159 times, Lao Dan sat with the end of the three Qing Dynasty, and the peony was demoted out of Luoyang

Mei Zhenyi saw the handbook of the Danxia faction in the study, and asked Gu'er, "Where are the purple and green swords now?"

Gu Er: "It's not appropriate to put it elsewhere, the Flame Fairy has collected it." During this period of time, you are not there, and the matter of dealing with the cultivators in the world is arranged for you by the Zhiyan Fairy, and we joke with her in private, and we all call her the head of the three mountains. ”

Mei Zhenyi said with a smile: "The head of Sanshan, this name is really interesting, it's hard for her, and it's hard for you." ”

Gu'er: "Sister Sui'er and I don't have anything to worry about, the cultivation is now in charge of the Zhiyan Fairy, you can consult Princess Yuzhen about family matters, and there is a jack of all trades, I like to help give ideas about everything, so that the housekeeper Zhang Guo is idle." ”

Zhong Liquan took Zhiyan and Ti Xuan, saying that he would go to Qingyi Sanshan three days later to talk about something, and Mei Zhenyi felt that something was wrong, and something must have happened. But he had just returned home after three years, and there were many things to deal with at home, so Master gave him three days. Since the master arranged it this way, Mei Zhenyi would have to wait for three days first.

On the third day, Cheng Xuanhu, the assassin of Wuzhou, came to Qiyunguan, firstly, he heard that Mei Gongzi came out of the customs to visit, and secondly, he was ordered to repair Qiyunguan. It seems that the official is quite concerned about this Taoist temple and will take the initiative to repair it, but Qu Zhensheng, the master of the temple, was a little puzzled when he received the official document, and invited Mei Zhenyi to discuss.

This time it's really a repair, not just a little silver as in the past, even the patterns have been brought, mainly to re-repair the temple. As mentioned earlier, the main hall of Qiyunguan is dedicated to Emperor Xuanyuan Gao, that is, Daozu Laozi, who was posthumously sealed by the Li family, and on both sides are Zhang Daoling and Ge Zhichuan, two heavenly masters.

And in the pattern of this repair, according to the pattern of the third Buddha of the Buddhist temple Daxiong Treasure Hall, it was changed to worship the three Qings - Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun. Taiqing Daode Tianzun. The so-called Taiqing Daode Tianzun, his human incarnation is Lao Tzu, who was the highest deity worshiped by Taoism, and is also the ancestor of Li Tang's posthumous recognition, and is only located at the end of the Sanqing Dynasty after this reconstruction.

If there were other Taoist temples, there would be no nonsense if they came down with the official document pattern and allocated silver taels, but in the middle of Qiyunguan, Cheng Xuanhu and Mei Zhenyi and others still had to explain a few words.

Qu Zhensheng had three doubts when he got the pattern. First, I don't understand why the official wants to worship anyone? Second, I don't understand why the Taoist ancestor Lao Tzu was replaced by the Sanqing Dynasty and the pattern was drawn, which is also not in line with Emperor Li's reverence for his ancestors. The third is that he is not very clear about the origin of Sanqing.

Don't laugh at Qu Zhensheng, as the master of Taoism, he can't tell the origin of Sanqing. It was in the Tang Dynasty, there were immortal Buddhas in the world, Taoists talk about Tianzun not based on legends, the world has indeed not seen the beginning of the Yuan and Lingbao appeared.

Qu Zhensheng asked Mei Zhenyi: "I read the Taoist books of the past dynasties. The beginning is the name of Pangu, symbolizing that heaven and earth are not formed, chaos is not opened, and all things are not born. Lingbao is the meaning of chaos giving birth to Taiji and turning yin and yang. The junior brother is a disciple of the immortals, can you explain it to me? If the junior brother is not clear, can you go and consult the immortals of Donghua? This statue of the god is worshiped every day, and you must always find out. ”

Mei Zhenyi smiled: "You don't have to explain. I can tell you what the Yuan Shi and the Spirit Treasure are, they are just a title, not two people. ”

The origin and spiritual treasure described in the Taoist books of the past dynasties are a kind of original philosophical terms of "existence" and "pursuit". If there is really a reference in the eyes of the immortals. "Yuanshi" is "boundless mystical recipe and wide world", boundless and boundless, nothing matters, chaos and clarity; "Lingbao" is "Lingtai to open up and create the work", and chaos in detachment directly refers to the process of clarity.

