The little Taoist priest held the anecdote written by Wu Daoguan, wiped the sweat from his forehead, slowly stopped and looked at the surrounding scenery.
I had just bypassed Jiugong County and walked for more than forty miles to the foot of Erxian Mountain.
Erxian Mountain in Jiugong County, Jizhou is where the Taoist temple of Luo Zhenren is located. So when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, the little Taoist stopped and sat on a bluestone by the side of the road. He drank some water from the gourd he carried with him, rested for a while, and then stretched his legs.
The armor tied to the horse was gently removed and carefully put away, not daring to cause any damage.
If he had used the magic method to rush in and collide with Zhenren Luo, the little Taoist priest would be guilty of a serious crime.
So the little Taoist priest put away his armor and horse and prepared to walk up the mountain as before.
Master Luo lives in the Zixu Temple on the mountain. On the surface, he is not concerned with worldly affairs, but in fact he has a very high prestige and is already the leader of Taoist sects in the world. Master Luo has only one disciple in his sect, called Gongsun Sheng. He teaches various Taoist methods and performs them.
It sounds like a dragon that sees its head but not its tail, so there is a name in the world called Ruyunlong, which is quite loyal.
After the little Taoist had rested enough, he slowly walked up the mountain. After walking for a while, a strange fragrance hit his nose. After careful analysis, it seemed that there were two different fragrances mixed together.
This kind of fragrance seems to have the effect of relieving fatigue and invigorating people's spirits. The little Taoist priest smelled the fragrance greedily and unknowingly speeded up his pace because the fragrance in front of him became stronger.
"I smell this kind of fragrance again. It's a worthwhile trip." After the little Taoist priest turned a few corners, he was already on the mountainside. There was a slightly flat area in front of him, so he planted some exotic flowers and plants at intervals. The little Taoist priest knew that although
It is March in the human world, but here due to the boundless power of Master Luo, the exotic flowers and plants here are in bloom almost all the time.
Although the fragrance is rich, under the influence of Master Luo's magic power, this fragrance will always circulate in Erxian Mountain. It will disappear immediately after leaving the mountain. No ordinary people in the world are allowed to enter the mountain. Therefore, except for people from the Taoist sect, this place is rarely visited by people and is not known to the world.
Known.
"Are these exotic flowers and plants really brought by Master Luo from the sky with great magic power?" The little Taoist priest looked and smelled, and suddenly remembered all the rumors he had heard.
One year, Master Luo suddenly appeared in Erxian Mountain in Jiugong County and drove all the people who lived there down the mountain. By the time the government sent people to see it, there was already a large Zixu Temple on the mountain.
When people from the government saw that Master Luo had such magical power, they did not dare to make any mistakes. When they asked Master Luo where he was from, Master Luo smiled and said nothing, and just pointed to the sky to indicate that he came from heaven.
At the same time, Luo Zhenren also expressed that he did not want to disturb the world, and asked the government for the entire Erxian Mountain. He would not allow ordinary people to go up the mountain, nor would he accept the emperor's edict.
When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty heard about this, he sighed: "There really is such a fairy in the world!", so he wrote in his handwriting the words "Guo Zhenren Zhenren" and gave it to Luo Zhenren.
List Erxian Mountain as a restricted area.
In the eyes of the world, Zhenren Luo is very mysterious and has boundless magical power. However, in the eyes of Taoists in the world, Zhenren Luo is nothing more than a mystique and not worth mentioning. Especially the Taoist Wang who was next to Song Huizong at that time was very unconvinced and secretly went to
Zixu Guan did not expect that before he entered the Guanmen, he was kicked out by a force. Only then did he realize how powerful Master Luo was.
When Luo Zhenren took over the position of Taoist sect general manager, he did not want to bully anyone. Instead, he made a rather strange request.
That is, all Taoist sects and Taoist temples in the Great Song Dynasty would write down the strange things they heard and saw every month and send them to Zixu Temple in Erxian Mountain.
