Wandering

Chapter 28

The immortals in Taoist legends are often inseparable from humans and gods.For example, the "Northern Five Patriarchs" enshrined by Quanzhen Sect, Wang Xuanfu, Zhongliquan, Lu Dongbin, Liu Cao, and Wang Chongyang, including Wang Chongyang himself.Zhongliquan and Lu Dongbin are not only characters that existed in real history, but also one of the Eight Immortals in folklore.

The legend of the Eight Immortals began in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, there were "Pictures of the Eight Immortals" and "Biography of the Eight Immortals". However, the surnames of the Eight Immortals changed especially in the Song Dynasty.In Journey to the East written by Wu Yuantai of the Ming Dynasty, when the story of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" was told, Tieguai Li, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, He Xiangu, Lu Dongbin, Lan Caihe, Han Xiangzi, and Cao Guojiu were the eight people.

Now the vast majority of people have only heard of "Journey to the West", but not "Journey to the East".In fact, "Journey to the West" also has two books, one is written by Wu Cheng'en, it tells the story of Sun Wukong making a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace and being subdued by Tathagata Buddha, and later protecting Tang Monk to learn scriptures from the West.

The other book "Journey to the West" was written by Qiu Chuji, a disciple of Wang Chongyang, one of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen, and the ancestor of the Longmen School of Taoism.Qiu Zu's relics are still in the Qiu Zu Hall in Baiyun Temple, BJ.

The status of the Eight Immortals in Taoism is far lower than that of the Taishang Laojun, but their popularity among ordinary people is not small at all.Many people have never heard of Laozi riding a green bull out of Hangu, but almost everyone knows that the Eight Immortals cross the sea.Taoist temples like Qiyun Temple actually rely on the wallets of tourists to live on. What the common people love to see is what Taoist priests are willing to contribute.

When Qiyun Temple was rebuilt, the temple master and Daoist Chen insisted on building a Dongyou Hall in the east courtyard, and asked a second-rate famous local painter in Wucheng to paint a large mural of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea.The characters in the painting are life-like in size, and the eight immortals each show their supernatural powers and have different shapes.

It is said that the Eight Immortals on the murals in this hall have their own magic. Tourists only need to buy the Eight Immortals talisman in the Taoist temple, choose a portrait of one of the Eight Immortals in the Dongyou Hall to make a wish, and then burn it outside the hall by a special Taoist priest. Everything is going smoothly and all wishes come true.

The portraits of the Eight Immortals are also painted lifelike, but they are too lifelike!I thought that the painter might have studied western classical oil painting, especially He Xiangu, who didn't look like a fairy crossing the sea, but rather like Venus emerging from the bath.

It is said that the Jiulin Temple in Wucheng later added a mural of Guanyin of the South China Sea to the back of the altar in the main hall. At that time, there were not many people engaged in mural painting in Wucheng, so they also wanted to invite that painter.Zen Master Fayuan, the abbot of Jiulin Temple, went to Qiyun to see the mural, but changed his mind when he came back. No matter what, he dared not invite that artist to paint Guanyin Bodhisattva again!But monks don't like it, it doesn't mean tourists don't like it.

On this day, in the Dongyou Hall, there were still many tourists holding the Eight Immortals Talismans and bowing their heads there to make wishes, and He Xiangu was still the one with the most crowds.At this moment, suddenly the entire mural made a muffled sound, as if the wall trembled, and then a big hole was knocked out under He Xiangu's mural, and a person carried a pile of broken bricks and stones with his back towards the hall. fell in!

Everyone was startled, only to see a young woman screaming and jumping into the arms of a bald man, the flexibility of her movements seemed to have been practiced many times.

The person who broke through the wall and fell into the palace is I, Ishino!

Everything happened too fast, in the blink of an eye!First, I rushed to Zezhong to play a rascal, but Zezhong was even more rascal than me, and took advantage of the chaos to secretly activate the Zhenling Baoyin. I don't know what this pig is thinking?

