Volume Four, The Year of the Curtain, Chapter 71: The Master's Story (1)
The big ship landed on a harbor in the south of the Great River Kingdom, and the black carriage drove onto the land and left silently. At this time, it had been more than 70 days since they left the wasteland. The big river kingdom in the south had also known about the war in the wasteland.
The final news.
After the black carriage left the wasteland, the Xiling Temple coalition forces suddenly launched an attack on the Tang army. However, the Tang army seemed to be prepared. The Iron Cavalry of Beidaying went out of Helan City in the east and caught the Temple coalition forces off guard.
The war burned on the wasteland again, but this war had nothing to do with the wasteland. The war lasted for dozens of days. The Tang army, who was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of the number of soldiers, was finally under the personal command of the Emperor Li Zhongyi.
Victory with difficulty.
Because the logistics supply line was too long, and there were many powerful cultivators in the Xiling Temple, the Tang army calmly did not continue to advance after confirming the victory. They retreated to Helan City and Tuyang City in two directions, including the Northeast.
The iron cavalry of the border army should be about to reach the edge of the wasteland at this time.
What is somewhat puzzled is that after the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhongyi, led the Iron Cavalry of Beidaying to withdraw back to Helan City, he did not immediately return to Chang'an, and the imperial guard stayed in Helan City.
Some people speculate that there is something happening in the Golden Tent Royal Court, which has been silent for too many years, while more people think that Emperor Tang just wanted to take the Empress to enjoy more wonderful time away from Chang'an City.
Although this war on the wasteland ended with the victory of the Tang army, it was a great price to fight against the world with a country. As for the coalition forces of the Xiling Temple, there were even heavy casualties.
It seems that at least for a short period of time, the war will no longer be launched.
The Master, who should have shocked the whole world, fought a battle of breaking the sky because of the most severe blockade of the Xiling Temple, and everyone in the world knelt on the ground that day, dared not look directly at the bright and prosperous sky, and did not see the real picture, so
It has not been circulated too widely, at least outside the Tang Dynasty. During the journey through the Dahe Kingdom by black carriage, the Master once asked Ning Que whether to go to Mogan Mountain to see it. Now Wang Shusheng takes Mochiyuan disciples to the wasteland to fight
Before he came back, then at this time, Moshan Mountain was the only one on Mogan Mountain, which was a great opportunity according to the Master's opinion.
Ning Que understood what the opportunity was about the Master, but he didn't understand why Master was becoming more and more disrespectful. Even though Sangsang was in the car, he still had to use these words to tease him, so he firmly expressed his rejection.
The black carriage drove out of the Dahe border, headed northeast, passed through the hilly areas in the southeast of Southern Shanxi, and came to a beautiful country full of greenness and beauty, which was the kingdom of Xiling.
There is a stall selling roasted sweet potatoes opposite the town hall. Weixia has not gone there at this time. Even the weather in Xiling God Kingdom favored by Haotian is very hot. The business of the roasted sweet potatoes stall should be very bad, but I don’t know why.
, but the stall is always open, and someone will come to buy it soon after.
"Eating pork with shabu in the stove in the severe cold and holding ice and eating snow in the hot summer is certainly a perfect timely enjoyment, but sometimes, people should eat hot pot when they can't get through the scorching heat, and sweat is as good as rain.
It’s a pleasure, and chewing sweet ice in the cold winter, and it’s also a pleasure.”
The Master said: "There are many people who want to try this kind of excitement, such as cheerfulness, or self-abuse, so this stall has been open for more than a thousand years. You should try it."
Ning Que bought three roasted sweet potatoes and pinched them with his fingers to tear the skin, saying, "Is there really a roasted sweet potato stall that can be opened for more than a thousand years? Then it will become a business forever? Teacher, don't be lying to us."
The Master said: "More than a thousand years ago, I often came down from the mountain to eat roasted sweet potatoes here."
This town is deep in the Xiling Divine Kingdom, close to Taoshan. From the stone bridge outside the town and looking along the river, you can see the majestic and magnificent Xiling Temple in the green mountains.
Is the mountain mentioned by Master Taoshan in this sentence?
Ning Que was a little surprised and forgot to continue tearing the sweet potato skin.
The Master took the sweet potato from him, peeled it quickly, revealing the yellow, red, soft and steaming potato meat, handed it to Sangsang, and said, "I have never seen Haotian before, nor have I ever had it with him."
I have had a direct deal, so I can only guess, but now it seems that guessing is getting closer and closer to the facts. So I feel that I am qualified to tell you the story of Haotian. Now that its story has been told, I will next
If you want to tell some stories about me, I don’t know if you two are interested in listening.”
Of course Ning Que and Sangsang were interested. In the world, they only knew that there were academies in the Tang Dynasty and academies had a Master. The Master was the highest, but few people knew the Master’s story. Master Qishan guessed that the Master had lived nearly two hundred years old, and Ning Que
Now I know that the Master has lived for more than a thousand years. What a wonderful story that should be in his life for more than a thousand years?
