More than 50 miles to the south from Yingtanfang is Shangqing Town, Dazhen Mansion and Shangqing Palace are there, Shangqing Town of Longhu Mountain is one of the blessed places of Taoism, the ancestral court of Taoism.

On June 29, Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi got up early in the morning and walked 25 miles to the Luxi River wharf under Jinlong Peak, from where they took a bamboo raft to Shangqing Town, and there were still 30 miles to go by waterway.

Twenty-five miles in one go, Zeng Yu was a little weak, Zheng Shi was a little weak, Zeng Yu smiled and asked: "Three idiot brothers, do you still insist on practicing Baduanjin?" ”

Zheng Shi took a face towel to wipe his sweat and replied: "Sometimes I forget to practice and fall asleep." ”

Zeng Yu said: "That's not good, you must persevere and benefit the rest of your life." "A pun intended.

"The two prime ministers sat down."

The shirtless captain shouted in a bright voice, untied the cable, and the bamboo valve slowly stepped off the shore.

The water flow of the Luxi River is shallow and soothing, the bamboo raft goes downstream, the captain holds the penny, inserts it into the bottom of the stream rhythmically, borrows the strength to make the bamboo raft run faster, the bamboo raft is fixed with a few small bamboo chairs with backrests, Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi sit on the small bamboo chair, take off the shoes and socks, step on the bamboo raft barefoot, the cool stream water splashes up from time to time from the gap between the bamboo rafts, and the bare feet are wet, which is very comfortable.

This day is cloudy, the sun is not very hot, the bamboo raft drifting with the water is quite light, the clear stream is meandering, the blue peak is reflected, the scenery is picturesque, Zheng Shi shook the folding fan, pointed to the green mountains on both sides of the river and said to Zeng Yu: "Back then, the patriarch Zhang Tianshi and his disciples passed from this stream, and saw that the mountains on both sides of the river were like dragons and tigers, and thought that there must be a mansion, abandoned the boat and climbed the mountain, and sure enough, he found a fairy cave mansion, so he stayed here to preach, and used the art of Fu Shui to cure the disease and save people——"

The captain said: "This minister is very right, when the plague was epidemic here, Zhang Tianshi's talisman saved countless people, and he also subdued many ghost pawns, Zhang Tianshi's magic power is boundless." ”

Zeng Yu smiled and listened to Zheng Shi and Gong Gong, you say a word and I say Zhang Daoling's miracles, such as subduing the White Tiger God, expelling the eight ghost marshals, etc., these things have been written in Feng Menglong's "Yu Shi Mingyan" in "Zhang Daoling's Seven Tests Zhao Sheng", and now listening to the locals say it in person, don't be interesting.

The depth of the Luxi River is only eight feet, the shallow place is only no knee, the stream is clear, the sand and gravel at the bottom of the water can be seen in the past, you can often see the swimming fish passing by from the raft, there is a fish in the name of Zeng Yu, the fish is very kind, well, love to eat fish, then you will reach into the water to catch fish, of course it is delusional to catch fish with bare hands, fun only.

The mountains on both sides of the river gradually rise up strangely, a stone peak is exposed to the water, the dome protrudes, about ten zhang high, like a huge mushroom standing in the water, the captain said that this is the fairy mushroom stone, it is the gift of the eight immortals Tie Guan Li to Zhang Tianshi.

When I didn't walk for a long time, I saw a stone drum peak rising on the shore, thirty zhang high, like a giant drum erected at the water's edge, and the captain said that this was the place where Zhang Tianshi ordered Lei to beat the drum to summon the water tribe-

"The two ministers sit firmly, the front is the Daotang Rock, the water under the rock is deep and turbulent, be careful."