Maybe it's because this poor man is mentally retarded, so he hit a mirror with a red light; or I was lucky, the Qingming Mirror had a self-induced induction, blocked the red light and reflected it back strangely, and Zezhong was knocked down to the ground!Ze Ren originally wanted to stop Ze Zhong, but he shot at me eagerly, and sent me flying with a wave of his sleeve.When I landed on the ground, I had a quick wit and broke through the wall backwards——wasn’t it just to make things worse!
I fell down with a lot of dust and bricks, and found myself falling into a hall. In front of me was a mural of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. I knocked out a big hole in the position of the lotus under He Xiangu. Come in.

The power of this "wall-breaker" is indeed not small, but luckily no one behind the wall was hurt.I lay on the ground, shook my head, moved my hands and feet, and felt that I was not injured.At this time, the people inside and outside the wall hole made all kinds of exclamations and screams. I was about to get up when I suddenly heard a few people shouting——

"Senior brother, it's not good! Senior brother Zezhong is holding his breath—quickly save him!" This is a little Taoist priest exclaiming to his fellow disciples.I was taken aback when I heard this, I have personally experienced the power of Zhenling Baoyin, the red light reflected from the Qingming mirror hit the middle of the lake, I don't know what the consequences will be?In case something good or bad happens, will this account be counted on me?

At this moment, I heard another high-pitched voice yelling loudly: "It's not good! Something serious has happened! Everyone, go and have a look! The Taoist priests of Qiyun Temple are beating tourists! People have died—"

This man is full of energy, with just this voice, the entire Taoist temple can hear it!The sound of people's footsteps rushed towards Dongyou Hall.What does this sentence seem to remind me of?It seems that these things are secretly arranged by someone!I simply closed my eyes and my breath at the same time, lying on the ground and pretending to be dead.In the eyes of the surrounding tourists, I smashed through the wall, struggled a few times, and lay on the ground motionless! ——Now Qi Yun Guan is blown up.

The first person to rush to my side was none other than Teacher Liu Feier.She came through the hole in the wall I knocked open, and seeing me lying motionless on the ground, she was so shocked that she didn't know what to do.She lowered her body, hugged my upper body in her arms, touched my forehead with her hand, and whispered softly: "Shi Ye! How are you? Wake up! Don't scare the teacher..."

Teacher Liu was probably a little confused. I don't have a cold and a fever. What's the use of trying my forehead?I was half held in her arms, and I could hear her heart beating wildly.All of a sudden, I was really in a trance, I just felt that all the sounds around me disappeared, and I could only hear this heartbeat in my ears!
It was the first time that I was so close to her in reality, and I could feel her warmth so close. This has always been a secret buried in my heart.

My eyes were squinted, and when I looked through the slits, Teacher Liu looked anxious, her pretty face turned pale, and fine sweat broke out on her forehead.So she cares about me so much?Are you really worried about me?Then even if I do get hurt, it's worth it!

Seeing her appearance, I suddenly woke up and remembered the surrounding environment. In fact, the trance just now was just a moment.I can't bear to make her worry so much, but since I want to "play dead", I have to pretend for a while.

I didn't intend to eat Teacher Liu's tofu, but I also have to admit that it's really wonderful to lean in her arms. If it's another occasion, it should be a rare taste in the world.At this point, I can't help but thank that Daoist Zeren a little bit.I really thought about who saw who, and I saw Ze Ren immediately.

Teacher Tang grabbed Zeren by the collar of his Taoist robe and dragged him from the hole in the wall.Old man Tang was thin and small, and came over as soon as he bent down, while Zeren was tall and tall. Although he possessed special skills, it was not easy to do anything to old man Tang in front of everyone, so he could only let him drag him away.When going through the hole in the wall, my forehead accidentally touched the uneven edge of the hole, and smashed a few bricks—this Taoist head is hard enough!

Old man Tang saw me "unconscious" in Teacher Liu's arms, and he didn't care about arguing with Zeren any longer, so he quickly let go of his hands and leaned over to see my situation.At this time, Dongyou Hall was almost full of Taoist priests and tourists who came to watch after hearing the news, and even the yard on the other side of the hole in the wall was full of people.I saw Ze Ren standing among the crowd with an embarrassed expression on his face.

