Painter

Chapter 206: Chapter 55
The paper cranes went back and forth, just listening to the little episodes in the Xianglou, while the scholars continued to meditate, share tea and make wine.And the young man who didn't know how to praise led a group of monsters across the street.

At dusk, huge shadows are cast on the crowded carriages and horses. During the day, the flying boats approach the sky above Dongyue Temple, pass through many flying buildings, and the foundation of the temple passes over the eaves hooks and pagoda brakes. The bells and drums are as loud as the sound of heaven.The people of Yujing below were shouting loudly, and the monsters who had never seen anything in the world were also very excited, even Qing Yasha blushed.

Sao Qingniang, Hong Yao, and Tu Shanxi were all wearing newly-cut clothes made of five-color silk. The styles were almost the same, but their temperaments were completely different. This one was holding a cat, the other was carrying a stove, and the other was holding a horizontal knife hanging from his waist. Many glances.Li Chan wore a sheepskin fur and led the monsters through the temple grounds.

Half a month before the Shangyuan Festival, the people of Yujing City have already put up lanterns.When Xu Da saw the riddles pasted on the silk lanterns by the roadside, he competed with Hong Yao to guess the riddles.The two monsters guessed two or three lantern riddles and were stumped, but Mai Wang who was hiding in the bamboo slips gave the answer lightly.

Xu Da humbly asked for tips, Mai Wang said with a chuckle: "This riddle guessing is not simple. It has been thousands of years from ancient adages to today's idioms. In fact, reading and practicing, why not? Solve the riddle? The scriptures left by the ancients have been handed down from generation to generation, and the words and sentences in the book are subtle and meaningful. The old man read it in "Tao Ti Lun" a few days ago..."

Xu Da listened to Mai Wang's scriptures, nodded and said: "The military master said well, we have read some scriptures, it is really a hero who sees the same thing. But let's put aside the matter of cultivation, the city language on these lamps How should I solve it?"

Mai Wang was very excited about the conversation, and sighed regretfully, "Although there are many riddles in the world, the types are also limited. Solving the riddles is nothing more than using methods such as profit and loss, shift, incomplete, supplement, loss, vertical and horizontal clutches, etc. First, let's talk about the profit and loss method. It is the profit and loss of taking strokes..."

Although Xu Da didn't understand the old bookworm's eloquence, it didn't prevent his eyes from getting brighter and brighter. With this military adviser around, all the lantern riddles around Dongyue Temple would be a piece of cake.Most of the lantern riddles are literati, and there are many prizes.

"Military Master, let's discuss with you..."

Before Xu Da finished speaking, Mai Wang continued to say no, guessing riddles is fun, setting up some prizes is not icing on the cake, it would be too vulgar to use it for profit.But he didn't hold back Xu Da, and agreed to guess another twenty riddles before giving up.

So Sao Qingniang took Maiwang to hide on the bamboo slips, hugged Xu Da, and walked through the mats with hanging lights.

There are a few incense shops at the end of Shigu Lane. The red medicine is lacking some chicken bone fragrance and yellow ripe fragrance, so I went in to choose.

The sky is about to get dark, and the colorfully dressed people dancing Nuo opera in the temple grounds wear weird masks and beat gongs and drums.In the temple fair, there are also people who bought all kinds of painted wooden surfaces from peddlers, pretending to be gods and ghosts from all walks of life, and gathering parties like crazy.Amidst the noise, Qing Yasha picked up a lacquered red Yasha ghost mask with half-moon eyes of a living person on the forehead from a street stall, and asked the stall owner for a price.The stall owner took a look at the blue-faced sick man and quoted 150 Wen.

Chi Yasha beside him said in a low voice, "This workmanship is not worth the price."

The stall owner glared, seeing the red-faced big man's figure, he was not afraid, "Although our craftsmanship is not famous far and near, we are not afraid of being picked on by others, so why don't you tell me where the workmanship is not good?"

Chi Yasha was taken aback by the stall owner's upright look, then looked carefully at the ghost face of Yasha, and said, "We can't tell, but we don't think it looks like it!"

"Not like?" The stall owner laughed, pointing at the red-faced man, "You find me a like one!"

The quarrel in front of the stall immediately attracted many passers-by to stop and watch, and the stall owner sneered again: "If you don't have money, don't pick and choose, it's a shame!"

Chi Yasha was already a little nervous when he was watched by everyone, but when he was ridiculed by the stall owner, his face turned purple, and he raised his hand to brush his face, changing his original appearance, which was like cinnabar, with huge fangs, and said angrily: "Look! Does this look like it?"

The stall advocated his mouth wide, and took two steps back in fright.Qing Yasha was stunned for a moment, then anxiously stepped forward and grabbed Chi Yasha's sleeve, let out a low shout and hurried away.At this time, a small white hand stretched out and pinched Chi Yasha's face.Chi Yasha turned his head and saw that it was a boy being carried on his shoulder by a passer-by. He squeezed his hand hard again, and said in a childish voice, "It really looks like it!"

"This mask looks like the real thing."

"You can move your teeth!"