Taoists all over the world were quite surprised, but this matter was really trivial, and such trivial matters were gradually handed over to the people in charge of Taoist temples in various places.
Wu Daoguan presided over the Jade Emperor Temple and was responsible for recording the strange things in Qinghe County and several nearby counties. This is why the little Taoist priest sent books.
A few Taoist priests speculated that by doing this, Zhenren Luo would be able to detect any disturbance in the Song Dynasty. However, they could not figure out why Zhenren Luo would do this.
Because Zhenren Luo seems to really use this kind of anecdote as a recreational reading, to watch and play with when he has nothing to do, because from Zixu Temple, he has never given any instructions to the Taoist sects in the world.
The little Taoist priest staggered to Zixu Temple and knocked on the door respectfully. Not long after, a Taoist boy answered the door and came out: "It turns out to be senior brother. Could it be that he is here to deliver this month's strange news?"
"That's right." The little Taoist priest took out the good news record from his pocket and said, "I still need to trouble my junior brother to take me to see Luo Shenxian."
"The real person is meditating in the main hall at this time, you can just go there." Seeing that the little Taoist priest looked familiar, the Taoist boy didn't bother to pay attention to him: "I still have homework to do here."
The little Taoist priest was not surprised. He entered the temple gate with the anecdote and walked towards the main hall. He had been here two or three times and was quite familiar with the houses in Zixu Temple.
Sure enough, a furnace of good incense was lit in the main hall. Master Luo, wearing a golden cloud and crane cloak, a jade leaf star crown on his head, and a long beard floating on his chest, was meditating on the cloud bed with his eyes closed.
The little Taoist priest did not dare to shout loudly, so he had to stand with his hands down and wait for a moment. Master Luo opened his eyes and asked, "Where are you from?"
"I came from the Jade Palace of Qinghe County, Daoguan Wu." The little Taoist remembered what Daoist Wu had told him. He didn't dare to look at Master Luo, but bowed his head and knelt down: "I'm here to present this month's anecdotes."
"Put it on the altar table over there." After Master Luo finished speaking, he wandered into Taixu again.
The little Taoist priest kowtowed again, got up and opened the layers of wrapping cloth, took out the "Historical Records" written by Wu Daoguan personally, put it gently on the altar table aside, bowed again, and left.
As soon as the little Taoist priest left, Master Luo immediately jumped down from the cloud bed and rubbed his numb legs, completely losing his serious fairy temperament. When his legs were better, Master Luo began to stretch his neck and support his waist again, and started moving: "Pretend to be a Taoist priest."
It’s just tiring, and I meditate endlessly every day. It sounds like a good job, but in fact, what’s the difference between it and being in a jail cell?”
"Qinghe County? Well, the key object of observation." Zhenren Luo picked up the book of strange news and flipped through it.
"At the beginning of the month, a sow gave birth to eighteen babies, so remember this."
The first article made Luo Zhenren very angry. It's okay that the sows gave birth to too many pigs. What's so strange! What's so easy to remember! Is this Wu Daoguan full of food?
"Baihualou's business is booming, and every day there is a lot of money."
The second article left Zhenren Luo completely speechless. Baihualou is a common name for brothels. Hey! Why are you, a Taoist man, paying attention to Baihualou's business when you have nothing to do?
The first few pages are not nutritious at all. Most of them are filled with nonsense. I even wrote down a light rain on a certain day.
Impatient, Master Luo flipped through it quickly, and his eyes were attracted by one of the pages.
There is a picture drawn on the page of the book with...
"What are these two grown men doing?" Luo Zhenren was very shocked: "What is this look like?"
After taking a closer look, Mr. Luo's hands started to tremble a little: "This...is this?"
In great shock, Master Luo began to read the contents of the nearby pages carefully.
"There is a rich man in Qinghe County, his surname is Ximen and his name is Qing. He blows the snow, and within two or three days, he cuts people with whips, touches his breasts, laughs at the imperial doctor, becomes the county captain, takes a concubine, rescues the Wuhan University, divorces his wife, and captures a big thief...
