Chapter 59: Brothers and Disciples Who Eat and Wait for Death
"Who am I?" Li Qing asked.
This question stunned the old Taoist priest.
After a while, he said, "You are the senior brother of Wudang Dao. โ
"You also know that I am the senior brother of Wudang Dao?" Li Qing laughed, "So, is it strange?" โ
The old Taoist priest was stunned, and then came to his senses and said, "Senior brother is the descendant disciple of the ancestor master, can he be like this...... Naturally, it is not surprising. โ
Having said that, I was still shocked beyond measure.
Thinking of Patriarch Zhang, who lived for more than 200 years, he couldn't help but be full of envy.
At this time, Li Qing said: "Taoism pays attention to self-cultivation, focusing on self-cultivation, rather than envy others, it is true that I can have today thanks to the teachings of the master, but the same teaching is replaced by you, can you do what I do?" โรณฮ ั.oั๏ผง
After a pause, "Wudang Mountain, which is also the Taoist of Ancestor Zhang, is really not secret, I am also a senior brother there, but the head of Wudang Mountain and the disciples do not envy me, but regard me as a driving force for progress." โ
Saying that, Li Qing sighed and said, "I went to Wudang Mountain, and the disciples practiced early in the morning and meditated in the afternoon...... But what about you, roasted sweet potatoes, Kan Dashan...... Where is it like a Taoist priest? โ
The old Taoist priest's face was flushed, and he couldn't say a word.
Li Qing continued: "At the beginning, I left Master here's complete 'Dao', including medical skills, which can be said to be a little bit unhidden, how much have you learned? โ
"This ......"
"Wudang Dao, Wudang Dao, have you practiced?" Li Qing snorted coldly, "You, the head of the house, I'm afraid that if a random man comes to his prime, he will be able to beat you all over the ground." โ
"I'm ......" The old Taoist priest opened his mouth and couldn't raise his head in shame.
Li Qing said: "The head of Wudang Mountain is close to the age of antiquity, but he is still physically tough, going up and down the mountain is like walking on the ground, how big is this mountain, you can't go up and down?" โ
"When I was here, I forgot all the things I taught you?"
One meal was output, and the old Taoist priest said that he was embarrassed.
Li Qing still couldn't understand his hatred, and snorted: "When a few of them come back, there will be a meeting." โ
"Yes, big brother." The old Taoist priest said yes stubbornly, he couldn't wait to give the two of them a big mouth, what are you asking nonsense?
Okay, right?
Li Qing really hated iron and steel, and the energy he spent here at the beginning was much greater than that in Wudang Mountain.
The result?
Even if Wudang Mountain is bigger and stronger, it is ...... here
It is true that Wudang Mountain, which has an official background and is full of truth and dragon and tiger momentum, can't be compared here, but it's not so different, right?
When he saw these juniors and disciples today, if it weren't for them wearing Taoist robes, Li Qingzhen thought that he had encountered a group of croppers, how could he look like a half-Taoist priest.
After walking around the Taoist temple, Li Qing was angry and found that even the enshrined ancestor Dharma body had fallen a layer of dust, and he hadn't taken care of it for at least a month.
If you are so lazy, can people come to the mountains to worship incense?
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At the end of the Shen period.
The sky was dark, and the Taoist priests who went out to buy came in with large bags and small bags.
There were ten taels of gold in that big ingot, and in this small town, the purchasing power was not ordinarily strong, sixteen quilts, two large bags of rice, half a fan of pork, two hind legs of sheep, a large pig's head, a bag of flour, and condiments such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar;
In addition, there are paper money, incense candles, cooked meat, oranges...... and other tributes.
Rao is like this, the money has not been spent, and there are nearly ten taels of silver left.
Since the popularity of maritime commerce, with the influx of massive amounts of silver, the prices of the Ming Dynasty have also increased, but the inflation in small places is not too serious, and the money is still very spent.
More than a dozen people walked in, panting heavily, and they all bent over tiredly.
It was twenty miles back and forth, especially when they came back, and they were tired of carrying so many things.
However, they are tired and happy.
It's a fat year!
"Little Liu, quickly start the pot and boil the oil, this gluttony......" The one-year-old Taoist priest shouted, but before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted.
"What kind of oil is burning?" The old Taoist priest snorted, "Come here to listen to the reprimand of the senior brother." โ
Hearing this, a group of Taoist priests hurriedly put down their things and gathered over.
Not to mention the seniority, just for them to eat and live, this kindness makes them dare not violate it in the slightest.
The Taoist temple on the mountain, the senior brother spent money to repair it, and the things in the temple were also added by the senior brother, or added with the senior brother's money, and even the money purchased today was also from the senior brother.
"Please reprimand Senior Brother."
Li Qing: "......"
He saw four words in these juniors - eating and waiting for death.
Self-motivation is not a little bit, pure when a monk hits the clock for a day...... No, they didn't even hit the bell, and the patriarch's Dharma body fell to ashes, saying that they didn't want to make progress, and they all said lightly.
Li Qing took a deep breath, calmed down the emotions in his heart, and asked:
"What do you do on weekdays?"
A group of people looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
Li Qing named, "That...... Xiaoliu, come to me, how did you spend your day? โ
Xiao Liu is the youngest, less than twenty, and he was nervous when he was named.
"Honestly." Li Qing said slowly.
