Chapter 4: Seeking a Teacher

An old tree clings to a broken wall, and the vines hang down, crawling all over the wall, stretching far away, wrapped around a plaque, almost obscuring the font, but faintly visible 'Qingfeng Guan' three deeply engraved characters.

A tiger cat jumped out of the corner, stretched out, looked not far away, and then jumped up the tree.

After a while, a man with a slightly withered yellow face, pestle a withered branch, walked step by step.

"Manifest the Daoist, Fan Yu came to disturb him, and please see him. ”

Fan Yu tidied up his clothes, patted the dust, stepped forward and slammed the door, so that he didn't see any movement three times, and he was not discouraged, so he sat at the door.

These days, almost every two or three days, I come to Qingfeng Temple, one to study, and the other to solve doubts.

The reason for studying is to be healthy and live a long life, and the reason for solving the puzzle is that the woman who dreamed of the red fish was interested in the mystery of the fairy road, and she was even more puzzled about how she fell into this world, and wanted to find out.

It's a pity that the Taoist of the Manifest Dao, as if he knew his intention, came to have a cup of tea for the first time, and was blasted out without saying a few words, and then he couldn't get in the door, and he couldn't respond to the shouting.

I sat for most of the day, hungry with my chest and back, my mouth was dry, my body was full of sweat, and I was full of depression.

I had to stand up, stumbled on my head, almost broke my head, smiled bitterly and said nothing, and my heart was even more depressed.

With a 'squeak', the door opened, and the Daoist looked surprised: "Fan Jushi, why are you still here?"

Fan Yu hurriedly said: "Fan Yu has seen the Taoist. ”

Xianming Daoist frowned, looked at his embarrassed appearance, and finally sighed and let go: "Come in and rest for a while, and have a cup of tea." ”

As he spoke, he walked inside.

Fan Yu's face turned red with excitement, and he was deeply surprised: "Then Fan Yu will disturb the Taoist." ”

At the entrance, a large tripod comes into view, which is full of incense, green smoke, and fragrant.

The Taoist temple is not big, there are three rooms on the left and right, among them is the divine court, the statue of the god sits high in the middle, and several grass pus are placed under it.

Leaning against the wall, there is a table and two chairs, on which are placed bamboo sticks and copper hexagrams, as well as some scriptures.

"Fan Jushi, please be seated. ”

The Taoist waved his sleeves, swept off the chair, and immediately invited him to take a seat, and from the stove next to him, he carried a steaming kettle and personally poured tea for Fan Yu.

Fan Yu swallowed his saliva, staring at the steaming kettle in a daze, unable to speak for a long time.

Seeing this, the Taoist chuckled: "The layman doesn't need to be surprised, the old Taoist people in the mountains and wilderness have rough hand skin, heat and cold resistance, and they are not afraid of this temperature." ”

Fan Yu became more and more respectful, stood up and bowed: "Please also ask the Taoist to accept me as an apprentice, Fan Yu is willing to serve your old left and right, and always accompany the bright light." ”

Xianming Daoren's face was shocked, and he hurriedly stood up, waved his hand and said: "The layman is a nobleman, he has a bright future, and he has a good year, how can he enter the old Dao door, please get up quickly." ”

Fan Yu became more and more determined, shook his head and said: "Fan Yuru is nearly forty years old, although he is lucky, but now he is poor in writing, let alone Zhongjinshi, and if he asks me to study, he will not be able to read." ”

Since I saw the Taoist chief, you are wonderful, such as thinking about how to throw yourself into the door, only to come again and again, if the Taoist chief should not, Fan Yuchang can't kneel. ”

The Taoist was anxious: "You, layman, aren't you embarrassed by the old way? The old Taoist people in the mountains and wilderness, eating and drinking, and like to walk all year round, how can it be so easy to suffer? ”

Fan Yu kowtowed deeply: "Dao Chief, I'm not afraid of hardship, and I'm not afraid of being tired, I just ask you to accept Fan Yu." ”

The Manifest Daoist walked back and forth, pulled his long beard, closed his eyes and shook his head: "Your heart is so pious when you enter the Dao, and the old Tao will no longer stop you, but let's talk about the three chapters of the Fa, if you can do it, how about talking about apprenticeship?"

