Shuangma Town is close to Kaiyang Lake and is within the sheltered area of Daomen Kaiyang Palace. It has always been peaceful and peaceful, with harmonious neighbors and honest people.
Although it cannot be said that the house is not closed at night, there are only occasional petty thefts, and there are rarely burning, killing and looting.
But recently, the chickens and dogs are restless, and the chickens are flying and the dogs are jumping around. It's really chickens flying around and dogs jumping around.
In the past few days, the beautiful tail feathers of more than a dozen majestic roosters in the town have been brutally plucked out.
By the way, the yellow guard dog of this house was inexplicably beaten and howled so hard that it huddled in the kennel and shivered, not daring to show its head.
The strange thing is that no one found out who did it, and for a while the town began to spread rumors that it was haunted.
This incident even alarmed the Taoist Kaiyang Palace, but after several Taoist inspections, they found no demons and ghosts at work, and no traces of magic. In the end, they could only draw a hasty conclusion that it was possible that a weasel came to steal the chickens and let each household
Just pay more attention.
At this time, Baili Xing looked helplessly at the chicken feathers all over the room, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Since the youngest son Bailiping mastered the use of starlight, he has controlled this wishful little star to look east and west in the town, full of curiosity about the world as if he was born new.
At first, Bailiping just stayed on the roof next to the street, overlooking the flow of people passing by, watching all kinds of people and all kinds of things.
Later, I got tired of looking at it, so I started to go into the halls, visit teahouses and restaurants, or look at the shops and houses.
Until one day, Bai Liping came back from shopping and asked him: "Dad, why does the sister's son next door look different from me?"
Baili Xing was stunned after looking at the line written by his youngest son, and then asked: "Ping'er, you, what did you see?"
"The sister next door was taking a shower. I thought her body looked strange, so I took a few more glances. She was indeed different from me and my brother. For example, her breasts..."
Baili Xing hurriedly shouted: "Stop!"
He was so angry that he wanted to scold him, but when he saw Bai Liping's innocent and confused look, he also knew that the younger son's soul was trapped after all. Now he had his first glimpse of the human world and did not understand the difference between men and women. After some earnest teaching,
Make a rule: “Don’t look at anything inappropriate!”
In the days that followed, Bailiping kept to himself and no longer broke into other people's homes or went to other people's homes uninvited. Bailiping was very happy and felt that he was a teachable child.
Until one day, Bailiping had nothing to do at night and asked Ruyi Little Xingxing to go out for a walk. When he came back, he asked doubtfully: "Dad, what is ****? A golden gun can't defeat you?"
Baili Xing looked at the black and white words on the paper and was speechless. He raised his pen tremblingly and asked, "Ping'er, where did you hear this?"
"I was just watching the moon at the Baihua Tower at the end of the long street, and I heard an uncle in the house say this to a sister."
Baili Xing put his hand on his forehead and sighed helplessly. After another instructing, he set the rules: "Don't listen to anything inappropriate!"
This time, faced with chicken feathers all over the place, Baili Xing patiently asked, "Ping'er, what, what's going on?"
"I saw two children playing shuttlecock. It was very fun. I wanted to take it away to play with, but daddy taught me not to take other people's things, so I thought about making one myself and waiting for my brother to come back to play with him.
"
Baili Xing felt both angry and funny. After teaching him earnestly again, he also made a rule: "Don't do anything if it's inappropriate!"
Thinking about it was not enough, so I added another one: "Don't say anything inappropriate!"
What I wanted to do before was to let Bailiping see more of the world and understand the various aspects of life and everything.
Now it seems that it is not the right way to let his temper wander around all day long, so he ordered Bai Liping:
"Ping'er, from now on you must go to Mr. Wang's private school in the town on time every day to attend lectures, and learn the words of the sages and the principles of truth."
Bailiping's controller, Ruyi Xiaoxing, wrote crookedly on the paper: "I know dad, when will brother come back?"
Baili Xing hadn't seen his eldest son for a while. When his youngest son mentioned it, he missed him even more:
"Your brother will come back at the end of the year. He has now entered the inner sect and can visit relatives for three days during the New Year. During this time, you can go to the private school to attend classes honestly. When your brother comes back, he will play with you."