The onlookers squeezed my surroundings tightly, and there were still many people in the outermost circle anxiously looking in, looking in and asking, "What's going on? What's going on?"

Tourist A: "I don't know either. I heard someone yelling that the Taoist priests beat people and killed them. Everyone ran this way."

Tourist B: "I heard that too, but I also heard that it was He Xiangu from Dongyou Palace who appeared..."

Tourist C: "Let me tell you, the Taoist priests here have dirty hands and feet. They stole something from a student, and when they were discovered, a fight broke out..."

Tourist Ding: "Students have something to steal. If you want to steal it, you can steal it from you, Boss Wang...There are many people here, Boss Wang, take care of your bag."

The onlookers seem to be chaotic, but if someone stands on the beam at this time, they will find that there are layers in the chaos.The ones in the middle are of course me, Teacher Liu, Teacher Tang, Taoist Priest Zeren, and Chang Wu who came through the hole in the wall while taking advantage of the chaos.Among these people, only Zeren stood alone, and the others squatted on the ground to look at me.

Around us, including the other side of the hole in the wall, there are almost all Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes and tourists with different behaviors and shapes. These tourists are not like ordinary tourists, but surrounded me faintly outside the Crescent Gate not long ago. Those people, that is, those practitioners who mixed into the Taoist temple.

It's no wonder, it's too crowded here, and I really can't squeeze the front in a short time!Further outside, there are people who heard the news and came to watch the excitement, and most of the students in our class were crowded in the yard outside the wall hole.

Most of the onlookers crowded inside were not looking at me, but Zeren standing there.I saw someone pointing at Zeren and saying:
"Did you see, he was the one who beat him. The disciples of the Zhengyi sect are really good at martial arts. They punched a hole in the wall with a flick of their sleeves."

"How is that child? It seems to be a student, and the person holding him is the teacher. Now he's in big trouble..."

"What's going on?" "Did you see the broken bronze mirror in that child's hand? It's said that someone in Qiyunguan regarded it as a treasure, and if he wanted it, he would grab it if he didn't give it to him."

"How did this happen? Let me tell you, brother, if you have a guy in your arms, be careful, don't let the main door be robbed. How did the main door become a tattered one..."

Hearing these words, Ze Ren's face turned red and then pale.He couldn't tell because he was suffering in his heart. In fact, although he shot, he didn't hurt anyone.I was fine when I landed, I hit the wall myself!He knew it and I knew it too, and any expert onlookers would be able to see the flaws.

But more people don't understand the mystery, and Zeren can't explain it.Most of the people who are standing close now have seen the flaws and purposely stood there to watch the fun.Qi Yunguan made a fool of himself this time.

Although Zeren complained in his heart, he probably knew that Qi Yunguan was at fault, so he stepped forward and leaned down to see my situation, but was stopped by a person.This man was not tall, dressed in student attire, with a crew cut, and looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old.However, Ze Ren looked surprised when he saw him, took a step back, and shouted respectfully, "Little Master Uncle, why are you here?"

The person who stopped Zeren was Shang Yunfei, a classmate in our class.Shang Yunfei is a disciple of Master Ge Jujizan of Guangjiao Temple. This master is 98 years old this year, and he is on the same level as Zeren's master.Although Yunfei is young, his seniority is not young in Wucheng's comprehension world, and Zeren also knows him.

Shang Yunfei stopped him and said, "Zeren, so it was you? Did you hurt someone, my classmate?"

Zeren quickly waved his hands: "It's a misunderstanding. It's important to save people now. I'll go and see how he's doing. It shouldn't be a serious problem, but my brother Zezhong is really injured!"

Yunfei also understood what Zeren said, that is, I wasn't really hurt.But the few people around me didn't understand.There was a moment of panic and bewilderment just now, but now Zeren reminded them the other way.Teacher Tang was the first to react: "Let's talk about it later, find a place to call an ambulance, and send Shi Ye to the hospital first..."

