Chapter 3: The Career of a Taoist Priest
Xiao Yi, now also called 'Wu Worry Zi', the monk has a law name, the Taoist priest naturally also has a Tao name, the old Taoist priest in front of the front room of the Taishang Laojun statue seriously burned incense and prayed, asked the heavens for a hexagram, to Xiao Yi gave a Taoist name "Wu Worry Zi", referred to as Wu Worry. When he heard his own Taoist name, Xiao Yizhen wanted to ask Lao Dao, "Do you still have a senior brother named Wuxin, and then do you know a demon girl named Yue Qiluo who can command the little paper man?" ”
The process of accepting apprentices is very simple, after Xiao Yi recovered from his injury, he began to think about what he should do in the future, and the other predecessors of the crossing either became emperors or became a prince, and the most important ones were also rich in family wealth, with a group of wives and concubines......
"Out of the mountains to do business? Assist the master? Or simply 'the spirit of the king' and collect a bunch of little brothers......"
It's a pity that before Xiao Yi could figure it out, the "out of the dust" old Taoist came over and directly put on a gossip mixed yuan robe for him......
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! You have a relationship with my Taoist......"
Faced with the fate of being forced to become a monk, Xiao Yat began to resist desperately, and the process was as follows:
"Well, Daoist, I like to drink wine and eat meat, so I can't cultivate with you......
It doesn't matter, let's cultivate our Taoist mind and don't cultivate our mouth!
This, Dao Chief, I still want to marry and have children in the future......
It doesn't matter, let's abstain from prostitution and not sex.
Dao Chief, I don't know how to recite scriptures, and I don't have the heart to the Tao......
It doesn't matter, you don't have to study the scriptures.
Taoist ......
No problem......"
When Xiao Yat exhausted all the excuses and considered whether to run away with his youth and strength;
The 'dusty' who was boiling the medicine took a peach tree the length of an arm, held it with his left hand, and slammed it with his right hand, and in an instant, the peach wood split into more than a dozen small branches the thickness of chopsticks, and then was thrown into the fire one by one by the old way......
Looking at Lao Dao's intact palm, then at the peach wood that turned into chopping wood, and finally at his two small thin legs, Xiao Yi felt that it was good to be a Taoist! At least free overalls to wear......
The small Taoist temple is not big, it is located on a hill shaped like a crouching tiger, in front of it is the front hall dedicated to Taishang Laojun, the clay statue of Laojun has begun to fall off and fade, the antique bronze incense burner on the photo case may be the most valuable utensils in the whole Taoist temple, the incense burned is made by Lao Dao himself, it is said that sandalwood powder is added to honey and tiger bones and other raw materials carefully made. It can not only clear the mind, nourish the character, help relax the mind, reduce stress and ward off evil spirits, but also help fall asleep and solve the problem of insomnia......
There are two masters and apprentices living in the back, and there is a small garden not far behind the house, where all kinds of vegetables are grown, and now it has been taken over by Xiao Yi; It is surrounded by a one-meter-high fence made of mud and gravel, and there is a chicken coop in the yard with a few chickens that have been planed by themselves; On the hillside, Lao Dao opened two acres of thin fields, which is regarded as the living ration guarantee of the master and apprentice, in Xiao Yi's view, this is not so much a Taoist temple, but more like a farmhouse!
At the foot of the mountain, there is a small town, Lao Dao occasionally goes to the market town to buy some oil, salt, and daily necessities, and sometimes takes Xiao Yi to the village to do things for people, exorcise evil spirits, pray for blessings, and take medical treatment, Lao Dao's medical skills are still good, at least now Xiao Yi's left arm is completely healed, except for leaving four wolf tooth pierced scars. And those four sharp wolf fangs are now turning into necklaces and hanging around Xiao Yi's neck......
And the black wolf skin is now hanging on the wall of the Taoist temple to nitrate, out of the dust of the old Tao told him that the black giant wolf is extremely rare, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" said: "The king of the wolf has a different species, divided into black and white, the white wolf roars the moon, the black wolf swallows the sun, the black wolf, the tengu also!" ”
For the black giant wolf who almost took his own life, Xiao Yi doesn't care if it can really swallow the sun, in his opinion, no matter whether the black wolf or the white wolf, the one who dares to bite me is not a good wolf......
The spring flowers are blooming, the midsummer is coming, Xiao Yi adapts quickly, perhaps because of the crossing, in addition to the eyes and ears becoming sensitive, the memory has also become extraordinarily good, almost unforgettable, and the body has become agile and strong. began to adapt to the current life, parents who always appeared in dreams before, hometown, Beijing, less and less, except for the hair has not been fully raised, in other aspects is already a thorough Eastern Han Dynasty little Taoist.
