Chapter 15 The Tavern Talks: The Immortals Gain the Tao

Soon, the wine and food were all together, Liu Shenwei talked about sex unabated, talked about Zuixianglou for a while, talked about Huayuan County for a while, and talked about his experience of following the master to practice medicine and consultation.

Zhang Xuanqing could only understand seven or eight points, and dealt with it casually, eating wine and food.

At this time, there was already stir-frying, but the wine was still low-alcohol, but the taste was not bad.

For example, compared to the fake wine he drank in modern times, it is simply more than a notch.

Not to mention whether the ancients drank such a high number of wine, let's just say that the smell of the second pot head is choking in this era when the world's wine has a tangy aroma, and it is good to mix the liquor and not be regarded as a poison.

was eating and drinking, suddenly a monk walked in outside the door, Liu Shenwei suddenly closed his mouth, glanced at the monk with a little annoyance, and said: "This monk of Suiyuan Temple is so shameless, and he came to 'talk' to eat and drink again, and defrauded the believers of money." ”

"En?" Zhang Xuanqing became interested when he heard this: "Can you cheat money when you speak?"

"Ordinary people can't speak, but these monks' 'talking' is different!" Liu Shenwei snorted angrily: "Daoist, you don't know, this monk of Suiyuan Temple loves to go to the tavern to comment on Buddhist classics and Buddha stories, which can not only win over believers, but also earn some tea money, and I don't know who came up with it." ”

I saw the monk walk to the center of the tavern, find a seat where no one was there, sit down, ask for a pot of tea, take out a piece of square wood, slap it on the table, and say loudly: "It is not like listening to the scriptures to seek liberation, can you learn Buddhism and practice; ”

Liu Shenwei explained to Zhang Xuanqing at the right time: "This is a 'rhyme', every time these monks 'speak', they will recite a poem in front of them to attract people to listen." ”

Sure enough, after reading a "rhyme text", the eyes of many people in the tavern were attracted, the monk took a sip of tea, and Fang said: "The last book talked about ......."

Zhang Xuanqing immediately reacted: Isn't this just a storytelling? What a rhyme is not a set poem? Still talking...... Well, it's really talking.

Just listen to the monk's witty words, and one after another Buddhist stories come from the mouth, and the one that is said is called an eyebrow flying color dance.

Liu Shenwei's originally good face became worse and worse, and he gritted his teeth in anger and snorted: "Barbarian Hu Sect, there will be some strange tricks!"

When Zhang Xuanqing heard this, he said in his heart that it seems that the relationship between Taoism and Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty should not be good, at least Liu Shenwei, a little Taoist priest, does not want to see a monk. His heart moved, Liu Shenwei's master and apprentice treated him well in the past two days, looking at Liu Shenwei's stinky little face, he laughed and said, "What, can't you look at it? Do you want to destroy his prestige?"

"Dao Chief, do you have a way?" Liu Shenwei's eyes lit up suddenly.

Zhang Xuanqing glanced around, pointed to a square piece of wood in the corner of the tavern, and said, "You take it here, the mountain people have their own tricks." ”

The square log seemed to be a stool leg, and although there was no chair at this time, there was a stool. It should be that a beard stool in the tavern was broken, and after it was repaired, it was not cleaned up, so it was thrown in the corner.

Liu Shenwei looked over, puzzled in his heart, but he also picked up the leg of the stool, handed it to Zhang Xuanqing, and looked at him expectantly.

Zhang Xuanqing smiled slightly, learning from the previous monk, slammed the stool leg on the table, making a loud snapping sound, which couldn't help interrupting the monk's speech, and even attracted the attention of the tavern people to himself.

Liu Shenwei was startled, and in the face of everyone's eyes, he was a little worried. At the same time, I was even more puzzled: Could it be that the Taoist chief would also "speak"?

I saw Zhang Xuanqing take a sip of wine, not in a hurry, and chanted aloud:

"Hurry and hurry to pursue, cold and warm spring and autumn.

The family plan of the morning and twilight camp is ambiguous and dim for himself.

What time is it right and wrong, and when will the troubles and troubles stop?