"It doesn't look like it's made of wood, it should be stuck to the face."

"Could it be a real monster?"

Others talked about it.

"That man, is he a Nuo opera dancer in the temple?" Someone asked loudly.

"Yes, yes!" Chi Yasha came back to his senses, turned his head and squeezed towards the temple grounds.In the temple grounds, a group of people in colorful clothes are dancing the Nuo dance.As soon as Chi Yasha came over, he attracted a lot of attention, so he had to bite the bullet and learn to dance a few times, but he won applause.Although this big man looks vicious, he looks like a lady who has never been out of the house a few times. He has seen such a battle?Immediately came enthusiasm.

Seeing that Chi Yasha had won the limelight, Qing Yasha was also very jealous, and looked at Li Chan eagerly.Li Chan was afraid that the monsters would get carried away, but the opportunity was rare and it was inconvenient to restrain, so he hesitated.Mr. Bi said, "Let him go."

Li Chan nodded to Qing Yasha, and Qing Yasha squeezed through the crowd as if she had received an amnesty, and came to Chi Yasha's side.Li Chan looked at Eryasha's dancing vigor, not only found it interesting, but also felt that these monsters had indeed been pent up in the house for a long time.

Mr. Bi said: "The Qianyuan Academy is nearby, let's go and have a look?"

When Li Chan looked over, he added: "I have something to say to you." As he spoke, he glanced at Tu Shanxi.

The fox girl understood, and looked at Qingchi Yasha in the crowd with a knife, "I'll watch here, Alang, don't worry."

"I'm sorry." Li Chan smiled at Tu Shanxi, and followed Mr. Bi to the east.After getting out of the crowd, I stopped and looked back, but there was no trace of the monsters.

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It is rumored that the Qianyuan Academy is located between the several squares in the northeast of Yujing City, or somewhere on the ground, a high-rise courtyard, or a certain flying building that is difficult for ordinary people to climb. It is hidden in the Qimen Formation. Even if you walk by the side, you can't see the slightest clue.Occasionally, someone saw figures leaping among the flying buildings, or flying on cranes, so they could get a glimpse of the people in the academy.

At three o'clock in the morning, the night was dark, but the moonlight was very bright.On the Yunqiao in the east of Xingguofang, the two walked side by side.Li Chan looked at Dongyue Temple from a distance and saw a bright light, "There are many powerful characters in Yujing City, it seems inappropriate to let them play in the temple fair."

Mr. Bi also took a look at Dongyue Temple and smiled, "It's okay to have Qingniang watching."

Li Chan breathed a sigh of relief.He has always been the backbone of the family, living in the downtown with a group of monsters, always worried about their safety, now seeing the monsters can blend in the crowd by themselves, he is relaxed and a little bit lost, He nodded and said, "Alright."

Bi Jundao: "You bring this group of monsters, and you don't usually have much time to be alone, so that you have less communication with people. If there are more and more monsters under your command in the future, such opportunities will be rarer."

Li Chan continued to walk towards the opposite side of the bridge with Mr. Bi, "It's already difficult for these monsters to live in Yujing City. If there are more monsters, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of them. I don't know if there is any place in this world where monsters can coexist."

Mr. Bi paused a little, and shook his head.

Li Chan looked sideways and asked, "What about outside the territory?"

"You are from outside the territory." Mr. Bi shook his head, "The so-called co-existence of monsters is nothing more than cutting flesh and feeding tigers. Human monsters are born with different strengths, so there will be bullying, so Dayong Kingdom will expel demons at all costs."

Li Chan took it very seriously, and said: "The monks are superior to ordinary people, the nobles are stronger than the poor, and the powerful are higher than the common people. There must be bullying in this."

Mr. Bi smiled, "You have such doubts, it seems that you have read something recently. The so-called heaven is respected and the earth is humble, the universe is fixed, and the high and the low are the same. The high and the low, the water can flow, otherwise it will be A pool of stagnant water. However, if the difference in height is too great, the water will not be able to go back when it flows into the valley, and it will eventually become stagnant water.”

Li Chan said: "How much is the difference in height, how does Yin and Yang complement each other, and what is the golden mean? The knowledge in this is too deep."

Bi Jundao: "You don't have to think too much. Take demons as an example, they are much stronger than mortals. So when the ancestors wanted to be unstoppable, they wanted to give the people some breathing space." He turned to the sky again. Take a look, "Now, the plague of demons is still unabated, and the gods and Buddhas in the sky are standing too high."

Li Chan laughed and said: "This is really a bit scary."

Mr. Bi shook his head and smiled, and suddenly raised his finger to the front not far away, where there are many flying buildings and covered bridges, "It's there."

Li Chan said: "Qianyuan Academy?"

Mr. Bi nodded: "In fact, the Qianyuan Academy is not only here. The Feilou in Xingguofang is the place where Qianyuan Academy's books are collected. But this place is the most strictly guarded, unless you can enter the Academy, otherwise it is There is no chance to see it."

Li Chan said: "A book that hides supernatural powers?"

"nature."

