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Guo Binjiang, who got the news, heard that Hongnian would like to see them. He was inexplicably surprised. He applied for a domestic flight on the same day and arrived at Yunshan by special plane early in the morning of the third day.

He didn't bring two brothers over. Since his eldest brother was kidnapped, the three brothers have never taken a plane and rarely get together, so that even if something happens, it won't happen together. But he unexpectedly brought his eighty-year-old mother.

They came here by special plane. Of course, Zhou Ziye had to arrange everything. Knowing that they were unwilling to attract attention, Zhou Ziye treated them in his own home.

Although it has entered winter, the weather is good. In the glass conservatory on the second floor balcony of Zhou Ziye, Mrs. Guo was also full of praise for the quiet "flower" garden-like courtyard of the Zhou family.

. "This is winter. Although the leaves have fallen, I still can't help but envy when I see your "flower" garden. This is the real house, unlike our houses in Hong Kong, which are big ones. No popularity."

Xu Qinghe laughed and said, "If Mrs. Guo likes it, she can stay for a few more days. When you come next summer, you will come to escape the heat. At that time, the courtyard was much more beautiful than it is now."

The old lady agreed without thinking. Guo Binjiang then asked about some of Hongnian's taboos, for fear that there would be some improprieties in the past afternoon. Zhou Ziye talked about some Lingshan Palace rules. As for Master Hongnian, he didn't care about these anymore.

At noon, the Zhou family prepared a large table of sumptuous lunches, but the Guos mother and son didn't even move a bit. They even said that they were going to see the real person. This made Zhou Ziye laugh and cry, but he couldn't help thinking about why they still maintained their pious beliefs.

The mother and the son ate a few pieces of cakes and drank a little water. Everyone in the Zhou family was naturally too embarrassed to eat and drink, so they had to bargain for the group of bodyguards they brought over.

In the afternoon, the old lady slept for a while. After three o'clock, despite the cold weather in the north, she insisted on taking a bath, and then went to Lingshan Palace with Guo Binjiang, who was also bathing and changing clothes.

Everyone in the Zhou family accompanied their mother and son up the mountain. After seeing Hongnian, they only left their mother and son in it. After half an hour, Guo Binjiang, whose face was "happy", supported his trance-stricken mother. Out.

To Zhou Ziye's surprise, the old lady turned around when she came out of the'door', and trembling on her knees, ignoring the dust on the ground, and respectfully kowtow. Not only did Guo Binjiang not stop him, he was also the same as his mother.

Watching the actions of the two old people, Zhou Ziye was shocked. He has already decided that he must study this aspect of things. This is not only faith, but also involves the appeal and awe of the human spirit.

In the evening, the Guo family's mother and son finally returned to normal, and did not let Master Liang's efforts in vain, and tasted his Lu dishes.

After the meal, Zhou Ziye invited Guo Binjiang to his study to'smoke' a cigar. After he lit the cigar, he pretended to ask casually: "How does Guo Sheng view the issue of religious belief?"

Guo Binjiang was very happy, and he answered Zhou Ziye's question without hesitation: "In a certain way, the question of religion is the history of human development.

. From various totems in ancient times to the establishment of religions, thousands of years of evolution have gone through in the middle. It is in this evolution that human beings have systematically mastered the role of knowledge. Since writing has not yet been invented, faith has become an indelible mark in people's hearts. Our Chinese Tao, India's Buddha, Allah in the Middle East, and Christ in the West. The origins of these sects all come from people's spiritual sustenance. In fact, the people who created these myths and gods know that these gods do not exist, but why should we believe in him? In fact, it is very simple. These gods are the goals we hope to evolve. He guides us in the direction and teaches us how to do it. "

Zhou Ziye sighed and said, "I grew up in Lingshan Palace, but I never thought about this."

Guo Binjiang couldn't help laughing. "How old are you. Except for philosophers, it is not too late for most people to study these after the age of fifty. The catastrophe in China 30 years ago really castrated the roots of our nation. The mainland has lost too much in this respect." In the West, there are no ideological and political courses at all. People can freely pursue what they think is right. But they have always kept the religious belief courses. From the beginning of a child, they know that there are many things that are more important than money in this world. Things. Because of God, they know their direction, because of God, they know their own shortcomings, because of God, they know how to fear and humility. There are many things in it that I don't really understand, but I know that I want to follow God. Go forward in the direction of the guide."

