Nine idlers

"I didn't expect it to be like this?" Xu Changqing himself was born in the bottom of the Taoist sect, and he didn't have a good impression of the two sects of immortality and Buddha.Afterwards, he asked again: "Is there still a grandmaster in Huaxia Daomen? Where is the contemporary heavenly master?"

Qingjingzi replied: "When the former government was defeated and retreated to Baodao, the current Tianshi Zhang also left. Now Tianshi Mansion is managed by the government, and the title of Tianshi in China has also been abolished."

"He is a bit alert, he can sense that the situation is not right, and he is willing to part with the foundation of the Tianshi Mansion." Hearing this, Xu Changqing expressed his approval, but then changed his expression as if changing his face, sneered, and sneered mercilessly Said: "However, he may think that as long as he is in Zhang Tianshi's lineage for thousands of years, the inheritance will still exist, but he doesn't know that the Tianshi Mansion is the foundation of the Tianshi's inheritance. After losing the foundation, he is just like a rootless duckweed. He may still be alive now. If you can bear the title of Heavenly Master, when he dies, there will be no more Heavenly Master Zhang." He then asked, "Besides Heavenly Master Zhang, what about the real masters of Taoism and Xuanmen?"

Qingjingzi went on to say: "After the liberation, the policy changed, except for a few people who had to stay and take care of the foundation and couldn't leave. Most of them either went to Xiangjiang, Baodao, or went overseas. There are really not many people who can be called masters in China. , and because of the anti-four-old movement in China over the past few years, most of them..." He sighed with a gloomy expression, as if he didn't want to say anything more, and concluded simply: "In short, now the country has found There are not many Xuanmen masters. Even if there are, I am afraid they all live in seclusion in the mountains. Don't ask about world affairs."

While speaking, he looked at Xu Changqing, and seemed to regard Xu Changqing as the kind of Taoist master who lived in seclusion.

At this time, He Tingzi seemed to have thought of something, and added: "Not all the Xuanmen masters have gone into seclusion, there is still a Xuanmen master in the capital."

After being reminded, Qingjingzi also realized who He Tingzi was talking about, and nodded repeatedly.Dao: "Indeed there is another master. This master's Taoist name is Ning Ningzi. He is not from a Taoist sect, but is self-taught. The exquisiteness of Taoism is comparable to that of the ancients. There was once a high-ranking official who paid thousands of dollars to buy one of his Hunyuan Golden Pills. It can be said that his Taoism is the best of all families, and both Zhengyi and Quanzhen Taoism are involved. It was mastered by him. He also used it as a basis to create a lineage of Xuanmen Xianxue. It can be called a generation of masters."

"Ying Ningzi?" Xu Changqing hesitated a little when he heard this strange name, and said: "It is everything that will be, everything will be welcomed, everything will be destroyed, and everything will be accomplished. Its name is Ying Ning. It seems that this person is following the way of returning to the ancient times, and he is practicing the learning of Huang Lao. If I am not wrong, among Taoism of this person, morality and the second classic of Huang Ting are the most exquisite. .”

"That's right!" He Tingzi nodded again and again, and said: "As early as 30 years ago, the Taoist Yin Ning was honored as the No. 1 contemporary Huang Ting by his fellow Taoists. I learned the true meaning of Huang Ting from him, and later received a Guiyuan Pill from him. It is because of this that the poor man can live to talk to Xu Zhenren, otherwise the poor man would have been a pile of loess in a certain barren mountain. .”

When mentioning this Yin Ningzi, the admiration shown on He Tingzi's face even far exceeded the awe of Xu Changqing, and the face of Qing Jingzi who had never dealt with that Yin Ningzi was also full of tears. He looked envious, as if it was a great honor to be able to communicate with Na Ningzi for several days.

Seeing the expressions of the two old masters, Xu Changqing felt a little curious about Ning Ningzi, but what made him feel strange was that it was the first time he had heard of this person, but he seemed to know him.

"What's the name of this Jing Ningzi?" Xu Changqing asked, "What's his layman's name?"

Qingjingzi replied: "His family name is Chen, so his name is Chen Yingning."

"No! That's not the name of Zhen Ning, a secularist." He Tingzi had some friendship with that of Ning Ning, so he knew more, and said, "The word "Ying Ning" is the name he changed to himself later. He Tingzi The layman's name is Yuanshan, and his full name is Chen Yuanshan."

"Chen Yuanshan? It's him!" Hearing this name, Xu Changqing immediately thought of the thin-looking man decades ago, and thought of his cousin who was able to achieve Jindan, but gave up her cultivation because of worldly affection. Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a bit of inexplicable and inexplicable meaning in his heart.It's just that there was a misunderstanding that people with the same name had different names, so he asked one more question and said, "Tell me about this person's past, maybe I have had a relationship with this person before."

