Chapter 2 Baiyun Taoist Temple
It's not that the Taoist priest is timid, but Zhao Zheng's appearance is really strange, not to mention that a big robe is very different from the outfit of this era, let's just say that the pattern on the clothes, what the hell!
Naturally, he didn't know that this was a popular cultural shirt in later generations, and on it was a family photo of an anime One Piece. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info And why is this child's hair so short, is it a monk or nun?
In addition, this kid is white and fat, with clean and neat teeth, and he looks like a child of a big family. Then why is this kid in this place?
And the big bag he was carrying, what was it? I've never seen any of the materials.
Zhao Zheng heard the Taoist priest's vigilant words, so he pretended to be afraid, as if he had fallen into some extremely terrifying memory. trembling and said: "I, my name is Zhao Zheng, there are bad people in the house, Ah Fu escaped with me, and then, and then I don't remember." ”
said that Zhao Zheng actually shed two tears, and these two tears were rated by Zhao Zheng as the most natural acting skills countless times in the future.
Seeing Zhao Zheng crying, the Taoist priest's heart softened, this world, although it is quite peaceful, but the bandits and rebels have never rested for a moment, this child must have been robbed at home, and escaped with the servants desperately, and was frightened so he lost his memory.
Thinking of this, the Taoist priest untied the pocket left on his waist, took out a piece of black dough and handed it to Zhao Zheng, presumably this was his dry food.
Zhao Zheng didn't care how dirty and unpalatable the dough looked, for fear of revealing his horse's feet, he ate it desperately, but the cake was too hard and unpalatable. Although he pretended to be gobbling up, the uncomfortable look between his eyebrows had betrayed him deeply.
"When I was in trouble, I was still such a picky eater, it seems that I am a rich and noble family, I must have eaten from a young age, and I can't even look down on such delicious pastries." The middle-aged Taoist priest touched his short beard on the side and looked at Zhao Zheng interestingly.
"Uncle Dao, what year is this year?" Zhao Zheng wanted to ask the Taoist priest that this was the emperor's year name, so as to calculate the era in which it appeared.
"Wasted year!" The middle-aged Taoist priest naturally didn't expect that Zhao Zheng was asking which emperor was on the throne this year.
Getting this answer, Zhao Zheng couldn't laugh, and at the same time, he was also alerted to it, he couldn't be too mature, this is not a question that a seven or eight-year-old ancient child should ask.
So Zhao Zheng changed into a cute look, although his acting skills were a little exaggerated, but after all, the appearance was there, and the middle-aged Taoist priest did not doubt him. Zhao Zheng also realized at this time that he didn't know the other party's name, which was very rude, so he hurriedly asked.
"Uncle Dao, what do you call it? Are you here to collect medicine? ”
"The poor Dao's surname is Huang, you can call me Uncle Huang, the head of the zodiac, hey! encountered a big disaster at a young age, and it was better for Brother Zhao to return to Baiyun Temple with the poor road first, and then contact his family. "Huang Daochang knew that taking in this person of unknown origin might cause trouble to Baiyun Temple, but seeing that Zhao Zheng was too young to bear it, he asked him to take refuge in Baiyun Temple.
Zhao Zheng saw that Huang Daochang took the initiative to take him in, and he was overjoyed and agreed to come down.
Along the way, the zodiac chief naturally kept asking about Zhao Zheng's origin, but Zhao Zheng prevaricated under the pretext of losing his memory. At that time, a lot of words came out of the mouth of the zodiac chief along the way.
Zhao Zheng was not so clever, but no one would defend a seven or eight-year-old child, so the bottom of the zodiac was touched by Zhao Zheng on the road.
Huang Daochang's real name is Huang Changfeng, he is the master of the Baiyun Temple under the mountain, and after the death of the old man, he passed the position of the master to him, and last year the senior brother hooked up with a widow under the mountain, so he returned to the vulgar and left the Baiyun Temple. Now there are only Huang Changfeng and two eight-year-old disciples in Baiyun Temple, a total of three people.
When Zhao Zheng heard Huang Daochang talk about the widow, there was still a faint sense of resentment on his face, so he estimated that this Taoist temple was not a formal place for cultivation, and it was all poor people who ate with their mouths on food.
Along the way, the zodiac chief saw that Zhao Zheng was physically exhausted, so he put Zhao Zheng in his back and continued to hurry. The weather was hot, and Huang Daochang kept wiping the sweat on his face, and kept comforting Zhao Zheng that he would be there soon. Zhao Zheng's heart was moved, holding his mobile phone, although he didn't know what kind of world he had come to, he was confident that he would live an earth-shattering future.
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According to the Zodiac Chief, the Baiyun Taoist Temple has a history of 100 years, so it is understandable that it is dilapidated. Zhao Zheng has never understood that the logic of this sentence is there. But at least he knew the fact that this Taoist temple was poor, along with the people inside.
The walls of the Taoist temple have been destroyed, and there are huge gaps everywhere. The gap is bigger than the wall...... In addition to the statue of the main hall dedicated to Sanqing, the Taoist temple inside looks like there is a trace of solemnity, and the others reveal a poor appearance everywhere. The clay statue was polished very brightly, after all, this is the guy begging for food in the Taoist temple, but the merit box in front of him, Zhao Zheng suspects that it has not been opened for hundreds of years. The locks are rusting and rotting.
