Zhao Rang glanced at the cave pointed by the child in red and found that the cave was not claustrophobic, and there was light falling from the top.
The cave walls are smooth and flat, and it must have taken a lot of effort to build.
"There used to be a Bodhisattva statue here."
When they were halfway into the cave, the child in red pointed at a depression on the cave wall and said.
Zhao Rang took a closer look and saw that there was indeed a shadow in the shape of a Buddha statue. It seemed that it had been placed there for many years.
"Why did it disappear later?"
Zhao Rang asked.
The kid in red shook his head first, then grinned and said:
"Baihe Mountain is a Taoist temple after all! You don't even know this, do you?"
Zhao Rang couldn't help but smile...
It was a rare experience for me to be ridiculed by a teenage boy.
"Of course I know. Doesn't it mean you're not wearing a robe?"
Zhao Rang said jokingly.
Although the kid in red has been living on Baihe Mountain and has many masters, Zhao Rang feels that he must not be a Taoist priest. Not even in the future.
"Huh? Why do you say that?"
The kid in red didn't seem to understand and stopped specifically.
"Because you are not wearing a robe!"
Zhao Rang still wondered why this... wasn't an obvious thing? It's clear at a glance.
"oh……"
The kid in red said in a long voice.
"oh?"
Zhao Rang couldn't understand him.
Unexpectedly, the tone of the child in red suddenly became very indifferent:
"I thought you weren't that tacky, but the result is still the same."
Zhao Rang frowned and understood the meaning of the child in red clothes.
"What you wear on your body is a Taoist robe, but only what is engraved in your heart is the real Tao?"
The child in red had already walked out of the cave. When he heard Zhao Rang say this, his eyes suddenly widened, showing a deep surprise:
"You can actually think of this level!"
Zhao Rang smiled and suddenly remembered a Taoist couplet he accidentally saw in a book many years ago.
"If you have evil thoughts in your heart, burning incense will not do much good. If you keep your body upright, it doesn't matter if you don't worship me when you see me!"
"Yes, yes, Daozang Volume 7, page 389!"
The kid in red said while clapping.
"Can you still remember the exact number of pages?"
Zhao Rang asked in disbelief.
Being able to remember the number of pages while reading is really amazing!
"What? Can't you do it?"
Zhao Rang shook his head in shame.
"My master said that when reading, you should start with each word, then go to a word, a sentence, or a long article. You have to take it apart and chew it over and over again. Not to mention which page it is on, it depends on how many words there are in total. You know, this is what learning is all about!"
While Zhao Rang was admiring, he suddenly felt that something was wrong...
In the entire Baihe Mountain, there is only one person who can devote so much effort to studying Taoism - Bai Hezi's junior brother and the current acting headmaster of Baihe Mountain.
"Who is the master who taught you how to read?"
Zhao Rang asked cautiously.
"Qingxuanzi."
Zhao Rang has never heard of this name.
But since the kid in red was willing to answer, he continued to ask:
"Who is Qingxuanzi?"
"Bai Hezi's junior brother, the current acting head teacher."
Although he had already felt it, Zhao Rang still took a deep breath when he actually heard the child in red say this.
How could the acting headmaster teach such a disciple who is so versed in the art of swordsmanship when he is so polite and weak?
But then I thought about it, it made sense that the kid in red was more than just a master on behalf of the headmaster.
But after knowing that one of his masters was the current acting master, Zhao Rang became even more curious about his kendo master!
"Have you never met Qingxuanzi?"
The kid in red asked casually.
"I've seen it before, and I even ate the fish he cooked!"
Zhao Rang replied.
"Ah, he even cooked fish for you to eat!"
The kid in red said with envy.
"Master is very strict about reading... Only when I can memorize an entire volume of Dao Zang and answer all his questions, will he cook fish for me as a reward."
"Then how many times have you eaten?"
The kid in red first stretched out two fingers, then retracted one and said:
"Only once...but there will be a second time soon!"
Zhao Rang did not refute, but changed the topic and asked:
"Then who did you learn your swordsmanship from?"
The kid in red opened his mouth but said nothing.
