Chapter 41: The Sage of Gezhu
Lichen found that the fireworks that don't eat the world refer not only to immortals, but also to stupid people who are not ordinary things. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Because Lichen has never felt that the lack of copper in the Ming Dynasty has reached any point, and how much copper he requires. When he went to Xuanguangguan to inquire about the purchase of copper, he realized how difficult it was to buy enough copper, even if it was approved by the imperial court. The dust brought back a few thousand catties and returned to the cave, and after some refining, there were dozens of catties left, and even one pillar was not enough.
In desperation, he had no choice but to extinguish the idea of acquisition. Not because of the money. Twenty is not enough to make up for what it needs. Lichen is ready to go out again, go to the south of Caiyun to have a look. If that's not enough, you'll have to go overseas. Dongying seems to have a lot of copper mines, and there seem to be a lot of monkey countries. I can still make up the points that I am fortunate to have. But before that, Lichen was still very interested, to see what he thought was a strange person, and to count the days, this strange man was not far from the time to preach.
Lichen was ready to travel, and Yun Lingzi insisted on accompanying him. Lichen politely refused, and Yun Lingzi insisted on it. After several times, Lichen had to hand over the responsibility of housekeeping to a fox and a monkey. I don't know if the cave can still exist after waiting for the dust or Yunhua to return.
Yun Lingzi couldn't see the daylight yet, so he could only hide in the puppet during the day. The dust is no match for Yun Lingzi's threat and temptation, so he can only walk at night, so that Yun Lingzi can also see the scenery along the way. I just don't know what I can see in the darkness of the night? But Yun Lingzi doesn't care! In the past, I only heard Yun Hua mention the days when he and his master were out touring, but Yun Lingzi was envious. Even the fox was able to follow the master to many places. How could I not have the experience of traveling with Master?
Lichen took Yun Lingzi out of Sichuan and into Guizhou, flew all the way, and came to a barren mountain ten miles away from Longchang Post Station and stopped. Seeing that there was no one in the barren mountains and mountains, he took advantage of the night to open the mountain and cut down the rocks. In the middle of the night, a small Taoist temple appeared on this small barren mountain. Lichen looked at the Taoist temple that he knew a little bit from his memory, and sighed. He took out a small dilapidated plaque from the Qiankun bag and carefully hung it on the gate of the Taoist temple.
"Master, don't we have a Xuanguang Temple? Why is there another Xuanguang Temple here? Yun Lingzi asked, staring at the plaque in front of the door.
"That's the current Xuanguang Temple, and I'm here from the former Xuanguang Temple." After finishing speaking, he didn't care whether Yun Lingzi understood it or not, and walked straight into the Taoist temple.
"Master, what are we doing here?" Yun Lingzi ran over and asked again.
"See a sage, a sage of bamboo" Lichen's answer was still unfathomable. Yun Lingzi was still inexplicable, so he was very dissatisfied. Snorted and went back to his big-headed doll. Today, Master is a little weird, let's ignore him.
But the sage of Gezhuzi now knows that someone is thinking about him. There are few people at Longchang Post Station, so in the past year, Wang Shouren has been sitting at the door of the post station in a daze in addition to repairing the house (which was always demolished by the local people). Until this morning, Wang Da Future Sage used to stand at the door of the post station and think about how long he would have to stay up this day. A Taoist priest walked on the mountain road in the distance.
He was in a green robe and a purple crown, with a white face and no beard, and a peachwood sword on his back. Very usual Taoist dress. But there is a very peculiar temperament, as if it is not touched by the fireworks in the world. The Taoist stepped on the morning light, and suddenly came to Wang Shouren and made a joke: "Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable"
Wang Shouren hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Dao Chang'an is good" Guizhou has never been Taoist territory, there are seedlings here, and there are few Taoist priests willing to come here. "I don't know where I've traveled here, what's going on?" Wang Shouren asked curiously.
"The poor road comes from Qingcheng Mountain, and I come here to promote my way." Lichen replied.
