Chapter 10: The Tao Seeks the Tao
After the two people who explored flew up, they probed around a few times, but there was no trace of horses, so they found a bluestone and shady place to sit down, and they didn't know what to do.
Wei Yan loosened her toiling sword arm, twisting and pinching her willow waist. Shao leaned, Chao Jing Shao asked: "You said that Brother Songhe why we should follow that group, I don't think their actions are strange." Could it be that he discussed it with his eldest brother and deliberately separated us so that they could do what they wanted?"
No matter where she is, she likes to ask this and that, and Jing Shao gradually got used to it.
"Have you forgotten what the master told you before you went down the mountain? The master said that everything is up to his arrangement and dispatch, which is not unreasonable. What do you think, Senior Brother Songhe is the deputy city lord of Chongguang City, which shows his ability to deal with things. Later, he put down his noble identity and came to Ziwei Palace to practice two years ago. The student who handed over the governance of Chongguang City to his students, Senior Brother Yusha, who was half a generation younger than him, led him to practice, and he also admired him. Now he asked for orders to go down the mountain in order to protect every inch of Chongguang City's territory, so as to prevent evil people from disturbing it, and to govern Chongguang City well. It's even rarer to have people like this, do you know why the master sent me to wait down the mountain?" Jing Shaodao.
"I've heard a little about this, but what did you say about him giving Chongguang City to his students two years ago, and who are his students?" asked Wei Yan puzzled.
"You may not know who he was before. He was once a prince in the court, and his student is the only prince Zhaoming today. Jing Shaodao.
When he heard this, he was surprised and had a cherry red mouth, and he couldn't believe that there was such a thing.
After a while, it's almost time for the two of them to leave.
He wanted to choose the highest place near him and fly to find the people of the Key. They floated over the Xiangquan rock, the green onions and birds chirped, the pillar stood on a small mountain, facing the breeze and looking out, the rice fields were golden in the distance, and then there seemed to be a small village in front of them, which was covered with clouds. It occurred to them that the target they were following might be tired of it, and perhaps they would stop in that place to see if they could try their luck.
When they arrived, the sun was still so bright, and they galloped towards it with a few poplar trees on their heads. When I moved, I came to the entrance of the village, which looked like a lonely village, and there were only seven or eight families in the village. Daozhang Bianhuai is a place to escape the heat. Although the hut is dilapidated, it is a human activity. Under the big camphor tree, the two old men are playing idle chess, and there are many passers-by in the tea shed, after all, it is such a hot day. Maybe in the village, except for those who work hard in the fields, who is not in a shady place to relax in the shade or drink tea in the tea shed and talk about their hearts. When they arrived here, the two of them were already very thirsty, and they had already drunk all the water in the waist pot, and they forgot to scoop a large waist pot of water in the beautiful spring.
The tea boy in the shed looked at them from a distance, opened his throat full of frequent solicitors, and said busily: "The jade golden buds are really superb, and the farmers have worked very hard to make them." The rabbit is fragrant and white, and the crab eye soup is spread in fine waves. Fight off the sleeping demon and leave the pillow mat, adding fresh air to the skin. Immortal tea is self-congregating from the source of the Tao, and it is not allowed to move its roots to the imperial capital. ”
Jing and Wei didn't think much about it, so they wanted to quench their thirst first. As soon as he entered the shed, he found a seat to sit down, and Jing Shao, who ordered two bowls of tea, was drinking, and he saw a bunch of familiar faces in his spare eye, but he didn't see it clearly when he entered the shed, and he was in a hurry to come in to buy tea to eat. The group to the right of their table is the keys. I don't know if it's joy or worry. Jing Shao frowned and thought: "If that deep pit is done by them, then they are stalking others like this, and if the other party is angry, they can clean themselves up without much effort." Since you're here, let's wait and see what happens, and it's better to eat tea silently with Weiyan. Besides, the old man doesn't seem to be a cruel person, Ziwei Palace has always made friends, no matter how he says it, he is also a member of the same family. ”
The guy from the tea shed took the waist pot, made tea for Jing and Wei, handed it to the table, and beckoned to the shed. I saw that the man came into the shed from the road, he carried a thin jade white, amber-like clear silk hat, dressed as a Taoist, with a light gait, medium stature, and a long sword hanging from his waist. Qiao Keyzi gave Cheng Ruping a look, but she didn't expect her to shake her head gently, indicating that she didn't know either. Inexplicably confused, the key asked lightly: "Poor Dao doesn't seem to know his mother, right? There is a seat next to him, why do you still come to squeeze it?"
