On this day, Xia Huanqing returned to Beijing, came to Master Xuanyi, and saw that his senior brother Xuan Ming was already standing on the side, Huanqing saluted the master, Xuanyi held the 'white jade little mouse' in his hand, and stroked back and forth and said: "This strange blessing deer, for the past two days, the teacher has been inthorough, and it seems that it has nothing to do with it." As he spoke, he handed the 'little white jade mouse' to Xuan Ming, and said: "You have been by my side for twenty years, you can bring this Youlu, I hope you will study it carefully, if you can find out the strange, when you come to visit the teacher, you will inform the strangeness as the teacher." In the future, if there is no special matter, you don't have to come to me, you can go to this world to set up a career by yourself, so that you can teach you as a teacher in vain. You and I don't have to be nostalgic for each other, the destiny of heaven asks you to do a big thing, you can do it, you don't have to worry about being a teacher. ”

After hearing this, he said goodbye to the master with tears. Huanqing and his senior brother have been together for two years, and the brother has a deep relationship, so he came to say goodbye to Mingming, and saw a person waiting in the room for Mingming, which was the big cake face he had seen in Shenzhou. Xuan Ming introduced to Huanqing: "This person's name is Zhao Shandong, and he is willing to go to Chengde with me to establish the Yellow Dragon Society together to do the right thing for the sky." ”

Phantom Qing knew that Zhao Shandong was a man, and said to the two: "I wish you all the best, in such a troubled world, the road is difficult, maybe this is the way to go." ”

Zhao Zhangdong said with a smile on his face in a big cake: "Born in troubled times, you should do more, the husband stands between heaven and earth, if you can't lift the three-foot sword to kill demons, wouldn't it be in vain to live a life, I, Zhao Shandong, is only shallow in learning, can not achieve great things by myself, I am only willing to follow Mr. Ming for the rest of my life, do the right thing for the sky, and support justice." ”

Huanqing praised Zhao Zhangdong a few more words, and then Ming said goodbye to his junior brother and returned to his hometown Chengde with a big cake face Zhao Zhangdong.

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, Phantom Qing has accompanied the master day and night. On this day, Phantom Qing served Xuanyi and sat in the courtyard, blowing the spring breeze, listening to the master talk about the current situation. Xuan Yi just talked about a while, and Puyun came to visit as promised, and Huanqing hurriedly invited him in, while saying, "My master is waiting for Mr., please come in quickly!" ”

Puyun came in to see Xuanyi, Xuanyi saw that he was about to reach the age of no doubt, he was in high spirits, and after greetings, he said to Puyun: "The rock tea you sent last time tasted mellow, I like it very much, thank you for your trouble." Today, I will borrow flowers to offer the Buddha and use this tea to entertain Your Excellency. ”

After hearing this, Puyun's thick black eyebrows rose slightly, and an unconscious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "Master is polite, as long as you like it." After speaking, he took a sip, slowly reminisced, and then put down the teacup and began to introduce the topic and said: "Master, you see that this world is full of vitality, and it seems that it is the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty that shows the atmosphere of this faction of peace." Puyun was quite proud, as if he was complacent.

Xuanyi put down the cup in his hand, picked up the hookah next to him and took a puff, slowly spit out a string of smoke rings and said, "I just drink tea and smoke, the national fortune is lighter than this floating smoke for me." As he spoke, he pointed to the smoke rings that were drifting upwards. Xuanyi is quite child's play, and has a self-satisfied and uncaring attitude, Puyun is very puzzled by this, so he asked Xuanyi: "Why did Mr. say this, this world is the world of the world, and the fortune of the country is about everyone, how did Mr. say it so lightly?" Xuan Yi smiled indifferently and said: "Since the old man followed Wen Zhenggong to exterminate Hong Yang, thirty years have passed, I am old, and I don't know how to speak anymore, please don't be surprised." But there is something unclear about the old decay, I want to ask Your Excellency, is this world the world of the world, or the world of you love Xinjueluo? ”

