Chapter 17: The Rising Sun
The clay figure still has three points of earthiness, last night's injury is still faintly painful, and he has experienced a mockery and white eyes from the slaves, how can he make Shen not angry.
The little guy laughed a little embarrassed, Sen Ran's family rules made him dare not contradict, and the hand that wanted to take the reins froze there, neither stretched nor contracted.
The scribe walked out of the high case, "Why don't you two hurry up and lead the guest's donkey?" ”
"I'll show you two, please come here!"
Fengfu is strictly regulated, vertical and horizontal, the tall word of the Gaomen compound is vividly expressed, this person is under the wall, there is a feeling of facing the cliff, the unified blue brick bricks, the sense of history given by the wind and rain for hundreds of years, adds more majesty.
The scribe took Cao An and the two through the layers of arches, several courtyards, and then came to a mansion, where there are three parts of the one-story terraced house, the decoration is simple, but it does not make people feel old or dirty, the townhouse encloses a huge courtyard, Cao An swept it at a glance, and roughly estimated that there are no less than forty rooms.
"There is no one in these two rooms, the maid in the house has already changed into a clean mattress, the two of them can live directly in it, the key is on the door, and there will be a person to send the meal, if it is not to the taste, the two can also tell the person who came to deliver the meal, the kitchen will start to make a new one, and in the evening, the housekeeper will personally come to invite you over."
"What else do you want from you?"
Cao An returned the salute to him, "Your mansion is well arranged, and we have no other requirements." ”
"In this case, then I'll go first, there are still some things to deal with at the door."
After the scribe left, he sat on the stool with a heavy ass, "This Feng family, on the surface, is respectful and polite to everyone, but the arrogance in his bones is almost so smoked that people can't open their eyes." ”
Cao An's temperament is even lighter, he doesn't care about these things, he only came to the Feng family because the Feng family lost Shen Chong's life expectancy.
Hearing this, he just smiled, "People are a family that has been passed down for a hundred years, and it is normal to be a little arrogant, no matter how powerful they are, they can't say that one day they will be gone, but the family business is here, if nothing else, it will not be impossible to pass it on for another hundred years." ”
At the stall where the two were talking, there were voices in front of the courtyard, and more than 20 people came from the door, and the most conspicuous in the crowd was the boy who was wearing a fiery red robe.
He hadn't seen a few such people, even in his previous life, there were thousands of laymen who had passed in front of him, and few of them could be like him.
What can be seen with the naked eye is his own perception, such a person, if not like a spring breeze, at least should not have a sense of disgust, but this is not the case, the kind of pinprick cold and lingering hatred make him like seeing the ugliest thing in the world.
In the crowd, he saw the Taoist priest and monk who were in the inn that day, at this time, the middle-aged Taoist priest and the old monk should be respected in the crowd, because of the surprise of the realm, Cao An couldn't perceive their specific cultivation, and it should not be low.
Brother Gongzi's eyebrows showed joy: "Oh, two more chivalrous warriors have been added, I don't know what to call the two?" ”
"In Xia Cao'an, the younger brother is heavy."
In the crowd, someone frowned slightly, "You two are not from my Huaqing County, right?" ”
"My two brothers just came from Canglan Mansion a few days ago."
"Sure enough, these two are our predecessors in Huaqing County, Master Huitong of Pufa Temple, and Daoist Master of Qingyang Guan Xuancheng, you didn't know before, but now I tell you, you should take a salute, right?"
"It should be so, Cao An has seen the two seniors, it seems that our brothers don't have to do anything this time, and they have mixed a weapon to take advantage of."
The atmosphere that was still a little stiff melted in Cao An's junior ceremony, and the boy glanced at Cao An, and then no longer paid attention, but invited the monk to sit on the stone bench together, and talked, and the others were behind him, Cao An stood on the side with a heavy weight, and the room arranged for him was not close or far away.
"Both of them are the Daoist cultivators of our Huaqing County, and it coincides with their meeting, and Dai Chang has an inquiry."
The two glanced at each other, and they could both see the rivalry in their eyes, and when their eyes turned, they looked light, compassionate and peaceful.
"Childe, excuse me!"
"The martial arts cultivation in this world is all about melting skills, blood and qi, condensing qi, and opening the pulse to climb layer by layer, which requires great perseverance and great opportunities, and those who can step from the inner world to the outer world are even more so."
"But I heard that among the Buddhas and Taoists, there is a group of people who do not practice martial arts, but only study the scriptures. Once you have attained enlightenment, you will be able to step into the outer world in one step, and your appearance will be restored to your youth, surpassing the decades of hard work of others. Is there such a thing? I really want to be like you, but I can't bear the pain, so I asked. Feng Daichang was polite, and when he said this, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face.
