Evil Dao Ghost Confucian Demon Monk

Chapter 4 Immortal Fate
Not long after the beginning of spring, the northern region is still as cold as a sword, icy cold.The frost and snow on the ground have not yet melted, and passers-by are wearing thick cotton-padded clothes to welcome the spring breeze. However, the Shu Kingdom, which is located in the hinterland of the southwest region, is already getting warmer and peach blossoms are blooming.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, Shu is blocked by torrents.The high mountains not only block the cold wind, but also separate the land of Shu from the chaotic world outside. Even if the outside world is turned upside down, under the rule of the emperor of Shu, the land of Shu is still singing and dancing.

It is rumored that the kingdom of Shu is protected by immortals. Since the founding of the country, the weather has been smooth and rainy, and the stories of immortals in Shu have been passed down for a long time. The immortals with powerful magic are naturally far away from ordinary people, but this does not affect the infinite admiration of ordinary people for them. Affection.

The land of Shu is fertile and wild for thousands of miles, so it is convenient for farming and silkworm breeding.Although Shu people are not rich every year, they have more than enough food and clothing.Farmers also smoke a few bags of freshly wrapped leaf cigarettes, drink a few sips of new tea brewed from clear springs in the mountains, and watch their children and grandchildren playing at their feet in their spare time. The grace that my family brought to Shu.

Everyone has such an idea, which led to the construction of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples near large and small cities in the Kingdom of Shu.These Buddhist temples and Taoist temples continue to burn incense every year, and have countless faithful men and women, especially the "Splendid City", the capital of the Shu Kingdom, is the most prosperous.

It's just that the immortal family seldom asks about mundane matters. How many people have been able to obtain immortality since ancient times?However, the legend of encountering an immortal and attaining the Tao has never been missing, which makes the people of Sichuan full of awe and admiration for the immortal Buddha.

There used to be many bright and outstanding talents in Shu, who made great contributions to the water conservancy of Shu. As the saying goes, "the predecessors plant trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade". The ancients built rivers, but today's Shu people rely on the benefits of rivers. Get rich.

The Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Nanzhao in the south have always been on good terms with each other. There has been no war between the two countries for a long time, and the people are extremely peaceful.Shu people started business with Nanzhao Kingdom in the south, and many people made a lot of money as a result.As for those rich people who earned a lot of gold and silver by relying on the tea in the mountains and the fine wine in the cellar, there are countless.

Isn't working hard to earn some money just for comfort?As for this comfortable place to go, the first choice within the territory of Shu Kingdom is Splendid Embroidery City.With the rich people settling down in Splendid City, today's Splendid City is full of traffic, businessmen are like a cloud, and it is prosperous.Because of this, Splendid City has become one of the famous capitals among the nine regions of Eastern China.

At this time, the world is in constant war, and the wars are raging among the heroes, and the situation of all countries is like the ancient Warring States.People living in Qi, Northern Han, Soochow, Southern Chu and other countries living outside the mountains and mountains have long heard of the prosperity of Shu, and then looked at their own suffering from wars and chaos, and sighed endlessly.

Although some people made up their minds and risked hardships and moved their families to Shu, but today the world's powerful and powerful are divided into four directions, fighting each other, and wars and disasters are rampant everywhere.And the road is full of bandits and bandits, which is difficult and bumpy.When escaping war disasters, crossing thousands of mountains, crossing thousands of rivers, avoiding miasma and poisonous gas, and finally reaching the land of Shu, there are often only one or two people left in ten. People often lament in ancient poems: "The way of Shu Difficult, harder than going to the blue sky!"

Eastern China, Southwestern Region, Shu Kingdom, Splendid City, Tianfu Street.

"Crack!" Xingmu clapped, and a storyteller in front of Tianfu Street leaned against the table, spitting and eloquently telling the story of the founder of the Great Shu Kingdom.

The storyteller has a young face, just a young scholar, not as calm and capable as the old man, but when telling stories, allusions and quotations are constantly thrown out.The few passages narrated can be regarded as ingenious, and in the middle of the talk, people immediately have a sense of being there.

The young storyteller unfolded his paper fan, shook his head and said, "Think of me, Emperor Taizu, who was outstanding and heroic when he was young. It's just like the saying that a hero is born in a young age..."

The joke that the young storyteller is telling is the story of Taizu, the founding father of Shu, who led the army to conquer the world when he was a young man.This story has been embellished by later generations, and it has long perfectly displayed the image of Taizu who was ordered by the heavens. There is no fault at all. It looks like a legend, but in fact it is the same, and more of it is nonsense.It is nothing more than that when the Emperor Taizu was born, the nine dragons hovered in the sky, or a boy from the fairy world fell into a dream.

But this young storyteller has a different idea. He didn't say that Taizu was born with a miraculous fortune, but was born with hardship.The story is quoted from many sources, and it tells about many exciting parts of Taizu's youth, but it does not touch the taboo of the royal family.

