Chapter 13: Aunt Mei Yuan is hospitable and asks Tianlu about her past and present lives
Uncle Wu turned around and took us to a courtyard gate, this courtyard gate is unpretentious, it is difficult to see any difference between here and the surrounding area, the gatehouse is very eye-catching written "Plum Garden" two words.
Uncle Wu went to knock on the door, and after a while, a middle-aged woman came out of it, and the woman was also surprised when she saw Uncle Wu, and hurriedly beckoned Uncle Wu to go in.
Uncle Wu whispered a few words to the woman, and the woman also nodded again and again, and after speaking, she came over and introduced the woman and said, "Aunt Mei, this is Tiancheng!" ”
I smiled and greeted Aunt Mei, who hurriedly beckoned me into the courtyard to sit down in the hall, and ordered the maid to pour a cup of tea, and then said that she was going to the backyard to settle down and hurriedly went out.
I took a closer look at the house, the house looked nothing from the outside, but as soon as I entered the courtyard, it was very delicately arranged, whether it was the flowers, trees, pavilions, ponds, or the antique calligraphy and paintings in the house, I knew that it was from my father's hand. In this prosperous place in Wubao County, it must have cost a lot of silver taels to buy such a good place.
At this time, Uncle Wu and Aunt Mei both walked back from the backyard, and I asked Uncle Wu, "Can everything be settled down?" ”
Uncle Wu smiled; "Tiancheng, don't worry about this, everything has me, you can rest assured!"
Uncle Wu continued: "Aunt Mei has also followed the master for many years, and has been here to take care of the family and nursing home in case anyone can take care of it, and he cooks a good meal. ”
"Tiancheng, what do you want to eat, Aunt Mei will make it for you today!" Aunt Mei said.
I said embarrassedly: "It's already a disturbance to come this time, and I have to bother Aunt Mei to cook for so many people, I really don't want to go!" ”
Aunt Mei said with a smile: "Child, look at what you said, this is your own home, and you are still so polite when you come to your own home?" Don't worry, I've heard my lord say what you like to eat, and I won't disappoint you! ”
After speaking, he smiled and went down to prepare. Before I could thank her, Aunt Mei went out in a hurry, it seems that Aunt Mei is really a warm-hearted person.
At this time, everything was settled, and then I remembered the ancient book given to me by the teacher outside the city gate, and I just took this opportunity to ask Uncle Wu, he should know why he came after decades of wandering in the rivers and lakes. But I can't ask directly, my mentor wants the mentor-apprentice relationship between me and him to be kept secret, and although Uncle Wu is close to me, it's not easy to go back on his promise to his mentor.
I pulled Uncle Wu to sit down, poured a cup of tea for Uncle Wu, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, I have something I want to ask you?"
Uncle Wu replied with a puzzled face: "Tiancheng, you can say it, as long as my old Wu knows, I will know everything!"
I smiled and said, "It's nothing serious, have you ever heard of the book "Asking the Heavens"?"
Uncle Wu looked surprised, and then said, "Tiancheng, how did you know that there is this book?"
I lied and said, "A few years ago, when I was alone at home in the village, I came to a Taoist in the middle of the night to spend the night chatting and unintentionally mentioned it."
Uncle Wu hurriedly asked, "Where is that Daoist now?"
I said with a strange expression: "That's been a few years, and that person also left after spending the night at my house, and I don't know where to go!"
Uncle Wu muttered, "A few years ago...... Overnight ...... Gone ......."
I saw that Uncle Wu was like a lost soul, so I gently pushed Uncle Wu with my hand, and Uncle Wu came to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I was a little out of shape just now!"
I smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, Uncle Wu, just tell me about that book quickly!"
Uncle Wu picked up the teacup and took a sip to moisten his throat, then sorted out his thoughts and said: "Speaking of this "Wentianlu", it is the most mysterious divination feng shui in the past hundred years, face to face fortune telling, Qimen Dunjia and other easy magic as one of the supreme secret books, but these are just rumors in the world, it is really not the case that no one has ever seen it!"
I asked curiously, "Since no one has seen it with their own eyes, how can you say that this book is so mysterious?"
Uncle Wu then sighed: "Yes, no one has seen it, and the reason why the rumors are so has to start from his origin."
I waited with curiosity on my face as Uncle Wu continued, and Uncle Wu smiled when he saw me like this, and drank the teacup in one gulp, as if he was ready to give a long speech.
More than 100 years ago, there was a hermit on Zhongnan Mountain, the common family name is Li, and the road name is "Mai Zhenren", because he wears linen clothes all year round, and is said to be the descendant of Li Chunfeng, a master of physiognomy in the Tang Dynasty.
This person has been practicing in Zhongnan Mountain for 29 years, and the probation immortals have gained enlightenment, and finally have insight into the heavens, knowing that the previous life is 500 and the next life is 1000 years. Mai Zhenren is famous all over the world because of his two things, the first of which is a long drought and a rainy day.
A few decades ago, there was a severe drought in Shaanxi for three consecutive years, the crops were not harvested, the famine was all over the field, the land was full of hunger, and countless ordinary people died of starvation.
