The green shirt swaggered, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and Yinglan'er sat by the carriage: "Facing the sun all the way, unconsciously, the weather is already so warm?"

Watching Han Linyuan on the side jump out of the carriage, she also followed: "This road is really difficult to walk, the mountain road is winding and winding, and the plank road is very bumpy." Although along the way, you can meet people, but they are all independent families. There is not even a place to stay, this Qinling Mountains is really big. ”

Han Linyuan took the reins and said, "Yes, fortunately, the scenery on the road is good, and I don't feel tired after five days of traveling." On the contrary, it seems to be stepping into the green, and I am in a good mood!" he lifted the curtain and shouted to Li Bing, who was half-lying on the opposite side:

"Liangzhou! It's finally here!"

As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to break the muscles and bones, although Li Bing's fingers are still caught by the wooden board, but the external injuries have already scabbed, and he can barely walk.

He also came out, first shading the sun with one hand, glancing at the bright sun, and then at the city gate, but he couldn't help but sigh:

"The city walls in other places, even if they are not blue bricks, are loess, at most black bricks and red bricks. Why are the walls so special? The bricks are dark purple?"

Ying Lan'er also said: "I heard that the city wall of Liangzhou is purple before, but I didn't want it to be so beautiful! Although it is not as majestic as the city wall of Chang'an, it has more mystery and profundity, so special." ”

"Is it because of the soil here? The soil is purple, so the bricks are also purple?"

Li Bing was also curious and asked casually. However, Han Linyuan led the horse to line up at the gate of the city, and explained: "The soil here is no different from other places, as for why the wall is purple, the story is long." Let's find a place to eat first, and I'll take my time. ”

The three of them entered the city, the city of Liangzhou is not small, you can't see the edge at a glance, the street layout is also very regular, the people are thriving, the street market is lively, and you can get rid of a small Chang'an.

"I originally thought that Liangzhou was a small city in the Great Wilderness Mountain, but I didn't want the city to be so big and there were so many people?" Ying Lan'er listened to the cries of all kinds of shops on the street, looked around in the market, thought about it and said: "Also, since I left the Qinling Mountains yesterday, all the way is Pingchuan, all of which are first-class high-grade paddy fields, and there should be such a big city." ”

Li Bing looked at the city under the rule of the Tang Dynasty so prosperous, and he was also very happy: "Otherwise, how can you say that this place is a treasure." It dominates the throats of Guanzhong and Bashu, the Qinling Mountains in the north, and the Bashan Mountains in the south are all moats, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, he sits on a fertile field for thousands of miles, occupies all the trade routes, and has two rivers and six rivers crossing, with abundant water and suitable climate. The land of fish and rice is naturally rich. ”

The three of them had just gone far when they saw a group of people coming towards them from a distance, and the momentum was huge, and the people on the road avoided them one after another.

The one who opened the way held eight purple prayer flags, followed by four golden cloud tents, and then three people riding tall horses, the first one was dressed in the dark crimson court uniform of the imperial court, and the two behind him were wearing light crimson military uniforms;

After this, there were thirty purple-clothed scribes, wearing square crowns, purple clothes with white belts, and intricate embroidery with silver threads.

After that, there were a hundred purple-clothed warriors, divided into four teams, armed with long swords, and their clothes and hilts were not patterned, and they were very capable;

At the end of the team were fifty silver-armored sergeants and two hundred blue-clothed foot soldiers, all of whom were soldiers of the imperial court.

The three of them looked at the momentum of the team and avoided it.

Li Bing muttered in his heart: The three people in the scarlet court clothes, led by the four should be the Liangzhou Thorn History, and the two strong generals from the fourth rank should be the Liangzhou garrison, but those purple-clothed people, I don't know where they are. And the style of the purple military uniform seems to be somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I have seen it.

He was thinking about it, but he didn't see Ying Lan'er stunned, and just wanted to turn his head to talk to himself, but he stopped.

Looking at the team moving away, Li Bing was puzzled: "Strange! Those purple-clothed people seem to be martial arts people, how can they be mixed with the regular imperial army?"

But Yinglan'er couldn't help it anymore, and her eyes widened: "Don't you remember their purple clothes?" She saw that Li Bing couldn't remember, and hurriedly shouted: "Meridian Sect!"

Being a little bit like this, Li Bingwan suddenly woke up, and said in a low voice of surprise: "Rongjiao?"

At that time, in the Meridian Sect, weren't the martial artists chasing Chiren this pure purple costume? The three people at the head: Ni Shang, the descendant of the "Flying Smoke Sword", and Ah Qiuse, the younger brother of the Eagle Venerable, were not purple. However, the main owner who came to dignitaries, the "Elephant Venerable" of the fat-headed and big-eared people, was also dressed in purple clothes and white embroidery.