The captain reminded loudly, Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi hurriedly sat upright, holding the bamboo chair rungs with both hands, only to see a mountain rock about 20 zhang high erected on the bank, the water side due to the river water erosion for many years, forming a large horizontal cave, the water flow here to form a whirlpool, if you fall into the water here, there will be life worries-

The captain was also very energetic here, carefully maneuvering the bamboo raft with a long penny, and after leaving safely, he took a long breath and said: "That place used to capsize and kill people, and later Zhang Tianshi made a dojo there to pray for the blessings and safety of passing guests, and since then there have been few accidents. ”

After driving for a few miles, the captain raised the long penny and pointed out: "The two ministers, please see, it is Yunjin Stone, a shawl woven by the daughter of the Queen Mother, Zhang Tianshi took it down to the world and turned into this colorful boulder, and you can eliminate disasters and pray for blessings from under this Yunjin Stone." ”

Zeng Yu smiled, a mountain and a water, a grass and a tree in Longhu Mountain can be related to Zhang Tianshi, raise your eyes to see, the cloud brocade stone is about forty zhang high, about 100 zhang long, just like a huge stone screen erected at the water's edge, the stone peak is like a knife and axe split, vertically down, magnificent, the peak rock is red as a whole, there are dwarf trees and ancient vines growing on the rock wall, and there are wild birds inhabiting, the color is colorful, it looks a bit like a huge cloud brocade shawl from a distance, Zhang Tianshi is really going to have a lot of treasures in the sky.

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Thirty miles of waterway, look at the mountains and see the water, unconsciously passed, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the bamboo raft docked at the wharf of Shangqing Town, a stilted building near the water walked down a green-robed Taoist priest, laughed loudly: "The two came as promised, and the trail also just came to wait." "It's the Taoist Yu Xuan.

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi put on their shoes and socks, jumped ashore, and greeted the Taoist Yu Xuan.

Taoist priest Yu Xuan said: "Both of them are hungry, the trail is east today, please drink Longhu Mountain rice wine, eat black-bone chicken, Luxi fish." ”

Zheng Shi said: "How can there be no supernatant tofu." ”

Taoist Yu Xuan said: "That is naturally indispensable. ”

Zheng Shi said again: "Where to use wine and rice, is it in Lingyue's mansion?" ”

Yuan was just joking, but Yuxuan Daoist nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu glanced at each other and said happily: "That's great, the two of us will also prepare a thin gift." ”

Taoist Yu Xuan said: "No need, just a light meal, Xiaodao just said to Daddy Huang that there are two Xiucai friends who want to come to the Qing Palace, and Daddy Huang asked Xiaodao to invite the two to have a light meal. ”

Although Daoist Yuxuan refused to let Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu prepare gifts, Zheng and Zeng came to the door for the first time, and there was no reason to be empty-handed, so the two scraped together three dollars and five cents of silver to buy a blue shuttle cloth and followed Yuxuan Taoist to Tofu Huang's house.

Huangjia tofu shop is only dozens of steps away from the wharf, it is also the stilted building of Linxi, two floors up and down, the upper is the living room, the bedroom, the lower is the kitchen, the utility room, the whole stilted building is supported by a thick pine pillar and erected on the bank of the river, the lower half of the wooden pillar is black-brown, and the upper half of the wood color is clearly defined, presumably when the Luxi River rises, the lower half of the wooden stake is immersed in the water, and the skin of the wooden stake is black and brown for many years, the pine wood is not perishable because of pine resin, and the stilted building is basically built of pine wood -

The Huang family has been selling tofu for many years, a little savings, this stilted building has two facades, and the living room behind the façade is also big, Huang Laohan originally had a son and a daughter, and his daughter married a solid farmer in Guixi, but the poor son died within a year of marriage, and failed to keep a queen, and the daughter-in-law Luo was filial, Huang Laohan thought about taking Luo as a daughter, and recruited a son-in-law to give him the old couple to support the old couple to the end-

Luo Xishi's reputation is well known in Shangqing Street, nineteen years old became a widow, this year is only twenty-one, the water spirit flower branch of the general people, attracted a lot of idlers and prodigal sons in front of the Huang family tofu shop, all said to be rich, some obviously have a wife's room, some are idlers, Huang Laohan saw that these people are crazy bees and butterflies are not sincere, let the dog bite away, Taoist Yu Xuan painstakingly lonely, first mixed with the Huang family's dog, and then entered the room to help Huang Laohan do some chores, and then said that he wanted to return to the Huang family, Huang Laohan thought about it well, This Yu Xuan Taoist monk has been a monk since he was a child and has no relatives to tie in, and his thirties are just right, and he will be decided after coming and going, and he will only wait for his daughter-in-law Luo's filial piety period to expire and prepare for Yu Xuan's entry over-

