Xianju is very close to Taizhou, and not far from the seaside, which is only a hundred miles.

Although Lu Shisang is the head of the Ming Sect, but he is not closely related to the sect, before joining the Ming Sect, he had many horses, in response to the Fang La uprising, but also called himself the general of the sky, following the example of Huang Chao, and rarely had contact with the Holy Army.

After being defeated by Tong Guan's troops, he led dozens of his own soldiers and fled into the vast sea, where he was missing......

At this moment, it has entered the middle of summer, not the warm season of early spring when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the heat is unbearable, the sun is scorching, and Zhao Ta and his team are tormented.

I had to look around for the traces of Fang La, and I had to clear some of the rogues who didn't know whether it was Fang La's army or the Lu Shilang army, which was quite hard.

When they arrived outside Xianju City, the county commander and the soldiers and horses all got the news and went out of the city to greet them.

Xianju was lost before, the magistrate was killed, and the master was also dead, and after Tong Guan recovered, he let the county temporarily take over the county affairs, and waited for the new magistrate appointed by the imperial court to arrive.

All the way in, Zhao Ta watched the cultural scenery.

Xianju is an ancient city, but it is only a county government, it is not said that the city is high and broad, the walls are strict, but there are many scenic spots, although some of them were destroyed under the war, but there are also a lot left.

Xianju is the place where allusions such as "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven", "the vicissitudes of the sea", and "every person says something".

Here is full of antiquity, the ancient style is mellow, and inside and outside the city, the scenery is beautiful on all sides, the scenery is charming, like a picture scroll.

Zhao Ta settled in Xianju County and asked the county magistrate and the soldiers and horses to supervise some wartime affairs and whether the current situation was peaceful.

The two of them only promised, picked up the good songs and praised virtues, Zhao Ta was bored, and waved the two away.

Then he pondered, he didn't find Fang La on the road, just like Zhao Kai said, this method of finding a needle in a haystack may have some effect on ordinary people, but it has no effect on characters like Fang La.

As for Lu Shisang, he never cleaned up the remnants of the army after he was defeated, after all, the general trend has gone, and it is extremely difficult to regain the sword soldiers.

But since he came, he couldn't leave easily, the scenery of Xianju was good, so Zhao Ta planned to stay for a while and wait for news from Tong Guan's side.

Zhao Kai didn't have to count on it, and he thought about it carefully, Tian Hu was actually unlikely to go there.

Although the two know each other well, after all, Fang La is the emperor, how can Tian Hu tolerate him, the Holy Emperor?

So even if Fang La did look for an escape route according to the map, it was probably Guizhou and Dongting Lake.

After resting overnight, Zhao Ta changed his appearance the next day, changed into a pair of burnt yellow skin, and then called Du Yan, Wu Song, and the three brothers of the Bai family to travel.

As for the Scarlet Pioneer Regiment, let Shen Fei take it with him, and leave the city with the three thousand cavalry to inspect the six towns and eight townships below the Xianju, and check suspicious people.

After seeing several places of interest and historic sites in the city, Zhao Ta led people to go to Daxing Temple to eat fasting, Daxing Temple thousand-year-old temple, the first year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty was established, the first name was Stone Zen Temple, during the Kaibao period of this dynasty, it was renamed Daxing Temple.

At this time, the war has been extinguished, the front of Daxing Temple is very lively, all kinds of stalls sell sundries, pick up the fresh fruit when selling, shake the lot divination to see the appearance, there is everything, the pedestrians are also men, women and children, rubbing shoulders, bustling.

After eating, Bai Ao said: "Childe, yesterday I explored the road in front of the military horse, and saw a large bamboo forest outside the east city of this immortal residence, and there were faint temple flags and other things inside. ”

Zhao Ta nodded yes, and the group went straight to the east, not far after going out of the city gate, and sure enough, they saw a large green bamboo forest, I don't know how many miles away, there are wine flags and roads that are oblique, small gray tiles in the forest, white walls and Taoist temples, and there are caves.