Qingjingzi and He Tingzi were not puzzled by the fact that Xu Changqing might know Chen Yingning, because in their view, Chen Yingning made friends all over the world, and his reputation resounded throughout the Taoist sect, and it was not impossible for him to be able to associate with some strange people .So He Tingzi told Chen Yingning's life in great detail, but at the same time he told about Chen Yingning's life, he found that Xu Changqing's eyebrows began to frown, with a dazed and puzzled expression on his face, as if he had heard something incredible Things are normal.

Indeed, the life of Chen Yingning said from He Tingzi's mouth was very ordinary, without any magic and mystery, but Xu Changqing was very surprised when he heard it, because he found out what He Tingzi said. The Chen Yingning I know is the Chen Yingning I know, but it is not the Chen Yingning.

Xu Changqing found that this Chen Yingning's background and passion for Taoism were exactly the same as the Chen Yingning he knew, but there were also many differences. For example, the general trajectory of his life experience was almost the same, only some details were completely different. The only difference is that Chen Yingning's wife is named Hao Yizhu, not his cousin Zhou Qinglan.

"What's going on?" Xu Changqing felt unprecedentedly confused in his heart, just like the familiar feeling he had when he heard Chen Yingning before, now after listening to the past life of this Chen Yingning, even though there are too many things wrong, his That familiar feeling still hasn't weakened, on the contrary, it has become much stronger, reminding him all the time that this Chen Yingning is that Chen Yingning.

Because the incident was so weird and shocked Xu Changqing so much that he couldn't hide his doubts and bewilderment at all, and everything was clearly written on his face.The two old Taoists naturally saw it, and they stopped talking without knowing why. Even though they were extremely curious about Xu Changqing's abnormal reaction, they didn't ask. Instead, they sat quietly and waited for Xu Changqing to come back to his senses. .

Xu Changqing didn't make the two of them wait for too long. After they stopped telling Chen Yingning's past life, they quickly recovered from the doubts in their hearts, but the bewildered expression on their faces did not fade.He didn't intend to tell the two old Taoists anything, but just apologized to them, saying: "Sorry! As people get older, it's easy to think about the past, and they haven't recovered for a while."

"It's okay, it's okay!" Naturally, the two veterans would not have any dissatisfaction, but they were a little curious about Xu Changqing's real age.Because Xu Changqing's face was burnt, it is already difficult to identify his age, and he can only judge from his voice, but his voice sounds very young, making people feel that he is less than 30 years old. Judging from his reaction to Chen Yingning, the two seem to be The relationship is not superficial. Calculated in this way, his age is at least similar to that of Chen Yingning.The two old Taoists guessed Xu Changqing's age in their hearts, and they couldn't help sighing again, and their awe of Xu Changqing strengthened a lot.

"Do you know where Chen Yingning lives in the capital now?" Xu Changqing felt that he had to go to the capital to meet Chen Yingning anyway, to find out what was going on, what happened to his cousin and nephew, and he also felt that Maybe something useful can be found from Chen Yingning, such as why the changes in the world are so drastic and so on.

Faced with this question, the two old Taoists shook their heads in unison, expressing that they did not know where Chen Yingning lived, but He Tingzi made a suggestion, suggesting that if Xu Changqing went to the capital, he could go to the Taoist Association of Baiyun Temple to inquire. Because Chen Yingning is the deputy director of the association, he should be able to find out his address.

After finishing this topic, Xu Changqing seemed to have lost interest in continuing the conversation, and some of the problems of cultivation that the two old Taoists wanted to ask and answer were also solved, and they could clearly feel that Xu Changqing's mood seemed to have changed. A little depressed, so I didn't ask Xu Changqing questions so ignorant of current affairs, but exchanged what I had just learned and strengthened each other.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and the three of them saw the old man Tie walking quickly up the mountain on the mountain path covered by dense forest in the distance.Needless to say, Xu Changqing, the two old Taoists can be regarded as successful in alchemy, and their eyesight, which had begun to decline, was improved under the stimulation of alchemy. Being able to see the gloomy expression on his face clearly through the sunlight, it is obvious that what he did down the mountain should be very bad.

I saw that the old iron man returned to the front lawn of the wooden house angrily, threw the hatchet stuck in his belt aside, and then walked outside the grass pavilion, and was about to say something. He Tingzi, who was curious about his experience, couldn't help it. He asked first, "How's the matter? Is nothing wrong?"

"No one will see anything!" The old iron man curled his lips and responded angrily, perhaps because he felt that his tone was a bit too much, so he added in a low voice: "When I went, I heard people in the village say, He just left for less than a quarter of an hour, saying he was going to the city for a meeting and would be back in two days."

"Oh! That's how it is." The two old Taoists showed surprise one after another, but then looked at Xu Changqing in great surprise. Obviously, they all thought that Xu Changqing must have calculated something through the art of fate. (To be continued..)