"Don't the snow lotus only grow for one year?" the merchant asked, "Is there really a thousand-year-old snow lotus in this world?"
"Who said that the snow lotus only grows for a year? The noble man must not understand enough." The scholar immediately turned his head and explained to him sincerely, "The saying that the snow lotus root has only grown for a year is different, but it is different, like the one from
After leaving the northwest, the snow lotus on the Tianshan Mountains often takes several years to grow."
"Haha, I have also heard that the higher the mountain where the snow lotus grows, the colder the place it grows, the slower it grows.
Even said that at the top of Tianshan Mountain, where only stones and snow and no soil, snow lotus may grow. The snow lotus becomes a magical object, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth. It will take a thousand years for the coldness of the snow mountain to grow.
It's blooming."
"Yes, yes!"
The scholar nodded repeatedly, as if he had found a soulmate:
"That's it! I heard from people over us that at the highest point of Tianshan Mountain in the south, there are gods living in the highest point of the south. Gods plant thousands of snow lotus, plant a batch every fifty years, bloom every fifty years, and every snow lotus flower.
When she opened, she would hold a snow lotus meeting and invite all the gods and monsters around to attend. Oh, just by smelling the fragrance of the snow lotus, she could help the gods prolong their life and help monsters practice."
The scholar speaks vividly.
Everyone listened with relish.
"There was a person there before, whose surname was Zhao, and whose name was Zhao Gong. It was all fifty years ago.
He also went out to go shopping, but when he was walking at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, it was also at night. It seemed that he had encountered wind and rain or something. He stayed in a hostel on the side of the road. There was another person living in that hostel and could not sleep at night.
They just chatted with each other.
"Mr. Zhao is very good at talking, and he doesn't want that person to be very talkative.
"They talked for a long time and felt that they were very close. Before going to bed, the man told Zhao Gong that he was not a human, but a monster in the nearby river. Because of his success in his practice, he was invited by the gods on the Tianshan Mountain to go to Xuelian to go to Xuelian.
Yes, he also told him that if he is destined to be in the future, he can go to that river to drink with him.
"After hearing this, Mr. Zhao didn't fall asleep all night.
"He also wants to go to the Xuelian Club.
"The next morning, he quietly followed the monster and went to the foot of Tianshan Mountain. He followed him up the mountain. He was stopped by some people in snow-white armor. He said that he was also invited to join the snow lotus.
Yes.
"So I really went to the Snow Lotus Club.
"It is said that at the meeting, everyone looked at him and thought he was strange or strange. The man was really capable. He was very respectful to the gods on the Tianshan Mountains, and used the treasures of the Central Plains he brought to a princess in a small country in the west as a gift.
, presented it to the gods on the Tianshan Mountains. The gods said that his respect was the most precious gift, so they asked him to sit down and drink, and gave him a piece of snow lotus when they left.
"That man lived until last year and lived nearly a hundred years old. He was still the same as when he was young until he died. When I was a child, I went to his house to play. Later, I grew up a little, and for some reason I felt a little scared.
I dare not go."
The scholar said, sighing, and said sadly:
"I think it's really not right now. Mr. Zhao looked at him as a middle-aged man, but he was already a man with kindness and kindness, and was quite nice to me. But if I couldn't take a stool anymore, it hurt the old man's heart."
"Oh, human nature, there is nothing to blame yourself." The only old man among the few shook his head and said to him, "Some things are like this. Everyone yearns for them, but if they can't fall into it, they always feel strange if they don't fall into it.
, and then there is a rift. Moreover, when people are old, they are already scared of children, let alone those who are still not old at the age of 100."
"It's reasonable." Lin Jue also spoke, comforting the scholar, "It's already clear that he can think about this at this moment that his character and virtue are not bad. He just had to blame himself for his childhood."
The other people also nodded repeatedly.
But then Lin Jue asked again: "I wonder how this snow lotus will participate? Can you get the snow lotus for rebate after offering treasures?"
"Haha! The young student is just hearing it out loud. How can I know that it is so clear?" The scholar smiled and said, "The Taoist priest asked so clearly. Did he feel longing after listening to the story, and he also wanted to go to the Xuelian Conference to see the scene.
A piece of snow lotus is back hahaha—
The scholar seemed to have completely relaxed and laughed.
But as he smiled, his expression stiffened again.
Think about this place, the mountain station, and is close to the border.
