After dawn, Zhang Lu said goodbye to the magic mirror and planned to hike the mountain, but was stopped by the magic mirror and said: "You don't need to go up the mountain, you can go down the mountain." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Lu asked him what he meant, and Fajing said: "I think about it at night, the attack of the devil is very good, and I want to climb the mountain? Zhang Lu frowned, scratched his chin, and said Monk, your conjecture also has some truth...... However, the master's order cannot be violated, I must go up to the extreme peak to find Zhang Jujun.

Fa Jing shook his head and said, "Master Qingyun Immortal, you should not be on the peak. "Zhang Lu said, you didn't say that yesterday. Fa Jing smiled: "My cloud may be there, but it has not been confirmed." However, if you want to have something, you should go to Yangcheng. ”

Zhang Lu asked, why do monks also do divination? Xin said how come I have never seen a monk set up a stall to tell divination, and all of them are old ways? Fa Jing explained: "Instead of the Taoist turtle and yarrow calculations, the Buddha has the eyes of heaven, but contemplates all the causes and effects with a clear mind, and knows all the causes and effects of the past and the future." I don't have this magical power, but I have a glimpse of one or two doorways, and I will push the cause and effect, and I will tell you. ”

To put it bluntly, Buddhism also has prophecy, but it is not like a Taoist priest to play with tricks such as burning tortoise shells and placing yarrow, the real Buddha can see all the events of the past and the future, of course, the magic mirror monk has not reached this level, but roughly calculate where Zhang Lu should go to find the person he wants, and this little skill is not lacking.

Zhang Lu was skeptical, and wanted to carefully inquire about the method of the magic mirror's calculations and the results obtained, and also tried to judge from the other party's words and expressions how credible this statement was—he ran to the temple to spend the night, and ran into the monk in the temple who was invaded by some foreign demon and planned to attack and kill him, where was it so coincidental? Does this old monk really not know the reason, or is he deliberately pretending to be stupid? But when he first met him, there was no reason to set a trap to harm himself.

This is not an era when Buddhism and Taoism compete for religious dominance and tear apart in an all-round way, and they don't want to take their lives just because they are a Taoist priest, right?

Fa Jing's expression was very sincere: "The fate is here, and if you do it because of it, you can get twice the result with half the effort." "If I really want to hurt you, I won't recite the sutra last night to save you, why don't you take care of this little favor and go down the mountain to Yangcheng? If you don't find anything, then it's better to climb Songshan again—are you in a hurry?"

Looking at the old monk's sincere expression and listening to his gentle words, Zhang Lu felt a little embarrassed - after all, people saved your life, do you still suspect others? I am not an important person, and he can't afford to set any complicated trap on himself, and if the trap is simple, how can he not figure it out and see through it? So he thanked the magic mirror, went out from the gate of the Fawang Temple, and set off down the mountain.

Songshan to Yangcheng, but just more than 20 miles away, ordinary people have to walk for an hour or two, Zhang Lu walked like flying, only a quarter of an hour of effort, and saw the city wall of Yangcheng from afar. He was pondering in his heart, the old monk wanted to go to Yangcheng by himself, but how could there be a reason for a cultivator to live in the city? Could it be the so-called "great hidden in the city"? However, since it was hidden, there were so many people in the city, where should he find it? Meng's heart felt something, and when he raised his head, he saw an old man sitting on the stone beside the road in front of him.

This old man has gray hair, and his age is not much different from that of the Dharma Mirror monk, but his complexion is more ruddy, and there is a faint atmosphere of an official eunuch who is not angry and arrogant - in the words of later generations: born to lead. But he was wearing only civilian clothes, hanging his head, holding a thumb-thick and two-foot-long branch, and seemed to draw patterns on the land very casually.

Zhang Lu's eyes were sharp, and he swept it casually, and immediately understood that the old man was drawing Taiji diagrams and innate gossip on the ground, and he couldn't help but move in his heart. At this time, the old man also raised his head and saw him, immediately stood up, smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand to beckon: "Come, come." ”

Zhang Lu hurriedly walked a few steps and approached to salute: "The elder is calling, what do you teach?" The old man twisted his beard and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for my son here for a long time, and I don't know where my son will come." "Who are you, why are you waiting for me here? Do you know who I am?" The old man bowed his head, and then pointed to his nose: "I, the disciple of Master Zhang of Songgao Mountain, I am here." ”

Zhang Lu was surprised and delighted, and said that the old monk of the Fajing was quite accurate in his calculations. Hurry up and give another salute and introduce yourself: "Zhang Lu of Yumi County." The old man also immediately reported his name: "Yangcheng Xuanjian." He also deliberately brought up the branch to write those two words on the land.

When Zhang Lu heard this name and saw him write the word "Xuanjian", he couldn't help but move in his heart, so he asked: "Hu Wei doesn't write 'Gu'?" When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but laugh: "To avoid trouble." As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Lu: "Do you know me?"

