Chapter 282: Eight Immortals
Zhang Guolao put the dug things in the pot, made a fire and boiled for a while, the aroma was fragrant, Guo Lao was salivating, he couldn't bear it, so he took it out and tasted it, it was delicious. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Guo Lao was still salivating, so he simply took it out and ate it. Zhang Guo was afraid that the old monk would blame and beat him, and wanted to escape. When he went out of the temple gate, he saw a donkey tied to the tree, turned around and took out the remaining soup in the pot and gave it to the donkey to drink, then rode on the back of the donkey and fled to the east. For fear that the old monk would come to chase after him, he rode a donkey and watched backwards. In fact, Zhang Guo Lao has become an immortal after eating fairy ginseng, and the donkey has become a god donkey after drinking the soup.
"This is Zhang Guolao's immortal!" Yao Ji said.
"I wrote it down!" Ape Xing heard Yao Ji say some bizarre deeds of Zhang Guolao again, and they all remembered it in their hearts.
"Eun, just write it down, and the next thing is Lan Caihe!" said Yaoji.
"I know this person, I've seen it in books in the human world before......" Ape Xing didn't wait for Yao Ji to speak, and then said slowly......
Lan Caihe is one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism. He was originally a homeless man with some talent, a Taoist priest who behaved eccentricly, was cynical, and made a living by begging. It is said that he behaved very strangely, his clothes were in tatters, he slept in the snow in winter, and when he was drunk, he often sang while walking in Miyagi, attracting many onlookers. He is also a man of humor and can often come up with many brilliant jokes.
It is said that Lan Caihe took over his grandfather's class at the age of eighteen and began to practice medicine. He often went into the mountains to collect medicines, ate wild fruits when he was hungry, drank spring water when he was thirsty, and often ate Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos. One day, he entered the mountains with a medicine basket in his hand, walked to a lotus pond, and saw an old man with curved eyebrows and big eyes, a frank face and a big belly, lying on the edge of the pond and sleeping, a sore on the navel of the black thorn had rotted and pus, and a lot of black blood was dripping. Lan Caihe couldn't bear it in his heart, so he walked up to him and squeezed the sore with his hand. The pus and blood were sucked out, and Lan Caihe posted a plaster there. Who knew that the old man's stomach was bleeding, Lan Caihe was dumbfounded, and thought, "Strange, my medicine is 100% effective!"
After a while, the old man opened his eyes and stared at Lan Caihe, and suddenly said loudly: "Fool, why don't you hurry up and use the basket to carry a basket of water, there is still blood here!" When I got to the old man, there was no water in the basket. Lan Caihe saw the old man smile bitterly, and then heard him count: "It's so stupid, just use the sticky mud in the pond to paste on the empty space of the basket!" After speaking, he sighed. Lan Caihe's face flushed, and he did as the old man said. The old man was furious when he saw it: "Idiot! Why don't you throw it out quickly and replace it with a basket of water!"
Lan Caihe's heart was on fire, but he didn't have a seizure, after all, he was a poor old man. When he was at a loss, he suddenly saw a pretty woman covering her mouth and smiling, and he was even more embarrassed. The woman said, "Big brother, why don't you think about it?" Lan Caihe looked at the lotus pond, and then looked at the bamboo basket, and there was still no way to search the intestines and scrape the belly. The woman glanced at the old man, and the old man looked at her, and the woman said, "Do you think that lotus leaf is better than the mud one?" she said.
Lan Caihe looked at the green dripping green and wide lotus leaves, and realized something, patted his head, and went to pick a few lotus leaves, folded them in a basket and carried a basket of clear water. The old man fell to the ground on his back, and Lan Caihe naturally understood, and splashed a basket of clear water on the puddle of black meat. The old man's belly was immediately bare, as usual. Lan Caihe was extremely strange, staring, mouth open, puzzled. "What a stupid thing! Was it cold when I went down to the pond just now? This water is very strange, take a sip and see what it is?" The old man turned over and stood up, pointing to the lotus pond. Lan Caihe then drank a handful of water with both hands according to the old man, a fragrance entered his lungs, and his body became light. The woman picked up the basket and said coquettishly, "Big brother, you have become an immortal." It was too late, but it was too soon, and I saw the old man pull Lan Caihe, and immediately he and the bamboo basket he was carrying left the ground, and the old man said, "Let's go to Penglai Island to play!" Lan Caihe rose into the air, saw mushroom-shaped clouds lingering under his knees, and followed the old man and the woman holding the lotus flower.
