Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 95 The church reopens
the next morning.

After everyone woke up, Guan Shaoqing told his master Jiu Shu, his uncle Yimei and his exorcist about what he had discovered in the church last night.

"It seems that the devil is hiding deeper than we thought."

Yimei heard this and said that they were not afraid of the devil's powerful strength, but they were afraid that the devil would hide and not come out, which would be too troublesome to deal with.

"That's normal. If the demon wasn't hiding well, it would have been discovered by my fellow exorcists long ago in Jiuquan Town."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu said that he was not too surprised by Guan Shaoqing's investigation results last night.

After all, the exorcist has lived in Jiuquan Town for so many years without finding any trace of the devil. You can imagine how deeply the devil is hiding.

"Dong Dong. Dong Dong"

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Ah Xing heard the sound and opened the door, and found that the person who came was David, the son of the mayor.

"Exorcist."

After opening the door, David immediately looked at the exorcist with a smile on his face.

"It's Master David. I wonder what's the matter with you?" The exorcist looked at David and asked.

"That's right, Master Exorcist. We're really sorry about what happened in the church yesterday. We didn't ask for your opinion in advance. I'm hosting today and have specially invited the priest and many respected elders in town. Now all we need is you, Master Exorcist."

"Then let's all sit down and calmly discuss the church's affairs. I wonder what the exorcist thinks. I hope the exorcist will do me the honor."

David's face was full of smiles and his tone was respectful, appearing very sincere.

Hearing David say this, the exorcist's expression suddenly relaxed a bit. He then thought for a moment and nodded.

"Alright."

The original intention of the exorcism was to prevent the church from reopening, so if the matter could be resolved peacefully, he would naturally be more than happy to do so.

"Wait for me to change my clothes."

After exorcising the demon, he returned to the house, changed his clothes, said goodbye to Guan Shaoqing, Jiu Shu, and Yimei, and told Xiaoyue to stay at home to make breakfast. Then he took Ah Xing and followed David out.

However, Guan Shaoqing knew that his uncle's exorcism would definitely end in a bad mood.

as predicted.

Less than half an hour later, the exorcist returned with a sullen look on his face.

"Uncle Master, what happened? Didn't we reach an agreement?"

Guan Shaoqing couldn't help but ask.

"It's more than just a failure to reach an agreement." Ah Xing whispered back.

Then, through Ah Xing's narration, Guan Shaoqing and his group finally understood why the exorcist was so angry. It turned out that not only did the exorcist fail to reach an agreement with David and others on the church matters, but even the people David invited were Wolong, Fengchu, and Zhonghu.

Because in addition to the exorcist and the church priest, David also invited three people to the venue, namely the owner of a tobacco shop, a gambling house and a brothel in Jiuquan Town, which directly involved pornography, gambling and drugs.

How could the exorcist not be angry?

Even if David didn't invite anyone else or only invited a few ordinary people, it would definitely be better than inviting those three people.

After all, Maoshan is an authentic and prestigious Taoist sect.
As a result, you invited the owner of the opium den, the gambling house, and the brothel to join you. If this gets out, people will think that you are colluding with these people in exorcism.

"This David is really a talented person."

After listening to what Ah Xing said, Guan Shaoqing couldn't help but feel a little happy. David was indeed a talent as he could invite these people.

Uncle Jiu and Yimei couldn't help but laugh.

However, this also proves the saying that birds of a feather flock together. David himself is not a good person in drug smuggling, so the people he invites are naturally the same. It is even possible that these three bosses are David's partners in drug smuggling.

"As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. The fact that David can get along with those people shows that he's not a good person either. He might be a complete jerk. Furthermore, he's so strongly supporting the church's reopening this time; he must have some ulterior motive. Now that Junior Brother and he's broken off talks, he'll definitely find other ways to reopen the church."

Then Uncle Jiu analyzed.

"Master Exorcist is highly respected in Jiuquan Town. Now that Master Exorcist opposes the church's reopening, his followers will surely gather. Under such circumstances, simply opening the church despite such widespread opposition and the disapproval of the town is definitely not an option."

"So if David and the others still want to reopen the church, there's only one way: to buy people's hearts and minds with money and benefits. As long as they win people's hearts and get everyone else in the town to agree, then even if my uncle objects alone, it will be useless."

Guan Shaoqing also followed up with his analysis, but his tone changed here.

"But I think reopening the church might not be a bad thing. It's a good opportunity to lure out that devil."

I went to investigate last night and found no trace of the devil.

