Chapter 153 One paper, one post, two thunders after the cloud
Chapter 153: One piece of paper, one post, two thunders from the Queen of Clouds
Thousands of years ago, the Tang Dynasty was founded. Under the silent attention of Haotian Dao, the seventeen countries in the world failed miserably in conquering the Tang Dynasty. After this battle, the Tang Empire established its status as a heroic ruler in the world.
He covered his eyes with a dirty cloth and reluctantly admitted the fact.
To this day, Haotian Dao is still widely spread within the Tang Empire, but this does not mean that the Xiling Temple can have the same sacred and supreme status as in other countries. In the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty, the religious institution that is qualified to convey the will of God is called Hao Tiandao
The South Gate is also the deformed product that was finally born out of the war countless years ago.
Nominally, the South Gate of Haotian Dao with its main altar in Chang'an City is a subordinate sect of Haotian Dao, and is directly managed by the Xiling Temple. From the priests in charge of the south gate to high-level Taoists, all practice Haotian Dao, and the inheritance also continues in the southwest.
pulse.
However, in fact, the South Gate of Haotian Dao should be regarded as a part of the Tang Empire. Countless years of practice have proved that whether it is emotional inclination or position selection, whenever there is a dispute between the empire and the temple, the stance of all Taoists in the South Gate is very different.
Firm - they will always stand firmly on the side of the Empire.
It is for this reason that many conservative old Taoists in the Xiling Temple always insist that the people of the South Gate are more hateful rebels than the Demon Sect. For the same reason, the Tang Empire has always placed great trust in the South Gate of Haotian Dao.
Today's Nanmen Priest Li Qingshan was officially canonized as the Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty by His Majesty the Emperor, and was also appointed to the Tianshu Office. You must know that the Tianshu Office is the imperial court's jurisdiction over all practitioners in the Tang Dynasty. From this, you can imagine the relationship between the empire and Nanmen.
The real relationship between doors.
The Taoist temple that is the headquarters of the South Gate of Haotian Dao is at the south gate. It is not the Suzaku South Gate of Chang'an City, but outside the south gate of the Daming Palace in the north of the city. The black and white Taoist temple is shaded by countless green trees, facing the imperial city in the distance.
, has a unique beauty, looks calm, gentle and relatively short, without much sense of sacredness and solemnity.
In a side hall deep inside the Taoist temple, two Taoists are sitting at the end of the matte dark wooden floor. One of them is wearing a dark Taoist robe with a bright yellow tie given by the emperor around his waist. He looks like a Taoist master.
It was Li Qingshan, the Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty.
Sitting across from him was a tall and thin old man. The old man was wearing a dirty Taoist robe. The Taoist robe stained with countless grease stains was incompatible with the triangle that flashed obscene eyes. Facing the lofty Tang Dynasty Imperial Master, the Taoist eyes were still staring at others.
In this place, Lao Gao stood on stilts, showing no sense of respect or awe at all.
Li Qingshan looked at the tea cup on the table and said thoughtfully: "Today the academy will open the second floor."
"Yeah." The old Taoist priest responded casually.
Hearing that something was wrong, Li Qingshan raised his head and happened to see the old Taoist priest staring at a beautiful middle-aged female Taoist official passing by outside the corridor, but the female Taoist official smiled shyly and was very timid.
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Looking at this scene, Li Qingshan smiled bitterly, looked at the old Taoist and said: "Senior brother, when you entered the talisman, you swore to be a pure yang and never get close to women in your life. In this case, why bother to hang around in the brothel every night and always have to show off?
Do you look like a ghost to others?"
The wretched old Taoist was Yan Se, the only remaining Talisman Master at the South Gate of Haotian Dao. Listening to Li Qingshan's words, he shook his head with great disapproval, stroking the three or two beards under his chin and retorted seriously: "Junior brother, what you said was wrong. Back then,
I made that poisonous oath in a hurry to enter the magic talisman, and I have regretted it for half my life. Now I don't dare to break the oath, and of course I don't dare to get close to women. Why don't I try to be as wild as possible with my eyes, so that I can have a clear conscience?
"
Li Qingshan smiled helplessly. There really was nothing he could do to deal with this senior brother who was adept at Taoism but preferred to wallow in the world of mortals. Instead, he said with a solemn expression: "After Prince Longqing entered the second floor, there was a mountain in the back of the academy to watch him. You and I
The responsibility will be reduced.”