Things like this are all surprising. After plundering the Wu family, I got more than ten thousand pieces of gold, and it is known as the West Gate of Half Street."
The Fubuki Qixiu book in the appendix below also surprised Luo Zhenren.
"Has the plan... begun?" Zhenren Luo closed the book of strange news, looked at the roof of the hall, and said to himself.
"That's good, so I don't have to live a life like a prison here."
Master Luo strode to the entrance of the palace and shouted: "Boy! Where is the boy!"
By the time Tao Tong heard the sound and came over, Master Luo had already returned to his demeanor as a fairy: "Boy, go and call your senior brother Gongsun Sheng. I have something to ask him to handle."
"Respect the law."
After a while, footsteps sounded outside the hall. Master Luo knew that it was his apprentice Gongsun Sheng, so he quickly jumped on the cloud bed, closed his eyes, and made a posture of meditating in concentration.
"Teacher, why are you summoned? Please ask for your instructions." Gongsun Sheng walked in with a fly whisk in hand and bowed respectfully. Then he raised his head and waited for Master Luo's instruction.
Master Luo opened his eyes and looked at Gongsun Sheng, who was eight feet tall and handsome, with a big beard. He sighed in his heart: "You are so good-looking, why do you have such a beard? You must find an opportunity sometime.
Just trick him into shaving off his beard."
Gongsun Sheng stood for a long time, and saw that Zhenren Luo's eyes were moving back and forth on his face, especially his beloved beard, which made him feel a little hairy, so he had to remind him in a low voice: "Teacher...Teacher?"
"Ah? Ah." Luo Zhenren finally woke up from his thoughts, thought for a while and said: "Disciple, I was just wandering around in my mind when I was a teacher. I got a hexagram by chance, and I calculated that there was a man from Qinghe County, Dongping Prefecture, called Ximen.
Qing, this person has a lot of connections. If it is inconvenient for me to go down the mountain, my disciple, you can go on my behalf and teach him the correct method of Tiangang Five Thunders."
"What!" Gongsun Sheng was so shocked that even the fly whisk in his hand fell to the dust unknowingly: "How could the teacher say such a thing? Qiao Lie is used to using illusions. He heard the teacher's name and came all the way to visit him. The teacher disliked Qiao Lie.
He is from an improper background, has contributed to heretics, and is unwilling to teach Taoism."
"This disciple has never heard of Ximen Qing's name. He is not a member of my Taoist family, so why is there any mention of Taoism?"
"The fate of Taoism is destined by heaven, how can we speculate at will!" Luo Zhenren saw Gongsun Sheng's doubts and coughed: "Although you have practiced many kinds of Taoism, you have not yet understood the subtle details. Ximen Qing's Taoism is so profound that it is one of the few in this world.
It can be counted, how can we let it go!"
"Teacher, this Tiangang Five Thunder Dharma is secretly taught by the teacher. Then Ximen Qing has never started, how can he have such a great opportunity?" Gongsun Sheng remembered that in order to learn the Tiangang Five Thunder Dharma, he didn't know that he was influenced by his teacher.
How can you make things difficult for me, why am I being asked to teach it to an outsider today for no reason?
Even if you want to take Ximen Qing in, at least you have to let him carry water and firewood for a few years?
"It's okay if you don't want to go. As a master, I will take back the Gang Five Thunder Zheng* Dharma of that day and destroy your cultivation." Zhenren Luo was talking to each other, but Gongsun Sheng refused to obey. He just came here like a bachelor.
One sentence.
When Gongsun Sheng heard this, he sweated out from behind. Then he thought about it, Zhenren Luo didn't give a time limit anyway, Gongsun Sheng thought it would be good to take this opportunity to go sightseeing and visit friends. As for
When Ximen Qing, who had never heard of it, taught Taoism, whether he could learn it or not, Gongsun Sheng had nothing to do with it.