Chapter 7: Descending the mountain to visit the demons
The purpose of Zhang Lu going down the mountain was for Zhang Mink. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhang Mink character Xianjue, Yingchuan people, claimed to be Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty in the early years of the Song Mountains to learn the Tao, has the unpredictable ability of ghosts and gods, and can burn talismans to cure diseases, and there are many followers. In the seventh year of Emperor Guanghe, in February, Zhang Jiao set up a yellow flag in Guandong and openly rebelled, and Zhang Mink also echoed it in Henan, leading his disciples and more than 300 people to go straight to Luoyang.
At this time, Henan Yin was the later general He Jin He Suigao - He Jin was promoted in the following month and was ordered to fight Zhang Jiao, and before playing Zhang Jiao, he first practiced with Zhang Mink. He Dayin's status as a relative, although he has no ability, he is the best to support guests, and there are many capable people under him, which caused Zhang Mink's magic to be unable to be used, and the team collapsed instantly, and then Zhang Mink became a prisoner.
He Jin didn't kill Zhang Mink on the spot, and put a "Yellow Turban Demon" hat on him - in fact, Zhang Mink and Zhang Jiao are really not the same group - planned to sacrifice his majesty, and then cut him with a thousand knives. However, Zhang Diao Guo had a strange skill, and under the guard of heavy soldiers, he ran directly through the wall, and never knew where to go.
In fact, among the "demons" from all walks of life, Zhang Mink is a real small role, compared to the Zhang Jiao brothers who set off a monstrous wave in an instant, as well as Zhang Heng and Zhang Lu father and son who performed Taoism in Bashu and wanted to build a kingdom of God. The reason why Zhang Lu knew this person was only because he was making trouble in Henan, and Songgaoshan was not far from Mi County - Zhang Lu was thirteen years old that year, and his father had not yet died......
Let's say that one day Pei Xuanren summoned Zhang Lu to come, and said: "Let me ask you, how long have you been in my mountain?" Zhang Lu replied: "The disciple was ignorant, I don't know how many seasons, I only remember that there is no fire under the stove, I often go to the back mountain to fetch firewood, and I saw a mountain of good peach trees, and I ate there...... Okay, don't talk about it, I'll be happy to die if I really want peaches to eat - it's been three years since I went up the mountain. ”
Pei Xuanren, a monk from the lower realm, is just an earth immortal, and he didn't know what the "Gu Immortal Language" was, but when he heard that Zhang Lu could speak, he immediately asked for teaching, and asked Zhang Lu what the future generations would look like. Zhang Lu's half-baked "Gu Xianyu" – in fact, it is modern Chinese – is not difficult to learn, and it is too difficult for an ancient Han Dynasty to understand the various technological and social concepts after entering the industrial society. As for the historical process, Pei Xuanren said: "There is no need to say it in a thousand years, I am afraid to shake my Taoist heart." ”
A thousand years later, it will be the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Lu casually picked something he still remembered and told Pei Xuanren to listen. However, Pei Xuanren was not interested in the relevant political and military content, and only asked: "Cultivators in later generations, how is it?" Zhang Lu thought for a while and said Then I'll tell you the story of "Journey to the West".
The two can be said to be each other's master and apprentice, living for three years, and their friendship is getting closer. When Pei Xuanren first met, he seemed to be really a master in the world, rigorous and dignified, but in fact, after a long time of contact, he found that this person was also quite a game in his bones...... Ah no, the Wei and Jin dynasties are romantic, so there is the above paragraph that imitates the dialogue between the Bodhi Patriarch and Sun Monkey.
Zhang Lu said don't talk nonsense with you, there is no cold and heat in the mountains, it all depends on me to carve wood to record the day, only to know that it has been three years since I went up the mountain, why are you asking this? Pei Xuanren nodded: "You can go down the mountain for you." "Why do you want to go down the mountain? because—" Zhang Mink reappeared. ”
According to the news that Pei Xuanren got from the mountain, it was the third year of Chuping at this time, and not long ago, Situ Wang Yun and Zhonglang murdered Lu Buhe to death the Taishi Dong Zhuo. As for the Kwantung side: Yuan Shao broke Gongsun Zan at the boundary bridge, and his power was like the middle of the day; Cao Cao's troops in Dongjun - as for Liu Bei and Sun Ce, they were still small characters, and Pei Xuanren couldn't find out any news at all.
