Chapter 55: Chance (I)
Ma Ping nodded suddenly, understanding the priesthood of the patrol envoy.
It should be a subordinate of the four-value gongcao, right?
When I heard about merit again, I remembered what I had thought about last night, and I arched my hand and said:
"Dare to ask the Patrol Envoy, what is merit?"
The patrol made a stiff face and said:
"Seeing sex is merit, equality is virtue!"
With a joy in his heart, Ma Ping asked again:
"Then what should a person like me do to get merit?"
Still with a stiff face, the patrol envoy said lightly:
"There is merit in heaven and earth, and the merit of heaven and earth! Merit in people, and merit in people!" Then he looked at Ma Ping and nodded slightly:
"As for what you're going to do, just like before!"
"Heaven and earth, people!?" Ma Ping's eyes couldn't hide the joy, and he bowed and said:
"Thank you, Ranger!"
"Hahaha~" On the side, Lianghe Longjun laughed and mentioned again:
"Merit and merit, external merit and internal merit!" Seek merit outside and cultivate virtue inside!" sighed angrily.
"If you can accumulate enough 3,000 merits, you will become an immortal and the Tao is just waiting for leisure~"
Ma Ping arched his hand and asked again:
"What are the three thousand merits? But the three thousand good deeds?"
Lianghe Longjun laughed and said:
"How can it be three thousand? Three thousand is an indefinite number, it can be one thing, it can be ten thousand pieces"
"Or maybe it's 100,000, it's a million, or even ......."
"Alas~Heaven is hard to find~"
At this time, the Yunzhou patrol envoy stood up and said:
"It's time, let's go!" With a wave of his hand, a cloud raft floated outside the stone pavilion.
The cloud raft looked like a white jade carving, with a radius of 100 zhang, and a splendid palace fell in the middle of it.
All the guards had gone up and stood on the raft like palace guards.
The Yunzhou patrol envoy had already gone up, so Lianghe Longjun stood up and walked out, turned his head and said to Ma Ping:
"On the fifth day of May next year, it will be my birthday banquet, and you will come too."
"Wuyi crosses the border, take out my edict, and someone will naturally pick you up"
After finishing speaking, he got on the cloud raft and waved his hand at Ma Ping, and the cloud raft instantly turned into a golden light and flew away.
Ma Ping was the only one left in the stone pavilion, and at this time, the cicadas chirped and the leaves swayed in the wind, which set off the quiet and far-reaching.
With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he stood up and walked outside the stone pavilion, looking at the blue sky in the distance:
"There is no definite number of merits?" The smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious:
"I see!"
There are sayings of merit in this world, and there are even rules for rewarding those who have great merit.
But here's the problem:
You don't know how to accumulate enough merit, and you don't know what kind of reward you will receive when you have enough merit!
And the merit system turns all kinds of uncertainties into options, definite numbers!
When he was a child, he clarified 1 point of merit and a small order.
When the Taoist priest was a priest, this price code became 2 points.
To the current high merit, it has become a small level of 20 merits!
"And this is where the value of the merit system lies!"
Everything is clearly priced, and everything is specifically quantified!
The reason for this is simple:
With cultivation, whether it is lifespan, status, or divine position, will it be far away!?
With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as he realized in his heart, all kinds of speculations about the merit system in the past slowly faded away.
Suddenly, he understood:
"The ability of the merit system is rooted in this heaven and earth!"
"Those who have merit are rewarded! A wise and upright person can be a god!?"
The smile on the corner of his mouth is faint:
"Perhaps, this system ......" already had a guess in his mind.
......
In April, the heat is in full swing.
In Pingyang County, it was noon at this time, and the heat wave was rolling on the street, and occasionally a person walked around, which was also close to the shade of the street.
Yunzhou has four distinct seasons, and this is the hottest time of the year.
At the east gate of the city, against the doorway is a tea shop, covered with thatch and bamboo mats on the top, leaving a large piece of shade.
At this time, the weather is hot, and the two city gate guards are hiding here to rest in the cold.
One of them was very thin, and the uniform was worn on him like a large cloth bag, empty.
There are two whiskers on his lips, dark and sparse, and his small eyes are looking around, so that people can know at a glance that he is playing some bad idea.
At this time, he had already drunk enough cold water, and suddenly slapped the table, and said:
"Old Wangtou, I'll cut two taels of meat for your third master!"
The old king, who was the shopkeeper of the tea shop, heard the shouting, looked up at this side, and said with a smile:
"Third master, the meat is gone, and there are still two cakes, why don't you and Second Master Zhang come up?"
"Bang!" said the lean guard scolding.
"Straight lady thief, I'm afraid that the third master won't be able to pay for it, right!?"
"Hurry up and cut the meat!"
"Can that?"
The old king hurriedly shook his head and denied it, and then said with a smile:
"But the third master, you have been on the account for a long time, do you think when will it be settled?"
"How much does that mean?"
As soon as he said this, the lean man stopped answering, and scolded:
"Where's the bread, bring it quickly!" he turned his head to look at the strong man opposite, and said:
"Second brother, this Li Mazi. True. He. Mother. It's not people!"
"This hot day actually wants us to guard!"
The man on the opposite side was also wearing a number coat, but the muscles under the clothes were bulging and he was very strong.
His face is slightly square, and his eyebrows are upturned, giving people a fierce feeling.
He glanced up at the lean man and said lightly:
"The official level crushes people to death, what can be done!"
"He's an official!" the thin man jumped up and slapped the table:
"When you have the opportunity, you have to clean him up!"
The square-faced man shook his head slightly, ignoring the thin man.
After a while, the shopkeeper brought the cake and carefully cut it into small pieces.
With the well water, the two of them chewed the cake slowly.
The lean man asked in a whisper:
"Second brother, how much did you say your lord caught this time?"
The square-faced man looked around vigilantly before he said:
"To say the least, there are a thousand taels!"
"The entire Xie family has been eaten by those people above, how many do you say?!"
Hiss!
The lean man touched his bony neck, gritted his teeth and said:
"It's better to be an official!"
"How much does it cost!"
"Hehe!" the square-faced man sneered:
"What is this? The most important thing is the silver mine! When the time comes, just leak a little ......."
"And with this credit, our adults will inevitably be promoted, and it is not wrong to be promoted and make a fortune!"
As he was talking, he suddenly saw a person coming from a distance, and when he got closer, he saw that it was a little Taoist priest riding a donkey.
When the lean man saw it, his heart moved, and he was going to walk over to see if he could squeeze a little oil and water out.
But he didn't want the square-faced man to be faster than him, so he trotted directly to catch up.
The thin man was stunned for a moment, and secretly despised in his heart:
How much oil and water can be squeezed out of this eagerness!?
Despite this, he walked up quickly.
Less is better than nothing.
As soon as he took a few steps closer, he saw the second child bowing down to the Taoist priest:
"City gate guard, Fang Gua has seen the Lord!"
The person who came was Ma Ping, and after he saw Lianghe Longjun and the Yunzhou patrol envoy that day, he went to the old ghost woman to get the donkey.
After half a month, he wandered around the Pingyang realm, exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts by the way.
Although it was done casually, he had also gained 12 points of merit in the past half a month, and the merit accumulated so far has reached 29 points, which can already be promoted to high merit and small achievements.
Considering that I didn't know who I would meet when I went to the Taoist sect, I stayed for the time being and talked about it later.
Ma Ping looked up and down at the guards who were blocking his city gate, and said:
"Do you know Poor Dao?"