At this time, a Taoist appeared, and he asked his disciples to threaten everywhere, saying that three days later, they would cast a spell on the Louguantai to rain, and everyone would be suspicious, and they all gathered in the Louguantai three days later with the idea of the last straw, and there were as many as 3,000 people at that time.
Mai Daoist sat on the casting platform and said to the crowd: "This rain will last for seven days and seven nights!" Immediately the practice of rain, in an instant, the cloudless clear sky suddenly cloudy, thunder and lightning, everyone exploded the pot, this day and night look forward to the sky without a little cloud so that this person several times has been cloudy. Everyone believed that it was the reincarnation of the gods, and they knelt down one after another, and soon the rain poured down, and everyone cheered and jumped in the rain, all of them wept bitterly, and the tears and rain were mixed together......
Since then, Mai Dao people have become famous all over the world!
This second thing happened a few years later, Mai Zhenren traveled to the south, once the tea shed rest met three people, because the tea shed is very small Mai Taoist and the three of them sat at a table, during the rest to see their appearance, they have given the three of them a hexagram: the first person red-faced long beard dragon eyes and phoenix eyes, is a generation of emperors, but unfortunately the five elements lack wood, success is also wood failure; The second person's facial features are delicate, and Yintang slightly exudes a grand light, and in the future it will be above 10,000 people under one person, but unfortunately the five elements are woody, and they will live in gold; This third life has a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a tiger and wolf on his face, he must be a general who guards one side, but unfortunately the five elements are prosperous, and he is destined to die in a foreign country!
After hearing this, none of the three ended well, and they all looked at each other angrily, thinking that the Taoist priest wanted to find some silver taels at the opportunity, so they coaxed the Taoist priest away...... Mai Taoist shook his head again and again and said: "The world likes to flatter, and the words of the horse are slapped with whiskers, and they can't listen to the slightest bit of their own proverbs and good words, but they don't know the truth of good medicine, and they are sad and ......sad."
Then Mai Daoren walked away.
The three of them didn't care about it at the time, but ten years later, everything the man said came true.
The three people who said were the important figures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time, the first person was the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom relied on Yang Xiuqing and was strong, when Yang Xiuqing became the king of the East and the power was flourishing, and the attempt to usurp the throne was unsuccessful and was killed, Yang Xiuqing's death also marked the decline of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The East belongs to wood, Yang Xiuqing is the king of the east, "into the wood and the wood" is exactly this meaning; The second person is talking about Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, controls the other four kings, it can really be said that one person is above ten thousand people, but it is a pity that the intention to usurp the throne was killed by the king of the west Wei Changhui, the west belongs to gold, and "life is gold" is also accurate; The third person is talking about the winged king Shi Dakai, with the east king being killed, the west king was executed, the prestige of the winged king is rising day by day, Hong Xiuquan is afraid that the winged king Shi Dakai is a high master, so he is determined to get rid of Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai fled overnight and took his troops with him, from then on running around, wandering around, and finally in the Dadu River desperate surrender to the Qing army was killed.
What this Mai real person said casually was confirmed one by one decades later, and the reputation was a smash hit, but unfortunately it has been decades, and the Mai real person has disappeared without a trace, listening to the rumors, it seems that he traveled around and finally concentrated on writing books incognito in the west peak of Huashan Mountain, and "Wentianlu" has been published since then.
Mai Majin had already run out of oil when he wrote this book, knowing that he would die soon, but it was a pity that he was the masterpiece of his life! Therefore, I meditate on the eastern peak of Huashan every day, waiting for someone to come, but unfortunately day after day, seeing that my time is short, I can't find anyone. At that time, Huashan was not as good as now, "a road from ancient Huashan" Huashan was extremely steep, and I didn't see a few people for a few months.
But some things are always unexpected, just when Mai Zhenren meditates every day and waits for someone who is destined, there is only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old little picker who goes up and down Huashan every three or five times, Mai Zhenren has not cared, until one day the little picker passes by, Mai Zhenren is hungry and thirsty and calls the little picker to ask for water to drink, the little picker takes the water and hands it to the Taoist, Mai Zhenren carefully looks at the little picker, it doesn't matter, a pot of thirst-quenching water is all scattered on the ground.
Mai Zhenren has read countless people in his life, but this time he looked away, this little picker gave birth to a crane hair and a childish face, with high eyebrow bones, and there was nothing peculiar in the blink of an eye, but it was definitely a good embryo for cultivating immortals.
Mai Taoist was overjoyed, and what he had learned in his life was finally settled, and then asked the porter to kowtow to the teacher.
The little porter was fatherless and motherless, and was adopted by an old woman from a peasant family at the foot of Mount Hua, but unfortunately the old woman died two years ago, and the little porter had to send goods to the temple on the top of Huashan for a living.
The little porter saw that the hundred-year-old man in front of him was so sincere, and he was helpless, so he immediately kowtowed to his teacher. Then Mai Zhenren devoted himself to teaching all what he had learned in his life to the picker, the picker is really talented, green out of the blue and better than the blue, three months later has been integrated, at this time Mai Zhenren also completed the wish of peace of mind of the immortal died.