Pei Xuanren said, Zhang Mink Zhang Xianjue has been missing for many years, I don't know how, he actually got Dong Zhuo's thick legs, not only was pardoned by the imperial court, but also was assigned to be subordinate to the school captain Guo Yan as a general, followed back to Henan, and is currently stationed in Mi County - it happens to be your hometown, so I want you to go down the mountain to meet him.
Zhang Lu didn't understand: "Why am I going to see that demon?"
Pei Xuanren said: "In order to seek the source of proverbs." ”
The rumor of "the long man holds the bow, shoots the golden sword, and kills the Taiyao" is likely to be known to Zhang Mink, so he once brazenly raised the anti-flag and dared to rush towards Luoyang with 300 people. This rumor is very bad in the mortal world, causing a large group of demons surnamed Zhang to rebel, so I hope to find out the source and find out its true meaning, so as to prevent the world from falling into more terrible turmoil and chaos.
When Zhang Lu heard this, he couldn't help pouting: "Immortals cut off the world, how can they love mortals? I can't accept your reason." ”
Pei Xuanren smiled slightly: "'Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs', immortals do not love people, but immortals come out of the world, how can they sit idly by?"
The two of them have discussed similar issues many times. Zhang Lu said that there are no gods and ghosts in our world, and I think logically speaking, ghosts are just ghosts, and the gods don't make sense at all. Don't talk about Zhang Jian, let's just talk about you, even if you can't destroy thousands of troops and horses with a wave of your hand, you can make hundreds of people retreat, such a big ability, but if you meddle in the affairs of the world, either there will be no major turmoil in the world, or there will always be chaos, and it will always be difficult to govern - but none of the situations have appeared, why?
Pei Xuanren said: "I have no desire for us." "What we are pursuing is to cultivate the Tao and live forever, and then we can soar to the immortal realm, and we have no need for fame and fortune, seven emotions and six desires in the red world, so we are easily unwilling to meddle in the affairs of the world - wasting our time in vain, and it is easy to mess up the Dao heart. As for the immortals, not to mention, how about the mortal world, whether it is a troubled world or a ruling world, it is their business.
Of course, it can't be said that cultivators are absolutely unwilling to meddle in mortal affairs, but those who really have the ability to disdain it, only those who are dissatisfied with half a bottle of vinegar will blindly mix it - for example, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Mink and others. But their energy is very limited, and the Zhang Jiao brothers will come to an end. And even if the Zhang Jiao brothers set off a great chaos, they did not just rely on the Taoism of their brothers, but took advantage of the decay of the Han family, the disorder of the dynasty, and the people's misery to take the opportunity to incite and coerce the common people to rebel.
At that time, when he said this, Pei Xuanren smiled slightly at Zhang Lu and said: "I know that if my son wants to learn the method of killing people, he will return to Hongchen, so as to respond to the proverb and achieve meritorious deeds, but I am not worried...... "I am not worried at all." Why? Because if you don't learn home, even if you go back to the mortal world, you won't be able to do much, and if you really succeed in cultivating? I don't believe you will still covet the world. As it is said in the "Zhuangzi Autumn Water Chapter":
"There are birds in the south, and their names are Ori Chicks, and the children know that they are born in the South China Sea and fly in the North Sea; So the squirt rat and the chick passed over it, and looked up at it and said, 'Frightened!'"
In the mortal world, fame and fortune are like the "rotting rats", only the owl will be greedy, and when you become a chick and can taste the beauty of Lian Shi and Liquan, you will no longer be interested in those things.
