Among these people, I was most impressed by an uncle surnamed Liu and an old man who was blind, I had never been to Tibet at that time, and I had only seen Tibetans on TV once, and Uncle Liu's appearance was almost exactly the same as the Tibetans I saw on TV, with a high nose bridge, dark cheeks with a hint of ruddy, and a big jacket.

When Senior Brother Zhuang saluted Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu first nodded, and then said to me, "Why don't you salute?" ”

When Uncle Liu spoke, listening to the tone, it seemed to be a half-joking, but his voice was very hard, like a hammer hitting steel, and his eyes, even when he smiled, made people feel very serious.

I was frightened by him on the spot, and stood behind Senior Brother Zhuang with a twist, not knowing what to say.

At this time, the old man next to him pushed Uncle Liu, and said to me with a smile: "Don't listen to this guy's nonsense, your line has always had no rules." He turned his head to Senior Brother Zhuang and said, "You have a school, you can take him to the North House first." ”

I noticed that he kept his eyes closed when he spoke, and I realized that he was blind.

After Brother Zhuang gave a fist salute to the old man, he led me to a darker room in the north.

After closing the door, Senior Brother Zhuang turned on the light, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and complained to me with a smile: "Alas, sometimes I really envy you people who keep the right line, there have never been so many rules, unlike us, every time we see our uncles, we have to salute one by one. ”

I found a chair and sat down, and asked Senior Brother Zhuang curiously: "I used to hear Grandpa Chai say 'keep upright, keep upright', but when I asked him, he didn't say much." What is this upright vein for? ”

Senior Brother Zhuang also moved a chair to sit in front of me, and said very solemnly: "Didn't I just tell you, Master Chai is your master, and you are not allowed to call Grandpa Chai in the future." Although you have few rules for keeping the right line, you still have to respect your teachers. ”

As he was talking, the door was pushed open, and an acquaintance came in from the outside, why did he say that he was an acquaintance, because I had seen this person, he had appeared in the tube building and Mrs. Li's house before, and he was the person who looked like a leader.

My eyes widened. Why is he here?

Senior Brother Zhuang said to me: "He is Feng Youyi, just like me, he is also your senior brother. I am the senior brother of the Tunmeng lineage, he is the senior brother of the Yuxian lineage, after today, you are also the senior brother, you are the senior brother of the upright lineage. ”

Senior Brother Zhuang's words made me misty, and I saw that Senior Brother Feng also moved a chair and sat over, Senior Brother Feng looked older than my father, but after sitting down, he called "Brother Zhuang" to Senior Brother Zhuang.

I heard it right, and I didn't remember it wrong, Senior Brother Feng was either called "Senior Brother" or "Brother" at that time, but Senior Brother Zhuang looked like he was about twenty years old.

At this time, Senior Brother Feng was still teasing: "Brother Zhuang, how have you maintained yourself in the past few years, you are in your thirties, how do you look like a teenager." ”

At that time, people were not like now, and compared with people in their thirties and twenties, there was a big difference in both face and dress, and it was easy to recognize.

Senior Brother Zhuang and Senior Brother Feng seem to have a good relationship, the two of them should have not seen each other for a long time, and as soon as they met, they chatted all over the world.

Senior Brother Zhuang said that the people in their Tunmeng lineage pay more attention to maintenance, and they generally look younger, unlike Yuxian and our two veins, which are exposed to the wind and sun all year round, and age faster.

At that time, I thought that in the future, I would become a decent doorman, and I would also look older. But in fact, compared with the Yuxian lineage, the wind and the sun and the people look old, that is a trivial matter.

Through the word-by-word conversation between Senior Brother Zhuang and Senior Brother Feng, I learned that the Shouzheng lineage belongs to a ...... called Jisoul Village Sect? Saying that it is a sect, it is not quite like it, because since the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, there have been many people in the Soul Village, and so far, there are not many people in the entire Soul Village, and now the more than 30 people gathered in the old family courtyard are almost all the members of the Soul Village.

I hadn't studied history at that time, so naturally I didn't know what era the Western Han Dynasty was, but I heard Senior Brother Feng say that the era of the Western Han Dynasty was far, far away from now, and it was not easy for Jisoul Village to continue to this day.

In the Soul Village, in addition to the Shouzheng lineage, there are also Tunmeng and Yuxian two veins, listen to Senior Brother Zhuang said, their Tunmeng lineage inherited from the things are all related to fortune telling, Senior Brother Feng's line is the Feng Shui, choose the house and choose the tomb, and we keep the right line, now it is the most important vein of the entire Soul Village, responsible for the Hongchen Taoism.

What kind of dust Hongchen was and how to preach, it was impossible for me at that time to figure it out.

However, since the two senior brothers have talked about the importance of keeping the right line, I have an inexplicable sense of pride in my heart.

I heard from the two senior brothers that when the Shouzheng line was just established, there was no inheritance of Taoism. The predecessor of Shouzheng is actually the gatekeeper of the Soul Village, or it is not an exaggeration to call it "Mending", who is only responsible for fire prevention and theft prevention and the other two veins of the Soul Village, but when the first ancestor established this line, he set the important task of sealing the avenue in the red dust.

