The little Taoist priest was a female crowned woman. She was neatly dressed in Taoist robes, and she was also clean. She didn't hold any dust or carry a sword. She just stood in the middle of the road with a pair of small snow-white hands behind her back.
The little Taoist priest looked at Zhao Tong curiously. Zhao Tong was riding in front of him. Zhaoye Jade Lion was a taller horse, so the little Taoist priest could only look up. His eyes were bent into a crescent shape, which was very beautiful.
Zhao Tao brought a command of the Dragon Guard Army out of Beijing this time. The actual number should be 900. However, firstly because of the lack of horses, and secondly because the Forbidden Army was severely underpaid, this commander actually only had three people. There are more than 400 people, less than half of the establishment. Counting the personal guards, there are about 500 handymen.
The little Taoist priest stared at Zhao Tao, and the commander of the Long Guard Army couldn't help but said: "But Taoist from Shangqing Palace? You are so rude!"
Although the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is corrupt, the Longwei are the top four armies. Regardless of whether they can fight or not, their momentum is always very good.
The little Taoist priest felt relieved after being shouted at, but he did not pay attention to the military commander. Instead, he said to Zhao Tong, "Are you a prince from the capital?"
Zhao Tong smiled and signaled the army commander to stop making noise, and said: "It is Zhao Tong who came from Tokyo and wants to go up the mountain to pray for the Heavenly Lord."
The little Taoist priest nodded and said, "My name is Zhang Miaojie. If you want to go up the mountain, you can come with me."
Zhao Tong said: "How does the little Taoist master know my identity?"
The little Taoist priest smiled and said: "You can guess, Zhao Yu, you are in such a big scene, you are not an ordinary official, you must be a prince or aristocrat."
Zhao Tong was silent. He insisted on coming to Longhu Mountain because of the incident of Lieutenant Hong accidentally getting away with the demon. He wanted to see if there was really magic in this world. After all, he had a lot to do in the future. Be prepared in your mind.
In fact, he didn't really believe in these things, but since it was Water Margin, he had to verify it before he felt at ease.
Zhao Tong said: "Then I'll have Little Taoist Lao lead the way."
The little Taoist priest said: "Zhao Zan, just call me by my name. There are too many of you, including cars and horses. They all go up the mountain and have nowhere to put them."
Zhao Tong looked back and saw that it was easy to say that the carriage and horse baggage were indeed too heavy to continue on the journey. After thinking about it, he gave the order and only took seven or two of Lei Sanhong with him, while the others stayed at the foot of the mountain to pitch tents.
The three of them followed the little Taoist priest up the mountain. They chatted on the road with Zhao Tong: "Is the Heavenly Master on the mountain?"
Zhang Miaojie said: "I don't know either. The traces of the Heavenly Master's wandering clouds and wild cranes are hard to find. They appear sometimes, but they disappear when you look for them deliberately."
Zhao Tong’s original intention was to meet this Heavenly Master Zhang. After all, this Heavenly Master is still in charge of Longhu Mountain since the Renzong Dynasty. When Taiwei Hong came, the Heavenly Master looked like a young man. He must be in his 60s now, but listen to Xiao Xiao. The Taoist priest's intention is not easy to meet.
He said: "Little Taoist Master Miaojie is waiting here specially?"
Zhang Miaojie said slyly: "Zhao Tong, you are overthinking. I just met by chance when I returned to the mountain. Do you think I have a clever plan?"
Zhao Tong smiled and said: "It is said that Longhu Mountain has powerful magic and is revered by the Heavenly Master. Needless to say, all the real people also have extraordinary means. The prediction may not be untrue!"
Zhang Miaojie shook her head and said, "I'm just a little Taoist boy, not a real person."
Zhao Tong saw her lively spirit and couldn't help teasing: "Since your surname is Zhang, you are of the Celestial Master lineage, so you can be considered a little Celestial Master."
Zhang Miaojie blinked her eyes and said: "How can a woman be a heavenly master? It turns out that Zhao Tong, you are Ye Gong and a good dragon. You have only a little knowledge and don't understand our Longhu Mountain at all!"
Zhao Tong was delighted, knowing that Zhang Miaojie was indeed of Zhang Tianshi's lineage, but he didn't know what relationship he had with the contemporary Tianshi.