The black carriage drove out of the town, passed the stone bridge, and continued along the direction of the river. Taoshan, where the Xiling Temple was located, appeared and disappeared from sight as the road bent.
After eating the roasted sweet potatoes, the Master took the wet towel handed over by Sangsang, wiped off the crumbs of potato meat on the corners of his lips and beard, and wiped his slightly sticky fingers cleaned, pointing to a place in the east outside the window and saying, "A lot of them."
A few years ago, just east of the Xiling Divine Kingdom, there was a country called Lu."
Ning Que said: "Why haven't I heard of it?"
The Master said, "That was a country more than a thousand years ago, and it has long disappeared now."
Ning Que said: "It seems to be a small country, and it is not very famous."
The Master said unhappily: "That's because you are ignorant and have never read a historical book. If you want to ask the senior brothers and sisters in the back mountain, who doesn't know about the Lu Kingdom back then?"
Ning Que discovered that he, who had always been best at flattering, made two mistakes in a row today.
First, I forgot to wipe the food crumbs on the teacher's beard, and then I didn't understand. Since the teacher mentioned Lu at this time, I guess he had a lot to do with Lu, so I just said casually.
It almost hit the teacher in the face with a slap. So he quickly apologized.
The Master ignored him and looked at his homeland that no longer existed, saying, "I was born in Lu..."
Ning Que thought to himself that the feelings of the homeland cannot be violated.
The Master said again: "I am a very ordinary morning..."
Ning Que thought to himself, your words were equivalent to slapping everyone in the face.
The Master didn't know that the student kept adding lines in his heart and continued to say, "He was an ordinary person, so I was like an ordinary person, and I studied since I was a child, and then took the exam. I worked very hard as an official, but I just tried my best to review it.
After a case, he offended the powerful and was forced to resign."
Ning Que asked curiously: "What kind of case is it?"
The Master said a few simple words, and looked at his expression, and he was obviously still angry at what happened back then.
"Just cut the man's head directly? Do you have any evidence?" Ning Que asked carefully.
The Master said, "There is no evidence, but everyone knows that he is a villain."
Ning Que said sarcastically: "If you don't have evidence, you will be judged. I don't know why Tang Luqiu became the rule of the academy. I said, "Teacher, why did you kill that person? Are you disliked him?"
The Master was furious and said, "I said Haotian has no evidence, so why don't he fight against it?"
Ning Que said nervously: "That's because you don't like Haotian either."
The Master was stunned and after a long silence, he suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe you were wrong. I was still young back then, and I might have had a bit of a temper."
Ning was one inch cheaper, so he naturally couldn't forget to be more obedient, and laughed and said, "Teacher, you live more than a thousand years now, but in fact you don't have much better temper."
The laughter stopped abruptly. Ning Que touched the big bag knocked out by a stick on his head, thinking that he was so idiotic. Even though he knew that the teacher had a bad temper, he still said that what were some of them?
The black carriage drove to the bottom of Taoshan Mountain.
Ning Que became a little nervous, excited and expectant, but what disappointed him was that no one noticed the existence of the black carriage and the Master seemed to have never taken it again.
The idea of killing peach blossoms in Taoshan was to stop the carriage under a big tree to enjoy the cool air.
"I had nothing to do when I was taken away from my post. I always felt something was wrong when I went to manage the affairs of the clan. Moreover, the world was chaotic at that time, so I had to live in seclusion without leaving."
"I remember that year I was in my thirties. For some reason, I suddenly became interested in Taoist scriptures. So I started reading books, started practicing, and learned it smoothly, and then felt it.
"Pang as I said before, I am an ordinary person, both in terms of understanding and qualifications are very ordinary. Like an ordinary practitioner, I step through the stage and move upwards. When I reach the state of inconsistency, I begin to stagnate."
"To ordinary people, even ordinary practitioners are amazing, so I was not dissatisfied with my own speed of practice at that time. Even if I stagnate, I felt it was normal."
"The clan had a great opinion on my being taken away from the official position, but when I was able to practice, their attitude towards me changed a lot and sent me to Taoshan to be a deacon."
The Master pointed to the temple outside the window and said, "After arriving at the temple, a magistrate asked me what I wanted to do. I was thinking that the clan must have spent a lot of money, so it would be better to buy me an official position."
Sangsang nodded repeatedly, feeling worried, thinking that it would be good to buy powder.
Ning Que also felt it made sense, and was more curious about the teacher’s choice back then, and asked, “What did you choose?”
The Master said, "I think since I like reading Taoist classics, I asked for a management department of a library."
Ning Que slapped his thigh hard and said, "Good choice!"
The Master looked at him in confusion.
Ning Que praised: "Anyone who is the most powerful and despicable person must have been a library administrator. Teacher, you don't like Haotian, and I think it will be destined from then on."