Xuanyi made meritorious contributions to the Qing Dynasty, but in the end he was not rewarded, Puyun was very appreciative in his heart, but Xuanyi was casual and free, but Puyun did not dare not be flattering; He thinks that the eldest husband should serve the country, how can he take care of himself. Hearing Xuanyi ask him who the world is, Puyun immediately thought that since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Dingding Kyushu, infinite rivers and mountains, all returned to the emperor, and said heroically: "Since the ancestors entered the customs, the Manchu and Han families, of course, are the world of the world." ”

After hearing this, Xuan Yi twisted his long beard, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he slowly asked Puyun: "Your Excellency thinks so, it is understandable. But people in the world may not think so, what can you do! There was something in Xuan's words, and Puyun was worried that he would not be able to speak from the bottom of his heart, so he arched his hand and said: "My father has always admired Mr., and today I specially ordered me to listen to Mr. teachings. As soon as Xuan heard his words and knew his doubts, he raised his eyes to look at the white clouds slowly fluttering in the sky, pointed to the air and asked him, "Come and see, why are the clouds in the sky moving?" ”

Pu Yun looked up in the direction of his finger, and three white clouds were in one place one after another, slowly moving, shaped like a huge lotus root, dragged in the sky by an invisible hand. At this time, a breeze was blowing, and the acacia flowers in the courtyard were falling, and Pu Yun said casually: "The wind blows the clouds." "What a wind and clouds." Xuanyi then asked him again, "Where does the wind come from?" Ling Zun is the center of the world, but he can't drive the big wheel of the world, what is the reason? Puyun thought for a long time and said puzzledly: "The wind rises from all directions. It has always been complicated personnel and political affairs, and my father often feels powerless. ”

Xuan Yi saw that Puyun's expression had changed, and he was no longer as complacent as before, so he smiled and said suddenly: "The wheel axle can't drive the wheel, because the force is not in the axle, but in the horse pulling the cart, and the horse has to obey the command of the driver." And who is driving the car now, and who is pulling the car? These people are the wind, blowing the world all the time. And the people of the world are just the grass under the wind, and the wind will pass through the grass, and they will fall to see which way the wind blows. ”

How could Puyun not know that 'the grass on the wall falls with the wind', but in the face of all living beings, how can Puyun be willing, so he asked Xuanyi: "Although the grass only falls with the wind, it doesn't know why it falls, but the grass grows every year, doesn't it also rely on the work of heaven and earth, and the grace of wind and rain?" ”

Xuanyi said: "This is true. But reasoning that the court and the people are different, first there is heaven and earth and then grass can grow, the so-called heaven and earth provide for the blessing of the grass, and the grass is the taker. But the people are not born of the imperial court, you must know that there are people first and then there is the imperial court, and the imperial court relies on the people to provide for it, so the people are heaven and earth, and the court is grass. Don't say that the court is blessed all over the world, it is very good to ask the people for support, now the people are barren in this land, and the wild grass of the court wants to grow excessively, and they are clever and robbed, how can the people provide for it? ”

Puyun couldn't help but be shocked, his concept was reversed by Xuanyi, like turning it over, and after a while, he said: "What the master said, let me be shocked, thank you for the master's guidance." But fortunately, thanks to the ancestral motto of 'never give more', I want the people to recuperate for a long time and this land will not be barren. Puyun smiled and said: "Never give more, of course, is good." But for the community you care about, that's not the point. The so-called protectors of the society are nothing more than soldiers. Since ancient times, most of the chaos comes from the inside, so the axle is difficult to be. For example, don't you have to obey the command of others? The rooster announces the dawn, and the sky may not be bright. Xuanyi was already sarcastic about the Queen Mother, saying that she was a chicken Si Chen, Puyun was not good at adding more words, and quietly listened to Xuanyi continue: "There are too many carts, can you form a joint force?" The east, west, north and south winds will naturally not be consistent. Moreover, if the people of the world eat their own food and seek their own wealth, they don't care whose car they belong to, and where they are going? Nowadays, everyone has their own selfish intentions, and those who invite merit and profit are all over the temple. How about the car in the Qing Dynasty, there are really few people who care, from the princes and ministers, down to the state and county officials, they are eager to get more things from the car, who cares about the quality of the car? ”

