Chapter Thirty-Eight: Master Zu

"Everyone talks about the nine clouds, what is this nine clouds, but no one knows, our Taoist culture, in fact, is deep into the bones of the Chinese people, but now they are almost thrown away, these nine clouds are, Taiyi Qi Bixiao, Xuanyi Qi Danxiao, Void One Qi Jingxiao, Pure One Qi Qingxiao, Yuan One Qi Shenxiao, Jing One Qi Yuxiao, Zheng Yi Qi Taixiao, Tianyi Qi Zixiao, Zhiyi Qi Langxiao. And Tiansheng is water, Zixiao belongs to the Kan position in the gossip, and it also belongs to water, and our ancestor Xuanwu Emperor is the god of water, naturally, it is Zixiao Palace. Wang Daochang explained.

Although Ma Xiaoyang was dizzy when he said it, he understood a truth, Emperor Xuanwu is dealing with water, and everything is related to water.

"This one ring is one ring, and all things can be put together. Ma Xiaoyang couldn't help but sigh.

"You kid, Taoism is a religion that has been developed for thousands of years, and the theories in it have long been formed and perfected. Li Xin glanced at Ma Xiaoyang.

"Let's go to the main hall and have a look. Wang Daochang took Ma Xiaoyang and Li Xin up from the steps between the two bronze cranes, pointed to the plaque on the main hall and said. "There are three plaques in this plaque, Yunwai Qingdu, which is about the environment of Zixiao Palace, that is, where the ancestor lives, and the first sentence is six days, and the praise of Zhongtian is about the merits of the ancestor, let's talk about this later. After entering, Wang Daochang deliberately led in front, and bowed to the statue of the ancestor very slowly, first with his fists together, and then his right hand touched the futon first, and his left hand was attached to his right hand, and he knelt on the ground, and his head touched his hands three times, and then he got up and bowed again, and then bowed, a total of three times.

"This etiquette is three bows and nine bows, Taoism for the ancestor of the sincere bow etiquette, is also a small trick to practice qi, get up to inhale, possess the body bow and exhale, life, everywhere is learning. Wang Daochang said with a smile.

Ma Xiaoyang and Li Xin thanked Wang Daochang.

"You see, our ancestor has two statues, the one in front of him holding a sword, is the true martial arts general, and the one in the back who wears the emperor's robe is the true martial emperor, the reason is the plaque outside the door, the first sentence is six days, praise Zhongtian, our ancestor master from the prince of Jingle country, all the way to practice, in the Zixiao Palace behind the banner peak prince cave to achieve positive results, ascended to the heavenly realm, called a god general, and later the ghosts of the six realms made chaos, Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun ordered the ancestor to judge the six realms in the lower realm, to assist the Zhongtian Emperor, the success of the body retreated, named the Zhenwu Emperor, also known as the demon Zhenjun, because of its outstanding military exploits, so our ancestor is also the guardian saint of the soldiers, a general who understands, will worship our ancestors to pray for invincibility. It is said that when Zhu Di raised his army, he also sought the blessing of his ancestor in Wudang Mountain, so he won the world and overhauled Wudang. ”

"It turns out that there is such a thing, amazing. Ma Xiaoyang praised from the bottom of his heart, but I don't know why, I suddenly thought of Zhu Jiayi in my mind, they have such a close relationship with the Taoist masters of Wudang Mountain, is it also because of this reason.

"I'll give you a brief introduction to this Zixiao Palace, I'll give you the book tomorrow, you can compare the content of the book and take a look at it again. "The king is long. "It's time to eat at this point, let's go eat first, there is nothing to do in the afternoon, you can walk around, if you go out, tell the master guarding the door that you are here to be considerate, and you don't need to buy tickets anymore." ”

"Okay, Daoist. Li Xin replied.

"Ma Xiaoyang of the canteen knows that if you go over here, I won't accompany the two of you, just come to me at any time if you have something, I'm usually in the temple. After Wang Daochang finished speaking, he saluted, and then turned to leave.

"The culture of this Taoist family is really broad and profound, I thought about learning qigong before I came, but as soon as this royal Taoist said, I was really interested, and I felt very fun. Ma Xiaoyang watched Wang Daochang walk away and said to Li Xin.

"Aren't you talking nonsense. Li Xin glanced at Ma Xiaoyang, turned her head and continued to admire the architecture here. "This building is really not lost to the Forbidden City. ”

"Mom, I really didn't expect you to come with me this time, and I didn't expect you to be so interested in Taoism. Ma Xiaoyang asked with a gossipy face.

"You also know, I grew up in the township, and then I was lucky enough to be admitted to the university, I met your father, and then after graduation, I stayed in the city to work, the year I gave birth to you, I took your grandfather and grandmother, when I was a child, there were some things in the village, especially evil, when I didn't understand anything at first, I followed those playmates in the village to babble, I didn't know why, and then I went to college, I chose the Chinese department, just a lot of time to read books, read more, naturally found that in fact, Taoism and our lives have not been separated for a moment, but the school books, are those that can let you know, and there is no deep study, and then when the qigong fever was hot, I was still young, and I practiced incense gong with your grandfather for a while, but I almost got into trouble, and I was about to lose my job, and it was because of your father that everything was saved, and since then, your father has strictly forbidden our family to mess around, if it weren't for you this time, maybe I wouldn't touch this again in my life. Li Xin said with a sigh.

"I'll go, Mom, you still have this past, talk more, I'm very curious. Ma Xiaoyang gossiped.

"Go, say what, what time is it, I'm hungry, let's go eat." Li Xin diverted the topic.

"Oh, it's twelve twenty, let's go, let's go to dinner. With that, he took Li Xin and walked to the dining hall.

I know that there are not many people here, and it is not bad to eat, along the way, the Taoist chiefs have their own lunch boxes, and they eat outside, after entering, the house is very simple, but it is very clean, there are bowls and chopsticks on the table, I went to buy a meal ticket, I took the bowl to eat, there are cold and hot, there are a lot of dishes, and I still eat rice, Ma Xiaoyang and Li Xin played a bowl alone, not much, I am afraid that I will not be able to finish eating.

When he took the first bite, Ma Xiaoyang almost vomited.

"I'll go, this, this is sesame oil mixed vegetables?" Ma Xiaoyang looked at Li Xin in disbelief.

"Well, it's the first time I've seen it. Li Xin sandwiched a green plant on a plate that looked like chrysanthemum, with a crystal clear sauce hanging on it, and a strong smell of sesame oil filled her nose and mouth.

"In addition to salt and vinegar, this is sesame oil, my God, is it a special practice here?" Ma Xiaoyang tentatively sandwiched a piece of hot dish, fried tofu, and it actually had almost the same taste.

"Taoism has a strict ban on food, especially in Wudang Mountain, where there is a Quanzhen religion, and there are no onions, garlic and other things. I don't know when, the little Kun Dao, who was in charge of the accommodation, came over with a bowl to cook and answered the two of them behind him.