The old man and the woman were none other than Zhong Liquan, the second ancestor of Quanzhen, and He Xiangu, the lotus fairy. Later, he was turned into an immortal by Zhongli Quandu.
"Goddess Yaoji, am I right?" said Ape Xing proudly.
"Yes, Lan Caihe is indeed a simple person, so he is relatively easy to accept, and you can know that he is also famous. Yao Ji said.
Ape Xing nodded, and then said, "But I don't know about this He Immortal Gu!"
Yao Ji didn't make fun of Ape Xing, and said slowly: "This He Xian Gu ......"
He Xiangu's original name was He Qiong, the locals said that on the day He Qiong was born, a bright and auspicious purple gas shrouded the top of the He family's thatched house, a group of cranes flew up and down in the purple air, and after a while, a sturdy sika deer carried a pigtail and a girl with a red belly pocket rushed into the He family, and at this time He mother gave birth to a white and chubby baby girl.
When it comes to He Qiong's hometown of Lingling, it is a treasure land of feng shui with beautiful mountains and rivers. There is a mica mountain in the west of Lingling County, the mountain is rich in five-color mica stone, mica stone is the medicine of taking food and seeking immortals in ancient times; a clear and winding stream flows down from the mountain, called mica stream, He Qiong's house is on the bank of the beautiful mica stream.
He Qiong, who grew up drinking mica water, is beautiful and beautiful, and she likes to roam alone by the mica stream since she was a child. When she was fourteen years old, she met a white-haired long-bearded old man on the bank of the mica stream, the old man asked her about some local landscapes, He Qiong answered one by one, the old man was very happy, took out a fresh peach from his backpack and gave it to He Qiong, He Qiong took it, thanked the old man, and then ate the peach three times by dividing it by two, the old man watched her finish eating, nodded with a smile on his face, turned around and disappeared.
A month later, He Qiong met the old man by the mica stream, and this time the old man took her to the mica mountain and taught her how to collect mica and how to eat mica. He Qiong followed his words, went to the mica mountain every day to eat mica, and gradually felt that he was as light as a swallow, walking to and from the top of the mountain, walking like flying. In addition, she can also identify and pick various fairy herbs and elixirs in the mountains, treat various diseases for the people nearby, and can predict personnel, so the people around her call her "He Xiangu." ”
The news that He Qiong had become an immortal spread ten, ten, and hundreds, and spread farther and farther, and finally reached the ears of the imperial officials in the capital.
At that time, the emperor was very fond of Buddhism, and the Buddhist "Dharma Xiangzong" preached the "two emptiness", that is, to see the self and all things as empty and empty, so as to achieve the lofty realm of all things in the universe becoming one with me; The emperor was very convinced of this, and when he heard that there was a He Xiangu in Lingling, who could travel freely to and from the top of the mountain without eating the fireworks of the world, he was very interested, and specially sent someone to visit him, and gave He Xiangu a sunrise dress. He Xiangu accepted the morning glow clothes, put them on with great interest, and the surrounding people rushed from all directions to watch when they heard the news, only to see that He Xiangu's body was full of light, dazzling, as if a fairy had descended to earth; the villagers were shocked when they saw this, and they involuntarily knelt on the ground and bowed to He Xiangu. He Xiangu felt quite complacent in her heart, but her mother was panicked, thinking: "Who would dare to marry such a daughter!"
Sure enough, as expected by He Xiangu, when He Xiangu was eighteen years old, her mother urgently asked the matchmaker to choose a son-in-law for her. Mother He was worried, but He Xiangu herself was as if nothing had happened, and she was busy collecting medicine and treating people all day long in the mountains and villages, and she lived a very fulfilling life.