Yes, who cares about the good or bad of the Qing Dynasty? Puyun couldn't help but feel heartache, and now the children of the Eight Banners are all despliced, corrupt and addicted; Officials at all levels are generally corrupt, and it is common to deceive their superiors and deceive their subordinates. Thinking of these, Pu Yun said with some disappointment: "The Qing Dynasty is the Great Qing Dynasty of hundreds of millions of people, why are so many people insensitive, uncaring, but only caring about filling their own pockets." Xuan Yi smiled and said, "Your Excellency is so obsessed. There are tigers peeping outside, and there is water inside that can overturn the boat, how many people can know in today's world? There are many people who enjoy themselves to the fullest, and there are few who are prepared for danger in times of peace. It's not up to you to decide who this Qing Dynasty is, the key is who everyone thinks it is. The Qing Dynasty is just an institution, and the so-called country is not the Zongmiao Society? In the temple is the ancestor of your love for Xin Jueluo, and above the court is the slave of your love for Jueluo, let me ask you, in addition to paying taxes, what else is the people's? Whether the court and officials at all levels are good or not, whether they are bad or not, what does it have to do with the people? They hate foreigners, they hate officials, and they don't know that they hate the court at the moment, once they hate you and want to change the organization to collect taxes, where will your Qing Dynasty go? ”

Now the imperial court believes that Britain and the United States are only for trade and do not seek land, so their armaments are relaxed, and military funds are misappropriated for the construction of gardens, and the queen mother is numb, and others are also numb; The people hated the bureaucrats, but the bureaucrats were becoming more and more powerful, and they didn't know how to sympathize with the people. If the Qing Dynasty is not prosperous, how can officials and people at all levels prosper? Everyone only cares about their own interests, and they are all filling their pockets, how can they not understand this truth? "As soon as Xuan saw that he didn't care about what he said, 'the tiger peeps at the tiger, the water can overturn the boat', but used the responsibility for the rise and fall of the world to accuse the officials and the people of not caring about state affairs, so he said: "Your Excellency, do you know what the world is? What is the rise and fall of the world? Hundreds of millions of people are the world, as long as they are there, the world will not die, and it is only the court that will die. Gu Yanwu said, those who protect the country, their kings and their ministers, the people are neither kings nor ministers, who will protect your Qing court? Who will protect the original Ming court? The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, what do they have to do with me, what do they have to do with the people? What is the difference between the surname Zhu and Aixin Jueluo above the court, for the people? Let's talk about the prosperity of the world, it is nothing more than the prosperity of the people, and whether the people are prosperous or not and whether the Qing Dynasty is prosperous or not, who comes first and who comes later? May I ask you, can you remember that 'the people are insufficient, and the ruler is sufficient'? After listening to Master Xuanyi's words, Puyun had already understood, and said to Xuanyi: "Thank you for your teachings. Xuan Yi waved his hand lightly and said: "You love the Qing Dynasty too much, it is inevitable that you will not be burdened by emotions, and the so-called authorities are fascinated." ”

When Master Xuanyi and Puyun were talking about the authorities' confusion, Huanqing said to Xuan before he came: "Master, there is Qin Baili outside the door asking to see you." After hearing this, Xuan sighed slightly, and said to Puyun: "This person is here for the third time, let's take a look together today, what are the people in the world most concerned about?" ”

Xia Huanqing let Qin Baili in. Puyun saw that Qin Baili was in his fifties, with a medium build, and he was dressed like a wealthy family in the countryside. The ancestor of this Qin Baili was originally a banner man, and after the flag was issued for the people during the Qianlong period, he farmed in southern Beijing for generations. In the Tongzhi period, due to the large number of people in the clan, Qin Baili only got 40 acres of thin fields. Relying on these lands left by his ancestors, although his family's life is not rich, he can still get by, but he has four sons: Qin Xiangdong, Qin Xiangxi, Qin Xiangnan, and Qin Xiangbei, and as the children grow up, they spend more and more. Qin Baili thought that if he died in the future, each of his four sons would not be able to share 10 acres of land, and his grandchildren would probably become tenants, which was really ashamed of his ancestors. In order to change the fortune of the Qin family and revitalize the family business, Qin Baili thought carefully and made the next decision - to move the grave. Since he came up with this idea at the beginning of the year, he has successively found several groups of people, looking around for feng shui, looking for a treasure land, but three months have passed, but he has not found a favorite place. When I was depressed, I remembered that there was a master in Jingxi, whose legal name was 'Xuanyi', and he was a rare master, so I prepared a generous gift to visit. It's just that Xuan Yi and his entourage are uncertain, or they deliberately avoid each other, and he has been here three times in a row, so he caught up with Xuanyi to summon him.

