Chapter 3: In the Temple of the Spirit
We came this time, and we didn't cover up the identity issue, so these three young Taoists turned their heads to look at us from time to time during the conversation with the senior brother, but because of the majesty of the senior brother, they didn't dare to ask more, just carefully led the way, I was also wondering, I did hear the name of Fu Jun mentioned it, saying that it was the three heroes of Maoshan, in addition to the two beside me, he was also among them.
Since they are tied with Senior Brother and Miscellaneous Hair Xiaodao, they are not too old, on the other hand, these three Taoists, the older ones, are a few years older than me, and the younger ones are almost the same age as me, and the apprentice is so young, is Fu Jun not a young man, but a middle-aged uncle, older than the senior brother?
Although I had some doubts in my heart, I didn't dare to talk too much in other people's land, so I just walked with my head down behind the miscellaneous hair trail, and followed the straight road to the mirror lake in the middle, and then turned around and climbed the mountain, walked a hundred granite steps, and a courtyard built on the mountainside appeared in front of me. The main body of this courtyard is a medium-sized hall, next to it is the courtyard where the Taoist priest lives, it is built in the middle of the mountain, part of it is dug into the mountain, and the other part is suspended in the air, and the bottom is supported by long and thick wood, and the stilted building of our hometown, there are some similarities.
At the main entrance of the courtyard, there is a white marble archway, on which there are three big characters of "Zhenling Palace", there are couplets on the left and right, the pen is profound and strong, showing the law of Zhongzheng and round, and it is not a few points lower than the famous masters I have seen.
At the end of the steps, under the archway, there is a green shirt Taoist who looks black and frustrated, some beards, but it is not a flowing hair, sparse and sparse, like I used to be a rebar worker at the construction site when I moved bricks together, and it seems that Wang Baoqiang put on a robe, looking at his age has just risen, the three young Taoists saw him, bowed forward, and said in unison Master, people brought.
This subversive image of the Taoist in green shirts did not pay attention to the report of his apprentice, but walked down the steps quickly to say hello to the senior brother. He was also called Senior Brother, explaining that he had just been doing a morning class, and when he heard the news that we had entered the mountain, he did not dare to deceive the patriarch, so he was doing the morning class here, and the apprentices were asked to go to meet us.
The senior brother waved his hand in a leader's demeanor, and said, Alas, Xiao Fu, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you have learned some red tape, which makes people feel uncomfortable, okay, put it away, and see who is coming this time.
Miscellaneous Xiaodao flashed out from behind Senior Brother, and said Senior Brother Fu, I haven't seen you for a long time......
It's been a long time since I saw it, a farewell for nearly ten years, the miscellaneous hair trail is close to the hometown, and when I saw the old man, I didn't say a word, so my tone was stagnant, and the emotions overflowed and overflowed, the Taoist who looked like a worker brother was the disciple of the palm lamp that I guessed before, Fu Jun, he didn't greet the miscellaneous hair trail at all, but rushed forward, hugged the miscellaneous hair trail tightly, and his fingers fell into his clothes, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he said emotionally: "I ran out just now, and I saw you on it, Xiao Ming, We brothers and sisters really haven't seen each other for many years......"
As he spoke, he was quite choked, tears flashed in the corners of his eyes, and he didn't expect Fu Jun to be so excited, and he couldn't cope with it, but he quickly came to his senses, hugged him back, and said Senior Brother Fu, it's been a long time, since that time when I returned from Huangshan, I was expelled from the door wall by the master, and the rivers and lakes have been around for as long as the time.
Such a pair of men hugged each other tightly in front of the steps below the archway, it was inevitable that there was some sentimentality, but ten years of life and death were boundless, not thinking, unforgettable, the scene of desolation and parting wounds, we didn't know each other to come out and ridicule, but a few disciples of Fu Jun saw it, and couldn't help but feel strange, feeling that their master's performance at the moment was quite different from usual.
At the end of the greetings, the two reluctantly left each other's arms, Fu Jun patted the shoulder of the miscellaneous hairy Xiaodao, and said Xiao Ming, the decision made by the master ten years ago has its own cause and effect, don't blame him, in the past ten years, you have been wandering outside, and what you have gained is not less than what we have gained behind closed doors in this mountain gate, everything has a reason; And there was a message from Master before, asking you to return on the 100th anniversary of his birth and revisit the entrance wall, which is also a kind of recognition for you, so don't hold grudges.
The miscellaneous hairy trail arched his hand, saying that the master was able to accept me back, I was already grateful, where would there be resentment?
This Fu Jun is the disciple of the Maoshan Sect who personally selected Tao Jinhong before the retreat, and the information related to Tao Jinhong was transmitted by him, and because of this, his status in the sect has been greatly improved, almost equivalent to the role of Qin Cha on TV, so it is normal for the senior brother to return to the door this time, and it is normal for him to receive him, and no one dares to say it. "That's the best." Fu Jun nodded, and then led us to the side hall of the courtyard to sit down and drink tea, tea is good tea, the thousand-year-old tea tree on the cloud peak of Maoshan Mountain, only fifty catties a year, after the Taoist special health tea technology roasting, a sip of hot tea, even I, who don't understand tea, swallow dates The guy also feels full of fragrant cheeks, overflowing with fragrance, and can't help but swallow his tongue.
