The little monk returns to the vulgar

Chapter 258

Ordinary people don't care about the gods and gods, no matter when the end of the Buddhist era arrives, ordinary people's life is almost the same.Regardless of the incense dispute between gods and Buddhas, everyone is looking at how much food is left in their own bowls.

Those who really have feelings for this cultivation dispute must be at least the dignitaries of the imperial court.

Recently, there have been a lot more monks and Taoists in the capital.In the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, there are always one or two extraterrestrial experts who eat and drink together.

Some may be just charlatans who have learned two tricks of magic, but there are also quite a few real masters.

Grand Master Pang's Mansion has been particularly lively recently, and the number of immortal elders who have come to the door has exceeded double digits.Their goal is very simple, they want to reproduce Qian Suzi's route, and become a national teacher in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Everyone knows that when the previous national teacher was in office, he tried his best to shake the status of this old minister.

In the end, the national teacher disappeared. It is said that the Taoist monk made the move, but the specifics can only be said that the legends are different and inconclusive.But no matter how much that Taoist monk played in bringing down the national teacher, Grand Master Pang was still the pillar of the Great Zhou Dynasty.After the new emperor ascended the throne, he relied more heavily on Taishi Pang, making him truly a powerful minister under one person and above ten thousand people.

At this critical moment, the easiest way to gain the faith of all the people in the world is to become the national teacher of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the most effective way to be a national teacher is to get the approval of Grand Master Pang. With his help, being a national teacher will be sure .

Of course, normal people know that it is difficult to impress Grand Master Pang.He is already an extremely human minister now, how could he agree to multiple national teachers to share power with him.But there is always no harm in giving it a try, maybe some method has been used to impress Grand Master Pang?

The result is that there are a lot of high-level people visiting Pang Taishi's residence recently, and what is surprising is that not only did these practitioners who came to harass the door not be rejected, but all of them were warmly received by Pang Taishi.Grand Master Pang also cheerfully responded to these practitioners' requests to be national teachers, but he didn't reject them outright.

As a result, more and more practitioners followed Pang Taishi's path.

On this day, just after sending away a Taoist priest who claimed to be from Penglai Xiandao, Pang Yuan, the chief manager of the Grand Master's Mansion, sent the life-prolonging elixir he sent to Grand Master Pang.

Grand Master Pang held the elixir in his hand, sniffed it lightly, then threw it aside casually, and said to Pang Yuan: "It's just a tonic for people's spirits, and dare to boast that it is an elixir for prolonging life. People are getting closer and closer to liars."

"Grand Master, then this Taoist priest..." Pang Yuan asked.

"An ignorant person, just dismiss it casually. By the way, bring me the "Five Ghosts Transporting Method" two days ago. In a few days, I might be better than this liar."

Pang Yuan picked up the elixir, not daring to doubt Grand Master Pang's words.

Recently, Taishi Pang has been studying Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures, and seems to be studying the way of practice.A few days ago, he also saw Grand Master Pang studying the "Dan Jing", which seemed to be found in the collection of the former national teacher Qian Suzi.

For Pang Yuan, the grand master is a celestial being, and it is not surprising that he can learn these fairy tricks.Although this elixir does not have the effect of prolonging life, it is considered a good thing for ordinary people. He is going to put the elixir in the warehouse for emergencies.

It's just that these days, there are too many practitioners who give medicines and treasures, and the warehouse of the Grand Master's Mansion can't fit them.This "Five Ghosts Transporting Method" was left by one of the practitioners, as well as magic tools such as mahogany swords and diamond bells to ward off evil spirits and town houses.

It seems that the Grand Master's Mansion has taken advantage of it. After all, the things sent by the practitioners must be much better than ordinary things.But Pang Yuan was not very happy. He felt that Grand Master Pang was playing with fire, because he knew that Grand Master Pang had no intention of establishing a national master at all. A bunch of babies.

This kind of operation seems to make a lot of money, but if it continues like this, it will easily provoke public anger.

A practitioner is nothing, if a group of practitioners have to deal with Grand Master Pang, it may not be easy to deal with.

But Pang Yuan didn't dare to persuade, Grand Master Pang became more moody these days, and some servants were already beaten to death by him.

Pang Yuan also didn't understand, how could a 90 years old man have the strength to beat a man to a bloody mess, tendons broken and bones broken, Pang Yuan didn't dare to look at the miserable state.

Although he was uneasy, Pang Yuan had no choice, he was firmly bound to the Grand Master's Mansion, and he could not leave this place for the rest of his life.

After sending the secret book requested by Grand Master Pang, Pang Yuan hurriedly withdrew.

Looking at the gloomy sky above his head, Pang Yuan thought to himself: "Perhaps, I will also go to the temple to burn incense tomorrow?"

Speaking of incense, recently the Taoist temples in the capital are full of incense.Probably because more practitioners came to Beijing, and the magical spells that could only be passed on by word of mouth in the past have become what they saw with their own eyes.People who didn't pray for gods and worship Buddha very much in the first place have a lot more thoughts about praying for gods' blessings, which naturally makes those Taoist temples make a lot of money.