Clearly a road, thousands of people refuse to build it. ”

Smack-

There was another shock, which shook everyone's hearts.

Compared with the monk's "Rhyme Text", Zhang Xuanqing's poem is more than a notch higher. It is not only easy to understand, but also gives people a feeling of seeing through the red dust, so that everyone can't help but cheer in their hearts: what a true immortal!

I saw Zhang Xuanqing glancing at the people in the tavern, his eyes did not stop, even on the monk, facing everyone, he smiled and said: "Life in the world, at most a hundred years, so throughout the ages, there are many people seeking immortals and seeking the Tao." However, the immortal road is ethereal, and there are very few successful people, although the world thinks that above the nine heavens, there are all kinds of gods, and under the nine shadows, it is also the place where the ghosts return, but they are worried in their hearts, and they are half-convinced. Even though there are many legends in the world, there are still people who have doubts: Is there a god in the world? If so, how do the gods act? If you want to know, listen to the poor Tao slowly. ”

Everyone's hearts were shocked, and they looked at Zhang Xuanqing in disbelief: Who is this Dao person, who dares to say such a big thing?

I saw Zhang Xuanqing take another sip of wine, and said leisurely: "The poem says: Chaos is not divided into heaven and earth, and no one sees it. Since Pangu broke Hongmeng, it has opened up from Ziqing to distinguish turbidity. Covering the masses of beings to look up to benevolence, inventing all things to be good. If you want to know the Yuan Gong of Creation, you must listen to the immortals. ”

This poem is the beginning of "Journey to the West", but the last few words were changed by Zhang Xuanqing, and "Journey to the West" was changed to "The Legend of the Immortals." ”

In ancient times, of course, "Journey to the West" was indispensable for talking about immortals, but now it is used to deal with monks, and the plot in it needs to be changed, and it is now the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and Xuanzang has not yet traveled west. It needs a big change inside. For example, the background of the times has changed, coupled with "The Legend of Wukong", "Romance of the Gods", and even "Buddha is the Way" written by online writers, the situation is different.

Therefore, Zhang Xuanqing decided to start with Pangu Kaitian:

"During the Three Kingdoms period, Wu Guo Xu Chengzhi's "Three Five-Year Calendar" said: Heaven and earth are chaotic like chickens, and Pangu was born in them. 18,000 years old, heaven and earth are opened, yang is clear for the sky, and yin is turbidity for the earth. Pangu is in it, nine changes a day, God is in the sky, and the earth is holy. The sky is one zhang high, the earth is one zhang thick, and Pangu is one zhang long, so eight thousand years old. The number of days is extremely high, the number of places is extremely deep, and Pangu is extremely long. There are three emperors in the future. The number starts from one, stands in three, becomes five, flourishes in seven, and is in nine, so heaven and earth go to ninety thousand miles...... This immortal thing needs to start from Pangu. ”

But it is said that when the world has not been opened and Hongmeng has not been judged, a great god was born, named Pangu. There are three Chaos Treasures: the Heavenly Divine Axe, the Creation Blue Lotus, and the Creation Jade ......"

"After Pangu opened the sky, the Yuan Shen was divided into three parts, one was the Taiqing Daode Tianzun, the second was the Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, and the third was the Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun; Twelve more drops of essence blood turned into twelve ancestral witches......"

"At that time, the name of heaven and earth was Honghuang Continent, and there were hundreds of tribes, led by dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns. Among them, the dragon is the head of fish and insects, the phoenix is the honor of birds and birds, and the unicorn is the king of beasts......"

In this way, Zhang Xuanqing talked about the first tribulation of the Longhan Dynasty from the opening of Pangu to the first tribulation of the Longhan Dynasty, and from the first tribulation of the Longhan Dynasty to the sanctification of Hongjun.

It has been said that Hongjun is in harmony, Zixiao Palace is divided into holy positions, and Laozi, Primordial, Tongtian, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhun Ti have successively become sanctified.

