Chapter 1 Thousands of miles away from the red dust, in a cup of heart

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Chen Wang is an adult.

On the day of the crown ceremony, the sky of Liyun Mountain was full of flowers, the ground was full of golden lotus, the thunder sounded, and the sound shook for nine days.

The owner of Li Yunshan personally straightened his hair and put on a cloth crown for him.

In the whole process, there are only two masters and apprentices, but they do not seem desolate, but have a little more fairy spirit and detachment.

"Apprentice, you have been on the mountain since you were a child, and now you are an adult, it's time to go down the mountain to see the mountains and rivers in the world."

The master of Li Yunshan has the demeanor of an elder, but judging from her appearance, she is only a woman in her twenties, and she is wearing a purple long skirt specially prepared for disciples and crown ceremonies.

"Master, the apprentice doesn't want to go down the mountain. Our Liyun Mountain is like spring all year round, the flowers are blooming, and the leaves are green all year round. On weekdays, the apprentices listen to the master's lectures and lectures, and watch the master write and burn incense; In his spare time, he sprinkled and swept the hoe garden, raised flowers and cultivated trees...... How merry. We're going to be like this for the rest of our lives, okay? Chen Wang's clear eyes revealed a hint of expectation.

The owner of Li Yunshan couldn't help but smile a little, and he was also a little fascinated.

Said softly: "Master is so much older than you, when Master leaves in the future, won't you be alone?" ”

"Disciples are not afraid of loneliness, but they are afraid that they will not be able to live like this with the master......"

"Don't mess around." The master of Liyun Mountain pretended to have a sinking face, "Our Li Yunshan Taoism pays attention to epiphany. If you don't go down the mountain to experience, watch the mountains and rivers, there is no rolling red dust in your heart, and there are all kinds of things in the world, how can you get out of your own way? Our lineage, passed down from generation to generation, you don't accept apprentices, teach apprentices, let our Liyun Mountain inheritance be cut off, how can you and I have the face to see the listed ancestors again? ”

Chen Wang's eyes were a little red.

He knew that although the master's words were gentle, there was no room for negotiation in this matter.

The night before leaving, Chen Wang had a long talk with Master all night, listening to Master's sermon on the Dharma and the situation in the world under the mountain......

The master of Li Yunshan is instilling everything he knows into his apprentices as much as possible.

The next day, before the morning dew, Chen Wang was dressed in a white Confucian robe, carrying a walking basket on his back and holding a bamboo cane, and walked down the mountain.

Looking back, the master was dressed in white and standing on the edge of the cliff, as if he was in the fog of smoke.

"Master, you must wait for me to come back."

Chen Wang muttered at the master's figure.

However, the successive generations of Liyun Mountain have gone down the mountain to experience, and only under two circumstances can they return to the mountain.

The first is to achieve immortality through enlightenment.

First, after the death of the previous generation of Li Yunshan masters......

It is said that Liyun Mountain has a method of immortality.

But the masters of Liyun Mountain in the past dynasties, no one has ever been able to cultivate the method of longevity, and even, most of the longevity is not more than the age of ancient rarity, which is not a long life among mortals.

When Chen Wang's departure is gone, he may say goodbye to his master forever.

Chen Wang is a traversal, born with the memory of his previous life, auspicious from the sky, attracting the owner of Liyun Mountain, saying that he has a fortune that she can't see, so he brought it back to the mountain.

Chen Wang felt that the inability to see through it might be just because his soul came from another world.

After so many years, I have been with my master, and now I am going down the mountain for the first time.

There are immortals in this world, but they are not so powerful that they can "coerce Mount Tai to surpass the North Sea", nor can they "travel to the North Sea at dusk".

Chen Wang once saw the master beat an immortal to the point of crying and calling for his mother, and begged for mercy again and again.

This made him really in awe.

There are ghosts and gods in this world.

Chen Wang is also full of curiosity about all this.

Descending the mountain into the official road, the number of pedestrians gradually increased.

There was a caravan driving, the horses' hooves were getting it, the wheels were rolling, and the warriors escorting the car next to them were all vigilant, obviously the road was not so peaceful.

There are also hawkers with burdens, hurrying in their steps; Some old couples who went to a neighboring village to see their married daughter were much more relaxed, carrying peanuts from their own fields and supporting each other......

Chen Wang met a monk with a backpack, and the two walked together for a day or two, chatting quite speculatively.

In the end, because Chen Wang was not in a hurry to leave, he was even more greedy for the scenery on the road, and broke up and said goodbye.

Chen Wang was tired of walking, so he dragged a few reeds from the edge of the pond and marsh, and made a donkey with straw, which was vivid.

When no one was there, he put it on the ground and blew it out in one breath, and the reed donkey rose in the wind and turned into a real donkey.

Chen Wangheng sat on the back of a donkey, he could concentrate on the scenery, and he saved his leg strength, so he was much calmer.

Not only for the world's guests, there are sunny days and wind and rain, and they can not bear the time regardless of whether they are good or bad.

As soon as I entered the territory of Yuzhou, there were dark clouds on the horizon, and the wind rose suddenly, and I saw the rain coming.