Zhou Ziye was completely speechless, because he knew that in the current mainland, it is absolutely impossible to engage in feudal'superstitious' beliefs. It can be regarded as history, but it is impossible to publicize this set.

The mother and son Guo Binjiang did the same as He Dashao the next day, donating 20 million to Lingshan Palace, which made the teacher Yun Qing very happy. He also deeply regretted it. He didn't think of this at the beginning. Flicking a rich man like this would cost more money than trying to win over tourists one by one.

But he knew he didn't have the master's ability. In the study of divination, these juniors had only mastered the "fur", and there would never be such an opportunity in the future.

Guo Binjiang and the others did not go back, but He Dashao and the others came again, and Zhou Ziye's house became lively. But none of them dared to disturb Hongnian again, waiting for the final moment at Zhou's house.

At 7 o'clock in the morning on the 15th, Zhou Ziye received a call from Yun Jian just as the sun'showed' its rays. Hearing Yun's sobbing cry, Zhou Ziye knew that Master had really left.

The joss stick paper prepared by Zhou's family, fresh "flower" and "flower" circle, are fully loaded with two large trucks. At the foot of the mountain, everyone except Mrs. Guo walked up the mountain step by step.

After the death of Master Hongnian, the mourning hall was arranged in the Shangqing Palace. It was originally a tourist area, but it has been closed today and will not be open for the next three days.

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Shizu's funeral ceremony is based on his own intentions, everything is simple. He did not choose the 49-day glutinous rice or the 7-day glutinous rice. He only gave up the one-day fast glutinous rice in order not to make it difficult for younger generations to do. Instead, he chose three days. The ritual of fasting glutinous rice.

Although Zhou Guangbo was only a lay disciple, he was accepted into the funeral meeting as one of the vice presidents due to his high status and wide popularity. He is responsible for entertaining guests from the community, and teaches Yun Qing as the chairman, coordinating everything, and another brother named Yunming also serves as the vice chairman and receiving religious figures.

However, Zhou Ziye himself did not expect that he would become the busiest one on the mountain, because he was appointed by the head teacher as the deputy logistics supervisor. This is not a good job. The people on the mountain are fixed, and they themselves are used to a step-by-step life.

But these three days have to receive so many guests, wait for them to eat and live well, purchase all kinds of food, and prepare funeral supplies. Zhou Ziye felt that his head was big after only listening to it for a while, but he couldn't shirk this matter, so Xiao Hei had to send him a dozen brothers. He assigned a certain aspect of affairs to each brother, let them coordinate, and became the shopkeeper.

For these chores, these brothers are much better than the Taoist priests. Tables, chairs and benches, food and beverages, they can handle in one day, enough to cope with the ceremony two days later. This made Yun Qing also very satisfied, and praised him a lot in front of Zhou Guangbo.

Even if Zhou Ziye became the shopkeeper, he didn't relax, because Master Yun Song, who was in charge of logistics, was even more famous than him, and he didn't care about anything except the Taoist priests making vegetarian dishes. In a few days, big and small things kept going, but he still didn't relax.

The next day, most of the guests came over, and some religious sects in the country also sent people over. In addition to them, many of Zhou Ziye's friends also came to join in the fun. Even the second generations of Beijing who heard that Zhou Ziye's ancestor had passed away, all ran over exclusively. Seeing Zhou Ziye dressed in a Taoist's plain robe, his face was full of surprise. If it weren't for the worry that this was a funeral, I was afraid that he would fall down with a smile.

Only Jiang Yue said he looked good in Taoist gowns, but then asked worriedly: "Duo Duo, you won't really be a Taoist priest, are you?"

Zhou Ziye couldn't help smiling, and squeezed her face. "Silly girl."

Jiang Yue became happy again and smiled: "You are busy with you. Just now, Sister Zichen said to pick up Dong Dong from school. I will wait for Dong Dong to go up the mountain and take her to play.

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"In the past few days, there are many people on the mountain, you go out to play and bring someone by your side."

He looked at Wang Yong, who was the messenger next to him, and Wang Yong immediately instructed him knowingly: "Ma Cong, take someone to follow my sister-in-law and them. Pay attention to the large number of people on the mountain. Don't bump them."

Jiang Yue was a little uncomfortable with the name Sister-in-law, showing a shyness on his face, but he was very happy. He did not refuse Ma Cong's follow, and left happily. Zhou Ziye'Lu' gave a satisfied smile, which made Wang Yong laugh.

