Zhang San was immersed in the joy of finding comrades in the enemy camp, and was thinking about whether the two brothers were in tears or crying with themselves, who knew that there would be a change and someone sneak attack≯ Seeing that he was about to be kicked, Zhang San subconsciously raised his leg to block, and was kicked in the thigh and immediately felt pain into the bone marrow v San was kicked back a few steps and knew that things had changed, and said angrily: "What kind of hero is the sneak attacker?" There is a kind of we come openly! "After saying that, rushing up is a punch.

The fat Taoist priest saw that Zhang Sanren was strong and afraid that his companions would suffer, so he also jumped over and prepared to attack Zhang San together, and the two of them attacked Zhang San several times, at this time Zhang Liang said: "If you want to fight, you have to be fair, let's play one against one." After speaking, he also stepped forward to fight with the fat Taoist priest.

Shi Quan saw that Zhang Liang and the others had done it with others, and he didn't care about pretending to be dumb and shouted at the top of his voice: "Stop fighting, if you have something to say." ”

At this time, it was already a little dark, and some people had already seen that the situation here was not right and ran in to call someone, and after a while, more than a dozen people ran out with lanterns, and the first thin and tall Taoist priest shouted: "Stop!" What the hell is going on? ”

This tall and thin Taoist priest may have some status in the view, Zhang Liang The first two Taoist priests they met immediately retreated to the side after hearing the cheers, Zhang Liang also sobered up at this time, and secretly complained in his heart≥ Gao Taoist priest looked at these people through the light, and saw that their noses and faces were slightly different, and he turned his head to the fat Taoist priest and said, "Why did you start to be rough with people again?" Can't you really control yourself? ”

The fat Taoist priest argued: "They scolded me first before we did it." ”

The tall and thin Taoist priest frowned and said, "You two go first to wash it, and then find the Guan Master to lead the punishment, and I will deal with the matter here." ”

After the fat Taoist priest left, the tall and thin Taoist priest turned his head and asked Zhang Liang: "Where is the Taoist friend from?" Why did you come to Zixiao Temple to beat people without permission? Is there anything offensive about contempt? ”

Zhang Liang said: "Offended! At the beginning, because of a few of our own quarrels, the Taoist friends in the Guiguan mistakenly thought that they were scolding him, so there was some misunderstanding, we are from Yizhou, this is in a small temple of cultivation, who knows that the Taoist temple was destroyed in the face of military disasters. I heard that the name of Zixiao Temple came to take refuge, I don't know if the master is willing to accept it? ”

The slender and tall Taoist priest nodded slightly and said: "It turned out to be a Taoist friend from Zhang Sanfeng's Zhang Zhenren's hometown, no wonder I can tie with them, my senior brother is the master of the view, but he is not in the view now, whether you want to take you in, I can't be the master, you better go elsewhere." ”

Zhang Liang said: "We can wait for the Lord to come back, and then ask Taoist friends to help say good things." After speaking, he took out an ingot of silver and gently put it in the hand of the tall and thin Taoist priest.

The tall and thin Taoist priest smiled lightly and said: "First you quarrel with yourself, then you fight with others without saying a word, and now you pay money for bribes, I don't think you are necessarily true Taoists." Now, it's too late for you to come in for one night, and the money will be your room and board. But you still have to think of other ways, there are already more than 30 people in Contempt, and there is already a brave and ruthless person among them, plus you can't be turned upside down in your view? After speaking, he ordered someone to prepare a room for Zhang Liang and the three of them, and by the way, let people drive the carriage in to feed the forage.

After eating, Zhang San said to Zhang Liang: "Big brother, you gave them ten taels of silver, right?" You are so generous! If you really have that money, you can't use so much to find a home to stay overnight, and ten taels is enough to make people entertain us with big fish and meat, and there should be a fragrant wide bed after eating. Now it's a good three people to squeeze a hard bed, not to mention the coarse tea and light rice they eat, and they have to be beaten up first, those two guys are still in pain now. ”

Zhang Liang said: "We can find an ordinary person to spend ten taels for a night, maybe we can really sleep on the kind of fragrant wide bed you said, the question is that ordinary people have people you call pigs?" ”