On this day, Xiao Yi followed the master down the mountain, saying that he was going to the bottom of the mountain to get a thing, both of them were wearing Taoist robes, and the old Taoist was also wearing a lotus crown, holding the dust in his hand, and carrying a sword on his back, yes, it was a sword, a sword made of high-quality peach wood to drive away evil spirits, in the words of the old Taoist, how could he be a Taoist priest without a sword to kill demons and drive away evil spirits, so Xiao Yi was also forced to carry a 'Ziwei Zhenwu Taiji Yin Yang Peach Wood Sword', and between walking, the appearance of the magic stick was full.
Standing on the mountain peak and looking into the distance, the whole mountain range is like a crouching tiger, the old Tao told Xiao Yi, "The place where the Taoist temple is located, the name is Wohu Mountain, so the town under the mountain is called Crouching Tiger Pavilion, there is a big river in the south of the mountain, the water is turbulent, it comes from west to east, and there are countless streams along the way, and the one that Xiao Yi was rescued is one of them; When you arrive at Wohu Mountain, you are blocked by the terrain and turn to the south, and then turn to the east after dozens of miles, forming a "several" shape.
Because the river is coiled, it is called Panlong River; It is said that a long, long time ago, a master came here, and after watching the terrain, he said: The river is like a dragon, the mountain is like a tiger, and there will be nobles in the future; The fly in the ointment is: the green dragon is wood in the west, the white tiger is gold in the east, the green dragon is low, the white tiger is high, and the yin and yang are in chaos. Therefore, Er's built two small cities here to suppress feng shui, one is the current 'Crouching Tiger Pavilion', and the other is the 'Panlong Pavilion' in the center of the few characters on the south bank of the river;
Although the two pavilions are opposite each other across the river, the situation is very different, the Crouching Tiger Pavilion in the north is high, and the river water cannot be irrigated, so the land is barren, and Yuyang is located in the northernmost part, and there are often nomadic tribes on the grassland to plunder, and the people are miserable. The Panlong Pavilion in the south is low-lying and can be easily irrigated by river water, and the alluvial land of the river is extremely fertile and suitable for farming and grazing; Surrounded by water on three sides, there is a wooden bridge built on the water, it is convenient to come and go, once the wolf smoke is found, the wooden bridge is demolished immediately, even if it is thousands of troops and horses, they can only sigh to the river.
A short walk down the hill to the official road, the sparse fields along the road are planted with millet: also known as millet, that is, millet, this plant is drought tolerant, and the earliest wine in China was also made from millet, millet is suitable for the arid and irrigated northern regions. The two acres of ration fields of the master and apprentice are also planted with this thing, so Xiao Yi is no stranger to it.
The growth of crops is not good, and even many places have become wasteland, Lao Dao told him, one is that the east bank is high, which is inconvenient for drinking water and irrigation, which has caused drought in the land; In addition, four years ago, that is, in the last years of Emperor Lingguanghe, the Yellow Turban caused chaos, and a large number of strong people were conscripted into the army.
The Yellow Turban Uprising, the Chinese of later generations basically did not know about it, because there are many mentions of this large-scale peasant uprising in Chinese history in film and television works, it can be said that as long as the Three Kingdoms are mentioned, the Yellow Turban Uprising will inevitably be mentioned, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and a series of figures are all started by suppressing the Yellow Turban Army.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the government was corrupt; Relatives and eunuchs have successively dictated power, coupled with the serious phenomenon of land annexation, and the people are struggling to make a living. Under these circumstances, Zhang Jiao founded the Taiping Dao, which won the hearts of the people in a religious way, and the believers spread all over the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan and Henan, with hundreds of thousands of people.
In 184 (the year of Jiazi), Zhang Jiao took "Cangtian is dead, Huangtian should stand, the age is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious" as the slogan to raise troops against the Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao called himself "General Tiangong", and his younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were respectively "General Digong" and "General Rengong" in the northern Jizhou area. Within a month, wars broke out in 28 counties in seven prefectures across the country, and the Yellow Turban Army was like a bamboo, and the world was shaken for a while, and Kyoto was uneasy.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty saw that Taiping Dao was so powerful, and hurriedly took He Jin as the general in March, and led the five battalions of Yulin to be stationed in Duting, and ordered weapons on the whole to guard the Beijing Division; In addition, from the Hangu Pass, Otani, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Revolving Gate, Mengjin, Kopingjin and other Kyoto Passes, set up the garrison of the Commandery; At the same time, he issued an edict to all localities to strictly guard against it, and ordered all states and counties to train their own soldiers, count their weapons, and gather rebels.
The Eastern Han Dynasty regime, which had exhausted its blood, finally temporarily suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, but this uprising can be said to have emptied the last trace of vitality of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population has decreased sharply, and the central government's control over the local area has dropped below freezing.
Walking on the road, Xiao Yi listened to the words of the old Tao while recalling the development process of history: "After the Yellow Turban Uprising, the heroes rose up and dominated each side, and then formed a situation of the Three Kingdoms.
"A nation without heroes is sad, and a nation that has poured out countless heroes is miserable, although the world is big, it will never be able to accommodate two heroes!