When the heavy mist enveloped the city of Luoyang, layers of clouds and mist were also scattered up and down the Mang Mountain.
The long and slender mountain road is like a snake trail, lurking among a patchwork of red and orange trees, leading to higher peaks, which has a somewhat "unknown place in the depths of the clouds" connotation.
Gongsun Zhenren led his three disciples Zhu Jieran, Zhuo Songtao, and Huang Shuo to the direction of Hui'an Gate in the thick fog, and successfully exited the city gate. Then they went all the way north, along the increasingly higher terrain, and passed through large harvested fields.
, and then walked to the foot of Mang Mountain.
Looking around, the usual large area of tombs was now braving the cold air in the thick fog, as if it could pull the bone-chilling chill out of people's hearts. Huang Shuo glanced at it for a few times, and did not dare to look any further. He couldn't help but pull it.
He tightened his robe sleeves tightly, walked a few steps quickly, and then entered Mang Mountain uneasily.
Cuiyun Peak is not far from the front mountain, and the footsteps of the monks are quite vigorous. When noon was approaching, the four of them returned to Shangqing Temple, which they had not seen for many days. Everything in the temple was as usual, the familiar courtyard, the familiar
The master and fellow apprentices give people a very solid feeling.
Guan Hu'er and Niu Pang'er were sweeping fallen leaves in the courtyard. When they saw Master Gongsun and his entourage coming back, they ran over dragging their brooms. After bowing to Master Gongsun, they all shouted to Huang Shuo in unison: "I'm on duty."
He's back, hurry up and pick up the broom!" It turned out that Yang Chaoxi and Huang Shuo were not here these past few days, so the two Taoist boys did all the cleaning that they were supposed to do.
Huang Shuo also smiled and pushed away the broom brought by the two people: "I just swept the land for a few more days, and I want to come here to take credit!"
Guan Huer looked at the gate again and asked doubtfully: "Why didn't Yang Chaoxi come back?"
Huang Shuo laughed at the side and said: "Junior brother Yang met a beautiful junior sister in the city, and now he is happy to forget about Shu."
Zhuo Songtao wanted to knock down another violent blow, but Huang Shuo blocked it with vigilance. He also laughed and said: "Don't listen to Junior Brother Huang's nonsense! Junior Brother Yang was injured a little while fighting in the city... um...
, I am currently being raised by an old friend of the Guanzhu! He will be back in a few days." After saying that, he glared at Huang Shuo and warned him not to spill the beans and reveal the story of Junior Brother Yang being kidnapped.
He came out and made the family members of Yangliu Villa worried.
Huang Shuo had no choice but to laugh: "You guys finish sweeping the floor here first. I'm going to go to the Zhaiyuan with Senior Brother Zhu and Senior Brother Zhuo to have something to eat. I'll go to your room later and go down the mountain this time. There are so many fun things.
That Junior Brother Yang is so awesome...hahaha! I'll tell you one by one..."
When Guan Hu'er and Niu Pang'er saw that Huang Shuo could laugh so hard by himself, their curiosity was immediately aroused. They wanted to hold him down immediately and tell him to tell him all the funny things. But for now, they could only wave.
Broom, suppress the restless mood.
After traveling all the way, the four people who had just returned were a little tired. The four of them sat down in a room in the Zhaiyuan and ate their lunch quietly. Zhu Jieran, Zhuo Songtao, and Huang Shuo stood up and walked towards Gongsun Zhenren.
After the ceremony, they were about to go back to their respective rooms to rest. Gongsun Zhenren suddenly raised his head and said with a normal expression: "Qing Lingzi, go and invite your master and ask him to come to see me in the side hall of Ziji Palace." Zhu Jieran agreed and took him with him.
The two junior brothers left the courtyard first.
After lunch, the fog gradually dissipated. Looking around from Cuiyun Peak, it was still a misty world. A pale autumn sun, overlooking everything in the mountains from high up, with an expressionless face.
Gongsun Zhenren is sitting on a round seat in the side hall of Ziji Palace, his eyes are slightly closed, and his breath is long. After practicing this kind of Taoism for decades, he has already been able to enter the state of practicing the Taoism with ease, and will not be disturbed by the outside world.
, and disturb the breath.
A figure had already walked in and saluted him: "Well, Master, you are back." This figure raised his head and saw his face clearly, it was Liao Zhihe, Xuanxuzi of the Guanzhong Prison.
