chewing dragon

Chapter 261: The Government of the First Kings and the Virtue of the First People
Pu's Old Liquor is known as Jixia's famous wine. Pu's Liquor with two black boys is naturally not far from Jishan. It can even be said to be at the foot of Jishan.

It is under Jishan Mountain, so it is named Jixia.

Jishan is the remnant of Xixiuling extending to the north. It is located to the west of Tianqiyuan. There is an official road between the mountains and the lake. It is wide enough but not straight enough.

Qi Jingzhi and Lishan Guangye were speeding along this official road with many twists and turns. A moment ago, they were looking at a series of towering mountains. After the twists and turns, they turned into a winding embankment.

Elms and willows are planted all over the embankment of Tianqiyuan Lake. Lishan Guangye said that this was the uneasy rule of the ancestors of the Qi Dynasty for 2000 years. Wherever the shore of Tianqiyuan Lake is, elms and willows must be planted. Consolidating water and soil to prevent loss, secretly also means to confine wild animals and prevent flooding.

Under the guidance of Lishan Guangye, Qi Jingzhi walked quickly along such an official road surrounded by mountains and rivers, with dark willows and bright flowers, and detoured all the way to the northwest bank of the lake. When he took a short rest, he looked eastward and saw a heavily guarded fortress. The military stronghold comes into view, and it is said that the Gaojitan Caves are surrounded by this military stronghold.

The two boys, one fat and one thin, stretched their necks, but naturally saw nothing, so they continued on the road angrily.

Both Bannu and Liju were on unusual mounts, and soon they were flying past for dozens of miles. Unknowingly, the two young men had turned to the northeast, gradually leaving the most majestic peaks behind them.

So, when Qi Jingzhi once again bypassed a mountain wall blocking the road and looked up casually, he suddenly saw a magnificent city rising from the ground, like a mountain, covering hundreds of miles, and like a head. The giant beast with the aura of eternal wilderness is entrenched at the end of the sky and the earth, stretching its limbs and showing off its claws.

The majestic city gate connecting the sky and the earth at the end of the official road is like a ferocious beast's kiss, swallowing up the official road and the flow of cars, horses and people above it, turning it into the food of a giant beast, nourishing the vastness. The simple, majestic and majestic general trend interweaves into the atmosphere of the royal capital covering the four fields and the sea.

The way of heaven is fierce and the way of humanity is brilliant... This is the first impression that the capital of Da Qi brought to the young man in the mountains.

Qi Jingzhi was caught off guard and was struck by the majestic city in front of him. It was hard to put into words the shock, which was no less than when he watched from a distance the Biluo Palace Qingcheng ship patrolling the galaxy.

In fact, the Shen Yun legal principles of Saint Jiang Qingcheng and Da Qi Royal Capital are in the same origin.

Perhaps because of this, Qi Jingzhi always felt a sense of déjà vu after carefully looking at the gate of the royal capital, but he always felt that it should be more than that.

The next moment, an idea suddenly came to the young man's mind. He twisted his waist suddenly and looked back. The towering outline of Jishan Mountain was immediately reflected in his eyes.

Qi Jingzhi immediately realized that the royal capital city gate in front of him, facing west and south, was actually far away from Jishan Mountain in the southwest, and it was not inferior in terms of momentum, and it was very close in terms of charm. Only then It gave him a strong sense of familiarity.

A high mountain and a city gate, the two sides face each other from a distance and compete with each other, but they are connected and complement each other.

Lishan Guangye also saw the city gate in front, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he said cheerfully: "That is Jimen among the thirteen city gates of the royal capital! This gate is located at the south end of the west side of the royal capital. He looked at the peaks of Jishan Mountain and took away their wild nature for his own use, hence the name!"

"So it is!"

Qi Jingzhi suddenly realized it and couldn't help nodding in admiration: "No wonder this huge city and this city gate in front of you can combine the wild nature and the essence of humanity!"

Originally, in the minds of young people, Wujiya Swordsman Xuan Zhen breathed dragon energy and cultivated virtues in Linshan, and he had amazing magical powers. However, the city in front of him was not even a living creature, but he was able to accomplish the same feat. This is even more incredible.