To be honest, I still don't fully understand what the "Great Dao" of righteousness means.

Senior Brother Feng said that as for the position of the Shouzheng One Pulse in the eyes of the other two veins when it was first established, because the age is too old, no one knows anymore. However, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, there was a major event in the Soul Village, and since then, not only has the upright vein become more and more important, but also a lot of Taoism has gradually been derived from this vein.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is derived. Because many of these Taoist techniques are from Taoism, and some even come from martial artists, but in the long years that followed, after generations of people who guarded the main gate, a very unique system of magic was formed.

As for what happened to the Soul Village in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, and how these Taoist techniques were introduced into the Shouzheng lineage, the two senior brothers couldn't say clearly, and I just heard Senior Brother Zhuang say that there seemed to be a perfect Taoist person in the Soul Village back then, and it was this person who almost burned the thousand-year-old foundation of the Soul Village.

But for the affairs of the Ten Perfection Daoists, only the heads of each generation know the inside story.

I was immediately interested, so I asked Senior Brother Zhuang: "What about Master Chai...... My master, does he know what's going on? ”

Senior Brother Zhuang shook his head: "Even if Uncle Zhuang knows, he won't tell you, the affairs of the Ten Perfection Dao people are the secret of the Soul Village." One day you will also become the head of the house, and naturally someone will tell you the inside story. ”

Hearing Senior Brother Zhuang say this, I became a little disappointed in my heart.

At this time, someone outside the door was shouting Senior Brother Feng: "Youyi, why did you go in for so long?" Is the incense counted? ”

The person who shouted seemed to have a great deterrent effect on Senior Brother Feng, and Senior Brother Feng stood up as soon as he "whew", ran to the table, grabbed a large handful of incense, and hurried out again.

I saw that there were still a few scrolls on the table where the incense was placed, and Senior Brother Zhuang looked at me and said to me, "On those three picture scrolls, are the three ancestors of our Soul Village. Heavenly Master Laozi, Earth Master Zhuang Junping, and the First Ancestor Li Zifu. ”

I wondered, "Lao Tzu? ”

"Li Er," Senior Brother Zhuang patiently explained: "Lao Tzu, that is, Li Er, the 'Dao' of our Soul Zhuang is derived from Huang Lao's doctrine, so we must worship Lao Tzu as the Heavenly Master." However, the founder of the Soul Village, is our first ancestor Li Zifu, Zhuang Junping is his teacher, but also our land teacher, it is said that the name of the soul village, and our earth master still has a great relationship, some people say that it is the birthplace of the earth master, but I have checked a lot of information over the years, for this statement, there is no 100% argument. ”

For the Soul Village, in fact, I still have a lot of questions, since it is derived from Huang Lao, why only worship Lao Tzu as the Heavenly Master, the Yellow Emperor? Even my master could not give a clear explanation for this. As for the "Dao" of the Soul Village, no one can say what it is.

It's just that many years later, I once heard the master of Tunmeng say a sentence: "The Tao is the way, the very way." The avenue is boundless, and who can understand it? ”

The avenue is boundless, who can understand it!

Later, Senior Brother Zhuang said a lot to me, he said that the most important thing in Jisoul Village is the "Tao" that no one can tell, and the other is inheritance. Regardless of which vein, it takes a lifetime of effort to guard these two things.

He also talked about respecting the teacher, saying that the reason why Lao Tzu and Zhuang Junping are regarded as the two teachers of heaven and earth is because "the sky is dry, and the earth is Kun", respecting the teacher is the respect and awe of the heaven and the earth, and in this world, there is nothing bigger and more important than the Qiankun.

Although I didn't understand most of what Senior Brother Zhuang said to me, I was really listening attentively when he spoke. There was something magical about his voice, which made people involuntarily devote all their energy to what he was saying.

It wasn't until someone in the living room called out to Senior Brother Zhuang that the three heads were coming, and Senior Brother Zhuang hurriedly went out. I also wanted to follow him to see Lao Chai Tou, but Senior Brother Zhuang asked me to stay in the house, and he told me not to go out until he came. Before leaving the house, he also told me not to disturb the things in the house.

I did this for a while, and after a few minutes or so, someone came in the next room.

The next room was very quiet, I could hear one of them smoking a dry cigarette in the bar, this sound was too familiar to me, who else could it be if it wasn't Lao Chai Tou?

After a while, I heard a very gentle voice from next door: "You go out first, and then come and call us when the auspicious time comes." ”

When I first heard this voice, I thought it was Senior Brother Zhuang talking, but when I thought about it, it was wrong, although Senior Brother Zhuang's voice was low, it still sounded quite young, but this voice had a very vicissitudes of life, which should have come from the mouth of an old man.

There was a sound of the door closing next door, and then a very loud voice said: "Senior brother, I didn't say you, that old lady Li's matter was made so big by you, in case it is seen by someone with a heart, but it will invite disaster!" ”

"That was the situation...... It's really burning eyebrows! "The person who spoke this time was Lao Chai Tou...... Recently, I have always written "old chai tou old chai tou", if his old man knows that I write him like this, I am afraid that he will be anxious with me again.

Again, the person who spoke this time was my master.