Ye An's unexpected apprenticeship made Xuanchengzi stagger. Apprenticeship was not an easy task for Taoists, especially for a "Taoist" like Xuanchengzi, who had not had many apprentices over the years.
Taoism has always attached great importance to the etiquette and rituals of apprenticeship, the relationship between master and disciple, and the status of status is extremely strict. Most of those who want to become a formal disciple must go through several years of inspection and even cultivate merit in order to enter Taoism.
How could Ye An kneel on one knee like this and open and close his upper and lower lips to worship?
After looking at Ye An for a long time, Xuanchengzi said leisurely: "You want to join my sect? Do you know where I, Xuanchengzi, studied? Which cave immortal is my disciple? What are the rules of the sect? What are the secular rules?
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Ye An only answered in two words: "I don't know!"
He is the first person to say this so confidently and with a hint of arrogance.
Over the years, there were quite a few people who sought Xuanchengzi's apprenticeship. There were some from high-ranking families and some from powerful families. Ordinary people would not even dare to think about it.
He, Ye An, who didn't even have a heel, actually became a disciple with empty words. How could he not make Xuan Chengzi depressed?
He looked at Ye An with a rather disdainful look: "Do you know where my teacher came from?"
"I don't know!"
"My master is Miao Xun, a real person in the passage. He studied under the ancestor Chen Chuan. He is good at the art of astronomy and fortune-telling. When he was in Zhou Dynasty, he was the first direct commander to the right of the scattered soldiers in front of the palace."
At this point, Xuan Chengzi raised his hand to the northeast and said: "My master was friendly with Taizu in private. When Taizu ascended the throne as emperor, he promoted my master to Hanlin Astronomy, Xunjia Yinqingguanglu, and inspected the Ministry of Works.
title!"
What a great name!
Ye An knows very well who Miao Xun is. He has studied and analyzed the history of the Song Dynasty. There are many secrets in it that make people want to stop, such as the wearing of yellow robes, the sound of candle shadows and axes, Taizong's visit to Xiaozhou Empress, the alliance of Chanyuan, etc...
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The opportunity to wear the yellow robe came from this man named Miao Xun. It is true that he was a Taoist priest, but he was also a military attache in the front department of Houzhou Palace. His relationship with Taizu should not be too good!
In the words of later generations, the relationship between the two is like wearing a pair of trousers. It is precisely because of this that he actively supported Zhao Kuangyin to rise to power, and one of them became a chicken and a dog and ascended to heaven...
After reviewing a lot of information, Ye An came to the conclusion that the reason why Zhao Kuangyin was able to launch the Chenqiao Mutiny was inseparable from the planning of Miao Xun, the "dog-headed strategist".
Not only was Miao Xun involved in advising Zhao Kuangyin, but even in the entanglements between interest groups, he was a powerful person!
At the end of the show of virtue, after Zhao Kuangyin successfully persuaded the young emperor and the queen mother of Hou Zhou to lead the army to the north, Miao Xun watched the sun rise one day after another. For a long time, he was in trouble, and he pointed to Chu Zhaofu and said: "This is destiny."
When he arrived at Chenqiao the next day, Taizu was praised by the Sixth Division and was trained to prepare for the uprising.
It is such a coincidence and so precise that if there is no evil in it, it will be called a ghost. Obviously, Miao Xun played a role in fueling the celestial phenomenon and gave Zhao Kuangyin the legality and rationality to wear the yellow robe.
Ye An looked at the old Taoist in front of him in surprise, and then his eyes were suspicious. If he was a disciple of Miao Xun, why were all the clothes he was wearing so shabby?
Those who knew thought he was an "expert", and those who didn't knew thought he was a fugitive...
When the old Taoist saw his doubtful eyes, his breath suddenly surged in his chest. When others heard his name, they were already respectful and respectful, and they rarely had to call him "immortal chief".
How could he look up and down like Ye An, with suspicion everywhere in his eyes?
He took out a small wooden box from his arms, with Taoist Bagua diagrams carved on it. If you look carefully, you will find that the wooden box is not a wooden box, but two pieces of wood connected with hemp ropes.
There is something like parchment inlaid on the inside of the wood piece, on which is clearly written the origin of the old Taoist, the Taoist temple he belongs to, who he studied under, etc...