Immediately afterwards, Chang Wu shouted: "It's bad, Shi Ye is not breathing!" Of course I am not breathing, I have been holding my breath!

This cry woke Teacher Liu up. She wiped my breath with her hand and cried, "What should I do? Give him artificial respiration!" Then she laid me flat on the ground and untied the top of my shirt. The first two buttons.

Artificial respiration?The mouth-to-mouth kind!Will Teacher Liu make it for me?For some reason, my face suddenly turned red.I was a little scared, and I felt a little guilty lying on the ground pretending to be dead and cheating Teacher Liu, but at the same time, there was a little desire in my heart, and anyway, my heart started beating wildly again!
"Ms. Liu, let me do it! You can see that his face is blushing." This was Chang Wu's volunteered voice. As he spoke, he pressed his hand on my chest, and his mouth moved closer.Depend on!How is it him!This kid didn't brush his teeth in the morning!Even if I wanted to pretend, I couldn't pretend anymore, so I took a deep breath and acted as if I had just recovered, but my eyes were still open.

"Ishino is breathing again!"

"Thank goodness...how is he still awake?"

"I know why. He was overly frightened. I saw this kind of situation when I was a child. Find an old man and slap him twice to wake him up. Let me slap him." drilled out.This kid walked in a hurry, and when he rushed over, he kicked me lightly.Crouching down and waving his hands, it seemed that he really wanted to fight.

What he meant was not to let me pretend again!I haven't seen him since I entered Qiyun Temple, and I don't know what he did until now.Seeing that his hand was about to fall, I quickly opened my eyes and looked confused: "Mr. Feng, Teacher Liu...why am I lying here?"

The people around me let out a sigh of relief when they saw me wake up, but they didn't wait for them to speak.I saw a little Taoist standing behind Zeren through a hole in the wall, and said in a low voice: "Brother, something is wrong! Someone just took advantage of the chaos to break the demon-subduing formation and stole the auspicious beast..."

The voice was very low, as thin as a mosquito.If it weren't for my super hearing, I wouldn't be able to hear at all!But I'm obviously not the only one with sharp ears in the surrounding crowd, I just feel that everyone exclaimed in a low voice, which sounds like a buzzing noise!Some people immediately turned around and squeezed out, and a dozen or so people surrounded by the front left in an instant.

I was taken aback too!Someone took advantage of the chaos and stole the xiu xiu?who?In a panic, I sat up on the ground, which startled Teacher Liu and the others.I saw Feng Junzi reached out to hold me down, and winked at me, smiling like that.I suddenly understood, this kid must have done it!

Ze Ren turned pale in shock, and turned to leave, but was grabbed by Chang Wu who stood up: "Why, stinky Taoist priest, do you want to run away after hitting someone?"

Teacher Tang also stood up and held him back: "If you want to leave, it's not that cheap. It's okay if my students are fine, if there is something to do with you..."

Teacher Liu helped me to stand up too: "Old Tang, don't worry about anything else, just send Shi Ye to the hospital..."

I quickly said, "No, no, I'm fine..."

At this time, Feng Junzi suddenly said to the crowd: "Get out of the way, the doctor is here."

Looking outside, there were really two people in white coats carrying a simple stretcher and walked in separately from the crowd.While walking, he said: "Let's go, let's go, I heard that someone here is injured. We are doctors from the medical point of the scenic spot."

When the two teachers saw that the doctor was coming, they hurriedly helped me over: "Doctor, I'm here, hurry up and send him for a check-up..."

Feng Junzi pulled Chang Wu, turned around and left after me.A few Taoist priests on the side shouted in a low voice: "Brother, you can't let him go, he must have something to do with the auspicious beast being stolen..." While talking, several people stepped forward to stop me.

At this time, two people, one on the left and one on the right, stood behind me and intercepted the Taoist priests.The person on the left is Shang Yunfei, and the Taoists stopped when they saw the person on the right... That person is actually Mr. Zhang!
(End of this chapter)