Poor people with no shelter from the rain and no clothes can survive the winter in a good place like Guangling Road, let alone in this invading Beijiang Road where it is cold in winter, there is indeed no war in Beijiang Province, but the people are more likely to die in a harsh environment than war.

"I don't know the poor way, okay, the time has come, I'll give you a divination, what is your name."

"Call ......"

"Gongsun, come over for dinner."

Gongsun Jian scratched his head, "Dao Chief, do you want to eat first?" ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled, he looked at the sky, "This is what you said about the destined person you met a long time ago, then it's good to eat first, and there is an hour for divination after noon." ”

Gongsun Jian was a little puzzled, he had never heard of fortune-telling and had to look at the time, he asked: "I see that the old fortune-telling immortals who used to walk the streets and alleys were not so troublesome. ”

The Taoist priest tilted his head and said softly: "So they are walking through the streets and alleys, maybe they will become ascetics at the mouth of the next alley." ”

"Aren't all Taoist priests in the world family? Listening to your tone, you have a deep prejudice against those Taoist priests who walk the streets. ”

"The Taoist priests in the world are recorded, if all the Taoist priests want to travel, they need to hold the general order when they travel all over the world, those fake Taoist priests who are abducted and abducted are not a family with me, if there are such Taoist priests who set up stalls to tell fortunes in the streets and alleys in the future, you can ask to see their general orders, if not, it is fake, and you can send it to the nearest Taoist temple."

Gongsun Jian blinked, "After being sent to the Taoist Temple, what good will I have, and what will happen to that fake Taoist priest?" ”

"It will increase the good karma for the donor, and the fake one will let the Taoist Master of Guannei teach carefully."

"No wonder others see fake Taoist priests, and no one wants to send them to Taoist temples."

The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled but said nothing.

"Gongsun! Time to eat! Not yet! ”

From across the courtyard came the woman's shout.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Gongsun Jian also became more and more fond of this Taoist priest, and the two walked into the kitchen together.

When the Taoist priest in charge saw the middle-aged Taoist priest enter the room, his expression was a little surprised, and he hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "Uncle Chengxin." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest waved his hand, "Jiang Tong, don't be restrained, I have a very happy conversation with this little benefactor, so I will come together, what you should do." ”

This time it's Gongsun Jian's turn to be shocked, Uncle Shi? Look at this Taishangguan Taoist with long hair and beard, and he looks like he is not eighty years old but also seventy years old, and he actually calls that middle-aged Taoist priest "Uncle Shi"?

Gongsun Jian's face was full of doubts, but looking at the dishes on the table, he didn't know what words to use to describe it.

In addition to the green vegetables and tofu, there are also two meat dishes, steamed sea bass and braised boy chicken, and a pot of rice wine.

Gongsun Jian frowned and asked, "Cultivators also eat meat?" ”

Song Ling'er smiled when she heard this: "Gongsun, when I ate this meal for the first time, I was also very puzzled, and finally the old master explained it to me before I understood, the head of the Taoist, you also tell him." ”

Under the head of the middle-aged Taoist priest, the head of the Taoist priest sat there and said: "Cultivators are not as good as monks, and monks are afraid of all meat, but we cultivators are different, there are only three taboos of pure meat, four fasting, five meat and four bitterness. These three pure meats are not to eat the flesh of spiritual objects that you have seen with your own eyes, not to eat the meat after hearing the screams of spiritual creatures, and not to let others kill spiritual objects specifically for you. The four fasting is to forbid the eating of beef, the ox is a hard-working spiritual creature, in the eyes of the cultivator it seems to be the same as a person, eating the cow is tantamount to eating a man; It is forbidden to eat mullet, mullet has spirituality, it is for filial piety, it is rumored that the mullet reaches the spawning period, the eyes are dizzy, nothing can be seen, just wait for starvation to ascend to heaven, the mullet fish 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, filial piety is commendable, can not eat; It is forbidden to eat wild geese, Hong geese are widowed, live alone all their lives, are in a bleak situation, unswerving, no longer married, and their chastity can be expressed, so they can't eat wild geese; It is forbidden to eat dog meat, there is a saying throughout the ages that 'the son is not ugly for the mother, and the dog is not for the poor', the dog follows the Lord all his life, serves the Lord, and is a representative of loyalty, so it cannot be eaten. ”

