Chapter 64: Lao Junguan

Taoism starts from the Taoist thinking mode of "unity of heaven and man" and "the same rule of body and country", and believes that understanding the heavenly phenomena is helpful to seek the Tao and become an immortal. Therefore, it is called "viewing", taking the meaning of stargazing and moongazing, so it is often built on the top of the mountain, thus forming the tradition of stargazing at night.

And there is really an old monarch temple in the Demon Sky Ridge, but the wind and sun and rain for many years, although the old monarch view in front of him has long been abandoned, but the overall original appearance of the Taoist temple is still visible, the old monarch view is not big, the red stone wall is lonely and lonely in the grass, and the stone pillar together has become the last line of defense to defend the old monarch view, the four of them followed the weeds that have withered, and walked to the main gate of the old monarch temple with difficulty several times.

The red wall is about one meter thick and four meters high, after thousands of years of baptism, and no one has repaired it, the red stone has been obviously weathered, and the weeds on both sides of the wall are overgrown, isolated on this unattended mountain, and may have been forgotten by the world.

Speaking of Laojunguan, we have to mention Taoism with "Tao" as the highest belief, Taoism, which originated in the ancient Chinese Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, is a polytheistic religion that worships many gods, and the main purpose is to pursue immortality, become immortals, and save the world.

Lao Tzu Li Er is the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty honored Lao Tzu as the Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan, Taoism is mainly to worship Taishang Laojun as the leader, and Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" and other classics for the realm of cultivating immortals.

"Tao Te Ching" said: "Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, three to all things, Sanqing is the supreme god and leader of Taoism: Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Daode Tianzun, collectively known as "Void Nature Daluo Sanqing Three Realms Three Treasures Tianzun", the three Qing trinity, is the embodiment of "Tao".

I heard that Brother Kan said, the old crow often uses the Taoist and Maoshan Taoist general magic weapon when shaving potatoes, I heard that one of the four major sects of tomb robbery moves the mountain Taoist, the mound has a seal, touches the gold and has a charm, the mountain has a technique, and the unloading ridge has a armor, among which the most mysterious is the "mountain movers", because they are all dressed as Taoists, because of their costumes, they have added a lot of mystery, many people think that they excavate the ancient mound of the "moving mountains and dividing the armor" is a kind of spell similar to the Maoshan Taoism.

The Maoshan faction is good at finding holes and finding tombs, feng shui sacrifices, welcoming ceremonies, organ formations, face measurement, looking at eight characters, calculating good fortune and evil, and even changing one's life against the sky. Among them, the mechanism formation, and the accidental loss of the mountain-moving armor technique, formed a faction of mountain movers in the hill digging line, and the mountain-moving faction believes that although the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, it is changeable, so it is best at using tombs to change the fate of others.

Maoshan also has a great relationship with Taoism, Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty in 145 BC, Shaanxi Xianyang Taoist Mao Ying and his younger brother Mao Gu, Mao Cheng in Juqu Mountain to collect medicine and alchemy, help the world to save the people, the people feel its merits, then change the name of the mountain to "Maoshan", the three brothers of the Mao family are called Maoshan Taoist ancestors. Sanmao Zhenjun obtained the Tao in Maoshan and opened the Maoshan Taoist School, and the Taoist School was integrated with each other in theoretical doctrines and magic ceremonies, with the Zhongnanshan Shaoyang School (the predecessor of the Quanzhen Dao) and the Maoshan Sect as the mainstream of Taoism.

In front of the Taoist ancestor of the old gentleman view of the whole exposed place of the grass no knees, basil full of paths, four people stepped on the weeds that grew on the barren stone to come to the door of the Taoist temple, there is a wooden wall in the door, the Tai Chi gossip diagram is drawn, the view of the door is squatting with a lion posture, the head has two horns, and a pinch of goatee, the appearance is very strange.

"Little Dragon King, do you recognize what kind of rare beast this stone beast is?"