Qin Baili came from the dust, just to ask for a fortune, Master Xuanyi was reluctant to agree at first, and began to politely decline. However, Qin Baili was extremely persistent and pleaded again and again. Xuan was soft-hearted for a while, and called his disciple Xia Huanqing and asked him to take advantage of a hexagram, and what he got was a "Tai" hexagram. After seeing the hexagram, Xuanyi secretly said, when I have something to do with you, he said to Qin Baili: "I can help you choose this grave site, and ensure that after you move the grave, it will be developed within the year." But your Qin family's fortunes should be in decline, and I should not have transferred it for you, but it was only because of your repeated pleas that I agreed, and I was going against the sky. After two months, I will be blinded by this, and then your house will treat me with the courtesy of an elder, and send me to the end of my old age. ”

Qin Baili only wanted to find the treasure land of feng shui and ensure the prosperity of the Qin family, so he swore to the sky that in the future, Master Xuanyi would be the Qin family's food and clothing parents, and the whole family would treat each other with the courtesy of elders. As soon as Xuan saw Qin Baili's vow, he asked the Qin family to prepare a donkey cart and come to pick him up tomorrow. After Xia Zhenming sent Qin Baili away, Xuanyi said to Puyun: "Your Excellency has seen it, what people in the world care about most is their own wealth!" Your Excellency, please come back and don't come back to me again. Puyun bowed deeply again, and finally asked: "There are no outsiders here, dare to ask Mr. to make it clear, how is the fortune of my Qing Dynasty?" Xuan Yiyi: "The will of heaven is unpredictable, the number of fortunes in the Great Qing Dynasty is still expected, but I am afraid that the number of lives is not much." Your Excellency is familiar with the history of the scriptures, when you know that the former Ming Dynasty from the apocalypse to Chongzhen hanged Jingshan, it was only more than 20 years, when Chongzhen first ascended the throne, he was also ambitious, determined to prosper the Ming Dynasty, at that time did you ever think of a downfall? Your Excellency, please listen to the words of the old man, the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, and everything must not go against the sky, causing the wrath of heaven and the resentment of people. After speaking, he asked his disciples to send them off, and Puyun had no choice but to leave. Looking at the back of Puyun leaving, Xuan Yilang recited aloud: "Swords and guns have been ruthless since ancient times, and the world is tragic for emperors." ”

The next day, Qin Baili brought someone to pick up Master Xuanyi early, and after arriving in Jingnan, Xuanyi was accompanied by his disciple Xia Huanqing, and after three days of slow turn, he finally selected a piece of land for the Qin family in the north of Changchun Lake. This Changchun Lake covers an area of thousands of tilts, all kinds of vegetation on the shore are abundant, and hundreds of birds gather in spring and summer, which used to be an excellent and beautiful place. But ten years ago, there was a change here, and a strange snake landed out of nowhere, and no one dared to approach the area around Changchun Lake again. The local people have rumored that the big snake has long hair on its neck, and its cry is sometimes like a pig's howl, sometimes like a bird's roar, and it is insatiable. People often don't know where the serpent came out of it, and they are poisoned by it. He also said that the big snake would change, sometimes it would become a kind old man, sometimes it would become a colorful tiger, sometimes it would become a naughty ape, and when it ate people, it would swallow it in an instant, and the blood would be gone, and the bones would not remain, so that people could not prevent it, and there was no way to prevent it. This strange snake has stirred up a beautiful Changchun Lake to the ground, leaving only endless desolation, and everyone from far and near has already been terrified, not to mention going there to raise a grave, and even walking has to be far away.