Regarding Qi Jingzhi's reaction, Lishan Guangye was not surprised at all. Instead, he laughed and said: "Speaking of this, every time soldiers from border towns and soldiers from prefectures and counties come to the country to garrison in turns, the people in the capital will rush to fight with each other. Come out and watch, brother, can you guess the reason?"

Qi Jing was startled, then shook his head and said: "This kind of thing should be very common in the capital. After all, Da Qi's rotational garrison system has been implemented for many years. The local garrison soldiers are recruited either to serve in border towns or to guard the capital. Important places such as state capitals and county towns. The people in the capital are well-informed, and they don't like to see the embarrassment of country people when they enter the city like the idle people in Songling County, right?"

"Oh, Brother Shi really hit the spot! People in the capital just like to see this!"

Lishan Guangye said with a smile: "Every time foreign troops enter the city, there will always be some trouble in the fighting among the soldiers, even if they are very courageous, even if they have killed many people on the battlefield and acted unscrupulously in the local area, suddenly they will Seeing such a majestic city, being squeezed and impacted by the wild and humane atmosphere, it is inevitable that one's heart will be shaken and many jokes will be made, and the more vulnerable the person is, the bigger the jokes will be."

"What I saw with my own eyes was that some were shocked and speechless, and only heard strange screams; some were horrified and trembling, unable to take steps; some were so frightened that they fell to the ground and kowtowed; some even collapsed on the ground and cried loudly. Those who vomit blood and faint, those who go crazy and commit suicide, those who transform into monsters, there are really thousands of people with different expressions."

"Brother, please don't see that the people in the capital like to watch this kind of excitement, and think that all of them are cold-blooded and look down on others. Just because if you don't screen them and allow those soldiers with great psychological defects to enter the capital, sooner or later they will be killed. If a disaster occurs, the people who will suffer will still be the common people."

Having said this, Lishan Guangye suddenly took a deep breath and added: "This screening method... is also extremely useful for monks, especially low-level monks."

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi turned to look at Lishan Guangye's thoughtful eyes and said angrily: "We have been together for so long, but you can't bear these words until now. You really can't hold it in! You After knowing about Bifangniao, do you think that I am also mentally defective?"

"It's a very important matter, so don't be careless. Please forgive me, brother!"

Lishan Guangye apologized, but there was no trace of apology on his face. He said with a smile: "Actually, before, when Brother Shi faced Zen Master Zhenjue's divine eyes, not only was he safe, but he also surrendered to the troubles and delusions in his heart. At that time, I knew that Brother Shi would definitely pass. After passing the Jimen level, whether you tell it beforehand or not, the result will be the same."

"Hehe, it was just as I expected. When my brother saw Wangdu Jimen for the first time, the aura around his body was clearly rushing like a big tide, but his face was just a gentle wave on the lake. When he looked back at the mountain, it became even more calm and calm... Among the young generation today, there are very few people with such a state of mind and cultivation as my brother. When I saw him at the side, I was so impressed that I fell in admiration!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Jingzhi quickly waved his hand to stop this guy's shameless flattery.

Recalling the scene just now, he couldn't help but nod his head and said: "No wonder the Daqi government has strict orders to stop the roads in the capital to Kangzhuang to avoid the breeding of tyrannical and uncontrollable Taoist road monsters."

"I used to find it strange that the capital of Daqi is supposed to be the place where humanity is the most prosperous and wildness is the weakest. How can it still breed spirits and monsters? Looking at it today, I realize that it is true that humanity is the most prosperous, but the wildness is also really abundant! "

As Qi Jingzhi spoke, he looked up at the huge city in front of him. He was actually quite frightened: "If one day in the future, this Jimen can no longer suppress and transform the wild nature of Jishan that it has swallowed, it will suddenly come to life. It’s also unknown.”

After Lishan Guangye heard this, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he said with rare seriousness: "Who made the southern suburbs of the royal capital close to an unfathomable Tianqi Abyss? Since the founding of Daqi, we have been Therefore, the capital of the country is used to control Tianyuan, and the king is used to protect the country!"

"The capital of the country controls Tianyuan? The king guards the country?"

