Chapter 17: The Demon Temple
The little Taoist priest is a female crown, a neat and tidy uniform, and the person is also clean, not carrying a floating dust or carrying a sword, just standing in the middle of the road with a pair of snow-white hands.
The little Taoist priest looked at Zhao Ta curiously, Zhao Ta was riding a horse and walking in front at the moment, and the jade lion in the night was relatively tall, so the little Taoist priest could only look up, and a pair of eyes were bent into a crescent moon shape, which was very good-looking.
Zhao Ta went out of Beijing this time with a commander of the Long Wei Army, and the actual establishment should be nine hundred people, but one is because of the lack of horses, and the other is that the forbidden army is seriously paid, so this is enough for a commander to actually only have more than three or four hundred people, less than half of the establishment, counting the personal guards, and the miscellaneous soldiers are about 500 people.
The little Taoist stared at Zhao Ta, and the commander of the Long Wei Army couldn't help but say on the side: "But the Taoist of the Shangqing Palace?" Rude! ”
Although the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is eroded, Long Wei is the Fourth Army, and whether he can fight or not, his momentum is always very familiar.
The little Taoist priest was shouted by this, but he relieved himself, but he didn't pay attention to the commander of the army, but said to Zhao Ta: "May I ask if you are the prince from the capital?" ”
Zhao Ta smiled, signaled the commander of the army not to be noisy, and said: "It is Zhao Ta, who came from Tokyo and wants to go up the mountain to worship Tianzun and pray for blessings. ”
The little Taoist priest nodded and said, "My name is Zhang Miaojie, if you want to go up the mountain, you can come with me." ”
Zhao Ta said: "How does the little Taoist know my identity?" ”
The little Taoist priest said: "Guess, Zhao Ta, such a big scene is not a battle of ordinary officials, it must be a prince and noble." ”
Zhao Ta was silent, he insisted on coming to Longhu Mountain, it was because of the fact that Taiwei Hong had gone to the demon by mistake, he wanted to see if there was really magic in this world, after all, he had to do a lot of things in the future, and he always had to be prepared in his heart.
In fact, he doesn't believe in these things, but since it is a water margin, he must always verify it and take a look at it to be sure.
Zhao Ta said: "Then there will be Lao Xiaodao to lead the way." ”
The little Taoist priest said: "Zhao Ta, you can call me by my name, and there are too many of your people, both cars and horses, all of them go up the mountain and have nowhere to put them." ”
Zhao Ta looked back, and said that the carriage and horses were indeed unable to continue to hurry, so after thinking about it, he gave an order, only bringing Lei Sanhong and Qi to accompany him, and the others stayed at the foot of the mountain to set up tents and camps.
The three of them went up the mountain with the little Taoist, and Zhao Ta chatted on the road: "Can the Heavenly Master be on the mountain?" ”
Zhang Miaojie said: "I don't know, the Heavenly Master is idle and wild, and the traces are difficult to find, and sometimes they will appear, and they will disappear when they are deliberately searched." ”
Zhao Ta's original intention was to meet this Zhang Tianshi, after all, the Renzong Dynasty has been in this Tianshi to this time, and it is still this Heavenly Master who sits in Longhu Mountain.
He said, "Miaojie Xiaodao is waiting here? ”
Zhang Miaojie said slyly: "Zhao Ta, you think too much, I just went back to the mountain to meet by chance, do you think I am clever?" ”
Zhao Ta said with a smile: "It's not rumored that the magic of Dragon Tiger Mountain is strong, and it is needless to say that the Heavenly Master respects it, and all the real people are also extraordinary, and the prediction may not be true!" ”
Zhang Miaojie shook her head and said, "I'm just a little Taoist, not a real person." ”
Zhao Ta saw that she was lively and elf, and couldn't help but tease: "Since your surname is Zhang, you are a Heavenly Master, but you can also be a Little Heavenly Master." ”
Zhang Miaojie blinked her eyes and said, "How can there be a woman who is a heavenly teacher, it turns out that Zhao Ta is Ye Gong a good dragon, you don't know much about it, you don't know our Dragon Tiger Mountain at all!" ”
Zhao Ta Yile knew that this Zhang Miaojie was indeed a lineage of Zhang Tianshi, but he didn't know what the relationship was with the contemporary Heavenly Master.
