Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 538 537. The First Lesson

Jokes aside, the joy of reuniting friends should have been a drink, but Li Zhen could also see Du Ruhui's tired look.

It's not time yet, so it's better to rest earlier.

Sitting in front of the stone table, Li Zhen put his hand on the few pages of rice paper and groped unconsciously.

Du Ruhui knew at a glance that the Taoist priest must have something to tell him, so he sat on the side obediently, holding tea in his hand and waiting for the other party to speak.

But Sun Simiao didn't seem to be interested in these things, he just sat by the well with a small horse, dealing with some unnamed medicinal materials.

In the end, Cheng Xuanying thoughtfully waited beside Li Zhen.

The courtyard became quiet.

But it didn't last long. When Du Ruhui finished his cup of tea, Li Zhen asked:

"How many places have you been to in the past few days?"

"I ran around Sanliang Mountain..."

When Cui Wanrong came just now, she had already brought Du Ruhui's horse and luggage.As Du Ruhui said, he took out a blueprint folded into four squares from the tattered package and handed it to Li Zhen:
"Look first, this is the map of Hedong."

"it is good."

While Li Zhen was checking the map, Du Ruhui took out the box with a big hole in it from the bag.

He was taken aback when he saw that the box had turned into an empty talisman with no words to be seen.

Then he took the initiative to walk to the old grandson's side:
"Daozhang Sun, this is the box that was used to carry the fragments of the golden man. This piece of paper was originally a talisman, and it looks radiant. It's just that it's blank now..."

Hearing this, Sun Simiao narrowed his eyes again.

"There are still words before you are sure?"

"Well, I can still copy the approximate strokes."

As he spoke, he dipped some water in the wooden basin containing various herbs next to him, and with his fingers on the road, roughly outlined a contour that looked similar, but in the eyes of those who knew talismans, it was a ghostly talisman.

But Sun Simiao frowned even tighter.

After thinking about it, he said:
"You two talk first, and Rong Pindao thinks about it."

"it is good."

Only then did Lao Du sit back at the stone table, and after he had seen clearly the topography of Hedong County, Li Zhen pointed to the outline of the mountain bag with "Sanliang Mountain" written on it in the north-central part:

"It's big here?"

"It's very big. It's the remnants of the Taihang. Although it's not high mountains and dense forests, it's mostly steep cliffs and difficult to pass through. Many people who haven't been pardoned by His Majesty hide in it. It's said to be bandits... Actually, I want to see , These people are just some scared people who report to the group to keep warm. There are not many people who are really ambitious. So, when I left, I have already told them my attitude. The opinions of my brother and I are mainly gentle, His Majesty's mood changes as he says, and he may forget them after a while. Please calm them down first and let them know that they will return when they are lost."

"Ah."

Li Zhen first agreed with his approach, but he didn't say anything about Cui's family, but continued to point to the mountains in the north and asked:
"Have you been here yet?"

"No. Not yet."

"Well... Then I think the next plan, we have to go here."

After knocking on the northeastern part of the river headed by "Wanhui Mountain", Li Zhen said:
"Our current plan has to be changed. We no longer need to rely on the self-reliance of refugees, but gather them all in Yujiao. Within three months, use three months to call these people who are in constant fear Come from Qun. As long as you want to survive, as long as you want to live a down-to-earth life, and not those who see the troubled times coming, call them over."

"...Is it because of this pool of dragon fire?"

Du Ruhui asked with a frown.

"Ah."

Li Zhen nodded and began to recount the plans of the Cui brothers and sisters.

From what he saw and heard in Xiang County, to what he saw and heard when he came to Yuqiang, and then to the plan he heard from Cui Wanrong.

After repeating everything, Du Ruhui's eyes lit up instantly.

"So, now we only need to build the Dragon Fire Pond to support these tens of thousands of people?"

"good."

Li Zhen nodded:
"This is why I said that the plan has changed. The Cui family can get these tens of thousands of infantry who have been on the battlefield... No matter how powerful the battle is, at least they have confidence in their hearts, and others have more fear. And in this world ...Only aristocratic families can support so many people. Besides, there is Laojun Temple. This pool of dragon fire is a must for Laojun Temple, and the Bodhi Temple also needs it. I..."

Point to yourself:
"Xuanjun Guan also needs them to start building. Therefore, the barabala formation near the dragon fire must be completed..."

The corner of Sun Simiao's mouth twitched.

……Fine.

Just blah blah blah.

Staying with this little bull-nosed man like you, it's easy to get heart disease if you are too serious.

"As far as we are concerned, as long as the construction starts, it means that everyone will have a bite to eat. It is basically confirmed that there will be no harvest in Hedong this year. A good solution. Yujiao is next to the Yellow River and has a waterway. The Cui family is here, and Laojunguan, even if the Majesty is here, you have to be more cautious. This is the best solution, understand?"

"clear."

Du Ruhui nodded without any hesitation.

Of course he understands.

only……

"If anyone refuses to come..."