…
Time passed, and the New Year was here. Bailiming had just disembarked from the South Pier, and was greeted by the old housekeeper who had been waiting for a long time. After some greetings, Bailiming jumped on a maroon horse and hurried to Shuangma Town.
There was a rapid sound of horse hooves on the bluestone road in the town. Just as Baili Ming drove his horse into the alley in front of the door, he saw his father and mother standing on the steps looking forward to it.
Baili Mingfei dismounted, flew to his parents, knelt down and knelt down and said, "Father, mother, the child is back."
His mother, Mrs. Li, hurriedly helped him up and said with joy in her heart: "It will be good to come back, it will be good to come back."
Bailiping's usually slightly serious face was now full of joy, and he echoed:
"Just come back. Let's go home and talk."
It has been more than half a year since the last time I met my family, and it has been more than two and a half years since Bai Liming entered the Taoist sect. Due to the restrictions of the sect's rules, he has never been home to visit. Now that the family can reunite at home, they are naturally full of joy.
After Bai Liming got up, he was holding his mother's hand and walking towards the main hall, when suddenly a bundle of colorful objects made of chicken feathers appeared in front of him.
It looks like a small feather duster or a large feather shuttlecock, swinging from side to side, which is very funny.
Bai Liming was startled at first, and raised his hand to cast a spell, but when he saw his parents' unsurprised expressions, he understood immediately.
This must have been the fault of his younger brother Bailiping, so he supported his mother with one hand and walked toward the room carrying a pile of chicken feathers with the other.
When they arrived at the house, their mother, Mrs. Li, kept asking questions, and her father, Baili Xing, asked about the experience in Xijing. Baili Ming answered them one by one, but he didn't want his family to worry too much, so he took the dangerous things and told them lightly.
After the joyful, sumptuous and warm dinner, Bai Liming looked at the pile of chicken feathers that were still waiting for him, and then appeared in the illusion with his soul connected with his brother.
When Bailiping saw Bailiming appear, he jumped into Bailiming's arms with joy and said, asking for credit:
"Brother, have you seen the feather shuttlecock I made? Will you play with me later?"
Bailiming pretended to be angry when he heard this and said:
"Speaking of chicken feather shuttlecock, daddy told me all your recent behaviors. You can't be so naughty again."
Bailiping nodded in agreement with an aggrieved look on his face. Seeing his pitiful look, Bailiming reached out and rubbed his little head, saying warmly:
"Just correct your mistakes if you make them. During this time, you went to the school to attend classes. What did you learn?"
Bailiping's worries turned into joy, and he talked happily about what he had learned in the school. After he finished speaking, he asked Bailiming about what happened in Taoism, and Bailiming also talked about it.
Later, he taught his younger brother the Taoist skills. Although Bailiping was unable to practice because his soul was trapped, he could try one or two. If a miracle happened one day, it would also help break the shackles of the soul.
After Bailiping wrote down the Taoist cultivation methods one by one, he asked again:
"Brother, let's listen to the concentration method you mentioned. Maybe it will be helpful to me."
Bailiming thought for a moment and realized that although the Dharma of Concentrating on Mind was a heretic, Elder Tian also said that it had merits, and then told his younger brother about Dharma on Concentrating on Mind.
Bailiping murmured in his mouth and repeated: "Qi gathers to form, and disperses without a shadow; nothing comes into being. Condensed qi can form a person, gathered qi can create an image, essence generates energy, qi generates spirit, and essence, qi, and spirit gather to form all things."
"All things have power and are used by me. All things have spirits and are given by me. All things have gods and belong to me. I accept heaven and earth into myself, seize the creation of heaven and earth, and obey and defy heaven. All are in my heart."
After a brief pause, Bai Liming reminded: "From what is said in the general chapter, it can be seen that this method of focusing on the mind is indeed a fallacy. Although Taoism practices the Tao of Immortality, it goes against heaven, but it must also follow the rules of the Tao.
Forward."
"But the Dharma of Note is so loud that it actually regards itself as the great road of heaven and earth. I am the rule, and everything must follow me. Therefore, I just need to understand it, and don't practice it randomly."
Bailiping nodded solemnly, but there was a cunning light shining deep in his eyes.