Chapter 31: The Lost Past

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Leaving Qiantang, he said goodbye to Zhang Xuanji, but there is still more than a month before the marriage, and they can stay together for a long time in the future, and the two do not have much sadness, but have more expectations.

Passing through Wu County, Xu You first went to visit Gu Changyong and said that he planned to buy Jade Elephant Mountain, and Gu Changyong was not stingy and wanted to give it to Xu You directly.

Xu You can't take advantage of this, and insists on buying it at the market price, in fact, this is also a bargain, because a famous mountain like Yuxiang Mountain, which is located in Taihu Lake, has no price at all. The Gu family is not short of this money, but Xu You opened his mouth, it is not a matter of money.

The delivery of the mountain deed is regarded as a transaction between the two clears, and then the Gu family sent people to contact Zhixian, how to open the mountain, how to build the temple, Xu You no longer asked.

Subsequently, braving a sudden spring rain, Xu You climbed Linwu Mountain.

Linwu Mountain in the rain is beautiful, just like Yuan Qingqi standing in the plum blossoms at the moment, she is wearing an uncommon purple robe, holding an oil-paper umbrella, the skin against the background is better than snow, and her face is elegant and incomparable, not like what the world should have.

"You're here!"

"Shouldn't I come?"

Yuan Qingqi glanced at him and said, "A little earlier in Mingyu Mountain, why didn't I see you with such a flamboyant tongue?" ”

Xu You smiled: "At that time, there was pineapple snow to moisten the throat, and I couldn't get oily if I wanted to......"

"Oh, why don't you take a few sips of rain now?"

"Never! I've heard that the dragon king sneezes to rain clouds, and if I really take a few sips, wouldn't I have drunk the dragon king's nose? I'm not afraid of disgust, I'm afraid you'll look disgusting......"

Yuan Qingqi laughed and said, "Who told you that the Dragon King was the one who laid the rain?" Daomen takes the rain master Bi as the priest in charge of the rain, but since the Qin and Han dynasties, he has entered the country's worship ceremony, and what does the dragon king do? ”

Rain Master God, Bi Xingye. Bi Xing is one of the seven Western Nakshatras of the 28 Nakshatras, and its image is in the sky and can make rain. After the Tang and Song dynasties, Buddhism and Taoism plagiarized each other, no, after merging with each other, the dragon king, who was born from Buddhism, gradually became the god of rain.

Xu You pretended to think and asked rhetorically, "Is it?" Why is the rain master thought of by the great sacrificial wine different from the rain master that ordinary people like us think? ”

Yuan Qingqi's smile suddenly disappeared, and he fell into deep thought.

After the theoretical development of Daomen since the Han and Wei dynasties, coupled with the tireless artistic recreation of the sages of Daomen, the immortal system has been very complex, but each family has its own opinion, which is quite chaotic. Up to now, there is no official, complete, and universally accepted atlas of immortals.

In another time and space, it was also in Tao Hongjing's "True Spirit Position Karma Map" a few decades ago, that Daomen began to systematically construct a system of immortals, including more than 3,000 gods, earthly gods, human ghosts, and immortals.

However, Tao Hongjing came from the Shangqing Sect, and the purpose of making "True Spirit Position Karma Map" was to belittle the Heavenly Master Dao, and deliberately put Lao Tzu, the highest god of the Heavenly Master Dao, to the fourth class god position, and the one standing next to Lao Tzu was Zhang Daoling, the patriarch of the Heavenly Master Dao.

Tao Hongjing is a sage of Daomen, and he is also a famous writer, pharmacist, alchemist, and also known as the prime minister of the mountain.

The reason for this is not the ugliness of human nature, but the inevitable result of the national culture edification of heroes based on success or failure.

Xu You's opinion is the same, the result is just, you don't have to care about whether the procedure is just or not!

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, Ning Xuan Gu Ning Zhenren is sorting out and compiling the "Three Caves Dao Collection" in Kuanglu Mountain, what is written in the Dao Collection, I don't know, but once the immortal atlas is released by Ning Zhenren first, you will be passive......

Yuan Qingqi nodded, indicating that he understood, then pursed his lips and chuckled, and said, "Ning Zhenren has a great favor to you, and it is not good to betray others like this?" ”

In fact, this is not Xu You's heavy color and light friends, Ning Xuangu's focus in compiling the Taoist collection is to sort out and classify the scriptures circulated in the Daomen, remove the false and retain the true, and vigorously improve the norms of the Zhai Jiao rituals, but he doesn't care much about the immortal system.

"Okay, don't sell cheaply!" Xu You waved his hand domineeringly and said, "Is the song written well?" I have to rush back to Jinling as soon as possible, the imperial court is about to send troops, and there is no delay on the road. ”

"The matter of Zhancheng rice has always been manipulated by Yu Wu, and Song Shu was also handed over to her to write, after staying up for a few days, it has just been written, you can go with me to get it."