"Sit down!" Zhenren Gongsun opened his mouth slightly and opened his eyes. "I've been out for the past few days, how about observing everything?"
Liao Zhihe found a round seat and sat down, then respectfully replied: "Everything is fine. Donor Guan from Yangliu Villa came once and gave a lot of millet, beans, and cloth. There were several big households in the village at the foot of the mountain.
I paid for the incense and said that I am grateful for your kindness that day. The disciples in the temple chanted sutras and practiced martial arts without slacking off. Several Taoist boys had an argument and have already been punished..."
"Xuan Xuzi, how many years have you been here in Guanzhong?" Master Gongsun suddenly spoke, interrupting his statement.
Liao Zhihe didn't know why Master Gongsun suddenly asked this question today, so he had to answer honestly: "In the seventh year of Tianbao, my disciple came here from the south to place orders. Counting to this day, it has been twenty years."
"Twenty years!" Gongsun Zhenren sighed, his tone full of autumn desolation, "Twenty years, in this view, how will I treat you?"
Liao Zhihe already had a strange feeling in his heart. But when he recalled what happened in the past twenty years, he was also a little moved: "For the past twenty years, master has treated me like a biological father! In good years, he took care of the food and clothing of our brothers.
There is no shortage of everything. Even in the year of disaster, you have to try your best to get us rice and linen to prevent us from starving and freezing. But you yourself often "eat grain" and use the rice you save in your mouth.
Give us all to eat..." Liao Zhihe said this, already swallowing his breath, "You also taught us the meaning of the scriptures, taught us boxing skills, and taught us... the principles of how to behave. This is how I am, from a person who is about to starve to death.
The little Taoist priest, step by step, became the prison in Guanzhong..."
"Zhihe! If you can remember this, you still have a conscience, and the friendship between our master and disciple for so many years is not in vain." Gongsun Zhenren said bleakly, "But this friendship is about to be severed..."
Liao Zhihe was shocked. He suddenly thought of something and his voice trembled: "Master...you...all know it."
Gongsun Zhenren nodded: "I originally refused to believe that it was you no matter what. Even we had cut off our ties with Yuchi Yuan. But I didn't want to believe it, but there were still many traces pointing to you. As a teacher, I
If you are not the most foolish person, how could you not figure out the strangeness in these things?" When Gongsun Zhenren said this, his tone became increasingly serious, "What kind of glory and wealth did that man promise you?! You are not even a teacher and this Taoist temple.
, can all be sold together!"
Liao Zhihe suddenly started up, staggered a few times, knelt down again, kowtowed and cried: "Master——! I am wrong! I know I am wrong! The man gave me a house in Luoyang City, a hundred taels of silver, and returned
There is...there is another woman...please master punish her!"
Gongsun Zhenren's face turned gloomy, and he shouted word by word: "What is that man's name?!"
Liao Zhihe struggled and looked in great pain: "That man... I can't say! Master, that man is a high official of the imperial court... I can't say! We can't afford to offend him!"
Gongsun Zhenren was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, but suddenly stretched out his hand, lifted Liao Zhihe up, and said angrily: "Now that things have happened, you are still thinking about it! I have already seen that man. Whether you tell me or not, I will not tell you."
I have already offended him! Why have I ever been afraid of these people who wield power as a teacher!" After saying that, he threw Liao Zhihe into the corner of the side hall.
Liao Zhihe wanted to get up, but his whole body was so weak that he could only huddle in the corner and said with tears: "Master... that man is Duke Jin of Qi! If I didn't submit to him that day, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back to see you alive."
Already..."
Gongsun Zhenren then stood up sadly and walked towards Liao Zhihe in the corner: "Do you know that that person just wants to divide everyone in our Taoist sect! He even wants to find the sword to consolidate his power and then kill all the knights in the world.
You should never tell him those things or let him have this idea!" After Gongsun Zhenren yelled, his voice still couldn't calm down, "Now that Sheng Chaowei is in danger, all the vassals and towns are determined to establish themselves. You are on fire.
Add fuel to the tyranny and help the tyrants perpetrate evil!"