"Recently, the most famous ones seem to be the newly built Shenxiao Palace, and there is also a Mahabodhi Temple. I heard that it is a temple from Tianzhu. Monk or Taoist, which one is better?"

Pang Yuan fell into deep thought. He had no faith in the first place. Buddhism and Taoism were the same for him, and he believed in whatever was useful.Really unable to make up his mind, Pang Yuan decided to try both. Anyway, it was just a donation of sesame oil money. He was not short of this money, so he could ask for both sides, which was double insurance.

Pang Yuan's mind is similar to that of most ordinary people living in the capital.

Adhering to the mentality that it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, they will choose Taoist temples or temples to worship, and they don't need to read Taoist scriptures or read Buddhist scriptures. They just need to put down a little sesame oil money when they arrive at the place, and then pray to the tall gods and make wishes.

If your wish comes true, come back and fulfill your wish.If you can't ask for it, just curse a few words in your heart, and then try again in another place.

Shenxiao Palace is the most famous and most effective Taoist temple recently.

Speaking of it, the origin of Shenxiao Palace is a bit special. It is a Taoist temple built on the site of Chongyang Temple.The Chongyang Temple was originally the site of Qian Suzi, the former national teacher, but after the battle with Daoran, it was almost half useless.

Master Lingsu from Shenxiao Palace came to the capital and spent a lot of money to buy the ruins of Chongyang Temple. Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he waved his hand and restored the dilapidated Taoist temple, making it even more magnificent than before.

With this miracle, Shenxiao Palace became famous in a short period of time, and quickly became popular.

But this kind of method did not make the people talk about it for long. As more practitioners came to the capital, various magical spells were staged in turn.Some people can turn fire into dragons and reflect half of the sky at night; some people can turn stones into gold and distribute gold and silver on the street;

Shenxiao Palace was almost inferior, but then a strange thing happened in Shenxiao Palace.I don't know what skill the real Lingsu used to attract a group of scholars to come to offer incense and pray for blessings.

There were nearly 30 people who offered incense, and they worshiped for three days and three nights in front of the statue of the Sanqing Patriarch in the Immortal Palace with great fanfare.

These scholars are all well-known for their achievements. Once they take the high school entrance examination in the capital, they will be Jinshi.

It is not unusual for scholars to pray to gods and worship Buddha before the exam, but it is quite rare to pray to gods in such a big way, and even the Imperial Academy of the Imperial College was alarmed.

Kneeling for three days made these weak scholars almost unable to hold on. After the worship, many of them became seriously ill.Originally, the Hanlin Academy wanted to report to the Kaifeng Mansion, so that they could arrest this evil way that harmed scholars.

Who would have thought that those scholars who had paid homage to the Patriarch of the Sanqing said that they were all right, and that their ears and eyes had become sharper, and their memory had greatly increased.Even the teachers of the Guozijian were amazed at the divine help in reading one by one.

What's even more shocking is that not long ago, the Beijing University Examination just released the rankings, and all the thirty scholars were on the rankings, and all of them became second-class Jinshi.

This action alarmed all the dignitaries in the capital.There are only 60 people in the second-class Jinshi, and half of them are offering incense and praying in Shenxiao Palace.

They can treat other methods as tricks, but they can't help being careless about miracles that can affect the imperial examinations.

At the beginning, there were court officials clamoring to check the papers, thinking that these 30 people had used some means to commit fraud collectively, and wanted to let them all be cut down at Caishikou.However, after repeated inspections, and even taking another examination paper, these thirty Jinshi are still impeccable, and they are real pillars.

In this way, Shenxiao Palace became a real Immortal Palace.

Seeking a child for safety is not as attractive as seeking wealth and fame.Shenxiao Palace had these [-] Jinshi advertised, and it immediately became the most famous Taoist temple in the capital, and naturally there was an endless stream of people who came to offer incense every day.

Later, people began to talk about the efficacy of Shenxiao Palace. They came here yesterday to seek wealth, but today they found money when they went out. There were more and more stories like this, which made Shenxiao Palace more and more famous.

At this time, Lingsu Daoist was sitting on the top floor of Shenxiao Palace, quietly meditating and practicing Qi.

Suddenly, a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth appeared on the railing. His lightness skill was so high that he could completely eliminate the sound of footsteps.

If Daoran was here, he would be able to recognize this young hero at a glance as the Chinchilla Bai Yutang whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Master Lingsu didn't even open his eyes, and asked lightly, "How, have you found your junior sister?"

"Returning to Master, I have been to Qiandeng River, but Xiaoqing has been avoiding it." Bai Yutang said.

Master Lingsu listened, opened his eyes slightly, and snorted coldly.

Bai Yutang knew his master very well, this showed that he was really angry, and he was also worried for Xiaoqing.

The meeting between Bai Yutang and Daoran was purely by chance, so it could be considered that they didn't know each other, but he was the one who was beaten.At that time, Xiaoqing had forced him to the point where he was powerless to fight back with one hand, and his mentality almost collapsed.

