Chapter 8 The fate of master and apprentice
"Is your master okay?" Jiang asked, "He's a good old man." Jiang Yao helped his mother lie down and rest, and he also fell asleep on the couch with his eyes closed. Master had instructed him not to talk to anyone about the Master.
In front of his mother, Jiang Yao quietly told the truth, and the Jiang family was very happy, and his son had to meet a master outside the world, and it was not in vain that the mother and son were separated for ten years. To the outside, Jiang Yao only said that the master was a shaky master outside the world, and the master could disdain the name willfully.
When he was four years old, Master traveled to Chang'an. Master has always been a divine dragon, seeing the head but not the end. Jiang Yao thought about it afterwards, was it his fate with his master? Or is it the fate of Master and Bao Chuan? Or is it an indissoluble bond between the three? will be coincidental and able to worship under the master.
It just so happened that Bao Chuan was sick in those days, and it was not a real illness, you let her sit and she sit, let her lie down, let her eat and she eat. It's like losing his soul, a pair of bright eyes are always staring at a place and giggling. At first, no one took it seriously, and they could eat and drink, but then they were too sleepy and drowsy all day.
Jiang Shi saw that something was wrong, the child's eyes lit up, what did he see? It is taboo for the court officials to find monks and Taoists in private, and they dare not find monks and Taoists. As far as looking for a doctor, the doctor is just prescribing some prescriptions to calm the mind and awaken the mind, but it never works.
On this day, the Liu clan was at a loss to guard Bao Chuan in the house. "Sister, will my brother take you to play?" Jiang Yao shook Bao Chuan, Bao Chuan looked at him with a smile to himself, and was dazed again, "Divination is good and evil, and healing incurable diseases." A deep voice came.
Jiang didn't ask for instructions, and it blew out like a whirlwind. "Look at my sister." Liu's usually walked and hated to take a ruler to measure, but this time he didn't care about his demeanor, lifted his skirt, and ran all the way to the door. The two of them respectfully waited outside the gate for the arrival of the master.
Far from the west, a Taoist priest dressed in pickled and shabby clothes rode a skeletal old donkey and slowly paced over. Liu sighed and looked disappointed, Jiang didn't think so, it was so far away, but the voice was like in the ear, something was strange.
Liu Shi turned around to go back, but Jiang Shi grabbed her, "Madame said that she was in a hurry to go to the doctor, so why not try it?" ”
The pickled and depressed Taoist priest gradually approached, and he didn't even look at the two of them when he passed the gate of the Li Mansion, "Please ask the immortals for help." Jiang fell to the ground, "sincerity is spiritual." "The old Taoist priest's mount walked really slowly, and his speaking skills were still at the gate of the Li Mansion. The Liu family also bowed to the ground, "Ask the immortal to beg for mercy." ”
The Taoist priest jumped off the donkey's back and took the lead in walking towards the door. The two followed closely behind. The Taoist priest entered the house by himself, and the two of them realized later, who led the way for whom? The old Taoist priest held the dust, the dust jade handle, the material of the dust tail was as white as snow, and the Taoist priest waved the dust above Bao Chuan's head.
took out a few more pills, made Liu grind them together, and fed them to Bao Chuan. Holding a piece of jade in his hand, he bent down and said to Bao Chuan, "What do you see here?" Bao Chuan slowly opened his eyes and grabbed them in his hand, "Isn't this my jade?" It's been a long time. ”
Bao Chuan did have a piece of jade that he had worn since he was a child, but he didn't know where he lost it later. Bao Chuan turned over and climbed out of bed, knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you, grandpa." ”
Everyone is amazed, and then look at this piece of beautiful jade produced from the top of Kunlun, crystal round, elegant and refreshing, pure and flawless. The Liu family ordered someone to take out real money and thank the Taoist priest, "The people of the wandering side don't need this," the Taoist priest hugged the two children, "but the poor Taoist has a request." Liu immediately became vigilant and reached out to pull Bao Chuan.