If there is a different person, it may not be clear who this Xuan Jian is, but Zhang Lu is different, he has been a Lang official, Lang Guan is an official reserve, and many members have big bureaucrats behind them, and the gossip in the relevant officialdom has been spread the most, and there is no one they don't talk about in the past ten years about the personnel changes and the origin of the main officials. So Zhang Lu heard that there was once a Yizhou assassin, who was called Yin Jian, the character Yuan Festival.

"郤" and "郄" are actually the same word, both of which come from the Zhou Dynasty's Jin State Doctor 郤氏, which can be written in theory, but under normal circumstances, official documents often write "郤", and folk customs use "郄". Because this surname is very rare, Zhang Lu was deeply impressed, and he asked the other party: "Hu Wei doesn't write 'Gu'?" It means that why don't you write "郤" but "郄"? The other party replied that it was to avoid trouble, and asked: "Do you know me?" Zhang Lu can conclude that this Xuan Jian in front of him is the old Yizhou Assassin Shi Xuan Jian Yuan Festival.

So why did he come here to be a disciple of Zhang Jujun and change his cultivation to the Immortal Dao? Xuan Jian immediately explained the reason-theoretically speaking, he should be a dead man at this time.

It is said that he was tyrannical in office, which triggered Ma Xiang, Zhao Yi and others echoed the Yellow Turban Uprising, and also called himself the Yellow Turban Party. But Xuan Jian said: "The one who killed me is not Ma Xiang, Zhao Yiye, but Liu Junlang." ”

Liu Junlang is Liu Yan. Xuan Jian said that when he managed Yizhou, he did not do a good job, but he really did not increase taxes, harm the people, and did not fill his pockets. Prior to this, Taichang Liu Yan listened to Dong Fu's words, saying that Yizhou was a genius, so he coveted his position, so one played Emperor Ling, asking to change the history of the state assassin to the state pastor, and the other spread rumors everywhere about how unbearable he was. Emperor Ling appointed Liu Yan as the envoy of the prison army and the pastor of Yizhou, and sent him to Sichuan to rectify the rule of officials and arrest Xu Jian.

However, Liu Yan had just arrived in Jingzhou, and before he could enter Sichuan, news of Ma Xiang and Zhao Yi's rebellion came. He did not go to his post immediately, commanded the conquest and suppression, nor did he go to the imperial court to ask for troops to quell the rebellion, but retreated in Jingzhou, secretly sent people to fund the rebellious army, and let them break through the city. After Xu Jian "died", Ma Xiang and others were also killed by Jia Long in Yizhou, and he Liu Junlang triumphantly went into Sichuan to pick peaches.

Of course, in fact, Yin Jian is not dead - there have been rumors about this for a long time, so Zhang Lu will suspect that this Xuan Jian is the other Yin Jian - "I met Zhang Shi in the past, Yun Wu has immortal bones, it was the day to save me in the chaotic army, and to tell Liu Junlang to frame the matter...... "Yin Jian was enlightened, and he had no nostalgia for the world, especially the officialdom, so he left his wife and children, moved to Yangcheng near Songshan alone, hid in the world, changed his name to Xuan Jian, and began to follow Zhang Jujun's cultivation.

After introducing his life experience, Xuan Jian said: "Although Master Zhang is in the extreme, but the clouds are about to break the barrier, he will not soar day by day, and he does not want to be disturbed, so I am here to wait for Qing." ”

Zhang Luxin said How can it be so coincidental, Pei Xuanren over there said that he was expected to ascend to the immortal, and here Zhang Jujun also said that he was going to ascend - are you going to go before anyone? But he couldn't help but wonder, so he asked Xuan Jian, how could you guess that I would come to Yangcheng?

Xuan Jian said that I relied on divination, and knew that people from the west asked to see Master Zhang, and they must pass through Yangcheng, so I came here in advance to wait for you-" Qing seems to want to ask Master Zhang, but if you know, you will tell each other. ”

Zhang Luxin said that there is another fortune teller, and it seems to be more accurate than the old monk of the magic mirror. immediately said his intentions, saying that about the rumor of "the long man holding the bow", did Ling Shi hear it from Yu Ji, and was also overheard by Zhang Mink?

Xuan Jian nodded, with a sad look on his face: "Master Zhang Zengyun, there was a disciple Zhang Mink in the past, who heard this prophecy and went down the mountain, wanting to respond. Knowing that it should not be, he also warned him not to leak this matter, because if he leaks it, he will die. If you are like this, Zhang Mink will die!"

Zhang Luxin said that I didn't kill Zhang Mink, but will my family kill him...... I don't know, and I'm not going to know. I heard Xuan Jian continue: "This matter, Master Zhang also deeply regretted it......"

Thinking that Yu Ji went to Songshan and proudly boasted to Zhang Jujun that he had obtained a rumor from the "Heavenly Abyss", Zhang Jujun immediately asked, saying that you want to cause chaos in the world? But in fact, at that time, Zhang Jujun didn't take this matter to heart—originally cultivators didn't care much about mundane things—the impact of the left and right was only that a disciple wanted to go down the mountain to answer the message, Zhang Mink had almost no immortal bones, and no more cultivation would have any results, so he could leave if he wanted.