Gongsun Jian nodded and said yes, "These four fasts represent people's loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and they can't be eaten, so what are the taboos of five meat and four xins?" ”

The head of the Taoist department stroked the beard of the white flower, he poured himself a glass of rice wine, his eyes gestured to the middle-aged Taoist priest Chengxin, seeing the latter nodded, he said: "Five meat and four spices are talking about some vegetables and condiments with a strong smell, although the taste of five meat and four spices is delicious at the time, but after entering the spleen and stomach, it generates filthy qi through the corrupt body, and the inside is blocked by the wisdom of innate inspiration, affecting the rise of pure qi, which is not taken by the cultivators, and the smell of filthy gas is casually emitted outside, and the smell of five meats is filthy and pure, and it is disliked by ghosts and gods. As a result, the Tao is not manifested, the gods do not come, hinder the cultivation of Taoist priests, and create sorrows. ”

"Then according to what the old man said, you can't eat vegetables, you can only eat the three pure meats outside the four prohibitions."

"Neither nor not!"

The person in charge of the Taoist laughed when he heard this, he looked at Gongsun Jian a few more times, and felt that this little doll was born smart, lively in his heart, and very cute, he raised his head and drank a sip of rice wine, and said a digression, "Miss Song and this benefactor are really made in heaven, Lao Dao has lived for eighty-two years, and he has never seen a man and a woman inside or outside, and they are more compatible than the two." ”

Song Ling'er smiled shyly, Gongsun Jian was not as thin-skinned as a woman, he pressed his palm, "That's it, otherwise how can you say that Lang is talented and beautiful, and she is a natural pair." ”

After hearing this, the middle-aged Taoist priest also quipped: "Heaven made a natural pair is acceptable, the appearance of a talented woman is too much, Miss Song is beautiful and graceful, generous and moving, but the donor's face is a little unsatisfactory, but the faint smell of blood on the body makes up for this gap, presumably the donor is a general who wins all battles?" ”

Gongsun Jian nodded, "Now that he is a pioneer battalion general in the Zhongzhou Army, he has returned from a great defeat with the Southern Dynasty, and he can't talk about winning a hundred battles." ”

After hearing this, Daoist Chengxin took a long breath, he took the wine jug and said: "It is rumored that the soldiers who fought with the Southern Dynasty have all rebelled, and the general is now sitting here, presumably he has also experienced hardships and outstanding encirclement. ”

Gongsun Jian shook his head, "This glass of wine should not be honored by me, but it should be honored by the other five thousand good sons buried in the mountains." ”

Cheng Xin stood up with a solemn face, saluted the wine glass to the sky, and then solemnly sprinkled it on the earth, "Poor Dao respects the five thousand souls, bless the prosperity of my Great Zhou!" ”

Song Ling'er was also moved, the Gongsun Sword she had seen before was either a scoundrel, or a brave, or the majesty of commanding thousands of people to practice, but at this moment, she saw a trace of desolation in her sweetheart.

Cheng Xin sat down again, he smiled and said: "The general's meaning is more righteous than Haoran, and it makes up for the lack of face. ”

Gongsun Jian glared, how could he change the topic again, he smiled, "Say five meat and four xin, say five meat and four xin." ”

Qing'er watched this uncle's deflated meal from the side, and laughed out a pleasant sound of silver bells.

The head of the Taoist department also deliberately sold a pass, "Miss Song, we've been talking about it for so long, and you still don't want to introduce us?" ”

Song Ling'er patted her head, "Oh yes, yes, I forgot." ”

Gongsun Jian has a black line, and he always has a feeling that he has been deceived by Gongsun Wan's virtuous Song Ling'er.

Song Linger introduced: "The surname Gongsun, the famous Gongsun, a person from Guangling Dao, is nineteen years old this year, unmarried, has no bad habits, and has ...... martial arts."

"Okay, okay, no need to go into that much detail."

Gongsun Jian interrupted: "Aren't you afraid that the old boss will introduce me to the rest of the women?" ”

Song Ling'er pursed her lips, "You are so ugly, only I can see it." ”

……

"Old master, let's continue to talk about five meat and four hardships."

