Chapter 50: The Venerable Taoist Priest at the South Gate
At this moment, a little Taoist priest hurriedly walked in.
He bowed to the two of them and said:
"Master, uncle, the Lord of Qingyang Guanguan is here. ”
"Qingyang Guanguan Lord Hyacinth, what is he doing here?" Qingyunzi frowned and whispered.
He immediately asked the little Taoist, "Where is he now?"
"At the gate. ”
"Well, you go down. ”
"Yes, Master. ”
After the little Taoist priest went down, Qingyunzi said to Sima Chengzhen strangely:
"This Qingyang Guan Guan Lord rarely interacts with me on weekdays, but I don't know what is the so-called rush to come early this morning?
He is also a highly respected old cultivator, and my senior brother is not as good as me to greet him. ”
Sima Chengzhen nodded and said, "Let's go." ”
Then, the two came all the way to the gate.
Shangqing view is not big, there are few pavilions, and the hall is not heavy.
After a while, the two came to the gate.
I saw an elderly Taoist priest walking around there with his beard and hands on his shoulders.
Catching a glimpse of Qingyunzi and Sima Chengzhen coming, the old Hyacinth hurriedly greeted him.
"I've seen Brother Dao. Qingyunzi and Sima Chengzhen hurriedly made a gesture.
"Qingyunzi Daoyou, you can be counted as here. ”
Lao Dao looked quite anxious, saw Sima Chengzhen on the side, and asked:
"Could this be your senior brother, the famous hermit of Yuxiao Peak, Baiyunzi Sima Chengzhen?"
Qingyunzi nodded: "It's my senior brother Bai Yunzi." ”
Sima Chengzhen waved his hand slightly:
"What kind of fame? It's just some earthly name, and it can't be true. However, Brother Dao Tong Yan Hefa is a decent person at first glance. ”
Hyacinth smiled reservedly, and then said solemnly, "I came here today for a reason, huh...... Poor Dao had a dream last night. ”
When Sima Chengzhen and Qingyunzi heard this, they glanced at each other.
Qingyunzi proposed: "Brother Dao, senior brother, it's better to take a closer look and talk about it." ”
The old hyacinth nodded: "It's okay." ”
Qingyunzi gestured to Guan Nei with his hand: "Brother Dao, please." ”
After that, the three of them went to the temple.
After a while, he came to a side room and sat down on three futons.
Sima Chengzhen asked tentatively, "I don't know...... What is Brother Dao's dream?"
He already had some vague speculations.
I'm afraid he wasn't the only one who had that dream.
Since Yun Zhongjun let him lead the gods to welcome the Venerable, he naturally would not dream of him alone.
The old Dao Hyacinth hesitated for a moment, looked at Sima Chengzhen, and then spoke: "Last night, Poor Dao dreamed of Yun Zhongjun. ”
Hearing this, Qingyunzi and Sima Chengzhen glanced at each other.
Sima Chengzhen frowned and asked, "Is it in a ruined wall where demons are rampant and people are completely populated?"
Hyacinth was taken aback and said, "Exactly." ”
"Is there a trace of heaven in the sky that spans the sky?"
"Exactly. ”
"Did Yun Zhongjun order you to greet the Venerable from the south at the south gate?"
"Exactly. Yun Zhongjun instructed Poor Dao to wait for His Holiness at the south gate under the leadership of Sima Chengzhen of Shangqing Guan.
I ask His Holiness to pass down all kinds of wonderful methods to save the common people. This is also the reason why the poor Dao came to Shangqingguan today. ”
After the old hyacinth finished speaking, he looked at Sima Chengzhen again, and said with some envy:
"Baiyunzi Daoyou is valued by Yunzhongjun and entrusted with important tasks, which is a good fortune. ”
Sima Chengzhen waved his hand modestly: "Where, where." ”
However, the smile on his face could not be concealed.
At this moment, a voice came from outside the door:
"Master, uncle. The Lord of Xuandu Guan came to visit. ”
When the three of them heard this, they looked at each other.
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Japan.
Suddenly, thousands of Taoist priests gathered at the south gate of the Divine Capital.
Outside the moat, in the cold wind of late autumn, they all sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly waiting for something.
When others asked, the little Taoist priests said they were waiting for His Holiness.
If you ask them who His Holiness is, these little Taoist priests will answer that they don't know.
Not long after, the matter of the Taoist priest waiting for the Venerable at the south gate spread in the Shendu City.
Some people think that it may be that Lao Tzu will follow the example of going west to Hangu and come to the world again to revitalize Taoism.
Some people think that this is just those Taoist priests playing tricks and bluffing. Of course, almost all of the people who hold this view are Buddhists and monks.
Some people also believe that this matter must be related to the immortal who has been widely spread in the land of Jingchu recently, maybe this Venerable is referring to that immortal.
There are all kinds of opinions, and everyone in the city is vying to discuss them.
There were also many people who ran behind thousands of Taoist priests to join in the fun. But these people's enthusiasm comes and goes quickly.
Soon they couldn't stand the cold wind and left.
The defenders of the south gate saw a group of Taoist priests gathered outside the city gate in large numbers, and they did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported to the Yamen of the Shendu government.
After receiving the report of the defenders of the South Gate, the government of Shendu attached great importance to the gathering of thousands of Taoist priests at the South Gate.
While sending someone into the palace to report the matter to Wu Zetian, he sent someone to inquire.
Henan Governor Shi came in a hurry with several people on horseback, and when he arrived in front of Sima Chengzhen and a few people, he hurriedly dismounted.
Looking at a few people, he asked helplessly, "Why are all the Dao Elders gathered here?"
"The scar of the sky is coming, I am waiting for the cloud in the cloud to dream and guide, waiting for the Venerable to save the world. Sima Chengzhen replied.
When Henan Governor Shi heard this, he looked at a few people and shook their heads and sighed.
Sima Chengzhen smiled and said, "The poor Dao knows the worries of the king. Within ten days, if His Holiness does not come, the poor path will naturally leave. There are saints, and the poor Tao has its own saying. ”
Changshi sighed again: "Since you are determined to do so, the official will no longer persuade you, but thousands of you are gathered here, I'm afraid it will ......."
When Sima Chengzhen heard this, he smiled: "Poor Dao understands that it is appropriate to be precautionary. ”
Of course, be a little more vigilant.
Since the three brothers of Zhang Jiao in the late Han Dynasty used Taiping Dao to stir up the Han Empire, which dynasty did not guard against Taoism?
Changshi nodded, said no more, stepped on the horse again, and ran towards the city.
After sending someone to ask Sima Chengzhen and the others about the reason for the gathering, the various divisions of the Shendu did not dare to relax in the slightest, for fear of repeating the old incident of Zhang Jiao's chaos.
On this day, the number of guards at the south gate increased several times.
The guards on the city wall were even more vigilant to stare at the more than 1,000 Taoist priests who were meditating outside the city, and as long as they found something wrong, they would immediately suppress it.
However, Sima Chengzhen and others did not move.
The passers-by, the watchers, and the defenders all sat on the ground, looking south, waiting for His Holiness.
When did His Holiness come?
What does His Holiness look like?
None of them are clear.
I just know, wait and it's over.
As long as you wait for two unhuman, a man and a woman, then His Holiness has arrived.
As for how this unsimilar person is? They don't know.
The cold wind from the north is tight, the grass and trees are withered, and the wild geese return to the south.
Thousands of Taoist priests sit neatly outside the moat, which is quite spectacular.