Think about it carefully at this time, it was late at night.
Thinking about this scene, on the road where there are few people in the sun, I actually met such a Taoist who looks unusual and sounds extraordinary.
Isn't this the same as in the story?
Calculate the time! It happened to be another fifty years!
"Dao, Taoist Master, you shouldn't have been invited to turn into a human form and go to the monsters and ghosts of the Snow Lotus Club, right?" The scholar asked in a bumpy manner.
As soon as the words were finished, the others were shocked and turned to look at the Taoist and the fox.
"Of course not."
Lin Jue smiled and looked at their jaws.
"The legend says that the gods on Tianshan Mountain are as holy as the ice and snow on Tianshan Mountain. Anyone who receives her invitation must be virtuous monsters. If they have no virtue, they will be afraid of being virtuous even if they go to Tianshan Mountain.
The gods rushed down." The scholar was very scared, "If the Taoist priest has virtue, please don't lie to us...
"It's true."
"That's good--"
The scholar then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Haha, I also heard the rumor of "Snow Lotus Club" when I was a child, but I didn't have such details and I forgot it almost. However, I also heard that the Tianshan Mountains are cold and lonely, and the gods who can live on the top of the mountain must be nothing.
Bad people, the people at the foot of Tianshan Mountain are hospitality, and most gods are like this, so they have to go sincerely. Even if they are just ordinary people, they will not stop you." The old man said, "It's a pity that I can't remember the stories when I was a child."
The official also nodded and said, "Fifty years have passed. If the Snow Lotus Club is really once every fifty years, the rumors about it should have emerged every fifty years, because then someone went to the meeting and someone was on the way.
When you encounter demons and gods who are rushing to the road, some people even accidentally enter the Snow Lotus Association at this time, and then they will spread. However, after a long time, they will gradually forget it until the next fifty years."
"That's it-."
Lin Jue listened carefully and gained something vaguely.
It is indeed as I thought before, the thousand-year-old snow lotus is probably not that rare.
"Since several noble officials told stories, the villain also told one. But the villain was stupid and he was not good at speaking well, so please forgive me."
The servant who followed the official also spoke.
"There are no nobles here, only pedestrians who can shelter from the rain on the road." The official next to him said, "Everyone sits together, don't talk about their identity, talk about things they want, and just survive this night."
"Yes, yes, yes"
The servant named Zhou Saturday said:
"When the villain followed his master in Zhangshan County before, he also encountered ghosts. At that time, my master was a judge in Zhangshan County.
"Once the master saved a case in his hand, and the sentence was not accurate. He asked me to go to the prisoner's village outside the city to ask about some things early in the morning. In order to avoid the eyes and ears of some noble people in the city, he asked me to leave the city before dawn. At that time, the villain
Young and brave, he left the city.
"I didn't expect that halfway through the way, I met someone with me.
"That man talked to me, and I replied to him.
"At first he pretended to be a human, but I quickly exposed it. I said bluntly that he was a ghost, and I also said that my master was the most fair judge in the city. If he harmed me, please come over.
"When the ghost heard this, he immediately confessed.
"He said he was from a nearby village and died last month, but his wife was pregnant for nine months. Unfortunately, she couldn't see her son. When she arrived in the underworld, she was uneasy.
"I still remember what he said. "He said that he had never done anything bad or done many good deeds in his lifetime. However, when he went to the City God Palace for interrogation, the City God said that although he did not do many good deeds, he had a kind heart.
, When you see weak and helpless people, you often feel compassionate and want to help them. When you encounter unfair things, you are often full of anger and want to stand up for injustice and seek justice. However, sometimes you lack the ability, but most of the time
It was because I was embarrassed, so I didn’t go to help.”
Hearing this, the businessman said strangely, "Sorry? Is there any embarrassment to help others?"
"It's true." The scholar said.
"I was puzzled and asked, but the man said that it was like this. I was embarrassed to talk to others and asked if others needed help." The servant said, "That's it. When I arrived at the City God, I received some preferential treatment.
The City God specially allowed him to come back and see his son born."
The servant paused:
"Later, I talked to him about the prisoner in the village next to them. After I came back, I told the owner. Later, I went to find him. There was indeed a man who had just died in that village. He had a new wife in his family, who was pregnant for ten years.
Yue, she is about to give birth, she is really a son.
"What the man said helped the master solve the case.
