"Did we scare this little Taoist boy?"
Zhu Yuanzhang noticed something and laughed out loud.
Yun Qi flattered him and said, "Your Majesty is the Emperor. Even if you hide your majesty, if you accidentally expose it a little bit, you can still make those children feel awe and fear. This is the majesty of the Tian family."
"That's all you can say."
Zhu Yuanzhang said, walked into the main hall and came to the statue of Laojun.
Seeing that there was some incense here, he picked up the incense without ceremony, lit it, prayed sincerely, prayed for his good grandson, and then lit the incense.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord!"
At this time, an old Taoist came out of the back hall and said with a salute: "I don't know if there are distinguished guests coming to the door, but they are welcome from afar."
This old Taoist has white beard and hair, and is full of energy. He looks very old, but there are no wrinkles on his face. He is wearing a Taoist robe that has faded after washing. It looks very old, but the Taoist is clean.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the old Taoist in front of him had the legendary childlike face and black hair. Looking at his celestial demeanor, he was neither too thin nor too fat, completely in line with his stereotype of a Taoist master.
"This is the true cultivator!"
Zhu Yuanzhang compared the Taoist in front of him with Yuankong just now, and asked: "Excuse me, Taoist priest, what do you call him?"
"A poor Taoist, the name of the Tao is pure."
The Taoist said.
If Zhang Sanfeng were here, he would still call Taoist Yuan Gong.
He was Yuan Gong who was drinking tea with Zhang Sanfeng in the pavilion at that time. At this time, he used a pure Taoist name to appear here specifically to see Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Pure?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this Taoist name, and matched it with the environment of the Taoist temple, he smiled and said: "It is so pure, it is very suitable for a Taoist priest."
Yuan Gong smiled and said: "Quiet and do nothing, guests are invited inside."
He took Zhu Yuanzhang to a room and worshiped: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"Do you know who we are?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was not surprised, he just looked at Yuan Gong and asked.
Of course Yuan Gong knew who he was, but he also explained: "I know a little bit about reading Qi. The aura on Your Majesty's body has become five colors, all of which are dragon and tiger. This is the Qi of the Emperor! Furthermore, the people serving around Your Majesty are like The father-in-law and the entourage in the palace seemed to be the royal guards, so I guessed that, but I didn't expect that I was right."
"Wangqi?"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, not knowing whether this thing was true or not.
If it is true, then the old Taoist in front of him has certain abilities and is not the kind of Yuankong who only deceives people.
Now that his identity was exposed, it was much easier to say what happened next. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother to look for another I-Have-A-Friend-style opening, and said directly: "What does the Taoist think of my cause and effect?"
"Cause and effect is something from Buddhism, but Pindao here is from Taoism."
"Taoism, there should be something similar."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "To be honest with the Taoist priest, we have killed too many people in the past few decades. During wars, we killed innocent people, and when we punished corrupt officials, we killed innocent officials who were implicated. You have committed too many sins, what does the Taoist think?"
He said these words very directly.
But the Taoist didn't seem to feel anything at all.
There was no trace of fear like Yuan Kong's in the Taoist. He was calm and composed, still the way of a master with immortal style and Taoism.
"I probably understand what Your Majesty said."
Yuan Gong thought for a while and was about to say something special to Zhu Yuanzhang. Fortunately, when Zhu Yuanzhang was deceived in his mind, a voice came in from outside.
"Senior brother, are there any other distinguished guests?"
The person who came was none other than Zhang Sanfeng.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not know Zhang Sanfeng and could not tell that the other party was Zhang Sanfeng.
Today's Zhang Sanfeng is no longer dressed like a sloppy Taoist. He wears serious Taoist robes. Compared to Yuan Gong, he is more immortal, with a childish face and bright hair. He seems to have an air of immortality as soon as he appears on the stage.
Zhang Sanfeng is not Yuan Gong's senior brother, but if he wants to appear here, it is most appropriate to use senior Yuan Gong as an excuse.
Hearing this, Yuan Gong frowned.
Give Zhang Sanfeng a wink.
It seemed to be warning Zhang Sanfeng not to mess around or disrupt his own affairs.
Zhang Sanfeng seemed not to notice the warning, so he came to Zhu Yuanzhang, bowed his hands and said, "It turns out that the emperor is coming, but he was not welcomed from afar."
Zhu Yuanzhang was not curious at all that they all recognized his identity.
But what is curious is that Zhang Sanfeng is also Yuan Gong's senior brother, and his celestial energy is a bit stronger than Yuan Gong's from the senses, so he is interested and a little surprised.
"Master Taoist, you're welcome."
Zhu Yuanzhang said.
When Yuan Gong saw Zhang Sanfeng suddenly come out to cause trouble, he frowned and felt very unhappy. However, when he saw Lao Zhu here again, he did not dare to mess around, for fear that Zhang Sanfeng would reveal something and those Jinyi guards would kill him.
Zhang Sanfeng said: "Your Majesty, please sit down. I wonder what your Majesty wants when you come here? Pindao is better at this than my junior brother. Pindao is called Qingxin."
One is pure, the other is pure in heart.
Zhu Yuanzhang liked their Taoist slogans very much.
Yuan Gong said: "Your Majesty came to ask about cause and effect, but that is Buddhist stuff."
Zhang Sanfeng said: "Buddhism has cause and effect, and we Taoists also have it. Buddhism emphasizes the cause you sow, and you will reap the fruits. We Taoists emphasize that there is no way for blessings and misfortunes, but people call it upon themselves. Death will be responsible for the consequences, and it will affect future generations."
"The Book of Changes says that if a house accumulates bad deeds, there will be disaster."
"The truth is similar."
he added.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know much about Taoism, but when he heard Zhang Sanfeng say "it will only bring disaster to his descendants," he immediately sat up straight. His trust in Zhang Sanfeng was higher than that of Yuan Gong.
Yuan Gong frowned, but Zhang Sanfeng stepped in. He couldn't say anything, so he had to sit aside and watch Zhang Sanfeng's performance.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "What does Taoist Master Qingxin think of my karma?"
There is no need to describe the things he did.
Those who know, definitely know.
The attitude towards Taoism is also different from that of Buddhism.
He had been a monk and knew that Buddhists had little ability, but he had never been a Taoist priest. He just saw that the two Taoists were immortal and their abilities were not bad, so he respected them a little more.
"The cause and effect of our Taoism is different from that of Buddhism. Ours is called responsibility."
"Being responsible for the cause and effect, not only paying attention to one's own actions, but also paying attention to family inheritance."
"Our Taoist commitment includes cause and effect, but it does not mean cause and effect."
Zhang Sanfeng said.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly after listening to these great principles.
What kind of family inheritance? My old Zhu family is the largest family inheritance.
If we continue to study these things, everything is possible.
"Excuse me, Chief Taoist, how can I explain this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.
Yuan Gong was about to take the opportunity to speak, but Zhang Sanfeng said first: "Just like your Majesty now, before your Majesty became emperor, generations of poor peasants did not have enough to eat, and their relatives starved to death. Your Majesty then raised his sword to kill the Tatars and create a great Ming Dynasty. The country is the present, and this is the cause and effect that our Taoism emphasizes."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "But what about our descendants and our relatives around us? So what?"
What he is more concerned about is that the relatives around him will not live long.
His grandson is doing well now, but in a few years, he will be worried.