Liao Zhihe was stunned, and his consciousness was instantly confused by the unbearable past... gold and silver, mansions, women, wanton enjoyment... there were only bitter murmurs left in his mouth: "Disciple is wrong... Disciple knows
wrong……"
Gongsun Zhenren suddenly became much older, and the fierce aura in his body gradually turned into decadence. He waved his hand lightly: "Master... I wanted to clean up the family... You have been here for twenty years, but because of some
I have abandoned being a teacher and a Taoist sect without caring about the things outside my body. It hurts my heart... Do you understand?"
Liao Zhihe heard the endless disappointment in his plain words, but he felt an extra strength in his body. He slowly got up and climbed to his knees in front of Gongsun Zhenren. His tears were blurred: "Disciple realizes his mistake, please ask Master."
Punishment..."
Gongsun Zhenren suddenly raised his hand and wanted to pat his Tianling Cap, but suddenly lost his strength and gently touched his shoulder. Then he closed his eyes again, and there were two soft sounds of "Puff, Puff".
But it hit Liao Zhihe's middle and lower dantian, and all his Taoist skills were abolished.
After Liao Zhihe's body was shaken violently, a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth. He opened his eyes and glanced blankly at Zhenren Gongsun before he knelt down and said, "Thank you... Master, for not killing me..."
Gongsun Zhenren turned his back and couldn't hold back any more tears. They fell from his eyes and dripped into the dust: "You... let's go!"
Liao Zhihe slowly wiped away the tears on his face and the blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and kowtowed three times to Zhenren Gongsun's back. Then he stood up and went straight out of the gate. From then on, he continued again.
No news.
The next day, news spread on Cuiyun Peak that Xuanxuzi Liao Zhihe resigned from his post in the Supervisory Academy and left Shangqing Temple.
A few days later, with the arrival and departure of Lian Jiangping, the eldest son of Hongdaoguan Dynasty, this news was also brought to Luoyang City, and gradually spread to the ears of people who were intentional or unintentional.
There were only a few people in the audience, because they had followed Gongsun Zhenren for many years, so they could vaguely guess what was going on.
The man in Taiwei Palace, when he heard the news, smashed the jade Ruyi he was playing with to the ground, splashing half of the room. After smashing it, he still couldn't get angry, and waved his hand to throw away the charcoal fire.
The basin was thrown over, almost causing a fire. When Hong Taizhu rushed to put out the fire, many of the furnishings in the house had already been burned. Several guards were still filling water in wooden basins and buckets, and pouring water on the area where the fireworks were still burning.
The person who started the fire didn't know where to vent his anger.
After Lian Jiangping, the eldest son of Hongdao Guan Dynasty, left, Gongsun Zhenren immediately summoned the Taoist priests Chengxuzi Han Fengqiao, Mingxuzi Zhang Hezong, Tongxuzi Wei Lingfu, Yuxuzi Peng Shikun, Wuxuzi Hao Jinhan and others to gather in the side hall of Ziji Palace.
I told everyone about some of the things I experienced when I went down the mountain, and then started to discuss the next countermeasures.
Gongsun Zhenren's face was expressionless: "This moon-viewing discussion is a little strange. After I experienced it personally, the depth of the plan, the ruthlessness of the calculation, and the danger of the situation were already beyond my expectation. Once I came here, I
After the thieves were defeated, some of the people who were still living had forgotten the pain of the past. In the morning, people from Hongdao Temple came to send messages, reminding us to make preparations in advance and beware of people who wanted to go up the mountain to provoke trouble. Secondly, there was something going on in Taiwei Palace.
The plan has actually been effective. It has only been less than ten days since the incident. There have been many frictions and conflicts among people in Luoyang Taoism. Naturally, these include the actions of the three temples of Jingyun, Longxing and Daochong." Gongsun Zhenren finished speaking,
Seeing that several people were still thinking, he added, "Now Jingyun, Longxing, and Daochong will remember their hatred as teachers in the three temples. They may take advantage of the opportunity to come here in the near future. You are the disciples who have stayed in the temple for the longest time. What do you think?
We can talk about it today."
Wu Xuzi, Hao Jinhan, was the master who taught the disciples in Guanzhong. He sat aside and hesitated to speak. When he opened his mouth, his voice was like a gong: "Master! Come as soon as you come, how can you be afraid of their fancy tricks! I will lead them myself.
For the disciples in the temple who are more skilled in martial arts, just beat them out."