Xuancheng Taoist smiled, "But there is such a thing, but the son only knows one, I don't know the second, but there is a time of enlightenment, one step to the sky, but those who have been in the green lantern scroll all their lives do not know much, but they are not remembered, among the Buddhism, the old Tao does not know, but since my Taoist sect has been loaded, such people are only five people." ”
Huitong also shook his head, "Among my Buddhism, it's almost this number." ”
Feng Daichang was not disappointed, but looked excited, "So there really is such a thing?" I thought it was a false rumor from the people in the rivers and lakes, I wanted to learn, and I asked the two seniors to show that no matter what the price was, Daichang was willing to give it a try. As he spoke, he knelt down in front of the two of them, and his face was sincere.
The two immediately pulled up Feng Daichang from left to right, and Xuan Cheng took the lead in speaking: "This is not a secret thing, it's just that few people are willing to take this road again, it's normal for Gongzi not to understand, and it doesn't cost anything, and there are many scriptures read by successful sages that are circulated in the market. ”
"Childe can buy it at the normal price, and I can still prepare the scriptures in my Qingyang view."
Huitong also did not want to lag behind, immediately said, immediately set out to let the monks in the temple prepare a copy to send, they just think that this son brother is playful, and the left and right can not spend thousands of taels of silver, for the great Feng family, there is nothing to worry about, but for the view (temple) can have an entry, it is also a good thing.
"In this way, Dai Chang is grateful to the two seniors, I don't know if there is anything to taboo."
"It's just a matter of studying and feeling, Childe can just read as an ordinary book, and there is no need to do anything deliberately."
After that, a few people chatted about something else, and Feng Daichang ended the topic as if he couldn't bear it, and everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms.
Closing the door, Shen Chong's face was suspicious: "Brother Cao, is there really such a way?" Those two shouldn't have deliberately deceived people, right? ”
Cao An shook his head and muttered: "It's not enough to deceive people, there are also sayings about the ascension of the sun in what I know, what they say should be true, but this kind of thing, just think about it, forget it, if it is not pure and true, people who are born with Dao hearts, it is better to break off thoughts as soon as possible." ”
After leaving, Feng Daichang, who was hiding in an attic, listened to the reports of his guards, and listened to everything in the courtyard with a formation, and when he heard what Cao An said, his face showed a trace of solemnity, and he raised his hand to stop the guards.
"Pure and true, born with a Dao heart, who is this Cao An? How would he know this? ”
"Childe, this Cao An is from Canglan Mansion, and the reward issued by the court is famous, and the bounty is one hundred taels."
Feng Daichang didn't look back, and slapped the talking guard out with a backhand, "Noise, do you need to talk about these things on the surface?" When I entered the door and registered, I already understood it clearly, and this is not what my son said. ”
"Brother Cao, what kind of person is the purest and most true, innate Dao heart?"
Cao An was silent, speechless for a long time, he didn't know how to answer Feng Daichang's question for a while, it seemed that there were countless things he wanted to say, but he couldn't say it, that kind of dark feeling he knew, but he couldn't talk about it, and when the words came to his mouth, he already knew that he would deviate from the original meaning.
Shen Zhong was waiting for Cao An to answer, and Feng Daichang was also waiting.
Just as Cao An was pondering, a few sentences that almost perfectly fit this answer flashed through his mind, and he muttered softly: "Cultivation, in order to obtain the Tao, to understand, to know." Cultivation is governed by practice, enlightenment is carried out by nature, the enlightened person is disciplined by the heart, and the cultivator is disciplined by the mind. ”
As soon as the words fell, on a whim, a wordless impulse surged into his heart, as if as long as Cao An was willing, he could enter the martial arts realm in a single thought, which was an indescribable impulse and 'know'.
For the next moment of 'knowing', it is 100% accurate, and it is absolutely to the "knowing" of strong belief.
So much so that Cao An's always plain temperament has changed, and an invisible energy is brewing over the entire Feng family, the sky is magnificent, and it deters all kinds, especially for an alien like 'Feng Daichang', just that invisible momentum made it fall to its knees on the ground, and its pale face showed unwillingness and fear.
But there was nothing he could do to change it.
"I'm afraid it's going to rain today, and it's terribly cloudy."
"I'm afraid it's going to rain hard, I haven't seen this kind of weather in a long time."
As far as the high realm is concerned, they vaguely feel that something is happening, but in front of the power of heaven and earth, they don't dare to move, and for those who don't cultivate, it's just a heavy rain that may be coming, that's all.
Even if they live in the Feng family's townhouse and can vaguely perceive this, only Xuan Cheng and Huitong feel the clear location of the source, and they dare not move.
Huaqing County, the big demon Su Jinxiao retracted his divine thoughts like an electric shock, his face was pale, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and there was a look of horror between his eyebrows.
She had already overestimated Cao An enough, but she never thought that she would find out today that she was still ridiculously wrong.
How can a person who can ascend to heaven and attain enlightenment in one step be able to speculate on himself? In the next moment, it was time for him to set foot in the outer world, and his cultivation was at least beyond his own realm.