Cheng Xindao, who was listening on the side, narrowed his eyes and muttered in his heart, he was somewhat familiar with the word 'Gongsun', but somehow, he couldn't remember where he had heard it, he inserted his hand into the cuff, and secretly touched the eight characters of the birth date that he was told.

癸巳, Ding 巳, Bingxu, and Hai

The chief didn't notice Uncle Chengxin's strange appearance, he laughed, pointed at Song Ling'er, and continued: "Five meat refers to five kinds of vegetables that are commonly used in people's lives, namely green onions, leeks, garlic, brassica, and coriander, also known as 'five meat dishes'. Four spices refer to the four seasonings with a strong smell, Sichuan pepper, cumin, star anise, and chili peppers. ”

Gongsun Jian looked down at the dishes, and sure enough, it was so.

Although there are vegetables and meat on this table, they are all stir-fried or steamed and stewed dishes, and there is indeed no "four prohibitions, five meat and four spices" as the old boss said, as for whether there are three clean meats, it is unknown.

After a light meal, a few people talked about the shortcomings of the parents, Song Ling'er was teased by the two Taoist chiefs who had lived for a long time, and finally did not sit with these people, and ran to the courtyard to build a snowman with those little road boys.

The head of the Taoist seemed to like to touch his chest-length snow-white beard, brushed his beard and asked: "General Gongsun, don't blame the old man for being talkative, you have the beloved girl Song, but you are really lucky, not to mention that you have a good face and a kind heart, this Taishangguan has been able to survive thanks to her relief." ”

Gongsun Jian was noncommittal, Song Ling'er was indeed the best candidate for marriage, and getting this woman made him feel like he didn't love the world, but he was a little curious, according to the observation during the meal, the top of the Taishang View is the Qingyang Mountain, the holy land of cultivation, Qingyang Mountain can be described as wealthy, sitting on a whole mountain range, and the pilgrims are in an endless stream of people whether they are celebrating the New Year or not, how can this Taishang View be so unbearable.

He saw Gongsun Jian's incomprehension, and sighed with a sigh: "It's not the relationship between Qingyang Mountain, it's the Taoist temples all over the world, and the Taoist people who help the world and save the people are also, each Taoist temple will accept the sea and rivers, take in all kinds of disaster refugees, those poor families who can't eat and wear clothes, and even people who are sick and have no money to take medicine, will come to the Taoist temple for help, those children outside the door, that is, the family really can't support it, Sent to be a Taoist boy. And those herbs, clothes and daily meals need silver taels, and the Taoist temple has no income, so they have to accept relief, and the merit box placed outside the door is like this, and the pilgrims put silver taels into the merit box, and we use the money to help more poor people. In fact, Taoist temples are like this, Qingyang Mountain, the Taoist pilgrimage place, is just a relief from the imperial court, and the reason is the same. ”

Gongsun Jian nodded, he also understood, why the merit box should be called "merit", at first he thought it was the Taoist temple to ask for silver, he now knows, it is indeed a method of asking for silver, but he uses this method of asking for silver to help more people, which is equivalent to sending merit to the merit box, and then the Taoist temple uses this silver to help others, and the rest of the silver is regarded as Taoist expenses, and the people who invest in silver also indirectly add a blessing to themselves.

"The people help the Taoist temple, and the Taoist temple feeds back to the common people, and the old man is in charge, which is really a good fate."

Gongsun Jian complimented sincerely.

The old master also shook his head and smiled bitterly, it is a great blessing to have such a female Venerable as Song Ling'er in Taishangguan, every time she burns incense and worships the Buddha, she will invest one hundred and eighty taels of silver, which is almost enough for the expenses of the Taoist temple for a year.

But there are thousands of Taoist temples in this world, how many kind-hearted female venerables like Song Ling'er can there be? Many Taoist temples still have the embarrassing situation of not being able to open the pot, or how to envy those Buddhist people in charge of the Taoist, just to solve the confusion and enlightenment can have a large amount of yellow and white things, even traveling around the world is to eat hundreds of meals, to be an ascetic. Cultivating the way of immortality is not good, practicing the way of immortality, paying more attention to cultivating nature, cultivating nature is to cultivate the mind, everything depends on oneself, once contaminated with karma, immortality will be more difficult, let alone accept help from others.