Chapter 14 Walking at the Gate
Zhao Ran stopped to look at the flowers, and the place where he stood was where the grandson of the eunuch family of Luo Township fell to the ground and fell unconscious. As soon as this skill was revealed, Luo Xiangyun immediately believed in it for seven or eight points, and eagerly asked for a way to ward off evil spirits.
Zhao Ran first asked about the origin of this strange flower, and Luo Xiangeun said: "This flower is nameless, and no one knows it, it is an official in Liaodong who I was an official in the same year, and I know that I like gold and stone flowers and plants, so I specially asked someone to bring it." When I first arrived, there was no such bright color, and it was ordinary and tender and green, not much different from other flowers and plants. There are only ninety-six leaves and petals, which are rare, so I harvested them and planted them here. Only a few days ago, this flower suddenly showed a different color, gradually like a coral, and there were three fruits in the stamen. I searched the catalogue of the classics, but I couldn't find the slightest record...... Could it be that this flower is poisonous?"
Zhao Ran could see the vitality of this strange flower, but he didn't dare to assert whether it was poisonous or not, so he only said: "This flower is very strange, and the death of Sun may fall on this flower......
Luo Xiangeun was horrified, and immediately asked people to pull out this flower. When the servants heard that the flower was a deadly bane, they did not dare to get too close, so they carefully took a long-handled wooden clamp and a shovel, and began to remove the flower. Just as he was about to start, Zhao Ran suddenly had a bad omen in his heart, which was an inexplicable subconscious, a premonition of impending danger. He didn't know why he was so uneasy in his heart, so he immediately stopped: "Slow down, don't be reckless, otherwise disaster will happen!"
The housekeeper hurriedly waved his hand to let the servants retreat, Luo Xiangyun felt more and more uneasy, and asked Zhao Ran what should happen, and the relatives who were watching were further away in a low exclamation.
Zhao Ran pondered for a long time, and said: "Wait for the poor road to return to the mountain and think about it for a while, and think of a way...... Seeing that Luo Xiangeun's face was pale, he comforted again: "Lord Luo Shi don't worry, the poor road will set up a formation to trap this place, and the house can be protected without worry." But since the first time he went down the mountain, he was taught by Gao Gong and his professors that no matter what situation he encountered, he must be "full of confidence," dare to "pack tickets," and hold up the dough to the maximum. If you don't have faith, how can others believe in you?
In the constant urging of Luo Xiangeun, the servants quickly took the bronze mirror and wind chimes according to Zhao Ran's request, and cut down a peach branch on the spot and cut it into a wooden sword. With little knowledge of the formation, Zhao Ran placed the bronze mirror on the rockery where the strange flowers could shine directly, hung wind chimes on a nearby apricot tree, and inserted the wooden sword on the side of the pond.
Zhao Ran surrounded the rockery and the surrounding pool, according to the direction of the five elements, buried five washed wine urns, respectively built gold ingots, hay, water, charcoal, and soil ash, and wrote five pieces of rune paper to seal at the mouth of the urn.
The materials used by Zhao Ran to set up the formation can only be said to be a laughing Fang family, and his formation map setting and the division of the direction are also very far from the regular formation, speaking of which, it is all because there is no collection of books on the Qimen formation in the Wuji Courtyard Scripture Building, and Zhao Ran can only arrange them without authorization according to the words and phrases that have been read from the miscellaneous books, combined with his own cognition of the Five Elements Bagua.
But if you want to say that he did it completely casually, it is not really. The orientation of the artifacts he laid out happened to be stuck on the key points, which had a direct impact on the qi flowing in the rockery, pond and strange flowers, either to speed up, deflect it, or change its direction, in short, to trap the qi here and prevent it from flowing out. This is his ability after entering the state of "contemplation", and it is not something that others can learn.
After the formation was completed, Zhao Ran didn't know how much effect it could play, anyway, he seemed to solemnly instruct Luo Xiangeun, "Don't let people approach the center of the big array", and the name of the formation was also nonsense - "Five Elements Qiankun Upside Down Formation".
Luo Xiangyun simply sealed this back garden directly, magnifying the forbidden area that Zhao Ran told him to enter several times.
After working for a long time, Zhao Ran took the ten taels of silver books and instruments given by Luo Xiangeun, and felt disdainful in his heart, he didn't say much, and hurried back to the mountain and went to the scripture building to check the classics.
Most of the scriptures in the Wuji Courtyard are Taoist scriptures, and there are no relevant records in the Taoist scriptures that Zhao Ran has read, and he found only two kinds of books on this subject, one is "Daming Mountain and Sea Atlas", and the other is "The Theory of Health Taixuan", both of which introduce many flowers and plants in various places, and there are many medicinal herbs in the latter one, but they did not find this kind of red and purple all over the body, more like a strange flower like coral.
