Chapter 6: The Secret of Joy for a Girl Wandering in a Strange Cave (7)
The stone statue in the middle of the monument weeds is completely exposed, and although the handwriting on the base of the statue is blurred, it is still recognizable, and the engraved words are: "Purple Void Yuan Jun Immortal Statue".
Xu Danni has a deep impression of the name "Purple Void Yuanjun", and she remembers that when she was four or five years old, her father once told him the legend of "Purple Void Yuanjun".
Xu Danni's father is a civil official, the official to the Hanlin Academy to study for a bachelor's degree, her father is familiar with the Confucian classics, the Lao Zhuang doctrine has also been deeply studied, at the same time, Buddhism and Taoism also know a lot, once, her father in the Taoist immortals talked about the "Purple Void Yuanjun".
"Zixu Yuanjun" is known as "Grandma Erxian", and is revered as the first generation of grandmasters in the Shangqing sect of Taoism, also known as "Lady Nanyue". She was originally the daughter of Jin Situ Wei Shu, surnamed Wei Minghua Cunzi Xian'an, when she was young, she had read Zhuzi Baijia, familiar with the Five Classics, and especially liked to read Laozi and Zhuangzi.
Wei Huacun was forced to marry Liu Wen when she was young, and later she separated from her husband, lived alone in the fasting room, concentrated on meditation, she fasted and cultivated for many years, widely collected Taoist immortal classics, and later got the Taoist Qingxu Zhenren Wang Bao awarded the "Shenzhen Dao", and got the Jinglin Zhenren awarded the "Huang Ting Jing", becoming the founding patriarch of the Taoist Shangqing School.
It is said that the thirty-one volumes of the "Shangqing Sutra" were taught by Wang Bao to the "Lady of Nanyue" personally, at that time, Wang Bao stood respectfully to the north, holding the book and saying solemnly: "On the order of Emperor Tai, on this auspicious day, the treasure book given by Yang Luoshan will be passed on to Wei Huacun, totaling thirty-one volumes. There are those who leak my book, as a ghost, a clan and a sect. When "Mrs. Nanyue" received the book, Wang Bao also said to her: "This book should be faxed, not only for me." You got this book, and the same is true, all on the orders of the Thai Emperor. And since I have received seven of them, thou art the fourth. Later, "Mrs. Nanyue" passed the "Shangqing Sutra" to Yang Xi, a member of the Situ Mansion of the King of Langya. Yang Xi passed to Xu Mi and Xu Hui father and son of Danyang, and after that, Xu Huangmin, the son of Xu Hui, brought books to avoid chaos in eastern Zhejiang, and when Qi Liang of the Southern Dynasty, the "Shangqing Sutra" was passed to the Taoist Tao Hongjing.
Thinking of the legend of "Zixu Yuanjun", Xu Danni especially thought about her father, uncle and family, she couldn't figure it out, her father and uncle were both upright officials in the court, her uncle practiced martial arts diligently and was a good general; She is a learned civil official, and she also respects the teachings of Buddhism and Taoism, why is it that good people are framed and ruined, while bad people still wield power and power in the court? She hates that the world is too unfair.
Xu Danni looked at the stone statue of "Purple Void Yuanjun" lying in the grass, she felt that people have bad luck, and this immortal statue sometimes encounters setbacks. This stone statue is a little lonely and desolate, and the Taoist temple where she lives has been destroyed. The stone statue was half buried in the dirt, covered by overgrown weeds, and was in terrible condition. Xu Danni thought: "If Dani hadn't come to visit this monument, he happened to find that this stone statue was buried in the soil and covered by weeds, so he would remove the soil in time and pull out the weeds." I wonder how long it will take for this statue to emerge from the dirt and weeds?"
Xu Danni stood solemnly in front of the stone statue of "Purple Void Yuanjun", put her palms together, and bowed respectfully to the stone statue three times, and she said: "I don't know how long the 'Purple Void Yuanjun' immortal has been lying in this soil. Maybe it's because of the change of dynasties, frequent wars, the Taoist temple you live in has been destroyed, you have been wronged, today Dani has the fate to meet you here, Dani assures you that when you have the ability in the future, Dani will definitely return here, rebuild the Taoist temple, so that you have a good house to live in, you lie here for a while, in fact, you have a new building, there will be a lot of people to disturb you, you will be very busy at that time, now you continue to rest, Dani will definitely come back in the future, you will be very busy then!"
Xu Danni finished bowing, and suddenly, a gust of wind blew, blowing the grass she had just pulled off onto the statue, and covered the statue again, and the stone statue in the dirt was not visible, and at the same time, a large stone on the stone wall behind the statue suddenly fell and smashed on the ground overgrown with weeds.
Xu Danni walked over to take a look, the place where the falling stone hit did not collapse, she took a closer look at the ground, it turned out that the falling stone was smashed on a stone slab, she followed the stone slab to remove the weeds, and found that this was a very long and thick stone slab, which should have been placed in the corridor at the entrance of the Taoist temple.
Xu Danni deduced from this that behind this stone slab, it should be the Jade Emperor Hall in the Taoist temple.
Usually, the front of the Taoist palace view is set up with the main hall, the spirit hall and the Wenchang hall are set on both sides, and the Jade Emperor Palace, the Sanqing Palace, the Four Imperial Palaces and so on are set up on the central axis.