Today, Huang Laohan saw his son-in-law Yu Xuan with two Xiucai friends, he was very happy, Shangqing Town has not had a Xiucai for decades, and they all said that the blessing was occupied by the Dazhen Mansion, and the small people could only do some small business to support their families, and if they wanted to study for the imperial examination, they had to move to Guixi, so two Xiucai came at once, and Shangqing Street was a small sensation, and Huang Laohan also felt that he had a face, and he cooked several Longhushan specialties in person, and cooked several Longhushan specialties deliciously.

Huang Laohan and Yu Xuan accompanied the two distinguished guests to drink and eat, and the Taoist Yu Xuan twisted his neck from time to time to look at the inner room, obviously wanting to see Luo Xishi's delicate appearance, that Huang Laohan had three glasses of wine, and was happy for a while, and shouted to the inner room: "It's a pity, Yu Xuan's two talented friends are here, and you also come out to meet you." ”

Zheng Shi said: "Daddy Huang, this is not necessary. The tone is not very resolute, but I still want to see what kind of woman can make Yu Xuan, a Taoist priest who does not think about women, be born?

There was no movement in the inner room for a long time, Huang Laohan came up with wine, and kept urging Luo Xi to come out, Luo Xi in the inner room was helpless, came out with his head down, hairpin white flowers, wearing a plain skirt, and Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu were blessed, and then they entered the house, Huang Laohan smiled and said: "It's a pity that this child is shy, Yu Xuan, you have to treat her well in the future, this child is good, it is your blessing that you can marry her, but pity my son's life is not blessed." ”

Taoist Yu Xuan's eyes followed the white-clothed Qianying into the inner room and couldn't take it back, he didn't understand what Huang Laohan said, just nodded "mmmm".

Zeng Yu looked at Zheng Shi's expression and obviously looked amazing, and smiled secretly in his heart: "Can the three idiot brothers see clearly with their myopic eyes, this Luo Xixi is indeed born beautiful, and also, if you want to be pretty and filial, the plain white dress is very stylish, and the three idiot brothers have never seen a beautiful woman, and the amazing is understandable——"

As soon as Luo Xixi came out, Zeng Yu compared Luo Xixi with Lu Miaoxiang, whether it was his appearance or temperament, Luo Xixi was much inferior, so Zeng Yu's face was calm, and it was difficult to turn the sea into water, which is what it said.

"Lao Huang, Lao Huang, Huang Zhong, take your dog away." As he spoke, the dog barked.

Huang Laohan's name is Huang Zhong, and when he heard someone calling him on the street, he frowned and said, "Cao Liarzi is here again, it's annoying." ”

Daoist Yu Xuan saw that Huang Laohan looked unhappy, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, which Cao lie?" "The people here in Guixi call those who do not do their jobs properly and are deceived and deceived as liars.

Huang Laohan said: "It's Cao Lizi of West Street, didn't he send a sister to the Dazhen Mansion, he thought he was a relative of the emperor, and he pulled up the tiger skin banner to swagger everywhere, and he often came here to harass these days, saying that he wanted to marry a cherished wife." ”

Daoist Yu Xuan was annoyed when he heard this, stood up and said, "Brother San, Brother Jiu Li, you two sit less, and come when you go." ”

Huang Laohan was afraid that Yu Xuan would argue with the Cao lie, so he also followed out of the road, only to see a young man in a silk shirt kicking the dog, the dog was tied to a rope, the dog was kicked on the head but could not rush over to bite and take revenge, so hateful that he tightened the rope and barked wildly-

This man is twenty-five or six years old, and his appearance is quite delicate, but there is a lewd air between his eyebrows, and when he saw Huang Laohan coming out, he stopped fighting with the dog, and stood up and said: "Lao Huang, your dog is vicious, you can't raise it, knock it off quickly, otherwise it will be a big trouble if you bite me, if the sister says a word to Zhang Zhenren, then your old tofu shop will not be opened." ”

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