Zhang San said depressedly: "This General Liu is too, but he wants to call his brother a pig and replace it with 'you are a hero' or 'you are a hero', and we don't have to offend people everywhere like this." Now that people are also offended, they haven't found the right owner, and they spent ten taels of silver to sleep for one night, and tomorrow they have to find another way, where are General Liu's two pig brothers? ”

Zhang Liang said: "Why don't you find someone tomorrow to ask him if he is a pig, and at first the thin Taoist priest said that there are more than 30 people here, and we will fight one by one, until General Liu brings someone to distinguish who his brother is." ”

Zhang San nodded and said: "Okay, even if I'm starting to get a little anxious, Brother Shi didn't calm down and spoke at first, now I can't pretend to be dumb, let's think about what to do, you have always had some methods, what are you thinking about if you don't speak now?" ”

Shi Quan said: "I'm thinking that Brother Zhang said that he was looking for someone at first, and then he said that he wanted to live here for a long time, why did he say it inconsistently?" ”

Zhang Liang looked at Shi Quan approvingly and said, "I can't see that you are really careful!" It's all for you to discover. ”

Zhang San also said at this time: "Yes, why did you say it differently twice? ”

Zhang Liang said: "I began to meet those two obviously second-rate or even third-rate characters, just say that I am looking for someone, I was just about to give them some silver, by the way, I asked if anyone in the temple was from Shenyang, who knew that Zhang San was in a hurry and went up to the code, so he caused these things." The person who came later was obviously the head of the view, and it was definitely wrong to say that you were looking for someone at that time, so could you just knock on the door to find someone if you were looking for someone? If it were me, I wouldn't have told you even if I knew about it. ”

Shi Quan said: "It turns out that Brother Zhang has an idea, is Brother Zhang going to ask again tomorrow?" ”

Zhang Liang said: "Yes, see that the tall and thin Taoist priest means that we are not welcome to live here for a long time, tomorrow will definitely find an excuse to drive us away, then I will say that I want to find someone, as long as the person from Shenyang is not very important, he will generally tell us to eliminate us to find someone early and leave early." When you go out, you have to find out the psychology of others, you have to learn a little bit of these, and when you know which people are from Shenyang, Zhang San will go to ask him one by one if he is a pig, even if you are beaten by a limited number of people. ”

The three of them hurriedly closed their mouths and looked outside, and saw the tall and thin Taoist priest coming with two lanterns, Zhang Liang secretly thought, "What is he doing here?" Are you going to drive us away overnight? Or do you think you have to ask for more money if you have less money? ”

Who knew that the first thing the slender and tall Taoist priest did when he entered the door was to return the silver, and said in his mouth: "My senior brother just looked back, and he was very happy to know that the two Taoist friends lived here, and said that the Taoist friends in the world could not accept your silver and asked me to return it, and by the way, please go and meet you." ”

Zhang Liang saw that the contemplator of Zixiao Temple was going to see him, and he couldn't help but be suspicious, wondering if his identity was exposed, he thought about it and nodded to Zhang San to signal him to be careful, and he stood up and called Shangshi Quan and the tall Taoist priest to see the master. After a few people went out, they turned two corners and entered a small courtyard, and through the small courtyard they entered a large house, only to see an old Taoist priest with gray hair sitting on a futon drinking tea. Although this person's hair is old, his face is white and smooth, and his complexion is ruddy, and at first glance, he is a person who has the skill of pranayama and qi refining, Zhang Liang can't help but admire.

Seeing Zhang Liang and others come in, the old Taoist priest said: "It is a blessing for Taoist friends to come from afar, I heard that Taoist friends are from Zhang Zhenren's hometown, and there are two sentences to ask the poor Taoist question, I don't know if Taoist friends can answer?" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and motioned for the two to sit.

The tall and thin Taoist priest found a futon next to the old Taoist priest and sat down, and the entourage covered the door and retreated, Zhang Liang and Shi Quan also dragged two futons opposite and sat down. ”

The old Taoist priest said: "Poor Dao is talking about Taoism with people today, and when it comes to what Lao Tzu said, 'Tao gives birth to one, life two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things', everyone in the back is easy to explain, but the three words 'Tao gives birth to one' have different opinions. Poor Dao saw that the opinions of everyone were interesting, and when I came back, I heard that two Taoist friends came to live temporarily, and I wanted to ask one or two of them not to refuse. ”

Although the old Taoist priest said politely, he had the meaning of interrogation, that is, to see if the two of you were true Taoists, if it was definitely a statement, if it was not for sure, if it was not to answer the question‖, he still had a meaning when he politely declined Zhang Liang's request to enter Zixiao Temple, which means that you can live temporarily, but don't want to live for a long time, people like you are not welcome here.

