Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 3 Devoted to the Tao, attached to someone's son (2)
In fact, Zhang Xingyan and Jingchen and Jingming have completely different views on good fate.In his eyes, Taoist priests like them are really in heaven!Don't worry about the lack of clothing and food, don't worry about the pain of rain and sun, just talk and talk all day long, and accept donations from catechumens.At most, it's just turning a few street corners to buy some groceries, but even such an easy job, three people can take turns to do it, it's really so leisurely!
Compared with the few part-time jobs that Xingyan had, this is really a heaven and a hell!If so, I still saw that the two little Taoist priests were frowning all day long, and the whole body was in the blessing and did not know the blessing!Every day on the way home for the long journey, Xing Yan often thinks about such questions in his mind.

In fact, it is no wonder that the young Zhang Xingyan has such an idea, because he is now living in an era when the people are quite poor, but Taoism is popular.

At this time, the world is just settling.Having just experienced years of wars and conquests by the separatist forces, the population of the land of China has dropped drastically.Whether it is the middle and lower gentry, or the common people at the bottom, they all have lingering fears about the precarious days before.Therefore, now all the people in the world have settled their minds, from the royal family to the common people, they are all tired of the war and began to heal the wounds caused by the years of war.In such a tide of the times, Taoism, which opposes conquest by force and advocates purity and inaction, began to stand out from other sects.

At that time, the whole country admired Taoism, not only the temples of Taoism became more and more popular, but even the literati and celebrities in the world were more and more fashionable to study Taoist classics.At that time, there were many famous Taoists among the scholars.

With such a background, the style of Taoist metaphysics is beyond imagination.These clear talks on Taoist metaphysics are also called "micro words", "clear words", "clear discussions" and "clear debates".Discussing "Lao, Zhuang, and Yi", which is also known as the "Three Mysteries of Taoism", became a fashionable topic of discussion at that time.Celebrities who are proficient in the "Three Mysteries" are not only quick-witted and eloquent in chatting, but also have written books and made academic achievements.The world is called: metaphysician.

However, although the title of "metaphysician" was awe-inspiring at the time, it was not easy to get the title.This kind of metaphysics talk about Taoism is often held all night, which is the so-called "slight talk".Some scholars are so addicted to inquisitive debates that they forget to eat and sleep. There is a saying that "eat left and right, and those who recover from cold count to four".What's more, a few celebrities, in order to deal with the victory in the talk, went so far as to think hard all night and became sick or even died of exhaustion.

Xingyan said that the teacher, Mr. Ji, is also a celebrity among the local scholars.In this national tide of Daoism, it is natural that it is not exempt.Whenever he is interested, the old gentleman will talk about metaphysics after teaching.

However, with the young man's knowledge and interests at the time, he really couldn't understand what the enthusiastic teacher was saying. He just stared blankly at the old man's seemingly never-ending mouth, and only prayed in his head that the school would be fast. At the end of the day, I was anxious about whether I could catch up with the day laborers in Daoxianglou, worried that I would be scolded by the fat accountant if I arrived late, and feared that I would be deducted wages by the iron cock shopkeeper Liu...

In this Xingyan's mind, many distracting thoughts came one after another, just like the white clouds and dogs, but none of them were related to the theme of the lecture.

Therefore, Mr. Ji was talking lotus flowers on the stage, and his disciple Zhang Xingyan was sitting down there, wandering thousands of miles.

However, in Mr. Ji's speech, there were occasionally one or two stories that were not so boring, which were inadvertently noticed by Xingyan.A certain old gentleman mentioned that Kuang Jia, the son of the Wei family in the east of Raozhou City, was weak and talkative. He had an appointment to fight Xie Kun, a famous Weishui scholar. In the all-night debate, he was refuted by Xie Kun who came from afar. Spit white foam, the old disease attack and die!

Seeing the teacher's sad look of "the wind is rustling and the water is cold" when he said this, Xiao Xingyan was extremely wary in his heart, and decided that although he would continue to strive for the good fate of being mixed with the old Dao Qinghe, he would never lose his life in the future. Be careful, you can no longer chat and argue with the old man all night!
Now that Taoism is popular and the government and the people alike, the number of people who volunteer to join Taoism will also increase greatly.Since the demand is strong, there are idlers coming to make fun of it.