Hearing this, Talisman Master Yan Se rarely became serious. After pondering for a moment, he said: "That guy is already the number two figure in the Judgment Department at a young age. He must have a big backer in the temple. How can we not get involved?"
It’s just excellent.”
The status of the South Gate of Haotian Dao has always been a bit awkward. They have to consider the interests of the Tang Empire first, but the sect's lineage is always in Xiling. In the middle of such a crack, and with those historical hatreds and grievances, facing Long Qing
The prince, the Son of God whom Xiling Temple focuses on cultivating, is Li Qingshan himself. Without the sacred cloak of Tang Dynasty Imperial Master, he would have found it particularly difficult.
As the leaders and worshipers of the South Gate of Haotian Dao, they were well aware of the unfathomable strength of the Taoist Gate of Xiling Temple, so they never thought that Prince Longqing could not enter the second floor.
"Compared with the Xiling Dao Sect, which has accumulated countless years of accumulation, my South Sect is still too weak and weak. The strength of the temple is too unfathomable. If a junior comes randomly, it will cause trouble for you and me..."
Li Qingshan looked at Yan Se solemnly and said: "Junior Brother Gongsun has worked hard to study the method of unifying the talisman array. His hard work and energy have been exhausted. Now he must stay in the mountains to cultivate. I don't know when it will be possible to regain his supernatural powers. Now I am at the south gate.
Senior brother, you are the only Talisman master left, and you have no successors. I really don’t know how to deal with the situation in the future."
A strong practitioner who can enter the realm of knowing fate is often called a great practitioner. Once a Talisman Master can enter the realm of knowing fate, he will be called a Talisman Master, which is used to describe the Talisman Master who can possess some kind of near power.
The power of God.
In ordinary battles, Talisman Masters do not necessarily have more powerful magical methods than other great practitioners. However, Talisman Techniques can assist cultivation, strengthen soldiers and armor, form formations, benefit the military, and even move clouds.
Spread rain.
However, the Tao of Talisman is the most difficult knowledge among all the cultivation methods. It pays great attention to the practitioner's understanding and qualifications. This kind of understanding and qualification is extremely difficult to explain in words. It can only be classified as some kind of natural sensitivity to runes. It is purely
An innate ability that cannot be developed through acquired perception.
It is said that Liu Bai, the swordsman of the Southern Jin Dynasty, once tried to understand the Tao of Talisman. However, even such a person who was recognized as having unparalleled talent was never able to take a step forward in the Tao of Talisman.
Therefore, for sects and countries, the existence of Talisman Masters is undoubtedly the most precious but also the rarest key figure. Therefore, there is a saying that countries without Talisman Masters are small countries, and there is no sect of Talisman Masters.
Not qualified to join the stream at all.
The Tang Empire dominated the world, but there were no more than ten Talisman Masters. Most of them were obsessed with the world of paper and ink runes, and lived in seclusion in the mountains without caring about the world. Only Liao Liao Sanshu was the only one who really walked in the world.
Human. Xiling Temple claims to have the most powerful practitioners in the world, but it is believed that the number of Talisman Masters born is also very small.
The south gate of Haotian Dao enshrines Yan Se, who is such a talisman master. He thought quietly that after his death, there would be no more talisman masters at the south gate. He couldn't help but feel sad. He picked up the tea cup on the table and drank it with strong wine.
All.
Putting down his wine glass, he looked at the sky to the south of the Taoist temple and said with emotion: "The academy does not care about world affairs, but it secretly checks and balances everything in the world. I have to admit that it has its own confidence. Only I, an experienced Taoist, know that there are three old guys hiding in the academy.
inside."
The old man in this sentence naturally refers to the revered Talisman Master.
Li Qingshan frowned and said: "I heard that the person responsible for presiding over the opening of the second floor of the academy today...is a Talisman Master, but I haven't found out who it is."
"It should be Huang He." Yan Se said expressionlessly: "Those old guys have been hiding in the academy for so many years, probably because he has not been able to let go of his worldly mind."
"I heard that Long Qing suffered some losses in Desheng Juli a few days ago."
Li Qingshan suddenly changed the topic and said calmly: "Although we belong to the same lineage, and that young man is the key training target of the Taoist sect, as a priest of the South Gate, I really shouldn't rejoice in others' misfortune, but I don't know why, when I heard this news, I always
There is no way to suppress my joy, so I have to deliberately not laugh every time I talk about this."
