Volume 1 The Smoke of the World Chapter 16 Ramadan

The Buddhist month of Ramadan is also known as the three long months of Ramadan and the month of goodness. It refers to the first month of the lunar calendar, May, September, etc. In this month, it is advisable to fast, be cautious in words and deeds, practice good karma diligently, and put an end to evil deeds, so it is called Ramadan or Good Month. According to the Sutra of the Four Heavenly Kings and the Essentials of the Buddha Scroll, because the Heavenly Emperor Shakti and the Four Heavenly Kings observe the good and evil of people in the first month, fifth month, and ninth month, people should fast to cultivate good fortune. This is also the same as random photography, which is clever and convenient.

There is also Ramadan in Shushan, and the whole mountain is under martial law, and all the upper and lower are vegetarians.

White steamed buns, bean paste buns, green onion cakes, fried dough sticks, mung bean soup, and the gratifying thing is that there are vegetarian chickens and ducks, golden fried, and the quarrymen really have a flavor to eat.

"Second, third, our progress is too slow, I'm going to dig well tonight, the second one is sentry, the third one is going to patrol, don't let irrelevant people ruin my plan for the three of us." Ding Tianqing bit the fried cake in his mouth, and said inexplicably.

Xue Taisui digs tunnels every day, but he can't do anything, he doesn't work, he doesn't work hard, and he tries to slow down the progress as much as possible. Only Xiao Pian's girl, since listening to Xue Taisui's drunken poems that day, has found an excuse to visit every day, which has caused many quarrying workers to shout grievances.

"Brother Tai Sui, come on, braised fish. Today, Shushan is vegetarian up and down. "Xiao Lian changed into an emerald blue dress today, in the eyes of Xue Taisui, she is really more delicate than a flower. He lifted the basket of the food box, looked at the braised fish with chopped green onions, and then looked at Xiao Pian, and couldn't help but smirk.

"Stupid!" Xiao Lianjiao snorted, lowered her head and gave Xue Taisui a hundred rice.

"Hey, Brother Tai Sui, this hasn't been a church yet, it's so affectionate! I'll look at some good food, our quarry laborers are all vegetarians today. On the side, Zhang Dalian pulled the voice of the male duck, snorting and learning the tone of Xiao Pian, shouting as much as he could, causing the surrounding laborers to gather more and more.

"Sister, I think of someone in my heart, the grass on the hillside is yellow and green, and I am waiting for you for another year. Morning glory blooms at night, brother I have a little secret. Bai Huahua's thighs, watery face, such a good place can't keep you......" The laborers on the side coaxed one after another, singing all kinds of love songs with crooked hair. Xiao Pitian picked up the basket angrily and beat it randomly, but he also blushed for a while, and walked away with the basket stupidly.

Xue Taisui was behind him, watching the twisted ass go away, and couldn't help but be stupid. Secretly thinking that he licks the blood every day, I really don't know when and what day is the end, if I live in seclusion in this Shushan quarry with Xiao Lian, every day to plough and weave, put some cattle and sheep, I think it will be good. He has never been in love with a woman, and he doesn't know if he is in love now, but he knows that the feeling at the moment is extremely sweet.

A group of laborers coaxed: "Everyone is gone, you still look at Big Xue, hahaha." Xue Taisui scratched his head and smirked.

When the annual Ramadan date arrived, the two brothers, Xing Rulong and Xing Ruhu, changed into Taoist robes and formal clothes. Xing Rulong is a silent character, and he knows that he should listen more and talk less at the top level, and it is Xing Ruhu who comes out to Zhang Luo in general matters. At this moment, Xing Rulong opened his mouth, and Xing Ruhu coughed twice: "Ramadan is here again this year, the head of Shushan has an order, and the real person of Tianquan Feng Yushu presides over the sacrificial ceremony, and the real person has an order, and he will come to the quarry after a moment or three, and he needs to select people." Listen, no matter which brother is chosen, what he does, I don't know anything, I only know that my brothers treat all the labor brothers well, every once in a while, there is wine and meat, I hope you will take care of it more. If you see Tianquan Zhenren talking nonsense, then come back, hehe, you don't have to come back, I will let him disappear on the way back. ”

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Tianquan Zhenren Feng Yushu was dressed in a silver-white gossip robe, falling from the sky, and it was really a fairy wind and bones. Xing Rulong led everyone to kneel down and bow together: "The disciples of the quarry greet the real person of Tianquan, and wish the real person Jishun Yongchang, step on the immortal class early, and the Buddha of Amitayus." ”

Feng Yushu waved his hand: "Everyone work hard, get up." "Still serious.

