The strategy of conquering the national division begins with drawing Thangka

Chapter 14 Taoist Monk and Court Judgment

In the past 13 years of Bai Zeqing's life, she has hired dogs and rode horses. This is probably the most bumpy ride she has ever sat on, even worse than the time she went up the mountain—she was jolted awake abruptly.

Amidst the sound of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, Bai Zeqing had a splitting headache and his eyes were darkened.

It's so dark, what the hell kind of place is this?
Am I already dead?
Then she smelled a familiar scent of sweet-scented osmanthus.

not dead? !
She was covered with a Taoist priest's robe, and she silently peeped at the Taoist priest who was soaked in the rain from the gap in the clothes.

Although this Taoist priest is greedy for money and ungrateful, unreasonable and forceful, he dislikes her from the inside out from the beginning to the end, and even fooled her into standing in the broken stones in the broken backyard of the broken Taoist temple in the middle of the night and almost died... In short, there is a big shortcoming heap--

But now he hugged her to his chest and put his coat on her. Although the coat was torn and wet, the embrace and protection were genuine.

For some reason, Bai Zeqing has only known this unreliable Taoist priest for only a day, and she has experienced all kinds of bizarre and absurd things. However, she can feel his straightforwardness and kindness, and in this absurd thing between life and death, she has an inexplicable feeling. closeness.

With a sore nose and hot eyes, Bai Zeqing savored it carefully for a moment, willingly believed the Taoist priest, and made up his mind - even if the Taoist priest lied to her for 3000 taels full of nonsense, she would forgive him.

Then, amidst the turbulence and splitting headache, he passed out with ease.

……

Bai Zeqing was awakened by a nightmare.

The clay sculpture who just opened her eyes and was so close at hand was shocked. For a moment, she thought she was in the Temple of Yama, and she looked around in shock:

The clay statue in the middle of the main hall is the double-faced Medicine Buddha.I saw the top of the Buddha statue with a cyan bun, ears hanging down the shoulders, dressed in gorgeous Buddhist clothes, sitting on the lotus platform in full lotus, with a benevolent face and a solemn demeanor.On one hand, there is a hand-knotted seal, on the other hand, a hand-made seal of fearlessness, with a blue vase on it.The left and right sides of the main hall serve the Sunlight Bodhisattva and the Moonlight Bodhisattva.

This is not the Hall of Yama, it is clearly a Hall of Medicine Masters.

When Bai Zeqing woke up, he was half leaning on the futon on the left side of the Hall of the King of Medicine, and the clay sculpture that had just startled her was the Sunshine Bodhisattva on the left side.

At this moment, she couldn't care about being frightened at all, and all her attention was attracted by the walls of the Palace of Medicine King.

The four walls are all with an unusual black background. Except for one side with the main entrance and double windows, the other three walls are dominated by gold, with white, red, blue, and green as secondary colors. Herbs, consultations, and treatments are drawn pattern.

Looking at the drawing lines and coloring, Bai Zeqing has been familiar with the thangka drawing method since he was a child, and it is a black gold thangka, which is what his uncle often called "that Tang".

She couldn't help but walk to the wall and take a closer look:
A wall is a mantang (Note ①), and a mantang is composed of hundreds of exquisite and complete small patterns.The three walls are composed of more than [-] small pictures, drawing the human body structure, meridians and acupoints, various herbs and their usage, inspection, palpation, interrogation, and even fire moxibustion and bloodletting acupoints. A book of medicine.

Inside the Hall of Pharmacists, Bai Zeqing looked at the wall with great interest, completely immersed in it.

Outside the Hall of the King of Medicine, on the hundred-step long steps shaded by green pine trees, Taoist priests walked first, the gourds around their waists shook as they walked, and the holes in the Taoist robes were very conspicuous.

Behind him are an old monk in jade-colored uniform and a blue cassock, and a middle-aged man in Xuanyuyuan's judge's uniform.

The middle-aged man said sincerely: "It's really thanks to the head of the fairy this time! If the head of the fairy hadn't broken the evil formation in time, I'm afraid the whole Yuanzhou city would have turned into a ghost on earth." His tone seemed a little high due to excitement.

Hearing this voice, the old monk couldn't help but look slightly sideways.But the Xuanyuyuan is only under the jurisdiction of the Supervisory Yuan of the Tianyu Division, and it is an institution that registers and manages the practice sects in various places. Shangguan, his attitude is justifiable.