"The temple intends that Long Qing will take over the throne of Yan Kingdom. On that day, the princess will send Prince Yan back to the country. Neither Mo Li nor Prince Long Qing will miss this opportunity."
"We were also accompanied by Zeng Jing." He said to Yan Se: "It's a pity that he didn't expect that he would be tricked in his best verbal skills."
Yan Se paid more attention to the name Zeng Jing and sighed: "The Queen and Her Royal Highness are really at loggerheads now? Your Majesty is in the prime of life. Isn't it too early to start fighting for that chair?"
"It's not that the situation has become a fire and water. Since the incident in the Qintian Prison, it seems to me that the Queen has been silent and self-possessed. After all, Her Royal Highness is young, but she has some insecurities." Li Qingshan shook his head and said: "But this is not the same as our Taoist sect.
Irrelevant."
"They are all favored by the emperor, but behind the empress there are princes and Xiahou. As you said, Li Yu is young after all. Even though she is good at dancing and has great weight in the hearts of the younger generation, the people around her are also young and lack some strength.
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Li Qingshan nodded slightly and said: "That's right. It is said that the academy student who dominated Prince Longqing in Victory Palace that day is also very close to the princess, but I heard that this little guy named Ning Que cannot practice."
Hearing the name Ning Que, Yan Se raised his eyebrows slightly, held an empty wine glass and was silent for a long time before softly saying: "I have heard of this person, I even checked him, he does not have the potential to practice, otherwise I would choose
He will be my successor."
Li Qingshan's expression suddenly became solemn. As the leader of the South Gate of Haotian Dao, he knew how difficult it was for a Talisman master to find a successor, and how picky his senior brother was.
Facing the other party's cautious gaze, Yan Se knew what the junior brother was thinking. He sighed softly and took out a ball of rolled paper from his sleeve and spread it out on the table. The thin account paper from the brothel's red sleeve had already been
It is full of wrinkles, but after several months, it is still not damaged. You can imagine how important it is to the veteran.
"This is a note he wrote while drunk. There are no strict writing rules. The branches are falling down and the mop is sweeping randomly. The writing is full of meaning. It seems scattered but it can condense the meaning and even spread the breath. The words have their own shape but not their meaning.
, I have never seen it written like this.”
After a moment of silence, the Talisman Master Yan Se said: "It's a pity that there is not a trace of vitality fluctuation."
"Being in the middle requires more and more strength, and now the only people from the South Gate who can have a place in the temple are me and you, senior brother. If what you said, senior brother, is true, if this academy student named Ning Que
If you are truly qualified to be your successor, you should know very well how important this is to our Nanmen."
National Master Li Qingshan looked at Yan Se solemnly and said in a deep voice: "We must confirm again whether the academy student named Ning Que can practice."
Yan Se looked at the flowing clouds in the blue sky outside the palace, slowly shook his head and said, "No need to look any further. Although that little guy has the ability to understand the meaning of talismans, he is indeed unable to practice. It's a pity."
Li Qingshan frowned and said: "This matter is very important, let's check again."
"The military department has checked, Xiao Lu inside the door has checked, the teachers at the academy have also checked, your disciple has also checked, and they all confirmed that he is not good."
Yan Se looked at him indifferently, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Actually, I'm not willing to go and see it secretly afterward, but the result is still the same."
This simple sentence contains the regret of the old Taoist who has no heirs behind him.
Li Qingshan was silent for a long time, flicked his sleeves and said: "Check again for the last time."
A young Taoist priest with a yellow paper umbrella under his arm walked up to the two of them, knelt down respectfully, put the yellow paper umbrella beside him, took out a stack of scrolls from Tianshu, then lowered his head and spoke softly.
Zhan said: "There was a report last summer that a practitioner appeared in a gambling house in Nancheng. After investigation, that person should be Ning Que."
There was a deathly silence in the room. Yan Se's chin was thin and there was no storm. He slammed the table like an old and crazy tiger and cursed angrily: "I asked you to check that night! How did you tell me?
of!"
"Uncle..." the young Taoist replied incomprehensibly: "The results of the investigation that night showed that Ning Que and his disciples are completely incomprehensible and are indeed unable to practice."
"Since your senior uncle asked you about this matter, why didn't you inform your senior uncle when the Tianshu Office reported it later?" Li Qingshan looked at his apprentice coldly.
The young Taoist explained in a low voice: "That young man's identity is a bit special, so... even after the Tianshu Office found out, they didn't tell me."