Zhao Ran went to Yu Zhiyuan again, wanting to see if he had any relevant books there, Yu Zhiyuan had a wide range of doors, and there were many treasures hidden in the room. It's a pity that Zhao Ran pounced, and heard that Yu Zhiyuan went to Xizhenwu Palace to visit friends, so he had to return with regret.
The next few days were still very busy, Zhao Ran kept participating in various Jiao ceremonies, sometimes following Jiang Gaogong, Liu Jingzhu, Chen Jingzhu and other professors down the mountain, and sometimes presiding over it himself. Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wuji Mountain ushered in another wave of pilgrims worshipping the mountain and worshipping incense, and Zhao Ran was also drawn out to receive pilgrims from all walks of life. He also wondered in his heart, at such a busy time, how could Yu Zhiyuan, who was the manager of the guest hall, still have the time to go out and visit the door? And the prison was so resigned to it without urging?
Once Zhao Ran returned from fasting at the bottom of the mountain, and heard that Luo Xiangeun had come to look for him during the day. He knew that Luo Xiangyun must not be solid these days, but he hadn't figured it out yet, how to give the other party a final explanation?
After fifteen, life is finally back on track, but Zhao Ran gradually feels that life is much more leisurely and relaxed. He had already read the Taoist scriptures in the Tibetan scripture building, and he had learned what others could only learn in ten or twenty years in one year, and there was no sign of Zhumeng parting with each other, and he suddenly felt that there was nothing to do.
After a few days of wandering like this, two Taoists suddenly came to the Wuji Courtyard, these are not ordinary Taoists who travel by order, but real cultivators, they are from Huayun Pavilion.
The two Taoists are said to be brothers, the elder brother is named Zhuo Tengyun, and the younger brother is called Zhuo Tengyi, who walks for the Long'an Mansion where Huayun Pavilion was born. Zhao Ran heard Yumo talk about it, and knew that cultivation was not something that could be gained by oneself alone. It is important to consolidate the foundation and cultivate the Yuan and condense the golden pill, but the perception of the Heavenly Dao cannot be ignored either. Especially after cultivating to the third grade, it is a bottleneck, if you want to break through from Huang Guan to a mage, cultivating the Dao Heart is the most crucial. Often at this time, the Daomen will let the Daoists who have cultivated to this level travel out of the mountains, specifically to increase their cognition and understanding of the world, in order to break through the realm, and do some things to eliminate demons and subdue demons along the way, which is called Daomen walking.
The prison and the "three capitals" showed up together and warmly received the two walkers from the hidden place Huayun Pavilion, and soon, all the Daoists who had never gone out were summoned and waited for the two walkers to summon them. The Taoist priests entered the house one by one, and then went out one by one, and it was not long before the intention of the two Taoist gates was revealed, as if they were specifically looking for something strange.
Although the Daoists of Wuji Courtyard still didn't know what was going on with these two noble Daomen walking to investigate, the experienced elders all unanimously guessed that there was a demon in Guyang County, or that the demon had entered the territory of Guyang County.
Finally it was Zhao Ran's turn, he pushed the door and entered, and saw two Taoists sitting in the room. Earlier, the prison had introduced the two to the Taoist priest of the courtyard, and Zhao Ran knew that the bearded man was his brother Zhuo Tengyun, and the white-faced person was his younger brother Zhuo Tengyi. Zhuo Tengyun leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, Zhuo Tengyi looked much more amiable, he flipped through the notebook provided by the Wuji Courtyard in his hand, and smiled at Zhao Ran: "This, well, Zhao's nephew, relax, just ask a few words." ”
Zhao Ran smiled and nodded, and sat on the empty chair left for him.
Zhuo Tengyi said: "From the first day of the new year to today, you have gone down the mountain to fasten Jiao eight times......"
"Yes. ”
"Three times I followed Jiang Gaogong, twice I followed Liu Jingzhu, and three times I went down the mountain to preside over ......"
"Yes. ”
"Okay, after following Jiang Gaogong and Liu Jingzhu a few times, have you encountered anything strange? or heard of something incredible?...... Well, well, no? So, the other three times, you went down the mountain to preside, did you encounter anything strange? I mean, like somebody got a strange disease, or even died violently, or was frightened......
Zhao Ran took a deep breath and interrupted: "Senior Uncle Zhuo, I understand what you mean, when I went down the mountain on the ninth day of the first month, I did encounter an incident, I don't know if it was Uncle Shi you wanted to inquire." ”
Zhuo Tengyi immediately became interested, and leaned forward slightly: "Oh? ”
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