It can not only prevent the descendants of the high-ranking royal family from making trouble, but also let ordinary people appreciate the heroic style of the founding ancestor Taizu.The people of the Shu Kingdom have heard these stories since they were young, and they are familiar with them for a long time, but what the young people said is a new trick, and they actually connect the Emperor Taizu with the immortals in the sky.

"But who can know the pain and torment that Emperor Taizu suffered when he was young, alas! It is also the destiny of heaven. Emperor Taizu was originally a banished immortal. What is a banished fairy? Upright, offended the gods, and was demoted to the heavens, and became a man in the lower realm."

"A celestial being, as a mortal, cannot receive good rewards when he is born. The celestial beings in the heavenly court will not give up, and will bring down unreasonable disasters, so that the relatives of the banished celestial beings will die one after another. Let the banished celestial beings endure the pain of loneliness silently.

Taizu was lonely, and when he was a child, he was inevitably looked down upon and insulted by others, and it was difficult for him to earn enough food and clothing.

Although these are a series of catastrophes, they are not a test for the exiled immortal.If the exiled immortal can sweep away the cloud from now on and work hard to become stronger, he will surely be able to rely on the power of the immortal spirit remaining in his body to carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, accomplish a great cause for a lifetime, and promote peace for all generations.

Emperor Taizu had an unyielding heart, and when he was weak, he put aside the entanglement of vulgar things and honed his strong will.Seeing the suffering of the world, Emperor Taizu cared about the world and fought for the common people.I think it was the time of the Xiongjianguan battle, and there were troops recruiting soldiers and horses everywhere.Taizu immediately joined the army. Since then, Taizu has gradually emerged in the army, and since then he has lived a magnificent life. "

Although it is early spring at this time, but today is a bit abnormal, the weather is hot, just talking for a short while makes people feel dry mouth.

A large bowl of tea was placed in front of the young storyteller, with a few pieces of green tea leaves floating on it, steaming wisps of white air, exuding a refreshing tea fragrance.But at the moment when the story is about to be exciting, the young storyteller must not dare to stop, otherwise he will be booed by the audience.

The storyteller had no choice but to take a paper fan and fan it quickly.After finally finishing a paragraph, he drank a sip of tea in the gap between speeches to moisten his fiery throat, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the audience, who murmured to him to continue quickly.

Young storytellers don't want to neglect guests, so they immediately waved their sleeves, patted Xingmu, cleared their throats, and then told the story.

All the people present were enthralled.There is a large bowl of tea from this teahouse in front of everyone.

Business is booming today.The shopkeeper of the teahouse was busy on the sidelines, and he was so happy from ear to ear, pouring tea and refilling water for the tea guests from time to time.But when the shopkeeper of the teahouse raised his head to look at one of them, he frowned tightly.

The color of the tea bowl in front of the man was clear, and there was a faint aroma of wine floating out of the bowl, which clearly contained wine and not tea.It was a majestic and majestic big man with a beard, and his iron whiskers were randomly stuck on the side of his face like barbs.

The big man was full of satisfaction at this time, listening with relish, nodding frequently, not only applauded loudly when he heard something exciting, but occasionally slammed the table violently, swung his arms, and drank the fine wine in front of him in one gulp.This move made the tea customer next to him frown and want to leave.

Seeing that the guest was about to leave, the shopkeeper of the teahouse immediately winked at the young storyteller.

The storyteller reacted immediately, he stretched his fingers to the side of his waist with no expression on his face, and stretched his two fingers to make a scissors shape.The shopkeeper of the teahouse stared at this, but nodded anyway.

Seeing that the shopkeeper agreed, the young storyteller worked hard when he talked about the book, and showed all his storytelling skills, showing off his ventriloquism from time to time, simulating the scene of fighting with weapons.In this way, the story of Taizu joining the army is vividly described.

The guests were reluctant to leave, and returned to their seats after taking a few steps.

Just when the mighty man was addicted to the story again, an old voice shouted loudly: "Wang Jitu, you little bastard, the little prince is almost at the gate of the city, so hurry up to greet him, how dare you stay in the Tiananmen Square?" Drink and have fun on Fu Street."

Hearing this, the mighty man stood up immediately, and saw that he was seven feet tall, with a strong body, which was considered extraordinary in the Shu Kingdom, but in the teahouse he was like a mountain made of muscles.But this big mountain bent slightly at this time, and said to a little old man in front of him respectfully: "Uncle Rong, good morning, why did the little father-in-law come back early?"

The little old man ignored him, but leaned over to the table, sniffed the tea bowl, raised his head to Dashan and said, "Wang Jitu, you brat, it doesn't matter if you drink the flashy wine from Shangguan Winery. Come to me. This wine is not easy to get nowadays, since the shopkeeper of Shangguan Winery passed away seven or eight years ago, this wine has become less and less. Sigh, I really love you for nothing."

The mighty man Wang Jitu smiled awkwardly, touched the back of his head, and said embarrassingly: "Uncle Rong, what are you talking about, I still have a bottle hidden in my room, which is to honor your old age. You are our I have no choice but to curry favor with the dignified three stewards of the Duke's Mansion."

