Chapter 25: One-hearted pursuit of the Tao

Qingle Mountain is located in the southeast of the Great Sui Dynasty. It crosses the Yangtze River and goes south with 320 miles. It is rolling and undulating. Although it is not majestic and magnificent, it is a first-class scenic place. The eastern border of the Great Sui Dynasty is more than 10,000 miles away from the coast of the Great Sui Dynasty. The only convenient place on the seaside land is the East Chu. However, the East Chu is located in the northeast of the Great Sui Dynasty and is a peninsula extending from the mainland, and its area is not as large as that of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Qingle Mountain is located south of the eastern border of the Great Sui Dynasty, and is a place with beautiful scenery in all seasons.

Although Qingle Mountain is not big, far less than the Langru Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, and Yanshan Mountains, its reputation is not inferior to the previous mountains.

The reason is nothing else, just because there is a Qiguan on Qingle Mountain, and there is Zhenren Xiao in Yiguan.

The Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty was arrogant and all emperors of all dynasties were like this. He could not tolerate any country in the world having a great Sui Dynasty. This greed is precisely because the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty has its vitality. Every emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty has ambitions. The Great Sui Dynasty should have it, and the Great Sui Dynasty should have it, and the Great Sui Dynasty should have it, which is not elsewhere.

The Mongolian Yuan Empire had the Daxue Mountain Dalun Temple, and the Sui Dynasty picked up Qingle Mountain and watched it.

There is the Dalun Mingwang on the Daxue Mountain, and there is Zhenren Xiao in Yiqi Temple.

The Buddha Sect advocates no desires and no desires, but there is no doubt that they look down on the Dao Sect of the Great Sui from the bottom of their hearts. After all, all other places in the world believing in the Buddhist Sect. Even in the Great Sui Dynasty, people from the Buddha Sect can build temples and preach missions as long as they report to the government, but there is no doubt that the people of the Great Sui Dynasty have no respect for Buddha. The reason why the Great Sui court has such magnanimity is because of the emperor's greed.

There are some elsewhere, so will the Sui Dynasty.

Yiqi Temple is built on the hillside. From the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there is only a small stone stairs, a total of 2,999 levels. After one step, you can enter the mountain gate and take the meaning of three thousand great roads. The sides of the stone stairs are full of peach trees from the foot of the mountain to the hillside. The fruits of this tree are sour and not delicious, but they have a unique flavor when you carefully taste them. In recent years, the myth has been legendary about the peach trees that bloom overnight and the peach blossoms bloom overnight and the fairy peach ripens. In fact, there are no fairy peaches, but they are just gimmicks of deception.

The Yiqi Temple is actually not big. From the master Xiao Zhenren down, the last disciples were counted in total. This number also has a meaning. The Yiqi Temple is called the orthodox Taoism of the world, and it is also called the wonderful arts of the world. However, people's hearts are towards the Tao, and the Tao is different. Therefore, the eight hundred disciples are also called the eight hundred disciples, and they are derived from the orthodox and cultivate the Tao of the self, so they are also called the side sect.

Eight hundred sides, three thousand left paths... all came out of one breath.

When the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty came here, he knew these meanings and then laughed loudly, praising Qingle Mountain for his good spirit, and his side and left-wing sects were all orthodox.

Although the spring warmth in Jiangnan is early, the peach blossoms are still far from blooming. There is a sprout of fresh green on the branches. Looking at the tender buds, I even want to go over and pinch a piece and put it in my mouth to chew it.

Following the stone steps, a middle-aged man in brocade clothes walked slowly up. The man couldn't tell how old he was, his temperament was mature, and his face was quite elegant. There was a slightly blue beard on his jaw, but he didn't look sloppy at all. He had a medium figure, neither fat nor thin, and his walking pace was not very good, and he was average.

In the Great Sui Dynasty, anyone wearing brocade clothes must have fame and fortune. Ordinary people cannot wear brocade clothes even if they have a wealth. This is the court's etiquette system, and if they pass it, they will be imprisoned and punished.

The middle-aged man smiled and looked kind. He walked while enjoying the mountain view. However, after seeing a large rock on the side of the road, he immediately stopped and gave a solemn gift.

"That was the treasure left by Your Majesty when he visited Qingle Mountain three years ago. He wanted to move it to the main hall, but Your Majesty said that he saw this stone here and wrote a few words on it as he pleased. Then put it here, why do you need to move it? If it has spirituality, wouldn't it be a serious sin to disturb its practice?"