Later, Bai Yutang felt that Xiaoqing was a prodigy in martial arts, so he offered to accept Xiaoqing as a disciple on behalf of his teacher, and asked Xiaoqing to worship Lingsu as his teacher.

It's just that when he met the old demon Tucheng in Black Mountain, Bai Yutang knew that staying in Suzhou would only hurt Daoran, so he left with his brothers and returned to Xingkong Island.

Bai Yutang mentioned this matter to his master, Master Lingsu, but Master Lingsu didn't agree at first.He has the truth and is not so easy to accept disciples.

Originally, Bai Yutang thought it was a bit of a pity, but with Xiaoqing's ability, if he could learn from a teacher, he would definitely achieve great success.But Master Lingsu didn't want to, and Bai Yutang couldn't force it, so he could only concentrate on practicing hard.

Having seen the power of the old Black Mountain demon, Bai Yutang finally understood the gap between mortals and monsters, and after some guidance from Dao Ran, the barrier in Bai Yutang's heart had already been broken.It didn't take much time for Bai Yutang to break through the barrier between immortals and become a practitioner.

Master Lingsu was naturally very happy to find that Bai Yutang had made a breakthrough, so he asked carefully about Bai Yutang's experience.

After Bai Yutang finished talking about what he had seen and heard in Suzhou City, Master Lingsu said, "Since Master Daoran has given you advice, it's not a bad idea to accept his sister."

Bai Yutang was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked someone to find out the whereabouts of Daoran and Xiaoqing.Not long after, I heard that Daoran had made a lot of noise in the capital, and even the national teacher was killed by him.

Bai Yutang yelled that it's a pity that he completely missed such an earth-shattering event. This is an opportunity to make his name in history.

Now that he knew that Daoran and Xiaoqing were in the capital, Bai Yutang immediately wanted to go to the capital with Master Lingsu.

The master and the apprentice finally reached the capital. At that time, Dao Ran had already gone to Lingshan, but Master Lingsu had no intention of looking for Xiaoqing.

"As a teacher, if you want to accept an apprentice, you can't be shameless and ask for it in person. You have said that the little girl is so good. As a teacher, let's see if she has this blessing."

As a master, how can you come to the door to ask for apprentices?That's a disgrace, this kind of operation of begging the other party to learn from a teacher is not accepting an apprentice, it may accept an ancestor back at any time.

The real Lingsu performed miracles in the capital city, made the Shenxiao Palace flourish, and made his name spread throughout the capital city.From Lingsu's point of view, after Xiaoqing heard her name, she remembered that Bai Yutang had said that she would recommend her a teacher, so why didn't she take the initiative to come here?

At that time, Master Lingsu can give her a few tests at will to see how the apprentice's character is, so as to give her a good reputation and set the rules when she starts.

But the fact makes Lingsu really speechless, he is already so famous, and Xiaoqing hasn't come to visit him yet.What's going on, how can she sit still?

Lingsu real person comforted himself at the beginning, maybe Xiaoqing didn't dare to climb high, or he was carefully preparing for the apprenticeship ceremony, which was why he wasted so much time.

But in fact, Xiaoqing had long forgotten about the apprenticeship.

In Xiaoqing's memory, Bai Yutang only had two impressions of wearing white clothes and taking her to go shopping. She forgot the rest, and she didn't even remember Bai Yutang's name.

Xiaoqing has eaten flat peaches, and her hidden illness has long been cured. She wishes to lie on the bottom of the Qiandeng River every day and sleep, eat when she wakes up, sleep when she is full, and be a happy little green snake.

Under such circumstances, how could Xiaoqing take the initiative to come over to ask for a teacher, even Bai Suzhen couldn't do anything about this lazy snake.

Master Lingsu couldn't sit still, thinking that the little girl was too rude, so he asked Bai Yutang to inquire about Xiaoqing's situation, to see if she really didn't want to be a teacher, or if there were other reasons.

Who would have thought that Bai Yutang didn't even see anyone.

In fact, Xiaoqing can't be blamed for being ruthless. In fact, Xiaoqing didn't even know that someone was looking for him.Because Qiandenghe has countless sons and gentlemen who come to see the girls every day, the most popular one is Dong Xiaowan, everyone knows that she is not married yet, and she is a wealthy party, so there are many people who pursue her.

Xiaoqing is also known by many people because she occasionally goes shopping with Dong Xiaowan and the others. With Xiaoqing's appearance and innocent personality, she can naturally attract many crazy bees and butterflies.

Therefore, Bai Yutang thought he was Xiaoqing's acquaintance and went to the door, and the guards who were in charge of conveying sent him away with a few perfunctory words.There are too many people who have used the trick of pretending to be acquaintances, and they are too lazy to report it.

After Bai Yutang was shut down, he had no choice but to return in despair.

Master Lingsu was naturally unhappy, he never expected that he was willing to accept apprentices, and the other party was so arrogant.

"Hmph, I want to see how dare she humiliate me like this!" Lingsu said coldly.

(End of this chapter)