Two days later, at noon, under the purple cover peak.

It is bustling here, full of Taoists from all over the country, who are busy and anxious, and the fangding beats the gong to maintain order.

According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, the vendors are centralized and easy to manage, and several small shops in Jiuxian Town in the middle of the mountain are together, Guo Hong followed He Qiong a few days ago, and now it is crowded with people, and the business is so good that it explodes.

In order to make money, the nearby villagers set up some temporary stalls around the area, mainly selling food, most of the Taoists who came from afar brought their own food, but there were also some who were in a hurry to go out and had rich hands to have lunch here.

The Taoists of the various avenues gathered at the intersection to greet the Hunan observation envoy.

The servants had already spread out mats on the side of the mountain road, set up sheds to shade the sun, brought tea and food, and served these waiting Taoists.

Liu Yuanjing sat in the middle and closed his eyes to recuperate, Guo Hong, Cao Shouzhen, and Lu Chaoyang knelt behind him, and waited on the side.

On the left side sat a Taoist man in his forties, who was the new temporary master of the Nine Truths Temple, named Mao Taixuan, who was the most enthusiastic after this busy time, just wanting to show his face in front of Pei Xiu, and then ask for some silver, hoping to get an official appointment from the imperial court.

He had always been looking at Liu Yuanjing, and he was a little anxious at this time, so he asked: "Senior Brother Liu, someone reported last night that Pei Gongsu was at a post station thirty miles away, and he hadn't arrived for most of the day, would he be delayed by something?" ”

Liu Yuanjing opened his eyes and glanced at him and closed them, and said in his mouth: "Don't be impatient." ”

The corners of Mao Taixuan's mouth twitched, and he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to send someone to greet you?" ”

Liu Yuanjing opened his eyes again, and said in a slightly reprimanding tone: "Taoists need to be calm, don't be too eager to do things, my generation asks for immortals, don't admire Ronghua, if you lose your identity, what do you let Pei Gong think?!" ”

Mao Taixuan hurriedly bowed his head to be taught, and Li Chongzhao, the other chief priest of the Jiuzhen Temple beside him, got up and said: "Uncle Mao's identity is different now, so it is naturally inconvenient, Chongzhao is willing to go to the intersection to check!" ”

Liu Yuanjing glanced at him and nodded.

Qi Yuanyi, who was sitting second on the right side, also got up and said, "Uncle Liu, I've been sitting for a long time, I want to get up and walk around, and I'm willing to go with you." ”

After getting Liu Yuanjing's approval, the two left with one servant, leaving the other servants in the shed.

Guo Hong has not found any trace of Wei Zhicheng these days, thinking that he was sent out by Qi Yuanyi to hide, and he was bored, so he gently pulled Liu Yuanjing's back placket and whispered in his ear: "The disciple wants to go to the toilet." Seeing that the master was in a state with his eyes closed, he knew that he had acquiesced to himself, so he quietly followed.

Guo Hong stooped over and sneaked through the bushes on the side of the road, he was short in stature, he had recently practiced martial arts diligently, and he walked almost silently.

The weather is still very hot in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the south foot of Hengshan is mostly southeast wind, the north of the Zigai Peak is facing south, Li Chongzhao and Qi Yuanyi go down the mountain, and the sound comes with the wind.

I only heard Qi Yuanyi say: "Senior Brother Li, this Mao Taixuan is just a flattering villain, how did he become the master of the grand view?" You are the disciple of Master Zhou, and if you talk about your identity, you are more qualified to take over the Nine Truths. Qi Yuanyi's tone of voice seemed to be fighting for Li Chongzhao.

Li Chongzhao was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, dignified in appearance, and later also cultivated and became famous, this person loved to write about the seclusion of immortals, and wrote "Nanyue Xiaolu" to be passed on to future generations.

