Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Chapter 175 The Queen Mother: True Immortal
  "The great road is invisible, so how do you understand it?"

"The road is ruthless but people are sentimental, so how to practice ruthlessness with sentimentality."

"The great road has no name, and merits are related to nature. However, the Aijia heard that the saint has no name. Then, as a Taoist, shouldn't we all aim at being a saint when we practice Taoism?"

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The answer to one question leads to a new question.

One after another, the Queen Mother almost became a curious baby.

Ji Ren answered one by one, and the Queen Mother kept nodding her head as she listened, and looked at Ji Ren with a very different look. With such understanding, there is really no need to go through the test, special cases are handled specially, and special talents can use special methods.

Talent always needs to be retained.

Even if you make the first correction, you still want to be a Taoist couple, which is not beautiful.

But he is still a young man, which is understandable.

Thinking of this and looking at Ji Ren's handsome appearance, the Queen Mother became more and more satisfied.

Jing Shou has grown up and knows what kind of friends he should make.

In recent days, I often run outside, thinking that I want to know more about the true meaning of the great road.

The old eunuch just suffered a lot and looked at the sky. He wanted to urge her but didn't dare. Finally, seeing that it was getting later and later, he boldly said: "It's getting late, Madam, it's time to go to the banquet."

The time for the New Year’s Eve banquet cannot be delayed.

"So soon?" The Queen Mother raised her head with lingering thoughts and looked at the sky. It was getting late. As a Queen Mother, she didn't care about anything else, but she couldn't be late for the annual palace banquet.

"Happy time is always short. Grandma Huang, why did you ask Lao Ji for so long?" Zhang Jingshou couldn't bear his temper and continued to ask.

"Nothing, I just heard that a new Taoist priest has arrived and I want to ask him for advice. Today I saw that he is indeed well-deserved. Shou'er, grow up." The Queen Mother smiled.

"Of course. I will be seventeen during the Chinese New Year. By this time next year, I will be ready to open a mansion." Zhang Jingshou saw that the Queen Mother's mood had improved and he immediately smiled.

"Yes, next year the Ai family's Shou'er will also leave the palace. By then, no one will care about the Ai family." The Queen Mother shook her head and sighed.

"If Grandma Huang misses me, I will enter the palace immediately." Zhang Jingshou said quickly.

"Okay, keep your word, don't disappear as soon as you leave the palace." The Queen Mother said with a smile, and then looked at Ji Rendao, "I heard that you became a Taoist priest before, and the Yi family was curious to see who it was. If you can become a Taoist priest without passing the examination, looking at it now, it’s great, you are worth it.”

"Thank you for the compliment, ma'am." Ji Ren returned the gift, sighing in his heart, just because of the New Year celebration here, why am I stuck here?

Sure enough, these religious people are terrible beings.

"That's right. With your kind of mind, why don't you become a monk completely? Idle clouds and wild cranes, the Supreme Lord forgets his feelings, this is the great way." The Queen Mother asked in surprise.

"It is in line with the Tao for the Supreme Being to forget his emotions. But if everyone must forget their emotions in order to cultivate the Tao, then the Tao will be far away from others. How can we educate the people if they are far away? Just like the Yellow Turban Uprising, if the great sages and good teachers do not get close to the people, how can we educate the people? Can it have such momentum?" Ji Ren said.

"That makes sense." The Queen Mother nodded slightly.

"So I feel that it is necessary for me to go deep into the people and spread the mysteries of Xuanmen. Otherwise, Xuanmen is so profound that no one cares about it, and it is shelved in a high cabinet. Instead, it will be influenced by foreign ways, and there will be endless troubles." Ji Rendao.

"What you said makes sense. The Ai family has long heard that many small countries reject Taoism and believe in Buddhism. It is really strange." The Queen Mother nodded in agreement.

Ji Ren also nodded, but he didn't agree in his heart. Buddhism and Taoism competed, and Buddhism had the advantage. On the one hand, Buddhism was really good at arguing, and reincarnation was more attractive to the people. But on the other hand, Taoism became a large-scale group and became a group. Don't look at them talking about doing nothing, they will really rebel.

