Chapter 25: A Vision from Heaven
"If you're full, you're not hungry, and if you're hungry, you're not full," Zhang Daoda said softly.
"What do you mean by that?"
"This sentence is the evaluation of the boy who left a book for his ancestors, this is the nonsense of wisdom, the famous words of wisdom, and it hits the nail on the head."
The two fell silent for a moment, and neither spoke again. Look up at the starry sky. In the sky, there is no moon stirring, all the stars are competing with each other, and a Milky Way stretches across the sky.
"Huh? What's that? ”
A thin purple light spanned the starry sky and landed in Chang'an City. It's not bright, but it's clearly visible. Got my eyes? Tai Shi Ling hurriedly rubbed his eyes, the light was still there.
"It is indeed a vision" Zhang Zhenren followed Sima Qian's direction, and also found the purple light: "You are Taishi Ling, in charge of celestial phenomena, have you ever seen such a vision?" ”
"I've never seen it."
"There can be a record."
"It doesn't seem to be."
"Purple Qi is coming from the east, is it possible that it should be on him?" The real person muttered to himself.
"Who are you talking about?" Tai Shiling asked.
After saying "Poor Dao Farewell", he didn't wait for Sima Qian to react, he left in a hurry, and when Tai Shiling wanted to send him off, he couldn't see Zhang Zhenren.
"Lin'er! Guan'er! Come here! Sima Qian stared intently at the purple line, and hurriedly called out to his son and daughter.
Hearing their father's loud shout, Tai Shiling's two sons thought something was wrong, and immediately put down their work and ran out.
"Father, what's wrong with you?" Sima Linyi came to his father's side and asked a question hurriedly, looking from top to bottom, for fear that his father would have an accident.
"Look, what's that?"
"Where?" found that there was nothing wrong with the father, and the father's attention was not on himself, and the eldest son's heart was also relaxed.
"Nothing." The daughter's heart was also calmed, and she followed her father's finger and looked at the crooked moon in the sky. Following my father's fingers, there were only the moon and clouds.
"Don't you see a purple light?" Sima Qian turned his head suspiciously, looking at his son and daughter.
"No, nothing, father, are you dazzled?" The son's eyes widened.
"Huh? It's impossible" Tai Shiling rubbed his eyes again, and looked again, sure enough, there was no more.
"Just now, it was clear and clear, why did it disappear so quickly?"
"Father, you must be too tired, go back to your room and rest. We'll do the cleaning up of the room, you can rest assured," ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ daughter comforted her father intimately.
"Purple light appears in the sky, do you know what it means?" Sima Qian ignored the concerns of his son and daughter, and hurriedly asked.
"Purple qi, of course, represents a saint, and the meaning of a saint must appear," his son Sima Lin replied.
"Is there really going to be a saint? Is there really such a mystical thing? Sima Qian's drunkenness was fully awake. Although in his book, he is a Xuanyao and a red dragon, but he is a Confucian, an authentic Confucian, and Confucius has long classified these things as strange forces and chaos. Although the master Dong Zhongshu pays attention to the induction of heaven and man, he knows that this is a strategy used by his teacher to restrain the imperial power, including Dong Zhongshu himself, who does not believe in these strange forces.
"Let's put the manuscript aside for now." Tai Shi Ling suddenly felt a little tired, he knew the purpose of his history cultivation, at the beginning, he really wanted to inherit his father's will, fulfill his father's last wish, and recreate the annals of history.
After the palace punishment, his thoughts changed, especially, he just said a fair word for Li Ling, whether the emperor listens or not, he doesn't have the reason for his palace punishment, what is the palace punishment, it is a punishment that insults his ancestors, and for himself, it is more serious than beheading.
Today, listening to Daoda's words, he said that his touch was not a lie, he thought that no one could understand it, but Zhang Daoda saw it at a glance.
That's right, what I wrote is not history, but a book of gods and monsters, a book of words that scandalize and curse the Liu family, am I too resentful?
"Father, how can that be done! There is already a word in the palace that the manuscript must be delivered to the palace tomorrow, said the Holy One... The Holy One said that he would see it for himself, for himself. "Son Sima Lin, when he heard that his father didn't want to hand over the manuscript, he was a little anxious, his father almost lost his life because of his disobedience to the saint, if he disobeyed again this time, it might not be his father's business alone, but a disaster for the whole family.
"Yes, father, why did you suddenly change your mind?" Daughter Sima Guan was also anxious, offending the emperor, it was a big mistake.
"I think, I think there's something to be considered." Seeing the anxious faces of his son and daughter, Tai Shi Ling didn't know what to do, these things were not his alone, they were a family matter: "Alas" Tai Shi Ling sighed, shook his head, and said: "Then deliver it on time, whether it is a blessing or a curse, it depends on the will of God." ”
"It's a curse, it's a blessing. Thousands of years later, I will remember my father's achievements, and my father will go down in history. Seeing that the father did not insist any longer, the son and daughter finally put their hearts back in their stomachs.
"Famous in the annals of history" Tai Shi Ling smiled self-deprecatingly, but his heart was dripping blood.
