Chapter 13. Break through the door
When I heard Yang Lao's words, I was a little excited. Because what he said was almost telling me that they were willing to send men with us. I don't care about breaking off friendship with Xuanyuan, they must also know the way, in this way, they will definitely have to divide the winner and fight to the death. So I thanked Yang Lao and then told him the time. He said with some disdain, there are not many of us, you have all seen it, and it is not much help that can be helped, but it is also our attitude. But we're not going to go on the road with your guys, and you have to forgive us.
I hastened to say that of course I understand, but in this case, how can we meet with them? Elder Yang said, that's why I want you to tell me the specific time, you don't have to worry about the rest, we can even follow the traces of the two of you, such a large group of people, will we still lose them? Since we have always known that the White Lotus Sect likes to act secretly, since Elder Yang said so, it is inconvenient for us to say anything more. And the people we have all seen in his mouth must be those four White Lotus Sect disciples. The rest of the others we haven't seen may have their own concerns, and it is inconvenient for Yang Lao to send them out. After all, if this matter can't end well, they also need to protect themselves, which I can understand.
So after thanking Yang Lao, I briefly told Hu Zongren about the situation, although he had a bad relationship, Hu Zongren still quite understood the other party's position. There has never been an absolute right or wrong in the so-called rivers and lakes, in our opinion, it is naturally unpleasant to be put on the White Lotus Sect, but people are also planning for their own sect, which can be regarded as understandable.
Chongqing to Chengdu, the whole journey is more than 400 kilometers, I mean driving. At that time, it would have been a hassle to buy a train ticket. So Hu Zongren followed me back to my house first, planning to report this matter to Sister Cai. Hu Zongren asked Fu Yunni to bring some of her own things and meet at night. Sister Cai's worries were as good as ever, but she also understood that I was going to go no matter what, because this matter was originally proposed by me. After so many tribulations, I realized that she was the one who had to bear the most pressure every day. My parents only know about my profession, but they don't know that my profession has brought me so many dangers in the past few years, but Sister Cai has always been by my side, although she basically doesn't ask about my affairs, because she will be more afraid of these things, but she patiently and silently supports me. I don't remember that when I left home that day, I hugged her out of some emotion, in front of Hu Zongren, and then told her that when I came back this time, I wouldn't take any risks in the future, and we would prepare for the wedding. And she smiled and said to me, after getting married, I want to go to Nepal.
According to the time agreed with Fu Yunni and Yang Lao that night, we met directly at the service area of a high-speed intersection in Nan'an District, and we were about to go at the high-speed intersection because we must have taken the highway. And about in Nan'an District, it is because most of the masters who have no way are active in Nan'an District, because many of them are the same as Fu Qiang, a car breaker, although they may not all be disabled, but those who do this, especially those who have not done much good things, will be disabled because of this. But when we arrived at the service area, we found that there were already 10 cars parked, each with double flashes, as if they were going to go out for a road trip and then meet here. Fu Yunni came over to us and said, it seems that these masters still haven't forgotten my father, this time, there are more than 30 people with us. I was very happy to hear it, but considering that there were other private car owners and gas station employees in the service area, it was really inconvenient for me to thank them with courtesy, so I shook hands with the masters standing next to the car one by one, some of them didn't know each other at all, and some of them had a relationship with the farmhouse behind Laojun Cave, and even some of them were inexplicably fought with me or Hu Zongren because of the relationship between Situ and others, and there were even a few when Fu Qiang entrusted Fu Yunni to Hu Zongren in front of a master. The master who came to the scene to congratulate and witness, the grievances and grievances have long been written off, and I never thought that these people would even be able to see each other again one day after that day. The original general friends and even strangers have become comrades-in-arms of me and Hu Zongren at this moment.
Hu Zongren's performance was a little exaggerated, and it could be seen that he was a little excited, but in just a few words, the problem of no culture was exposed. He said to everyone stupidly, thank you for giving face to my wife, and I thank you for my father-in-law's love Xie Lu! There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, and some even coughed out with a smile. Hu Zongren didn't know what was going on, in order not to delay the time, Hu Zongren and I showed everyone the way in the front car, and Fu Yunni followed other masters to sit in the tail car to ensure that we would not get separated halfway.
After the car drove out of the city, I told Hu Zongren very euphemistically, you can't call your father-in-law with your wife's Lingzun, and you can't call your wife with your father-in-law's Lingai, don't pretend if you don't know those crepe words, so that you have been born and raised for decades, and you can't even use some basic grammar, are you a foreigner? Hu Zongren was very unconvinced and said, then why didn't you tell me at the time, and now you are only here as an afterthought, is this interesting?