The Taoist priest squatted down, twisted his beard with two fingers, and twisted and twisted an extra jade flute in his hand. "Who wants to learn art from the poor way?" The Taoist priest narrowed his eyes, and Jiang Yao now recalled the master's smile, which was definitely a thief's smile. "Grandpa, don't go, I'll learn art from grandpa." Jiang Yao did the same, twisting the beard of the gods.
"This kid has great bones and is smart. Poor Dao has a relationship with this child and wants to take him as a disciple. The Taoist chief picked up Jiang Yao, who was still twisting his beard persistently, his eyes staring at the jade flute.
Jiang's tears flowed down. "Madame doesn't want this son to do something in the future?" Jiang had a plan in his heart, and hardened his heart, "Yao'er kowtows to apprentice." Jiang Yao bowed his head, "I don't know where the immortal residence is?" "From where you came to where you go." Jiang Yao followed the Taoist priest away, and the master and apprentice rode away on a donkey.
He thought that Master would take him home after turning around, but he didn't expect that this turn would be to climb over thousands of mountains and rivers. Separated from his mother, a farewell is ten years. Xuanyuan Ji is a famous and shocking world, the world does not know the true face of Xuanyuan Dao Chang, and the world does not know the true face of Lushan. I didn't know that Xuanyuan Daoist still had a high apprentice, and Jiang Yao was the only disciple of Xuanyuan Daoist.
Afterwards, Liu told Li Deyu what happened. Li Deyu summoned the people in the house, just saying that a wandering Taoist priest took Jiang Yao away, and deliberately left a beautiful jade in order to express his sincerity, as a testimony to reunite his mother and son in the future.
Liu's first room was originally not valued by the housewife, and the subordinates were cautious and did not talk much. Li Deyu also carefully studied the crystal clear jade, and Bao Chuan held the jade as if to offer a treasure: "Daddy, my jade was available yesterday." The reason why Li Deyu explained to the people in the house was that he didn't want his daughter to be deified, and at the same time, some people would be demonized, and if something goes wrong, it will be a demon.
It's a pity that I didn't meet the Taoist priest. Listening to what Liu said, the Taoist priest was dressed in shabby, but his eyes were shining, and there was a jade gourd on his waist, and the jade texture was emerald green, which should be very valuable. Holding a dust whisk is also a rare treasure in the mortal world. Taoist priests also have a background, but unfortunately they didn't get acquainted.
Luofu Taoist Xuanyuan Collection, the world doesn't know where he came from? How old is it? It is said that he can subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, it is said that he can get rid of the disease, it is said that he threw Zhu Zheng into the sky, and he can travel thousands of miles in a day...
The Tang Dynasty was founded, Taizong thought that he was a descendant of Lao Tzu, Tang Gaozong posthumously crowned Lao Tzu as Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan, and edicted the Tao Te Ching as the Shangjing. Taoism developed unprecedentedly during the Tang Dynasty.
The royal family of the Tang Dynasty respected Taoism, and the Xuanzong period reached its peak, and more than 1,700 Taoist temples were set up in the places where the famous mountains and rivers were beautiful. The members of the royal family also changed from advocating morality to cultivating immortals, and became more obsessed with the pursuit of immortality.
Zhixianzong and Mu Zong's father and son went to the extreme, and they were destroyed by the poison of gold and stone with their prime-aged bodies. Thankfully, Emperor Wenzong was not obsessed with immortality. However, Wenzong's half-brother Yingwang Li Han had a soft spot for Taoism.
Mr. Xuanyuan retreated to the mountains. The world wrote poems for him:
Luofu Taoist priests who are in the same stream, grass and trees, food and clothing are light princes.
The world can't control it, and the pot is only free.
Count the remnants of the chess Jiang Yuebai, a long howl of the sea and autumn.
Yu Yu looked back at the way back and pointed to the white cloud skyline with a smile.
How fortunate I am to be accepted as an apprentice by my master. The candle flame flickered, and Jiang Yao returned to the mountains in his sleep.