Feng Yushu saw everyone standing up, coughed and said: "In the month of Ramadan in one year, I want to worship the ancestors and ancestors of Shushan, and the sages who created the foundation of Shushan, of course, it is indispensable to worship the Taoist ancestors. All living beings in Shu Mountain need to bathe in the Dao Light and carry forward the virtue of my Shu Mountain Sword Sect, so they specially selected people to enter the Lock Demon Tower to soothe the body of the evil demons and spread the origin of the Dao Law. If there is a voluntary willing to go, out of the tower directly accepted as an inner disciple, if unfortunate, the day is not a holiday, then the tablet is enshrined in my fairy sword hall, the heroic spirit will always enjoy the incense. ”

The laborers were silent, and they didn't know who shouted first: "What inner disciple, it's been thirty or forty years, who has gone in and come out alive?" Don't go, don't go! ”

"Yes, we don't go, no one goes, you Shushan Sect, why do you come to choose our quarry brother every time, it's not fair."

"Yes, it's not fair!"

Xing Rulong dared to ask: "Real person, this, cough cough, but it's been thirty-five years, every time I come to us to select people, this person is too few, and I'm afraid that the sword stone mining is not effective." ”

Feng Yushu apologized slightly: "Everyone, everyone, I'm sorry, because in the Lock Demon Tower, there is the Big Dipper Seven Killing Sword Array set up by the last skill of the Shu Mountain Masters of the past dynasties before the ascension, which has accumulated from generation to generation, and the lethality is extraordinary." However, if the foundation building is above entered, the sword formation will be launched immediately, and the brothers in the quarry are all below the foundation building realm, so it is the best choice. ”

After speaking, his expression was awe-inspiring, and he whispered to Xing Rulong: "If you can't choose someone today, I have to let your brothers go to one." ”

Xing Rulong shrank his neck and glanced at Xing Ruhu from the corner of his eyes, Xing Ruhu was holding a big stick of water and fire and beating indiscriminately: "Thieves and soldiers, what are you yelling at?" It's the gentlemen who just say it, and on weekdays, mom eats, drinks, fights, and fights, and when she meets the real stubble, what's wrong? It's all cowardly. ”

Xing Ruhu finally suppressed the opposition after a while, and turned his head to look at Ding Tianqing: "Old Ding, you are also the eldest brother here, let's say something." ”

Ding Tianqing stabbed Zhang Dalian, and Zhang Dalian grinned: "The old rules, life and death lots, draw long lots, long lives." ”

The so-called life and death sign is the pole of barley grass, and the length in the spring is about the same, so it is the fairest. After the drawing of a full hundred and twenty life and death lots, Zhang Dalian shouted at the top of his voice: "Okay, there are bamboo tubes here, everyone puts life and death sticks into the tubes, the longest brother, hehe, I'm sorry, you have a long life, so I have to go to the lock demon tower instead of everyone." ”

The fire pigeon Ding Tianqing already knew his tricks, and whispered in his ear: "Second child, you are going to send the third child to the Lock Demon Tower." Zhang Dalian said with a smile: "Big brother, the third brother knows too many things, it's better to get rid of him immediately, so as not to get your hands dirty in the future, that large share of property is still the longest between you and my brother, and it is easier to divide it, hehe." ”

Zhang Dalian got the life and death sign handed in by everyone, and one hundred and twenty of them were inserted into the bamboo tube, which seemed to be about the same length at first, but then something magical happened, and Xue Taisui's barley grass pole actually grew a lot.