Long Ziyan looked at it again and again and said, "I don't recognize it either, this appearance is too strange." ”

The purple kite waved at the dragon eyes who were looking at him and said, "Don't look at me, I don't recognize these four dislikes." ”

"Bai Ze, it's the spirit beast Bai Ze!" Longgang saw these two Zhenguan stone beasts blurted out.

The three of them said in unison: "Bai Ze? ”

"The legend of Bai Ze is a divine beast on Kunlun Mountain, the whole body is snow-white, can understand people's words, understand the feelings of all things, unless there is a saint to govern the world at that time, only to come to the book, it is an auspicious beast that can make people meet evil and turn good fortune."

"It's also reasonable for you to say this, in front of the Taoist temple of a great sage like Lao Tzu, there is such an auspicious thing as Bai Ze" Rui Zhizhi appears here, which is also reasonable. ”

"Not only that, Bai Ze is erudite, knows astronomy, knows geography, through going, knows the future, knows all kinds of animals well, knows the name, shape and exorcism of all ghosts and monsters in the world, all kinds of strange species produced by collecting the aura of heaven and earth, collecting the essence of the sun and the moon, it also explains clearly to our ancestor Yellow Emperor one by one, the Yellow Emperor ordered people to record what Bai Ze said one by one, and made "Bai Ze Spirit Map", the book records the names, appearances and exorcism methods of various gods and monsters, and is equipped with pictures of gods and monsters, Once people encounter monsters, they will find it according to the map, almost to the extent of a book in their hands, people say: do not hang the elbow after the symbol, how to paste Bai Zetu; There is Bai Zetu at home, and the monster is self-eliminating. ”

Long Ziyan's excitement surged when he heard this, "I can't wait to go in and see what mysteries there are in Lao Junguan." ”

Push open the door of the Taoist temple, present in front of you is a dilapidated and abandoned ancient building, the Taoist temple is surrounded by waist-deep thatch, the ridge of the Taoist temple, the flying corner, the doors and windows, the stone steps have long been dilapidated, the whole Taoist temple currently remains the three-story hall on the front and the side hall that has collapsed on both sides, the temple has long been uninhabited, the corridor between the main hall and the side hall is full of weeds and miscellaneous trees.

In front of the main hall of the Taoist temple, there is a courtyard of about more than 300 square meters, the courtyard is paved with stone slabs, and there is a Taiji Bagua pool in the courtyard, due to disrepair, it has been overgrown with weeds and moss, but the shape of Taiji Bagua can still be seen.

The most eye-catching thing is the gossip copper furnace that stands majestically in the middle of the courtyard but is covered with dust and fallen leaves, because the copper furnace has eight furnace mouths: dry, kan, gen, zhen, xun, li, kun and dui, which can't help but remind people of the gossip furnace of Taishang Laojun.

When the three of Longgang saw such a dilapidated Taoist temple, all the beautiful fantasies about Lao Junguan before they came came disappeared, not to mention the existence of immortality, and Long Ziyan was still very excited, and kept praising in his mouth: "Good place!" Blessed land! ”

"Brother Zijing, what kind of blessed land are you talking about?

"You must not be affected by the dilapidated scene in front of you and lose your judgment, this is the site of the alchemy of Taishang Laojun in the world." Long Ziyan pointed to all sides and said: "The name of the section where Laojunguan is located is called Cornucopia, which is a treasure cave, and there is a mountain behind it. There is a low mound in front, and the famous book case is in front; There is a continuous Shennongding Avenue on the left, and the famous green dragon lives on the left to guard the wealth gate; There is a hill on the right to connect into a piece, and the name is the white tiger on the right to remove the evil. ”

"The Taoist temple dwells before the mountain, and I am made in the treasure pot; The mountain rain flows through the side of the mountain and flows around the view to the small pond in front of the courtyard, and the fame and luck have been since ancient times; If the water is stored in front of the house into this Tai Chi Bagua Pool, it is called Fu in front of Ken Full Hall; If there are carp in the pond with many tails, it is called Yu Jiqingjia every year, and the pine tree of Motianling grows very well, which means that the pine tree of the end of the south is immortal. ”