"What's so special about it?"
"The man named Ning Que seems to know Fourth Master Qi."
"Then?"
"Qi Si is from Chao Xiaoshu."
"Then?"
"Chao Xiaoshu...is your Majesty's man."
The young Taoist raised his head, looked at his master and uncle, and whispered: "If Ning Que is His Majesty's secret work, Tianshu must remain silent."
However, Yan Se didn't seem to hear what he said at all. He just stared blankly at the files on the case, his old lips moved slightly, and murmured: "That kid can really practice? How is this possible? He clearly knows
I don’t understand…”
From the corner of his eye, Li Qingshan noticed that his senior brother's right hand, which was pressed on the wooden floor, was showing veins and trembling slightly. He knew that his heart must be filled with emotions at this time and it was difficult to control himself.
"Senior brother."
"Um."
The two top figures at the South Gate of Haotian Dao looked at each other, noticed the perseverance and determination in each other's eyes, and nodded slightly.
Li Qingshan said in a deep voice: "As long as it is confirmed that Ning Que is truly qualified to be your successor, then whether he is His Majesty's secret chess or the princess's secret, I, the South Gate of Haotian Dao, will definitely grab him and give him to you as your successor!"
The door of the Old Brush Shop on Alley 47 was violently smashed open. Those neighbors who wanted to fight against the injustice looked at the government officials surrounding the door of the Old Brush Shop and those official officials who smelled of danger, and subconsciously kept silent.
fell silent.
National Master Li Qingshan and Yan Se broke into the old pen studio. They did not see Ning Que, but they saw two characters hanging on the wall, which were signed by Ning Que.
"Good words."
Yan Se expressed his views concisely and clearly, then looked at Li Qingshan and said: "If I was six points sure before, now I am eight points sure. If you can see his greed and thirst for pen and ink, then
I’m just 10% sure!”
Li Qingshan frowned and asked: "What kind of certainty?"
"If only I could feel the hunger in his writing again."
Yan Se stared into his eyes and said solemnly: "You must give him to me. I am sure that in ten years, there will be another Talisman Master at the south gate of Haotian Dao."
Before going out, the revered Talisman master looked at the unsightly licensed goods in Xiangfang and said with emotion: "Who would have thought that in such a small bookstore in a back street, there would be a genius calligrapher hiding in the Talisman Dao?
Hearing these words, Li Qingshan vaguely remembered something. He suddenly turned around and looked at the two authentic paintings of Ning Que hanging on the wall of Laobi Studio, and raised his brows sharply.
Outside the royal study room of the palace, the young eunuch Lu Ji respectfully saluted and said: "Reporting to the Imperial Preceptor, Your Majesty is discussing the Yan Kingdom's campaign and major events with the ministers at the court meeting. Your Majesty said before the tea and porridge that since the Imperial Preceptor rarely wants to appreciate calligraphy, please invite me.
Come in, just don’t clutter the bookshelves.”
After hearing this, Li Qingshan opened the door of the imperial study without hesitation.
Yan Se stared at the rolled paper, looking at the vivid words "Flowers bloom on the other side of the sky" on it, and a look of endless joy and admiration gradually appeared on his old face.
Li Qingshan looked at him with a solemn expression and asked: "Senior brother, can you see hunger and thirst?"
"Although the writing style is completely different from that of the chicken soup post, I can confirm that it was written by the same person." Yan Se said with a slightly trembling voice: "As for hunger and thirst... I can see that boy wrote this calligraphy as if he was eight hundred
A fox who has not eaten chicken for years is as greedy as a fox."
The young Taoist glanced from the side and asked in confusion: "I saw the double-hook copy of this calligraphy in the house of Master Jiujiu. Master Jiujiu commented that these five characters are full of energy, without any trace of weakness or emptiness. It is rare in the world.
Mi, if that’s the case, why do you say you’re hungry and thirsty?”
"You know nothing!" Yan Se scolded with his head covered and his face covered: "Only when you are extremely hungry and thirsty can you write with a pen and ink to your heart's content. How can you write with such energy and energy?"
The young Taoist stepped back slowly.
Li Qingshan stared into Yan Se's eyes and suddenly asked: "Ten percent?"
Yan Se looked back into his eyes and said forcefully: "Ten percent!"
Li Qingshan waved his sleeves and laughed loudly, causing green leaves to fly in the imperial garden.
Yan Se stroked his beard lightly, smiled intoxicatedly, and the paper and pen in the imperial study room swayed slightly.
