Chapter 54: Wang Ding of Nanyue
"This stove is cheap, and people don't sell it. Chao Feng said with a shelf.
"How much does it cost?"
"One thousand five hundred taels of silver, and I won't sell a penny less. Chao Feng looked at Mo Yan and said.
"I want it. Mo Yan readily agreed.
Chao Feng was stunned when he heard this, and wondered if he was shouting less.
"Guest, the owner of this stove left a message that whoever wants to buy it must inform him in advance. ”
"Why is that?"
Chao Feng shook his head: "When the family heirloom antiques are sold, you may want to know who they fall into, after all, it has been almost two thousand years without a little emotion." ”
"Then go and inform him. Mo Mo said lightly.
Chao Feng instructed the men to hurry to the house of the scholar surnamed Zhao to inform someone to buy the Dan furnace, and the man put down his work and hurried away.
"The guest officer, please sit down and drink tea and wait, you will be here soon. ”
Mo Yan let out a "hmm", while drinking tea, still wondering what that black gas was.
After a while, the guy led a middle-aged scholar with a yellow face and a weak face to walk in.
"Is this the brother who wants to buy the Ding furnace?" the scholar asked.
Mo Yan's appearance was still in his forties, and he looked older than the scholar, and he nodded and said, "Exactly." ”
"Late born Zhao Lanzhi, dare to ask Brother Taizun's surname, what is the purpose of buying this Ding furnace?"
"In Xia Mo Remnant, the first time I came to Lingnan to do business, I saw this Ding I liked it a lot, so I was ready to buy it as a collection. ”
"Oh, that's the case, don't hide it from my brother, this tripod is the ancestral heirloom of the Zhao family, and it shouldn't have been pawned, but because he was sick all the year round in his later life, he had to exchange money to buy medicine to treat the disease. Now that he has been bought by his brother, there is something that should be told truthfully. ”
"What's the matter?"
"This tripod makes strange noises every full moon night, so it is necessary to inform the brother in advance to avoid being frightened, which is contrary to the way of the saint and the benevolent. Zhao Lanzhi bowed again.
Mo Yan looked at Zhao Lanzhi, and said in his heart, although this person is a bit pedantic in reading, but his heart is kind, and he saw that there were several dark red spider moles on his face and neck, and he looked yellow and thin, so he asked: "Does Mr. Zhao suffer from liver disease?"
Lang Zhong said that he suffered from water drum disease in his later life, and he was afraid that he would die soon, but the dog was still young and couldn't bear to let go, so everything that could be pawned at home was sold, and he tried to delay it as much as possible. ”
"Mr. Zhao, can you stretch out your hand and let Mo take a look. Mo felt that he sincerely wanted to help him.
Zhao Lanzhi stretched out his hand, and Mo Yan saw that there were red congested patches at the base of his thumb and little finger, which Mr. Xia said was called "liver palm", which was a late symptom of water drumming. Then probe its veins are smooth and powerful, and there are finches pecking a little every few times, so he said: "Mr. Zhao, your veins already have the image of finches pecking, I'm afraid there is not much left." ”
Zhao Lanzhi smiled bitterly, and his heart was so sour that he almost burst into tears.
Mo Yan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Zhao doesn't need to be sad, you can come to Luofu Mountain to find the Wuchenzi Daoist recently, he will give you a white pill, and your lesion will be cured after taking it." ”
Zhao Lanzhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said suspiciously: "What Brother Tai said is true?"
"It's true. Mo Yan said that he took out 1,500 taels of silver tickets and put them on the table, then picked up the Nanyue Wang Ding and left the Ximen pawnshop and returned directly to the inn.
Early the next morning, he loaded the bellows and a thousand catties of bamboo charcoal into the carriage, and brought some wine and food to Jin Danzi, and then hurried all the way back to Luofu Mountain to Chongxuguan.