One day, He Xiangu went into the depths of the dense forest of Mica Mountain to collect medicine, and met two magical people, one of them was a lame old man, with an iron crutch in his hand, carrying a huge wine gourd, dressed in rags, looking like a beggar; These two people were not far in front of He Xiangu, singing together, chanting words in their mouths, and after a while, they took off into the air and disappeared without a trace. He Xiangu paid attention to their appearance, chanting the mantra of stealing learning, thinking that she could be like them, flying over the wind and clouds. Since then, she has often quietly come to the mountains to practice alone, and her body has become more and more proficient, and she has become more and more able to fly farther. She used this kind of kung fu to fly to the distant mountains from time to time, and brought back some strange mountain fruits for her family to taste, and the family felt sweet and delicious and refreshed after eating, but after all, they didn't know what kind of fruit it was.
Seeing that she went out early and returned late every day, He's mother was suspicious and asked her where she was going to do something, but He Xiangu couldn't resist her mother, so she said that she went to the famous mountain fairyland every day to talk about Buddhism with the fairy Buddha.
At that time, He Xiangu talked with the emperor in the palace about the art of immortality, and she persuaded the emperor that in order to live a long life, he must first achieve few desires, abandon his lust, and see through fame and fortune; At the same time, she also talked about the way to govern the country and the country, it is necessary to be close to the virtuous ministers and far from the villain, and it is never possible to take a person with a different surname as the emperor's heir. What she said was actually very targeted to the emperor.
One day, twenty-six-year-old He Xiangu was sitting on the phoenix platform, looking up at the distant sky, and suddenly saw Tie Guan Li standing in the distant clouds, dancing his Tie Gui, as if to greet her. Unconsciously, He Xiangu's body rose like a colorful phoenix, volleyed up in the air, and followed Tie Guan Li. A bead shoe on her feet fell to the ground at this time, the next day, the place where the bead shoes fell suddenly appeared a well, the well water is clear and sweet, bursts of fragrant smell, the well fence around it, the shape is just like the appearance of a bow shoe, the local people built a He Xiangu temple next to the well, the incense is flourishing every day, because the water in the well is not only cool and quenches thirst, but also can cure all kinds of dripping diseases, so it is talked about by people near and far.
"He Xiangu can be said to have suffered a lot of glory and wealth, but she also does not forget her original intention and works for the welfare of the people!" Yao Ji said.
Ape Xing nodded, looked at Yao Ji and said, "As the only woman among the Eight Immortals, she is indeed very admired!"
"Yes, this He Xiangu is the most unqualified person, so it's easier to invite her, but this Lu Dongbin, it's not easy to invite......!"
Among the eight immortals, Lu Dongbin is the most famous. Because of his uncertain whereabouts, he often helped people in the world, from officials and nobles to beggars and prostitutes, all of whom were enlightened by him. It is said that Han Zhongli taught Lu Dongbin Jindan Avenue many times, and when Han Zhongli explained the most secret and profound truth, suddenly two fairy children held the golden treasure talisman in their hands, conveyed the edict of the Jade Emperor, and appointed Han Zhongli as the "Nine Heavens Golden Que Selection Immortal Envoy", just like the chief examiner of the mortal imperial examination, but the main examination of the fairy world, what a glory. Han Zhongli had finished receiving the edict, and said to Lu Dongbin: "I am about to ascend to heaven, you are good to be born in the world to practice, and wait until the merits are complete." It will be like me. Lu Dongbin replied, "My ambition is a little different from that of my teacher, and I must exhaust all sentient beings before I am willing to ascend to heaven." Therefore, although Lu Dongbin later became a high immortal, he still helps sentient beings in the mortal world. Especially for those who are poor and sick, Lu Dongbin pays more attention to treatment.
