A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 163 Bai De Tianshi Temple, Zhang Daoliang

Lu Pheasant, who was far away in Chang'an, had always been worried that the Han Emperor would be easy to store, so he kept looking for ways to get the Han Emperor to give up this idea, but all he got were opinions that could only slow down the situation but not cure the root cause, so there was no result.

With no other choice, Lu Pheasant thought of Zhang Liang, so Empress Lu asked her brothers, Lu Ze, Marquis of Zhou Lu, and Lu Shizhi, Marquis of Jiancheng, to go to the Taihang Mountains to look for Zhang Liang.

At the foothills of Taihang Mountain, Baizhu Mountain, Baide Celestial Master Temple
This is a Taoist temple located on a high mountain. It has a main temple and multiple subsidiary temples, forming a small palace complex. It is built around the top of Baizhan Mountain. It has been built one after another by successive family heads and temple owners for nearly thirty years. built. The main temple is mainly dedicated to Taoist gods, and the secondary temple is for the daily life of Taoist priests in the temple. Naturally, the investor can't help but say that it is the Bai family.

It was early in the morning, and a wisp of purple light suddenly appeared in the east. A Taoist priest with half-white hair tied behind his head with a peach wood hairpin, wearing a simple white and blue Taoist robe, holding a floating dust in his hand, was sitting on the top of the mountain. Sitting cross-legged on the boulder is none other than Liu Hou Zhang Liang, who resigned from all official positions.

When he saw the purple light, he immediately closed his eyes and chanted the Sutra of Gathering Qi and Breathing in his mind, adjusting his breathing, relaxing his body and mind. Three moments later, he read the Sutra of Gathering Qi and Breathing. Having finished chanting, he opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

My body and mind felt unprecedentedly relaxed. I stood up, jumped off the boulder with a light jump, and walked leisurely down the mountain.

Walking into the Taoist temple, there was a Taoist boy sweeping away fallen leaves and ash. When he saw Zhang Liang, the Taoist boy was facing him, with his hands clasped in fists, raised to the level of his eyebrows. He bent deeply, and his hands clasped in fists naturally dropped to the level of his abdomen. He stood upright, clasped his fists at the same level as his eyebrows, made a bow and said, "Uncle Master!"

Zhang Liang responded with a simple head-offering ceremony, which was not as formal as the Taoist boy, but it did not make the Taoist boy feel arrogant. He then left with a smile and came to the Zhunzhuan Taiqing Hall.

I saw that the highest point of the altar, the first floor, is dedicated to the Three Pure Ones, namely the Yuqing Yuanshi Heavenly Lord, the Taiqing Daode Heavenly Lord, and the Shangqing Lingbao Heavenly Lord. Among them, the Taiqing Daode Heavenly Lord is in the middle, also known as Taishang Laojun. Laozi and Laodan, representatives of the Bai De Celestial Master School, are members of the Taoist Heavenly Sect of the Taiqing Dynasty. They have passed down the Tao Te Ching, whose main content is to enlighten people and teach them to be good.

The second floor is the four great immortals, namely Nanhua Immortal, Chongxu Immortal, Tongxuan Immortal, and Dongling Immortal. Among them, Nanhua Immortal is in the middle. It represents the inheritance of Baide Tianshi Temple, and Nanhua Immortal is the successor. Zun refers to Zhuangzi and Zhuangzhou, who passed down the "Nanhua Sutra", whose content is mainly about regulating one's body and mind, strengthening one's willpower, etc.

The third floor below is the Five Elders of the Five Directions, namely the Eastern Qing Emperor Qing Ling Shi Lao Jiu Qi Tianjun, the Southern Red Emperor Dan Ling Zhen Lao San Qi Tianjun, the Central Yellow Emperor Xuan Ling Huang Lao Yi Qi Tianjun, and the Western White Emperor. Emperor Haoling Huang Lao Qiqi Tianjun, Northern Black Emperor Wulingxuan Lao Wuqi Tianjun.

Among them, the middle one is the Western White Emperor Haolinghuang Lao Qiqi Tianjun, referred to as Baidi, who represents Bai Zhi, the ancestor of the Bai family. It is said that after Bai Zhi died, he supported King Wu of Zhou, King Cheng of Zhou, and The descendants of later generations exterminated the Dongyi and opened up thousands of miles for China. In addition to the contributions of Daitian herdsmen, they were named the White Emperor of the West because of their merits.

He followed the god Geng Xin and led 700,000 officers and men to the heaven above and all living beings to the spiritual channel below. The god Gengxin was his son Bai Wu. Because of his assistance to King Zhou Kang and Uncle Wei Kang, as well as his role in assisting Bai Zhi in attacking Dongyi, he was granted the title of Gengxin and served under the White Emperor.