When the little old man heard this, he pretended to be angry and said: "If you don't learn well at a young age, you will learn these twists and turns." But immediately said with a smile on his face: "That's what you said. Okay Now, I won’t gossip anymore. A few years ago, my lord received great favor from the emperor, and was promoted from Zhongyonghou to Zhongyonggong. The little man was sent to guard the border, and I haven’t seen him for several years.” The little old man remembered When the young prince seemed to be genuinely moved, his eyes were moist. He rubbed his eyes and continued: "This time, the young prince was summoned by the emperor. I don't know what to do. You go outside the city to meet him first." Well, the hour is almost here.”

Wang Jitu agreed, picked up a fine iron and copper rod beside him, hurriedly passed through the bustling crowd, and went out of the city.

Seeing the big man leave, the owner of the teahouse heaved a sigh of relief.

It wasn't until the storytelling was finished that the young storyteller stepped down, and several jugglers took over the young storyteller's position.

The shopkeeper worked hard for a while, then wiped off the sweat from his head, took a small bag of Shu copper coins, walked to the corner, and said to the young storyteller, "Ah Ze, I will pay you double today. Don't forget to offer a stick of incense to Bodhisattva for me."

The young storyteller nodded but stretched out his hand and said, "I'll burn incense for you, shopkeeper, you can add some more money to me."

The shopkeeper opened the young man's hand with a slap, and scolded: "Chen Wenze, you really pretend that I don't know. As far as the ruined temple you live in, even if you go to offer incense in the evening, it's still the first incense stick. Let's go. "

The young storyteller Chen Wenze shook his head and was about to leave with a smile when a tea guest stood up awkwardly.

This tea drinker was old, with vulgar temperament, wretched face, two mustaches, and a hexagram cloth beside his hand, with the words "Iron mouth straight break" written on it.

The wretched old man said loudly: "The road is poor, but the vulgar eyes are white. I smile to the sky with my head up. If the future is like Ling Yunzhi, no one will ridicule the scholar for not being a husband."

The original intention of the poem is generous and heroic, but the eyes of this wretched old man always squint at the woman in the flower building next door. Looking at the woman's white skin, his eyes seem to be full of peach blossoms. Let the artistic conception of this patchwork and made-up little poem stand.

The wretched old man followed behind Chen Wenze step by step.

Chen Wenze didn't pay attention to the old man's appearance. Instead, he heard the poetry and prose secretly said: "Yes, although the poetry and prose are not well done, but every word hits the heart. Now I am down to this point, poor and embarrassed, often being looked down upon and ridiculed , Just now I said how lonely the young Taizu was, and I am not. It is a pity that I don't have enough ability to achieve my ambitions, so I can only use these words to comfort myself. The book's "Swallows know the ambitions of the swans", hey! This kind of talk is nothing more than a boring person's mouth."

"Little benefactor, your fairy fate is here." The wretched old man patted Chen Wenze on the shoulder, and said loudly: "I think you are extraordinary, follow me to practice. Don't take me for a joke.

Amitabha, I am the celestial being.

Venerable Infinite Life, I am also an earthly golden immortal.

From now on, it is up to you to learn Buddhism and Taoism. You must know what you can read from reading.Confucianists are all rising stars, and only Buddhism and Taoism have been passed down since ancient times.

The highest attainment of Buddhism is 'Great Liberation'.The highest level of learning can be proved as "Da Xiaoyao".One must find happiness in one's life.Don't bear humiliation, don't be wronged, happy with kindness and hatred, and live a chic life.Come with me, at least it can guarantee your longevity and wealth. "

The wretched old man paused slightly when he said this. It turned out that the shopkeeper of the tea shop saw the wretched old man talking for a long time, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he walked over.The wretched old man couldn't help lowering his voice a little, and hurriedly said: "Just... just before that, help me settle the tea money first."

When Chen Wenze heard this, he was dumbfounded on the spot, but he smiled wryly to himself: "We are both degenerate people in the world, why should we know each other when we meet again? Anyway, the old man must have a difficult life, so let's share some with you." Chen Wenze immediately set aside ten dollars from his purse A copper coin was placed in the hand of the old man.At this moment, a ray of golden light bounced imperceptibly from the wretched old man's hand, and penetrated into Chen Wenze's palm.

The wretched old man got the money and stuffed it into the hands of the shopkeeper of the teahouse. Turning around, he saw that Chen Wenze had gone far away, and immediately shouted: "Boy, take this money as a gift money for apprenticeship. It's your teacher, remember it's not the old one but the second one."

"Second boy, hum, the hammer is still there." The shopkeeper of the tea shop sneered and sneered.

All the tea guests smiled ambiguously, the wretched old man ignored the others, and pretended to be walking on the street with hexagrams. When he saw the beautiful girl's white and tender hands, Diao Er Er's eyes narrowed immediately, and his pace suddenly accelerated, with a look on his face. He fumbled for palmistry in a daze.

(End of this chapter)