This should be his ultimatum. Seeing such antique things, Ye An truly believed what the old Taoist said, and believed that he was Xuan Chengzi, a direct disciple of Miao Xun, the master of the passage.
Believe it or not, the certificate contains the seal of the imperial court and the seal of the official who issued it at the time. These two things cannot be faked.
"Master, what should my name be?"
Ye An respectfully helped the old Tao to close the certificate, and then handed it to the old Tao with a smile. The flattering gesture was beyond words. He had been setting up a stall for many years, and Ye An had long since thrown the shameless thing away.
Xuan Chengzi seized the opportunity, turned to look at Ye An and sneered: "Why did the Taoist accept you as a disciple?! You have an unknown origin, an ominous background, your hair is as short as your ears, and you have a northern accent... Where are you?
Humans too?!”
"Forehead…………"
Ye An was also asked. He spoke Mandarin with a good northern accent. After communicating for such a long time, he could tell that what this veteran was speaking should be Luoyang dialect in Henan dialect.
It's just that his current accent is slightly different from that of later generations. It has a touch of Wu Nong's soft language and should be the Mandarin of this era.
"Listen to the boy's explanation! The boy's background is secretive, and no one will believe it if he tells it. So if you don't ask, and if the boy doesn't tell, isn't it the best thing to do?"
Xuan Chengzi didn't buy his account. He chuckled with a teasing expression on his face: "Why doesn't anyone believe it? Tell me, I'm so brave!"
Ye An pointed at the sky and said with a smile: "This is what you said, where the boy was born!"
Xuan Chengzi looked up along Ye An's finger but saw nothing, but soon the hairs on the back of his neck stood up, not because of anything else, but because he remembered how Ye An came to be.
Xuanchengzi looked at Ye An suspiciously. So, could this kid really be a god who fell from the sky? But if he was a god, why would he worship him as his teacher?
Could it be that the Three Pure Ones appeared and brought down a calamity and test on themselves?
But in any case, we should stabilize this kid first. There are too many secrets in him and we will slowly explore him. The expression on his face changed.
Where?"
This is what Ye An is most worried about. In the Song Dynasty, everything can be fooled, but the only thing that is difficult to deal with is the issue of family background.
No matter at any time, a person who appears in the world for no reason will be suspected by others. The most important thing is that he does not intend to live an ordinary life.
The reason why he wanted to become a disciple of Xuanchengzi was simply to find a good background for himself. Ye An, who was born in the history department, knew that although the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty had given poor families room to move up, in fact they still needed a background.
Otherwise, how could there be so many disciples under the Confucian sect?
"I don't know where I come from. I have been alone since I was a child. I was no more than an infant when I was adopted by my tribe. I later lived in a mist-shrouded place where ordinary people were not allowed to come or go. There were so many tribesmen that every day the sun rose and set.
And rest."
The old Taoist nodded, obviously these people are the same as the Han people.
Seeing the appearance of the old Taoist, Ye An smiled slyly, but his face became more serious and said: "There is a difference between walking speed and slowness. It may be thousands of miles in a day, soaring in the nine heavens with the sun and moon shining together, or hundreds of miles in a day as fast as lightning. This
Both have tools to control them.
Catch the moon in the nine heavens, catch turtles in the five oceans below. The sun is filled with the roar of instruments, glazed treasures, gold and iron objects, silks, satins and cloths as if they were made of clay by hands, mass production without plan.
A hundred acres of land only needs a few people to cultivate it, and vegetables can weigh tens of thousands of kilograms. Everyone has enough food and clothing, and they never worry about food and clothing. They can use the benefits of utensils to see thousands of miles away, and live in the south and listen to the local accent of the north!
It's night, before it's time to stop, the lanterns are on, all kinds of brilliance; the lights are red and the wine is green, some sing loudly on the terrace and drink wine; or you can stay at home and watch all the phenomena in the world!
The young are educated, the educated are taught, the labor is rewarded, the sick are treated, the old are taken care of, there is a place to stay, the weak are supported, this is great harmony!"
Ye Anyue said that the old man's face turned pale, until finally he was sweating profusely and dumbfounded. He was stunned and didn't know what to say.
Even he couldn't imagine such a scene. It wasn't because he didn't have enough imagination but he didn't dare to think about it. But apart from those miraculous things, he seemed to have seen the rest.
That’s right! The city of Tokyo is like this drunken and reveling state...