Chapter 21: Finding a Master in the Mountains
Regarding the case of Master Guanghong, the most shocking thing was the nobles in the city.
Ordinary people have had much contact with Master Guanghong, at most when they went to Tai'an Temple to incense, they knew that there was such a monk in Tai'an Temple, but most of the nobles in the city who yearned for the immortal Buddha were not shallow in their dealings with this monk, and they often invited Master Guanghong to drink tea and lecture in the house, or they often went to Tai'an Temple to visit Master Guanghong, and even said to him if they had something on their minds.
Who would have thought that this high monk would be such a person?
But the most shocking thing was the death of this eminent monk.
They have seen the skills of Master Guanghong, lifting paper into soldiers, dreaming in the middle of the night, and protecting the Dharma in the middle of the night, plus all kinds of wonderful techniques, that is, he is a Bodhisattva, and they also believe in it. But now they have seen what it means to have people outside the people, and there are mountains outside the mountains.
The name of Yizhou Zhizhou is Yu Jianbai, who is the leader of the second year of Changyuan, and he is also a person who yearns for the way of immortality of gods and Buddhas, but he has little contact with Master Guanghong.
It's not that he knew that he had today, nor did he know that his mind was not right, but Yu Zhizhou was picky and had a very high vision, and when he heard about his dealings with other nobles in the city, a lot of them were money-exchanged, so it was really difficult to combine Master Guanghong with the real masters in his mind.
Such a person cannot become a Buddha himself, so how can he be led to the path of immortality?
Some time ago, I heard Yidu Zhixian talk about the specific process of Master Guanghong's case, and he became interested in the gentleman in Sweet Water Lane, and then called the head of the case, and asked about the things related to that gentleman, only to feel that although the little gentleman was different from the image of the immortal who did not eat the fireworks of the world in his imagination, he was also a rare master in the world.
At least far above that Guanghong mage.
So I had the idea of getting acquainted with each other.
But for the people who yearn for and admire themselves, whether they are masters in cultivation, or masters of music and rhythm, Danqing masters, etc., they naturally have to lower their attitudes and cannot do the convenience of their status.
I also heard that the little gentleman likes to be pure, but it really embarrassed him for a long time.
Finally learned that Mr. often went to Vasher in the north of the city to listen to books, and recently often went to listen to the piano outside Yang Gonghuo, Yu Zhizhou finally found an opportunity to get acquainted-
Vasher rarely goes to listen to books, but listening to the piano is a good thing, even if he is busy with official business, he often asks his friends to play the piano in the house for fun. Yang Jinsheng is a famous Yale family in Yizhou, Yu Zhizhou naturally visited him, and he has some friendship with him, so he can start from here.
Even Yu Zhizhou thought about it, if he felt that Mr. was indeed as Luo Zhutou said, he could take the opportunity to invite Mr. to Yang Jinsheng's house as a guest and introduce him to Yang Jinsheng, which would be regarded as his favorite.
"Prepare the horses."
"My lord, where are you going?"
"Songlu."
"Okay."
Yu Zhizhou went out to look at the sky, and was very satisfied, so he happily rode a horse.
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It's a cloudy day.
"Autumn is crisp, it's a good time to go out and visit." Song You stared at the sky and muttered.
Outside, there was a blue sky and white clouds, but I didn't feel sunny, because there was a cloud that obscured the sun, making the whole world not gloomy, but also looking cool and unusually refreshing.
It's supposed to be like this for the past few days.
It's the best weather to go out.
It happened that Sanhua Niangniang was catching insects in the yard, and she didn't hear the sound clearly, so she was very curious.
"What are you talking about?"
"It's time for us to get out of town."
Hearing this, Sanhua Cat suddenly stopped what she was doing, turned around and stared straight at him.
"Where to go?"
"Go and find the local masters."
"Where to go?"
"Yesterday, I heard Luo Zhutou say that there is a county called Siyuan County to the west of the city, and there is an Eagle Mountain in Xinzhuang, Siyuan County, where a strange person lives, why don't we visit him?"
"Where to go?"
"Out of town and west."
"Oh."
The three-flowered cat sat down and waited for him.
Sanhua Niangniang knows that humans are not as good as cats, and it is more troublesome to go out.
But also said to go.
Song You changed into the robe that could bring convenience to him, and he didn't bring much else, so he brought a package, went out to buy some dry food and put it on, and went straight out of the city to the west.
Only one cat walked with him.
Fortunately, there is an official way to go.
I didn't know how many mountains I went over along the official road, anyway, I crossed two bridges, walked from the morning to the afternoon, and finally saw Siyuan County. I found a hotel in the county to stay, and while it was not dark, I asked how to go to Xinzhuang and how to find Eagle Mountain in the small county town, and set off early the next morning.
There are dozens of miles on the road, three or five pavilions, and more than ten smoke villages.
Shinjo is a beautiful place.
Behind the thousands of high mountains, the white clouds are deep, the small river in the village is meandering, the flowing water is murmuring, and the houses are hazy by the smoke in the intermittent time.
This should be the place where strange people live.
When he asked in the middle of the village, he went to the end of the village.
"It's far away."
Song You couldn't help but sigh.
It is really difficult to visit friends and people in this era, no wonder so many excellent parting poems can be left.
Hearing Sanhua Niangniang whispering him behind him, he seemed to feel that the landscape was too long, Song You couldn't help but turn his head and asked aloud: "Where is the farthest place Sanhua Niangniang has walked?" ”
"It's the house of the one who came to offer incense."
"That's not far away."
"It's not as far as here."
"If only we had a mule and a horse."
"It would be nice to have a mule and a horse."
Sanhua cat also has a bit of longing in his eyes.
"We're here."
Song You stopped.
The three-flowered cat looked up and followed him.