Li Zhen asked back:
"Let's just talk about it first. After finishing talking... people who refuse to come, do you think they are still good people for Hedong?"

"..."

"I know what you're thinking, you want to say that some people can't help themselves... But, Lao Du, you have to understand one thing. People are different, not all people who follow Wu Duan'er are the same Forced, he can accomplish things and harm a county. He can't do it on his own. Therefore, he has an accomplice. To treat this kind of person... when he loses compassion for others , others will no longer sympathize with him. That's it, we can't save everyone."

"……Ugh."

With a long sigh, Du Ruhui nodded:

"I understand. Then... what shall we do now? Leave after Master Xuanzang recovers from his injuries?"

He felt that Li Zhen must be with him.

However, the Daoist suddenly hesitated...

He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just nodded:

"When the time comes, discuss it with Xuanzang."

"Alright. Then..."

Looking up at the sun, the sky is already a bit hot at the moment.

Du Ruhui didn't get much rest these days and got up directly:
"I'm going to the break meeting, call me at dinner."

"Hey, you really don't treat yourself as an outsider."

"Ha~"

The scholar, who felt that his shoulders were much lighter, stretched a lot, smashed his mouth, and said:

"Using the words of the Taoist priest, we brothers and sisters, regardless of you and me... go to sleep."

"Ah."

Li Zhen nodded and watched him enter the wing. He didn't mind at all that his east wing had become a Datong shop. Anyone who caught him could sleep well. He dripped the remaining tea in the cup into the inkstone.

While grinding the ink, he looked at his disciple and said:
"How much did you understand what you talked about with Uncle Du just now?"

He wanted to take the school exam, Cheng Xuanying thought about it after hearing it, and said:
"The Taoist ancestor once said: Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty, and evil is already. Everyone knows good, but this is not good. Disciple... I have never seen a person who is very evil, so I don't know how evil people can be. But I agree. From the teacher's point of view, my uncle also said to his disciples before that in physiognomy, those who are unlucky are not counted, and they are afraid of hurting people's hearts. fall.

And what the teacher and Uncle Du said is the words that the violent are not counted.For them, survival is not the first priority, but the desire in the heart is the first. People who are fascinated by desires focus on appearance.The person who is obsessed with obsession is obsessed with obsession, and he will help the tyrant to help the abuser. If he is not rescued, he will complain, so it is best to keep silent and let him go. No matter what happens at that time, it is fate, and he cannot blame others. "

"..."

"..."

Let alone Li Zhen now, even Sun Simiao, who was fiddling with the box over there, couldn't help but look over.

Looking at the child with red lips and white teeth, his eyes were full of surprise.

"……Ha ha."

Li Zhen couldn't help laughing, and pinched his little face unconsciously:

"Okay... okay."

He was really impressed by the cleverness of his apprentice.

only……

"Young master... What you said can be right or wrong. Let me ask you, are you talking to yourself? Or are you talking to the group of violent people in your mouth?"

After being praised by the teacher, Daotong, who was a little happy on his face, was taken aback for a moment...

I fell into thinking under the teacher's clear eyes.

Then... he frowned.

"The teacher thinks the disciple is wrong?"

"It's right to say it, and it's wrong to say it wrong."

Li Zhen shook his head:

"That's right, it's not right. That's right, your idea is actually correct. You know that this person may be helping the evil, so why do you want to tell him fortune? But you also said before that the "Tao Te Ching" says: The world Everyone knows that beauty is beauty, and evil is already there. Why do people in the world know beauty? It is because of the existence of evil.

Because of the existence of evil, beauty is born.Where there is yin, there is yang.But you make the distinction too clearly, forgetting that although this world is divided into yin and yang, there is also yang within yin, and yin within yang.Whether we practice Taoism or study, in the final analysis, it is for the betterment of this world.It is not to blindly persuade people to be good, nor to blindly help evildoers.

Persuading people to be kind may cause people to use hypocrisy to pursue selfish desires.It is also possible that we are superficial and do not understand the real purpose of the other party.Therefore, when we cultivate the Tao, we are in the world of mortals, but our hearts have to be outside the world of mortals.You clearly know that it is evil, but just like the sea elf (the sea urchin was called in ancient times), the outside is full of venomous thorns, but its core is soft.

What we need to do in cultivating the Tao is not to distinguish between good and evil, beauty and ugliness so cleanly, but to know that the great good people also have animal desires in their hearts, and the great evil people have good things in their hearts.It is necessary to treat everyone equally, to do it first, and it is useless to do it later, which is not to do it.This is the mutual aid of yin and yang.This is true for Taoism, fortune-telling, good and evil, and life, do you understand? "

The gentleman sitting on the stone bench told Daotong the truth in his own mind with the most simple principles.

The medicine king who listened smiled.

The scholar who listened yawned.

When he arrived at Daotong, he looked up at the teacher in front of him who had just worshiped for less than a day, saw the clarity of his eyes, and saw the kindness in his eyes.

"..."

Executing the ceremony, bowing:
"Disciple obeys, teacher teaches."

(End of this chapter)