The beginning and the Lingbao are specifically the statues on the two altars, and the Taishang Laojun is juxtaposed, which means that the Tao, the law, and the human trinity are trinity, and the Buddha, the law, and the three treasures of the monk have similar meanings. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with enshrined in the Taoist temple, but it must be clarified. It's not that there are Yuan Shi and Lingbao people in the fairy world.

This is what Mei Zhenyi said to Qu Zhensheng and Cheng Xuanhu, if he hadn't experienced the long three-year sitting, he wouldn't have understood this, but today it is already clear. There were still some thoughts in his heart that he didn't say, but he was thinking-

The trinity of Tao, Dharma, and Man is a transcendent and subtle way of understanding, and metaphysically, there is also a vulgar way of understanding in the world, which comes from the dispute between sects. Zhang San enshrined Taishang Laojun. Li Si enshrined Lingbao Tianzun. Pressing Zhang San's head, Wang Er saw Li Si worship Lingbao Tianzun. He worshiped the Primordial Tianzun, known as the ancestor master, and then pressed Li Si's head. In the end, no one could figure it out, so the three Qings were juxtaposed on the altar.

More specific to the current dynasty, Empress Wu actually intervened in this kind of thing with the order of the emperor, and the Taoist temple rebuilt in the name of repair in the world is not only Qiyunguan. Taishang Laojun ran to the side to sit with him, this is a very subtle exclusion and denigration, who called him an old man who was chased by Li Tang as an ancestor? Then bring out two non-existent gods to suppress Taishang Laojun.

It may not matter where Taishang Laojun sits, Dao Ancestor is Dao Ancestor, and he will not compete with the "Boundless Mysterious Fang Wide World" and "Lingtai Pioneering and Creation Gong" to be jealous. But for Empress Wu Tian, the meaning is different, Mei Zhenyi estimates that this is the last step before the Wu family becomes emperor, if even the "Daozu" is settled, it means that the Li family's royal family has been completely settled, and it is a matter of time before the emperor ascends the throne in person.

But Mei Zhenyi only thought about these words in his heart and didn't say them, but just explained what the immortals of Yuan Shi and Lingbao were referring to, and said to Qu Zhensheng: "It's okay if the Qiyunguan Hall is rebuilt like this, and the two statues of gods will be set up in front of Laojun, but it must be explained clearly to the disciples of the inheritance of later generations, as for the misunderstanding between the world, the cultivator knows it in his heart." ”

After three days of busy work, on the fourth day, Mei Zhenyi finally entered the three mountains of Qingyi, and the Zhiyan Fairy stood in front of the door of Suiyuan Xiaozhu in a red dress and waited for him, just like a wisp of clouds in Mei Zhenyi's eyes.

"Why is it just you, Master and Tiyo?" asked Mei Zhenyi.

"Master has taken Tiyo away, so let's talk about it alone, and come with me. The Flame Fairy replied.

Zhiyan wandered in the world for three years, and when he finally got Feiyunxiu back, he found that it was already a god worship whip, and Danxia Peak gave back Mei Zhenyi to marry him, but then he retreated for three years and experienced hardships and sea tribulations, and a year later, Mei Zhenyi entered the country to observe the Dharma for three years, and it was not until this moment that the two had the opportunity to talk alone.

Amazingly, there seems to be a tacit understanding between the two. A lot of things don't need to be said. If the relationship between them is concerned, there is an element of love between men and women, but it is not only the love between men and women.

At the beginning, the small building was only the front hall and the wings on both sides of the original Jingwu Villa, but now the scale is much larger, and there is also a courtyard behind the front hall, among which there is the Zhiyan Land Meditation Room.

There was nothing else in the ashram, only two white auspicious soft straw mats on the floor, and they naturally sat down facing each other. Just like when Mei Zhenyi broke out of her delusion and saw Zhiyan for the first time. They didn't speak for a long time, just looked into each other's eyes, and Zhiyan's face flushed slightly, but he didn't bow his head.

"It's not until today that you have the cultivation of an earth immortal, but I think your description has always been that of a fairy, no matter what your cultivation is, no matter the past or future. Only then did I understand why people called you the Flame Fairy when you came to the world. It was Mei Zhenyi who spoke first.