The person speaking was an old man in a black Taoist robe. He was about fifty years old and had three long beards. He held a whisk in his hand and cloth shoes. He looked quite fairy-like. However, this man's face was not very good, with triangular eyes and broom eyebrows. The more he looked at it carefully, the more he felt a sense of despicability.

But his identity is there, so no one will really judge people by their appearance.

He is the master of the Yiqi Temple in Qingle Mountain, Zhenren Xiao.

"So the real person built a pavilion here to shelter the stone from the wind and rain?"

The man in brocade asked with a smile.

"Sanjin Hou... You donated hundreds of thousands of gold to repair a whole city wall for Chang'an. Your Majesty rewarded him heavily. I built a pavilion for this stone. In fact, it is just a matter of building a city wall. It's just to flatter Your Majesty."

There was only one scattered gold man in the Great Sui Dynasty, which was Wu Yidao, who was known as the richest man in the Great Sui Dynasty. It is said that his wealth could buy a mountain and river in the Great Sui Dynasty. You should know that the country of the Great Sui Dynasty was divided into twenty-four roads, a mountain and river... It is already larger than the territory of the Eastern Chu State.

Wu Yidao laughed: "I am an ordinary person, so I have to do the things that flatter you, but you are a Taoist practitioner..."

"Those who practice Taoism are also humans."

Zhenren Xiao smiled and said, "People who practice Taoism also need to eat and want to live a better life. Your Majesty's calligraphy can stay in the mountains, so how many good guests can attract to the temple to burn incense and gold, the hour of burning incense and gold will naturally understand."

"Civilized!"

Wu Yidao said with a smile.

"I want to be more merciful."

Zhenren Xiao stopped and looked at Wu Yidao and asked seriously: "The richest man in the world is so angry that he won't donate some incense money?"

Wu Yidao waved, and the follower immediately stepped forward and handed a box of red sandalwood in his hand to Zhenren Xiao. The little disciple behind Zhenren quickly took it over, feeling that the box was not heavy, so a little contempt was inevitable between his eyebrows. He thought that the silver donated by ordinary wealthy families went up the mountain was much more valuable than this box. The richest man in the world was so stingy. It turns out that it was better to be famous when they met.

"It's worth ten thousand gold if Zhenren Xiao opens his mouth."

Wu Yidao smiled: "The silver notes in this box can be exchanged in any money house in Dasui, and it will not be a small amount. However, smaller money houses are afraid that they will not be able to repay so much money."

"Converge with the world."

Zhenren Xiao sincerely praised: "This is the real big deal compared to repairing a whole wall in Chang'an City."

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When Xiao Zhenren returned to his room, he seemed to have changed into another person with Xiao Zhenren in front of outsiders. After settled down with Wu Yidao, the richest man in the Sui Dynasty, he took him through half a mountain and threw himself on the bed, rubbing his sore waist, unable to help but sigh.

"If it weren't for that ten thousand taels of gold, why would I have had to be with me for so long? The flesh on my face was a little stiff. I don't know if the old madam in the brothel smiled all day long, but I don't know if there is any unique secret to practicing mouth."

A little Taoist boy took off his shoes, climbed onto the bed quickly and beat Xiao Zhenren on his back: "You are already famous Taoist leader, why do you have to work so hard for a few stinky things? If it is spread, the people at the foot of the mountain, and even the people of the Great Sui Dynasty, will not laugh at you?"

"You know nothing!"

Zhenren Xiao knocked on the forehead of the Taoist boy: "Do you love eating meat?"

"I love to eat!"

"Where does the meat come from?"

"I waited for the butcher to send it to you at the foot of the mountain."

"Is it for free?"

"Of course not, of course I have to give money."

"If I don't go to socialize with the wealthy families of high-ranking officials and noble families, you still want to eat meat with the incense money sent by the people at the foot of the mountain?"

Zhenren Xiao snorted coldly and said, "If you want to eat meat, you must have the ability to make money to buy meat. If you can eat meat every meal, isn't it because I'm smiling and shameless? If you are so ungrateful, I will punish you to go to the back mountain garden to grow vegetables. I will only give you vegetables and tofu every day, but you can't say these sarcastic words."

"But after all, you are also the leader of the Daotong of the Great Sui Dynasty..."

"Bad leader!"