Since the emperor Liu Che cultivated immortals in a vain attempt to live forever, Chang'an City gathered a large number of gods, including alchemy, hopeful, fortune-tellers, and feng shui.
There are immortals who are still on the road, and there are immortals who have already set up camp.
Now in the Qin Heavenly Prison, a few immortals have gathered and are holding a meeting to discuss the celestial phenomena that have just appeared.
"Fellow Daoist, it seems that your spirit is a little poor, was it too hard to double cultivate last night?" A person saw the people around him, Ha Chi Liantian, and asked with concern.
Last night, as soon as the guard of Qin Tianjian found a vision from the sky, he summoned these gods overnight to study the vision, this is not a joke, in case the emperor asks about it in the morning, there must be a countermeasure, who dares to say, I fell asleep and didn't see it.
"Alas~ Too platinum star, you have to pull me to drink, and I drank all night. Alas~ The amount of liquor here is too large, and the poor road really can't resist. While beating Hachi, he said that he was not even dressed neatly, and his hat was crooked. Whether there was a vision or not, he didn't know, but he must have had a good night last night.
"Oh? Venus drank? Some time ago, he told me that he had quit. Another took over with a pair of eyes.
"You don't know, I've already opened my vows. At the Pan Taoyuan banquet opened by the Jade Emperor on the fifteenth day, Venus saw that he hadn't finished eating a lot of things, so he packed and brought some back, so that we could also taste them. The peach, but it is big, round and white, crisp and sweet" As soon as he heard that someone answered his words, Da Hachi's brother was immediately shaken, and the tiger body was also shaken, and under the two shocks, he regained his vitality.
"Are you sure it's a peach and not a round radish?" Round radish is a rarity, just imported from the Western Regions, it is round and white.
"What kind of round radish, it's a peach, the kind with red in the powder." Hachi hurriedly declared, gnawing radish with Tai Bai Xing? Are you kidding.
"Ah~ You ate the peach?" The other tone was a little sarcastic, everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, what kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending.
"Yes, yes? What's the problem? ”
"Didn't you notice that they were all bitten?"
"What? Got bitten. Oh, yes, yes, yes, it was bitten. I asked at the time, and the old lady said that he bit it, and he had bad teeth, and asked me if I minded. Then I can mind, he is an old man, and filial piety is the foundation of our life. How could I dislike the peach that was bitten by the old man. The former suddenly realized, although he didn't know what the other party meant, but the sedan chair, everyone still understands the truth.
"Alas, you were deceived by Venus." The former looked at the latter with some pity.
"What! Why? The former looked a little sluggish, not knowing if it was time to answer.
"It wasn't bitten by an old lady, it was bitten by a monkey." The latter was still speechless, and said lightly.
"Monkey bite? How do you know? The former regretted taking the words of the pole lifter, everyone knows that monkeys like to eat peaches, why should I say peaches, I just said that the cold melon is good, not as big as the monkey has such a big mouth, will take a bite of the cold melon.
"I was at Taishang Laojun's place to listen to Laojun talk about the supreme magic method, and I heard that a monkey came in without knowing how and took a bite of each peach. What do you think, who are the people who participated in the peach banquet, the great god, can the little hairy god be qualified to see the queen mother's peach banquet? Who of these great gods would eat a peach that has been bitten by a monkey? They were all sent to Lao Jun to be burned. The latter saw that the foreshadowing had served its purpose, so he shook off his cheeks.
"Isn't Lao Jun's gossip furnace alchemy? How to change to burning garbage. "Hmph, if you don't let me eat peaches comfortably, I won't let you open the stove, and the former also began to find flaws in the other party.
"You don't know this, that stove is a scrapped stove, and Lao Jun has long since stopped using it." The latter seemed to be prepared for the other party's careful thinking, and scoffed.
"Oh, that's right, I said, Lao Jun didn't feel distressed at all. It's a shame. Seeing the defeat of eating peaches, another one rushed up, this starting point is high, directly to the thirty-three heavens, and Taishang Laojun as a neighbor, just wait for the time to come, tell everyone that the two-story building next door to Dutushi Palace is their home.
"Pity? Lao Jun is not short of money. Do you know how much Lao Jun's one gold pill sells? Saying it scares you to death! A mountain of gold! It has to be in place. If the relationship is not in place, the ten gold mountains will not be sold to you. ”
"Oh my God, how much is that?" Those who wanted to build a shack next to the Tushi Palace were also defeated, and this master didn't have a door at all, so he couldn't afford to provoke him.
"Lao Jun gave me a golden pill at that time, but it's a pity~~" pretended to sigh, looked around, and waited for the sedan chair bearer to lift it for himself, whoever lifted it at this time will be his iron buddy in the future.
"What's the matter, that's a great blessing." The sedan chair bearer immediately appeared, it was an old and scumbag old guy, he was old and fine, and sure enough.
"I took a bite and couldn't move. Lao Jun said, keep it for me, and when I have practiced enough, I will give it to me when I have grown iron and copper teeth. I licked it right now, you see me, refreshed, I feel a little loose after years of bottlenecks. "Lick Jin Dan or not, I don't know, I am refreshed but it is vividly expressed, this one looked at the old guy very gratefully.
