Tianyi

Chapter 65 Black Clothes of Tianyi Sect (1)

The scenery around the quiet place behind Wuling Temple is pleasant.

Looking around, there is a small lotus pond and a small bamboo forest.Just as the poem says: "The lotus wind brings fragrance, and the bamboo dew drops make a clear sound."

Xue Yi was sitting in a wheelchair. The sisters stood apart and were on guard. Huang Yi stood behind Xue Yi.

As if he had already determined that Teacher Tai would go out to see him, Lao Che moved a soft chair up the mountain and now asked Teacher Tai to sit down, while Qing Yi stood behind Teacher Tai.

Lao Che looked at the empty tomb, his back to everyone, with a look of sadness on his face.

Xue Yi asked softly: "Teacher, when you were imprisoned by Emperor Zhong's order, was it because Emperor Zhong ordered you to use jade cicada to save the Holy Emperor, but it had no effect?"

Zhiran looked at the jade cicada in his palm and sighed: "Smart girl, you are right. It is said that if this jade cicada is placed in the mouth of a dead person, and then mixed with the ginseng juice of a thousand-year-old ginseng, it can bring the dead back to life. On that day, the Holy Emperor had just breathed his last breath. Emperor Zhong ordered me to put the jade cicada into the Holy Emperor's mouth, and then, along with the female officer who was standing by, I poured the ginseng juice that the doctor from the Taiyuan Hospital was boiling into it little by little. After entering the Holy Emperor's mouth, I waited for an hour, but nothing happened."

"Emperor Zhong was furious and blamed me for not trying my best. He said, if this jade cicada cannot save people, in the eyes of the Tian family, it is just an ordinary jade piece, nothing special. How can Zhong use it to coax him? The emperor took out the jade cicada from the Holy Emperor's mouth, threw it back to me, and ordered me to be imprisoned. At that time, almost all the people who knew about it died in the palace chaos five years later. My palace Vipassana, no one has set foot in it for a long time. Therefore, the fact that I have a jade cicada in my hand eventually became a rumor in the palace and has no credibility at all."

"The current Emperor Xuan actually doesn't know the inside story of Emperor Zhong's imprisonment of me. But he is sensitive and suspicious by nature, and he refuses to let me out of the palace. He insists that I tell what happened on the day the Holy Emperor died. But because I am carrying this jade cicada, I have been tabooed by the Heavenly Family. How dare I reveal the truth again? I insist that the so-called magic of immortality is all rumors. The death of the Holy Emperor is even more related to me. It has nothing to do with it. Emperor Xuan didn't quite believe what I said, so he wanted to imprison me until I die of old age on the grounds that Emperor Zhong's order cannot be revoked."

"Later, your master received my message and sneaked into the palace to meet me. I told her about Yu Chan, and your master told me that life and death are determined by fate, and we must obey God's will. That day, Yu Chan saved The reason why the Holy Emperor cannot be saved is because the Holy Emperor is unwilling to go against God's will and force himself to stay in the human world. If you want to save the dead from returning to life, you need to make the dead person willing to come back to this world."

"I deeply believe so. Your master also told me that the jade cicada may not only be able to save dead people, but it should also be able to save lives. She asked me to practice the Taoist breath-holding technique, pretend to be in a sitting position, and hold the jade cicada in my mouth, so that I can change my face. As alive as she was. She also suggested that I leave a last note, hoping that my body would not fall down and be released into the mountains. Emperor Xuan would definitely think that I really had Taoist magic when he saw me sitting down peacefully with my remains as alive as alive, and he would be in awe of me. If my heart is strong, my body will be released from the palace."

Xue Yi nodded and said: "Last time the teacher told us about being released from the palace, he used lifelike expressions. I was already suspicious at that time, and I was wondering whether it was the jade cicada hidden deep in the palace. Is it actually at Teacher Tai’s place?”

Zhiran sighed: "I really can't be careless when talking to a girl like you... The best thing is not to talk. After I finished speaking, I felt that it was wrong to talk too much, so I closed my eyes in advance, not wanting to see you again. As a result , but still not in time."

Xue Yi smiled lightly and saluted, "Teacher, please forgive me."

Zhiran looked at Xueyi for a while and continued: "I followed your master's plan and was released from the palace smoothly. Your master received me and placed me in the Five Spirits Temple. He also said that she would I live in Tianyi Courtyard, only half a day's walk from Wuling Mountain. It will be very convenient for me to come and go from now on. Only about half a year passed. Suddenly one day, your master carried you up the mountain, who had just turned [-] days old. Please I pray for you. At the same time, she also left a small medicine bag with me, saying that it was a relic of a deceased friend. It was inconvenient for her to keep it there and she wanted to entrust it to me for safekeeping."