Zhang Xuanqing pursed his lips and ended lightly: "It turns out that the six futons in the Zixiao Palace are actually six holy seats. Lao Tzu, Primordial, and Tongtian are the manifestations of Pangu Yuanshen, and they have the merit of opening the heavens, and they have the merit of establishing human teaching, expounding teaching, and intercepting teaching, and they can achieve the holy throne only if they have the merit of edification; Nuwa has made meritorious contributions to the creation of people, and is also ranked among the saints; the remaining two people, as Hongjun Daozu expected, betrayed the Xuanmen, established a religion in the West, and made 48 grand vows to obtain the position of saint. It's just a pity that the red cloud gave up the futon, gave up the holy position, and finally ended up dead. ”

"Exactly:

Lying high on the nine clouds, the futon is true.

Outside the heaven and earth, I should be in charge of the sect.

Pangu gives birth to Tai Chi, two instruments and four elephants.

One is passed on to three friends, and the two teachings are divided into two teachings.

The leader of the Xuanmen capital, a Qi turned into a Hongjun. ”

"But it is said that the ancestor of Hongjun is united, everyone is sanctified, and the war between the two lich clans is about to start, and the second great tribulation after the first tribulation of the dragon and Han dynasty: the lich tribulation, what does it look like? ”

Inside the tavern, there was silence. The guests looked stunned and looked at Zhang Xuanqing sluggishly. What Zhang Xuanqing said today was no less than a storm in their hearts, and they couldn't react for a while.

Who is Hongjun? Daozu, Nuwa Sanqing are all his apprentices, he led and Zhun Ti to found the Western Religion, isn't Zhun Ti the mother of the Buddha?

Oh, and Buddhism is indeed in the West.

Looking at the people with different expressions, Zhang Xuanqing snickered in his heart, patted Liu Shenwei, who was also stunned, and walked out of the tavern.

Liu Shenwei was full of excitement, recovered his senses, and hurriedly followed.

The two walked far away, and a wave broke out in the tavern, lively and noisy, and there was a lot of discussion.

The monk who "spoke" before was blue and white for a while, and it took a while for him to react, run out of the tavern, and go straight back to the temple, like a lost dog.

On the way back to the medical hall, Liu Shenwei grabbed Zhang Xuanqing's sleeve and asked excitedly: "Dao Chief, what you just said is true? Have you ever seen a fairy?"

"Huh?" Zhang Xuanqing didn't hear clearly, he was just in a trance: Didn't he learn the words of this world very much, why did he just talk for so long without even hitting a knock?

Was it an epiphany?

Liu Shenwei didn't care about this, and asked excitedly again: "Is what you just said true?"

Zhang Xuanqing heard it clearly this time, and shook his head firmly: "No!"

"Huh?" Liu Shenwei was dumbfounded, his face full of doubt: "How is it possible?"

"Nothing is impossible, and if I say no, it's not. Okay, let's go back to the medical hall, your master is probably in a hurry. Zhang Xuanqing didn't give the other party a chance to ask again.

Joking, although he doesn't know much about ancient history, as a master, although he is a liar, he also knows a lot about the Taoist system.

At least he knew that in the Tang Dynasty, there was no Jade Emperor at all, no Nezha Yang Jian, and no ancestral witch clan.

Let's talk about the Emperor of Heaven, the earliest heaven and earth is the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, that's right, it is the three-legged golden crow in the Honghuang novel, the younger brother of Emperor Jun.

However, in the real Taoist system, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi was the first emperor of Chu to worship, also called "God".

It's God, and it has nothing to do with the winged one that Christ called in the West.

The reason why Western God is called "God" in China is only a matter of translation, just like when Buddhism first came to China, it preached that Lao Tzu "turned Hu into Buddha", just to make it easier for Chinese to recognize.

Until the Song Dynasty, in order to cover up the shame of the Great Song Dynasty of the Tanyuan Alliance, Song Zhenzong lied that the Jade Emperor had fallen into a dream and began to tout the Jade Emperor. From top to bottom, Taoism also gradually rose to the Jade Emperor as the emperor of the classics and legends.

So when he was passing on the "Immortal Dao" just now, he deliberately avoided the Eastern Emperor Taiyi. But even then, he didn't know if there were any other loopholes. Therefore, in the face of Liu Shenwei's questioning, he will never admit it.