Needless to say, there was the Yellow Turban Uprising. Also during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Lu, the grandson of the Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling and the third-generation Heavenly Master, could be called the leader of the Taoist sect at that time. Then he was a serious prince and ruled Hanzhong.

There was also Sun En's rebellion during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Later Taoism reformed itself.

In a sense, Taoism means pure cultivation and inaction. Do whatever you want and don't disturb my practice. Part of the reason is that if Taoism people really dare to interfere in too many things, the court will have to take action.

But even so, Taoist priests can be seen more or less in the rebellions of various dynasties.

"Ai Qing has extraordinary Taoist attainments and will be able to give lectures to everyone later," the Queen Mother said again.

"I have little talent and little knowledge, so I'm afraid I won't be able to lecture in public." Ji Ren declined.

There is no benefit to preaching in public other than being in the limelight.

"The Qing family doesn't care about fame and wealth, so they are so humble. It really shows the essence of it." The Queen Mother nodded, her eyes even more appreciative. Just now she didn't like anything about Ji Ren, but now she likes everything about Ji Ren. .

As she spoke, the Queen Mother looked at the other people. After looking at them carefully for a few times, she looked at the group of people beside Zhang Jingshou and said kindly: "Whose children are you all from? Have you all agreed to get married?"

Everyone looked embarrassed, especially Tian Zhi. He didn't know why he was asked this question when he was only fifteen during the Chinese New Year.

Mi Liang and others will be a little embarrassed. They have reached the age to discuss marriage, which is a common forced marriage.

This is a bit embarrassing, having to talk about this during the Chinese New Year.

But a group of people didn't dare to show off to the Queen Mother, so they could only say awkwardly that not yet.

"Okay, since it hasn't been decided yet, for this annual banquet, none of you are allowed to leave early. You all go to the garden with me and let the girls meet each other. This can be regarded as taking care of you." The Queen Mother said with a smile. As long as her faith is not involved, she is a kind-hearted old man most of the time, and most of the people here can basically have someone related to her within the three tribes, and they are not considered outsiders, and their attitude is just More kindly.

Mi Liang, who was of the right age, couldn't refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and go, while Tian Zhi, who was completely under age, not only did not reject it, but took pleasure in it.

A group of people were forced to stop their journey to the harem and headed toward the Imperial Garden.

It was late winter, and the flowers should have withered, but in the imperial garden, there was no sign of this at all.

The flowers of the four seasons are all there, vying for beauty, as if there are no seasons.

At this moment, the imperial garden was filled with ladies from all over the country, all gathered together, talking and laughing sweetly, and many young girls gathered together and whispered.

Some were reciting poems and writing poems in the pavilion, some were enjoying delicacies and cakes together, and some were arranging flowers together.

A unique game among ladies.

Logically speaking, Qiao Qingyin should be one of them, but obviously she is not. At this moment, she is passing the time holding Tun Yue.

Her best friend Guan Yan had already been dragged on a blind date. She was afraid of being affected, so she ran away without any loyalty, and therefore seemed out of place.

Of course, the most out of place here is not Qiao Qingyin, but Zhong Xiaoqiu.

Mrs. Qiao did not ignore her, but Mrs. Qiao herself was not ranked in such an occasion and could not influence the situation. With Lu Jinyun's targeting, it was even more different.

Regarding what everyone was talking about, Zhong Xiaoqiu couldn't get involved at all.

He has no talent at all for reciting poems and correcting them.

Arranging flowers and ordering tea, I don’t even know anything about it.

Moreover, it was the first time for me to come to such a big occasion, and I was afraid of not fitting in, so I couldn't help but be cautious, lest I do something wrong, be ridiculed by others, and lose the face of Duke Su. Seems out of place.

Everyone ordered tea, but it ended in Zhong Xiaoqiu's failure again.

"That's all, it seems that the Huang family's sister is not suitable for this. Let's play in a different way, so as not to make people think that we have neglected the Huang family's sister." A lady saw this scene and sighed helplessly.