Xue Yi thought thoughtfully and said, "In the medicine bag, are those six thousand-year-old ginseng whiskers?"

Zhiran nodded and said: "Yes. She has been stored here for more than ten years. I naturally recognized what was inside, and I already guessed that the deceased friend your master called was probably the one who was there back then. The female officer who serves the Holy Emperor. She is one year younger than your master, but she is just as smart. However, she has different ambitions from your master. Your master wants to leave the palace, but she wants to stay in the palace. Show your ambition."

"I originally thought that the female official had died during the chaos in Emperor Xuan's Palace. Only when I saw the ginseng in the medicine bag did I realize that the rumor that she escaped with her life and became a nun turned out to be true. . However, when I saw the medicine bag 20 years ago, I knew she was dead after all. Before she died, for some unknown reason, she actually handed the medicine bag into your master's hands. To be honest, I was a little suspicious that you were born to that female officer, but your master never told me about your origins. Later, I saw that you grew up and looked nothing like that female officer, so I stopped asking."

Xueyi thought about it, shook her head, and asked: "Teacher, how did you save my master that year?"

Zhiran gently touched the jade cicada in his palm and said: "That year, when you went out to investigate the case, the girl holding the sword came to pester your master. She contracted a serious cough, and your master tried his best to treat her, but , no one expected that Su Jian’s cough was cured, but your master fell ill. Moreover, only three days later, she became seriously ill. Su Jian ran away in fright, your sisters were so anxious that Qing Yi ran up the mountain. Come, beg me to pass the message to you as a flying pigeon. When I heard about this scene, I immediately went down the mountain to visit your master."

"At that time, your master's throat was swollen to the size of a fist, and her breath was suffocated. She couldn't get out of bed and couldn't get water or rice in. However, although her voice was extremely hoarse, she could barely speak a few words. When I went to see her, she She asked your sisters to stay away, and only whispered a few words to me. She asked me to buy a coffin for her, and it would be placed at Wuling Temple after she died. She also asked me to read for her. After reading the scriptures for twelve hours, she was buried in a quiet place behind the temple."

"I really can't accept it. After all, she was still so young, so why did she suddenly explain her funeral? Even though I was born, I couldn't help but shed tears. Seeing my sadness, your master smiled at me and said softly,' Master Zhiran, don’t forget what I once told you, life and death are destiny, don’t worry about it. But if there is a chance, I am still willing to come back to this world.’ I was shocked when I heard it, and immediately understood what she meant.” This jade cicada's technique of saving people is actually very particular. Your master later studied it with me. She said that the method used to save the Holy Emperor may have been used incorrectly, and that thousand-year-old ginseng was wasted. At that time, the person was already dead. How can I still swallow it? The boiled ginseng juice cannot be poured in at all. Just holding the jade cicada in your mouth is of no use. Your master is very knowledgeable in pharmacology. She told me that I should put the ginseng slices and the jade cicada together. When put into the mouth of a dead person, the jade cicada has the effect of turning the juice into juice, and can melt the ginseng pieces bit by bit. It can also be dripped into the human body without swallowing, so that it is possible to save the person."

"I think what your master said makes sense. I once tried ordinary ginseng, cut it into thin slices, and put it in the mouth together with jade cicada. It can indeed melt into juice and enter the stomach on its own. However, this takes a long time. When I hold it in my mouth, it takes an hour for the ginseng slices, which only weigh half a penny, to melt into juice without leaving any residue."

Xue Yi realized: "Then, if there are six thousand-year-old ginseng roots, cut into ginseng slices weighing half a coin, it will take twelve hours to melt them all into the master's belly."

Zhiran said: "That's right. Of that thousand-year-old ginseng, there are only six ginseng whiskers left. No one knows whether it will be enough to save your master from returning to life. But after all, I have to give it a try. So, I Go back and prepare the coffin, cut the ginseng slices, and just wait for you sisters to send your master up the mountain. I didn't expect that your master couldn't wait to see you for the last time. If you don't stay sensible and follow your master's last words, send her to the temple immediately. , I don’t even know what to do.”

Tears filled Xue Yi's eyelashes and she murmured: "I received the letter and galloped back all night, but the moment I threw myself through the courtyard door, I heard the cries of my sisters coming from the room. , At that time, I felt so resentful, I hated why Master couldn't wait for this moment longer..."