Li Chan silently read the five characters in the twelve volumes of the spiritual book, and Mr. Bi said: "The humane dynasty has changed to twenty dynasties. In the past 3000 years, there have been dozens of schools. However, the two religions have been powerful, and the hundred schools have declined for more than 2000 years. , and no school has ever become a climate. The reason is simple, but two words: orthodoxy. In ancient times, the ancestors cast big green lotus and taught supernatural powers widely, but gradually it became a private school for a few people. How many emperors want to build a school , but due to incomplete orthodoxy, the success fell short in the end. The twelve volumes of the "Spiritual Book" hidden here are the foundation of the entire Qianyuan Academy."

Li Chan asked curiously, "Where did the twelve volumes of the "Spiritual Book" come from?"

"It was given to Emperor Dayong by a Lingshu Cheng a hundred years ago." Mr. Bi said, "It's the old owner of the house you live in. Yin overcomes evil."

Li Chan was surprised: "It's him?"

"That's him." Mr. Bi nodded, "Ling Shucheng is only a fifth-rank Lantai doctor today, not a big official. He should just use this identity to hide in the temple." He said with a smile, "You I still don't know the identity of the old man surnamed Lu that you met in Xuandu."

Li Chan said, "I've asked several times, but it's just that you're keeping it up."

"It's not a secret." Mr. Bi shook his head, "It's just that cause and effect are too involved. You know it early, and you are afraid of emotional turmoil."

Li Chan smiled wryly and asked, "Then are you willing to tell me now?"

Mr. Bi said: "He is Lu Zijing, the patriarch of Qingque Palace."

Li Chan's lips parted slightly, although she felt that the old man was unpredictable, she didn't expect him to be so powerful.

Before Li Chan had any reaction, Mr. Bi said again: "Lu Zijing is the only one who is the only one who respects me. Back then, in order to become enlightened, he wanted to open the gate of Taodu Mountain. Back then, the ancestors of human beings were able to reach heaven, leaving only the two gates of heaven and earth. The gap. If Lu Zijing succeeds, he will once again connect to the three thousand worlds. At that time, the gods and demons will come again, and the world will be devastated. At the beginning of Lu Zijing's eighth life, no one could beat him. Yin Shengxie made a move at this time and defeated Lu Zijing was killed, and he escaped into the world of mortals for a hundred years."

Mr. Bi talked about the old things of life and death in the world, his tone was calm, but Li Chan's heart was shaking, and he murmured: "No wonder he is so obsessed, what happened to Yin Shengxie?"

Mr. Bi looked up at the sky calmly and said, "This is not the time to talk about it."

Li Chan was dumbfounded, "Again?"

Mr. Bi smiled and said: "At the beginning you were in Taodu Mountain. To trick you out, I just said that the capital is just over this mountain, and there are many delicious foods. If you knew from the beginning that there are thousands of mountains, I am afraid that even the second A mountain cannot be crossed." After a pause, he changed the subject, "After Lu Zijing smashed the gate of the ground with his sword, Yin Shengxie gave the twelve volumes of "Lingshu" to the then Emperor Dayong, so there is also the Qianyuan Academy."

Li Chan said: "It turns out that's how Qianyuan Academy came here."

Mr. Bi said with emotion: "Yin Shengxie has many aliases, lived at least ten dynasties, and left many writings. He always likes to hide in the temple and judge whether the court is worth entrusting, but in the end he didn't wait any longer , so he chose Dayong Kingdom. Fortunately, despite the turmoil of this school, it can be regarded as a firm foothold."

Li Chan said: "What turmoil?"

Mr. Bi said meaningfully: "The two religions have always been superior to the human dynasty. Although the two religions are aloof from the outside world, their influence spreads all over the world. The emperor governs the world by relying on nine surnames, thirteen kings, and even the gentry of the world, and most of these gentry Attached to the two religions. This world is not so much the world of Dayong Kingdom, it is better to say that it is the world of the two religions. Even the establishment of a prince must follow the will of heaven. This is the reason for the so-called "son of destiny". Isn’t setting up a school to fight for power with the two religions, and with the heavens?”

Li Chan was thoughtful, "Emperor Dayong has set up Shenzhasi again. This is to compete with Shinto. This is really... a lot of ambition."

Mr. Bi smiled, "The current sage is not the son of destiny. He killed his elder brother in the world of demons and demons. Fortunately, Wenzhiwugong, otherwise, he will be given a bad posthumous posthumous posthumous title in the future. Don't talk about gossip." He looked at Li Chan, " You entered the Qianyuan Academy for the purpose of cultivating supernatural powers and finding out your life experience. But in this world, karma outside the body cannot be avoided, so you have to be careful."

Li Chan nodded, said a good word, looked up, and saw that the lights in the flying building were scattered.

At this time, Mr. Bi said again: "It's getting late, you should go back first."

Li Chan was taken aback, "What about you?"

"I'm going to see my old friend."

Mr. Bi turned his head and looked at the sky above Dongyue Temple, where the daytime flying boat was hanging in the night, and the lights were brightly lit.

(End of this chapter)