In front of me is a bamboo yard, with bamboo rows as walls, thatched roofs, and fences as courtyards, and a few chickens pecking in the yard.
Song You lightly slammed the door, and a child came to open the door.
"Who is the gentleman looking for?"
"In the next surname Song Mingyou Zi Menglai, a mountain from Lingquan County, came to visit Master Kong, I don't know if the master is there?"
"Sir is an old friend of my master?" Tong'er looked at Song You carefully, frowned, and didn't feel like it, "Or did you come here to buy wood carvings?" ”
"Admired."
"You're here, my master is not at home."
"Oh?"
It's not a coincidence.
Song You paused for a moment, and then saluted respectfully: "I don't know where the master is going, when will he come back?" ”
"Master went to cut down trees, I only know that it is in this mountain, but I don't know where it is." Tong'er raised his head and looked behind Song You, "I'll come back before dark." ”
Song You couldn't help but turn around and follow him.
The white clouds are deep, and how do you know where to go.
"Thank you."
Song You thanked Tong'er, saw that he turned around and went back to the house, and after a little thought, he took Sanhua Niangniang to the mountain.
He wanted to walk through the flowers and go straight into the depths of the white clouds.
This mountain is majestic and majestic, but it is continuous into a piece, the top of the mountain is hidden in the depths of the clouds and mist, now only the mountainside can be seen, the clouds and mist change endlessly with the wind, saying that there are immortals living in it, the world is afraid to believe it. And the two figures, one large and one small, quickly became two insignificant dots in front of this huge mountain.
The mountain road is difficult to walk, there are woodcutters singing, the echo in the mountains is endless, and there are also strange birds singing, the sound is clear and ethereal, purifying the soul.
Song You walked along the road of chopping wood to the mountain, and did not realize that he was already in the clouds and mist, at this time his vision was blocked, and he could not see anything a few feet away, and the beasts not far away were like demons. When the layers of white mist in front of him gradually revealed light and blue, Song You knew that he would pass through the clouds.
So I walked a few steps quickly, and my eyes were really cheerful.
The sky was incomparably pure blue, like a semicircular cover, with a sea of clouds surging behind it, and layers of waves. In the afternoon, the sun hung obliquely on the horizon, so bright that it could not be seen directly, and there was a halo of light, which was very holy.
The three-flowered cat opened its eyes, and Song You also stopped for a long time.
It's a pity, it's a pity, Song You asked the woodcutter in the mountains, and then asked the beasts in the mountains, but he only harvested the scenery full of eyes, and did not meet the master Kong who was good at wood carving.
That Master Kong has been a woodcarver for generations, and by his time there were no more generations. He was obsessed with wood carving since he was a child, as if he was born for it, and when he became an adult, his skills were already at the peak, and it is said that when he was forty years old, he had a work that stopped and lived, and ran around the house, which frightened many people.
This story is widely spread in Siyuan County.
Therefore, there are always outsiders who come to buy wood carvings from Master Kong, but they have never heard of wood carvings coming back to life since then.
When Song You first heard about it from Luo Zhutou, he made up his mind that he wanted to visit Master Kong, and even Qingchengshan, an extremely famous Taoist mountain in Yidu and even the entire Dayan, was put behind by him.
I just want to see how wood carving works.
I thought I could meet on the mountain, and it was easy to talk about more fate, but unfortunately I didn't meet it when I went up the mountain, and I didn't meet it when I went down the mountain.
Maybe not in this mountain, in another mountain.
It's just that this mountain is a journey to the water, and every inch is a practice.
Every step you take will not miss you.
It was dusk when I went down the mountain, and Master Kong had already returned home.
When I visited again this time, I saw a real person.
"Under the surname Song Mingyou, the master took the word dream, a mountain from Lingquan County, and came to visit." Song You still saluted respectfully, "In the morning, I heard that the master went to the mountains to look for trees and cut trees, so he went to the mountains to search on a whim, but unfortunately fate was not enough, so we couldn't meet." ”
"Haha, this mountain is so big, where did Mr. find me?"
Master Kong is nearly sixty years old, his head is full of silver frost, but his face is still red, and his body is excellent.
I think he'd heard about it from the boy's mouth.
Over the years, there have been many people who have visited him, including dignitaries and celebrities, but he has seen those waiting for him in front of the house, but he has not seen him in the mountains looking for him.
This cloud is as deep as the sea, how can you find people?
"Sir, please sit in the room!"
"But it's disrespectful."
The bamboo house is cool, and the ground is full of wood chips.
The three-flowered cat followed Song You in, looking left and right, until Song You sat down on a long bench, it retracted its gaze, followed it, jumped on the bench, and sat down next to Song You.
Song You looks at Master Kong, and it also looks at Master Kong.
Song You looks at Tong'er, and it also looks at Tong'er.
Master Kong first exchanged a few words with Song You, and soon his eyes were attracted by this three-flowered cat.
I saw that this three-flowered cat has a well-proportioned body, although there are many colors, but the distribution is not messy, and it is more pleasing to humans than most three-flowered cats. But he looked at it again and again, but felt that there was an indescribable beauty in the body of this three-flowered cat, as if any place was just right, a little more, a little less and a less.
If that's all there is, that's fine.
But somehow, Master Kong felt at a glance that this cat was not ordinary, its demeanor was smart, it seemed to have intelligence, and every change in his eyes was worth pondering, far from being comparable to ordinary animals.
"This cat ......"
"I forgot to introduce it to the master."
Song You held a cup of tea, his tone was indifferent, but the content was very direct: "This is the Sanhua Niangniang of Mao'er Temple in Nanhua County, I met by chance after I went down the mountain, and I made an appointment to travel through Hongchen together." The master just treats it as a human being. ”