Huang Yi stood behind Xue Yi and suddenly said: "No, eldest sister, now that I think about it, she arranged Master's death due to illness. She was afraid that she would be reluctant to leave after seeing you, so she deliberately left at that moment. I remember that Master was so angry that he was still looking at us with his eyes open, and told us to wait until she died and then immediately send her to the Five Spirits Temple so that her soul could rest in peace as soon as possible. Suddenly, we heard the sound of clothes coming from the courtyard. , Master let out a long sigh and said, It seems that he can't wait any longer... He just dozed off and passed away."

Xue Yi caressed her face and burst into tears.

Zhiran said: "No wonder. If you put it this way, it makes sense. The girl in Xueyi has an excellent memory and is extremely sharp. It seems that your master is afraid that if you are a little bit intolerant, you will see your flaws and even die. Fortunately, after you looked carefully in yellow clothes, your mind was not disturbed by the death of the master, and you did not park the master in the Tianyi courtyard just crying, but sent him to the Five Spirits Temple in time to park him."

Xue Yi stopped crying and said softly: "It was sister Huang Yi who reminded me. She actually suggested that we gather the power of seven sisters to break into the palace to find Jade Chan. I immediately woke up. From now on, everyone in the Tianyi Sect Everyone must listen to my instructions. If I lose my mind, it will bring disaster to everyone in the sect. I no longer dare to miss Master's body, so naturally I will obey Master's instructions and immediately send her to a monastery for resting. Wait for Teacher Tai to finish reciting After reading the scriptures for twelve hours, we sisters didn’t look at it any more, we just sealed the coffin lid and buried it immediately.”

Zhiran said: "Your master was parked in the temple, and I was the only one waiting for him for twelve hours. Although you sisters want to keep vigil, your master said that you want me to recite sutras for her before she is reborn. I tell you, I chant No lay people should be present during the sutra, so you sisters all obeyed and kowtowed outside the threshold without stepping into the room. At that time, I put the jade cicada into your master's mouth, and then cut the six-coen ginseng into ten pieces. Two thin slices, put one in every other hour. Twelve hours have passed like this, but your master has not returned to life, and is still breathless."

Xue Yi looked at Teacher Tai and said, "Last time I asked Teacher Tai if there was anything strange about my Master. Master Tai said there was no difference at all. Is that really true?"

Zhiran was quiet for a while and then said: "Monks don't lie. I said last time that life and death are the same thing. Life is no different and death is no different. After twelve hours, according to common sense, the body There should have been some changes, and it is impossible to be completely different. But your master is no different from when he was alive. Except that he has no breath and his face is like sleeping, there is no change. Last time, when I said there was no difference at all, you You should have heard it already, that’s the biggest difference.”

Xue Yi nodded and said: "Yes, I heard it, so I would like to thank the teacher for his guidance."

Huang Yi couldn't help but said: "Teacher, since you saved our master, why didn't you tell us? Why did you let us bury our master?"

Zhiran said: "At that time, I didn't know whether I successfully rescued your master. Moreover, I agree with what your master said. Whether the dead can be brought back to life depends on whether the dead are willing to come back. I have already I did what I should do according to your master's instructions. Whether your master can return to life depends on your master's own choice. This quiet land was originally chosen by your master. She did not tell me But if she doesn’t want to be buried, of course I have to follow her words.”

"After twelve hours, all the ginseng slices had melted, leaving no trace. I took back the jade cicada from your master's mouth. She had no breath of rebirth, so she should naturally go through the funeral. However, Luo Luo After the burial, I did stay here for several days, just to see if there would be any movement in the grave. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything. So, I didn't know at the time whether I had rescued you. Master, I can't say anything more to you. If she really didn't return to life, why should I bother you and disturb her sleep."

Huang Yi thought: "Only six-coen ginseng tablets were taken into the abdomen. I guess the medicine does not take effect so quickly. Master must have already calculated this level...and Master must have made some designs here. Therefore, Master just The meeting asked the teacher to recite scriptures for twelve hours, just to wait for us to bury her here first... Alas, it is a pity that more than five years ago, my medical skills were not perfect, so I didn't notice it before sealing the coffin. Master’s face looks like life, which is indeed a strange appearance.”

Qing Yi said: "Sister Huang Yi, luckily you didn't notice it at the time. I always feel that Master didn't simply die of illness, but she deliberately wanted to die once and let Teacher Tai rescue her. What happened more than five years ago? Master, she must die?"

Xue Yi looked solemn, with a glint in her eyes. She sat up straight and said, "What sister Qing Yi is asking is what I want to ask. Madam Teacher, I guess there will be a disaster that year, and my master is not willing." It affects the Tianyi Sect, so I must die. Do you know what is going on?"

(End of this chapter)