Chapter 717: The Old Man in the Mountains
Yang Congyi said with a smile: "The Taoist is too worried, we will not disturb the Taoist Qingxiu in the view." ”
Then he turned his head to look at Meng Yunniang, Gu Qingchen and the others, and said to the Taoist: "We have come thousands of miles this time, in addition to worshiping the mountain to thank us, we also plan to live in the mountains for a while. ”
When the words fell, Meng Yunniang's entourage handed a rather heavy package to the chief.
"What does the donor mean by that?" The long face was difficult to look at, and he didn't take it.
"A little incense money." Yang Congyi said: "These five dragon temples should be very prosperous in the past, let's add some incense money, and hope that these five dragon temples will reappear in the past prosperity!" ”
"No need. When the thousands of mansions will eventually disappear, the scenery of the past will be gone, and the grass house and stone room can also be cultivated. As he said this, a trace of pain appeared on the Dao Chief's face, which immediately dissipated and returned to peace.
"Our incense money is from the mountain gratitude, and the one who worships the mountain can not accept it, and the incense money of the thanksgiving, the Taoist can also make the decision for the Qingmu Daoist?" Yang Congyi saw that the other party seemed to have no intention of rebuilding the Five Dragons Temple, but they had to accept the incense money.
"The master travels, and the poor road is the master." The Taoist replied firmly.
"Okay, if you don't collect the incense money, we won't accept it, we want to live in the mountains for a while, can the Taoist chief pick a blessed place for us?" If the other party doesn't collect money, then you can only think of other ways.
"Wulong Peak is quiet, the scenery is beautiful, there are blessed lands everywhere, the donor wants to live on the mountain, as long as it is not to destroy the mountain and set fire, you can go anywhere." The Taoist replied like this, as if he didn't want to have too much intersection with the other party, and he didn't want to entangle.
"Since that's the case, let's not disturb Dao Chang Qingxiu, and take our leave." After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he turned around and left, heading out of the view.
"Donor walks slowly." The Taoist chief bowed with one palm.
Meng Yunniang and the others had doubts, but it was inconvenient to ask here and now, so they immediately followed.
When she got out of the Five Dragons Temple and couldn't walk half a mile, Meng Yunniang couldn't help but speak.
"Husband, we are not far away, trekking through mountains and rivers, crossing mountains and mountains, and finally found here, so let's go?"
"Don't go. The environment in this Wudang Mountain is quiet, far away from the red world, and it is a good place for Qing Xiu. In the Five Dragons Temple, we can't live, and we can't live anywhere in this mountain. Yang Congyi smiled slightly.
"Husband, do we really want to live in this mountain? There's nothing here! Obviously, Meng Yunniang doesn't like to be in the mountains, the background of the daughter of the eunuch, where can she stand sleeping in the barren mountains for a long time.
"If you have everything, then how can you clean it up. We came here from Bianjing just to be pure. ”
As soon as she heard this, although Meng Yunniang was not very willing in her heart, she didn't say anything anymore.
"Captain Shi, please build us three thatched huts nearby, and we will live here for a long time." Yang Congyi raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and found that this place has a wide field of vision, the Tibetan wind is sunny, and the environment is really good, so he intends to live here.
"Yes, my lord, it will be built within two days." The leader of the Praetorian Guard, dressed in civilian clothes, received the order with his fists clenched.
Although Yang Congyi resigned from the post of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, his official position as the third secretary of the Kaifu Yitong is still there, and the title of the county duke is still there, so his salary and treatment are naturally retained, not to mention that he may be reinstated immediately one day.
Therefore, these accompanying guards can only obey orders, and will not be disobedient.
Of course, Yang Congyi would not let them do anything excessive, after all, they were the emperor's guards.
After camping in the wild for two days, Yang Congyi and the others moved into a newly built house built for them by the Praetorian Guards on the third day, and the three of them lived in one room.
In addition, the Praetorian Guards also built two other huts nearby to build fires for cooking and stacking supplies.
The Praetorian Guards themselves set up their own camp a mile away, and if Yang Congyi did not leave, they had to accompany them on the mountain until a new order came.
The group stayed on the mountain.
Half a month later, a Taoist suddenly came to visit Yang Congyi's Qing cultivation place, and the Taoist revealed his identity as soon as they met.
"Lord Yang, don't come here after many years!"
Yang Congyi looked at it, the person who came seemed to be quite familiar, and immediately remembered this person after a while, and immediately smiled: "Zhang Daochang, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you haven't changed much." ”
The person who came was not an outsider, it was Zhang Liudaochang, who had gone to sea with Yang Congyi and went to Guangnan with him to fight against Li Yue.
"As soon as Guangnan said goodbye back then, there was no news of the Taoist, how are these years?" Seeing the old man here, Yang Congyi was very happy.
"It's good. After returning to Lin'an from Guangnan that year, he received some rewards and hurried back to the mountain. Later, I went down the mountain twice and also went to Lin'an, but I didn't have the opportunity to see Lord Yang again. How are you all these years? Zhang Liu, who had a five-inch black beard, was also very excited in front of Yang Congyi.
"Fortunately, it's still the same as before, busy all day long, there are many dangerous experiences, and there has never been a catastrophe, so it's safe." After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Where is the Taoist chief viewing the ancestral hall?" How did I know I was here? ”
Zhang Liu replied with a smile: "Five Dragons." ”
"Hahaha...... I should have thought of it a long time ago. Yang Congyi said with a smile: "I knew that I had entered the mountain, did the Taoist chief only idle today?" ”
"Yes, it's also today that I have free time, there are a lot of monks in the temple, in addition to cultivation, I also have to eat, I have to farm, and I was busy yesterday."