Gongsun Zhenren said with a smile: "If they watch the elite disciples come over, they can have a fight to suppress their hostility. But if they encourage Taiwei Palace to take action, they cannot confront them head-on. They have to step forward as a teacher.
Deal with them."
Zhang Hezong, Xuzi of the Ming Dynasty suddenly said: "They arrested my disciples in Guanzhong, which is an act of gangsters! Master, regardless of his prejudices, went to teach swordsmanship, which satisfied their covetousness. Abandoning the Taoist skills of the master of the three Guanzhong
, it’s nothing more than pulling teeth out of a snake’s mouth and giving them a little punishment. At best, it’s just a grudge between the world and the government, and the officials may not step in to help them.”
Chengxuzi Han Fengqiao said: "If these scum in the Taoist sect could understand the truth, they would not do such things. But if we want to prevent people from coming to pick fights, there are only two ways, one is to borrow strength, and the other is to strengthen ourselves.
To borrow strength, some masters have gone to various temples to teach swordsmanship. There are always those who know how to repay their kindness and can support my temple. Moreover, Yuchiyuan of Hongdao Temple is already running around. If some Taoist people are connected together, they can come to argue.
, Taiwei Palace will not sit idly by and ignore each other. At most, the two of them will not help each other." Han Fengqiao hesitated for a moment, but still said, "But if you want to strengthen yourself, the disciple boldly advises the master. Since swordsmanship can be taught to others, it can also be taught to others.
Give it to my disciples in the temple so that they can become more prestigious! In addition, if sword skills can be taught, then all weapons such as knives, spears, spears, and halberds can be practiced. In the future, when foreign aggression comes, there will be more
Share the power of self-protection.”
Gongsun Zhenren listened patiently to what he said, and then said: "According to Xuzi's words, I have really thought clearly about it as a teacher. Whether it is swordsmanship or various weapons, I can teach him from now on. I can't help it. For more than ten years.
You are not allowed to use guns or sticks because the traitors have not left. We must not only cooperate with the officers and soldiers in carrying out extraordinary things secretly, but also protect the livelihood of the refugees. We must show the enemy's weakness in public to avoid annihilation." Gongsun.
The real person seemed to have thought of something, and sighed, "It is easy to break through hard work! On the day when Luoyang City fell, a group of Taoists from Jinglong Palace fought bravely, but they all died early under the butcher's knife... Although it was heroic, it was almost as brave as an ordinary man."
Hao Jinhan added: "I, Shangqingguan, am not a coward! Senior Brother Wen Xuzi has the best martial arts among us, and he almost killed the leader of the thieves, An Lushan. What a pity... alas!"
When Gongsun Zhenren heard him mention Wen Xuzi, his expression was also sad: "Wen Xuzi's father, brother, wife and daughter were all killed by bandits. If he cannot seek revenge, it will harm his Taoism. Besides, he is a person with a fiery nature. Although I
All attempts to dissuade him were in vain... Even I felt lucky at that time, always hoping that he would succeed in the assassination and end the war disaster as soon as possible, but I looked down upon those rebellious officials and traitors."
Wei Lingfu, the son of Tongxu, suddenly thought of something and said: "If Jingyun, Longxing, Daochong Sanguan and the powerful ministers of Chang'an have old officials, then the matter will be a bit tricky, and we must guard against it."
Gongsun Zhenren also had a serious look on his face: "It is indeed a difficult situation. But it is not without a way to deal with it. This matter is left to the teacher to contact and arrange. In fact, I think this response is just a trivial matter. This palace has caused division and alienation among people in my sect.
, causing us to attack each other, and then take the opportunity to worship Buddha and suppress Taoism, is the real big thing to worry about in the future!"
At this point, Gongsun Zhenren's expression gradually turned serious: "You are all the masters in the temple. In the future, you should also make some adjustments to the lessons of the disciples in the temple and arrange more content for teaching martial arts. Xuan Xuzi...since you have invited
After quitting the temple, the Zhaiyuan was handed over to Yuxuzi Peng Shikun. From now on, one evening meal will be added every day. If you are not a ordained disciple, you do not need to eat meat or fish."
The Taoist priests listened to his explanation of the pros and cons, and suddenly changed the affairs of the temple. They were both surprised and more excited, so they all nodded in agreement. After all, after today, the Shangqing Temple, which has regained its strength, will have to fight again.
This is the level of power of Taiwei Palace Envoy Wang Jin.