"It's okay." The Taoist walked steadily and his tone was cold.

The old monk uttered the Buddha's name, and said slowly: "Those evil cultivators cover up with Taoist temples on the top of the mountain where they look at the water to the shade, and set up such evil formations to practice. It is a heinous crime. When the abbot found out about this, he immediately reported it. The Heavenly Mandate Division, the National Teacher also sent several immortal masters to exterminate the evil cultivators, set up formations and cast spells to keep the evil spirits from gathering, and it has been calm for nearly a hundred years."

The Taoist frowned.

Liu Yuan has been struggling in the officialdom for more than ten years, and has been watching the expression and movements of the Taoist priest. Seeing his frown, he hurriedly said: "The pumice formation that the fairy elders built back then could only suppress the evil formation, not directly destroy it. formation."

According to the documents of the Xuanyu Academy, after the people from the Tianyu Division teamed up to kill the evil cultivators, they set up a pumice formation to suppress the evil formation.The rest didn't show much, so Liu Yuanju didn't know why he didn't directly break the formation.

The old monk also realized that what he said just now was suspected of questioning the strength of Tianyusi, so he hurriedly saluted: "It's the poor monk who is rude."

The Taoist priest just nodded without showing any expression.

Liu Yuanpan couldn't help but asked: "The evil formation has been suppressed by the immortal masters for a hundred years, it is very peaceful, and the feng shui of Yuanzhou must be preserved, but I don't know why it suddenly... suddenly..."

"There are over ten thousand undead in Ningzhou, and the evil spirit is very heavy."

The Taoist's tone was obviously impatient.

The corners of Liu Yuanpan's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly said: "So that's the case, tens of thousands of undead, no wonder they were able to break through the pumice formation. Fortunately, the immortal head came in time, and he has such great supernatural powers..."

While speaking, he caught a glimpse of the old monk shaking his head, panicked, and forgot what he said later.

As the supervisor of Taoism in the territory of Yuanzhou and the judge who issued the documents, he still knows a little about this Chan Master Cifa. This old monk is the younger brother of the abbot and the head of the Bodhidharma Hall. He is dull, speaks directly, and is easy to offend people.

At this time, Liu Yuanpin was sweating, afraid that he would say something that shouldn't be said again, so he winked at the old monk again and again.

Zen Master Cifa didn't notice it, and he really had doubts, so he couldn't help asking: "The poor monk has a little doubt. I don't know how the benefactor knew that the pumice formation was broken, and the poor monk only found out when he saw the evil wind raging last night..."

Liu Yuanjue let out a sigh of relief: It's okay, it's okay.

"The formation stone is broken." The Taoist's voice was flat.

Zen Master Cifa was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of this sentence, and couldn't help but murmured in shock: "You, benefactor, did you feel that the formation stone was broken?"

Liu Yuanpan was also flustered, his expression became more respectful, and his tone became more excited: "Immortal Elder has supernatural powers! No wonder, no wonder! Back then, several immortal masters failed to break the formation. Immortal Elder, you rely on your own strength, uh..."

He looked at the Hall of Pharmacists on the steps, and seemed to remember that when the immortal head came to Xuanyuyuan with the Commander of Tianyu, he was holding a person in his arms, but he didn't know if that person was also the immortal master of Tianyu Division. Could it be that he was injured and unconscious for breaking the formation?That is not the strength of oneself.

However, he is always used to flattering horses, so he changed the topic very freely after being speechless for a while, and said with a smile: "Last night, the matter was urgent, and I was ordered to deal with the aftermath. Before I could treat the immortal elder well, the next official has ordered someone to clean and arrange two rooms in the Xuanyu courtyard. , the Immortal Elder and that... that Immortal Master from the Hall of Medicine Masters can..."

"No need." The Taoist priest interrupted his babbling, he refused to rest in the wing room last night and chose the Hall of Pharmacists because the Qi left by the abbot's Thangka drawing of medicinal scriptures there was good for stabilizing Bai Zeqing's damaged soul and that puppet spirit.These do not need to be explained to others.

Zen Master Cifa also said: "The little novice cleaned the two meditation rooms before the morning class, the benefactor is not as good as..."

"No need." The Taoist paused, but said one more thing to the old monk, "The matter in Ningzhou is not peaceful, and I am afraid that there will be resentment."

　Note ① Mantang: A kind of thangka, a colorful wall chart drawn to explain classic medical works.

　　
　
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