Zhang Lu was skeptical of this argument -- let's not talk about rotten rats, let's talk about stinky tofu, who said that the rich and noble would definitely not like to eat it? However, he basically agreed with the fact that true cultivators are too lazy to meddle in mortal affairs. Because he followed Pei Xuanren to cultivate for three years, he found that he didn't need much of the resources of the mortal world, and he could just breathe in the aura of heaven and earth every day, and gradually his hunger was getting weaker and weaker, and his requirements for food and drinking water were also decreasing day by day, and all he needed to import from the mortal world was only a few clothes. It's just that you live on the high mountains, no matter how beautiful your clothes are, who can you show them? The climate is like spring all year round, and you don't need to wear a fur and fur, ordinary Ma Ge is enough. Moreover, Pei Xuanren also said that if he really ascended to the upper realm, the immortals would cut the clouds for clothes, and they would not need any silk and hemp in the lower realm at all.
The so-called "no trading, no killing", since there is no need to ask for it - in fact, it cannot be completely denied, after all, there is still a need for some heavenly wealth and earth treasure refining magic weapons, but it is basically a resource that mortals don't know or can't use, and as for alchemy with gold and white jade, it is purely a sideline - of course, there is no desire to meddle in personnel.
So today, Pei Xuanren asked Zhang Lu to go down the mountain to investigate the rumors related to "the elder holds the bow, shoots the golden sword, and kills the Taiyao", and Zhang Lu feels very incomprehensible -- don't you don't interfere in the world's mundane affairs? Isn't it that the rule of chaos has nothing to do with the cultivators? Why did you suddenly think about it?
Pei Xuanren's answer to this was: "Immortals don't love people, but immortals come out of the world, how can they sit idly by?" For example, you are a super otaku - of course, this word was learned from Zhang Lu - usually not very happy to see people, but if you are alone, you are ...... Well, what kind of "computer" do you have, you haven't seen anyone for many years, and you occasionally meet one, do you feel very close? Do you want to care about it?
And we don't care about the killing and strife in the world, if there is a demon who comes into the world and vainly uses the Dao Law, then we can't help but pay attention to it-"That is, if Zhang Jiao gains power and uses the demon law to fool the people, the natural right path will not work, and no one can cultivate the Dao." "Although there are few cultivators now, hundreds of righteous paths can be found all over the world, and one percent of them may have the hope of ascending to immortals.
Zhang Lu always felt that Pei Xuanren was arguing with strong words, but he couldn't find too many loopholes to refute in a hurry, so he asked: "In that case, why don't you go down the mountain?"
Pei Xuanren smiled and raised two fingers: "It has three meanings." ”
The first reason, no one knows where that rumor came from, is there still some powerful demon hidden behind Zhang Mink, if I get involved in this matter, I am afraid that I will startle the snake; the second reason, you have not completely cut off the fate of the earth, so you can go to your hometown by the way, meet your brothers, relatives, and make a final farewell......
Zhang Lu smiled: "You are wrong, I am not a person in this world, what kind of family relationship do I have with them, and I need to cut it off?"
Pei Xuanren stretched out his hand and nodded Zhang Lu's chest: "Your heart is not in this world, but your brain is also in this world." ”
According to the theories of these monastics, it is not only the brain that holds human consciousness, but also the heart. Among them, the brain keeps memory, thinks about problems, and makes decisions, while the heart controls the whole body through blood, which is the soul and the seven emotions and six desires come out of it. Therefore, Zhang Lu's soul comes from another timeline or a certain world, and his emotions have nothing to do with this world, but after all, the original memory of Zhang Lu is still retained in his mind, which is also a "fate" that must be cut off.
Zhang Lu shrugged his shoulders and said Okay, even if what you say is reasonable, then what is the third one?
Pei Xuanren said: "Third, Henan is in turmoil today, and he wants to make his son look at the chaos and suffering of the world, so as to concentrate on the immortal road. ”
Zhang Luyi frowned, and asked suspiciously: "Is this not an experience? Under normal circumstances, you will only tell me the purpose of the experience after I am really tired of Hongchen and have some understanding, right? ”
Pei Xuanren twisted his beard and laughed: "For Zi Conghui, I don't say anything, won't Zi realize himself?" Even if I don't say it, you can think of it, so it's better to just say it in advance.
Zhang Lu asked, "Do you need me to go down the mountain?" Pei Xuanren nodded: "Yes." "Since that's the case," Zhang Luyi stretched out his hand: "Bring the magic weapon." ”