"It's a good way, it's a very good way. A clear and emerald sound came out of the curtain along the curtain, as if it could freeze the air in the tea shed, as if a faint clear ice had been formed, giving people a cool feeling.
The delicate voice resembled that of an eighteen-year-old girl with a slight youth, causing the people who were drinking tea in the shed to slow down all their movements in amazement, as if they wanted to hear the unhearable voice again. Jing and Wei were also attracted by the charm of Qingyue.
Lu Keyzi listened to the sound and watched the product, and felt that her temperament was extraordinary, but she didn't know what she wanted to sit and answer the question, and she thought that she had never made a deep friendship with any kind of Taoist aunt. After thinking for a while, he said, "Dare to ask the girl's name?"
"The name is famous, not very famous. The woman said and reasoned with the hat that she didn't pick up in the cool place. This time it's the kind of evocative sound again.
The hearts of the tea guests in the whole shed seemed to want to wait for that kind of nice sound again, and the porter who had drunk enough tea simply did not leave, or asked for a few more bowls.
The three locks sat next to the woman, and after listening to it a few times, it was very refreshing, and she couldn't help but use her little hand to lift the hat at the end of the curtain, but the woman stretched out her wrist and slapped it away. He reached out again and was slapped away, and the third time the woman put his hand on the tea table. Cheng Ruping stared at him with a blank face and eyes, and he gave up when he was playful. If it weren't for the other naughty children sitting farther away, they might also have itchy hands to uncover the hat.
"The girl doesn't have to make a quote, you can explain the meaning. "The key said.
"In the next name, it can be named, and the number is nine. You can also call me a Taoist friend, or a nine-slung son. The woman said in a positive voice.
"Judging by the girl's name, she is a young vegetarian. The key asked.
"The Taoist chief guessed correctly, I really just got started, I look at your childish face and beard, you must be a person who has attained the Tao, so I dare to come to apprentice! Ke Ming said loudly, and the voice of the jade golden bell carried twelve points of admiration.
Qiao Keyzi was stunned for a while, and as soon as the haired child heard the word apprenticeship, the fire came from his mouth, and he interjected to her: "He won't even accept me, and he will accept you there." If you want to learn to fly to the sky, kill demons, and keep a domain peaceful, then go to Tianhu City by yourself, why bother to ask for a person who pinches mud. I tell you, it is better for you to wash your own hands and stick a little stick in the mud than to worship this master, and the wind will not blow it down, and the rain will not beat it. Maybe I can say goodbye too. "The haired child has a three-inch tongue and a seven-inch mouth. Count winter melons, eggplants. The words carry a hint of resentment.
"Why do you want to accept you, if you want to accept me, I will be the eldest brother, you still have to queue up. The three locks got up and said to the child.
When the hairy child heard this, he slapped the table and stood up, fiercely hostile to him.
"What are you doing, did you drink too little tea, didn't swallow your mouth, or drank too much tea, and used it as a quarrel? Cheng Ruping said to the children here and to the children there.
calmed down the child's play, and the woman learned that the key did not accept apprentices, so she first begged for a long time, and then sighed. Lu Keyzi asked: "Why don't you go to Tianhu City to practice, I am a cultivator, I talk about pure cultivation and tranquility, and I never accept apprentices." ”
"And what are they?" asked Ke Ming, confused.
"This is entrusted by a Taoist friend, he has a good relationship with me, if this matter is over, I will retire. "The key said. The Taoist friend he said was naturally Gu Huazi, the old man who hoeed the ground.
"I don't want to go to the place where people are outstanding when I learn the Tao, I just want to hide in the mountains, just because I can't get used to seeing the intrigue of various sects, competing for treasures and profits, and either killing or being killed. How is this different from those men who fight on the battlefield?" said Ke Ming with regret.
"Well, you have a good heart, just by virtue of that. Although I am not your master, I am willing to make friends with you and give you a guide or two. He put down the bowl of tea he had just drunk.
But Ming was very excited at first glance, and he took off the hat as soon as he was depressed. A beautiful face is displayed, and at a glance, it is Daji who looks like the princes of Zhou Youwang, the goddess that King Chu Huai met in Wu Twelve Peaks, and the concubine Mi in Zijian Luoshenfu.
Everyone was amazed, but the soul was in the sky, and they couldn't concentrate on their own initiative. The key closed his eyes and sighed.
"A person who has a girl with such a good appearance must have been pampered since childhood, and the girl happens to be the opposite of others. It's a rarity. The key praised.
"Don't worry, my appearance doesn't mean anything to me. Do you know why I'm called the Nine Son?" said Ke Mingqing.
