Volume 1 The Elephant of Heaven and Earth Chapter 3 Healing
"Hahaha, General Liang is here, the poor road is clear and empty, forgive the sins!" With a hearty long laugh, two Taoists came in one after the other, the one in front of him was dressed in a green sermon robe, his face was like a crown of jade, and he had three locks of long beard, and he bowed his head while talking, needless to say, he must be a Qingxu Taoist. The old man in the back was dressed in a half-old gray robe, with thinning hair, a medicine box on his back, and a calm face that ignored anyone, but he didn't look amazing.
Mr. Liang hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Where is it, Qingxu Dao Chang is too polite, who is this one?" After speaking, he looked at the old Dao next to him.
Qingxu said: "He is the reason why the general has been waiting for a long time, this is the uncle of the poor Dao, and the Dao number is too clear." Half a year ago, I came to the poor road here to retreat and enlighten the Tao, and as soon as I got out of the customs, I was pulled by the poor road. Who told Uncle Shi to be proficient in medicine, how can he do it if he doesn't come today, haha. Although Qingxu said lively, the old man next to him kept a calm face and didn't speak.
"Oh, that's how it is! Just now I thought that the Taoist chief had neglected Liang, and I was sulking here, but how did I know that I was too angry with my little family for treating me like this, ashamed, ashamed!"
"Only a great hero can be his true colors, and the general is really open-minded. However, the poor road treats the general with courtesy, but not because the general is a high-ranking official."
Qingxu continued: "Although the general is not informal, since he has guarded Wusheng Pass, he has protected the territory and the people and benefited one party. What is even more rare is that the army is strictly governed and there is no offense against the people. It's a great thing to do. ”
Liang Zongbing smiled when he heard this: "Haha, Liang is not a good person, I have already cut off more heads with my hands than I can count, but there is one, I always tell my subordinates, if you want to cut off the enemy's head, whoever dares to bully the people, I will unscrew his dog's head!"
"Okay! Although he goes straight to the point, it is rare to remember the people in his heart, and the general is really happy. Very old appetite. The old Taoist named Taiqing didn't make a sound after he came in, and he spoke: "Liang Gongzi invites you to come over, your illness, but Lao Dao has to be cured." ”
"So, Uncle Shi agreed?" Qingxu asked.
"Of course, the old way I don't want to cure people is dead or not, but the people I want to cure are half-dead and want to be cured, hehe. ”
After saying that, Lao Dao didn't say much, stretched out his hand to put on Liang Cheng's vein, and carefully diagnosed and treated.
Liang Cheng felt that his wrist was hot, and it seemed that a thin heat went up the wrist meridians, and then this heat traveled around his body along the veins of his body.
After a long while, I saw that the old Taoist looked blank, closed his eyes and muttered for a while. Said slowly: "Childe is a rare extreme yin body, although this kind of physique is not much, but Lao Dao has also seen some, and it is the first time I have seen such a powerful body as Childe." ”
Seeing that Liang Zongbing was at a loss, Lao Dao then explained: "The so-called yin body is a kind of physique with excessive yin qi, and people with such a physique are generally yin and yang, and they are relatively weak. What's bad is that it's easy to provoke evil spirits, and it's inevitable to have restless nights. As soon as some serious people enter the dream, the soul seems to be wandering in the yin and yang, and the dream is like entering the netherworld, but it is generally not a big problem. But it is not unusual for an extreme yin body like Childe to get sick, and the torture suffered in the dream is only not light. After speaking, Lao Dao glanced at Liang Cheng, with a little pity in his eyes.
After a while, the old man said, "It's really strange how Gongzi provoked so many evil spirits at such a young age." As he spoke, he glanced at General Liang, and then said: "I'm afraid that cause and effect will be found from the general, has the general done anything to hurt the yin and skull over the years?"
Liang Zongbing's face turned a little pale when he heard this, he thought for a while, and said: "I, Liang Feiyun, am a big boss, I have fought countless battles in my life, and I can't tell how many lives I have on my hands. But these are battlefield battles, either you die or I die, kill and kill, Liang never goes to his heart. There is only one thing that is not done well, and my heart has been blocked in a panic, since I was stationed in Wusheng Pass, I have never talked to others, and today since the Taoist chief asked, I will talk about it. ”
"That was fifteen years ago. In that year, Xijon invaded the border, burned, killed, looted, and killed countless people at our border. The imperial court sent troops, and I led the troops with the old general Helian to conquer. At that time, I was still a staff general, and I took more than 3,000 people to transport grain and grass in the rear army. After a few months of fierce fighting, the situation became increasingly critical. Thanks to the good command of the old general Helian, in the crucial battle of Tacheng, he broke through the enemy camp in one fell swoop, which turned the situation around. However, difficulties also came, and after this battle, more than 8,000 enemy troops were captured and handed over to the rear army, and our department also received and guarded more than 4,100 prisoners. ”
Liang Zongbing took a sip of tea and said in a daze: "What should I do? At that time, the war situation was stalemate, and the grain and grass were almost exhausted, where was there any surplus grain to feed these many prisoners of war? Without food, how could these prisoners of war be at peace, these prisoners were more than my people, and once the trouble broke out, the consequences would be really fatal!"
