Chapter 257: You Taishan

Qingzhou is not far from Mount Tai, and it is not close to it, even if it is by carriage, it takes half a day to arrive, but this does not stop the enthusiasm of the bracelet to play Mount Tai, and even the plain Jinxuan is excited to flush her face, and she keeps discussing all kinds of interesting stories about Mount Tai with the bracelet, as well as the beautiful scenery on the road to Mount Tai, of course, these are what they have seen from the book, and now they are finally able to visit it in person.

Zhou Zhong can also understand Jinxuan's excitement, although from the perspective of his later generations, Mount Tai is just a mountain with more beautiful scenery, and there are more cultural scenery on the mountain. However, in the eyes of Jinxuan, Mount Tai is not only the head of the five mountains, but also the first mountain in the world, since Qin Shi Huang sealed Mount Tai, later generations have been emulated by emperors, and carved stone inscriptions on the mountain, but also attracted countless literati and ink writers in history to travel, for which countless poems were left, and even many poems were directly engraved on the stone wall, which has infinite attraction for them.

Zhou Zhong accompanied Jinxuan and them to sit in the carriage for a while, and after the most Lu felt a little depressed in the carriage, so he came out and rode on the horse, but he didn't expect that at this time he happened to see King Heng also come out of the carriage in front of him to change horses and move forward, which made Zhou Chong laugh, and stepped forward and said: "Why did His Highness come out to ride a horse, is it the same as Zhou, is it too stuffy in the carriage?" ”

This morning, Zhou Chong just wanted to send troops, and received a notice from King Heng to take them to Mount Tai to play, which made Zhou Chong also unbelievable, after all, there is a person who is familiar with Mount Tai to help them as a tour guide, which is naturally a good thing, but when King Heng knows that Zhou is important to take his family to go. So he called Princess Heng as well. When you get to the mountain, you can be entertained by Princess Heng and your family.

I saw Zhou Zhong also riding a horse. King Heng, who had just ridden the horse, also smiled at the moment: "It seems that this king and Wenda you are really like-minded, even the habits are almost the same, just now I was just in the carriage to accompany the princess, usually no matter where I go, I still prefer to ride a horse, unless I wait until I am old enough to ride a horse, I will consider traveling in a carriage." ”

When he said this, he saw Zhu Youyi pause for a moment and then said, "In addition, in my opinion." Riding horses shows the true character of our men, and the Mongols in the northern steppes often go south to plunder, although I can't personally go to the battlefield to fight with those Mongolian Tartars, but I have never forgotten the martial arts of the ancestors, so in addition to my love of calligraphy articles, I have not forgotten to learn the art of cavalry and archery, if the court needs this king, this king will immediately be able to get on the horse and kill the enemy, just hope that my Ming will never be useful to the day when our king kills the enemy! ”

Hearing Zhu Youyi's words full of ambition, especially the last few sentences. Zhou Zhong couldn't help but be silent, he knew that the reason why Zhu Youyi said that he didn't want the day when the King of Fan went into battle to kill the enemy. It's not because I'm afraid of death, but because if Da Ming really needs King Fan to go into battle to kill the enemy, I'm afraid it's already time for life and death.

In addition, Zhou Chong thought that when the Ming Dynasty was about to fall in history, there was indeed a king of Fan who dared to go into battle in person in the Ming clan, this person was Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, he first wrote to the court to ask for troops to quell the rebellion, but the court did not agree, and then he took the prince's personal soldiers to quell the rebellion without authorization, but before he met the enemy, he was arrested by the court, and even the throne was abolished.

Thinking of the hard-working Tang King in later generations, and then looking at the King Heng in front of him who was full of desire to serve the country, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but smile bitterly. Through getting along yesterday and today, Zhou Zhong found that Zhu Youyi is not bad, he is not as greedy as other King Fan, his biggest hobby is calligraphy and reading, and now he knows that the other party still knows how to ride and shoot and the art of war, which can be regarded as both civil and military, but it is a pity that his identity limits the play of his talents, no matter how talented he is, he can only die quietly in eating, drinking and having fun like the King of Fan all over the Ming Dynasty, at most leaving a name in the genealogy of the Ming Emperor's clan.

When it was almost noon, Zhou Zhong and their convoy finally arrived at the foot of Mount Tai Tai'an City, but they did not alarm the local government, nor did they look for an inn in the city, but directly lived in the Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai, Dai Temple was the residence of the emperors of the past dynasties when they sealed Mount Tai, and the tofu feast and wild vegetable feast in the temple can be called a must.

Zhu Youyi is good at reading, more like calligraphy, Mount Tai is full of inscriptions of famous masters of the past dynasties, so he is also a frequent visitor to Mount Tai, sometimes he will live for ten days and half a month, so he is also very familiar with here, the temple in the temple of Dai Zhu Zi by the real person is his friend, so before Zhou Zhong they arrived, the Dai temple has been prepared for food and lodging, and at noon they eat is the world-famous Taishan tofu feast, but because it is now winter, there are no wild vegetables in the mountains, so the wild vegetable feast Zhou Chong they can not eat.

After tasting the delicious wild vegetable feast, the women of the bracelet they disregarded the fatigue of the journey, immediately wanted to climb Mount Tai with great interest, Zhou Chong wanted to visit the Dai Temple, and wait until tomorrow to climb Mount Tai, but seeing the excitement of the bracelet they couldn't wait, he couldn't bear to refuse, and finally nodded in agreement, anyway, there are many temples on the mountain, and it is a big deal to live on the mountain tonight.