Ever since, in the past few decades, there have been many Taoist sects rising in the world.What Aurora, Quankong, Shiwu, Yuanchu, Guiyi, Byekong, the names are more than one, one is more mysterious, one is more incomprehensible than the other!However, among the mixed Taoist sects, good and bad, fish and dragons mixed together, the ones that are really famous all over the world, apart from the Shushan Xianjian sect and Kunlun Qionghua sect that have become legends, there are three long-established and deep-rooted Taoist sects :

Miaohua Palace in Weiyu Mountain, Shangqing Palace in Luofu Mountain, and Tianshizong in Heming Mountain.There are many female Taoists in Miaohua Palace; Shangqing Palace worships "Shangqing Jing" and "Jade Emperor Sutra"; Tianshizong is also called "Tianshi Dao" and "Five Dou Rice Teaching". The most believers, the most powerful.Different from Miaohua Palace following the women’s line and Tianshizong following the mass line, Shangqing Palace, where Qinghe is located, is one of the three major sects. Mainly.Its religious name, Shangqing, comes from the reverence for the Taoist Sanqing Patriarch.I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the clear name of the Shangqing Palace has won the favor of the scholar-officials. It has been granted a thousand hectares of good land allocated by the royal family. The Luofu Mountain where it is located, the Dashan Farm with a radius of [-] miles, has also been officially awarded It is the private property of the Shangqing Palace.On the contrary, the Tianshizong who is more famous among the poor people is not liked by Shilin.

In fact, to trace the origin carefully, the Shangqing Palace and that day Shizong are quite related.It is said that the two sects were originally a family, but a certain generation had a dispute because of a disagreement over the teachings. Therefore, Zhang Qing, a descendant of Zhang Daoling and the fourth generation of heavenly master, moved the sect to Heming Mountain, known as "Heavenly Heaven". Shi Zong".And those religious elders who stayed behind founded the Shangqing Palace, and since then they have formed a sect of their own.

For most poor people, the Shangqing Palace at that time undoubtedly symbolized a paradise with plenty of food and clothing.If anyone can have a relationship with the Shangqing Palace, it will be a lifetime of worry-free life.Not going hungry for a lifetime was a great thing in the hearts of most poor people at that time—perhaps, it was a beautiful thing that could only be dreamed of in dreams!

When he was still waking up to be an ignorant child, he realized the difficulty of life; after he became sensible, he had to find his own way of life.For Xiao Xingyan, who has to run around for food and clothing, it is only natural to focus on this "Shangqing Palace Raozhou Good Fate Place".

But unfortunately, because of its noble name, the Shangqing Palace had a very strict selection of apprentices. At the same time, Xu Shi was also afraid that there would be too many food to deal with, so he ordered his subordinates to strictly accept apprentices.That's why there was a dialogue between the opening words and the Qinghe old way, the content was the same in those few years, but the form went straight down!
After years of talking and talking, Xingyan is still in the world of mortals.The only result is getting acquainted with the old Dao Qinghe.Speaking of this day, Xingyan finished his daily homework of appreciating a teacher, and then went to work part-time at Daoxianglou, which is two streets away.On the way, he also went to finish another daily homework: at the corner of the East Gate on the road, he took a peek at Li Xiaomei, the daughter of the owner of Li Ji's grocery store.This behavior is not to blame for the young man's precocity.At that time, people generally married early, and it is not uncommon for young people like Zhang Xingyan to be fourteen or fifteen years old to get married and have children, but Xingyan's family is poor and unable to marry.At this age, he already has a vague affection for women.This Li Xiaomei was the wonderful woman in his mind.In his eyes, Li Xiaomei has good skin and clear eyes, no matter how good-looking she looks, no wonder, she is the well-deserved number one beauty in her age group on Fangyuan Erjie!

In fact, if you want to be more serious, then Li Xiaomei is a typical city boy, who looks only youthful and lively, so she really can't be called a beauty.But what does it matter?For a boy who is just in love, in his mind, the girl he likes is the most beautiful.

Maybe, when I look back after a few decades, I will feel incredible when I recall my obsession with a certain girl.But, that was decades later.

When passing by Li Ji's grocery store, the young man did not forget Qing He's entrustment.After all, if you ask about the availability of the goods, you can blatantly look at Li Xiaomei a few more times!

(End of this chapter)