Chapter 17 Old Man Mei

When the three of them returned to the hotel, it was already midday, and it was almost dawn.

The moment I lay in bed, I really felt how beautiful it was to be safe and free from pain.

People will pursue a lot of things in life, money, status, career, position, and so on. There are very few people who really enjoy this kind of bland happiness.

Zhuangzi said: forget the foot, the right shoes, forget the waist, the right belt. The reason why your attention is not on your feet is because the shoes make you comfortable. The reason why you don't pay attention to your waist is because the belt is just the right size. Because these parts don't protest, you are very comfortable, but you don't pay much attention to it. When you really wait until the illness comes, you will realize how insignificant the things you have pursued all your life are compared to life.

Maybe that's life. People are always not satisfied, there was a Zhu Zaiyu in the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem "Ten Insufficient", although there is a joke, but the truth explained in it is really very profound:

Rushing all day long is only for hunger, so that you have food and clothing.

Put Aya Luo on her body, and look up and think the house is low.

built tall buildings and mansions, but there were few beautiful wives in front of the bed.

The beautiful wives and concubines are all married, and they are worried that they will not have a horse to ride when they go out.

Buy the money to buy the high-headed horse, and follow the horse before and after.

The family recruited dozens of them, and they were bullied because they were rich and powerless.

Yiquan reached the county position, and said that the official was small and low.

As soon as you climb to the old position, you will be enthroned every day.

One day, he sat in the south and wanted the gods to play chess.

Dongbin played chess with him, and asked where the ladder was.

The ladder to the sky did not sit down, and the king of Hades came to urge him.

If it weren't for this person's big limit, it would be too low to go up to the sky.

While thinking about it, I didn't realize that I had fallen asleep. Until noon, he was woken up by Zeng Dongcheng's phone. Mr. Zeng didn't know what happened last night, and said that one of his elders wanted to see me. In his early years, this elder had followed an old Taoist in Chengdu Qingyang Palace to practice, and then ***** broke out, and was dragged around by the Red Guards as a bull ghost and snake god, and finally the Taoist temple was occupied, and was ordered to return to the vulgar, and there was nowhere to live, so he returned to his hometown of Enshi.

Because of this opportunity, when I heard that we were coming, I expressed my desire to see us.

Since I am a senior, and I have practiced in such a famous view as Qingyang Palace, I am naturally happy to go.

Qingyang Palace, according to legend, is the place where Lao Tzu became an immortal and attained Taoism. It was founded in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years. When the Huangchao army was in turmoil, Tang Xizong took refuge in Shuzhong, and used this place as a palace.

During the Ming Dynasty, it was destroyed due to natural disasters, coupled with the disturbance of soldiers, and it was once dilapidated. The Qingyang Palace that can be seen now was repaired and expanded during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. There is still a bronze green sheep given by the prime minister Zhang Pengxi in the palace, and many good men and women go to the Qingyang Palace, they will stroke it on the bronze sheep in order to get a good fortune.

After the outbreak, the palace was greatly impacted, and the Taoist priests inside were ordered to return to the world, which was a great loss to the spread of Taoist culture at that time.

After the reform and opening up, it has been repaired many times, but the cultural inheritance is no longer what it used to be. It is necessary for generations of people with lofty ideals to gradually improve and develop, in order to restore the prosperity of the Tang and Song dynasties.

After a while, the vehicle that picked us up was downstairs. Shanheng Shan Tong Shan Hao has already finished washing and is waiting downstairs.

After some rest, several people's complexions were significantly better.

On the way, Shanheng asked: "Master, I made an appointment with that demon Dao last night to go to Wangchengpo today, do you still want to go?"

Shantong glanced at him and said, "That's obviously a pretext to send us away, as soon as we leave, he will start to make trouble, where will really pass." ”

Shan Heng said: "Also, this person is vicious, insidious and cunning, he suffered such a big loss yesterday, I can't swallow this breath no matter what, I have to kill him!"

Not only him, but three of our four masters and apprentices suffered at his hands, Shan Hao's hand was burned, Shan Heng was cast with blinding methods and Gu worms, and I was also cast by him with witch Gu. Several of the apprentices were indignantly unconvinced.

The car was parked in front of a private clubhouse. Mr. Zeng and an old man greeted him at the door. Greetings, the Taoist bowed, and then entered with the two.

The old man's surname is Mei, and he is 70 years old this year. But the body is still very healthy. The sound is like a bell, and the demeanor has a taste of fairy wind.

This club was opened by Mr. Zeng himself, and it is not open to the public, but only to internal friends. The interior is not very luxuriously decorated. But it has a different flavor.

Entering the door, a pair of golden leopards carved by Jin Sinan stood proudly in the hall, and on a large screen in the middle, there were calligraphy and paintings written by Liang Qichao. The majestic and free temperament jumped on the paper, and the talent that almost wanted to spew out was eye-catching. It is really worthy of a generation of talents.

When going inside, the famous calligraphy and painting in the middle of the aisle one after another, Xu Beihong's horse, Qi Baishi's shrimp, Qigong's couplet, Hongyi's calligraphy works, Mi Fu's cursive, people can't bear to move.

I have seen a lot of works by famous calligraphers in the past. But it's rare to find something as rare and complete as this.

As the saying goes: if there is no calligraphy or painting in the room, it must be a layman's house. The role of calligraphy and painting is self-evident, on the one hand, it can reflect the value of the owner, and on the other hand, it also sets off the personal taste.

Many places are gorgeously decorated, but there are few calligraphy and paintings. Such a space is like a bewitching girl, and it will be annoying for a long time.

