the last witcher

After hearing the words of the fourth aunt, the sloppy Taoist slowly opened the wine gourd, took a few sips of white wine, and began to tell the story of what happened at the beginning (in order to avoid long-winded, all the following will be changed to No. 1 for me): " That year, my department received an urgent telegram from the night watchman in Xiangping area. The so-called night watchman is the person my department put in to guard certain things.” I was afraid that Brother Cao and I would not understand, so the old man made a special contribution We both explained. "It is said that the underground monsters in the local Tokyo Mausoleum are about to move. I hope that my department will send people over as soon as possible. If it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid something serious will happen. After receiving the news, I contacted other personnel in the department who did not have a mission to conduct temporary research. Knowing all kinds of situations that might happen after the monster appeared, the deputy section chief at the time decided that our Taoists would be the vanguard to go to the field to investigate. If the situation deteriorated, he would bring backup personnel to follow up.

After making the decision, I ordered three nephews who have been on missions with me all year round.The nephews are not classified according to ability, but according to age. After all, I and their masters are of the same generation, so I call these people nephews.The advantages of bringing these people are as follows: firstly, they are familiar with each other and cooperate with each other tacitly; secondly, there are not many people left in the department at that time, and everyone at the same level as me has tasks, and I can choose elite soldiers and strong generals Not many; these few people have already been able to stand alone, and at the same time they intend to take this opportunity to let them get in touch with some shady things underground.These three people are Xu Deyou from Fang Xiandao. How much do you know about Taoism? Seeing Brother Cao and I looking at ourselves puzzled, the slovenly Taoist asked both of us, "Quanzhen and Zhengyi don't know much about the others." "I hurriedly answered Wang Daoren's question, "Since that's the case, I'll tell you about the incident while explaining some Taoist sects to you two younger generations. "Thank you, Taoist priest, I will treat you to a drink later." "I am more particular about an exchange of equal value. Since Wang Daoren promised to explain the sects of Taoism to us, I will buy him a drink in exchange. Wang Daoren looked at me amused, then shook his head, not knowing Did he not want me to buy him a drink, or did he think the conditions I offered were too naive? After all, Wang Daoren continued: "Strictly speaking, the current Taoism is divided into Quanzhen and Zhengyi. The reason is that the former emphasizes cultivation, has clear rules and precepts, does not eat meat, does not get married, does not draw talismans to exorcise ghosts, does not engage in things such as becoming immortals and opening altars to pray, and mainly focuses on self-cultivation, similar to ancient hermits. The main books are "Tao Te Ching", "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra", and "Book of Filial Piety". You can also marry a wife and have children. Taoism is mainly based on drawing amulets and chanting mantras, supplemented by various formations and spells, seeking longevity and becoming immortals, and opening altars for the people. Therefore, immortality and becoming immortals become Zhengyi. The ultimate goal of teaching is mainly to take "Tao Te Ching" and "Zheng Yi Jing" as the main books. "Speaking of this, the old man took another sip of his wine.

But to be honest, I seem to know what the sloppy Taoist said just now, and I have also talked with Brother Cao. At the moment, we are more interested in Fang Xiandao in Wang Dao's population, because this is a new thing for both of us.The old Taoist saw that we did not show that kind of admiration, and that he could read minds, so after taking a sip of wine, he continued to explain to us: "Actually, if we want to say that we are tied together, there are Zhenda and Taiyiliang. It’s a Taoist sect, but at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the two major sects were merged by one sect, which is the current sect of Layman Liu.” Oh, it’s like an insider!It turns out that the fourth aunt's Zhu Youyi faction has also played the routine of big fish eating small fish and small fish eating dried shrimps.

The fourth aunt coughed and signaled Wang Daoren to get to the point. "Quanzhen Sect and Orthodox One Sect are very easy to distinguish, and they are just the collective names of Taoist sects that are well known to the common people. In fact, there are many sects of Taoism, and Zhengyi Sect is just a general term. However, due to various reasons, some sects have gradually faded out. The eyes of ordinary people, the Fang Xiandao I just mentioned, is one of them. You should have heard of Xu Deyou’s ancestor, Xu Fu from the Qin Dynasty." After seeing the surprised look in our eyes, the old Taoist continued with a smile Explained: "The ancestor of the Wa Kingdom was Xu Fu. To paraphrase the words of Xu Deyou, the emperor of the Wa Kingdom should respectfully call him Grandpa when he sees him." When he called Grandpa Xu Deyou, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"And the so-called alchemists among the people are actually those who practice the way of immortality. Turning stones into gold and immortality are the goals pursued by this sect. This sect respects the emperor as the ancestor and Lao Tzu as the ancestor of Taoism. The greatest skill is to invite magic. The second participant is He Shouzhen of Jingming Taoism. This sect is a sect formed by combining Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. It started in the Song Dynasty and ran through the three dynasties of Yuan, Ming and Qing. It was also prosperous in the Republic of China. But now it is unified under the management of one religion. Jingming Dao pursues the concept of pure heart, loyalty and filial piety. Cultural books are accepted by Jingming Dao, and the greatest ability is purification and transcendence. The last person is Yin Xingchen of Wenshi Sect. Wenshi Sect is called Yinxian Sect or Yulong Sect in Taoism. Louguan Taoism is one of the three very ancient sects. We often hear that refining essence into qi, and refining qi into emptiness is the main purpose of this Wenshi sect. The origin of Wenshi sect should be in the Warring States period, and it has lasted for at least 2000 years Yanhuang History is a very old sect, and the greatest skill of this sect is to raise spirit beasts and use ghosts to fight ghosts, which is somewhat similar to Zhu You's method of curing diseases." The sloppy Taoist said three things in one breath and we both disagree. The familiar Taoist sect, seeing what the old Taoist means, if it wasn't for the fact that there were only three people with him at that time, he could have explained a lot of relevant knowledge to us.

The fourth aunt seemed to be listening to the sloppy Taoist explain this knowledge for the first time, and she listened with great interest. When the old man was drinking, she suddenly remembered that we might not have dinner, so she hurriedly asked the fourth uncle to go to the kitchen to warm up dishes for us.The fourth uncle got up very reluctantly and went to the kitchen to warm up some dishes for us, alas!The fourth aunt's family is an absolute matrilineal clan, poor fourth uncle! ! !

to be continued