"Congratulations to fellow Daoists, congratulations. That fellow Daoist, can you let me lick it too? ”
"Say what? Do you think Jindan is an egg? ”
"Stingy, isn't it just a lick, and it's not bad to lick." The old guy is angry, damn it, Lao Tzu showed his old face to carry a sedan chair for you, and you didn't even give me a chance to lick it, what a thing!
"Hey, fellow Daoists, we are here today to study last night's vision, let's talk about the vision." The host finally couldn't listen to it anymore, and if he continued like this, he might get into the bed of the Golden Queen Mother, so he hurriedly spoke out to stop it.
"Vision? What vision? Almost everyone was stunned, they were summoned in the middle of the night, and they said that they had something important, and they didn't say anything important, looking at the stars in the middle of the night? Something wrong, right?
"You didn't see that?" The host was a little embarrassed, aren't these people all leaders in the god stick world, why don't they even know about such a major event?
"I won't tell you, I drank with Old Venus last night."
"I didn't see it either, I just got out of class this morning. Lao Junfei let me ride his green ox, you know, the ox walked too slowly to catch up. There is a vision in Chang'an City? What vision?! The chief god stick looked at a few fellow Daoists, and saw that none of them came out to take the initiative to speak, so he had to speak. Of course, the purpose of opening the mouth is not to solve the problem, but to clear the responsibility, which is not to blame me, but to the cow.
"Didn't you see it, in the middle of the night last night, a purple light shot straight into the sky." The host hurriedly explained the wonders that appeared in the middle of the night to the stick head, of course, I originally hoped that he could give an explanation, it doesn't matter if the explanation is right or not, if the emperor asks, I will push them out, anyway, they are professional sticks, and the emperor also believes them, so let it be explained.
But now, looking at their nonsense one by one, although there is some anxiety in their hearts, it is better to explain the situation clearly to them, in case these magic sticks are split in front of the emperor, they may also be implicated.
"What kind of purple light?" Not to mention, this magic stick is still relatively dedicated, although he only cared about double cultivation last night, and he didn't see the vision from the sky, but he knew that he had to figure out the vision, as for how to explain it is his own business, in case the vision he said is different from what others see, he may be driven out of the magic stick circle, and it is possible to lose his head.
"It's just a very fine, up to the sky" The host recalled and described it very seriously.
"How fine is it?" The god stick asked, this is very important, in case he says that it is as thick as a bucket, it will be troublesome.
"It's about the same as a hair."
"So thin, how did you see that?"
"Me?" The host was depressed, you don't care how I saw it, Lao Tzu saw it when he and pouted, and said impatiently: "This is a fact, many people have seen it." ”
"I'm sorry sir, don't mind, I just want to know more details, damn green cow, if you go faster, I can observe it with my own eyes. Where does that light end up? "The god stick felt that he was a little speechless, although the god stick world didn't look down on these sour and rotten literati who knew everything, but at least now, he couldn't do without these people, without these people, they wouldn't be able to contact the palace at all, let alone get close to the emperor himself, they couldn't fool the emperor's cook, they weren't good gods.
The thought of having a fool known as the Wise Shenwu, sitting on the throne, waiting for him to fool around, the Divine Stick couldn't help but feel a little excited, and a full sense of accomplishment filled his chest. You play the world, Lao Tzu plays you!
Just like the first emperor of Erha in the previous dynasty, he was deceived and didn't even have pants, and he proclaimed himself what kind of emperor he was through the ages, stupidly waiting for Xu Fu to send him the elixir of immortality, with the elixir of immortality, Xu Fu wouldn't eat it himself, and leave it to you? Thinking of this, the god stick couldn't help but have a weird smile on his face.
"What are you laughing at, do you know the answer?" The host was very uncomfortable when he saw the gloomy smile.
"No, no, no, I thought of some interesting things about Tushi Palace, my lord, you continue." The god stick was startled and hurriedly explained. It seems that people can't get carried away, and if they forget, they are easy to show their flaws.
"To the southeast of Chang'an City." The officials of the Qin Heavenly Prison told them all what they had seen.
"It's really in the city" The god stick hurriedly settled down and confirmed.
"It's in the city."
"Is it really purple light? Not glaucoma? ”
"Purple and glaucom. Is there a big difference in meaning? This question made the host a little vague.
"Hmm~~" The god stick pretended to hum mysteriously, and then said: "Purple light, it means that a saint was born; ”
"What about Qingguang?" The host hurriedly asked, this is not ambiguous, in case it touches the taboo, it will be troublesome.
"Qingguang" Shen Stick also relaxed his tone: "It means that the blue is better than the blue".
"Oh, that's right, that's Qingguang."
"Is it glaucoma?"
"It seems to be, anyway, it's blue with purple, purple with blue." A series of questions made the host's question vague, not that he didn't see it, he saw it in person, but he was a reader, and his eyes were a little short-sighted, and he didn't dare to confirm it. Moreover, who these people are, he really knows it, and he gets the villain who tells right and wrong everywhere, the gentleman can be offended, and the villain can never be offended, no matter what the identity of the villain is.