Zhang Dalian looked innocent, and put the bamboo tube in front of everyone: "Everyone, everyone, see clearly, Tong Su is not bullied, the longest is the twenty-fourth handed over by Xue Taisui, this red-haired big man has been very tough since he came to our quarry, and he has fought hard for dozens of days, such a tough guy is a model for us." ”

Everyone was anxious to get rid of the relationship, hoping that someone would come forward, and when they heard this, they all shouted: "Xue Taisui is brave and courageous." ”

Xue Taisui clearly felt that there was fraud, but he couldn't catch any handles, plus everyone cheered, and then looked at Tianquan Zhenren, a pair of cold eyes stared at him, he was afraid that if he didn't agree, he would be killed on the spot, so he had to pretend to be a big-bellied man, stood up, and raised his hand: "Since you brothers carry love, Xue will work hard, if you are lucky enough to come back, you will drink and sing with your brothers, thank you." ”

Feng Yushu turned around and said coldly: "Prepare tonight, and I'll take you into the tower at noon tomorrow." "With a flicker, he was high in the air, and Edgeworth rode away in the wind.

"Congratulations to the real person back to Luan." The crowd bowed down one after another.

It's night, in the grass.

Grass Tou Weng went against the convention of never drinking, and actually set up wine to entertain Xue Taisui, and Xiao Lian added wine and cloth dishes on the side.

"Yo, what is my husband doing today? Why did you get drunk? Could it be that I heard that I entered the Lock Demon Tower on behalf of these 100 laborers and congratulated me? Xue Taisui asked while stuffing the sauce beef into his mouth.

"Hey, eat, you still know how to eat, do you know that the laborers who can enter the lock demon tower will not be able to come back nine times out of ten." The grass head poured wine on the side, and sighed with a sigh.

"I know, why don't I know, but what can I do, there is wine today and drunk tomorrow, don't care about tomorrow's rights and wrongs, come, let's do it again." Xue Taisui drank another big bowl.

The grass head snatched Xue Taisui's wine bowl: "You will enter the tower tomorrow to offer a fast sacrifice, but what sacrifices have you prepared?" ”

Xue Taisui saw that he had something to say, and couldn't help but reply; "I have my own Shushan Sword Sect preparation, what do I need to do with it."

Grass Tou Weng waved his hand and said: "Otherwise, in the past, the children of the quarry were all vegetarian food prepared by the Shushan Sword Sect, but they all went and never returned, and you had to prepare a dish yourself." ”

"I'm preparing the dishes, hey, this is fresh, I'm good at cooking." Xue Taisui pulled out his chest.

Grasshead Weng asked after a while: "Do you know the four don'ts of Taoism?" ”

Xue Taisui shook his head: "How do I know about these red tapes, I would like to hear about them." ”

The grass head twisted his beard, leaning on the old man and selling the old man: "Don't eat cattle, because it's good." It eats grass all its life, squeezes out milk, and works all its life to help all sentient beings, but it is too hard to eat. As we all know, Taishang Laojun rode a green ox out of Guguan, and he was ordered by Yin Xi to stay, so he created the "Tao Te Ching". The Taoist scriptures say that cattle and sheep eat grass, and pure and good things are also. Therefore, the Taoist family does not eat beef and mutton, because it is good. Do not eat mullet because of its filial piety. People usually say: the mullet is the most hateful, even their own children are eaten, but Taoism says the opposite, they believe that the mullet to the spawning period, the eyes are dizzy, nothing can be seen, just wait for starvation to death and ascend to heaven, the mullet cub is the most filial, rather swim into the mother's mouth, to feed the mother's hunger, can not let the mother starve to death, the spirit is precious, can not eat. The ancients generally did not eat mullet, and they let it go when they caught it. Taoism does not eat mullet because of its filial piety. Do not eat wild geese, because of their chastity. Hongyan has lofty ambitions and is unswerving. After both are husband and wife, they are single-minded, even if one of them dies, the other party will remain chaste to the end and live a single life. When the female goose lays eggs, the male goose waits on the side, and if it encounters a natural enemy, he fights back. Lost a widow, living alone all his life, in a bleak situation, unswerving, no longer married, commendable spirit, should not eat. Taoism does not eat wild geese, because of its chastity. Don't eat dogs, because they are loyal. Throughout the ages, people often say: the son is not ugly to the mother, and the dog is not to be poor. Serve the Lord all your life, and do not eat it. Dogs are the best and most loyal friends of humans, serving them and being loyal. Therefore, Taoism abstains from eating dog meat because of its loyalty. ”

Xue Taisui was already half drunk, and laughed: "Okay, don't live up to your good intentions, don't you just don't eat these four things, I'll prepare and keep it so that the gods of the Heavenly Daoists can't find fault." ”

[The story is good, thank you for the collection]