When the first snow of this winter fell on Wuji Mountain, Zhao Ran had been reading Taoist books in the library for more than two months, in addition to the "Tao Te Ching" and "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note", he also read a lot of other commentaries and discussions, and had initially substituted himself into the identity of a Taoist practitioner to study the classics.

In addition to the original text and annotations on the "Tao Te Ching", Zhao Ran also picked up another important classic - "Lao Tzu's Western Ascension Sutra". This book is a further elaboration of the old man's quotations by Wen Shi Zhenren, and the content focuses on the wave of heavenly righteousness.

In the "Western Ascension Sutra", it is said that all things in heaven and earth are born from being, and some are born from nothing, which is an explanation of the origin of all things in the world. Zhao Ran compares it with his own knowledge in the previous life, and if he replaces "have" with "singularity", then this explanation is completely consistent with modern science.

That evening, Zhao Ran was studying the relationship between the trinity of "Zong", "Original" and "Body" of the Heavenly Dao in the "Western Ascension Sutra". According to the purpose of the Tao Te Ching, the "Xisheng Sutra" believes that nothingness is the sect, nature is the foundation, and the heavenly way is the body, and the void gives birth to nature, and nature gives birth to the heavenly way, that is to say, the empty universe is suddenly born from nothingness, and this world will exist, and with the existence of all things in the world, the rules of heaven will come into being.

Zhao Ran then pondered, whether the Heavenly Dao gave birth to all things, or whether all things gave birth to the Heavenly Dao? That is, is this "one" nothingness? Or is it the Heavenly Dao? If the Heavenly Dao itself is nothingness, then the Heavenly Dao should not have rules, because with rules, it is not nothingness...... But there are no rules, and what does nothingness rely on to give birth to "one" from nothing......

While he was pondering, there was a sound of "creaking" footsteps on the slush outside the library.

Zhao Ran got up and pushed open the window lattice, and a cold but extremely fresh air came in, making him feel vibrating. Looking out the window, I saw that in the white snow under the moonlight, Yu Zhiyuan was striding forward.

Zhao Ran hurriedly opened the door and greeted him, and Yu Zhiyuan was in the library building.

Yu Zhiyuan took off the fox fur and hung it on the hanger, shaking off the slush on his shoes, gathering his hands and taking a hot breath, and said to Zhao Ran: "I haven't looked for you these days, I'm afraid of delaying your homework, but I never thought that my brother would work so hard, and he still went to school on such a snowy day." ”

Zhao Ran smiled and said, "Reading the book made me stunned, and made the door laugh." There is only one bad thing about this library, that is, the books are not allowed to be taken back, and they have to be next to each other on this cold day. The door came in the snow, but what's the urgency?"

Yu Zhiyuan didn't hide it, and directly explained his intentions: "Today, the Dianzao House received the documents transferred from the West Zhenwu Palace, and before the New Year's Day next year, Wuji Courtyard can accept two Taoist children." ”

Zhao Ran was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly fluttered violently, his tongue felt a little dry, and he asked urgently: "Is it decided?"

Yu Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, the prison and the 'Sandu' have not yet discussed, and it has not yet been decided." But don't be too happy, although there are two people in the courtyard, but one of them has already been decided, the person designated by the West Zhenwu Palace, it is said that there is a cultivator root, and he will go to the pavilion to practice in the future, so you can only fight for another quota. ”

Zhao Ran took a deep breath, walked around the room a few times, calmed his anxious heart a little, and asked Yu Zhiyuan, "Yu Mentou, what should I do?"

Yu Zhiyuan said: "It stands to reason that the eight deacons must recommend candidates from among the pyrotechnic laymen under their jurisdiction, and then be assessed by the prison and the three capitals to determine the final candidates. With Song Xunzhao's emphasis on you, you must be very promising for the selection of squatters, but you should not be careless. Among the squatters, Jin Jiu and Zhang Ze have the strongest family backgrounds, although Song Xunzhao belongs to you, but if it is the prison and the 'Sandu', he must not be too disobedient......"

Zhao Ran nodded and said, "I'll figure it out." ”

Yu Zhiyuan continued: "That's the best...... The remaining seven rooms, the Jingtang will not participate in the election, my side of the guest hall Deacon Jia has gone to the White Horse Mountain, I can suppress it and not recommend, there is no suitable candidate in the account room in the past two years, presumably it will not be recommended, in this way, even you, when there are five people, you must stand out among these five people. ”

Choose one of the five, this ratio should be said to be very difficult, with Zhao Ran's family background, he is at the bottom, if he fights his father, he can't fight anyway, but how is this good?