Walk over and see that the restaurant is very heroic, in front of the blue brick house, the bamboo and wood wine canopy is sprinkled straight into the forest, there are more than a dozen tables, nearly 100 pairs of guests, at this moment there are people drinking in twos and threes, but it is not noisy, very poetic and picturesque.

Zhao Ta couldn't help but praise: "It's really a good place, worthy of the word Xianju." ”

A few people walked to the "Drunken Dream" wine flag fluttering in the wind, and Zhao Ta suddenly stopped his footsteps, looking at the thick flagpole with a thoughtful expression.

Right in the inconspicuous position of the flagpole, as if graffiti, there is a small symbol.

This symbol is not large, and if you don't look at it carefully, or even if you are unfamiliar with it, you won't notice it at all.

It was a white firework, green bamboo skin, white depiction, vivid.

Zhao Ta squinted, he recognized that this was the contact signal of the Ming Sect, and secretly thought that this "Drunken Dream" restaurant was a remnant stronghold of the Ming Sect?

Now that Fang La has fallen, Lu Shisang has been defeated, the main altar of the Gangyuan Ming Sect has been completely destroyed, and the branch altars in various places are no longer there, so it stands to reason that the Jiangnan Ming Sect should be dispersed.

Even if there are still some remnants running outside, they are scattered, and it is too late to evade the search of officers and soldiers, where will they be contacted? There is no such thing as an organization, and there is absolutely no such thing as a meeting.

The symbol on this flagpole is not like the old one, looking at the traces of the knife edge, it is newly engraved, that is, someone is really secretly colluding.

But what puzzled Zhao Ta was that the level of this white fireworks symbol was not low, and it was not something that ordinary disciples or low-level messengers such as the envoys could use.

He glanced at the surrounding drinkers, and no one paid attention to this symbol, for ordinary people, even if they saw this white firework, but they didn't know it, they wouldn't go to their hearts.

Zhao Ta pondered, if it is said that this drunken dream restaurant is the dark spot of Mingjiao, it is still a little too arbitrary, after all, the flagpole stands outside the door, and the guests will draw a few times at will, and the restaurant will not care, and the bamboo flagpole is worthless, it is everywhere, and you can take materials at will.

"Let's go and see in the woods." Zhao Ta didn't care about the symbol, but called a few people to walk along the bamboo leaf path to the depths of the forest.

Not long after they left, a person came out of the wine shop, dressed in the bookkeeper, carrying an iron abacus in his hand, looked at the symbols on the flagpole, and then looked at the backs of Zhao Ta and the others in the distance, with a meaningful expression.

This bamboo forest is vast and contains many antique buildings.

There are some small temples in front of the gods, all of which are presided over by temple blessings, but there is no shortage of incense, and the people who worship God on incense are in a row.

Continue to walk inside and see a Taoist temple, this Taoist temple is huge, covers a wide area, green bamboo flowers and trees, as if the paradise is located.

Before the group came to the gate, Zhao Ta looked up, and the plaque was written with three official scripts of "Immortal View".

Wu Erlang didn't say much, and he was silent all the way, but at this moment, he couldn't help but say: "What a big breath, you dare to call such a name!" ”

Du Yan next to him smiled and said: "What is this, there is a Taoist temple in my hometown, the radius is less than half of here, and the scenery is even more indescribable, what is the name of Erlang?" ”

Wu Song shook his head and said nothing, Du Yan said: "It's called Dengxian Temple, the incense is extremely prosperous, it is said that as long as you sincerely worship, you will definitely ascend to the sky and become an immortal." ”

Wu Song wondered, "What does it mean to worship sincerely?" ”

Du Yan said: "Since it is a large amount of gold and silver donations, it is no different from the merit donated by the monk temple. ”

Wu Song sneered: "My ring sword can be given away to become immortals, but I never need to donate it." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed and went inside.