Zhang Liang was originally a fake Taoist priest, and when he heard that he had to explain the Taoist classics by himself, he suddenly felt sweat on his head. He said embarrassedly: "In the past, I had many channels to view the external affairs of the center, and most of the things of cultivation were done by my junior brother, although my junior brother was young, he was also a little famous, and people called him 'the perfect real person'. ”

The tall and thin Taoist priest smiled: "It can be seen that you are in charge of foreign affairs and have good skills, but how can your junior brother be called a perfect real person?" I don't know what he will do? ”

Shi Quan secretly scolded Zhang Liang in his heart for not being righteous, and now he can only bite the bullet, he nodded and said: "My senior brother's words are untrue, the common name of the poor Taoist before becoming a monk is Shi Quan, and it is not perfect, and the two seniors should not be misunderstood." ”

The old Taoist priest turned out to be half-squinting, and after listening to Shi Quan's words, his eyes widened and asked, "Listening to Shi Daoyou's accent, isn't he from Liaodong?" ”

Shi Quan said without changing his color: "I am a native of Yizhou, Liaodong, just because my tutor is a southerner and I serve my tutor all year round, so I have a southern accent." ”

The old Taoist priest asked, "It turned out to be a disciple of a master in the south, what about your master?" ”

Shi Quan said: "The family teacher has been driving the crane immortal three years ago. ”

The old Taoist priest asked suspiciously: "Since Shi Daoyou has been taught by the masters, please explain the meaning of the words 'Dao Shengyi'." ”

Shi Quan also often listened to the preaching of his master Long Taoist when he was in Laojunguan, and he also had some insights into some Taoist classics, he thought about it and said: "The general explanation of 'Tao gives birth to one' is to create something out of nothing. ”

The old Taoist priest nodded and asked, "Nothing is nothing, there is nothing, how can there be out of nothing?" ”

Shi Quan said: "For example, eggs hatch chicken shoots and bamboo, not chickens and bamboos appear out of thin air, but eggs and bamboo shoots change. We only look at the presence of chickens or bamboos as a kind of existence, and the absence of chickens or bamboos as a kind of nothingness, but in fact, we do not see the connection between things. Another example is when we see the water in the river by the river, we only know that this water can be used to water the land and grow crops, and people can also drink cattle and horses, but when the water accumulates and crosses the riverbank, flooding will occur, and it can be seen that if the water gathers too much, it will change from useful to harmful. ”

The old Taoist priest said, "Since there is no truth, isn't the Tao born of one also becoming the Tao of nothingness?" ”

Shi Quan said: "If people look at bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots will become nothing; If people look at bamboo, then bamboo shoots become bamboo, mainly depending on what you are concerned about. The Taoist Tao is mainly based on the supreme principle that exists between heaven and earth, and its endless changes, creating something out of nothing according to what you are concerned about, and tending to nothing according to the thing you are concerned about. ”

Seeing that the old Taoist priest was noncommittal about his words, Shi Quan asked, "I don't know what I think I said?" ”

The old Taoist priest said: "The poor Taoist thinks that the Tao was chaotic at the beginning, and since it is chaos, how can there be no such thing? ”

Shi Quan said: "Thinking is born from the heart, since the beginning of the Tao is chaos, there is naturally no one, and there is no obsession with nothing. ”

The old Taoist priest thought for a while and asked: "Shi Daoyou's words made me pause, and if I continue to talk about it, it will be like a Buddhist family participating in Zen, so I won't mention it again." The essence of Taoism lies in a change, and all changes are inseparable from its origin. I think that the classics that my Daomen admires are the "Tao Te Ching" and the other is the "Nanhua Sutra", what is Shi Daoyou's evaluation of these two classics? ”

Shi Quan said: "The Tao Te Ching mainly talks about the truth of all things in heaven and earth, and the Nanhua Jing mainly talks about how people follow the principles of heaven and earth, both of which are exquisite words. ”