This porter is also a person of great filial piety, after the death of the master for the master mourning for three years, three years of dedication to the study of "Wentianlu", but also a lot of people come to let it divination, slowly all one by one, suddenly fame, people come in an endless stream, known as "free real people".
The reason why it is called a free real person is because this porter was born with no formality and disgusted with worldly things, so he often drinks wine and eats meat in a big bowl, he often says: "Taoist I have no wine and no meat in my heart, so what's the matter if I eat it, it's not like the world clearly wants it in my heart, but I don't dare to say it, it's really sad and lamentable!"
After the fame spreads, there are even more crowds of people, you think, Taoist people generally like Qing Xiu, who can bear such a toss, not to mention that the real people who are free or disgusted with the world, have no choice but to leave Huashan and travel around. Since then, there has been no more whereabouts of "Wentianlu"!
After Uncle Wu finished saying these already thirsty throats in one breath, he picked up the teapot and drank it in one go!
I almost laughed when I saw it, and Uncle Wu laughed and said, "Let you see you laugh!"
I replied, "Don't get in the way, it's all to satisfy my curiosity, Uncle Wu, you've worked hard!"
As I spoke, I poured another cup of tea for Uncle Wu, who picked up the teacup and asked, "Have the Taoists in your family ever drunk wine and ate meat?"
I nodded.
Uncle Wu said anxiously: "It's a pity, you don't know, such a person must ask why he came there, that opportunity is not encountered in a hundred years!"
I laughed and said, "I was young at the time, and I knew this there, and if there was fate, we would meet again!"
Uncle Wu shook his head helplessly.
At this time, Aunt Mei had already prepared a meal and called us to eat, and Uncle Wu and I felt a little hungry, so we followed Aunt Mei to the dining hall. As soon as I entered the dining hall, the food was fragrant, a large table full of food could really catch up with the full Han Dynasty, I was surprised, Aunt Mei smiled and quickly pulled me to sit down, picked up a pair of chopsticks and let me taste it, I had to obey my fate, pod a mouthful of sweet and sour tenderloin and ate it, this sweet and sour loin is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the taste is simply extreme, I used to think that my father cooked deliciously, but now it is really a small thing to compare with Aunt Mei's meal! I repeatedly praised Aunt Mei's delicious food, and Aunt Mei couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear! I ate all three days of this dinner in one go, and I was so full that I couldn't imagine it......
After eating, I said to Uncle Wu: "Strengthen the guards tonight, let that Zheng Shengqiang suffer such a big loss today, I will definitely not give up, it is better to take some precautions!"
Uncle Wu nodded and hurriedly went down to decorate, and Aunt Mei took me to the room and went down to clean up! I was idle in the room alone, so I took out the "Wentianlu" in my arms and read it carefully.
"Wentianlu" has a total of five chapters, the first chapter is written about the treasures of feng shui in the world, the direction of mountains and rivers, dragon veins; The second chapter is about the changes in the sky and the laws of the firmament; The third chapter is written about the principle of the five elements of gossip, which is mutually reinforcing and mysterious; The fourth chapter is written about the art of Qimen Dunjia, the method of strange magic; Chapter 5 is the essence of divination and fortune-telling, the fate of past lives and future lives. Although the content of the five chapters is not many pages, most of them are written in obscurity, and with my current knowledge, I only understand three or four percent, which is considered a superficial introductory knowledge!
These are just the ones that have been of infinite use to me, and I really admire what a god Mai is to write such a masterpiece that has never been seen before or since. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but fall asleep, I was a little tired after walking so far today, so I simply put away "Wentianlu" and fell asleep......
I was still asleep early in the morning, Uncle Wu had already called me outside to wake me up, I opened my eyes and saw that the sun was already shining straight on my bed, and I quickly promised Uncle Wu to get up. After I got up and washed, I hurried to find Uncle Wu, and I agreed with Uncle Wu yesterday to go to Wenbaozhai today. When I came to the hall, Uncle Wu, Aunt Mei and some of the leaders of the convoy were discussing something together, and when they saw me coming, they hurriedly pulled me into a seat, and the breakfast prepared for me was brought out for me.
I smiled embarrassedly: "I'm late, so I've kept you waiting!"
Uncle Wu and Aunt Mei laughed, and Aunt Mei said with a smile: "Look at what you said, young master, hurry up and eat while it's hot!"
I picked it up and ate it in a big gulp, Uncle Wu and Aunt Mei continued to instruct, and after a while, I had already swept away all the food on the plate.
I smiled and said to Uncle Wu, "Then let's go to Wenbaozhai now, shall we?"
Uncle Wu nodded and said, "It just so happens that my side has finished the order, let's go early, and then come back and leave immediately, just rush to Suide County before dark!"
I smiled and said, "Everything is arranged by Uncle Wu!"
Uncle Wu smiled and said, "Don't see outside, let's go quickly!"
Immediately, Uncle Wu and I walked out of the courtyard gate and walked towards Wenbaozhai in Suide County.
Before leaving, I looked back at the plum garden, and it seemed that something was missing, but I couldn't say it for a while, so I followed Uncle Wu with doubts.
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