Looking at a ruined temple in front of him, the rain was coming too fast, and before Chen Wang arrived, the rain was already falling down.

Chen Wang's line has a canopy, and he is not afraid of anything.

Pity the donkey who sat down, and after being wet by the rain, his limbs gradually became weak, and as soon as he entered the temple, he showed his prototype and turned into a plaything made of a few reeds.

The small temple is dilapidated, and the wind and rain are shaking. The idol was crumbling, and an offering table had only three legs left, and it was crooked.

Chen Wang didn't feel any power of ghosts and gods from the statue, and knew that there was no master here, so he was not polite, stepped forward to move the offering table, and sat cross-legged.

Because only here is the driest place, and the rain can't hit it.

Take off your shoes and hang them aside; The hem of the wet white shirt was also wrung out.

As soon as he sat down, there was a neighing of horses at the door, but two more groups of people came.

One of them was a trader; The other group was a rather noble man, followed by a guard with a knife.

They were busy driving the mules and horses to the side, patting the rain on their bodies while finding a suitable place to shelter from the rain.

"This rain is coming, the temple is so close, we are still drenched."

"I just hope it doesn't rain too much, because if it's muddy and the rain stops, you won't be able to get there."

The merchants were noisy, and when they saw Chen Wang, they quieted down a little.

"I watched from a distance just now, this person obviously came in on a donkey, why is he the only one now, and there is no donkey?" Someone suddenly thought of something and muttered.

Then he saw the reed-woven straw donkey on the ground, and immediately the hairs on his whole body stood up, and he touched his companion with his arm, and quietly motioned for his companion to show it.

Everyone's eyes followed, and all of a sudden, there was a dead silence.

I saw that although the weft donkey was lying on the dry ground, the reeds were all wet and still dripping, and the hooves were covered with fresh soil, and it looked like he had just walked in from the rain.

Isn't it, this reed-woven grass donkey is the donkey that this man just ridden?

How can a living man ride a reed donkey? But I heard that after the death of a person, there was a sacrifice to burn a donkey with paper.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew, which made people shudder and panic.

"I heard that there is a ghost in white on this road......"

"Shut up! As I said earlier, we shouldn't have come in to take shelter from the rain, we should have kept going. ”

As soon as someone spoke, he was scolded by his companions, and looked at Chen Wang quite jealously, as if he was afraid that Chen Wang would hear it and provoke Chen Wang.

"It's raining so hard that you can't hurry. Even if we can carry it, what will we do with these goods? The bumps leaked and the rain was wet, but how could I get it! All of our lives are on these truckloads...... Goods! What about our goods? ”

A trader said, habitually going to photograph the goods on the car.

With this beat, the straw mat that sheltered from the rain suddenly sank down, but the goods inside were gone.

The merchants were immediately flustered.

"The car was pushed into the temple by us, and the goods were still there just now, why is it gone?"

"This straw mat is tied by me, the rope has not been untied, it is tied strongly, how can the goods be gone?"

"I heard that ghosts know how to carry things, and they can steal their belongings without opening the box or breaking the door...... It must have been the devil's doing. ”

Several merchants looked at Chen Wang, their faces were angry, and they wanted to step forward, but they didn't dare.

"Don't panic, everyone. The old generation said that people are afraid of ghosts for three points, and ghosts are afraid of people for seven points. The fierce ghosts are still afraid of the wicked. This batch of goods is our lifeblood, if we lose the goods, even if it is a ghost, we will fight with him! ”

A bearded merchant jerked a sharp knife from his waist and prepared to fight for it.

"Good thief!"

Beside him, the attendant who followed the noble man suddenly shot out and slashed at his side.

It seemed to be a knife that split into the air, but a biting cold wind suddenly blew up, cold into the bone marrow.

The figure floated, and a young man appeared, dressed in white clothes, with a sword at his waist.

It's just that he doesn't have a trace of heroism all over his body, but he has sawtooth wholesale.

"Ghost in white!"

The merchants were immediately frightened.

Only then did I know that the ghost in white had something else, but he had wronged the man in white clothes just now.

Although he had been desperately prepared before, he instinctively retreated in fright at this time.

The white-clothed ghost was walking to the noble man's horse, as if he wanted to steal the parcel from the horse, but when he was discovered, not only did he not flee, but he showed his fierce face, and pounced on the guard with his sword, wanting to kill.

The guard is also brave, the sword is whistling, masculine and mighty, and he is from a practicing family.

But he doesn't know how to do magic, so he can't help the ghost in white.

Seeing the white-clothed ghost reckless, the yin wind howled, constantly biting and injuring the guard.

A group of merchants wanted to come forward to help, but they couldn't take a step at all.

At the moment of life and death, a copper coin hummed, threw an arc, and smashed into the white-clothed ghost.

It was just a copper coin, but the white-clothed ghost was extremely jealous, and he didn't dare to act again, and he was about to run away when a gust of wind blew.

But it's not that easy.

The copper coin didn't seem to be fast, but it was firmly locked onto the white-clothed ghost and smashed down on the head.

Suddenly, there was a ghost crying wolf, and the screams were terrible and terrifying.

