On the second day, Chu Yangcheng continued to hold Zhao Ran on his shoulders and hurried, Zhao Ran was afraid that he would be imprisoned by the other party's spell again, so he didn't dare to say much, but occasionally talked to the other party coldly for a sentence or two, and often did not get a response. But even so, Zhao Ran gradually figured out Chu Yangcheng's preferences, this Taoist priest seemed to be only interested in cultivating the exercises, and had no love for anything else. This made Zhao Ran very frustrated, because he didn't know anything about it, so naturally he couldn't please the other party.

The further you go, the more gentle the mountain becomes, not as steep and high as before. When the sun set in the west, the two rushed to a mountain, Chu Yangcheng put Zhao Ran down, and walked up the mountain along the bluestone slab road first. Zhao Ran saw a stone tablet obliquely beside the road, and the tablet was engraved with three seal characters - Wuji Mountain.

Chu Yangcheng climbed the stairs, although he was not as fast as before, but Zhao Ran wanted to keep up with his footsteps, but he was tired enough.

Zhao Ran was panting behind while listening to Chu Yangcheng: "This is Wuji Mountain, and seven miles southeast of the mountain is Guyang County. The south of Guyang County is Shiquan County, and if you don't eat water and rice today, you will have some food here, and then go yourself. ”

Zhao Ran was indeed hungry, but as soon as he heard what Chu Yangcheng meant, he seemed to be ready to part ways with him, so he didn't care about eating, and his mind was spinning, just thinking about how to find a way to involve some cause and effect with this Taoist priest.

Go up along the bluestone steps for a while, turn a few corners, the stone steps rise sharply, look up, and suddenly appear in front of you a Taoist mountain gate with red lacquer and gold eaves. The eaves are double, the door is open, and the blue background plaque directly above is engraved with three large lacquer gold characters - Wuji Courtyard. The red lacquer lintel under the plaque has the batch of "Mountain Dome", the left doorpost is "Sichuan Splendor", and the right doorpost is "extralegal yin and yang". The annotation of "Mountain Dome" is: Fax given by the Heavenly Master.

Behind the tall mountain gate, you can vaguely see countless heavy halls and countless heavy buildings going up along the mountain, all of which are hidden among the green trees and pines.

Zhao Ran was excited for a while, and secretly said that it would be good to find a place, if you don't accept Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will eat and drink and die in front of your mountain gate! In order to confirm his guess, he asked again: "This is the Taoist Temple of the Immortal Chief?"

Chu Yangcheng shook his head, didn't answer, climbed the stone steps, and came to the gate.

When Chu Yangcheng knocked on the door, the door was opened, and a famous old Taoist came out with a few people, all of whom saluted and looked respectful. I only heard Lao Dao and others singing in unison: "Welcome to the master!" Chu Yangcheng waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and went straight into the mountain gate.

Zhao Ran naturally couldn't fall behind, so he took three steps and made two steps to follow. The old Taoist saw that Zhao Ran was dressed in rags, and he was not dressed in Taoist clothes, and he didn't know what his identity was, so he was slightly surprised. But Chu Yangcheng didn't speak, and he didn't want to ask, so he just didn't know, so he should lead the way.

Bypassing the wall behind the mountain gate, passing through a bamboo forest and several unknown palaces, the front of you suddenly opens up, but it is a bluestone paved Xuan field. The Xuanchang is about six or seven zhang square, and is divided into upper and lower sides. The lower floor is slightly larger, and there are two two-story small buildings on the left and right, which are the bell tower and the drum tower. On the top of the nine-layer stone steps is the upper floor of the Xuan field surrounded by stone railings, there is a tall Sanqing Hall on the Xuan field, a large copper furnace of flying crane in front of the hall, the cigarette smoke in the furnace is curling, and the sandalwood is fragrant.

A group of Taoists hurriedly descended from the upper Xuan Field, the first abbot's beard and eyebrows were white, he was really not young, his body trembled, and he came to Chu Yangcheng with the support of two little Taoist children. The Taoist behind him wore a three-sect scarf on his head, and he was forty or fifty years old, but he was in prison. There were three Taoist priests standing behind the two, and then there were seven or eight people behind them, all of whom had identities in the Wuji Courtyard.

All the Taoist priests made a joke and sang in unison: "Welcome to the master!"

At this moment, Zhao Ran finally understood that Chu Yang was really not a Taoist priest of this Taoist temple, but it seemed that his origin was not small.

Chu Yangcheng slightly chucked, nodded to everyone, and then climbed the stairs accompanied by the abbot. Zhao Ran hurriedly followed. Before coming to the Sanqing Palace, he saw that Chu Yangcheng had already entered the hall, he took the incense handed by the prison, and first worshiped the Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun statue in the center, and then worshiped the Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun statue and Taiqing Daode Tianzun statue on the left and right. During the worship, the bell chime rings, and the sound is exciting.