But here it is used to set off the interior like a lady, elegant and beautiful, but there is a famous atmosphere between gestures. It's unnatural to revel in it.

The tea room also has a unique flavor. A wall composed of various teapots, a handful of teapots are all exquisite and chic, together forming a strong visual impact, rushing towards people.

The host and guest sit down. Shan Heng and the three of them stood aside.

At this time, the tea master came out of the back room. When we saw this person, several of us were stunned.

It's the girl who helped us exorcise Gu last night! It's just that today's dress has become a cheongsam, a very decent dress, dignified and beautiful, and elegant temperament, and the denim suit yesterday is completely two styles.

Shan Heng and Shan Tong were also shocked instantly, and Shan Heng hurriedly turned his head to look at me and said, "This ..... This..... She's not ......." In a hurry, I couldn't even speak.

The old man said, "This is my granddaughter, named Mei Ruoshui." Take the meaning of goodness like water. Ruoshui, I came to see the Sanyao Daoist and a few high-ranking disciples. “

Liu Ruoshui said: "Sanyao Dao is auspicious. Three auspicious. I didn't expect to meet again today. ”

Thank you Ruoshui girl for coming to the rescue yesterday, we were about to inquire about the girl's whereabouts, and we didn't want to meet here, it was really fate. I said.

"Daoist don't have to be polite. My grandfather taught me from a young age that it is our duty as a doctor to help the world and save people. “

Zeng Dongcheng was inexplicable, I don't know when we actually met, she actually saved us, so he asked, "Dao Chief, do you know?"

I briefly described the process of being in the hospital yesterday, of course, I hid the plot of fighting with Zhao Gaoming in the old Zhou house, and I always said after listening: "I didn't expect Ruoshui to have such skills at a young age." I usually hide it well, but I never knew that in addition to making good tea and writing well, your medical skills are so high."

Old Man Mei said: "She has been interested in medicine since she was a child, so she taught her some in her spare time. I didn't expect it to come in handy yesterday. In the final analysis, it is still the Taoist Changji, and he can naturally turn evil into good fortune everywhere. It's all a fixed number. “

"I want to ask, how did you know we were in the hospital yesterday and still be able to call my name accurately?"

"Guess!" said with a mischievous smile. At this time, the expression was completely different from the cold image of yesterday, and after thinking that he should be praised, he was in a good mood, so he began to talk and laugh.

"Yesterday, I received a call from your master, Daoist Luo Hong. I have known your master for a long time, and when I went to Longhu Mountain to ask, it was Luo Hong who received me. After living for more than a month, the two of us have similar interests, like-minded and get along very well. When entrusted by others, it is natural to be loyal to people. Old Man Mei said.

I see.

"Today, Mei Lao met to teach. Please make it clear to Mr. Mei"

"I don't dare to teach, I'm here to make amends today. After that, he turned his head and shouted inward, "Don't get out of here yet!"

The two people who came out of the back room were Zhao Gaoming and Lao Zhou. When Mr. Zeng saw Lao Zhou, he was immediately stunned, I don't know how this usually honest porter got involved with the old man Mei in front of him?

Walked out dejectedly, walked up to Mei Lao, knelt down, Zhao Gaoming said: The disciple is guilty, please punish the uncle.

Mei Lao Dao: Oh, what are your sins, I don't know very well. You are here to talk about it in front of President Zeng and Dao Chang.

Zhao Gaoming's face was as pale as earth at this time, and he didn't know how many unsightly things he had done when his uncle said this. In the early years, I heard the master say that although this Uncle Mei rarely shows the mountain dew on weekdays, he was the most proud disciple of the master in Qingyang Palace back then, with talent and intelligence, and profound Taoism. Later, I went to Longhu Mountain and Wudang Mountain to visit the immortals and asked, thinking that it was even more advanced.

Yesterday's Gu poison, he had done his best, but it was easily dissolved by his granddaughter, which shows how deep his cultivation is.

In desperation, 1510 described how to train Lao Zhou, how to carry the company's money on the day of success, and how to harm a few of us.

Zeng always listened to the righteous indignation, the company had such an evil person, he didn't even notice it, and even a few of us were tortured by this, ashamed and annoyed, and a face was already red. But his cultivation was excellent, and he returned to normal in just a moment.

After listening to this, Old Man Mei said: "You have learned a skill, and you don't think about helping the world, but you use it to do evil ways. Senior Brother is no longer alive, and I will clean the portal for Senior Brother today. nullify the ways of the two of you, lest the two of you harm the world in the future. ”

After that, he pointed with both hands and drew a talisman on the top of the head and back of the two, while reciting the trick of scattering gong, and finally shouted "Close!"

At this time, all the two people's deeds have been abolished, and they no longer have the right to perform exercises. Zhao Gaoming was reluctant in every way, but he had no power to resist. Seeing decades of hard work turn into smoke and dissipate, he collapsed to the ground for a while, crying profusely.

In the Taoist gate, the inheritance of teachers and spells is not something that can be memorized by a few words. It must be the master's meritorious work and authorization to the disciple before he can mobilize the soldiers and horses of his own sect. If the master does not give permission, even if the disciple memorizes the 8,000 volumes of Daozang well, he will not be able to mobilize the troops and horses, and the spell will be invalid.

Old Man Mei's success is to take back the right of the two to mobilize troops and horses. So the two of them have failed their spells since then.

When Shan Heng and the other three saw Zhao Gaoming end up like this, they immediately dissipated the resentment in their chests. I can't wait to applaud.

After the matter was settled, I immediately reported the matter to Master.

But the master said, "I don't know this person, could it be that I have made a mistake?"