At this time, a little Taoist priest came out, let everyone go, but blocked in front of Wu Song, and after singing "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable" in a crisp voice, he said, "This donor, please stay." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Wu Song wondered: "Why are you blocking my way alone?" ”

The little Taoist priest said: "The donor is a member of the Shi family, and the original view is a Taoist, and the donor is still Mo Jin." ”

It turned out that after Wu Song put on a head monk robe from Jiang Ning, he felt that it was wide and comfortable, so he didn't change it, but instead made a crescent gold hoop around his head, consciously free and easy, and looked like a Buddhist practitioner.

When he heard this, he was annoyed: "Which rule of the sprinkler family can't enter this dress?" ”

The little Taoist priest raised his chin and said, "You head Tuo Mo wants to be angry, even if I go to the temple, I will not be allowed to enter, where did you receive the ordination?" Which master do you worship? Don't you even know this? ”

Wu Song suddenly felt a little weak, he was a false practitioner, where did he come from to be ordained and apprenticed? I couldn't help but reach out and touch the golden hoop on my hair and said, "The Sprinkle family has neither topped nor been ordained?" ”

The little Taoist priest smiled: "It turned out to be a wild head, but you can't enter it if you wear this, you still have to wait outside." ”

Wu Erlang hated it so much, but this kind of thing is unreasonable, and it is not good to get rid of a robe, if it is hot today, there is not much clothing in it, and what kind of body does it look like with bare arms.

Zhao Ta opened the gold folding fan on the handle next to him and shook it a few times, and said with a smile: "Xiaodao Chief, can you be flexible?" ”

The little Taoist priest glanced at it: "This official, the poor Dao can see that Toutuo is an official himself, but this is the kind of rule in the view, and I am not good at talking, and I have to look at the Lord to have the right to decide." ”

Zhao Ta thought to himself, but this is a clever one, so he said: "I'm here, and the little Taoist chief will go over there and explain to the master to be accommodating." ”

The little Taoist priest's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zhao Ta and did not refuse directly, but said to him: "This ......"

Zhao Ta glanced at Bai Ao beside him, and Bai Ao immediately stepped forward and took out two ingots of silver: "My son-in-law donated the fortune to Guanli, and he also bothered the Taoist chief to go to the master to talk to the aforementioned accommodation. ”

The little Taoist priest immediately smiled, stretched out his hand to take the silver, made a joke, and changed his title: "The believer is full of sincerity, and the little Taoist is willing to go to the Lord to explain, and you are also invited to go inside and swim." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, the little Taoist priest saluted again, then turned around and left, behind Du Yan pulled Wu Song into the door, Wu Song looked at the little Taoist priest in the distance, and said hatefully: "What are the rules, I think the rules of copper smell are the biggest!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "I can't say that, after all, the monks also have to eat and live, not to mention the beautiful scenery here, although it is not a real immortal residence, but it is also rare in the world, spend money to play, buy a peace of mind." ”

The group walked inside, advanced to the Sanqing Palace, and saw that this view was really different from ordinary temples, there were dozens of immortals accompanying them on both sides of Sanqing, and everyone was difficult to recognize, even Zhao Ta was a little dazed.

"There's something in this view!" Du Yan couldn't help but sigh.

Zhao Ta nodded, some of these immortal statues are gilded, some are pastel, and their expressions are lifelike, not the kind of sluggish wooden clay sculptures in the small Taoist temple.

Walking a few steps forward, there were good men and women on the futon kneeling and prostrating, chanting words in their mouths, nothing more than praying for peace and wealth.

Zhao Ta looked at it for half a circle, and wanted to go out from the back of the hall, but he was suddenly stunned, only to see a small symbol drawn on the inside of the moire pillar.

Zhao Ta touched his chin, different from the fireworks symbol he saw on the flagpole of the restaurant before, this is a daylight symbol, which is also the contact symbol of Mingjiao.