When the two Daoists heard this, they couldn't help frowning, thinking that this was indeed a difficult matter. Taiqing Lao Dao couldn't help but ask, "Then how did the general deal with it?"
"Kill!" Liang Zongbing said in a low voice: "There is no way, I have to lead people to kill these prisoners of war overnight." More than 4,100 mouths, killing corpses all over the field, rivers of blood. That battle killed so many people who had laid down their arms, and every time I think about it, I don't think about it much again in all these years. ”
"Ah!" the two Taoists couldn't help but be stunned, speechless for a while.
"But after a long time, my uncomfortable thoughts lightened a little, and then I still thought about how this battle was fought a few times from beginning to end in my mind," Liang Zongbing thought for a while, and then said: "The prisoners of war are not easy to handle, how could the old general Helian not know that he is the commander? What good way could he do at that time? He handed over the problem to us to take responsibility, and the court did not pursue this matter much after that. Not only was it okay, but later I was also prosperous in official fortune, and I was transferred to the southwest to guard this Wusheng Pass. This is all the old general's cultivation and promotion of me, and he is ashamed. It's just that in the northwest, after listening to my notoriety as a 'Liang butcher', Xiao'er didn't dare to cry at night. Speaking of this, Liang Zongbing looked at Liang Cheng with a wry smile and sighed: "If the root of Cheng'er's illness comes from this, then the retribution that my father deserves has fallen on you, and my father can't stand you!"
Liang Cheng looked at his father and wanted to say something to comfort him, but he felt that he had nothing to say.
Qingxu Dao was speechless for a while, and thought for a long time. Only then did he say slowly: "This matter is very miserable, and the killing is too heavy. This kind of tragedy is simply a disaster for future generations, such a serious evil, it is difficult to get rid of it. Childe's disease...... It's hard. Unless ......"
"If the Taoist chief has anything to say, I should bear the evil things that Liang Feiyun has done, and I should bear it alone. I only hope that the Taoist can save Cheng'er. ”
"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. Qingxu said: "Now there is only one way to go, that is, let the son enter my door, stay away from the hustle and bustle of the world, carry water and chop wood every day, coarse tea and light rice, and have few desires." Then meditate and enlighten the Tao, cultivate the form and spirit inside, and fight the evil outside. It is supplemented with the secret elixir of this sect. In this way, life can be saved, maybe there is another chance, and the positive result of cultivation is unknown. ”
When Mr. Liang heard this, he couldn't help but be reluctant. You must know that your beloved young son has not been able to eat fine clothes since he was a child, but he also has food to open his mouth and clothes to stretch his hand. The maid and maid served carefully, how could she endure hardships and become a Taoist priest in this way.
However, after all, Liang Zongbing is a decisive person, and his decisions are extremely fast. There is no second way to go, so there is nothing to hesitate about.
"Okay, that's it, there's the chief of the road to bother. Cheng'er will be handed over to the Taoist from today, and whether he will be evil or good in the future depends on his creation. In the future, I will send someone to send the money to the Guanli. ”
"Wait!" Qingxu said: "General Liang, Poor Dao hopes that the general himself will come less, and there is no need to send people to come." As for money and other things, it is of no great use to us, so we can give as much as we want, and we don't have to send them as a regular practice, so as not to disturb our pure cultivation. ”
Liang Zongbing nodded, pulled Liang Cheng and hugged him in his arms. Liang Cheng couldn't help crying: "Dad, I don't want to stay here alone. I'll miss my dad and my mother. ”
Cheng'er is obedient. Liang Zongbing looked at his son's face and couldn't help but feel love and pity, and quietly whispered to his son: "Don't be afraid, rest assured to recuperate here, stay for a few days before you talk, these days are clear and void, but if you have any orders, you will do it, and your father and mother will often come to see you." I don't believe in these bull-nosed nonsense, what cut off the dust, Lao Tzu came to see his son, that is right. When your illness is cured, Dad will take you home immediately, knowing no, staying here for a while is to treat you, and it will not be delayed for too long. Then he involuntarily muttered: "How can I go back today and explain to your mother, wow, alas! Headache! Headache!"
Liang Cheng listened to his father's words and felt a little relieved, although the father and son were very reluctant, after a few hours, they still said goodbye. General Liang refused the kindness of the Qingxu Daoist to stay as a guest, saying that there were still some military affairs to be dealt with, he glanced at Liang Cheng deeply, and left without looking back. waited until his father's distant figure disappeared, and then Liang Cheng turned around and looked at the unfamiliar Taoist temple.