"The master gave her wife half a day to deliver her baby and raise her body."
The official listened and nodded repeatedly to prove that what his servant said was true, and at the same time said with emotion:
"Although the one-month grace was short, I just finished my wish and saw my son. Alas, this matter tells us that if you have the intention to do good, it is better to do it, so that it will be beneficial no matter what.
of."
Everyone agreed with it after hearing this.
Then all his eyes turned to Lin Jue.
"infant?"
The fox was just listening with relish, suddenly was stunned, and reacted and immediately retreated behind Taoist.
"As a practitioner of Taoism, Taoist priest must have encountered many strange things in this world today, right?"
"I have seen a lot of them," Lin Jue said, "Since we have said all of you, we have listened to you. If you don't give me one, it's really not good, so let's talk about one too."
Everyone was interested.
The fox also walked out from behind him, sat upright, raised his paws and licked, and quietly glanced at the few people.
"I talked about the monsters in Qinzhou before, and I happened to understand them. I will give you an interesting explanation." Lin Jue first said to the middle-aged businessman, and then continued:
"Before, several big monsters in Qinzhou did not cause trouble, but appeared in the northwest and northeast at the same time.
Disasters the world.
"At that time, there was a Taoist priest in the capital. Some Taoist priests were told to make him realize his growth.
"Wu knew that he wanted to remove the monster, but he was in a dilemma.
"If you go to the northwest, the monsters in the northwest are fierce and violent, and you will have a death fight. If you are not careful, you may die.
If you go to the Northeast, the Northeast monsters will always be peaceful and not hurt people much. They are just preaching. Moreover, the Northeast monsters have immortal magic.
"That Taoist priest couldn't tell for a moment."
When everyone heard the word "Yangsheng", they were full of relish.
Who doesn’t want to live forever?
"The Taoist priest went north and encountered a thunderstorm. He stayed in a village temple. As a result, someone suddenly came in and lived with him in the evening. During this period, he couldn't help but talk.
"The man claimed his surname was Chen, and his name was Chen Xiangli.
"After talking about this, I realized that this Mr. Chen is very knowledgeable and has his own unique insights on everything.
After talking to him, the Taoist felt much more cheerful, so he decided to follow his original intention and go to the fierce and violent northwest of the monsters, because the people there were being harmed by the monsters at this time.
"The two chatted all night, and the next morning, the rooster crowed and the Taoist priest found that Mr. Chen was not moving.
When I walked over and saw that Mr. Chen was actually a judge in the temple.
"Maybe he realized that he was worried, so he showed up to talk to him to resolve his doubts.
Lin Jue paused and said to the official:
"It's the same as before the official."
"I can't compare with him." The official waved his hands repeatedly.
"I once heard that although gods are like the officialdom of the world, they have official positions and divine powers, but they are not divided into high or low levels. It was difficult to understand at that time. When I heard the Taoist priest's story, I realized why." The middle-aged businessman sighed.
He said, "Don't care about such a god, he deserves respect for him like an albatross."
"Who said no?"
Just when several people thought Lin Jue's story had been told, he continued to speak again, with a solemn and quiet expression. "The most amazing thing is that the Taoist priest went to the northwest and fought fiercely with the monsters. Even if he was not careful, he would be alive.
He died, but in the end he got rid of it with the concerted efforts of everyone.
"But when he returned to the capital and heard the news from the Northeast, he realized that the Northeast, which had originally thought that the relatively safe Northeast was the real danger. If he had been greedy for ease and went to the Northeast, he would have been dead at this time.
It was he who was willing to take risks for the people to fight the seemingly fierce and violent Northwest monsters, so he went to a safer place and survived by chance.
"I thought it was for the people to go to danger, but it turned out that I took him to a safer place and allowed him to avoid danger.
"I thought I was protecting the people, but it was the people he guarded, and protecting the people's hearts.
Protect him once in the dark.”
After hearing this, the middle-aged businessman felt familiar and immediately asked, "What the Taoist priest said is the fall of Qinzhou?"
"That's right."
"There is such a story in it!" The middle-aged businessman couldn't help but exclaim.
"It's amazing!" The official clapped his hands, "It's really a blessing for the people to have such a great man living in the world!"
"Maybe."
"I guess this Taoist master "knows this truth." The official said, "This story should be passed down to teach future generations."
The fox sat upright next to him, with a serious face.
Chapter completed!