"Taishang Daojun's "Tao Dumb" said: Those who learn the Tao have nine troubles, all of which are serious diseases. If the disease is known, the immortal can be obtained. "The key said.
"Which nine troubles?" said Mingtian Tian.
"Nine patients, one suffers from their ambition but no time, two suffers from their time but no friends, three suffers from their friends but no ambition, four suffers from their ambition but no teacher, five suffers from their teacher but does not learn, six suffers from learning but is not diligent, seven is diligent but cannot keep the Tao, eight is able to keep the way but is not determined, and nine is able to consolidate his will but cannot be long. Lu Keyzi took a sip of tea and explained slowly.
Ke Mingtao nodded with a drunken white jade face, snatched the poured teapot of the guy who had just come to add tea, and added tea to the key to the spoon diligently, and asked the key to continue talking.
"There are a thousand ordinary people, and there are one who know, a thousand who know, and one who cultivates, a thousand who cultivate, and one who specializes in the Tao, a thousand who specialize, and one who is diligent. Cultivate and be diligent for a long time, and the road can be expected. If there is little but good way, unswerving, water and fire can not be afraid of its heart, glory can not confuse its ambition, cultivate the truth and hold the element, and meet the teacher for a long time, and do not suffer from nothing. In this way, you don't need to be friends, and you don't need to be moved. The breadth of this immortal cultivation is also to be said. Cultivators, think diligently. "The key said.
She still wanted to worship the key as a teacher, but the key didn't allow her, and she asked how to take the first step in practice.
"I'll give you the same thing. With a wave of his hand, a large package appeared on the tea table.
The key Zi Zhengse took it apart, took it out one by one and handed it to her: "This is the Eight Elements of the Immortal Dao, the Taishang Hidden Book, the Nine True Scriptures of the Yellow Old Secret Words, the Taiqing Sutra Changes Seventy-four Directions, the Three Days of the Text of the Six Heavens, the Yellow Qi Yang Essence Hidden Heavenly Hidden Moon, the Three Yuan Cloth Sutra Dao True Diagram, the Forty-four Recipes of the Huang Su Divine Formula, the Yellow Book of the Red Realm of Immortality, the Red Dan Golden Essence Stone Mirror Jellyfish, the Qing Yao Purple Book Golden Root Zhongwen, the Jade Essence True Recipe Three Nine Plain Language, the Stone Essence Golden Light Hidden Jing Record Shape, the Danjing Dao Jing Yin Di Eight Techniques, Bai Jianqing Records the Name of the Dao, Purple Void Flame Light Night Shine Divine Candle, The Sutra of the Seven Transformations of the Seven Transformations, the Thirty-Nine Chapters of the Great Cave Sutra, the Eight Gifts and Ten Tips of the Taidan Hidden Book, the Seven Stars Shift of the Three Diagrams of Tianguan, the Nine Dan Changes in the Fetal Essence, the Nine Red Spot Charms Seal the Mountains and the Sea, the Golden Liquid Shendan Taiji Yinzhi, the Nine Turns of the Divine Pill Costume into the White Crane, the Emperor Elephant Fu to Combine the Vitality, the White Feather Purple Cover to Tour the Five Mountains, the Three Emperors' Text to Summoning the Gods of Heaven and Earth, the Jade Pei Jin Jue to Deng Taiji, the Divine Tiger Fu to Prestige the Six Heavens, the Flowing Gold Bell to the Ghost God, the Suju Dan Fu to Summoning the Liujia, the Golden True Jade Light to Reflect the World, the Eight Views of the Public Opinion to Parade the Shangqing, The feather of flight flies in the air with a super void, the purple embroidered wool silk Danshu flying skirt, the white feather and the black feather fly in all directions, the green feather is dressed in a golden bell and a green belt, and Qu Chen flies to cover the body of the emperor.
For the sake of your rare temperament, these Dharma decisions and Dharma weapons will be given to you together. ”
The excited Ke Ming took it one by one, made a bow again, and got up and hugged his fists in salute. The delicate face was very excited with a smile, and slowly walked out of the tea shed and said step by step: "The Tao is learned from the heart, the heart is fake incense, the incense is burned in the jade furnace, the heart is in front of the Tao, the true spirit is looking forward to it, and the immortal Shi Linxuan is ordered to tell me to go up to nine days." ”
This dish is famous, and the self-expressive voice is elegant, like a wonderful charm.