"Qingcheng Mountain? Dare to ask the long law? Wang Shouren felt a little familiar, so he asked.
"Poor dust," Lichen replied calmly.
"But the real person who protects the country is in person, and the student really doesn't know Mount Tai!" Wang Shouren was taken aback and covered up with a haha. He has always been easy-going, rarely divided between up and down, and when he talks about the old people in the court, he can also mix with the yamen officials. Although I was surprised to see this divine Taoist immortal in this wild place, I was not afraid. It's just that he enthusiastically invited the dust into the post station, made a pot of tea with his own hands, and wanted to ask for some Taoist knowledge.
"Immortal Chang's mana is through the Xuan, why did he come here to preach the Tao?" Wang Shouren was very curious about the purpose of the Dust Immortal's trip.
"There are millions of people here, why can't they preach the Tao?" Lichen smiled and said: "The ancestors have a blue thread on the road to enlighten the mountains and forests." The younger generations can covet the prosperous land and fear difficulties and difficulties. Sit on the gimbal, talk about the mysteries, and talk about the soldiers. If this is the case, is it the way to spread the Tao? ”
"Ugh!" Wang Shouren is a little unspeakable, this real person who protects the country seems to mean something!
Seeing that Wang Shouren wanted to speak, he stopped laughing and said: "The only thing in the world is to advance and retreat. If I teach so, if the country is, so is the people. Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. If there is no progress, there is a worry of decline. If you don't have the idea of sharpening, can you get the edge of the sword? “
What the fairy chief said is very much, I want to come to the students to miss the prosperity of their hometown every day, but they don't know that there is a trip to sharpen, and they still complain about it. Can be vulgar! Wang Shouren laughed, picked up a cup of tea and drank it all.
"Hehe, Lord Wang is in the abyss, why rush for a while. It's just a rare opportunity, have you ever thought about the way to know and do? Lichen asked.
"Oh!" Wang Shouren said eagerly: "Zhu Zi once said: knowledge is the first, and behavior is important. I don't know if the immortal chief thinks so? ”
Only then did he remember that the great sage in front of him seemed to have not yet attained enlightenment. Of course, there will be no later theory of the unity of knowledge and action. I had to continue to take a sip of tea, pointed to a big stone on the mountain road in the distance and said, "Do you know the weight of the stone?" “
Wang Shouren carefully followed the direction pointed by the dust and said: "I'm afraid it's not less than a thousand catties."
Lichen shook his head and said, "This stone weighs more than two thousand seven hundred and twenty-five catties. If you don't weigh it yourself, how do you know its weight? Do first, then know. It's hard to know, but it's even harder to do. No matter how Confucianism is, if you are afraid, you are afraid that you will not know it, it is purely based on speculation. When you know that there is a disaster for Zhao Kuo on paper! Lord Wangwang will remember in the future: don't ask the old farmers, don't know what the acres of land will get. If you don't ask the woodcutter, you don't know the secrets of the mountains and forests. Don't want to learn the monk's set and go astray. The things of the world must be judged without evidence. If you want to know the weight of the stone, measure it with a tool."
The last few sentences, Lichen deliberately drank them in Taoism, and when they heard it in Wang Shouren's ears, it was like thunder and explosion. I was shocked for a while. What you have learned in the past, what you think about today. They were disturbed and couldn't help but be stunned.
It wasn't until mid-ring that he came back to his senses, but found that the tea was cold, and the fairy chief had already left. Hurriedly grabbed the little official beside him and asked, "When will the immortal chief leave?" “
The little official hurriedly replied, "My lord, it has been more than an hour since the immortal chief left. It's just that the immortal chief is about to give instructions not to disturb the adult's contemplation. So the little ones didn't dare to alarm the adults. The immortal chief also said. If you have leisure, you can take ten miles southwest and visit the Taoist temple. “
"Ten miles to the southwest, isn't that a barren mountain? When did there be a Taoist temple? Wang Shouren asked strangely.