The stakes are very high, and Li Bing whispered to the two: "There are many people on the street. Let's find a place to talk!"

casually found an inn with a wide face on the main street, handed over the horses and carts, chose a remote location, and said to Xiao Er:

"If you have any good dishes, just a few things, and then some wine, not too strong, mellow and fragrant is the best!"

Xiao Er was also attentive, seeing that the three of them were dressed well, he quickly wiped the table, and said, "It's easy to say, guest officer." There are a lot of specialty dishes, but this wine is difficult to be small!" This accent is not the same as that of Guanzhong, but it has a bit of Bashu taste.

"The three of them are the first to come back to Liangzhou. Our rules in Liangzhou are 'tea and wine are not the same', the teahouse only sells tea, the restaurant only sells wine, the small shop is a teahouse, if the three want wine, they have to go to the opposite building. ”

"Oh, there are still such rules?" Li Bing was a little puzzled, and asked again: "Then let's drink tea, what kind of tea are there?"

Xiao Er thought that the business of this village was going to be ruined, but when he saw that there was still a turning point, he said happily: "Tea is divided into local tea and foreign tea, and there are many varieties." The local green tea has 'Han Shui Xianhao', the yellow tea has 'Maojian', the white tea has 'Pan Zhu Bud', the black tea has 'Thousand Mountains Red Leaves', and the black tea is the first to recommend 'Nanzheng Fu Brick'. If the guest officer doesn't like to drink Liangzhou tea, other varieties, as long as the guest officer says the name, the small shop can get it. ”

Li Bing originally just wanted to order a pot of tea casually, but was aroused by this little er: "Yo!

"It's not that I'm blowing, even if the guest officer chooses any precious varieties that the small shop doesn't have, he will definitely buy them at the tea market. In the world's tea and horse trading, Liangzhou accounts for half, if Liangzhou can't buy it, I think other places are enough to hang!"

Lin Yuan is a tea lover, and naturally knows that this little two is not nonsense, Liangzhou has a suitable climate, and it is rich in tea, coupled with such an important location, it has always been an important place for tea and horse trading. He had drunk all of the things Xiao Er said, and he had a particularly good impression of Xianhao, so he immediately ordered a pot of high-quality.

The little two said again: "It's not the right time for a few people to come, on the edge of the New Year's Festival, green tea has been put for almost a year last year, and the new tea will only come out before and after the Qingming Festival, and the tea at that time will be called fragrant!"

After he finished speaking, he was just about to leave, but was stopped by Yinglan'er again: "By the way, there was such a big battle on the road just now, do you know what happened?"

"It's not too much of a deal. This is an auspicious day for the Praise Sect, and Lord Assassin Shi has to visit the Palace Master of the Sect every year, and there is nothing special!" Seeing that another guest came in, Xiao Er smiled and said to Ying Lan'er: "A few people rest first, let me go to the back kitchen to serve the tea first." ”

Li Bing still wanted to ask about something, but Xiao Er had already slipped to the next table of guests, he shook his head and said, "Praise the sect?

"It's unlikely!" Han Linyuan lowered his voice: "Do you know the origin of the praise?"

He pointed to the city wall in the distance: "The purple city wall you just asked, as well as the rule of 'tea and wine are not the same', are all related to this praise." ”

The runner finally brought the tea first, and Han Linyuan poured a full cup: "Let me tell this story in detail." ”

He is probably the only one among the four young men in Chang'an who can study quietly, and the knowledge of the eldest son of the non-sectarian is far beyond ordinary people.

"Things have to start with the Xia Dynasty. The eighth great-great-grandson of Emperor Xuanyuan was named 'Yu'. After he controlled the water, he was supported by the people, and he had to be passed on to Emperor Shunchan before he founded the Xia Dynasty.

And his 'Youbao clan' was divided into princes and kings because of his meritorious contribution to assisting in water control, and his fief was in what is now Liangzhou, named 'Baoguo'.

Because of such a feng shui treasure in Liangzhou, there are moats and fertile fields, and the country of Bao has lasted for 1,300 years since the Xia Dynasty, and has experienced the Xia Shang and San dynasties, until the Qin Dynasty set out to conquer Bashu, and then destroyed the country.

In history, there is a demon concubine 'Bao Xi' of the 'Beacon Opera Princes', which is the princess of Bao Guo dedicated to the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty 'King Zhou You'.

The Xia Dynasty was still black, the Shang Dynasty was still white, and the Zhou Dynasty was still red. And this praise country is Shang Zi. The reason is also simple, there is a unique flower in Baoguo, called 'Shifang Shanglu', which produces purple berries, which can be used as medicine, can also be used as a dye, the color is bright and rich, and the ten spike flowers can dye a piece of cloth, and it will not go back for a long time.

