Chapter 2: The Old Way and the Old Dog
Liu Laodao saw it in his eyes, and said in a calm tone: "Senior Brother Nan Jiyun is extremely intelligent, has excellent qualifications, and is really a rare cultivator in a hundred years, but the immortal fate is shallow, and his fate is ill-fated, although he has lived for more than a hundred years, he has made no progress in his cultivation, he is really ashamed, ashamed, but Zhang Guanzhu, why did you mention this matter today?"
At this time, the morning glow has dimmed, a cold wind blew at the gate of the palace, a few fallen leaves fell from the eaves, Zhang Zhenren, who had faded the golden light, looked much more real, he raised his two white eyebrows, and said: "When the old man saw that you were down, he couldn't bear to suffer from the hunger and cold, regardless of the opposition of everyone in the view, and you have been eating and wearing for 20 years. It's time for you to go, and it's time for the Maoshan faction to be completely severed.
Liu Laodao secretly sighed to himself, his face changed color slightly, what should come will always come. "I'm not afraid of Zhang Guanzhu's blame, although the old man is old and weak, but thinking of the difficulty of the ancestors of the Maoshan faction to open the mountain gate, if it is broken in the hands of the old man, under the old nine springs, there is no shame to face the ancestors of the past dynasties!"
When Zhang Zhenren heard this, he flipped his long sleeves, the expression on his face seemed to change and turned over, and said coldly: "Senior Brother Liu's mood, the old man naturally understands, if the old man keeps you, it will cause ridicule and discussion from outsiders, saying that the old man wants to destroy the sect of the Maoshan faction, no matter what, in this case, Senior Brother Liu, you go back, the salary of the past few years, the old man will tell the deacon and Taoist to calculate the salary, the state has national laws, and there are rules and regulations, and the rest of the things, Senior Brother Liu, you don't have to take more!" This is the five taels of silver given to you by the old man, and if you go to Maoshan here, you will definitely be able to revive the Maoshan faction! Carry forward the Taoism of Sanmao Zhenjun!"
Zhang Zhenren took out a white paper bag from his arms and threw it to Liu Laodao, Liu Laodao had mixed feelings in his heart, but he had prepared for today's scene, put the bald broom in his armpit, stretched out his hands and reluctantly took the silver.
"Thank you, great kindness, no tooth to forget. Liu Laodao whispered thanks to Zhang Zhenren, who had already turned his back.
After a salute, Liu Laodao lowered his head and turned around, staggered back to the wing, packed his clothes and packages, and formed a bag with silver, and a deacon Taoist came over and gave Liu Laodao two taels of silver, saying that this was his salary for sweeping the floor in the past 20 years, and this time it was calculated together. Liu Laodao knew that labor was lowly, and this account was not bad.
"Senior Brother Liu, the Lord of the Views commands, you must leave immediately. "Deacon Daoist usually doesn't deal with Liu Laodao much, and he has a routine posture.
Liu Laodao couldn't help but look at the wing room where he had lived for twenty years, although this small house was extremely simple, with only a squeaky wooden bed, a three-legged table, and two broken wooden stools, but he was still reluctant, his chest was stuffy, and he looked like he couldn't give up.
The deacon Taoist urged again, and Liu Laodao nodded slowly and said, "The old man knows, so let's go." ”
Liu Laodao was about to go out, and a dog covered with scabies came in from the door, drooping his head, swaggering to Liu Laodao's side and lying down, like an emperor returning to the palace, unrestrained.
Liu Laodao woke up like a dream, and shouted: "Ah, leper, do you want to go with the old man?" The old dog raised his eyelids, "Wang, Wang!" and barked twice.
The leper old dog is a stray dog picked up by Liu Laodao outside the view, and he has been raised for more than ten years, and he usually eats and sleeps in Liu Laodao's wing. Because Liu Lao Dao was dirty, no one in the temple wanted to live with him, and it became a world of leper old dogs. The rules of the view are not allowed to raise dogs, for this matter, Liu Laodao did not plead with the viewer, the viewer did not agree at first, but he was even more reluctant to see Liu Laodao, so he reluctantly agreed, and by the way asked the dog to patrol at night and guard the door.
"Lord, this?" The deacon led Liu Laodao and the dog to the gate of Chaotian Palace, pointing to the dog and the bald broom on Liu Laodao's shoulder.
"Lord, this leper dog has been with the old man for more than ten years, although he is guarding the door in the view, but the old man thinks that this Lingyun Guan is the place of the royal edict, who dares to break in, so the old man - and this broom, the old man makes his hands familiar, can you be merciful and let the old man take it away?"
Zhang Zhenren really had an extraordinary bearing, waved his wide sleeves, let go of the old dog and the broken broom, and motioned to the deacon to let him go.
The old road and the old dog, with the same gloomy backs, disappeared outside the gate of Lingyun Temple in Zhang Zhenren's eyes.
Zhang Zhenren watched Liu Laodao go away, turned around and returned to the wing room where he lived angrily, the room decorated with quiet and elegant, antique fragrance was not lit with lights and candles, the light was very dim, however, there was a pair of nine palace gossip plates hanging on the back wall, which was very conspicuous.
He walked straight to the wall, stretched out his hand and pressed the Xun hexagram of the Nine Palaces Bagua Plate, and turned it to the left. The floor tiles under his feet, a larger Nine Palaces Bagua pattern, quietly opened a hole.
He walked down and into a dark stone chamber.
With a wave of his hand, the candle on the altar flickered and burned, illuminating the stone chamber.
The stone room is arranged with a magic altar, with incense cases, yellow paper, cinnabar, and peach wood swords, three yellow cloth futons are thrown on the ground, a black clay pot is placed on the altar, dozens of cinnabar yellow charms are cross-sealed at the mouth of the mouth, and the broken old charm is exposed from the corner of the new charm pressed on the outside, and it is no longer clear what the year and month are pasted.
In the dark room, Zhang Zhenren no longer put on the appearance of a grandmaster, sneered at the clay pot, and said: "Nan Jiyun, Nan Jiyun, your lonely waste junior brother Liu Guquan has been driven away by the old man! Don't you give up? Tell the old man the true trick of practicing the "Seven Notes of the Cloud Pipe" as soon as possible, and the old man can send you to reincarnation!"
The clay pot swayed from side to side, as if a soul was beating and struggling inside, and then let out a muffled sound, like a heavy sigh.
Originally, the old man didn't want to be so ruthless, but yesterday he received a letter from Bai Yuchan, a real person of the Louguan Sect, which made people upset. Zhang Zhenren sat down cross-legged on the futon in front of the altar, took out a letter that had been opened from his sleeve, and read with disdain: "A few years later, the moon and the stars invade the sun, and Rahu Star commits the Beidou, and there will be a catastrophe between heaven and earth, which is enough to destroy the heavens and the earth, punish the gods and kill the immortals. ”
With that, he threw the letter into the air, raised his hand and lit a fire, and the paper ignited a flame, which was already burned to ashes before it hit the ground.
"It's really nonsense, relying on the old ancestor of the Louguan faction, Yin Xi's little Ziwei Doushu, he came to deceive the old man, and wanted the old man to go to Zhongnan Mountain to retreat together, and study what to do, he has long coveted the status of the Longhu Mountain Daomen, so he can take advantage of the opportunity to act, it is really ill-intentioned!
At this time, a sneer came from the clay pot.
Zhang Zhenren said angrily: "Nan Jiyun, what are you laughing at?"
A voice came from the clay pot, and the urn sounded: "I really hope that this catastrophe will come soon, so that I can die with you, Zhang Simu, you will have evil retribution!"