New Wagang

Chapter 185

Taoism has three officials: heaven officials, earth officials, and water officials.

It is said that heavenly officials bless, earthly officials forgive sins, and water officials relieve misfortunes.

The birth dates of the three officials are the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the [-]th day of the seventh month, and the [-]th day of the October month. These three days are also called Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival.

It is enough to see the importance of Taoism in the hearts of people in the world in ancient times.

The Shangyuan Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, or Lantern Festival.

There is a song that is sung like this: The first month and the fifteenth month are full, and my sister and I are in love.

Hey.

Therefore, on the Lantern Festival, the traditional custom is to go out to enjoy the moon, light lanterns and smoke, guess lantern riddles, and eat Lantern Festival. In some large cities, there are also customs of playing dragon and phoenix, dancing lions and riding tigers, rowing dry boats and playing Taiping drums.

In ancient times, there was usually a curfew at night, but during the Shangyuan Festival, there were three days to have fun, there was no curfew, and the people could move freely.

Three or five relatives and friends invite each other, guess words, drink wine, go to temple fairs, enjoy lanterns, flowers and women, which is a great joy.

But at this time, there was a handsome scholar leading a horse and hurried through the crowd. The joy of the festival seemed to have nothing to do with this person, and he turned a deaf ear to it.

In front of the city gate when I arrived, because it was the Shangyuan Festival, many people in and out of the city came in and out, and the city gate would not be closed until Sishi.

The scholar went out of the city without getting on his horse, he seemed to be preoccupied, he still led the horse and walked slowly, after a few miles, he saw a small wine shop still holding a lamp, and it was inconvenient to go on the road when it was dark, and besides, he himself was also at this time I didn't know where to go and what to do, and I was a little at a loss for a while.

"What is it that Yue Gong cares about the world and is eager to recruit talents, and I see him as a lustful person." The scholar sighed secretly, looked at the wine shop again, and led his horse closer.

A clerk came out of the shop to welcome the horse, took the horse to the backyard to feed, and went straight to the shop to shout that there was a customer. When the scholar entered, the shopkeeper greeted him personally and asked whether he should stay in the shop or not.

Although it was late at night, this Shangyuan night was no different than before. Even at this time, there were some people who had eaten and continued on their way, not all of them stayed in the hotel.

"Serve some food and wine before we talk." The scholar casually handed the shopkeeper a piece of silver: "It will be good soon."

The shopkeeper was overjoyed. At this time, the waiter came in from outside, so he ordered the waiter to prepare wine and dishes, and he brought the scholar to a table, wiped the tabletop, poured tea and waited attentively.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes outside the store, he saw several people approaching with horses, the shopkeeper hurriedly went to greet him, the scholar also looked over, and saw a total of seven people.

On the left of this person is a fat black man, on the right is a Confucian scholar in white, and then there are four strong men, each with an ax and a gun, and a longbow on his back. It looks like a man walking in the green forest.

"Bite the gold, take the horses to the backyard and feed them." The idle man turned around and gave instructions to the fat black man. He looked back into the store, and happened to meet the scholar's eyes. The idle man stopped his head slightly, and the scholar nodded. To show.

"Shopkeeper, just bring up the good wine and good food. While we're eating, ask your buddy to fix the five upper rooms, and you can rest later." The white-clothed Confucian scholar with a longbow finished speaking and threw out a five taels of silver ingot: "The time is uncertain, and when we leave, we will calculate the house and wine together."

The shopkeeper was overjoyed. After the waiter brought the scholar's wine and dishes, he hurriedly went down to prepare the wine and dishes for the new guests.

At this time, the fat black man also entered the shop, and before he reached the table, he yelled at the idler:

"Brother, don't you want to enter the city? Why don't you rest at this time? Why don't you go into the city and watch the lights before finding a place to stay?"

"Watching the lantern, do you think we should go into the city?" The idler didn't say anything, but the white-clothed Confucian scholar poured a bowl of hot tea for the fat black man and said, "It's too late tonight. After the city lights are all turned off, I didn’t see much, why not rest for the night, and go to the city early tomorrow night to have fun.”

He was originally a person from other provinces who came to Chang'an to watch the lanterns.

Nowadays, all over the country rebelled against the flag, the imperial court conquered the Liao Dynasty and was defeated, and the common people and the officials still cared about enjoying themselves. The scholar couldn't help sighing again when he thought about the prosperity of the city and the humiliation of the Duke of Yue's mansion.

This sigh was heavy due to the smell of alcohol, and all the people at the table were attracted to look over. The scholar suddenly got angry for no reason, slapped the table and stood up, pointing at these people and mockingly said:

"What do you see? Could it be that you want to fight!"

What the hell!

What kind of existence is this?
One person dares to provoke seven of them!

Xianshi stared at the scholar twice, and thought to himself, shouldn't he come to watch the lantern this time?

After practicing the Snow Leopard Camp on the mountain for two months, I finally selected [-] people to form a team that I wanted. Let's see if I can meet that Li Yaoshi.

But he didn't expect that he hadn't entered the city yet. Li Yaoshi met such a violent-tempered scholar first instead of before.

The Xianshi and the others were quite sensible, but the fat black man had already jumped up and shouted:

"Grandpa wants to see who is begging for beating!"

The fat black man threw away the tea bowl and approached the scholar, and when he arrived at the scholar's desk, he raised his fist without saying a word.

This fat black man was unhappy in his heart, how could he not be angry if he was scolded by the scholar for no reason.

The scholar didn't panic when he saw the punch coming, he waited until the punch reached his face before turning his head away, and just dodged it, the fat black man wanted to fight back, but unexpectedly, the scholar grabbed the black man's wrist and pressed down, his shoulders Going up to the top, I heard the fat black man cry out in surprise, his hands were pinched and he couldn't move, just feeling panicked, the scholar kicked the fat black man down again.

Bang bang bang!
There were three muffled sounds in succession, and the fat black man's thighs trembled in pain after being kicked several times on the inside of his legs. When the scholar let go of the fat black man's hands from his shoulders, the fat black man sat on the ground directly.

Huh?
Xian Shi was a little surprised, even the white-clothed Confucian scholar next to him also came up to Xian Shi's ear and whispered: "Brother, why are your martial arts quite similar to that of your senior brother?"

Xian Shi also nodded when he heard the words.

At this time, the fat black man on the ground turned around and wanted to get the long axe, but was stopped by the idler, the black man was upset, and the idler only said: "It is not shameful to lose with fists, but it is shameful to win with the axe. "

The fat black man had no face for a moment, he glanced at the few people in front of him and lowered his head, but he could only bear it.

Xian Shi pursed his lips and smiled, although his brother is sometimes reckless, he is definitely a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and it would be better if he changed his straightforward temper in the future.

"You idler is very cool." The scholar probably didn't expect that idler to be so broad-minded, and at this moment he calmed down after venting his anger, and felt that he was reckless.

While speaking, he couldn't help but bowed his hands to the idle man, and then he owed to the fat black man to make an apology.

The fat black man snorted coldly and didn't respond, the idler smiled and bowed his hands back, the scholar thought that the matter was over, but he didn't expect the idler to put a smile on his mouth, and said: "Your Excellency is quite resourceful, my elder brother I also like boxing and kicking very much on weekdays, so you might as well ask for your advice."

After speaking, the idle scholar glanced at the white-clothed Confucian scholar beside him, and saw the white-clothed Confucian scholar nodded in understanding, got up and walked towards the scholar.

Uh

The scholar knew that he might not be able to make peace with this matter, so he had no choice but to respond:
"Teach me."

(End of this chapter)