After a while, the four of them came to the front of the Shangqing Palace, because they were not ordered to announce the tune, nor did they discuss in advance, there was no guard of honor in the palace, and Zhao Ta didn't care in his heart.
Standing in front of the palace, Zhao Ta looked carefully, and it was a good seat in the Shangqing Palace, but see:
Green pine buckling, Cypress Sensen. The door hangs the golden book, the household column spirit rune jade seal, the virtual emperor altar, vaguely weeping willow flowers; By the furnace of alchemy, the pine and old cypress are covered.
There is also a drain of water under the steps, and the wall is surrounded by a good mountain. The crane has a red crown, and the turtle has green hair. The treetop head offers the fruit ape, and the sedge is tied to the white deer. On the Sanqing Palace, the Golden Bell Taoist stepped into the void; In front of the Four Holy Churches, knock on the jade chime and fight for real people. Offering incense to the platform, the colorful glow shines on the blue glass; Summoning the Yao altar, the red sun shadow shakes the red agate.
"Sure enough!" Zhao Ta couldn't help but praise.
Zhang Miaojie led a few people in, and immediately notified the Taoist attendants, attracting the Taoist priest who presided over the real people's halls to greet him.
After greeting each other, they all went to the Sanqing Palace, and after the incense, Zhao Ta asked, "Where is the Heavenly Master today?" ”
The host of the real person said forward: "So that the prince can know that this generation of patriarchs is called Xujing Heavenly Master, who is good and high-minded, tired of greeting and sending off, and does not live in the palace and does not preside. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Ta glanced at the little female crown Zhang Miaojie and nodded, whether it was really not there or didn't want to see it, this was not a forced thing.
At that moment, he went to another place to drink tea and make offerings, and after fasting, he dismissed the Taoist boy, and Zhao Ta asked Zhang Miaojie where to go to the Demon Palace.
Zhang Miaojie was not surprised, and only said: "Before, the bus was waiting, if someone went up the mountain and wanted to see the Demon Palace, let him see it, but there is nothing to see in it at the moment." ”
"Father-in-law?" Zhao Ta knew that this was what the grandfather of the local dialect meant, and he thought for a moment: "But Zhang Tianshi? ”
The little Taoist priest hurriedly covered his face and said, "If you accidentally said something and missed your mouth, you should not have heard it." ”
Zhao Ta shook his head: "It turns out that you are the granddaughter of Zhang Tianshi, why didn't you hear this?" I said why I walked unhindered in this palace, it turned out that there was this reason. ”
Zhang Miaojie bowed her head and was silent when she heard this, and Zhao Ta didn't know what she was thinking, so she was silent for a moment and said, "Can Miaojie Xiaodao take me to the Demon Palace?" ”
Zhang Miaojie raised her head and showed a small face: "Zhao Ta, when do you want to see it?" ”
Zhao Ta saw her agree, thinking that the sooner this matter was, the better, so he said, "How about going now?" ”
Zhang Miaojie agreed, and Zhao Ta only took Hong Qiyi and went out of the Taoist room with her.
The Shangqing Palace is vast and vast, the little female crown Zhang Miaojie in front leads the way, all the way forward, the Sanqing Palace, the Nine Heavens Palace, the Ziwei Palace, the North Pole Hall are all solemn and sacred, and there are the Taiyi Palace, the Sanguan Palace, the Exorcism Palace, etc.
When Zhao Ta looked at the back of the right corridor, it was another temple, all of which were red mud walls, with two vermilion doors in front of them, and the door was wrapped with thick iron chains on his arms, but there was no lock, and there were more than a dozen covers pasted on the crosses, and the seals were stacked on the covers, but the covers had long been mottled, and even opened, as if they were going to fall off when they touched it.
Looking up, there is a vermilion lacquer gold plaque in front of the eaves, with four gold characters written on it, but it is the "Temple of the Demons".