On the day of the burial, the mountain was crowded with guests and local tourists. No one didn't know the living god of Lingshan Palace, especially the recent masterpieces of two Hong Kong businessmen, which added a lot of mythology to him. . One hexagram is 20 million, and two hexagrams are 40 million. Who is not surprised how accurate it is, but the two parties are secretive, and the curiosity of outsiders is even stronger.

The sleeping place was made by Master Hongnian himself, and it was the back mountain where Zhou Ziye talked to. He designated a place, and Yunqing immediately arranged for someone to build a memorial hall there, which will be built into another attraction in the future, I am afraid that it will inevitably become a tool for collecting money in the future. But with these, Zhou Ziye can't be the master.

When the coffin was lifted, the three-day fasting ceremony finally ended, and many little Taoists couldn't help crying. Yunqing, on behalf of Lingshan Palace, read out Hongnian's last words, and then read the eulogy written for Hongnian.

The funeral team is ranked strictly according to generation. The first camp is the inner disciples, the second camp is the lay disciples represented by the Zhou family and his sons, followed by the younger generations of other Taoist sects, and finally the representatives of all walks of life.

When they arrived at the cemetery, all the Taoist priests began to recite the scriptures. After the three sutras were recited, they began to worship and repent. Then a simplified version of the land and water dojo was set up. Although it is a simplified version, the content can be deleted, but the program cannot be missing. It takes a lot of time to complete the five programs one by one.

After sending a team of Taoist priests to the beach to release water lanterns, the ceremony of Lingshan Palace was considered to be completed. Then several famous Taoist holy sites in the country also sent masters to perform their own arts. A burial ceremony was held for more than three hours before it ended.

At the end of the tedious ceremony, Zhou Ziye, which had been exhausted for three consecutive days, could no longer be endured. I didn't eat any meals, I went to the Xuanqing Palace where Hongnian lived, and fell asleep on the bed of the little Taoist who was watching the door.

He was awakened by Yun Jian's call, and when he opened his eyes, it was already night. "Uncle, something?"

Yun Jian nodded and said, "Senior Brother Yunqing has agreed to go to your house and continue my practice.

. But I will go down the mountain for 49 days to keep the spirit of Master on the mountain. Originally, I was afraid that you would leave, so I didn't have time to tell you some things. "

Zhou Ziye sat up straight, rubbed his face, and said, "Is it what Master left me?"

Yun Jian nodded and said, "Before the master left, he said to himself:'If you change your fate against the sky, you should cherish your luck.'"

Zhou Ziye glanced at him and said, "Why do you think this sentence was spoken to me?"

Yun Jian said: "Masters in the world can see the depth, but he has never said anything to you. He once told me that fate is unpredictable, but it is not unpredictable, and he can surely detect your fate. "

Zhou Ziye nodded and said: "I understand, Master was still wondering and'confusing' my destiny until he died. So you know, this sentence must be an assertion against me."

Yun Jian said, "Even though I don't have the ability of your Master, I have some research in this area. I have followed your Master for the rest of my life. I have nothing to do, and I will be very "lost" in the future. I have this body again. It's a drag, so I don't dare to count on it. I just hope that I have a place to live and live for the rest of my life."

Zhou Ziye looked at him and said earnestly: "Uncle, I am not a person of low love. Even if you don't tell me this, I will treat you as my elder and serve you with my heart."

Yun Jian smiled bitterly and said: "Master has left, and I am also very frightened. Your uncle and I have lived on your Master for more than 60 years, and in the future, I will live on you."

Zhou Ziye was happy. This Yun saw that the uncle is not just a burden as he thought, but from his words, he'shows' a bit of the confidence of the master's true inheritance. If this is the case, then he has picked up a treasure.

But what was his fate in his previous life and later? Zhou Ziye thought about it for a long time and didn't have any impression. He couldn't help but complain about himself. What he missed in his previous life was not just the fate of his master alone.

What he didn't know was that Yun Jian was more capable than he thought, but his fate was bad. In his previous life, Hongnian passed away not long ago. Because of his dullness and the estrangement from other brothers and sisters, his treatment naturally declined. After the operation, the body was not well consolidated, and he died soon afterwards. If he was cured by the Zhou family in this life, he would also show extraordinary color.