Therefore, many of the gods and heavenly soldiers and generals under the Bai Emperor are the dead family heads of the Bai family in the past generations, as well as the Bai family's sons or the generals, princes, and ministers who sacrificed for the Bai family. There is the "Baidi Sutra" written in the biography of Bai Emperor, which mainly covers the methods of commanding troops and assisting the emperor.

The fourth floor is dedicated to the six emperors, namely the central Haotian God, the North Pole Ziwei Emperor, the South Pole South Sky Changsheng Emperor, the East Pole Qinghua Emperor, the West Pole Emperor, and the Hou Tu Emperor.

In the middle is the Arctic Ziwei Emperor, representing the first White King of the Bai Kingdom, Bai Ping. His function is to control the sun, moon and stars, the changes in the four seasons, the promotion and appointment of civil servants and military generals. According to the "Arctic Ziwei Emperor Sutra", The main content is how to become a qualified king and emperor.

On the fifth level are the past Celestial Masters of Bai De Guan. Today there is only one Celestial Master, Celestial Master Bai Lang, or Celestial Master for short. Bai De Guan was founded by Bai Lang.

It is said that he learned Taoism from Laozhuang when he was thirteen years old. He was 112 years old and studied Taoism for ninety-nine years. His understanding of Taoism has reached the level of bone marrow. Coupled with Bai's vast collection of books, his knowledge is almost the highest. Unparalleled in ancient and modern times, he can see through all people's hearts and understand all truths.

However, because he studied Zhuang Li in his youth, he had a dull temperament and had no utilitarian, worldly, or competitive intentions. In his later years, when he was probably in his fifties, he began to sort out Taoist theory. He found that Tao was too illusory, so Bai Lang decided to become a god. , to teach the people with the specific deeds of these gods.

When he was eighty years old, the Bai Kingdom had not yet been destroyed. The head of the family at that time, Bai Tuo, fully supported his uncle Bai Lang's career and collected Taoist classics and fragments scattered around the world.

He also sent out all the Taoist disciples of Bai family and Bai family, and continuously invited Taoist masters from other sects to verify with Bai Lang, and finally created the series that Zhang Liang saw today.

After the fall of the Bai Kingdom, the belief in the Taihang Mountain God that leaked out of the Taihang Mountains was Bai Lang's convenience in the process of becoming a god. He wanted to try the effect, but the results showed that it was very useful.

In less than twenty years, almost every family in the entire Taihang Mountains regarded the mountain god as their code of conduct, which played a strong role during the time when the Bai family temporarily withdrew from the Taihang Mountains.

Until the Bai family regained control of the Taihang Mountains, they immediately changed the mountain god system to the Taoist system established by Bai Lang. Because the two systems were in the same lineage, the mountain people changed their beliefs with almost no resistance.

Because the Bai family told them that the mountain god had been named the White Emperor by heaven because of his merits, and he could not only control the Taihang Mountains, but also the entire world.

The mountain people are very happy and think that the mountain gods they believe in are very powerful. They educate their children and say that they must work hard and become the White Emperor like the old mountain gods!
During Bai Lang's ninety-nine-year Taoist career, he wrote many Taoist classics, such as "Baidi Sutra", "Song of Gods", "Baidi Sutra", "Arctic Ziwei Emperor Sutra", "Nanhua Zhenjing Commentary", "Commentary on the Tao Te Ching", "The Sutra of Gathering Qi and Breathing", "The Sutra of Nourishing the Mind and Cultivation of the Body", etc., plus some short Taoist scriptures, there are no less than dozens of them.

Therefore, his disciples later regarded him as a Tianshi, which means a teacher sent by God to teach the people of the world.

Today's Celestial Master is the second generation of Celestial Masters. His name is Xu Daokong, and his Taoist name is Xu Daozi. He is more than sixty years old. He is the first disciple of the Taihang Baide Celestial Master Sect. He is the generation with the word Tao. His seniority ranking is as written by Bai Lang. of:

"Morality leads to profound tranquility, truth always maintains Taiqing. One sun comes to restore the original, and the unity of religion will always be enlightened. The integrity of Zizong, the lofty heirs and laws are prosperous. The prosperity of the world is only in vain, and the hope is to be peaceful."

If benevolence and righteousness are not corrected, they will rise to the top of the clouds. The great wonder is Huang Gui, and the holy body is fully used. The universe is beautiful in the void, and the nature of metal and wood meet. Mountains and seas, dragons and tigers meet, and lotuses bloom to reveal the precious heart. The edicts are filled with elixirs, and the moon shines with auspicious light. The immortal name will continue forever, and all three realms will be close to each other. "In order to inherit the seniority. Because Xu Daokong discovered that Zhang Liang's Taoist aptitude was rare in a hundred years, he accepted disciples on behalf of his master and taught him the name. The Taoist name is Zhang Daoliang and the Taoist name is Zhang Daozi. There are only five or six brothers of his generation today. , are all the masters of other Taoist temples, and Zhang Liang is the youngest among them.