"I'm stupid, I'll learn more in the future." Zhong Xiaoqiu said with an embarrassed look on his face.

Seeing that Zhong Xiaoqiu admitted to being stupid, the noble lady secretly smiled in her heart, but said on her face: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's not the first time for anyone. Let's try something else? Let's just taste the delicious food."

Zhong Xiaoqiu was even more ashamed, but thinking about it, eating should not be a big problem next time.

As she spoke, the woman personally took Zhong Xiaoqiu to a dining table. She looked at the cold dishes on the table and said, "These are gifts from the palace and cannot be eaten outside. Sister, let's see which one you like."

Zhong Xiaoqiu glanced at the table full of delicacies, scanning them to see that each one was delicious and delicious, but she also thought that when she was in the countryside, she heard that rich people always pay attention to their food and pay attention to etiquette. She was not familiar with it, and finally landed on the side. On the jujube, I thought it would be right to eat this, so I grabbed one, put it in my mouth and chuckled: "I like jujubes, these jujubes taste really good."

However, when Zhong Xiaoqiu finished speaking, the lady beside her covered her mouth and chuckled. Seeing Zhong Xiaoqiu puzzled, she heard the woman from before say again: "My sister is wrong, this is not a date, but thin butter noodles wrapped in honey." Made pastries.”

Hearing that she had made another mistake, Zhong Xiaoqiu's face turned even redder, and she lowered her head, full of shame. She vaguely seemed to have heard words such as "I don't even know where I am here" and "I don't know where the country girl came from." His sarcastic words made his face even more ashamed.

"It's the first time for the Zhong family sister to come into contact with these things. She doesn't understand them. It's normal." Mrs. Qiao opened her mouth to help.

"Yes, you should follow us and learn from us in the future." said the other women.

"Actually, the Zhong sisters are also good at things, but they are not familiar with them." Mrs. Qiao defended Zhong Xiaoqiu.

Zhong Xiaoqiu didn't know, but how could she not tell that these people were belittling and ridiculing Zhong Xiaoqiu in various ways?

However, her personality is quite soft, and the people in front of her have higher fate than her, so she can't get angry easily, so she can only say this.

"These are all things a boudoir woman should know. If you don't know these, what do you need? Are we supposed to learn from the Zhong family sister how to protect ourselves in a den of thieves?" A woman said without hesitation.

"Nonsense." The woman who spoke earlier scolded the woman first, and then said, "Sister Zhong family, in the den of thieves, left the blood of Huang family, which is worth singing and crying."

"That's right, the blood of the Huang family, of course, is the blood of the Huang family, and it cannot be the blood of thieves."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

The lady who spoke first scolded a few more words and said to Zhong Xiaoqiu: "Sister Zhong, don't be offended, everyone cares about you."

"Yes." Zhong Xiaoqiu looked ugly. Although she was ignorant, she was not stupid. Only now did she fully understand why Duke Su had given such instructions before setting off for the expedition.

It's just a palace banquet, and it's not easy for her to have an attack.

Mrs. Qiao's face was also ugly, but she couldn't argue with these words, because people admitted that this was the blood of the Huang family, and if she said it too much, it would open Zhong Xiaoqiu's scars, and open them repeatedly.

Ji Ren, who was coming with the Queen Mother, heard the commotion and frowned. During the Chinese New Year, there are always people who make things difficult for him, and his spiritual power surged slightly.

At the moment, in Qiao Qingyin's arms, although she had not completed the true blood connection with Ji Ren, she had already begun to resonate with Tun Yue. She immediately sensed the current situation and immediately turned into a white light. The cold demonic power surged. In an instant, He actually burst out with a power comparable to that of the bright moon, and rushed straight towards the women who were speaking.

The women never thought that Yan Yue would suddenly take action. They hurriedly brought up their spiritual power to form a protective shield. The next moment, a group of women were knocked into the pool aside and soaked all over. The woman who spoke first was... Yan Yue scratched his face directly and screamed.

(End of this chapter)