Qi Jingzhi's eyes narrowed, his mind was spinning, and he couldn't help but murmured: "That's right, before you talked about the elm and willow politics on the bank of Tian Qiyuan, I didn't react. Thinking about it now, if you want to talk about the richness of the wild nature of the earth, Where else can compare with Tian Qiyuan, who is known as the "belly and navel of heaven"? No wonder there is such a big debate in the court about how to deal with the Gaozi altar. In addition to the competition for the interests of all parties, there is also the possibility of throwing a rat into a trap. Worry." "It's not just Tian Qiyuan!"

However, Lishan Guangye sighed, with a somewhat sad look on his face: "In my opinion, Lingtai Lang of Huntiansi, if Tianqiyuan is a bottomless dragon pool where hundreds of rivers gather, then then Xiuling slightly to the south is a tiger's den that hides the wind and gathers energy, and is deep and unpredictable! East Xiuling and West Xiuling stand opposite each other, like two tigers sitting side by side, always grinding their teeth to suck blood and coveting the north!"

"Brother, please don't think that Daqi can reap the benefits of the tussle between Tian Qiyuan and the East and West Xiuling Mountains. In fact, on the contrary, when Daqi was first founded, it faced the dangerous situation of competing mountains and rivers and far-reaching tribulations. Whenever we deal with it, A slight misstep can lead to a situation that will turn the world upside down, destroy the city and destroy the country, so the most effective method must be to subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, and suppress it as a whole."

After hearing these words, a flash of light flashed in Qi Jingzhi's mind: "Reciting sutras to the tiger? Fuya Temple?"

"That's right! Fuya Temple has been prospering and growing in popularity over the years. It is known as the No. [-] Zen Forest in Daqi. Even the king has been rewarded with good looks. Isn't it because the monks paid for their merits by sitting in the Stone Urn Valley in Dongxiuling?"

Lishan Guangye confirmed Qi Jingzhi's guess, with a hint of rare vicissitudes in his tone: "Hey, he chanted sutras to tigers, said nothing, looked at monuments, and ate books to make himself fat... The world praises the four buildings of Fuya Temple. The great eminent monk became crazy after enlightenment, but he didn’t know how much heartache, blood and tears were hidden behind him!”

"Not to mention the last three, Zen Master Zhenyou loves preaching the Dharma the most. When he sees a tiger unwilling to listen to the scriptures, he would press its head. Now he lives in a stone room in the valley all the year round. Even most of the younger disciples in the temple only hear his name. See the true face. How can such abnormal behavior, which is obviously against the temperament and hinders the path, be blurred by the word 'retreat'?"

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi had to admit that it was the first time that he was frightened by the words of Lishan Guangye.

Correspondingly, most of the young man's views on the Da Qi court and Fuya Temple were overturned.

Compared with the previous kings of Da Qi and the monks of Fuya Temple, Qi Jingzhi's small limelight on the Xunjiang River is really nothing to mention, and he is also far away from the so-called "Pang Mei Second".

Qi Jingzhi thought this in his heart, but he grunted and looked at Lishan Guangye with disgust: "You keep saying that Zen Master Zhenyou has improved his cultivation and is in seclusion in the stone room. But actually you are the one who swears that he is in seclusion." It's you who's hiding the truth, if you continue to say half-hearted words like this, don't blame me for being rude!"

Lishan Guangye, who was originally a little carried away, quickly shrank his neck. Because he was so round and his neck was not obvious, now he looked more like the fat fish with red fire.

At this moment, because of this impromptu and deep conversation, the two teenagers had unknowingly slowed down their horses, allowing Bannu and Liju to pace slowly on the official road.

Lishan Guangye saw that Qi Jingzhi did not really want to pursue the matter, so he continued what he had just said: "In addition to the two dragon ponds and tiger dens of Tian Qiyuan and Xiuling, the royal capital also faces the Zi River to the east and the west to By a tethered water.”

"In recent years, the five springs in Tianqiyuan have emerged together, which has been promoted by the court as a rare auspiciousness. With the help of people's prayers and sacrifices, suppression has been strengthened. However, the water volume of the Zihe River and Xishui River has also increased greatly, and the erosion of the royal capital's humanity has become increasingly severe. severe."