After the worship, Chu Yangcheng walked through the hall and walked backwards surrounded by all Taoist priests. Zhao Ran hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects. He knelt on the futon, took the incense handed by the Taoist boy, and did not know the etiquette, only knelt down three times, and inserted the incense into Tongding. After worshipping the three statues, Zhao Ran sighed in his heart and looked up at it.

In the middle, Yuan Shi Tianzun is holding the Yuan Treasure Bead in his hand, smiling with indifference; on the left Lingbao Tianzun is holding the jade Ruyi, his eyes seem to be transparent; on the right Daode Tianzun is shaking the Taiji fan, his eyes are soft. Sanqing's face is like a person, but they are different, and Zhao Ran can't tell where the difference is. After looking at it for a while, Zhao Ran only felt that the faces of the three gods were becoming more and more blurred, and it was clear that they were in front of him, but he couldn't remember them in the sea of knowledge no matter what.

In a trance, the Dao boy beside him coughed, waking Zhao Ran up, and then he closed his gaze, walked through the hall, and went to chase Chu Yangcheng.

Behind the Sanqing Palace, there is a copper hall with a slightly smaller regulation, but it is the Heavenly Master Palace. When Zhao Ran arrived, Chu Yangcheng had already finished worshipping the Heavenly Master and stepped out of the threshold of the Heavenly Master Palace. He pointed at Zhao Ran and said to the abbot and the prison court: "This son has not eaten ...... today."

The abbot and the prison hurriedly ordered the guest hall to take Zhao Ran to eat.

Zhao Ran followed the Taoist of the guest hall through the Taoist temple, and he didn't know how to bypass a few temples and pass through a few forests, and finally came to a courtyard. This side is much more dilapidated than the main hall area just now, but it is only relatively speaking, if it is compared to Zhao Zhuang's fourth uncle's family, it is much stronger.

This place is called the squatter house, which is the place of life in the Taoist temple, and the Taoist priests are here to eat, drink and lazar, which is equivalent to the living community of Zhao Ran through the previous life. The largest building in the dormitory is the dining hall, which is not small and can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time. At this moment, it was already dark, the Taoist priests had already had dinner, and in the huge hall, only the guest hall Taoist accompanied Zhao Ran.

Although he couldn't figure out Zhao Ran's origin, since he was brought by Chu Yangcheng, this middle-aged Taoist didn't dare to be careless, but whenever Zhao Ran talked to him, he tried his best to reply. Zhao Ran's ability to observe words and emotions was practiced in his previous life, and after a few words with the Taoist, he figured out the other party's preferences in a moment, and immediately followed the other party's words, and it didn't take long for the two to become warm.

In the Taoist Academy, after the abbot, the prison and the three capitals, there are eight deacons, who are in charge of the affairs of the Taoist Academy, and the deacon of the guest hall is called Zhike, which is one of the eight deacons. This middle-aged Taoist named Yu Zhiyuan, is a disciple of Ketang Zhike, and he is also a Taoist with a function. Zhao Ran crossed a few words with him without a trace, and knew a little about the situation of Daomen.

The Ming Dynasty took Taoism as the state religion, and Taoism was the general name of all Taoist temples, and the general view mentioned the world's Taoist gates, which Zhao Ran knew from the memory of the dead ghost Zhao Sanlang. At this time, I learned from Yu Zhiyuan's mouth that the Daomen set up a temple in each of the three capitals and thirteen provinces, each prefecture set up a Taoist palace, and each county set up a Taoist institute to take charge of local Taoist affairs. This setting is completely consistent with the official yamen of the Ming Dynasty, which shows how tightly the Daomen controlled the religion of the Ming Dynasty.

The Wuji Courtyard where Zhao Ran is located is the "yamen" that governs all the affairs of the Daomen in Guyang County.

Zhao Ran changed his mouth and called Yu Zhiyuan "Yu Zhike", Yu Zhiyuan hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he was not a Zhike, and he would never dare to take this title seriously. Zhao Ran said that although you are not a knower for the time being, from the perspective of treating people and things, your future achievements will be extraordinary, and it is only a matter of time before you become a knower. Although Yu Zhiyuan still said "don't dare", his face was already happy, and his impression of Zhao Ran was suddenly very good.

Zhao Ran learned that Yu Zhiyuan liked calligraphy and painting, especially calligraphy, and was overjoyed, and immediately turned the conversation and talked about calligraphy with Yu Zhiyuan. It's not that Zhao Ran doesn't know how to pretend to understand, he really has a certain amount of research on calligraphy and painting. Before the crossing, Zhao Ran's uncle was a member of the Provincial Calligraphy and Painting Association, and his calligraphy and painting works were very famous in the province, and he was said to be the disciple of Mr. Qigong's disciples. Zhao Ran followed his uncle to learn calligraphy and painting when he was young, and he has worked hard for more than 20 years, and his pen power is good.

This talk is tickling the itch of Yu Zhiyuan. Yu Zhiyuan talked endlessly and at length, Zhao Ran occasionally echoed two sentences, although there were not many words, but they were on top of the main points, and it didn't take long to talk, Yu Zhiyuan already regarded Zhao Ran as a confidant.

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