And now Bai Deguan
Zhang Liang stepped forward and respectfully offered a stick of incense to the immortal Celestial Master he was enshrining. Then he sat next to Xu Daokong on the grass futon next to him. He sat cross-legged with his legs crossed, placed the floating dust across his legs, with his head upright and his body upright. The upper palate and anus are slightly raised, the hands are naturally drooped, and the Dantian is formed.

At this time, there were more than twenty people meditating in the hall. He and Xu Daokong were the only ones of the Taoist generation, followed by a few Dezi generation, and then the Tongzi generation. The youngest Tongzi generation was only five years old, sitting cross-legged on the futon. He dozed off and shed tears all over the floor, but no one said anything about him. After all, he was still young, so as long as he didn't disturb the other uncles, he would be fine.

Zhang Liang planned to meditate for half an hour, and then went to the Zhaitang with his classmates to eat. Then he took a walk with his senior brother to eat, and then went to the Taoist Pavilion to study the Taoist scriptures and practice Qigong... and started a peaceful and interesting life.

At the foot of Baizhi Mountain, a convoy of strong men arrived here. Everyone in the team was carrying a knife and a gun. If you look closely, you can see that each person has a war horse. There is a package on it. What it contains looks like a stomach. The leader is two forty-year-olds. A man who is more than 10 years old can be seen as someone who has been in a high position for a long time and is a noble person.

"Brother, is Zhang Liang really here?"

"It should be right. I have no doubt that this is what the boy said, about cultivating Taoism in such and such a view."

The visitors were none other than the two brothers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi who came to look for them on orders from Lu Pheasant.

"Brother, what are you talking about in these deep mountains and old forests? There are no women, no wine and no meat. I really don't know why Zhang Liang has to suffer like this. He has earned such a huge family fortune and meritorious service just to crawl into the mountains. ?I really don’t understand these literati.”

Lu Shizhi looked at the surrounding primitive forest. Even when he came, the carriage could not pass. There was only a dirt road more than one meter wide, trampled by humans.

Lu Ze couldn't understand it either, but he knew the importance and scolded Lu Shizhi in a low voice: "Stop saying a few words, now we have something to ask for from Zhang Liang, don't make things more complicated!"

Lu Shizhi shut up, and suddenly saw a Taoist boy carrying a bamboo basket walking down the mountain. Everyone dismounted quickly, and Lu Ze greeted him and saluted: "Dare you ask the Taoist boy, are you from the Taoist temple on the mountain?"

The Taoist boy returned the greeting and said, "That's right. I wonder what's wrong with you, layman?"

"What is the name of the Taoist temple on the mountain?"

"The View of White Virtue."

Lu Ze knew he had found the right one. God knew he had already visited four or five Taoist temples, such as Bai Taoist Temple, Baizhu Temple, and Ziwei Temple. Zhang Buyi did not explain clearly. He only said that he went to Taihang Mountain. If he asked any one, he would know it. Until the last one Taoist temple, the master of Taoist temple said that Zhang Liang was his junior brother, and he really found his specific position in Baide Tianshi Temple.

It's not easy. There are many mountain roads in Taihang Mountain, and many Taoist temples are in the deep mountains and old forests. They have been really exhausted these past few days, and several horses have died.

Lu Ze said happily: "Excuse me, Zhang Daoliang, is Zhang Daozi in the temple now?"

After hearing this, the Taoist boy was a little confused and wary and said, "Uncle Master Zhang? Why are you looking for him?"

"We are Zhang Daozi's old friends, come to meet him!"

"Oh, that's it. Uncle Master is on the mountain now. You can go up the mountain on your own along the path I took until you reach the end. When you see the stone tablet, it means we are almost there. I won't accompany you. I still want to go. Going to collect medicine!"

After speaking, he bowed to the two of them and walked around them.

The two brothers looked at each other, and then Lu Ze ordered to his men: "Just look after the horses at the foot of the mountain and wait for us."

"Here!"

The two brothers took two guards, a total of four people, and started climbing again.

Half an hour later, fortunately, several of them had been in the army all year round and had no lack of training. They soon saw the stone tablet with the inscription "Baide Tianshi Temple" and knew that it was coming. A quarter of an hour later, they finally saw the wall of the Taoist temple.

He knocked on the door and explained his purpose. When he learned that Zhang Liang and other Taoist priests were still meditating, he told them not to disturb them and led them to the side hall to wait. The two brothers drank tea and waited for Zhang Liang to finish meditating.

(End of this chapter)