Fan Yu was surprised, and looked up and responded: "Don't say three, thirty will also agree." ”

"The first thing, Lao Dao will accept you as a registered disciple for the time being, first study medicine, then collect medicine, and see a doctor for the people, you may be able to do it?"

"Yes. ”

"Second, if you can't endure hardship, you can't complain about the old way, and you are not allowed to use the name of the old way outside, and you can't tell others about it, are you willing?"

"Yes. ”

"As for the third thing, although you are a registered disciple of the old Tao, you must not forget your worldly parents and relatives, you must abide by filial piety, support the elderly, and you must not put down your studies, can you agree?"

"Agreed, agreed. ”

The Manifest Daoist shook his head, and with a wave of his sleeves, he helped Fan Yu up: "Okay, if you can do these three things well, Lao Dao will accept you as a beginner disciple." ”

Fan Yu knelt down and kowtowed again: "The disciple will definitely be able to complete it, please rest assured that the master." ”

"Alright, if it's getting late today, you should go back early. ”

The Manifest Daoist waved his hand: "Although you are a registered disciple, you must also abide by the rules of my sect." ”

"If you enter my door, you must not deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, you must not do evil, and you must not help the abuse, once you find out, you will not be spared. ”

"Disciples remember that they will never make mistakes. ”

Then he said some trivial words, and then stood up and said goodbye.

......

From this day on, Fan Yu went to the Taoist temple during the day to study the medicinal scriptures, and under the guidance of the enlightened Taoist, he became familiar with the context and medicinal materials.

Time flies, half a year.

If you compare Fan Yu half a year ago with Fan Yu today, you will find that they are like two people, their bodies are much stronger, their complexions are more ruddy, their eyes are shining, and they are not confident.

Dressed in a blue and gray robe, he sat at a broken table, stretched out a few fingers and put them on the wrist of an old man, opened them after a while, and said softly: "The old man doesn't need to worry, the weather has been cold recently, but he has suffered a little cold, pay more attention to keeping warm, don't eat and drink raw and cold things, just drink more hot water." ”

As he spoke, he wrote a medicine list: "These are a few ordinary herbs, not worth a few dollars, you can go to the pharmacy or the mountain to collect, fry a few bowls together, and within half a month, I will ensure that you will get better." ”

The old man leaned over and stood up gratefully: "Mr. Fan is really a living bodhisattva, the old man has kowtowed to you." ”

"The old man doesn't have to be polite, Fan Yu is just a gesture. ”

Fan Yu stopped the old man and said, "It's not too early, Fan Yu will come back tomorrow, please go out and say help, so as not to wait outside." ”

"Save it, Mr. Fan, don't worry. ”

After sending the old man away, Fan Yu exhaled and twisted his wrist, and after being busy all day, he barely drank a few sips of water.

He has long been accustomed to it, and since a few months ago, the Taoist people asked him to walk in the county, go to the remote countryside, and write prescriptions for the poor to see a doctor, and some of them have to collect their own medicine.

Some common medicines are not expensive, but poor people would rather use their bodies to resist than spend an extra penny of money to buy medicines.

If you change to other Langzhong doctors, you don't care about these.

However, he showed that the Taoist wanted him to collect more medicines, decoction more medicines, and see more pathologies in the process of walking, so as to understand what he had learned more deeply through practice.

As the saying goes, the first three years of studying medicine as an apprentice, the second three years as a spectator to grasp medicine, and then three years of medical treatment, and then in the actual medical treatment, increase knowledge and study the properties of medicine, in order to truly become a teacher.

And he only took half a year to start taking medicine and seeing a doctor, all because he chanted the sutra 'Huang Ting' every night, no matter how hard and tired he was, he could be full of energy in one night, and he would never forget it, which was very magical.

This shocked the Manifest Daoist, and at the same time, he didn't treat him as an ordinary person, and asked him to read them over and over again.

It's really endless to learn, and 'Huang Ting' is a boat.