"Hago is back? Isn't she in charge of maritime trade over there in Guangzhou? ”

"Haimao is now on the right track, and the situation can be maintained by someone else. The opening of the sect is imminent, so she is transferred back to the mountain, and it is reused. ”

Xu You joked: "Don't bully her, you have worked hard to fight the world for you all these years, and it was done, but let others pick peaches......"

Yuan Qingqi said angrily: "She works hard, I don't know?" It's just that she has been alone for many years and misses her hometown landscape, so she was transferred back to Wu County, and when the sect was opened, she was appointed as a Taoist official. If you think I don't treat Yu Wu well, why don't you just let her serve you? I know that she has a lot of will......"

Xu You refused and said, "Follow me, it's useless." Follow you, it is the time of Fengming Qishan, and it is good to show your strength and live up to your time. ”

Yuan Qingqi sighed and said, "You, when your heart is soft, you are gentle like water, and when your heart is hard, you are like iron. It was my fault back then, but you won't forgive her after all......"

Xu You smiled: "I have already let go of the past, but I can't give her the future, you can!" ”

The two of them walked up the stairs side by side, and they were rarely speechless, and the spring rain gradually poured up, and the slippery steps flowed into a stream, and from time to time their shoulders touched slightlyβ€”they were very close, but they were also very far away.

I don't know how long it took, Yuan Qingqi suddenly asked: "The big wedding is coming, how are you feeling?" ”

"I wasn't afraid of death before, but now I'm afraid of death."

"Why?" Yuan Qingqi was curious.

"I used to die, but I was alone, but now if I die, I am afraid that Xuan will follow me under Jiuquan...... So, I have to live! ”

Yuan Qingqi was silent, looking into the distance, the rain line was rapid, and the fog was rising, blocking most of his vision, but some memories seemed to be floating in the undulating ravines of the distant mountains, jumping into his mind from time to time, and swaying his thoughts.

What is missed, after all, is missed.

"Only a single-minded infatuated lover like Miss Zhang is worthy of Weizhi's love." Yuan Qingqi is ambitious, she will not stay at home to teach her husband and children, so no matter how envious she is, she can only smile and bless.

"Meeting her is a blessing from my third generation!"

Waiting for the Zuo Shenguan, seeing Yu Wu, Xu You smiled and greeted, didn't say a few words to her, took a note of the song, looked at it briefly, the words and sentences were not taboo, and the etiquette format was also correct, especially the transportation and cultivation of Champa rice was written at a glance, and I knew that the appropriate focus on the meaning of the people of the country was elevated and sublimated.

Yu Wu's talent, Xu You never doubted.

After sealing the song and putting it in his arms, Xu You bowed his hand and said goodbye, Yuan Qingqi frowned and said, "This is leaving?" I also specially asked the chef to prepare food and drinks......"

Xu You smiled bitterly: "I won't eat the meal, it's important to hurry!" ”

"Then I'll send you!"

The two went down the mountain along the same road again, and Yuan Qingqi complained softly: "I knew this was the case, I should have waited for you at the bottom of the mountain with Song Shu just now, so as not to run back and forth!" ”

"This time it's my rudeness, next time I go back to Wu County, when I come to Linwu Mountain for a few days, don't rush to catch up with the big sacrificial wine when the time comes!"

"You're a busy man, let's talk about it when you really have time!"

When he arrived at the Shuiyue Dock at the bottom of the mountain, Xu You was about to board the boat, when Yuan Qingqi suddenly asked, "Has Zhu Wuxian left Qiantang?" ”

"Hah!" Xu You smiled: "Is the news spreading so fast? ”

"More than 100 Buddhist monks took a big boat to Jinling, how could they hide it? I also heard that Zhu Wuxuan had a conflict with you? What the hell is going on? ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions, he wants to return to Beijing to revive Ben Wuzong, and I can't force others." Xu You didn't explain too much to Yuan Qingqi, and said: "By the way, Master Zhixian, who has no sect in his heart, will establish a new sect in Jade Elephant Mountain, and the two of you are next to each other, if you have a chance, you might as well move around more." ”

"Xinzong? Master Zhixian is proficient in the Huayan Sutra, is this about to betray the six families and seven sects? Yuan Qingqi was also acquainted with Zhixian at Xuanji Academy, and he was not surprised to know that he would take this step sooner or later.

"The Prajna Sutra is a Buddhist scripture, but isn't the Huayan Sutra? Practicing in front of the Buddha's throne together is not a betrayal! Xu You bowed and said, "It's time to go, take care of the big sacrifice wine!" ”

Yuan Qingqi returned the salute, her pretty face finally showed a worried look, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Weizhi, you have to be careful, the Heavenly Master is not so easy to deal with......"

Xu You smiled, and instructed Hou Mo Yaming to shake it, and the boat rowed across the water, causing layers of ripples, and said: "Since I must live, the dead person must be Sun Tianshi, I know that you are embarrassed, just don't help each other, people in the rivers and lakes, life and death have their own destiny, and no one can complain!" ”