Weird Talker

Chapter 445 Taoist Temple (first update)
In the northwest of Fucheng, there are barren hills and wild graves everywhere, and no one would come here during normal times.

At this moment, a car stopped at the foot of the mountain. A tall woman got out of the car and looked up at the steep mountain.

Recently, it is the end of the new year, and the air is filled with the smell of burnt paper ashes, as well as the smell of incense candles and firecrackers.

In the past, no one came at all, but people came and went around the New Year's Eve. Everyone came to worship their ancestors and visit their graves. Each of them was wrapped in down jackets, dragging their families through the smoke and dust.

Zhong Xueran had no expression on her face, she didn't come here to pay respects to her ancestors.

But... for the Taoist temple here.

In the northwest of Fucheng, there is a small Chongyang temple, which used to be full of incense, but recently it has been abandoned.

The reason for the desertion is that there are no successors, because the person in charge of Xiao Chongyang Temple is surnamed Zhong.

This place...is the ancestral land of the Zhong family.

Zhong Xueran wrapped his windbreaker tightly and started climbing the mountain without saying a word.

Xiao Chongyang Temple is on the mountainside, there is no road to go up, and vehicles are blocked, so you can only climb up with two legs.

Along the way, the wind became stronger and stronger, and when Zhong Xueran reached the entrance of the Taoist temple, he saw a scene completely different from what he had imagined.

Why is the Little Chongyang Temple no longer looking dilapidated?

Zhong Xueran frowned slightly, looking at the Little Chongyang Temple that had obviously been renovated before her, she was a little puzzled.

Under the shroud of hazy smog, the ancient Taoist temple looks like a silhouette floating on a picture scroll, which looks extraordinarily quiet and solemn.

But the small Chongyang temple in my memory has long been covered with dust and cobwebs, and even the clay sculptures in the Taoist temple are incomplete, and it is not what it is now.

This place is the Zhong family's private property, and I am the only descendant of the Zhong family, how could anyone move into Little Chongyang Temple without her consent?
Even, here began to receive pilgrims again, people who came to the barren hills to visit graves and pay respects to their ancestors, most of them would also stop by here, it seems that the Little Chongyang Temple is quite lively.

Zhong Xueran was puzzled, she looked around, and found that the people who came to Xiaochongyang Temple were indeed ordinary people, everyone came in and out, and some of them were visiting this revived Taoist temple, there was nothing unusual about it.

She stepped into the gate of the Taoist temple.

"The benefactor? The benefactor?"

Beside the door, an intellectual Xiaodao called out.

Zhong Xueran stopped and turned to look.

"What?" Zhong Xueran asked.

Her voice is icy cold, giving people a feeling of being difficult to get along with.

Come to think of it, anyone who suddenly finds that their "things" have been redecorated and stolen by others will not be too happy.

What's more, Zhong Xueran made a special trip to find something.

This place has been renovated from the inside to the outside, and the things I'm looking for are likely to be taken away.

"Benefactor, please buy a ticket."

Zhike Xiaodao probed and said.

Zhong Xueran followed his hand to look at the sign next to the door, it was clearly written in black and white——

[Little Chongyang Temple, ten yuan ticket].

The Taoist temple that I entered my house actually had to pay money?
This made Zhong Xue gas laugh.

She took out ten yuan and handed it to the Zhike Xiaodao at the door, and took a small piece of paper from him that was considered a ticket and a receipt.

"Excuse me, who is the owner of this Taoist temple?"

Zhong Xueran asked with a smile.

Zhike Xiaodao is not very old, and he looks like he just went to college. Although Zhong Xueran asked with a smile, his ears felt a bit more chill.

Xiaodao raised his head and took a look at the lady in the windbreaker in front of him. She had a high nose bridge and very heroic features. Compared with words like beautiful, this lady was more suitable for being neat and tidy.

Xiaodao also didn't know Zhong Xueran's origin, but he also replied truthfully: "The surname of the viewer is Li, it's..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhong Xueran had already stepped into the Taoist temple and walked directly to the repair room in the backyard.

It doesn't matter if the surname is Zhong.

"Wait...wait! Donor!"

Xiaodao wanted to stop Zhong Xueran, but he couldn't leave the door without authorization, so he could only shout dryly.

Seeing Zhong Xueran's familiarity, and then contacting Zhong Xueran's question just now, it's hard not to suspect that this lady came here specially to find fault.

At this moment, Zhong Xueran has already entered the backyard.

This place is not open to pilgrims, but how could it be possible to stop her?

Pushing open the door of the quiet room, a man in his 40s and [-]s, wearing a yellow Taoist robe, was sitting cross-legged on the futon.

Zhong Xueran raised his eyebrows and asked: "My name is Zhong Xueran, Zhong Xuming is my grandfather, and the Little Chongyang Temple belongs to Zhong's family."

She cuts to the chase.

But the Taoist sitting on the futon opened his eyes, grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth: "In terms of seniority, I can call you nephew, your father Zhong Baifeng is my senior brother."

Zhong Xueran was stunned.

But she quickly realized, staring at the Taoist on the futon, said: "You are lying, my father was taught by my grandfather himself, and the Zhong family will not accept disciples with other surnames."

Unexpectedly, Daoist Li laughed, shook his head and said, "Miss Zhong, you only know one thing, not the other. Your father is from the Zhong family. His former common name was Zhang Baifeng, and he and I visited the Chongxu Market in the south of the city." Look, after he married your mother, he changed his surname to Zhong Baifeng."

"so what!"

Zhong Xueran's eyes were like snow particles shining in the sun, and he was still unmoved when he heard the Taoist surnamed Li speak.

"The Little Chongyang Temple belongs to Zhong's family, why do you want to occupy the magpie's nest?"

"Miss Zhong is serious, please sit down," the Taoist surnamed Li was not angry, but explained with a smile, "Miss Zhong doesn't know something, the Little Chongyang Temple is a registered Taoist temple, and it must never be abandoned. Over the years, Fucheng officials have been registering Taoists to take over, but the Little Chongyang Temple is seriously damaged, and no one is willing to pay the repair fee."

Zhong Xueran was taken aback, the anger in her heart gradually subsided, the Taoist priest surnamed Li was telling the truth.

There is indeed such a rule that the registered Taoist temples cannot be abandoned. Once there is no one to make decisions, they can be taken over by the government, and Taoists assigned by the government can move in.

She sat down cross-legged and asked, "Daozhang Li, are you officially appointed?"

"Of course." Li Daochang nodded.

"Is the repair fee for Little Chongyang Temple paid by Fucheng officials?" Zhong Xueran continued to ask.

"No..." Li Daochang shook his head and said with a wry smile, "This Taoist temple was rebuilt half a year ago, and it was not completed until recently. organization's donation."

Moon City?

Doubt flashed in Zhong Xueran's eyes, what did the non-governmental organizations in Yuecheng donate money to the Taoist temple in Fucheng?
and many more……

Zhong Xueran's complexion changed slightly, and he asked: "Li Daochang, is it also the non-government organization in Yuecheng who is responsible for the renovation here?"

Li Daochang nodded: "That's right."

Zhong Xueran's face was ugly, this level of renovation must have been turned upside down, and the [Secrets of the Pupil Realm] passed down by his ancestors may have been taken away by the other party.

The non-government organizations in Moon City definitely came prepared.

"Excuse me, sir, the name of the non-governmental organization is..."

Li Daochang thought about it carefully, and said, "Paleontological Research Association, that's the name."

(End of this chapter)