The Taoist temple can block the rain but not the wind, and the doors and windows are also broken. Fortunately, the yard and the inside of the house seem to be very clean, and someone is cleaning it often.
As soon as he entered the main hall, the zodiac chief shouted: "Da Lang, Erlang." I am back. ”
Zhao Zheng knew that this Da Lang Erlang was the two disciples of the Zodiac Chang, more precisely, the two orphans. It's just that the zodiac chief shouted a few times in a row, but there was no one in sight. Huang Daochang had no choice but to take Zhao Zheng into the house to rest.
The so-called rest is to find a threshold to sit, Zhao Zheng was a little surprised to see that there were several Taoist scriptures in the house, it seems that the zodiac priest is not a Taoist priest who eats completely mixed rice, and he also has some knowledge.
Seeing Zhao Zheng staring at the book, Huang Daoshi smiled: "Brother Zhao can recognize words? ”
Zhao Zheng thought for a while: "Recognize some." ”
Because he guessed that Zhao Zheng was a child of a rich and noble family, the zodiac priest was not surprised that Zhao Zheng was literate, nodded and said: "Brother Zhao is temporarily living here these days, go back and talk to Dalang Erlang, Erlang is anxious, you have to be considerate, and bear with it." ”
"Well, there is still more than a month to go before the exam, and I have to consult the scriptures. I'm afraid I won't have much time to entertain you, Brother Zhao will do it himself. ”
Zhao Zheng's eyes widened, and he didn't understand what this "exam" meant. So he asked, "It's not in the way, thank you Uncle Dao for taking it in." And Uncle Dao is a Confucian student? Want to take the imperial examination? ”
The zodiac chief frowned, could it be that this kid fled from Beikou's side? Then I thought that I was still a seven or eight-year-old child, and even the people of the Great Song Dynasty didn't know that Taoist priests needed exams.
"Emperor Huizong issued an edict that Taoist priests can go to the state capital every year to conduct examinations, with a total of ten grades, and they will be awarded one by one according to their results. The imperial court would issue a stipend in this way, but now it has stopped, but as long as you pass the sergeant examination, you can be exempted from taxes. ”
Zhao Zheng was shocked when he heard Huizong, now is not the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the time of Jingkang's difficulty! But then I thought that something was wrong, Huizong was the temple number, and it was only after his death, so now it must be the Southern Song Dynasty, but I don't know when it was, but Zhao Zheng subconsciously thought that he came to the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, so he asked carefully: "Uncle Dao, Zhao Zheng has been taught." General Yue Fei didn't know if he had heard of it? ”
Huang Daochang didn't think much about it and said: "You said that King Yue E, I don't know anyone in the Great Song Dynasty. ”
Zhao Zheng's eyes widened, Yue Fei was posthumously crowned king, now is definitely not the time when Song Gaozong is in power, is it the end of the Southern Song Dynasty? Influenced by the novels of later generations, Zhao Zheng always thought that the time-traveler would travel to some special eras, otherwise how could he reflect that the heavens would descend on the people.
In order not to be suspicious, Zhao Zheng also talked nonsense, trying to find out what era it is: "Zhao Zheng has admired King Yue E since he was a child and wants to make contributions like him. I vaguely remember that my father once mentioned Wen Tianxiang, I don't know if Uncle Dao knows? ”
Huang Daochang shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it." Recently, Jin soldiers have often come to Zaoyang to loot, this place is a place of war, you have to be careful. ”
When he heard Jin Bing, Zhao Zheng knew that he had come to the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty, but what kind of era was this? In later TV series, there are very few novels that describe this era, and Zhao Zheng's eyes are completely dark.
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At this time, the two disciples of the zodiac chief returned.
It's just that one of them had blood from the corners of his eyes, and his nose and face were swollen. The other person entered the house a little uneasy, and directly took out about thirty copper coins from his bosom and handed them to the Zodiac chief, and whispered: "Master, Erlang and Wang Datian are fighting again, and I didn't persuade him this time." ”
After the zodiac chief put away the copper coin, he looked at the child with a blue nose and swollen face, and sighed: "Erlang's temperament is still so strong, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing in this world." Dalang, you go cook and add more rice. Erlang comes with me, and I'll rub the medicine for you. ”
At this time, Da Lang and Erlang found Zhao Zheng in unison, and looked at Huang Daochang suspiciously.
"The one I met on the road has a poor background, and he has lived with us in the past few days." The zodiac chief didn't think much about it, and explained two sentences at will.
Da Lang got the answer of Huang Daochang and went to the kitchen, and Erlang's eyes were obviously a little unkind to look at Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng didn't know why, so he had to smile at him, and when Huang Daochang pulled Erlang over to rub the medicine. Zhao Zheng carefully thought about how to go in this era.
After two quarters of an hour, Da Lang's rice was cooked, and there was no table in Baiyun Taoist Temple, so naturally he could go to the kitchen to eat, and one person took a bowl and scooped it into the pot.
In the pot is some rice mixed with some vegetables, and a little salt is added, which is naturally a little light for Zhao Zheng and difficult to swallow, but judging from the gobbling expressions of the three masters and apprentices of the Zodiac Chief, this is a rare delicacy for them.
With a plop, the sound of the zodiac chief eating and sucking was interrupted, and Zhao Zheng knelt solemnly on the ground.
"Boy Zhao Zheng, my family was in distress and almost died in the mountains, but fortunately I was rescued by the Taoist chief, and I implore the Taoist to accept me as an apprentice."