As soon as Xuan saw Qin Baili in distress, he knew the reason in his heart, so he said to him: "Now that the spring flowers are blooming, the big snake has been dispatched, and it is a good time to find it." In three days I will kill it, and do not delay in the removal of the grave. Qin Baili then thanked him again and again. Within two days, Master Xuanyi's apprentice Xia Huanqing came to inform the Qin family that the big snake had been killed by my master, and asked the Qin family to come and watch. When everyone heard this, they were skeptical, and when Xia Huanqing went to the wasteland, Xuanyi hung a sword at his waist, standing on the shore of Changchun Lake, his wide robe sleeves bulging, and his long white beard fluttered with the wind.

Looking down at Xuanyi's feet, a nine-meter-long snake was lying there, and everyone was frightened to see it, and they were bold to each other and slowly approached. I saw that the snake was about the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, black and white, with a red crown on its head, and a mane more than half a foot long on its neck, and the snake's head had been cut off, and the blood flowed into the grass, and it was red, and it had not yet dried. It took a long time for everyone to turn from surprise to excitement. Knowing that the serpent was dead, there was no need to be afraid of it again, and everyone rejoiced."

Just when everyone was happy and noisy, Xuan Yi whispered to Qin Baili: "This snake is extraordinary, it still has 150 years of yang life, although I use illusion to temporarily restrain it, but it will gradually recover, and no one can suppress it after 40 years." But please rest assured, within 50 years, your Qin family's four rooms will be safe, and your family will be prosperous. But you must firmly remember that in the future, tell your children and grandchildren that after 50 years, you must move the grave again, and the new grave must be moved to the southeast 20 miles. ”

Qin Baili firmly remembered Xuanyi's words. The family worked hard for three days to erect a new grave by Changchun Lake. After that, nothing came out of the way, and the Qin family's good luck came one after another. Before the New Year came, Qin Baili made a windfall; In the coming year, Qin Xiangdong got a good job with the prince, Qin Xiangxi did business and prospered, Qin Xiangnan tried to win, and Qin Xiangbei stayed at home to help Qin Baili in charge. The Qin family is prosperous, but as Xuanyi said at the beginning, after helping the Qin family read feng shui, it was less than two months, and he was really blind.

Qin Baili strictly abides by the original agreement, and treats Xuanyi like a reborn parent, with great respect, except for sending someone to serve him, but whenever Xuanyi makes any request, he will not be promised. After three years in this way, Qin Baili was at the end of his life and died in 1897. Qin Xiangdong, the new head of the family, was not like his father, and Xuan Yi often spoke coldly to him, causing the Qin family to become increasingly estranged from Xuan. Once a disagreement arises, they will become more and more disagreeable to each other. One day in the winter of 1897, Xuanyi said that the four unworthy descendants of the Qin family were ungrateful, and the Qin family, in a fit of anger, removed the subordinates who served Xuanyi. Xuanyi came to the Qin family theory, not wanting to be provoked by Qin Xiangxi, Qin Xiangdong actually ordered someone to drive Xuanyi, a blind man, out of the door. Xuan Yi sneered and said to the Qin family: "You are ungrateful, and you will be punished by God." In less than a year, you will fall, and even though I will not be able to see it, I will remain in Gyonan and hear with my own ears your misery. Then, Xuanyi left the Qin family with a cane.

Strange to say, the affairs of the Qin family were said by Xuan Yiyan, first Qin Xiangdong was implicated in his work in the palace and was imprisoned; Just after the Chinese New Year, the first month has not ended, the Qin family's money has been squeezed for no reason, the inner bag is lost, and the business in various places has lost customers, and it has been deserted, and the Qin family has turned from the original prosperity to Luotuo within half a year. In order to turn the situation around and rescue the eldest brother in prison, the three brothers Qin Xiangxi, Qin Xiangnan, and Qin Xiangbei decided to ask Xuanyi for their guilt and ask for advice again.

