Text: Snow Lotus III

Shuangqing Mountain is the first Taoist mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, many well-known Taoist arts, take things in the air, ghosts through the wall are due to here, Nie Shuhao has a lot of longing in his heart, and goes straight to the hall along the steps, one after another pilgrims and believers, in an endless stream, Nie Shuhao has no intention of paying attention to go straight to the hall, walking into the hall and looking around, there is a row of blue bricks and green tiles behind the hall, a Taoist boy serving tea is handing tea to the house, Nie Shuhao hurriedly stepped forward and greeted the boy and said, "I want to ask to see the Taoist chief to ask about some mundane things, please pass it on" The boy frowned, and said impatiently, "You mortals don't know the depths, even if you are high-ranking officials and nobles, businessmen and magnates, you have to make an appointment to see the immortal master, why don't you wait for ordinary laymen', Nie Shuhao touched his nose, and wondered in his heart, "Could it be that the immortal master only sees high-ranking officials and nobles, and ordinary people can't see it' The boy couldn't help but be angry when he saw Nie Shuhao bumping into himself." Seeing that you have no use, you are so stupid and incorrigible, what do you know, all the Taoist priests on the mountain, eat and drink Lazar, which one can be separated from the money, and which way the gods have to stammer', Nie Shuhao sneered and said, "The Taoist priest is not cultivating in the mountains, he is self-reliant, he is indifferent to fame and fortune but follows the world, isn't he putting the cart before the horse', the boy heard the words and said angrily, 'Go, go, go, where is the madman, don't leave quickly' Nie Shuxiang smiled bitterly Taoist priests, Bodhisattvas also have to divide people into three, six, nine and so on, depending on fame and fortune, what is the way of heaven, what is humane, and how is the Tao of nature' Nie Shuhao was stunned, returned to the hall and saw all the pilgrims bowing to Tianzun diligently, and he laughed dumbly in his heart, and said angrily, "If you have money and resources, you will protect you, if not, you don't have to be sentimental, ask for more blessings." Nie Shuhao walked out of the main hall, standing on the top of the mountain, but saw the mountains surrounded, the green and continuous, a pool of green water dotted in the meantime, the river network is vertical and horizontal, the mountains and rivers are beautiful and a world out of the world, Nie Shuhao bypassed the main gate from a remote path to the mountain, unconsciously walked into a metasequoia forest, the forest is deep, quiet, depressed people want to suffocateNie Shuhao hung his head and saw a lake in front of him, a person sat on a small boat and closed his eyes to recuperate, it was dusk at this time, and the falling She Hui shone lightly on the surface of the lake, and the lake rippled with golden ripples, and a steep spring cold rushed towards him.

Nie Shuhao was curious, and hurriedly stepped forward, and saw an old Taoist priest sitting in the boat with white hair, not startled, and motionless like a puppet, Nie Shuhao saw that the lake was remote and deep, if there was anything missing, his water nature was only afraid that he could not do anything, so he shouted at the boat. Dao Chief, I'm afraid that the boat will capsize in this situation' The Dao Chang opened his eyelids and glanced at Nie Shuhao, noncommittal, whispering in his mouth, and in an instant, the small boat was like a Dinghai God Needle without any peak, and the hunting wind gradually calmed down. The wind and waves on the water surface were calm, Nie Shuhao was taken aback, the atmosphere did not dare to come out, sat there with wide eyes and did not dare to say anything anymore, staring at the old Taoist chief tightlyThe boat retreated from the turbulent waves to the lake, the old Taoist sat cross-legged in the bow of the boat and sailed into the bamboo pole array, but it was a square outside the world, the wind and waves were calm, the water was still the same as the long sky, the Taoist was silent, and after a while, he suddenly saw the blue waves, the colorful birds in the sky spread their wings and fly, the osprey sticks to the water surface and is busy, the Taoist chief pocketed the two-tailed grass carp and poured it into the warehouse, and then gently said, "Heaven and earth are yellow, the universe is desolate, the sun and the moon are shining, the sun and the moon are shining, the sun and the moon are shining, the cold comes and the summer comes, the autumn harvest and the winter hides. After speaking, he