Chapter 3183

"Let's go. Follow this old man …" Xiao Jian raised his head and shouted unhappily. However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sound of beating drums.

The sound of the drums wasn't very loud, but it was clear in Xiao Jian's ears. In particular, the sound of the drums was getting louder and louder, and there were also some messy noises.

"Hahaha … Someone is coming!"

Xiao Jian laughed and threw the bamboo pole away. He had just scolded Yuan Ya for being petty, and now he rushed to the front of the Taoist temple.

However, Xiao Jian didn't jump out directly, but instead, he peeked out half of his head and looked outside the Taoist temple, just like how Yuan Ya hid on the banyan tree and peeked at Xiao Hua's practice …

"Don't look!"

Xiao Hua's faint voice sounded from above Xiao Jian's head, "You can't see anything if you hide in the Taoist temple!

They have just reached the foot of the mountain! "

"Hehe …" Xiao Jian awkwardly straightened his back and looked at Xiao Hua who was standing beside the door of the Taoist temple. He smiled embarrassedly, "I want to see if the group of people from the General Ridge came again!

They turned our Jiangchao Temple upside down! "

"En, it shouldn't be the group of people from the General Ridge!"

Xiao Hua glanced at the distance and said, "They seem to be fishermen. Some of them are holding fishing nets, and some of them are holding oars!

In addition, some of them are wearing white mourning clothes. They should be here to worship the Taoist temple! "

"Worship the Taoist temple?"

Xiao Jian seemed to be a little disappointed. He coughed twice and was about to walk out of the Taoist temple. At this moment, Yuan Ya's cheers sounded, "Master, there are pig heads!

Big fat pig heads, cow heads, and sheep heads … Slurp ~ "

At this point, Yuan Ya couldn't help but drool.

When Xiao Jian heard this, he naturally swallowed his saliva. He walked to the front of the Taoist temple and looked down along the mountain path!

Sure enough, just as Xiao Hua and Yuan Ya had said, there were dozens of people at the foot of the mountain path. In front of these people were three bare-chested strong men. Above the heads of these three men were a red lacquered tray. On each tray was the head of a cow, a pig, and a sheep.

Behind the three heads were two children, one male and one female. Each of them was holding a fist-sized incense burner. At this moment, there were three incense sticks in each burner. As soon as the incense sticks were lit, the incense sticks slowly floated up and were blown away by the mountain breeze.

Behind this group of boys and girls, there were another dozen or so people. Among these dozen or so people, two of them were carrying a red drum that was several feet in size. There was also a burly man who was several feet tall, holding a drumstick that was even larger than his fist. He was beating the drum with all his might!

Large beads of sweat dripped down the man's forehead, and his veins throbbed as he beat the drum!

Next to the three people beating the drums, there were four people holding gongs in their hands. "Clang! Clang!"

As for the people dancing along with the gongs and drums, there were two men dressed as lions!

In front of the two male lions, there was actually a thin young man holding a colorful ball in his hand. It was like a lion dance. As they pounced on the young man's colorful ball, the young man nimbly jumped in front of the male lions, dodging and leading the two male lions up the mountain path step by step.

Behind these people, there were dozens of fishermen wearing tattered clothes. Each of them held a fishing net and oar in their hands, respectfully following behind the lion dance. Their faces were solemn and pious.

As for the people in mourning clothes that Xiao Hua had mentioned, they were walking at the very end. There were about ten people, women, children, and the old and weak.

"This … what is going on?" Xiao Jian was shocked. This was something that he had never encountered in the years he had been at Jiangchao Temple.

"What are they going to sacrifice?

Could it be that they are going to make a water and land Dao Temple? "Xiao Jian said to himself." Then … should they go to Xiao Jin Temple? "

"Master …" On the branch of the banyan tree outside the temple, Yuan Ya's figure strangely appeared. He shouted, "I'm afraid that your reputation has already spread out last night. These people are here to worship you!"

"Aiyo, not bad, not bad!"

Xiao Jian suddenly understood. He hurriedly lowered his head to look at his own Dao robe and immediately felt extremely dissatisfied. He turned his head and crashed into the temple. It was unknown whether he went to lock the door or to change his Dao robe.

In short, when the sound of gongs and drums arrived in front of the temple, Xiao Hua quietly watched from the side. Xiao Jian was wearing a new Dao robe and brought Yuan Ya out of the temple.

At this time, Yuan Ya was also wearing new clothes. However, looking at Yuan Ya's twisted head and back appearance, he was definitely not used to it.

However, this did not affect Xiao Jian's face full of smiles and extremely amiable. Xiao Jian walked in front of the three big men holding the tray and bowed. "I, Xiao Jian, am the temple master of Jiangchao Temple. May I know the reason for your visit?"

Who knew that the respect and answer that Xiao Jian expected did not appear. The three men did not pay any attention to Xiao Jian at all. In the order of sheep, pig, and cow, they walked past where Xiao Jian bowed and entered the Taoist temple. Even the boy and girl behind them with the incense burner in their hands did not pay any attention to Xiao Jian.

"Cough cough …" Xiao Jian was extremely embarrassed. He coughed twice and was about to speak when Yuan Ya suddenly said in a low voice, "Aiyo, Master, I forgot!