When the convoy is following a lot, often the first car is running at a speed of 100 yards, and the rear car has to increase to 120 yards to keep up. Fortunately, this group of masters are a little qualified, the youngest is about the same age as me and Hu Zongren, along the way everyone just silently followed all the way, without saying a word, when we passed through the Chongqing Expressway to Chengnan Expressway, there was basically no other car on the road except us, so when we entered Chengdu City after getting off the Chengnan Expressway, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning.
That night, we instructed all the masters to take a temporary rest, otherwise it didn't seem very appropriate for us to go to Xingshi to ask for guilt with a tired face, and whether we were going to be a goof in this matter or not, we had to wait for a little inquiry after dawn to find out.
Chengdu, the land of abundance, the heart of Shu. Since ancient times, it has been a place where people excel. The many Taoist temples on Qingcheng Mountain have made this place the most famous and qualified place for religious and cultural reproduction in southwest China. Chengdu goes north into Shaanxi, west into Tibet, east is Wu witchcraft, south is Miaodi, people from all over the world are easy to gather in Chengdu for different reasons, so in a sense, in addition to being a mixed place of ethnic groups, it is also a gathering place of various sects. Taoism plays an important role in Chengdu, and because of this, the Xuanyuan Society will set up the main altar and incense hall in Chengdu, on the one hand, it is to open the door widely, accept people from all over the world, many of them choose to stay, become a member of the Xuanyuan Society, and there are some respected seniors who choose to rely on the Xuanyuan Society, open a sect, and set up their own small branches. Hu Zongren's ancestor Shangyao Mountain School was like this back then, although it was one or two of the real masters of Taoism, after differentiation and excellent grouping, it created a unique lineage. Chengdu's Taoist culture is very deep, and many Taoist immortals have lived in this land, such as Guan Yu and so on. Taoist temples represented by Qingyang Palace, such as Sanqing Palace, Laozi Temple, Erxian Nunnery, Laojun Mountain, etc., the ancient capital of Yili has been for thousands of years, and the excavation and construction of the city has expanded countless times. And outside the city, Dujiangyan and Qingcheng Mountain, with Tianshi Cave as the core, including Jianfu Palace, Shangqing Palace, Patriarch Palace, Yuanming Palace, Laojun Pavilion, Yuqing Palace, Chaoyang Cave, etc., have been well preserved dozens of Taoist palaces, which can be described as a city with great aura and fairy energy. Chengdu is flat, the land is fertile, located in the hinterland of the Chengdu Plain, there are no ups and downs of the mountains to cover, there is a lot less miasma, the people of Chengdu are leisurely, but in the field of metaphysics, Chengdu is different from most places in the south, in addition to ghosts, there are many strange things in the immortals.
The main altar incense hall of the Xuanyuan Association stands on the edge of a thousand-year-old Taoist temple in the city, so I have to say that this organization is inextricably linked with this Taoist temple. Among the masters that Hu Zongren and I brought this time, many of them belong to the sect to which this Taoist temple belongs, that is, the Taoist Quanzhen Dragon Sect. The next day, Hu Zongren and I got up early in the morning, and took all the masters to disperse and stay near the main altar of the Xuanyuan Society, there are many small alleys in Chongqing, and the leisurely life makes the pace of people here very slow and more casual, so when we scattered more than a dozen cars with foreign license plates in the alleys, they did not arouse the suspicion of others. Hu Zongren and I left a phone call with those masters, asking everyone to stay in the car and wait, get ready, and when we have a good time, we will go in together. So Hu Zongren and I started calling the person from the Xuanyuan Club on his phone, but he didn't call us during this time, maybe not realizing that we were already in Chengdu at the moment.
After the phone was connected, the other party's lazy voice was contemptuous, and Hu Zongren told him, we have thought about it, things can be sent to you, but you give me an address that you can collect in person, otherwise it will be a big trouble if it is lost by the mailman. The other party said an address, which is probably in the area of Chongqing Daokou, and he also reminded us to send urgent mail, so as to ensure that it can be received on the same day. From his tone, it seemed that he hadn't noticed our movement yet, and this discovery made me and Hu Zongren very happy, so Hu Zongren dropped a sentence meaningfully, Okay, I'll send it to you, you wait, wait! Then he hung up.
Hu Zongren said to me, it's time. I nodded, so the two of us split up to call a group of masters, who gathered at the gate of the Xuanyuan Huixiang Hall under the leadership of Fu Yunni, and then Hu Zongren and I also rushed over. The door was closed, and after we knocked on the door, a protégé opened the door, but when we saw so many of us, we were opening our mouths to ask who you were, but Hu Zongren pushed them aside, and then we entered the inner hall in our thirties.