The earlier city wall of Baoguo was also made of loess, but it was mixed with the juice of 'Shifang Shanglu', and it became purple.

Later, the city walls were repaired in successive dynasties, and in order to be unified, they were also made of purple bricks and stones, and there is today's purple city wall that stretches for several miles.

After Bao Guo finished speaking, let's talk about this 'Bao Jiao'. It is a native religion born shortly after the founding of the Bao Kingdom, with its own gods, beliefs and dogmas.

It is like Confucianism, like Legalism, like the Legalists, like the soldiers, heavy craftsmanship, good at smelting and forging, it is said that bronze was introduced to the Xia Dynasty from the Bao Kingdom;

And like Buddhism, it can't touch alcohol, or even smell it, but it can eat meat. Most of the people in Liangzhou believe in praise, which is why there is a rule here that 'tea and wine are not the same table'.

However, the origin of this praise can be more than a thousand years earlier than the later Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, soldiers, law, and Mo. Until the collapse of the Bao Kingdom, Confucius and Lao Tzu had not yet been born. It is much earlier than Rongjiao, and will never be willing to be a minion of Rongjiao. ”

He took a sip of tea, which was exceptionally fragrant: "Ahhhh

He continued: "The country of Bao is dead, but the place of Liangzhou is closed, but the place of Baojiao has stayed, and it has been worn to this day. This place in Liangzhou is also very strange, other religions can't come in, and praise can't be spread. Even today, the influence of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in Liangzhou cannot be matched.

What did Xiao Er say just now's auspicious day for praise and teaching', I don't know what it is. However, Liangzhou's 'military and education complementary' has been passed down for thousands of years.

In Liangzhou, the bones of the poor men grow up, they will go to praise and teach for three years, and the folk call it 'three years of learning and building three merits', which means: learning words, learning etiquette, learning martial arts, defending the city, controlling water, and building roads.

During these three years, it is necessary to be literate and learn martial arts, and it is necessary to garrison the city together with the imperial army to defend the safety and danger; there are two rivers and six rivers in Liangzhou, both of which are big waters, and there are often floods, and the rivers must also be controlled; most of them have to rely on plank roads to enter and exit the Guannei or Bashu, and they must be repaired every year before they can be used.

After these three years, those with good qualifications can voluntarily stay in Baojiao to do things, and they are called inner disciples, which are the people you see wearing purple clothes and white belts and white jade pendants.

It can be said that praise is of great benefit to the development of the entire Liangzhou, which is why all dynasties have been able to tolerate him to be big.

First, he did not preach outside Liangzhou, and secondly, he listened to the words of the imperial court very much, taking the conquest of Tibet as an example, the imperial court wanted to transfer troops from Liangzhou, and the disciples of the praise sect would accompany him. ”

Li Bing listened and said, "It sounds very powerful." I'm kind of eager to see what you said......"

Han Linyuan smiled and said, "That's not all!"

"Praise for 3,000 years, you think it's that simple. Music theory, medical science, external skills, internal skills, magic, forging, formations, talismans, alchemy, inscriptions, praise and teaching, all of them are touched, and they can be regarded as having a foundation if they can let go of their bodies and learn from other schools. In particular, the forging technique and the inner swordsmanship are quite attained. In the 'Ten Outer Gates', he is also top-notch. ”

The martial arts sect is respected by the six major veins of "Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and the Art of War", and other small sects are also classified according to their characteristics or history, such as Qingmiao, Huochong, Zongheng, Kanyu and so on. However, there are some schools that are difficult to be placed in any one lineage, so they are collectively called 'outside the division'. Among them, the ten largest sects are known as the "Ten Sects of the Outer Division".

The "Yangyue Sect" in its heyday was also one of the "Ten Sects Outside the Division", but it was short-lived and was quickly replaced.

Seeing that Li Bing was fascinated by what he heard, Han Linyuan said: "According to the legend that when King Wen of Zhou, the water of Mian and the water of Han were originally parallel. The Hanshui River is wide, there are few floods, and the Chushui River is narrow and comes from the mountains, so it is easy to have large floods in the rainy season.

One year, there was a thousand years of flooding in the water, and the whole city was about to be flooded, and the then 'Baojiao Zhangjiao Palace Master' slashed down Dingjun Mountain with a sword, turned into a, and blocked the way to the water, and together with the six 'Feizhen Lords' of the Baojiao Main Palace, along the mountain ridge, all the way with a sword to open a river channel several zhang wide for 30 miles, and the water was merged into the Han River, which permanently ended the flood disaster. You say it's not amazing!"

Han Linyuan pointed to the distance: "Do you see the golden spire outside the city? That is the new main palace of 'Baojiao' - Hantai." It is the site of Liu Bang's palace in Hanzhong. How about going to see it?"

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