"My clan brother who studies the "Shui Jing" is born at the right time. Doesn't he win the respect of the king? If I don't split up the clan and go out to find another career, I'm afraid I will be suppressed by him in the rest of my life."

"Compared with these disasters mentioned above, Jishan is just a remnant of Xiuling. It can be suppressed by just one Jimen, so it really is nothing."

Qi Jingzhi nodded, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "What about the north of the royal capital? Isn't there any natural disaster?"

"North? There is actually a small section of the Zihe River in the north of the royal capital. On the other side of the river is a hill. Because the south and east sides of the hill are bypassed by the Zihe Camp, it is called Yingqiu."

"At the beginning of Da Qi's founding, the ancestors took a fancy to the geographical advantage of Yingqiu and built Da Qi's first city on it, which was also Da Qi's earliest capital. The ancestors relied on the mountains and defended against dangers, and survived The most dangerous and difficult period. After truly establishing a foothold, the royal capital on the mountain gradually became insufficient for use, let alone able to truly assume the responsibility of the capital of a country. Only then did the late king move the capital south to its current location."

"As for Yingqiu Mountain City, it became the site of the tombs of the ancestors, so it was renamed Yingling. Yingling was the earliest territory developed by Daqi, and the ground below was crushed by the ancestors. At most, it breeds some monsters. These little monsters can be cleaned up by the Ministry of Rites every year and you can sit back and relax."

Qi Jingzhi's heart was moved when he heard this, and he couldn't help but secretly thought: "Isn't this what Brother Wei did before resigning? There is still an elephant corpse in the Mysterious Mirror of Heaven and Earth."

After pondering for a while, the young man spoke again: "Even the mausoleums cannot completely eliminate the breeding of spirits, and the royal capital city has suppressed and swallowed up the immeasurable wild nature of the mountains and rivers. Isn't that..."

Lishan Guangye nodded immediately: "This matter is absolutely inevitable. Since the ancestors settled here and took root here, Shengjiang Humanity and the spirits raised by the soil and water here are destined to be entangled for a long time."

"In this regard, our ancestors left a song, which is still sung by children in the capital."

Lishan Guangye paused, and then sang in a slightly weird tone: "The ghosts in the mud in the water are called Lu, and the ghosts in the stove are called buns. The various hustle and bustle in the door are thunder. The ghost is taking care of it.”

"Under the wall in the northeast, there are Bea and salmon turtles jumping; under the wall in the northwest, the ghosts of Jinyang live."

"The ghosts in the water are named Wangxiang, the mountain ghosts in the hills are called Tong, and the mountain ghosts in the mountains are called Kui. The wild ghosts in the suburbs are named Hesle, and the ghosts in the grass are named Weishi."

Lishan Guangye's singing was indeed a bit unpleasant, but these few lines of the ballad were like an incomparable picture scroll, showing in front of Qi Jingzhi the barbaric scene of this place thousands of years ago before humanity had flourished.

After Lishan Guangye sang, he seemed to be very touched. He was silent for a moment and then said: "The wind and smoke of 2000 have passed by. The ancestors who worked hard to open up this land between the camp and the Zi, the side of the dragon pool and the tiger's den have long since passed away. Even they Most of the ghosts mentioned in the ballad have also disappeared..."

Qi Jingzhi nodded silently, and his thoughts surged: "It turns out... this is the so-called blue wisp of blue road to open up the mountains and forests!"

The young man looked back to the south again, wanting to have a clear look at Tian Qiyuan and Dongxiu Ridge, which had not yet been completely tamed.

"Isn't the dangerous Longtan Tiger's Den mentioned by Lishan Guangye the foundation of the royal industry that made Daqi prosperous today?"

"The achievements of the previous kings will last for centuries. The virtues of the ancestors will benefit future generations."

　"Zhuangzi Waipian·Da Sheng" Duke Huan of Qi saw a ghost: "There are shoes under the sun, and there is a bun on the stove. The soil in the house is where the thunder is; the one below in the northeast is double, and the salmon is leaping over it; the one below in the northwest is, Then the Yang Yang is located there; there are elephants in the water, hills in the hills, hills in the mountains, hesitation in the wilds, and snakes in the lakes."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)