Previously, when I was in Longevity Town, I seemed to have heard someone say that this Jiangchao Temple used to worship the Sea God!

They … Did they come to worship the Sea God?

Are they not looking for Master? "

"Damn it …" Xiao Jian lifted his leg and turned around to kick Yuan Ya's knee. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Disciple, disciple just remembered!" Yuan Ya felt very wronged, but he still nimbly dodged Xiao Jian's kick and explained in a low voice.

"Go in first!

No matter who they are worshipping, you are the temple master now! "Xiao Hua said in a bad mood.

"Yes, yes, what Fellow Xiao said is right!"

Xiao Jian felt that it was reasonable and felt less embarrassed. He did not have time to argue with Yuan Ya and took the opportunity to enter the temple while the lion dance was showing off in front of the temple.

Sure enough, after Xiao Jian and the others entered, the dozens of people behind the lion dance also rushed in. In an instant, the small temple was completely surrounded.

"You …" Xiao Jian had just walked to the center of the temple when he saw the three big men enter the main hall.

One of the three big men waved his hand and the candles on the altar were swept to the ground by him!

Seeing this, Xiao Jian could not help but feel anxious. How were they here to worship? They were clearly here to cause trouble!

The Buddhist Sect and the Daoist Sect were not on good terms. The monks of the Small Gold Temple also did not come to the Jiangchao Temple to cause trouble.

Xiao Jian shouted loudly.

However, without waiting for him to shout, the three big men simultaneously turned around and angrily said, "Where did this wild Daoist come from!

This Jiangchao Temple is the place where my Longevity Town worships the Sea God. Not only did you secretly occupy the temple, but you are also here to act mysterious?

If you dare to say another word, see if I don't chase you out of the Jiangchao Mountain Range! "

When Xiao Jian heard this, he immediately shut his mouth and did not dare to say another word. He was afraid that he would be chased out of Longevity Town by these fishermen before he could fight with the monks of the Small Gold Temple.

"Lord Sea God …" Mournful shouts came from behind Xiao Jian. Dozens of old and weak women and children wearing mourning clothes entered the Jiangchao Temple and cried as they rushed towards the main hall!

Xiao Jian tactfully dodged to the side. He was even more agile than Yuan Ya.

Following the cries and shouts of these fishermen, the three burly men placed the three offerings on the altar. The two virgin boys and virgin girls also presented the incense burner respectfully, then stepped back to the altar with their heads bowed and eyes lowered.

In the main hall, the three offerings shone brightly. The two young boys and girls were beautiful and charming. Smoke curled around the incense burner. Although the statue was still tattered, with the cries and sincere worship of the fishermen in the main hall, it was unknown how many times more powerful it was compared to the worship of Xiao Jian and Yuan Ya!

Xiao Hua stood not far behind Yuan Ya. His eyes flickered as he saw everything clearly. After less than an hour, the fishermen wearing mourning clothes paid their respects. The other fishermen also paid their respects. Xiao Hua already understood. He knew that a disaster had occurred in the Liao River last night. Ten fishermen lost their lives in the river. These fishermen came to pay their respects to this statue for their own safety and future livelihood. They did not know how many years they had not paid their respects to this statue.

At the end of the worship, a few craftsmen first went forward to pay their respects. Then, they took out a strange ruler and thread to carefully measure the statue. Then, they took out a brush and ink to carefully mark some numbers on an image!

Xiao Hua also clearly saw that the image was of a statue. This statue was of a male body. The two strands of mustache above his lips were especially obvious. Other than the mustache, the statue was full and round like a heavenly palace. His ears were even drooping over his shoulders. In his eyes, other than some compassion, there was even more ferocity.

"Oh?

Is this the so-called Sea God?

It seems like it is only so-so. Compared to Daoist Master Xiao, it is still far inferior! "Xiao Hua faintly smiled and looked elsewhere.

Unlike Xiao Hua's indifference, Xiao Jian was laughing non-stop. He promised the villagers of General Ridge that he would reconstruct the statue's golden body. However, in reality, he did not even know what the statue originally looked like!

Moreover, he still had to find the craftsmen and discuss with them how to repair it. In particular, although he had a lot of copper coins last night, it was far from enough to repair the statue. Now that the fishermen were paying their respects to the Sea God, wouldn't it save him a lot of trouble by reconstructing the statue's golden body?

How could Xiao Jian not be happy?

"When the villagers of General Ridge ask me, this old man will say that I repaired it myself!" Xiao Jian had already made up his mind. Moreover, he believed that the villagers of General Ridge would definitely not ask too much.

The craftsmen wrote down some numbers and hurriedly left the Daoist temple. It was obvious that they wanted to reconstruct the statue's golden body in the shortest time possible.

The fishermen in the Daoist temple excitedly paid their respects a few more times. Seeing that the ritual that had nothing to do with Daoist Master Xiao Jian was about to end, more than ten people came in from outside the Daoist temple.

These people looked different from the fishermen. However, when they looked at the fishermen in the Daoist temple, there was no surprise in their eyes. Naturally, the fishermen did not pay any attention to them. They even nodded to each other in a friendly manner.

However, when these people kowtowed, their first sentence successfully caused the emotions of the two groups of people to explode!