There was a malaria epidemic in the human world, and there was an old woman who sold vegetables, and her children and grandchildren were infected with malaria. One day, a Taoist came over, and the old woman beckoned him to drink tea, and sighed and said, "The children and grandchildren of the family are sick, can the husband cure it?" The Taoist priest said, "Wait for me tomorrow morning." The next morning, the old woman waited there, and the Taoist priest gave him a gauze bag with a pill of medicine, and said, "Let him take this medicine when he is sick, and his illness will naturally be cured." One pill can treat 100 people, and if it exceeds 100 people, there will be no effect. The old woman did as he said, and when her children and grandchildren were cured, they used it to heal their neighbors, and healed a hundred people in all. More than 100 people, the medicine did not work. The old woman opened the yarn bag, and there was no medicine in it, only a note with the words "Lu Dongbin" written on it.
In another town, there was a poor woman who had always suffered from rheumatism, and every day she crawled to the bridge to beg. One day, when a Taoist priest passed by and asked about her, the poor woman replied, "My husband is dead, and there is an eighty-year-old mother-in-law who comes here every day to ask for some money and rice to support her mother-in-law." After hearing this, the Taoist handed over the brown whisk and said, "Pull the whisk and get up and try it." The woman took the dust by the hand, and stood up. And he said, "Try to come with me." The woman followed a few steps, and when the paralysis disappeared and she regained her ability to walk, she hurriedly thanked her and said, "Where does the gentleman live?" The Taoist priest said, "I live upstairs in someone's house." When the woman came home, her mother-in-law was astonished. Ask why, know that you have met a good person. The next day, I found the family upstairs, there was no Taoist priest, and when I looked up, I saw the portrait of Lu Dongbin, which was exactly the same as the Taoist I met yesterday, and I realized that it was Lu Dongbin who was treated.
There are many similar things in Lu Dongbin. Moreover, when encountering hypocritical philistines, he will also teach them some lessons. There was a wealthy merchant who admired Lu Dongbin very much, burned incense and prayed day and night, he was very pious, and his offerings were clean. One day, Lu Dongbin became a poor Taoist, took an old robe, and went to the rich merchant's pawnshop, the rich merchant took the robe and pinched it, and found that there was a golden hairpin in his sleeve, and he was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that the Taoist must not know that there was such a valuable thing, so he kept quiet, accepted the robe, and gave a little money. After the Taoist left, the rich merchant took out the golden hairpin, but saw a piece of paper attached to it, inscribed with a few lines: "Today's memory, tomorrow's memory, I remember that I don't know each other, the hairpin can be kept as incense money, and I will not trade with you from now on." "This hairpin has the right to return the money you gave me for the incense, everyone will settle it, and I will never have anything to do with you again. When the merchant saw the article, he knew the difference of a thought, and missed it face to face with the immortals, and regretted it. But it's no longer useful.
"This Lu Dongbin is a high-minded person, so it's not good to invite!" Ape Xing asked.
"That's right, this man is high-minded, and he has a clean sleeve, and he doesn't offend anyone or buy anyone's account, but if you're sincere enough, and you know that he hasn't attained immortal status, then you're half the battle!" Yao Ji continued......
Before Lu Dongbin became an immortal, he was a scholar. Among his friends was a fellow villager named Gou Ji. Gou Ji's parents died, and his family was poor, but he was loyal, an honest gentleman, and a diligent student. Lu Dongbin appreciated him very much, worshipped him as the Jinlan brother, and invited him to live in his home, hoping that he could study hard and have a bright future in the future.
One day, a guest surnamed Lin came to Lu Dongbin's house, and when he saw that Gou Ji was a talented person and studied hard, he said to Lu Dongbin that he wanted to marry his sister to Gou Ji. Lu Dongbin was afraid that Gou Ji would miss the bright future by greedy for the joy of the bed, so he hurriedly pushed it off. Unexpectedly, Gou Ji himself heard that Miss Lin was beautiful and insisted on agreeing to this family business. Lu Dongbin thought for a long time and agreed. He said to Ke Ji: "Since the virtuous brother has made up his mind, I will not stop it, but after getting married, I will sleep with the bride for three nights." Gou Ji was taken aback when he heard this. Besides, all the expenses of the wedding have to depend on the Lu family, who will make themselves destitute? After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and agreed.