After listening to Mo Ran's introduction, Jin Danzi stretched out his hand to stroke the Nanyue Wang Ding, and couldn't stop admiring in his mouth: "Mo Remnant, you really picked up a big bargain, this Ding is pure and pure in size, and it feels extremely thick and cold, after all, it is a royal thing two thousand years ago, which is like the Ding furnace that is poured now with a lot of shoddy impurities." ”
Mo Yan looked up, the Feiyun Ding on the stone platform had been wiped clean by Jin Danzi, it looked black and shiny, and it was quite ancient, and through the soul eye, it could be seen that the five-colored halo on the body of the Ding was surrounded, which was worthy of being the thing used by Ge Hong back then, and it was full of aura.
Mo Yan served the wine and food to Jin Danzi: "You drink some wine first, and I'll come when I go." "After that, he took out a white Hundred Worm Cang Honey Pill from the medicine box, and went out of the cave to find the Dustless Sect Master.
"In these days, a sick scholar named Zhao Lanzhi will come and ask the Taoist chief to give him this pill, but don't say that it was given by the official. Mo Yan handed over the pill and said.
"Lord Qincha, rest assured, the poor road will definitely be done. Wuchenzi agreed.
Mo Yan returned to the cave, Jin Danzi was tearing Hakka salted chicken in a big gulp, and shouted that it was delicious.
"Jin Danzi, today is the fourteenth day of the lunar calendar, Zhao Lanzhi said that every month and a half, Nanyue Wang Ding will make a strange sound in the middle of the night, I think after tomorrow night, regenerate the fire refining Ding, and see what is strange in the Ding. ”
"It's okay, the old man will make some preparations first, and the furnace will be officially opened early the day after tomorrow. ”
"This kind of bamboo charcoal is more powerful than charcoal, and I don't know if it can reach the level of blue flames. Mo asked.
"It's still a little short, and even with the bellows, it still can't reach the required temperature. ”
"So what to do?"
"You have to use internal force to help burn, and when the time comes, the old man will teach you how to inject true qi into the furnace. ”
"It is recorded in the ancient book that Ge Hong used Samadhi True Fire in Alchemy, what is that?"
Jin Danzi smiled: "Pedanc, where is there any samadhi true fire in the earthly world, it is all made up, no one has ever really seen it, and sometimes the slightest thing leaked out of the spiritual world is mythologized by people." ”
Mo Yan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Jin Danzi, do you also know the spirit world?"
"Well, I also heard the master talk about it back then, but in fact, he hasn't seen it, it's all passed down from generation to generation. ”
"What is there in the spirit world, are they all immortals, or are there mortals like us?"
Jin Danzi thought for a while and replied: "I remember that Master said that the spiritual world is the same as our earthly world, there are also heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, the sun, the moon and the stars, men, women and children, they will also be born, old, sick and die, the difference is that the people in the spiritual world are keen on cultivation, one can prolong life, and the other is to refine qi and ascend to the level to achieve immortality. ”
"Is it really possible to live forever?"
"Who knows, it is already rare in the world to live to be more than a hundred and hundred years old like an old man, and there are not many people who can really live long in the spirit world. Mo Yan, let me ask you, what is the ultimate purpose of cultivating the truth?"
Mo Yan remembered the words on the stone wall and said: "If you become an immortal and ascend, you will not be old and sick." ”
"In fact, the ultimate purpose of earthly cultivation is to enter the spiritual realm, how many people have really been able to go to the spiritual realm for thousands of years? Ge Xian Weng should be counted as one, but once he goes, he will never come back, and the bond between relatives and children and friends will be severed, so think about it, when did Ge Xian Weng come back? When did Zhang Daoling come back? There was no news, and I don't know whether it was poor or rich, dead or alive over there. ”
Also, if you want to give up your blind father and hard-working mother, you can't do it anyway, even if you can go to the spiritual world, the premise must be to be able to go home often to see your father.
"Doesn't it mean that there is a passage between the spirit world and the earthly world? Mo Yan remembered what Ni Oh had said.
Jin Danzi shook his head: "The old man is also often wondering, the people and beasts in the spirit world must have come to the earthly world, otherwise who are the gods enshrined in the two temples of Shidao and Taoism, could they be fabricated out of thin air? ”
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