Verse 65: Taoism, the place where the Tao is heard. (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)
It is hard for Lu Qikun to imagine that there will be a small Taoist temple in the Yingdu of Nuoda. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yingdu, as the capital of Great Chu, is prosperous and extravagant, even ordinary mortals live a rich life, there are no poor beggars and lowly slaves, and even the buildings here are extremely exquisite, which is not at all comparable to any county town and county seat in the Great Chu Realm.
But in such a bustling and luxurious city, there is a Taoist temple in an inconspicuous corner, a Taoist temple that seems to have been abandoned for a long time and uninhabited.
The temple is dilapidated and barren, apparently uninhabited for a long time, the white paint on the outer wall has fallen from all over the place, and the closed door is dark red like extremely dry blood, and it is densely covered with cobwebs and dust, which is incompatible with the ordinary houses and small courtyards around it.
Lin Shi stepped up the low staircase, his hands stretched out and gently pushed open the closed door. There was a crunching sound, and the door slowly opened, and countless dust and cobwebs fell. Lin Shi frowned, extremely unhappy, and suddenly the true yuan was released to isolate everything, and then walked into this abandoned Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple is very magical, you can see the situation inside from the outside, and even at the moment when the door opens, the voices of countless people come out, making Lu Qikun and Mao Sheng's Dao hearts throb in an instant.
Mao Sheng stood closely beside Lu Qikun and looked at Lu Qikun with a serious expression, obviously waiting for Lu Qikun's decision, and at the same time, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes. Even if Mao Sheng lives in the dilapidated Mao mansion, the place where he lives is cleaned up, unlike this Taoist temple that has not been inhabited for a long time.
Lu Qikun thought about it and walked towards the Taoist temple, even if it was clear that the Taoist temple had a big mystery, Lu Qikun believed that Lin Shi would not harm himself, otherwise he would not save himself in Xiangcheng. Of course, Lu Qikun's heart was not vigilant or reassured, but a curiosity that kept emerging, curious about why there was a Taoist temple in Yingdu. And from the outside, this Taoist temple may have existed for a very long time, why it has not been demolished but remained.
The Taoist temple, which is a very old building, was first recorded in the "Narrative of the Five Emperors", but the true origin is also vague. But Lu Qikun knew in his heart that a building like the Taoist Temple must have something to do with the Taoist Gate, but it is not known what the specific relationship is.
The three of them entered the Taoist temple in turn, crossing the ordinary Taoist gate. Lin Shi admired everything with a smile, but Lu Qikun and Mao Sheng were extremely surprised.
The inside of the Taoist temple is too clean, not at all like the outside. Four pillars surrounded by three people stand elegantly, the pillars are painted red and bright, as if they have just been painted, and a golden dragon surrounds the top of each pillar, and the dragon head looks out and is hideous and full of majesty. The greystone flooring is not the slightest bit of dust, as if someone has been cleaning it often, and the walls around it are full of carved murals.
And the most striking thing is the eastern location, where there is a lonely altar because there is nothing on it.
Lu Qikun took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the smiling Lin Shi, and slowly asked, "Why"
"What why," Lin Shi said with a smile.
Lu Qikun frowned and didn't like Lin Shi's appearance, even if it was a month and a half to travel to Yingdu, Lu Qikun didn't have the strangeness he had at the beginning. In just a month and a half, Lin Shi's pretended to be mysterious, which made Lu Qikun extremely annoyed and bored.
And now Lin Shi is like this, which makes Lu Qikun suddenly look gloomy, and a nameless fire emerges.
"Okay, okay, I said that's it," Lin Shi hurriedly surrendered when he saw Lu Qikun about to get angry.
Anyway, Taoism is not a secret, and many strong people in the world know it.
"First of all, you have to know the meaning of Taoism, of course, it is very easy to understand literally, Taoism has a great relationship with my Taoism, if you think so, then congratulations on your guess wrong" Lin Shi explained.
Lu Qikun wondered, "How is it possible?"
"Nothing is impossible, the Taoist temple really has nothing to do with my Daomen, and it is not the building of my Daomen." Lin Shi restrained his smile and said with a serious expression: "It is the place where the legendary Three Emperors and the Five Emperors heard the truth."
"Impossible," Mao Sheng exclaimed.
Mao Sheng, as a child of the Mao family, although not long after he was born, the Mao family was exterminated by the son on trumped-up charges. But Mao Sheng still heard many stories in ancient books, including the legends of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, and naturally knew where the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors heard the Tao.
"You don't believe it either" Lin Shi ignored Mao Sheng, but looked at Lu Qikun and asked.
Lu Qikun nodded.
"The world only knows that the five sacrificial holy places are the places of enlightenment of the five emperors or the three emperors, but the existence of the Taoist temple is clear in my Daomen, and it is the real place where the three emperors and the five emperors hear the Tao." Lin Shi said proudly.
History is heavy, but it is also respectable and proud.
Lu Qikun was shocked, "Wait, the place where I heard the truth"
"Smell the Tao, hear the Tao, and repair at night. This is the place where the Emperor and the Emperor enlightened the world to achieve enlightenment," Lin Shi calmly continued, "The Tao is the Tao, the education of others, the view of emptiness, and the observation of the emptiness of all laws."
Lin Shi looked at the empty Shentai and said, "This was once the place where the Emperor taught the Eight Hundred Dao Monarchs and observed the Ten Thousand Laws of Heaven and Earth. It is also the place where the emperor enlightens all the people to open their spiritual wisdom and observe the avenue of heaven and earth."
Lu Qikun and Mao Sheng's expressions were stunned, and a shocking wave was set off in their hearts, staring at this ordinary Taoist temple. It is hard to believe that this Taoist temple was once a place where the emperor and the emperor enlightened and cultivated, because everything he saw was too ordinary and ordinary.
"If it was a place where the Emperor and the Emperor enlightened and heard the Tao, it would not be so ordinary and ordinary," Mao Sheng retorted.
After hearing this, Lin Shi smiled bitterly and said, "Because there is one thing missing"
"Statue" Lu Qikun went straight to the core of the problem and looked at the empty altar.
Lin Shi nodded and shook his head again, and was just about to continue talking, when suddenly a bell rang in the heavens and the earth, and then a terrifying force rushed into the sky, it was the power of the divine powerhouse, the supreme and divine were full of unimaginable majesty.
Lin Shi's face changed dramatically in an instant, and he left the Taoist temple directly and disappeared into the vertical and horizontal streets.
Lu Qikun and Mao Sheng didn't understand what was going on, and the two came to the Taoist temple to look at the sky in the distance, where the stars were bright and bright from the depths of the universe.
At the east gate of Yingdu, the soldiers of the public clan guarding here are staring ahead. Each of them was sweating profusely, as if they had been drenched in rain. Each of them looked like snow, as if they had been seriously ill.
In the center of this group of about fifty people, there was a middle-aged man wearing a black Chu suit, the man was the most powerful Marquis of Chu and the younger brother of the current King of Chu.
"It's a pleasure to have friends come from afar," said a man dressed in starlight.