Interesting...... Zhao Ta groaned slightly, the restaurant outside may be responsible for the Ming Sect, but there is definitely a big problem with this Taoist temple.

This place is full of luxury, pays attention to belief, and has accumulated countless silver coins at a glance, but this kind of place, in the few months that Lu Shisang occupied the immortal residence, it was not destroyed?

Lu Shinang's army is not like Fang La's army, before joining the Ming Sect, they were all mountain bandits and bandits who sat on the ground and shared the spoils, can they let such a rich Taoist temple not rob or rob it?

Although the Daxing Temple in the city is prosperous at the moment, but there are many temples in it burned and destroyed, Zhao Ta and they went to eat vegetarian food when they saw the ruins of the broken wall, and asked a mouth, why not find someone to repair.

The great monk replied that the money for the incense offering was robbed by the thieves, and the cost of rebuilding the temple was very high, and I was afraid that it would take two years to talk about it.

But this immortal view in front of you ...... There is no trace of destruction, and there is no sign of being robbed, which is a bit of a stretch.

Wu Song and the others didn't know the symbol, they just followed Zhao Ta to stop and go, and went out of the back door to a few more halls, all of them were amazed, and they all said that it was really worth it to come out here today, I haven't seen such a luxurious Taoist temple, even if it is the Shenxiao Palace in the cities of various states, I am afraid it will not be comparable.

After coming to the view for a long time, I saw a big tree between the two halls, this tree is towering to the sky, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, the jasper is like makeup, and the body of the tree must be hugged by three people.

Wu Song was surprised: "What kind of tree is so big, I have never seen it?" ”

Bai Ao said: "Erlang doesn't know, this is Chu Mu, rare in the world, if it is not struck by lightning, it can grow indefinitely, and drought and flood insect disasters cannot be destroyed." ”

Zhao Ta also looked up, only to see that the canopy of the tree was like a huge umbrella cover, covering the sky and the sun, like a green cloud, and he secretly thought in his heart that it was so tall, I was afraid that sooner or later it would be difficult to escape the thunder.

He remembered the Ming religion in his heart, so he looked around the tree, and sure enough, he also found a symbol on the trunk, which was vague, and he recognized it, and after recognizing the meaning, he called everyone into the back hall.

This is a large hall dedicated to Taiyi Salvation Tianzun, Zhao Tan walked around inside, and sure enough, he saw a symbol on a pillar, which was a moonlight talisman.

There are still some miscellaneous talismans under this moonlight talisman, Zhao Ta took a closer look, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

There is indeed a big problem with this immortal view, this is a Mingjiao stronghold, and the miscellaneous talismans under the moonlight talisman represent the meaning of the three watches.

On the third watch day at night, Taiyi saves the suffering Tianzun Hall, which can be jointed.

However, this is obviously not for Zhao Ta, as for who to connect with, Zhao Ta can't guess for a while.

After all, the Ming Sect has been dispersed, and there is no sub-altar in Jiangnan that still exists, and there should not be a connection of this level, but looking at the scale of the contact symbol and the immortal view, it is not like the collusion between the ordinary remnants of the sect below.

The white flame talisman is not something that ordinary believers can draw, as well as the daylight talisman and the moonlight talisman, which are at least the flag master to be qualified to stay, but the flag master is at this level, not to mention the death, and the rest are also hidden to avoid trouble, the limelight is tight at the moment, how can he be bold enough to contact him privately?

"Let's go, let's go out!" Zhao Ta said lightly.

Everyone left the fairy temple together, and then went around the other temples in the bamboo forest, and the sun had already set in the west.

Out of the bamboo forest and in front of the "Drunken Dream" restaurant outside, Zhao Tan squinted slightly, and there were more guests under the bamboo canopy at this moment than before.

Bai Ao was puzzled: "It's getting late, and there is no place to stay outside the city, where are these wine guests?" If you can't enter the city, where can you stay? ”

Zhao Ta groaned slightly, and then said with a smile: "Let's go and sit down too." ”

(End of chapter)