Not long after, the four people arrived in front of the Shangqing Palace. Since they were not announcing the order or discussing it in advance, there was no guard of honor in the palace. Zhao Tong didn't care. He went up the mountain and became more and more low-key. good.
Standing in front of the palace, Zhao Tong looked carefully and saw that it was a good Shangqing Palace, but he saw:
The green pines are bent and the cypresses are dense. On the door hangs the golden book of imperial edicts, and the household columns have spiritual talismans and jade seals. By the virtual emperor's altar, there are faintly weeping willows and famous flowers; beside the medicine refining furnace, there are green pines and old junipers.
There is also water leaking under the steps, and the courtyard behind the wall is surrounded by mountains. Cranes have red crowns, and turtles have green hair. On the treetops there are fruit-bearing apes, and in the sedges there are sedges and white deer. In the Sanqing Hall, the Taoist priests beat the golden bell; in front of the Four Saints Hall, the real people beat the jade chimes in a ceremony. The altar for offering incense is built, and the colorful rays of sunlight shine on the green glass; the altar for summoning Yao generals, the shadow of the red sun shakes the red agate.
"It's really a good thing!" Zhao Tong couldn't help but praise.
Zhang Miaojie ushered a few people in, and immediately notified the Taoist attendants, who were greeted by the Taoist priests in charge of the various halls of real people.
After greeting each other, they all went to the Sanqing Hall. After offering incense, Zhao Tong asked, "Where is the Heavenly Master today?"
The real host reported forward: "So that the prince can know that the founder of this generation is called the Heavenly Master Xu Jing. He has a noble nature and is tired of greeting and seeing off. He does not live in the palace and does not host. He usually lives in the thatched hut on the top of Longhu Mountain. , cultivate one's nature, but I suddenly left a message the day before yesterday that I wanted to travel to the East China Sea, and I may have been away for a long time."
Hearing this, Zhao Tong glanced at Zhang Miaojie, the youngest daughter, and nodded. Whether he was really not here or didn't want to see her, this was not a forced matter.
Immediately, he went to another tea house to make offerings. After the fast, he dismissed the serving Taoist boys, and Zhao Tong asked Zhang Miaojie where he went to the Demon Subduing Hall.
Zhang Miaojie was not surprised and just said: "My father-in-law told me before that if anyone goes up the mountain and wants to see the Demon Subduing Hall, just let him see it, but there is nothing good to see in it right now."
"Eunuch?" Zhao Tong knew that this was what the local dialect meant. He thought for a moment and said, "But Zhang Tianshi?"
The little Taoist priest hurriedly covered his face and said, "I accidentally let it slip. Just pretend you didn't hear it."
Zhao Tong shook his head: "So you are Zhang Tianshi's granddaughter, how could you pretend you didn't hear this? I asked you why you can walk freely in this palace. It turns out there is this reason."
Zhang Miaojie lowered her head and said nothing. Zhao Tong didn't know what she was thinking. He was silent for a moment and said, "Master Miaojie, can you take me to the Demon-Conquering Hall?"
Zhang Miaojie raised her head and showed her little face: "Zhao Tong, when do you want to go see me?"
Seeing her promise, Zhao Tong thought that the sooner the better, so he said, "How about going now?"
Zhang Miaojie agreed, and Zhao Tong took only Hong Qi and followed her out of the Taoist room.
The Shangqing Palace is vast and vast. The little girl Guan Zhang Miaojie in front leads the way. Along the way, the Sanqing Hall, Jiutian Hall, Ziwei Hall, and Beiji Hall are all solemn and sacred. There are also Taiyi Hall, Sanguan Hall, Exorcism Hall, etc.
After walking to the back of the right corridor, Zhao Tuo looked at another palace, with red mud walls and two vermilion doors on the front. The doors were wrapped with thick iron chains, but there was no lock. , with dozens of covers affixed to the cross, and the covers were overlapping with red seals. However, the covers were already extremely mottled, and even had an edge, as if they would all fall off if touched.
Looking up, there was a vermilion lacquered gold medallion in front of the eaves, with four gold characters written on it, but it was the "Palace of Conquering Demons".