There is only a little more than a month left until the New Year's Day next year, and the time is relatively tight, and it is obviously too late to hug anyone's thigh in a short time.

Zhao Ran thought of Yumo, this girl was practicing in Huayun Pavilion, and I didn't know if she could help herself? But this thought was just remembered, and he dispelled it without hesitation-relying on women to help him get promoted, isn't that a soft meal? Zhao Ran's self-esteem can't accept it anyway. If he really wants to take this step, regardless of whether Yumo can help him facilitate this matter, no matter what the result is, at least the friendship between the two of them will completely turn sour, and Zhao Ran is even worried that Yumo will despise him for this?

From Yumo's thought, Zhao Ran remembered Zhou Fuzun again, and I don't know if Zhou Fuzun is willing to stand up for him?

As soon as Zhao Ran mentioned this topic, he was interrupted by Yu Zhiyuan: "Brother, don't have extravagant hopes, Zhou Fuzun was just promoted to the right senator of the Sichuan political envoy a month ago, and Feng Hong, the former government official and the same knowledge, has made great efforts, and he will never fight with Feng Tongzhi for your business." The number room will definitely recommend Feng Can this year, that is Feng Hong's nephew, and he is also the most promising person among the houses. ”

The nephew of the same acquaintance, this relationship is more difficult than Zhang Ze. Although Zhang Ze's backstage is the waiter of the Criminal Department, the blood relationship between Zhang Ze and Zhang Shilang is not close, a few outside the three suits, Zhang Shilang is far away in the capital, and the care is definitely not so high, and he doesn't even have time to send a letter of recommendation, but Feng Can is different, that is Feng Tongzhi's nephew!

Zhao Ran suddenly felt tricky, but he knew that even if it was tricky, there was no way, so at present, he could only pass through Song Xunzhao's recommendation first.

When Yu Zhiyuan was leaving, he gave Zhao Ran a small note: "Last time, you asked me about the location of the Jade Emperor Pavilion, but this matter is very difficult to do, and I have not found a trace so far, and I only found out the hometown of the Great Refiner." However, if you expect to be able to climb to the Great Refiner, the chances are slim, at most a dead horse is a live horse doctor, which is better than nothing. What I can help you here is to talk to Du Guan and hope that his old man will take care of you. ”

Zhao Ran took out five hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms and stuffed them into Yu Zhiyuan's hand: "Yu Mentou, I'm sorry for you, bother to help me do a little bit or two, whether it is successful or not, I am very grateful." ”

Yu Zhiyuan's face changed: "What are these words? You and I intersect, how can we talk about the money? Get it back quickly, otherwise we won't have any contact with each other in the future!"

Zhao Ran said sincerely: "Don't get me wrong, this is not for you, you plead with the old man who cares about him, empty words, after all, the weight is not heavy, I heard that the body and bones are not good, take some silver money to exchange for a few good medicines, it is also my heart, isn't it?"

Yu Zhiyuan naturally understood this truth, he originally planned to fill in some silver from his own family to intercede for Zhao Ran, but although he was rich, it was impossible for him to casually toss out a large sum of money to open the door for others, in the final analysis, Zhao Ran was not his relative, let alone his father, and it was already his benevolence and duty to take out one or two hundred taels of silver. If you have these five hundred taels in hand, you should be able to have a great deal of confidence, right?

After thinking about it, Yu Zhiyuan's face turned pale, took the silver ticket, and suddenly paused and asked: "Where did you get this silver ticket?" Zhao Ran's family background is the most clear to him, five hundred taels of silver is not a decimal.

Zhao Ran said with a smile: "Don't worry, you will definitely come in a serious way, don't steal or rob." ”

Yu Zhiyuan became suspicious, suspecting that Zhao Ran had participated in the gambling scene in the courtyard, otherwise how could he have saved such a fortune in less than a year? You must know that Zhao Ran first swept the house for more than four months, and belonged to the unpopular position among the fireworkers, which was absolutely without oil and water, and although he entered the dining room, it had only been three months so far, how could he have tossed out five hundred taels of silver out of thin air? Therefore, before he left, he gave a good admonition, asking Zhao Ran to "cherish life and stay away from gambling."

Zhao Ran verbally agreed, and it was easy to fool Zhiyuan away, so he couldn't read anymore, stepped on the snow in the courtyard, and returned to his residence.

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