On the day of Gou Ji's marriage, Lu Dongbin was overjoyed, running before and after running everything. But Gou Ji had no face to see anyone, so he simply hid to the side. In the evening, the guests were sent away, and Lu Dongbin entered the cave room. I saw the bride with a red veil on her head and sitting on the bed. Lu Dongbin didn't lift the red hijab, nor did he speak, just sat under the lamp and buried his head in reading. Miss Lin waited until midnight, but her husband still didn't go to bed, so she had to sleep with his own clothes. When I woke up in the morning, my husband was long gone. It's been like this for three nights in a row, but it's hard for Miss Lin, and when she turns around, she finally survives three days, and just enters the cave room, she sees that the lady is crying sadly, and she bows her head and cries and says: "Why didn't Lang Jun go to bed and sleep together for three nights, just read to the lamp, came in the dark, and left in the morning?" This question made Gou Ji stunned.
When the bride raised her head, she was even more surprised: Why did her husband change someone? After a long time, the couple suddenly realized. Gou Ji stomped his feet and looked up to the sky and laughed: "It turns out that my brother is afraid that I am greedy for joy and forget to study, so use this method to motivate me!" Miss Lin was also happy in her heart and was full of respect for Lu Dongbin. Both husband and wife said: Brother Lu will repay this kindness in the future.
A few years later, Gou Ji was named on the gold list and became a big official. The couple and Lu Dongbin's family said goodbye in tears, went to work, and eight years have passed. In the summer of this year, the Lu family accidentally caught fire, and a huge part of the family wealth was turned into ashes. Lu Dongbin and his wife had to live in a thatched hut made of broken bricks and tiles, needless to say, life was difficult enough. Lu Dongbin had no choice but to go out and find Gou Ji for help. After a lot of hardships along the way, I finally found Gou Jifu. Gou Ji was very sympathetic to Lu Dongbin's house and received him warmly, but he didn't mention helping. Lu Dongbin lived for a few months, and he didn't get any money. Lu Dongbin looked up to the sky and sighed: "Human affection is as thin as paper, and it changes as soon as you have a broad face, and it is all over the world!" In a fit of anger, say goodbye without saying goodbye.
When he returned to his hometown, Lu Dongbin was surprised to see that his dilapidated thatched hut had been replaced by a new tiled house, and he was greatly surprised: He was far away, and his children and young wife were weak, so how could he build a large number of buildings? When he approached the door, he was even more shocked that the three souls walked away: there were white papers pasted on both sides of the gate. He hurried into the house and saw a coffin parked in the house, and his wife, dressed in linen and filial piety, was crying. Lu Dongbin was stunned for a long time: Which Dai filial piety is she? ”
The lady looked back, frightened, trembling and cried out, "You, are you a human or a ghost?" Lu Dongbin was even more surprised: "Why did the lady say this? I came back well, how can I be a ghost?" The lady looked at it for a long time before she dared to believe that it was really Lu Dongbin who came back, and said, "Oh! It really scared me to death! This can't be in a dream, right?" It turned out that not long after Lu Dongbin left home, a group of people came to help him build a house, and he left after building the house. At noon the day before yesterday, another group of people brought a coffin, saying that Lu Dongbin was sick and died at Gou Qi's house. When his wife heard this, the sky fell and she cried to death. I'm crying today, I don't want Lu Dongbin to come back.
Lu Dongbin knew in his heart: it was all a trick played by Gou Ji. He picked up a sharp axe and slashed the coffin. With a "click", the coffin split, and it was full of gold and silver treasures, as well as a letter. Lu Dongbin unfolded the letter and read: "Gou Ji is not a negative man, and he will send the gold and silver family to build a house. You let my wife keep the empty room, and I will make your wife cry and break her bowels. Lu Dongbin woke up like a dream, and smiled bitterly: "Virtuous brother, you gang can help me so hard!" Since then, the two families of Lu Gou have become more affectionate. This is what the saying often says, "Gou Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people", because "Gou Qi" and "dog bites" have the same sound, and it has become "Dog bites Lu Dongbin, I don't know good people's hearts".
"Haha, this thing is really funny, I didn't expect this Lu Dongbin to "play" Gou Ji once, and a few years later, he was "played" back, this is fate, destined in the dark!"