The tea guest in a few pieces of mulberry hemp covered the wind and dust looked surprised, and he didn't believe that such a beautiful girl was going to be a Taoist aunt anyway. Even Jing Shao and Wei Yan, who were sitting in the tea shed and wanted to follow the key of the house, felt very unusual, at first they thought that she was just interested in this Taoist family, and they didn't know her mind until they came out of the shed and said it.
Ke Ming, who had picked up the hat and went out, had just taken a few steps up after speaking, and for some reason turned back and sat in the tea shed, this time choosing a more hidden seat, deliberately using his slender hand to lower the hat, as if he was avoiding something.
Shao leaning, there was a lame beggar with a dirty face hurriedly walked into the tea shed, his feet were a little difficult, and came to the side of Ke Ming, who was pious and kind at a table of one person, and the lame beggar grabbed Ke Ming's green bamboo shoot-like wrist with one hand, and said fiercely: "Ke Ming, do you know what you are doing, why do you always avoid me." His tone was full of questioning.
Everyone in the tea shed who recognized the lame beggar was amazed, and some of the tea guests had a hint of jealousy and strange thoughts, and the two men were dressed very far from each other, and they did not look like begging. The man who asked for herbal tea after boiling tea saw that he could get acquainted with the dignified girl, and he did not dislike being a beggar and drove him away.
"How many times have I told you, there is no possibility between us. Ke Ming persuaded bitterly.
"The two of us have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, even if the marriage is undecided, I still like you. If you want to live a better life, I can stop being a beggar and get a good job for the future. The lame beggar shouted.
"It's not that I don't hate you for being a beggar and won't marry you. You also know my personality, I have liked Taoism since I was a child, and I want to be a person who cultivates and does nothing, and I don't want to cut off my fate with Taishang Laojun because of my marriage with you. Our former fate, you can think of it as a ridiculous encounter. I owe you only a cow and a horse in the next life. Ke Ming stood up and said coldly.
The lame beggar is also persuasive and anxious, and one says that for your sake, I can throw away anything, and I am afraid of my life. One said that for the sake of cultivation, I can also swing a sword to cut love. The two debated for a moment.
Kana took a few steps from the tea shed, intending to leave. The lame beggar wanted to follow and dissuade her again, but he pulled out his sword, and after filing for a long time, the sword swept over and pointed at the lame beggar's throat, and said coldly: "Take another step, and I will kill you." ”
The lame beggar, whose heart was uncomfortable, stopped, and his eyes were moist and red.
The lame beggar struggled to catch the figure walking out of the tea shed, but the hearts of the people holding the sword were as estranged as iron. No matter how much he pleaded, Ke Ming resolutely did not go back to himself. Getting along with her day and night, he also knows that Ke Ming's temper is resolute and irreparable. At this time, his tears rained down.
"Do you think I'm good-looking, and I don't want to start a family with you, and blame me for being arrogant?"
The lame beggar shook his head with a sad face. Unexpectedly, Ke Ming bent his arm to retract his sword, and scratched the sword on his pale red and delicate face, one after another. He didn't have time to stop it, and he was afraid that the sturdy Ke Ming would do something stupid on his own, so he could only look at the blood-stained sword and the blood dripping in the dust. At this moment, there was a faint pain in his heart.
The guests in the tea shed felt strange and pity, and did not gossip.
The blood-faced and bloody man turned to himself, and the lame beggar looked at the background of Yibai's light silk, remembering the time when they met, picking butterflies and picking flowers, playing in the water and playing in the sand, and shouted with a trace of tears of hope: "If you are so ruthless? I only ask you the last sentence: Do you really regret the Dao heart?"
Ke Ming, who was carrying the sword satchel, stopped and responded loudly in a firm tone: "I have no regrets." ”
The people who left have no regrets, and the people who have broken down are dyed with tears. With tears in his eyes, he just wanted to howl, but how could life be a big howl?
Seeing this scene, the white beard of the key was lightly brushed, which showed the resoluteness of the famous Dao heart, the obsession with nuts, and a bit of natural appropriateness in his heart.
Suddenly, the swords of the finger-licking child and the hairy child on the tea table seemed to tremble for no reason.
It almost flew out of its sheath with a "click", and the slightly light black-gray table was "clucked" by the shaking of the sword. Sitting drinking tea, the key noticed that something was wrong, and before the two curious children could touch it, his clear hand swept out a few traces of true qi and slowly introduced it, temporarily suppressing the movement of the sword and knife. The clear water flowing from the sword was like a puddle on the tea table, dripping to the ground, and there was a puddle of clear water soaking the objects on the table. They put things away so they don't get wet. I thought it was someone who knocked down the bowl carelessly.