"Oh," Xiao Liu thought for a while, and said: "It's cold, wake up in the morning and the cat is in the bed, get up in the middle of the afternoon, prepare lunch with the senior brothers, and go to chop some firewood after lunch, if the firewood is surplus, roast the fire in the afternoon, and roast some Xuande potatoes and Yongle beans by the way, if you don't have a surplus...... Continue with the cat bed. โ
โโฆโฆ And then what? โ
"Shen Shi prepared dinner around the time, ate it and went to sleep." Xiao Liu said truthfully, "It's too cold this day, the crops in the field don't need to be tended, and no one comes to worship the incense, it's all like this." โ
After a pause, he said, "This will save some food." โ
Li Qing raised his forehead: "Don't you all practice in the morning and read the scriptures?" โ
"Little Six doesn't know much and can't read."
"......" Li Qing looked at the old Taoist priest and a few familiar faces at the beginning, "What about you?" You don't know how to read? โ
At the beginning, he taught them to read, and some Taoist priests themselves could read.
Several people looked pale and did not dare to look up at him.
Li Qing let out a breath and said helplessly: "Is the day on the mountain so bitter?" โ
"Senior brother, we can't help it, since Wudang Mountain became famous......
"Don't talk about this, with your unenterprising nature, even if there is no Wudang Mountain, you will not be able to live well." Li Qing was indignant.
"What the senior brother said is that the junior brother knows his mistakes." A group of people confessed their mistakes again and again.
It's just that they didn't realize their mistake, they were simply afraid of Li Qing.
Li Qing was angry and helpless, this group of guys ...... What a good hand to play!
Li Qing, who has always been full of wisdom, really can't do anything about them when he meets these people.
This group of juniors and disciples still have clothes to wear and food to eat, and even they are Taoist priests for this.
They don't have the consciousness to prosper Wudang Dao at all.
Imposing this kind of thinking on them, I'm afraid it won't have any effect, and it is estimated that as soon as they leave, they will soon return to their original state.
Forget it, with Wudang Mountain, the master's inheritance can't be broken, as for here...... It's a matter of popularity, so you shouldn't be too demanding......
Li Qing comforted herself.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, and he could hear the hunger of these juniors and disciples from afar, Li Qing sighed and said, "Go cook." โ
"Ah, yes."
All the juniors and disciples dispersed in a hurry, chopping wood, and boiling water...... Han laughed constantly, discussing whether to put more salt or more spicy.
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Early the next morning.
With yesterday's reprimand, these Taoist priests got up early and began their morning exercises under the leadership of the old Taoist priest and several veteran Taoist priests.
Last night's food was full of oil, and they had the strength and motivation.
The movements are a little jerky, but they are clear-eyed.
Li Qing watched it for a while, and then took the tribute to worship the master again.
Placing tributes, burning paper money, and complaining about lovesickness......
After a while, it was already midday.
Li Qing went to the original vegetable garden again, the vegetable garden opened by Zhu Yunwen.
Today, the garden is bigger than it was before.
That group of juniors and disciples are not interested in the Taoist scriptures, but they attach great importance to this, and Zhu Yunwen's hard work has not been wasted, but has been 'carried forward'.
Li Qing cleaned up the ground, sat down, clasped his hands on his knees, and couldn't help but think of the first time he came to this vegetable garden......
At that time, Zhu Yunwen was tending to the crops, bending down to hoe and hoe grass, hanging a bleached towel around his neck, wiping the sweat from his forehead from time to time, and his face was tanned......
At that time, it was green and full of life; Now the snow is white, and everything is depressed......
"Oh, that's fast." Li Qing rested his chin on his knees and sighed faintly.
Li Qing doesn't like Emperor Zhu Yunwen, but he loves his younger brother Zhu Yunwen very much, and his feelings for him are also very deep.
"You are in the Imperial Mausoleum now, with your father, grandfather, and grandmother, and you are not lonely when you want to come, so my senior brother will not go to see you......"
Li Qing smiled and said softly: "This vegetable field of yours also has successors, you didn't work in vain to feed many people." โ
After muttering to himself for a while, Li Qing stood up and walked to the Taoist temple.
As soon as he entered the Taoist temple, Xiao Liu greeted him and said with a smile: "I was about to call the senior brother, you came back, the meal is ready, eat dumplings today." โ
Li Qing nodded with a wry smile and teased, "You guys are really ...... It's heaven to eat. โ
"Uh-huh...... If you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to do things? Xiao Liuzi sneered, "Senior brother, please." โ
Li Qing didn't say anything more, his temperament had been cultivated, how could it be changed overnight?
Of course, it can still be changed, but he doesn't have that much energy.
After the meal, under the leadership of the master, a group of people gathered again to listen to the senior brother's reprimand.
Li Qing was in no mood to reprimand, but said:
"The Dharma body of the patriarch should be cleaned every day, and the road up and down the mountain will be repaired after the year, so that it is convenient for the monks who worship incense to move around."
After a pause, "It's about to be the New Year, you ...... It's time to relax and relax, but these two things must be done well, and the next time I come, I will see the dust in the body of the patriarch, and I will not spare it. โ
"Yes, yes, follow the teachings of the senior brother."
A group of juniors and disciples said yes again and again.
The old Taoist priest in charge heard the meaning of the words and said in surprise: "Senior brother, don't you stay for a long time?" โ
Li Qing's head bowed: "I still have something to do, I'll leave in a few days." โ
He also had to go to the Yongqing Marquis Mansion to learn about the overseas store......
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ps: I'm a little uncomfortable, take a day off, Mo Mo Da (*โฝ*)