"When I went out a few days ago, I saw a large area of land in the col, and you were planting?"
"Not exactly. A few years ago, there was a war under the mountain, many people went into the mountain to hide, came to the temple, there were more people to feed in the Wulong Temple, so they reclaimed some more land, there was no war in the past few years, the world was peaceful, many people went down the mountain again, and the land reclaimed before was not good to be wasted, who knows what to fight again. Now most of these lands have been given to the people who remain in the mountains, and we twenty or thirty of us can't eat much grain in a year, and we can't plant so much land. Zhang Liu explained.
"In this way, the ruins in the Five Dragons Temple are caused by the war, not ordinary water?" Yang Congyi immediately had a question in his heart.
"It's all due to the fighting. When I was a child, there were many halls, halls, pavilions and rooms in the Five Dragons Temple, there were more than 200 houses alone, thirty or forty years ago, after the Jin people went south, the war continued to burn in Dengzhou and Junzhou, and the war in Dengzhou and Junzhou was permeated for more than ten years, the Five Dragons Temple encountered the war many times during this period, and the construction could not catch up with the damage, and finally became ruins, only these houses built in the last ten years remained. Speaking of this, Zhang Liu looked a little lonely.
"That's a shame."
War will indeed destroy a lot of things, but some battles are not said that you can not fight if you say you don't want to fight, and it is not something that you can not start if you don't want to, the general trend of the world is rolling, and everyone can only be coerced forward, and Yang Congyi is no exception.
"Now that the Jin people have been driven back to the north, there are no more Jin people in Dengzhou and Junzhou, the balance of the world is over, and it is time to rebuild the Five Dragons Temple." Yang Congyi said.
"It's not that easy. Since the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Junzhou Shou Yao Jian was ordered to go up the mountain to pray for rain to be fulfilled, and then Yao Jian was ordered by the emperor to build the 'Five Dragons Temple' in the Five Dragons Peak. Later, during the Zhenzong period of this dynasty, Emperor Zhenzong gave the name of "the view of the five dragons and the spirit". It took hundreds of years for this to flourish. Several wars have almost completely destroyed, and it is not easy to rebuild now. For decades, there have been many wars and turmoil in Guanzhong, there is no wealth, and there is no incense, which is difficult! Besides, after repairing, the war will not be burned to the ground, so why waste money and manpower, and don't repair it. Zhang Liu shook his head.
"You can't say that. No matter how frequent the wars are, there will come an end to them. Now that the Jin people have moved north, the world is peaceful, and it is time to build a large number of buildings and rebuild the Five Dragons Temple. Yang Congyi persuaded.
"The Jin people have not been completely driven away, and even if the Jin people are driven away, will the war disappear forever? Not necessarily. Besides, even if they have the heart to rebuild, how can the cultivators of the Five Dragons Guanqing have so much financial resources, and it is not in vain to add to the troubles. Zhang Liu was unmoved.
"Okay, let's not talk about rebuilding, it's not a matter of three or five months or three or five years. I will do my best to help if needed. Yang Congyi no longer persuaded him, after all, it was not easy to rebuild the palace in the mountains.
"Thank you, sir." Zhang Liu saluted and thanked him.
"You can find here, you must know that I was originally looking for Kiyoki Dao Chief, right?" Yang Congyi raised his hand to ask for tea, and then asked with a slight smile.
"I heard what Senior Brother Sun said. However, the adults came late, and the uncle had traveled down the mountain earlier, and I heard that he might go south to Hengshan, and he would go to Longhu Mountain to meet friends by the way, at this time, I am afraid that he had already passed the Yangtze River, and it was estimated that it would be two or three years later when the uncle came back. If you have a fate and find a more suitable blessed land cave, it is estimated that you will not return to the Five Dragons Temple. So, if you're busy, don't wait on the mountain. Zhang Liu explained the whereabouts of Daoist Qingmu a little, and then turned to persuade Yang Congyi to go down the mountain.
"That's a pity, if the road is not delayed, it will be good to go to the mountain in the morning for a month." Yang Congyi sighed.
Those who cultivate the Tao are at peace with what they encounter.
When I met Gu Qingchen and her master Zheng Daochang in Tianzhu Mountain, they were also traveling away from the mountain, and they didn't even plan to return to Tianzhu Mountain.
Maybe it's providence, what shouldn't be figured out, after all, there is still no chance to figure it out.
"I also told the Taoist chief in Wulongguan before, this time I went up the mountain in addition to looking for the Taoist Qingmu, and I also wanted to cultivate on the mountain for a while. In the future, if you are free, move around a lot, maybe one day you won't be able to find me. Yang Congyi smiled slightly.
"I haven't asked, where did you come from this time?" Zhang Liu did not answer, but asked questions.
"Bianjing."
Zhang Liu looked at the other party, his face moved, and he asked lightly: "The situation in Bianjing is not peaceful, right?" ”
Yang Congyi said with a smile: "After a few years of recuperation in the Great Song Dynasty, the people live in peace and the situation is stable. The Jin Kingdom in the north is in civil strife, and what big things can Bianjing have, it is peaceful. ”
"Oh, it's fine." Zhang Liu replied casually.
"Master, the meal is ready." While the two were talking, the next person said in front of the door.
"Dao Chief, let's have a fast meal together."
"How good is this......"
"What's so good, it's not been a day or two since we met."