The copper coin was pressed down, like an iron stone pressing on the paper man, and the white-clothed ghost was suddenly crushed, suppressed by the copper coin, and nailed to the ground.

No matter how much he screams and struggles, he can't get rid of it.

The wind dissipated.

Although there is still wind and rain, it is no longer biting.

The back of everyone's heads tightened.

A copper coin suppressed a ghost.

And the owner who threw out the copper coin was the man in white Confucian clothes, who was regarded by them as a ghost in white before.

"This little ghost's mana is low, even if he knows the art of transportation, between these breaths, so many goods can't be moved. You can look for it nearby. ”

Chen Wang spoke.

He looked at the rain outside and added, "The rain is too urgent, so I won't go." Be careful, this little imp may be instructed. ”

Ghosts don't need gold or silver.

"Thank you, sir!"

A word wakes up the dreamer.

A group of merchants hurriedly ran out of the small temple.

After a while, two more people came back, smiled awkwardly at Chen Wang, and stood by the carriage, guarding the carriage.

A lot of goods have been lost, and this carriage can not be lost again, otherwise, it will cost them several lives.

"Li Fang, go and help." The noble man said to the guard.

"Your Excellency, ...... here"

"It's okay to have a gentleman here."

"Yes, sir."

The guard Li Fang hesitated, agreed, and flashed out of the temple gate and into the rain.

"Thank you, sir, for your help. In Xia Chen County Wang Hong, I don't know what Mr. is called? The noble man arched his hand towards Chen Wang.

"My name is Chen Wang."

He didn't claim to be under him, because Li Yunshan was in the same vein and was not under anyone.

Wang Hong looked at Chen Wang's eyes, and what he saw was clear and natural.

When he heard about Chen Jun Wang, he was not sincerely afraid, and he was not ecstatic...... It's about taking it in stride.

This is commendable.

The Wang family of Chenjun is the top gate valve of Zhaoguo, and the family inheritance is longer than that of today's Zhaoting.

Wang Hong is usually used to seeing that as long as he reports out of the house, the opposite side is immediately three points shorter......

Chen Wang's performance made him very happy.

"Mr. is really a master, this copper coin method of suppressing ghosts is amazing." Wang Hong sighed.

The white-clothed ghost who was suppressed by the copper coin was still struggling and screaming, but his breath was getting weaker and weaker.

"A gentleman is not different, and he is good at things. I'm just borrowing it. This copper coin passed through the hands of an unknown number of people, and everyone devoted their efforts to it and regarded it as a treasure. Therefore, it bears the weight of as many people as it passes through the hands of many people. A little ghost, suppressed by the weight of so many people, of course can't bear it. Chen Wang explained very casually.

"I see. Taught. Wang Hong's tone was sincere.

As he spoke, there was a commotion outside.

But the people who had just run out had returned.

A group of merchants carried a batch of goods and said something loudly and excitedly.

The guard Li Fang was holding a man.

The man had a blue nose and swollen face, covered in mud, and had obviously just been beaten, and the beating was not light.

"My lord, the thief has been caught. His name is Zhao Kangning, and he is the one who drove the white-clothed ghost to steal the property of the wealthy and travelers. ”

Li Fang kicked the man in the back knee and made him kneel.

"Oh, you see you're just a mortal, and you don't know how to do magic. How did you drive this ghost in white? Chen Wang asked interestingly.

"Spare your life! The little one said everything, just begged to say it, and the adults could let the villain go......" Zhao Kangning was even more frightened when he saw the white-clothed ghost who was suppressed and screaming, knelt on the ground, and only knew kowtow and beg for mercy.

"When you ask, you can say! There is no room for you to pay it back. Li Fang gave a kick in the back, and his eyes widened.

"Yes, yes." Zhao Kangning didn't dare to be verbose, "Adult, the little one is a native of Yuzhou, last year because of drunkenness, he went out of the city to the suburbs in a daze, woke up in the middle of the night, and found that he was sleeping on the side of the road, and there was a skeleton beside him, because the burial was too shallow, it was dug out by wild dogs." The little one saw him pitiful, and the next morning, he dug a pit and buried him.

That night, the little one dreamed that a young man came into a dream, wearing a white training robe, with a sword at his waist, saying that he was a strong man, walking the rivers and lakes on weekdays, killing people with swords, and sweeping away the injustices in the world. Because he was fighting with his peers and being victimized, he buried himself on the side of the road, not wanting to be dug up by wild dogs, but fortunately I buried him again, otherwise, he would not be at peace after death.

He stole silver and gold from nowhere. And he said, If I am willing to pay tribute to him every day, so that he may enjoy the incense sacrifice, so that he will not be a hungry ghost and a thirsty ghost, he will help me, and let me have all I want.

The little one tried to enjoy it and secretly made a wish, but I didn't expect it to be true. The little one didn't dare to be a traitor at first, but later he found out that this white-clothed ghost was powerful and no one could detect it, so he became more and more greedy......

The little one was also blinded by lard, and begged the adults to spare their lives. ”

After Zhao Kangning finished speaking, he kowtowed again and again.

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