For Zhou Chong's proposal that they are about to climb Mount Tai, King Heng is also Ha Lu Ha Da Xiao, he has lived next to Mount Tai for a long time, and often sees people like Zhou Chong who come to Mount Tai for the first time, almost all of them are so eager to go up the mountain as soon as possible, so he did not object, and personally accompanied Zhou Chong at the moment, Princess Heng accompanied Jinxuan and them to Mount Tai together.

They first passed through Dai Zongfang to the Queen Mother Pond, although it is called the Queen Mother Pond, but there is not really only one pond, but a two-fold courtyard, in which there is a pond in the front yard, the pond is extremely clear, that is, the legendary Queen Mother Pool, the main hall of the front yard is also enshrined with the statue of the Queen Mother, and the backyard is called the Seven True Hall and also known as the Lu Zu Palace, which enshrines Lu Dongbin, Tie Guan Li, He Xiangu three people, and several disciples of Lu Dongbin, collectively known as the Seven Truths.

As soon as Zhou Zhong and the others arrived, Jinxuan took him to the palace of the queen mother to offer incense and make a wish, hoping that his child could be blessed by the queen mother when he was born. Although Zhou Zhong didn't believe this, but when he saw Jinxuan's pious appearance, he thought of the child who was about to be born, so he also sincerely gave the queen mother Taoist incense, and also donated a sum of money to the Taoist priest here to repair the Taoist temple.

But just after Zhou Chong and Jinxuan finished worshipping, Xie Lingyun immediately pulled him to worship again in front of the statue of the Queen Mother, no need to ask, this time it must be to let the Queen Mother bless their marriage, and then the people around Zhou Chong were replaced with bracelets, but she wanted to work with Zhou Zhong to let the Queen Mother bless Aunt Wang's health.

After worshipping with the bracelet, Zhou Chong saw Bai Mengwan's eager expression again, but he didn't dare to take the initiative to step forward, which made him sigh in his heart, and simply called Bai Mengwan over to worship together, but what made her happy was that she laughed from beginning to end, without the solemnity of worshipping God at all. Even Sila felt very funny after the end, and she pulled Zhou Zhong and bowed to her with her.

After worshipping the Queen Mother, Zhou Zhong and they went to the back to visit the Seven True Palace, as well as the Luzu Cave and other scenic spots next to it, and then left the Queen Mother Pond after the last time, and then went up along the stone steps, on the way through the Taoist temple, stone carvings and other scenic spots are countless, and there is no need to elaborate.

However, most of Zhou Chong's team were women, and the speed of stop-and-go was not fast, so when they arrived at the Doumu Palace halfway up the mountainside, the sky had already darkened, and Zhou Chong discussed it with King Heng and decided to stay in the Doumu Palace at night.

After arranging the accommodation, Jinxuan immediately pulled Zhou Zhong into the main hall to worship the Dou Mu, this time it was still for the fetus in the womb, because the Dou Mu Palace was known as the mother of the stars, one of the most important responsibilities is to protect the baby, compared to the Almighty God of the Queen Mother, the duties of the Dou Mu are much more professional, so many pregnant women around Mount Tai will go to the Dou Mu Palace to worship the Buddha, praying for the blessing of the womb in the womb of the fetus.

Doumu Palace is still more than half of the distance from the top of the mountain, but this has already taken Zhou Zhong their time in the afternoon, this is mainly because it is relatively cold on Mount Tai in winter, and with women, so the speed of progress is very slow, Zhou Zhong estimates that even if he climbs for another day tomorrow, it will be difficult to reach the top of the mountain. However, King Heng said that it didn't matter, because it was extremely cold on the top of the mountain now, and the mountain road was already frozen, so it was best for them to only go to the Shengxian Pavilion on the mountainside.

Hearing that they couldn't reach the top of the mountain, they all felt a little regretful, but Zhou Zhong was relieved, he had been worried that Jinxuan would not be good for the child when she climbed the mountain, and now he heard that he could only reach the halfway point of the mountain at most tomorrow, so he finally didn't have to worry about Jinxuan being tired.

After resting in the Doumu Palace for a night, Zhou Zhong and they got up early the next morning, although they could not enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sunrise on the top of Mount Tai, but they could also enjoy the future on this mountainside.

Breakfast is prepared for them by the female Taoist priest in the Doumu Palace, and the staple food is still tofu, after all, the water quality here in Mount Tai is excellent, and the tofu ground is also extremely famous, so the Taoist temples and temples along the way like to entertain guests with tofu.

In the morning, Zhou Zhong followed King Heng and walked to the top of the mountain, after arriving at the legendary Shengxian Pavilion, he turned back and went down the mountain, and finally returned to the Dai Temple in the evening, King Heng's friend Zi Youzhen prepared the tofu banquet again, but this time the tofu banquet was completely different from the dishes of the tofu banquet at noon yesterday, this is because there are more than 150 kinds of dishes for the tofu banquet, and they only ate less than a third of Zhou Chong yesterday, if they want to eat the tofu banquet completely, it is estimated that Zhou Chong they have to stay for another day.

Jinxuan and their female dependents were naturally entertained by Princess Heng, Zhou Zhong and King Heng were really lonely when they sat together, so they called Zi Youzhen to sit with them, and the three of them chatted about some customs and customs on Mount Tai, as well as delicious food and beautiful scenery, etc., but they were also at ease. However, in the middle of the banquet, Zhou Chong suddenly made a look, and then Wangcai beside him immediately understood, turned around and left the room, to do the matter that Zhou Zhong explained. (To be continued......)