Good tea, good tea! I feel that the tea soup I have drunk over the years is like boiling pot water compared to the first sip of tea that Maoshan Sect has drunk.
The three brothers have not been together for many years, after sitting down, the senior brother introduced me to Fu Jun, saying that it is the heir of the Miao Jiang Witch Gu, the little friend who met when he was wandering outside, and the good brother who lives and dies together, Fu Jun naturally recognizes me, and he also shook hands for a while, saying that he has been looking up for a long time, and he also mentioned my real record with Mao Tong, in this Maoshan Sect, it makes me a little embarrassed, and I am constantly humble.
After that, the three of them began to talk about some of the past events when they were studying art in Maoshan, and when the three men with different personalities talked about these, sometimes laughing heartily, sometimes sighing, I couldn't interject at all, so I drank this tea until my stomach bulged, but it was also happy.
But I'm not very bored, hearing that Senior Brother, Miscellaneous Xiaodao and Fu Jun are very different from those of us who grew up with nine years of compulsory education, but it is also very fresh, and it feels like another world.
After talking about almost a few teas, Senior Brother and Fu Jun deliberately controlled the rhythm of the conversation, and did not talk about the matter of entering the mountain this time, nor did they say that my identity, how to hide Yang Zhixiu, the general manager of Maoshan Mountain, and later, the young disciple who led the way before walked into the side hall and whispered next to Fu Jun Elder Luo Yang asked Master Uncle to go with you to him.
Hearing this, Fu Jun discussed a few words with Senior Brother in a whisper, and then told us that we needed to go to Uncle Yu to discuss things, and asked the apprentice to arrange food and lodging for us first, and then come to see us later.
In other people's land, naturally listening to their arrangements, we did not express any objections, got up and followed Fu Jun's apprentice towards the back of the courtyard. This line of courtyard said that it is not big, it is not small to say that it is small, leaving from the side hall, zigzag, but also walked a lot of roads, from the moss on the wall and the bluestone path, the age of this building is also very old, but the maintenance is very good, walk through a section of the suspended road paved with wooden planks, the feet squeak, very good.
This young Taoist named Li Zefeng asked us if we wanted to live separately or in a double room, I looked at each other with Zamao Xiaodao, and for the purpose of taking care of each other, we chose a double room, and he took us to a row of wooden houses that stood in the air, the most corner one, which was spacious and bright, with tables, chairs and beds, and most importantly, the scenery was excellent.
Li Zefeng pointed to these two beds and said to us apologetically: "This is the dormitory of our disciples on weekdays, the conditions are simple, but the scenery is not bad, and you can see it all, please two of you reluctantly stay." ”
He seems to have come in after the miscellaneous hair trail left Maoshan Mountain, and he didn't know this uncle, and because the miscellaneous hair trail had not returned to the sect, he was just polite and didn't call him uncle. We left the rest of our luggage in our room except for the sword, and just after a short rest, the young Taoist came to greet us again and took us to the dining room for dinner.
The Maoshan Sect has developed for thousands of years, and the sect is already quite large, and the miscellaneous trail explained a lot of terms to me, but in my opinion, this place is more like an elite university, and each hall is a miniature college, so this Zhenling Hall is also its own. Unlike the pure profit quasi-listed institution of Shaolin Temple, the cooking is not a high-paid aunt, but a disciple on duty, and the craftsmanship is naturally not enough, and the material is mostly coarse tea and light rice grown on the valley plain, and it can only be said to clear the stomach when eating, but the rice is fragrant, I ate three bowls in a row with green vegetable soup and a plate of bean curd, and choked and burped.
I'm a heartless guy, I eat happily, but I don't have much appetite, so I put down the chopsticks after a hasty bowl.
We were eating in the dining room, and occasionally communicated with the young Taoist priest who accompanied us, and greeted the Taoist priests who came to dine with a smile, and suddenly seven or eight Taoist people in green shirts and black edges came to the door of the dining room, headed by a hawk with a hook nose and sharp eyes, and inspected the dining house, and found me and Zamao Xiaodao who were eating in the corner, his eyes glared, and he shouted loudly: "Sure enough, you are the culprit of murder, and you still dare to go up to my Maoshan Mountain, it is really that there is no one on my Maoshan peaks, right?" Brothers, take down that kid with a scar on his face - he is the murderer of Pengfei! ”
As soon as the Eagle Hook Daoist gave an order, the Daoists behind him raised their hands one after another, all with this steel blade and narrow edge of the standard long sword, and surrounded us one after another, and were about to step forward to attack, Li Zefeng, the young Taoist of the Zhenling Palace, stood up and asked sharply: "Chen Zhaohong, do you know what you are doing?" ”
After saying this, the disciples of the Shaking Spirit Hall in the dining room picked up their seats one after another, glaring at each other angrily.