"Find him."
"He's not at home."
"He is an academy student. The second floor is open today, so of course he is in the academy."
"He doesn't know how to practice cultivation. What does opening the second floor have to do with him?"
"The problem is that he can practice cultivation now, so we are eager to find him."
"That makes sense."
"You go and I go?"
"My going will make too much noise. It would be unsightly if the academy discovers Ning Que's abilities."
"Then I'll go."
The Imperial Master and the worshiper talked more and more happily. The young Taoist looked at the excitement of the two elders and hesitated to speak. Whether in the Nanmen Temple or at the Tianshu Office, his duty was to fill in the gaps for the Masters.
, so even though I was scolded repeatedly today, I knew that these words would greatly affect the mood of the two elders, but I still had to say it.
"Master, Master, since Ning Que can practice, he will definitely try to enter the second floor... What will we do if he enters the second floor?"
Li Qingshan and Yan Se's bodies stiffened suddenly. After a moment, they thought of something and let out a sigh of relief. Li Qingshan glared at the young Taoist and cursed: "You are a fool. Even if he can practice, how can he be better than Prince Longqing? Second floor
Of course he can’t get in!”
Yan Se shook his head and said with emotion: "The Xiling God Son who was still having a headache before, now that I think about it, I have to thank him for directly cutting off that boy Ning Que's hope of entering the second floor."
Li Qingshan took out a token from his yellow belt and handed it to Yan Se, and said solemnly: "Don't let those old guys from the academy find out that if anyone but the academy dares to stop my senior brother, you will directly punish me, even using my name as the south gate!"
Yan Se took the token, looked at him with an interesting expression and asked, "How to fix it?"
"Just fix it as you like."
"Including Mo Li and Long Qing?"
"certainly."
The young Taoist smiled bitterly and interrupted again at an inappropriate time: "Master and uncle, those two are people sent to Chang'an from the Xiling Temple. It's fine if our South Gate doesn't take the initiative to cooperate. If we want to be hostile to them, I'm afraid it will be unjustifiable."
"What can't be justified?"
Yan Se glared at him fiercely, waved his old and smelly Taoist robe and shouted sternly: "I have lived for eighty years to find such a successor! Who dares to stop me!"
Li Qingshan said with a slightly cold voice: "Senior Brother, we must bring him back when we go. This is our hope for the follow-up of the South Gate of Haotian Dao. If anyone dares to stop us, we will kill them all!"
Outside the Imperial Study Room, the young eunuch Lu Ji has been eavesdropping on the impassioned conversations of the Taoist priests inside. It is not accurate to say that eavesdropping is true. For those Taoists who possess magical skills, none of his actions can be hidden from them.
, but the other party doesn’t care.
Lu Ji glanced at the closed door of the imperial study room, and then glanced in the direction of the political hall, thinking silently in his heart, that guy's identity was finally exposed, both for Commander Xu and himself.
Last chance.
The decision was made, and he no longer cared about so many things. He ran quickly towards the government hall on his thin legs, thinking that he must tell His Majesty before the Imperial Advisor. He just saw His Majesty in front of him, what should he say to get rid of himself?
sin...
"Your Majesty is overjoyed!"
“We have finally found the person who wrote about flowers blooming on the other side of the world!”
"His...name is Ning Que."
Ning Que didn't know that the Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty and a Talisman Master regarded him as the only hope to change the embarrassing and fatal situation of having no successors at the South Gate of Haotian Dao. They wanted to sweep away all the demons and monsters to snatch talents, and they cried and shouted to accept him as their apprentice.
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He also didn’t know that the calligraphy he wrote in the imperial study last year, that calligraphy that had been displayed in the ministers’ homes for several months in various copies, was about to leap out of the sea. Later, the aloof Emperor of the Tang Dynasty might
With tears in her eyes, she held his hands and cried, "My love, I have been searching for you so hard, and then I rewarded him with thousands of acres of fertile land and countless beautiful maids."
He didn't know these things. He was still walking hard on the mountain path behind the academy. He only knew that this damn mountain path was getting harder and harder to walk. He only knew that there was a wooden bridge in front of the mountain path, and there were several mountain climbers standing on the other end of the bridge.
who.
The climbers were either supporting trees or leaning on the bridge, looking tired and gloomy. One of them looked at the seemingly endless mountain road, slumped and slowly sat on the ground, his face was pale and desperate.