One day in the early spring of 1898, except for Qin Xiangdong, who was still in prison and could not move, the other three brothers came to Xuanyi's residence to plead guilty. Qin Xiangxi stepped forward in person, opened the courtyard door, Xia Huanqing opened the door and came out, and asked the three of them, "What are you doing here?" Qin Xiangxi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Huanqing, Qin Xiangxi came with his third and fourth brothers to ask Master Xuanyi for his guilt, and he was troubled to do the same. After hearing this, Xia Huanqing said to the three brothers, "Please wait, let me return to the master." When the three brothers waited for a short time, Xia Huanqing returned and said, "The family teacher ordered, he didn't see the Qin family, please go back." With that, he closed the courtyard door.

The three brothers thought that their eldest brother was still in prison and everything was not going well, so could they watch their family be ruined? The three of them had no choice but to kneel outside the door, saying that if Master Xuanyi didn't see them, they would rather kneel and die here. From morning to noon, the three of them knelt outside the door and cried and begged in every possible way, and Master Xuanyi showed mercy again and asked Xia Huanqing to call them in. As a sign of sincerity, the three men walked on their knees and entered the door.

As soon as Xuan heard them keep kneeling and begging for forgiveness, he sighed and said, "That's it." He instructed his apprentice and said, "Phantom Qing, help the teacher to make a hexagram." Xia Huanqing heard Xuanyi's order, and immediately agreed: "Yes, the disciple obeys the order." "I took the yarrow and took a hexagram, which is the 'teacher' hexagram. After hearing this, Xuan Yi gently thrust the wooden staff in his hand into the ground and said, "You all get up." The three brothers were even more amazed when they saw that the wooden staff was about two meters long, and he gently inserted it, and it was more than three feet into the ground. The three of them kowtowed and stood up, and stood with their hands down. Xuanyi said to them: "If you want to transfer, there is only one way, I am afraid that you will be embarrassed." Qin Xiangxi hurriedly said: "No matter what happens, as long as Mr. says it, there are thousands of difficulties, and we will try our best to do it." As soon as Xuan heard his resolute words, he said: "In the beginning, you were ruthless and unjust, and you attracted the wrath of heaven, you must know that this is karma. ”

All three of them repented of their mistakes and blamed themselves again and again, and Xuan Yi said, "There is a pool of black water under your father's coffin, and you must open his grave and bring it to me in a basin, and when I have washed my eyes and regained my sight in seven days, you will be able to turn the tide of danger." "The Qin family discussed properly, carefully opened the grave of his father Qin Baili, as Master Xuanyi said, there was a puddle of black water under the coffin, quickly put it in a basin, and respectfully brought it to Xuanyi. Xuanyi asked people to take out two red and white towels, first wash their hands with red dipped black water, and then wash their eyes with white dipped in black water. Strange to say, when Xuanyi's eyes slowly opened, his eyes like dead fish gradually became brighter, and he could see everything in the room clearly after a meal.

After Xuan Yi was able to see things indoors, he told the Qin family to go back first, wait for seven days, and then look at his eyes, if he could go outside to see the sun, the Qin family would be fine. When the three brothers heard this, they went home full of hope and waited. Seven days have passed in a blink of an eye, Qin Xiangxi and others came to visit early in the morning, and they were all very happy to see Xuanyi's eyes when they saw things outside. Qin Xiangxi ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair early, and the three brothers knelt on the ground to ask each other, saying that they must personally carry Xuanyi home today, and serve him like a father from now on, and only hope that he will never shirk. Xuan Yi smiled after hearing this: "You go back first, and come back to pick me up in two months, I still have something to do, and I have to stay here for a few days." The three brothers kowtowed, and seven days later, someone reported that Qin Xiangdong had been rehabilitated, and not only was he released from prison, but he was also recommended to serve in the household department. The Qin family was all happy, waiting to welcome Qin Xiangdong home to celebrate, and it was even more unpredictable for Master Xuanyi. In less than a month, Qin Xiangdong was newly appointed and promoted to the head of the Shandong Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Households; Qin Xiangxi's business also gradually improved, and the Qin family began to prosper again.