"The front of the stone wall should have been the Jade Emperor Palace, this stone fell from the stone wall and smashed so far away, this is very strange, is it just now Dani bowed to the 'Purple Void Yuanjun' and did not salute the gods in the Jade Emperor Palace, the gods lost their temper, no, Dani must bow in the direction of the stone wall, don't offend the gods. Xu Danni thought, she walked to the big stone slab, pulled out the weeds in the center of the stone slab, revealing the flat stone slab, she knelt respectfully on the stone slab, bowed three times, and read in her mouth: "Jade Emperor, all kinds of immortals, Dani came here to play, if there is any offense, please forgive the gods! Dani will have financial resources in the future, and will definitely come here to rebuild the palace and rebuild the luxurious Taoist temple on this monument, please bless the great gods!"
After Xu Danni bowed three times, when she raised her head, she suddenly found that there was a stone carved lotus flower not far from the left front of the big stone slab, which was half-buried in the soil.
Xu Danni stood up and walked to the side of the stone carved lotus, she removed the soil covering the lotus, pulled out the weeds, and took a closer look, it turned out that this was a stone carved nine-petal lotus, carved very exquisitely, but after a long time, the texture was not so clear, but the lotus flower's demeanor was still beautiful and elegant.
"Such a beautiful lotus flower looks very special here, it is not like an ordinary ornament, but must have a special use, what is its function?" Xu Danni stared at the stone carved lotus, thinking.
Xu Danni found that this lotus flower is not used as a base for other statues, nor as an ornament for other statues, but a lotus flower that is independently imaged, it is not big or small, it happens to be a lotus flower that can be held very comfortably with both hands, she suddenly remembered some legends about the mechanism hub, she suddenly realized, and suddenly thought: "This has a nine-petal lotus, it is very likely to be a mechanism button!"
Xu Danni grasped the stone carved lotus flower tightly and turned it in the direction of her right hand, but she couldn't turn it, and she held the lotus flower and turned it in the direction of her left hand, and she was very excited.
At this time, there was a sudden swish on the ground in front of the stone wall, and a door cover on the floor opened automatically, Xu Danni walked over cautiously, and took a closer look, this was a door leading to the underground palace, she looked inside the door, and there was a stone staircase to go down.
Xu Danni thought: "I found the stone carved lotus flower button to open the underground palace when I knelt down to worship the Jade Emperor Palace, it should be that the gods saw my sincerity and deliberately opened the door of the underground palace, let me go in for a tour, the gods will bless me, since there is this, I boldly go in to see." ”
Following the stone staircase, Xu Danni walked into the underground palace.
The stone staircase passage leading to the underground palace on the ground is not big, but after Xu Danni walked down, she found that the underground palace was very large, she walked through a passage, and saw that there was a hall in front, and there were two rooms on both sides of the hall, she looked towards the hall, and saw that there was a fairy platform in the center of the back wall of the hall, and there were four immortal statues standing on the platform.
Xu Danni approached and took a closer look, and saw that it was a goddess fairy statue, she looked at the name on the base of the statue, and she saw it clearly, it turned out that these four goddess fairy statues were the famous "Four Female Yuanjun" of Taoism.
The first is the Queen Mother of the West, known as the "Golden Mother Yuanjun", which is very familiar to the folk "Queen Mother Niangniang", in the Taoist immortals, she is the leader of all the female fairies in the Heavenly Palace and the yin qi between heaven and earth, protecting marriage, supporting the birth of children, and she also contains the idea of helping the good to live forever.
The second is the Houtu woman, known as "Bixia Yuanjun", she sits in Mount Tai, takes care of Kyushu, the folk call her "Taishan Niangniang", in the Taoist immortals, Bixia Yuanjun can protect all beings, Lingying Kyushu, the commander of the Yuefu Divine Soldiers, take care of the good and evil in the world, is an important goddess in Taoism.
The third is Mrs. Wei, known as "Zixu Yuanjun", she meditated and quiet, devoted herself to cultivation, erudite and talented, and later became an immortal and became the first master of the Shangqing faction.
The fourth is Lady Ziguang, known as "Doumu Yuanjun", who is said to be the embodiment of the most magnificent and luxurious grandmother qi in the universe, and is considered to be the "Mother of Stars".
Xu Danni saw it and was very surprised, she thought: "Just now I saw the statue of 'Purple Void Yuanjun' that was poured into the soil and covered by weeds, but now I see the 'Four Female Yuanjun', maybe there are also four statues on it, it is Dani who only found one statue, these four are very famous goddesses and immortals in Taoism, I must worship well." ”
Thinking of this, Xu Danni respectfully knelt in front of the statues of the "Four Female Yuanjun" and bowed three times to each statue.
Xu Danni saw that the four statues were full of dust, she couldn't bear to let the dust continue to stay on the statues, she wanted to help clean up the dust on the statues of the four goddesses, but she didn't dare to do it rashly, she didn't know if the four goddesses welcomed her to help clean up.
Xu Danni thought about it, she bowed again in front of the statue of "Purple Void Yuanjun", and read in her mouth: "Mrs. Nanyue, Dani is more familiar with you, Dani helped you remove the soil around you before, and also helped you pull out the weeds next to you, Dani feels that you have no opinion, and also leads Dani to this underground palace, now Dani wants to help you and the other three Yuanjun remove the dust from your body, please allow me, if you offend, please forgive me!"
Xu Danni bowed respectfully to the ground when she knelt down, and at this time, the dust on the four statues suddenly fell a lot, and Xu Danni thought happily: "The four goddesses and immortals agreed!" (to be continued......