Under such circumstances.

Guan Shaoqing thought it would be better to simply reopen the church to lure out the devil. After all, it wasn't their decision to open the church, and even if something happened to those people after the church reopened, it would be their own fault.

After hearing what Guan Shaoqing said, Jiushu, Yimei and Qumo couldn't help but ponder.

"I agree with Shaoqing's proposal. As the saying goes, good words cannot persuade a damned devil. We have already tried to dissuade them from reopening the church, but if those people insist on not listening, even if something happens, it will be their own fault. We can also use this opportunity to lure the devil out directly." Yimei quickly expressed his opinion.

People in the Taoist sect never talk about the so-called "saintly heart". If someone doesn't listen after being advised once, they will never advise him a second time. If you want to die, then go ahead and die. The main idea is "Tao follows nature". What does "Tao follows nature" mean?

Give up your chauvinistic attitude, respect other people’s choices, and follow your heart.

This is the way of nature.

This is the Taoist priest.

If someone doesn't like something, they will even dare to rebel against the heavens. Back then, the Taoist Taiping said, "The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established; in the year of Jiazi, the world will be prosperous." This completely destroyed the fortune of the Han Dynasty.

If a Taoist priest suddenly said "Left is zero, right is fire, thunder god help me" nowadays, the Qing royal family would probably be scared awake even in their dreams.

Why is it that from ancient times to the present, only Buddhism has been destroyed but Taoism has never been destroyed?

The main reason is that Taoism is full of martial virtues. If the principles cannot be explained, Taoism is also good at some boxing and kicking.

Of course, another reason is that Taoism emphasizes self-cultivation. If there is nothing to do, it does not like to make trouble and emphasizes practicing in seclusion. But Buddhism is different. Once it encounters a peaceful and prosperous era, it will open its gates, recruit disciples, and seek profits. It also likes to spread doctrines and engage in the Buddhist ideology monopoly.

It’s like the Buddhists hide when something happens, and jump out to reap the fruits when there are benefits.

Which person in power would like this?

Therefore, there have been many cases of Buddhism being destroyed from ancient times to the present, and there have been four large-scale cases of Buddhism being destroyed.

"If they don't listen, then so be it."

Then Uncle Jiu and Exorcist also nodded and agreed with Guan Shaoqing's point of view.

The situation was just as Guan Shaoqing had expected.
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"Boom--!"

"Boom--!"

"Boom--!"

Sunset.

Three heavy and melodious bells rang out from the church.

With the support of many townspeople whom David bribed with benefits, the church that had been abandoned for many years was finally reopened.

The priest, dressed in solemn clerical attire and holding a Bible in his hand, stood at the door of the reopened church with several believers behind him, preaching the Bible and spreading the doctrine.

David and the mayor and his son were the first to take the lead in converting to religion. Together with other townspeople who were bribed by benefits, the entire church entrance was bustling with activity for a while.

At this time on the street, Guan Shaoqing, Axing and Xiaoyue were watching the situation at the church door from afar.

"Brother, you guessed right. I heard that the mayor and his son bribed many people in the town with benefits, so they now support reopening the church."

Ah Xing whispered as she came up behind Guan Shaoqing.

"It's as expected, but let's just open it. It's hard to persuade a damned ghost with good words. Let's go back and tell Master and Uncle-in-Chief as well."

"If my predictions are correct, now that the church has reopened, the devil is about to come out."

Guan Shaoqing said this calmly, then turned around and prepared to leave.

"Mr. Guan."

But at this moment, a crisp voice came from not far away.

Guan Shaoqing heard the voice and looked over to see Annie walking towards him happily in a white dress.

"Miss Anne."

"I heard the church had reopened, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to meet Mr. Guan. We are really destined to meet."

Anne walked up happily.

"Well, I came here to take a look because I heard that the church has reopened." Guan Shaoqing said with a smile.

After hearing what Guan Shaoqing said, Annie seemed to have thought of something and said embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Guan, I couldn't help you. The church has reopened."

"It's ok."

"Mr. Guan, now that the church has reopened, will something really happen next?"

"We'll just have to wait and see if anything goes wrong. If Miss Anne trusts me, then try not to go to the church. If you find anything wrong, you can always come to me."

"Well, I believe you, Mr. Guan."

Annie nodded firmly when she heard that.

Ah Xing next to him was so jealous that he almost fainted. He didn't understand why Annie trusted Guan Shaoqing so much when they had just met.

He doesn't understand!

(End of this chapter)