Zhiyan smiled lightly: "Even true immortals like to hear kind words. I'm glad you praise me like that. ”

Mei Zhenyi: "I can't ask for it to be able to join hands with fairies, and I can't describe it as happy." I heard that you will go through all kinds of past life reincarnations during the Bitter Sea Tribulation, but I wonder what you have experienced in the past three years of retreat?"

Zhiyan replied in a questioning tone, "Did you have a dream when you were a child? There are dreams in dreams, and so on and so forth, going through all kinds of reincarnation and seeing, and if you lose your concentration, you can't go back. ...... Breaking through the barrier is equivalent to waking up from a dream. I am who I am, and I have nothing to do with my previous life, and I don't need to mention it again if I know it. ”

Mei Zhenyi: "I don't need to mention it anymore, you are the fairy Zhiyan in this life and this world." ”

Zhiyan: "You are also the Zhenyi of this life and this life, sitting in Jingting Mountain for three years, the realm of rebirth is sufficient, you have reached the shore of the bitter sea, and the opportunity for you to experience calamity is probably just around the corner." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "What happened to me?"

Zhiyan suddenly said a digression: "These three years." The white peony of Luoyang Peony Fang wrote you two letters, the first letter was Zhang Guo's land collection, when I was still in retreat, and the second letter was Princess Yuzhen's land collection, which was later placed here for me. ”

White Peony wrote two letters to Mei Zhenyi, the first letter was shortly after Mei Zhenyi's retreat, in order to reply to a message, because Mei Zhenyi had asked her to inquire about the news of the Nether of the Flower God Parrama. White Peony really inquired. It's not that she found the ground. It was the other party who took the initiative to come to her.

About three years ago, a woman who called herself Puroroma passed by Luoyang and found the white peony. Ask her about someone, and that person is a layman named Wei Tan. White Peony hadn't seen Wei Tan, and she couldn't keep Porurama if she wanted to, so she could only ask where she was going. Boro Rama said that he did not find Wei Tan in the human world, and wanted to go to Kunlun Wonderland to find it.

The second letter was nearly a year ago, replying to thank Mei Zhenyi for the boat of wine, and said that the wine was very good, and it was used in the Oiran banquet. But she also said that the banquet is an Oiran banquet, and the wine is drunk by the world's famous people, so why should Mei Gongzi find this regret?

When reading the second letter, Mei Zhenyi sighed: "Mei Liufa, that kid, wrote a letter to Bai Peony in my name, and I don't know what kind of romantic account I wrote, which caused Bai Peony to reply like this!" After reading the first letter, he was surprised again: "Wei Tan Jushi, I met him at the head of Haoshui Luohuan Bridge, he was a boatman at the time, but unfortunately he left later." ”

After Mei Zhenyi finished reading these two letters, Zhiyan stretched out a hand to hold his hand, and said softly: "There is a third letter, but it is your father's message, Bai Peony has an accident and is missing from Peony Fang! ”

Mei Zhenyi's tone was tight: "What can happen to the white peony? She is the flower god of Luoyang peony, and she has no quarrel with others, and she has been reborn and cultivated." ”

Zhiyan patted the back of his hand with his other hand and said, "Don't worry, listen to me slowly, Master knows that as soon as you hear this news, you will rush to Luoyang immediately, and this bitter sea tribulation is inevitable." You've just returned from three-year retreat, and you have to deal with things at home, so let me wait for three days. In fact, Qingfeng went to Luoyang and just came back, he saw the white peony, and the gentleman also went. ”

Mei Zhenyi said with a little peace of mind in her heart: "Qingfeng has seen the white peony, then she is not missing, I understand, she must be hiding in the backyard garden of the Nanlu Mansion in Luoyang, which is the refuge I prepared for her at the beginning." ”

The matter of the white peony land has to start from ten days before Mei Zhenyi left the fixed state. On that day, Wu Tianhou visited the West Garden accompanied by Princess Taiping, Wu Sansi and others, and it was warm and cold in early spring, and the flowers and trees in the garden had been sent but the buds had not opened.

Empress Wu inadvertently said: "Spring is sunny and peaceful." I went to the garden, but I didn't see a single flower. "The Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty called herself I, starting from the Wu family.

