Taiyi Hall is located next to the pond, the quaint palace-style building is very eye-catching in the wilderness, Sun Simiao saw it at a glance, and stepped into the palace door after completing the whole robe.

How can a Taoist priest not worship when he meets a god.

He respectfully took three inferior incense sticks from Miaozhu's hand, bowed three times to the mottled and dilapidated Taiyi Daozun, and then inserted them into the incense burner.

Miao Zhu was about fifty years old, with gray hair and a dark complexion like an old farmer in the countryside, looking older and a little haggard than Sun Simiao, who had a pale face and crane hair.

"Ahem." Miao Zhu stared at Sun Simiao and looked at him carefully, seeing that he was a member of the Dao Sect, he must be a senior of the Daomen, and his face couldn't help but softened a lot, and asked, "Where did the Dao Chief come from?" ”

Sun Simiao smiled, pointed to the clouds and mist surrounding the top of Cuihua Mountain, and said: "The poor road comes from the mountains, goes to the mountains, and stays in the mountains and forests. ”

Miao Zhu was not half unhappy when he heard this answer, but his heart was full of respect, who can say it in such a fog, except for the predecessors of the Daomen? He is the temple blessing of Taiyi Palace, and he is also half a Taoist priest, and he said respectfully: "The Taoist chief will stay first, and the old man will go and pour a cup of hot soup for the Taoist chief." ”

Sun Simiao nodded in thanks, looked around the temple a few times, and then sat on the futon in front of the Taoist statue.

After a moment's effort, Miao Zhu took a cup of tea soup with tea foam and handed it to Sun Simiao. The pressed tea cakes can only be enjoyed by dignitaries and luxury families, and ordinary people can only drink some tea soup boiled with broken tea leaves, and smash it to feel the taste of tea.

Sun Simiao drank it all, put the tea bowl back on the wooden case, and asked softly: "May I ask Miaozhu, have you heard anything about the recent epidemic?" “

Miao Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Dao Chief, the people in Guanzhong who are plagued by the Tianhua epidemic are panicked, and the Dao Chief has been practicing hard in the mountains for many days, but he doesn't know much about it. Look at the three animals in front of this temple, they are personally offered by the villagers of Cuihua Mountain, and there are not many people who usually don't see incense here for a year......"

Seeing that Sun Simiao was still a little puzzled, he simply stood up and pointed to the distance, at the foot of Cuihua Mountain, there were tall weeds growing everywhere, a piece of golden yellow, but in the wasteland near the cottage house was bare, like a middle-aged man's Mediterranean hairstyle, high on both sides and light in the middle.

But Sun Simiao did not sigh at the scenery because of this, but said with joy: "Cuihua Mountain has been a royal garden since ancient times, and when I came here twenty years ago, it was still a barren place, and only the relics of the Qin and Han dynasties remained in this place, so I can't think of it......."

Although the Shanglin Garden of Cuihua Mountain has long been abandoned, it does not mean that the people of Li can cultivate here, strictly speaking, it belongs to the royal garden, and it is a place for the emperor to hunt in the first Sui and even the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Decades ago, Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was hunting here, accidentally fell unconscious, and then a tragic scene happened, Yang Jian and other Guanlong nobles served as his guards at that time, and then forged a will......

"After the Jieli Khan Turkic Iron Cavalry went south to plunder, the people in the northern part of Guanzhong were displaced, and 200,000 people gathered under the city of Chang'an to become exiles...... These are all told to the old decay by the people who came to offer incense. Miao Zhu said with a smile.

"But these... What does it have to do with smallpox plague? Sun Simiao frowned and asked, the main purpose of his visit to Cuihua Mountain this time was to learn about the information about "cowpox".

"Don't worry, Dao Chief, a few days ago, there was a lot of smallpox in Chang'an, and some people on Cuihua Mountain were also infected with smallpox, and at that time, Imperial Doctor Xu threatened to burn to death those people who had the epidemic." Speaking of this, Miao Zhu's face was cold, although Imperial Physician Xu's approach was cruel and a legitimate measure at that time, but he couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart after all.

"Burned?" Sun Simiao exclaimed, when he was in Chang'an, Imperial Physician Xu deliberately concealed part of the story, it seems that there is something else!

......

The afternoon sun was just right, Li Yuan was lying on a warm big rock in the sun, the big stone was standing obliquely in the dirt, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and occasionally a few dragonflies on the calm lake were startled.

Dozens of guards were scattered around the lake, some stepping on the weeds, some lying on the grass... And a few steps behind Li Yuan, there stood a handsome-looking man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and two mustaches on his upper lip.

This is a young general, who was named a captain because of Yin Gong, and came to Taiyi Dao Palace to be Li Yuan's guard general.

He is the son of the Marquis Junji of Luguo, Hou Guangliang.

Although Hou Junji is not as popular as the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, he is also Li Shimin's confidant and favorite general, and he made great contributions during the change of Xuanwumen.

Sima Yan's heart is well known to passers-by.

Li Shimin sent Hou Junji's son to serve as Li Yuan's guard general, Li Yuan knew it, but he was also happy to do so.

Hou Junji is now red and purple, but the whole court knows that he is "the first born against the bone", and he will rebel in the future, Zhuge Liang asserted that Wei Yan was the same.

But Hou Junji didn't believe it, he thought that Li Er was a good emperor and open-minded, so he shouldn't be superstitious about such a legend, but he just missaw Li Shimin.

During the Zhenguan period, Li Chunfeng divined the hexagram and said: "After the third Tang Dynasty, there was a female martial king. ”

Li Shimin laughed when he heard this, but he had a heart for it, and when he held a banquet, Li Junxian drank and said a few more words, saying that his nickname was Wu Niang. And because Li Junxian's official title and feudal town both have martial characters, the more Li Shimin thought about it, the more wrong it became, and later found a reason to kill Li Junxian directly. (The reason for killing Li Junxian was because he believed in Buddhism, colluded with demons, and plotted misdeeds.) ）

Every emperor through the ages, none of them are open-minded, and if there is, it is only within the reach of their eyes, and theology is not among them!

"Uncle, the fish has been hooked." Wu Jue, who was playing in the water, saw the float made of pig urine foam swaying up and down in the water, and immediately reminded him.

Li Yuan nodded, immediately got up from the boulder lying down, pulled the fishing rod hard, and with a slam bang, an arm-long grass carp was pulled out of the lake, "This fish weighs at least a dozen catties, and I will go back to the poor road to make braised fish for you later." ”

He was thinking about what kind of food to use to cook grass carp, how long it was best to cook, and how to make the fish the freshest and most tender.

But at this moment, Wu Jue stumbled and fell into the pool.

"Zo'er fell overboard... Lieutenant Waiting, Jue'er has fallen into the water, save Jue'er. Picture Screen and Li Yuan shouted at the same time.

Neither of them knows water.

After more than ten days of getting along, Wu Jue, Li Yuan, and Huaping have long had a deep relationship, so at this moment, both of them are nervous and worried.

Hou Guangliang's face tightened, and he hurriedly took off the leather armor he was wearing, and a fierce man plunged into the lake, swimming around.

In less than a cup of tea, Hou Guangliang came out of the water again, holding Wu Jue's small body curled up together.

Li Yuan hurriedly took Wu Jue from Hou Guangliang's hand, her stomach was bulging and swollen, her small mouth was constantly spitting water like a goldfish, her face was pale, and her small body was swinging.

In September, the lake is already cold.