smiled, propped the boat to the shore, found a flat terrain, and lit a fire, Nie Shuhao stood on the side, looking at the Taoist chief's serious grilled fish, his heart was very strange, the Taoist chief was roasting the fish in the fire, and suddenly turned around and shouted, "Silly boy, why don't you go and pick up some firewood, what are you doing in a daze?" Nie Shuhao suddenly realized, hurriedly entered the forest and picked up a large bundle of dead branches, hugged and walked to the Taoist chief's side, the Taoist did not raise his head and continued to roast the grass carp, Nie Shuhao stood silently next to him, smelled a burst of fish fragrance, and suddenly thought of what the taste of this cleanly grilled fish is, just afraid of fading out of a bird, timidly said to the Taoist chief, "Immortal Master, why don't I go to the mountain to buy some salt or sauce to increase my appetite" The Taoist looked him up and down, and said indifferently, "Cultivators have pure hearts and few desires, and occasionally beat tooth sacrifices, why be poor and extravagant" Nie Shuhao was stunned when he heard this, retracted the steps he had just taken and stood aside, and the long man smacked his lips, "Go and go, let it be, how can you have so many scruples, do you want my old man to break the vows?" Nie Shuhao couldn't laugh when he heard it, such as receiving the holy decree and running straight to the mountain commissary, coming back and forth for more than half an hour, but when he came back, the fish had been roasted, Nie Shuhao sprinkled salt and sauce evenly, and roasted it again with a fragrant aroma, handed it to the Taoist, and heard the Taoist chief praise "I have been indifferent for decades in life, I didn't know that the grilled fish was so delicious, and now it is really extravagant, sin, sin" Nie Shuhao saw that the Taoist chief had a straightforward temperament, and asked cautiously, "Immortal Master, I have a friend who has been poisoned by gas, and his body is intact and has all the hidden insides, but there is a resurrection of the dead, and the Taoist is so good, no wonder you are so Yinle, it turns out that you have a flower intestine" Nie Shuhao lowered his head and whimpered, "It's just because of his own negligence that he made a big mistake, if a person with a heart like a bodhisattva really dies, there is really no heavenly reason." The Taoist chief sighed and said, 'Spring, summer, autumn and winter, the four seasons are repeated, the flowers are prosperous and withered, the cycle of life and death, how can you go against the sky, the Tao gives birth to one, one life to two, two to three, three to all things, and all things return to nothing, the laws of nature, helpless, helpless'. After saying that he was eating by himself, Nie Shuhao never gave up chattering, the old Taoist ignored Nie Shuhao lying on the ground and crying bitterly, the old Taoist was colorless and phaseless, and walked along the lake to live in the mountains, Nie Shuhao heard that the Taoist was gone, and hurriedly stumbled behind, thinking that the Taoist would go to the main hall, but unexpectedly walked into the deep mountains, the mountain road was rugged and steep, and the Taoist was walking like flying, and in a blink of an eye, Nie Shuhao was impatient, and even crawled behind him to chase closely, on his legs, his knees hit several wounds, and the blood was bubbling and flowing, and he saw that he turned to a valley mouth, and there was no trace of the Taoist chief, Nie Shuhao was busy in his heart, standing at the mouth of the valley and looking aroundOn both sides of the mountain is only a sheep intestine trail, before and after a glance, is it not possible to fly with wings, is hesitating, the top of the mountainside 'fluttering' A line of birds in the clouds, Nie Shuhao suddenly woke up, busy climbing the mountain, climbed to more than ten meters, heard the sound of the stone rolling down, a big stone fell rapidly from the mountain and smashed directly into Nie Shuhao's head, Nie Shuhao is climbing to the steep place, there is no way to avoid it, and he is about to burst his brain, Nie Shuhao closed his eyes and waited for death, and suddenly felt that his waist was tightly entangled by a rattan, and then the person threw it into the air to draw an arc, and threw it on a mountain beam, and the mountain beam was recessed into a piece, like a hole but not a hole, but also sheltered from the wind and rain, there was a row of stone tables, stone benches, Feifei drizzle with a small wind, head-on, the biting cold like a knife, Nie Shuhao shivered, his lips were frozen purple, and finally he didn't dare to move, looking at the Taoist from a distance, wanting to speak and stop.