Wu Chengsi explained: "The time has not yet come. ”

Wu Sansi leaned over and said: "I don't think it's that the season has not arrived, but that everything is ready and only a wisp of spring breeze is owed tomorrow, and the holy will of the queen of heaven is undecided, and the flowers dare not bloom to welcome each other." As long as the queen of heaven makes a will, the god of flowers must also obey the order. ”

What is this? On the surface, it sounds like a fleshy sycophant, but in fact it is also a hidden word. He has always wanted to incite Empress Wu to become emperor as soon as possible, using the blooming season as an excuse to imply that the time is ripe for Empress Wu, and he is about to make a decree. Empress Wu listened silently, nodded and smiled: "Is it? ”

Empress Wu immediately ordered Princess Taiping to draw up a decree, write it on the yellow silk, personally stamp the emperor's seal, and hang it in the garden to the sun. I want to Jingting Mountain back then, and the god was a high monk Zhishu. And this time it was Empress Wu who personally issued the decree on the spot. The decree reads—

"Tomorrow morning to the garden, the spring is known quickly, the flowers are sent overnight, don't wait for the wind to blow. ”

On the same day, he issued an order to recruit hundreds of officials to visit Xiyuan the next day. The next day, they scattered. Hundreds of officials gathered, only to see that a hundred flowers had bloomed in the garden, competing to spit on the branches, and the decree issued by the Empress Wu was suspended on the highest flower branches. Hundreds of officials were shocked. Long live the mountain, the queen of martial arts Fengyan is happy, the order is opened, and the hundred flowers are rewarded, and it is called the Hundred Flowers Banquet.

At the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Wu Sansi and others arranged shifts to celebrate, and offered poems repeatedly, most of which were eulogies such as "the god of flowers serves his life, and Wanrui contains fragrance". In the midst of the excitement, the waiter came to report the roster of flowers in the garden. Only one peony plant has not opened. Empress Wu's face was gloomy, today she used the flowers of Xiyuan to deter civil and military officials, why is the peony so discordant?

The ministers also heard the report from the inner servant, and they stopped talking for a while, and the originally festive atmosphere of the wine feast became a little awkward. Empress Wu couldn't get off the stage, so she immediately issued an order - to demote the peony flower from Luoyang.

Peony is a kind of flower, and it is not an official, how can it be degraded? First eradicate all the peony flowers in the West Garden. Then he ordered all the plants in Luoyang City to be moved to the wild. Not even a single private potted plant is allowed to remain!

Nanlu Gong Mei Xiaolang was secretly frightened at the Hundred Flowers Banquet. remembered that a few years ago, my son secretly did something in the house. At that time, Mei Zhenyi discussed privately with him, under the pretext that the quiet garden in the backyard was once the residence of Jin Xian, and the garden was closed to commemorate and no longer let his family enter. The empty garden closed the door and couldn't see anything unusual, but Mei Xiaolang knew that there was another article in it.

Mei Zhenyi once secretly collected all kinds of peony flowers in Luoyang City and transplanted them into the small garden, but if someone climbed over the wall and entered the garden, they could not see a peony flower, and it was said that there was a fairy circle to cover it. Nan Lu Gong thought secretly in his heart - could it be that his son has the ability to predict the future, anticipated today's scene in advance, and deliberately kept peony seeds in Luoyang City?

Mei Xiaolang thought that all this happened after his son came back from the peony shop "occupying the flower oran", could it be that he had anything to do with the white peony girl in the peony shop? His cultivation skills were very good, but his face was shocked, but there was nothing abnormal on his face, and after returning home, he ordered someone to secretly inquire about the recent situation of the white peony.

As a result, there was no need to ask, the white peony really had an accident, and it was rumored in the streets and alleys of Luoyang. On the night of the day when Empress Wu ordered the peony flower to be degraded out of Luoyang, the white peony field Oiran banquet stopped. The next day, people found that the flower boat behind the peony workshop had sunk silently into the south water, and the white peony should have been on it all along, but no one had seen her get off the boat.

Someone immediately went into the water to salvage and rescue, but only fished out some remnants of the table case and bead curtain, and the white peony was nowhere to be seen. You must know that the white peony is not only the Luoyang Oiran, but also one of the richest in the city. She has accumulated countless gold, silver, pearls and jade, and I heard that they are all stored in that flower shop.

The white peony can not be found in the south water, and many people still go into the water to salvage for many days, which is no longer to save people, but to find the treasure of the white peony. It is said that more than a dozen people have drowned, but nothing of value has been fished.