiped his sweat silently.

Every four years to send spirits back to their hometowns, teams from almost every direction will choose to escort the accompanying caravan in order to obtain some rewards.

Although everyone does this, it is actually a private use of public power and is not appropriate.

Once, he was discovered by the supervisory censor who traveled around the counties. As a result, the general who defended the fortress was read several books by the censor, and was almost called back to Beijing to report on his duties.

Since then, although the fortress has not explicitly prohibited it, the soldiers have become much more low-key when doing this kind of work.

Thinking of this, Ma Dali looked complicated.

He looked at the figure riding on the back of Zhuifeng not far away.

Everyone else secretly made a fortune, so this stunned young man killed them all the way regardless.

But young and energetic, understandable.

Pooh!
Ma Dali almost slapped himself.

Young and energetic.This guy is young and old, and he has never been arrogant...

The weather is clear, the roads are smooth, and the mood is happy. It seems that the team is moving forward with a lot of lightness.

"It's not bad on this road." Lei Erhe took out a jug of wine, took a sip for himself, and leaned down to drink some for his red horse Ben Lei, "If there are no accidents, we can catch up in five days." To Longshou Mountain."

People familiar with the road nodded.

Xingluo County is the land of Longxing, so Longshou Mountain got its name.

Compared with the vast Luoxia Mountain Range, this mountain is very ordinary, neither too big nor too high, and there are no vicious bandits entrenched on the mountain.However, it is located in an important road, and its reputation is much higher than that of the Luoxia Mountain Range.

After arriving at Longshou Mountain, Xingluo County is not far away.

In the afternoon five days later, the team rushed to the foot of Longshou Mountain.

Ren Ning looked at the sky, left the post road, and led the team up the mountain.

According to the rules, on the way home, the team sending spirits back to their hometowns needs to find a large temple full of incense, and ask eminent monks to set up a dojo for the spirits to recite the scriptures of the past.

There is such a temple on Longshou Mountain.

Longshou Temple had already received the news.Not long after the team left the post road, Ren Ning saw the abbot with all white beard and eyebrows leading his disciples waiting in front.

Knowing that the convoy was exhausted, and the two sides did not talk much after a little contact, the monks hurried over to help push the carts and walked slowly up the mountain.

Ren Ning was overwhelmed.

Longshou Temple is a large temple with many pilgrims all the year round.The road up the mountain in front of me is paved with stones, except for the wide carriageway in the middle, there are also stairs for people to go up and down.

I don't know how many times better than the post roads in some counties.

Lei Er was also looking left and right, and he lowered his voice.

"Old Ren, I heard that this road up the mountain has a total of [-] steps. After the monks in the temple finished their homework, they dug the roadbed and dug stones, and repaired it inch by inch. It has been repaired for eight years and has never asked the government for a single step. Divide the money."

Ren Ning subconsciously looked northwest.

Those magistrates in Misty County should be stuffed in the ruts and used as roadbeds.

The convoy walked slowly, and when night fell, they finally arrived at Longshou Temple halfway up the mountain.

The Buddhist temple is grand, and it is not a problem to stop any large caravan.And when we arrive at the Holy Land of Buddhism, we no longer need to surround the convoys in a circle and send people to keep an eye on them all the time.

The monks were also well prepared.As soon as the convoy stopped, some of them began to set up an ashram around the car loaded with coffins and ashes, reciting scriptures.

Ren Ning didn't need to worry about these, he checked carefully before going to eat and rest.

The next morning, Ren Ning found the abbot who was going to do morning classes.

"Master Abbot, I brought back two wolf fangs from Xiliang, and one of them is a wolf king's tooth. I heard that the wolf king's tooth can protect the owner after consecration. I wonder if Master Abbot can help?"

The abbot had just read scriptures to Yingling all night, and his eyes were already red.

He took a closer look at Ren Ning's face, saw that he looked peaceful and grand, so he nodded and accepted both fangs.

It takes at least three days and as many as ten and a half months to perform rituals in a normal dojo.Ren Ning and the others couldn't wait that long, but no matter how anxious they were, they could not leave until the end of the Dharma Dharma on the third day.

On the morning of the third day, the abbot returned the consecrated Spike to Ren Ning, said a few auspicious words to him, and led his disciples away in a hurry.

Ren Ning is not a follower of Buddhism, so he consecrated Wolf Fang just because he suddenly remembered Gao Deming's exhortation from the scout battalion back then, but he didn't really take it seriously.

He checked over and over again, but couldn't see any difference between the so-called eminent monk's consecration.

Accidentally glanced at it with a golden finger.

The green value is 25.

Ren Ning was stunned.

In the past, the spikes had a harmless yellow value, but when they were turned on, they turned green.

He searched carefully, only to find that there were two more words engraved on his wolf king's teeth.

Hongguang.

This is the name of Master Abbot.

Ren Ning stopped the passing young monk, "Little master, Master Hongguang is still leaving in such a hurry, is something wrong in the temple?"

Amitabha.

The little monk recognized Ren Ning and chanted the Buddha's name.

"Everything is fine in the temple. It's just that the commander came back from a long way from the frontier, so maybe he didn't know about it. There was an epidemic in Yunzhong County to the south of Xingluo, and the situation is critical. The abbot has excellent medical skills and is preparing to lead a team to support."

Ren Ning was taken aback, and couldn't help asking for more details.

It turned out that other monks who were good at medicine in the temple had already gone south.The reason why the abbot still stays in the temple is to preside over the dojo for the heroic spirits who have returned home.

At this time, the ceremony was over, and he packed his luggage and prepared to leave.

Ren Ning nodded and thanked the little monk.

He went to the Daxiong Palace and put all the 5000 taels of silver stolen from Miwu County Sheriff into the merit box.

It's rare to be free these two days, Ren Ning has inquired about the situation of Longshou Temple.

The monks in the temple abide by the precepts, and the Dharma is profound.

In several nearby county towns, Longshou Temple has opened philanthropic halls.There are many orphans adopted in the shantang, and the temple will go to the shantang to give porridge every time the crops are in short supply.

As for the silver taels spent, in addition to donations from other benevolent people, most of them came from the merit box in front of me.

The money that Ren Ning had stolen was not clean, and he himself was not short of money, so donating it would be a good deal.

5000 taels of silver is not a lot.

Every year, many relatives of the emperor and dignitaries return to Xingluo from the imperial capital to worship their ancestors.They passed by Shoulong Temple, and there were only a handful of them who could donate thousands of taels.

The monk who was taking notes next to him was taken aback, and hurried to inform the abbot.

Master Hongguang hurriedly chased him out.

Ren Ning didn't hide anything, and after telling him the source of the money in his hand, he led the team to set off under the abbot's eyes full of emotions, and went down Longshou Mountain to the south.

The next stop is Starfall Longyuan City.

(End of this chapter)