However, just a few years later, Zhang Jiao and others broke out in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and thieves and warlords from all sides also took advantage of the situation, stirring up the world of a big man everywhere, and the soldiers and civilians died. Only then did Zhang Jujun realize the seriousness of the matter, and he hated Yu Ji in his heart - it was all caused by you!

This time, Zhang Jujun felt that there was hope for his ascension, and he planned to retreat and cultivate, so he took care of Xuan Jian in advance, saying that someone would come from the West soon and ask me about it. When the time comes, you can receive the visitor for me, tell me honestly about the situation, and if the other party still needs anything, do your best to help.

When Zhang Lu heard this, he groaned slightly, and said that I really have something to ask Mr. Xuan for help. He was ordered by Pei Xuanren to come to Zhang Jujun to ask about the matter, but he couldn't see his master, and he couldn't judge the truth of what Xuan Jian said. So he asked Xuan Jian, saying that if you are not afraid of the fatigue of the journey, can you go back to Jingmur Mountain with me and say it again to my master Pei Xuanren in person?

Xuan Jian said with a smile: "I have cultivated from Master Zhang, although I can't shrink the ground and walk, my feet are also strong, why are you afraid of traveling far away?"

As soon as Zhang Lu heard it, it is estimated that this guy has only cultivated three or five years more than himself, and his level is not too much different-he also doesn't know how to shrink the land--just took his companion on the road, which saved me the loneliness of the journey. He thought so in his heart, in fact, he didn't see anyone on Zhongding all the year round - except for Pei Xuanren, who was in retreat for three days and two ends, and gradually, he didn't know what loneliness was.

So they boarded together. The old man was very talkative, and told Zhang Lu about his life experience and eunuch experience, and the two of them also did a discussion on monasticism, and Zhang Lu did benefit a lot - you must know that learning this matter is not only based on your own efforts and the teacher's teaching, but also the students' mutual improvement and exchange of experiences, which is also indispensable. Of course, Zhang Lu didn't mention his crossing to the other party, he was afraid that Xuan Jian would not be able to accept it, after all, the old man's life experience and understanding of the natural universe were completely inferior to Zhang Jian, who had become an immortal, and Pei Xuanren, who had lived for hundreds of years.

When he returned to Zhongding, he reported to Pei Xuanren, Pei Xuanren pondered for a while, and said to Xuan Jian: "Hearing what Qing said, the teacher also worries about the prophecy, and he is with me." Now that I and Lingshi have no time to get involved in the mortal world anymore, are you willing to explore the root cause of the matter with Earl Zhang?" He said that this rumor not only caused turmoil in the human world, but also caused the foreign ways and demons to run rampant, and I am afraid that it will affect the inheritance of the Orthodox Law of cultivating immortals, so even the immortals who originally regarded all things as dogs and did not interfere in the affairs of the mortal world gradually paid attention. He hoped that Xuan Jian could go with Zhang Lu to investigate the matter.

Zhang Lu was a little dazed: "What is the beginning?" How to investigate this matter?

Xuan Jian said: "If you can visit Nanhua Immortal, you may know the root cause." ”

Pei Xuanren said that it was right, Yu Ji claimed to have received the revelation from the "Heavenly Abyss", that is, the prophecy originally came from the sky, but the immortal, who never mentioned Zhang Jian's name, did not know about it. So there are two possibilities: first, Yu Ji lied to his old friend Zhang Jujun, and second, it was not the heavenly immortals who transmitted the prophecy through what "Tianyuan", but some other evil demon. No matter what the reason is, as long as Yu Ji is found, it is possible to find out the truth.

Zhang Luxin said that Yu Ji is also an enlightened earth immortal, just the two of us in the past, is he willing to tell the truth? It's just that this idea is too cringe, he is very familiar with Pei Xuanren, and they both know what kind of goods the other party is, if the master and apprentice are alone, maybe they will bring it up directly, but after all, there is a Jian Jian next to him, and he really can't say anything about his timid words that expose himself too much.

So he asked, "Where is Nanhua Immortal?" and "Where can we go to find Yu Ji?"

Pei Xuanren's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "I don't know about this." ”

Zhang Lu suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, so he first asked Xuan Jian: "Hu Buzhan Zhi?" Don't you know how to divination, can you calculate where Yu Ji is? Xuan Jian shook his head and said: "It's difficult, it's difficult to ......."

Pei Xuanren suddenly asked Zhang Lu: "Do you think you can know the future?" Do you think the future can be predicted?

Zhang Lu couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart, What do you mean by this? In the previous life, in fact, I didn't believe that the future was predestined, and I could calculate it in advance in order to drive away good fortune and avoid evil, but isn't this a world with magic in front of me? If there is no prophecy or great prophecy, is it still a magical world? Is there still a basis for the existence of gods and ghosts? Don't you tell me that there are any strange new settings in this world......

Attached: "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, and the Biography of Yin": "The word Yin Zhengzi is the first, and Henan Yanshi is also." Grandfather was thrifty, and Emperor Ling was assassinated by thieves at the end of Yizhou. Cao Pi's "Classics and Treatises": "Yingchuan Xuanjian can open the valley and bait Ling." ”