I only heard him say: "Uncle Liu and Uncle Mao have been friends for a long time, and I can trust him, Chong Zhao is not particularly keen on this, I am fortunate to have it, I have lost my life, and it will be long in the future." ”

He fought once, but he didn't get Liu Yuanjing's support, knowing that no matter how enthusiastic he was, it was useless, but he fell behind, and his mind faded.

Qi Yuanyi shook his head and said: "It's just that I can't get used to seeing the villain's ambition, this Mao Taixuan was favored by Uncle Liu because he made up a dream, this time he squeezed the junior brother down and sat down to watch the master temporarily, which is really a bit cheeky to say!" ”

Li Chongzhao snorted slightly, but did not answer, and the two continued to walk forward.

The uncle Zhou mentioned in the conversation between the two of them was Zhou Mingzhuan, the former master of the Nine Truths Temple, and also Li Chongzhao's master.

Zhou Mingxi was a disciple of Tian Xuying's friend Jiang Hanhong, and his prestige in Hengshan was second only to Liu Yuanjing, and he was seated in the first month of the second year of Huichang (842).

After Jiang Hanhong's death, the descendants of He Zunshi took the opportunity of Tian Xu's retreat to drive away Feng Weiliang, Xu Lingfu, Chen Widow, Tian Xuying went out of the customs to accept Liu Yuanjing as an apprentice, Liu Yuanjing expelled He's East Mansion, and let Zhou Mingshu sit on the Jiuzhen Temple, and after the death of Zhou Mingshu in the second year of Huichang, he helped Wang Daoyuan to ascend the throne.

Guo Hong has been following his master for the past few days, and he did see Mao Taixuan come to talk about the dream.

As the head of the Hengshan Taoist sect, before the imperial court appointed, Liu Yuanjing, the head of the Hengshan faction, could decide who would be in charge of the Nine Truths Temple when he came.

Originally, the two main priests were on par, Mao Taixuan's qualifications were relatively old, and Li Chongzhao was a disciple of Zhou Chaoxi, if you talk about it seriously, Liu Yuanjing is still more inclined to Li Chongzhao, because after all, he is the disciple of his friend.

But yesterday Mao Taixuan ran over and said some words, and he got the position of temporary observer.

He told Liu Yuanjing that he once dreamed that an immortal official descended from the sky with a magic urn, and said that he had appointed Zhou Mingsheng as the master of Da Luo.

Mao Taixuan asked in a dream, "Shouldn't Mr. Liu be drafted first?" ”

The immortal official said: "Liu Jun's work in the world has not been done yet, once he is recruited, he will become a true monarch, and he will no longer be a cultivator." ”

Later, Zhou Chaoshuang really built the Da Luo Temple, and it soared a few years ago.

At that time, Liu Yuanjing sighed when he heard what he said, and said: "I should have been an earth immortal for hundreds of years, but unfortunately I couldn't get out early, I was burdened by the second emperor, and now it's too late to regret it." ”

Guo Hong had heard that his master had been recruited by the imperial court to go to Chang'an in both the Jingzong and Wuzong dynasties, and he also knew that he had been repeatedly recruited by the emperor, which did delay the cultivation of internal strength.

But Mao Taixuan and Liu Yuanjing were talking about the scene at the time, and they were suspected of praising each other, and the so-called decline of immortal officials was all spread by falsehood.

This Mao Taixuan did not get the true Taoist biography, just a deceitful monk, and many of the words he said were specious, different from what the orthodox Taoist said, but these statements were widely circulated among the people, and Liu Yuanjing was not easy to deny, and he had no obligation to bother to correct them, so he followed him to say a few words.

In Liu Yuanjing's view, Mao Taixuan and Li Chongzhao are both confidants, Mao Taixuan is so enthusiastic, Li Chongzhao is young and young, you might as well let Mao Taixuan take a look in front of him first, and by the way, polish Li Chongzhao's temperament.

Historical figures: Mao Taixuan, Li Chongzhao