Xiao Zhenren said, "If Your Majesty was not competitive, wouldn't you have to follow me around the streets and tell fortunes? You're a little late to follow me. Go and ask your senior brothers, who hasn't cheated the people's money? Who hasn't told lies against his conscience for dozens of copper coins? Those rich men can give more money as long as they are happy, so they naturally have to choose good-sounding words. This view of qi has only been built for ten years, but isn't it because I lied to Your Majesty that Qing Leshan He should be the place where the Great Sui Sect was prosperous?"

"ah?"

The little Taoist boy was shocked and couldn't help asking, "Why haven't you heard from you about this?"

"It's not a matter of long-faced things. Say what it does. Go and pour a glass of water for the teacher."

Zhenren Xiao sat up, took off his socks and rubbed his sore feet, then inserted his index finger into the gap in his toes and rubbed them back and forth. The expression on his face became extremely exciting. Looking at his appearance, rubbing his toes was the best enjoyment in the world. He looked at this moment, and there was no demeanor of the leader of the world's Taoist throne.

At this moment, someone outside suddenly asked softly: "Can the real person be there?"

Zhenren Xiao was shocked and hurriedly put on all his socks and shoes, tidied up his clothes and said, "I am reading the Tao Te Ching and have some experiences. I want to tell Sanjin Hou that you are here, please come quickly."

Wu Yidao walked in with a smile, then frowned: "The taste of this Tao Te Ching seems to be a bit special."

Zhenren Xiao smiled embarrassedly and asked the little Taoist boy to serve tea.

Wu Yidao stood aside and looked at the landscape paintings on the wall. After the little Taoist boy went out, he suddenly turned around and gave a solemn gift to Zhenren Xiao. Zhenren Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to support him and smiled and said, "The Sanjin Hou donated a lot of incense money. I haven't thanked him yet. Why did Sanjin Hou give a gift first?"

"I'm not hiding the real person. Wu went up the mountain this time and asked for something."

"Sanjinhou, please say, I will definitely not refuse anything I can do."

Wu Yidao stood up, hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I will just say it directly, and I won't go around any tricks... There is a girl in the family... she is already at the age of marriage. A while ago, I heard from the palace that the Majesty remembered my contribution to repairing the city walls of Chang'an City, and planned to summon the little girl into the palace as a concubine. The little girl... The little woman is rude. I am afraid that if she really enters the palace, she will annoy His Majesty and cause trouble, so I want to ask..."

"Take your daughter as a disciple?"

Zhenren Xiao frowned and said, "But the disciples of the Dao Sect can marry..."

"It's okay, I just said that the little girl is dedicated to the Tao and vows not to succeed in her cultivation, but she will not be able to force her down to Qingle Mountain. Besides, although the little girl has mediocre qualifications, I have found someone to test it. She has 128 acupoints in the sea of ​​Qi... but 122."

"Checked!"

Zhenren Xiao nodded almost without hesitation: "If Your Majesty asks, I will naturally think of a remark."

"Thank you!"

Wu Yidaoyi was excited and gave Zhenren Xiao another gift.

"It's just... the days in the mountains are so cold that I'm afraid that I can't adapt to it."

Zhenren Xiao sighed.

"I'll donate another five thousand gold."

Wu Yidao took out a stack of silver notes from his cuffs and placed them on the table: "I'm afraid that this is enough for the little girl's three years of food and drink."

"Since love is so sincere, how can I close the door to the great way?"

"If your Majesty asks..."

Zhenren Xiao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I haven't deceived His Majesty..."

At this moment, a group of six people came down from Qingle Mountain. Four men and two women were in a state of dust.

Among the six people, a strong man over two meters tall seemed to blink. Behind him was a simple knife half the size of a door panel, with a cold light. The one in front was a man in black, with no weapons on his body, and his face was gloomy, looking at the stone steps of the mountain gate was dazed.

There was also an old man with a pair of cymbals hanging by his waist.

A bald and strong man holding an iron stick in his hand.

The two women, one unarmed, and the other held a sword in their arms.

"This is the Yiqi Temple in Qingle Mountain?"

The strong man with a muffled voice couldn't help but ask, "That Zhenren Xiao is famous all over the world and is the leader of the Dasui Dao Sect. I don't know anything else, but in the Dasui he was a person who could be compared with the Dalu Ming King... We just took the liberty to come to the door, will he take us in?"

The cold and beautiful woman holding the sword picked up the corner of her mouth: "If he doesn't take him in, I will kill one of his disciples in one day. I will be angry and I will kill eight hundred disciples for a while."

"don't want."
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