He always handled questions that he didn't want to or couldn't answer in this way, as if he didn't hear them at all.
Silence fell between the two.
The winding mountain roads and towering cliffs also prevented the two of them from being distracted, so they walked quietly, one behind the other.
Zhao Rang was a little scared, so he just stared down at his feet and didn't look anywhere else at all.
"Here we are!"
Zhao Rang then raised his head and saw a flat open space in front of him.
It was as if someone had used an ax to chop off a large chunk of this mountain peak from the middle, thus forming an extremely flat open space.
Next to the clearing, there is a staircase cut out of the rock that connects to the bottom.
Zhao Rang took a look and felt that this road seemed to be much easier than the one he took just now.
The senior sister and the younger junior sister come to greet Yuyi every day, so they should always take this road.
"Why didn't we go this way just now?"
The kid in red asked:
"Aren't you going to leave from Heaven?"
Zhao Rang was confused by his question...he cleared his mind and said:
"You said Yuyi lives in Tianwaitian, and then I followed you. I've never been here, how do I know there is another way to choose?"
The kid in red thought for a while and felt that Zhao Rang seemed to be right, so he said:
"You're right, I didn't understand it before."
No matter which way you go, it’s a good way to go wherever you go.
Now that we have come this far, Zhao Rang will not delve into anything further.
In this open space there is a house built of stone, all white.
It is not an easy task to find so many stones of similar colors, sizes, and shapes, especially when they have to be transported halfway up the mountain.
It seems that Baiheshan really attaches great importance to this Taoist priest who came from the south, otherwise it would not have spent so much effort building a house for her.
The stone house is surrounded by land.
The soil is also brought up from the mountains.
Zhao Rang made a rough estimate in his mind. Just transporting the soil would be enough for a strong laborer to work for more than ten days!
The land was shiny with oil and very fertile. It had obviously been carefully taken care of.
Except for a small area that was empty, the other fields were planted with things, but Zhao Rang could not name any of them.
"Hagoromo isn't here!"
The kid in red suddenly said.
"how do you know?"
Zhao Rang asked rhetorically.
According to what the senior sister and junior sister said, Yuyi has been ill for a long time and has not gone out at all. She relied on her disciples to help her take care of everything, so it was impossible for her to be absent.
"Did you see that shelf?"
"Close to the stone house, the second to last one, the one with vines hanging down from it."
Zhao Rang responded, indicating that he had seen it.
But he still didn't understand what the kid in red meant when he said this.
"If Hagoromo was at home, she would have already picked up the droopy things."
“She would never allow her yard to be less than perfect!”
This reason and judgment are very convincing.
Zhao Rang had already sketched out the general feeling of Yuyi in his mind.
The person who can hold the unique antidote of the Tang family must be no ordinary person. It can even be said that she is a member of the Tang family, and she has a high status in the family, so that powerful characters like Tang Wanqing have to be controlled by her. .
For a family, the most important thing is blood ties!
Blood ties are not only the bond that maintains the stability of the entire family, but also the most powerful weapon when expanding outward.
A flowing dynasty, an iron-clad family.
Not long after Dawei unified the world, the world was divided into the Northern Territory and the Southern Territory.
For entities like the Tang family in Shuzhong, dynasty changes have no impact at all. Even the false emperor in the south, in order to increase his power and influence, had to take the initiative to put aside his status and make friends with him.
"Do you know what Hagoromo's name is?"
Zhao Rang asked.
The kid in red shook his head.
This time he really didn't know.
He didn't even know the real name of his Daozang master, Qingxuanzi.
In the Taoist sect, everyone calls each other by their Taoist name. Taoist priests with high moral standards and advanced cultivation are given the honorific title of "Taoist Master".
Some old Taoist priests may not even be able to remember their former lay names.
The kid in red looked at the sky and said to Zhao Rang:
"Hagoromo lives here, and I don't know where he is now."
"Are you leaving?"
Zhao Rang saw that he looked in a hurry, and he must have thought of something urgent.
The kid in red said:
"Well, I'm leaving."
Zhao Rang did not persuade him to stay.
He had a very good impression of the kid.
It would be better if we could be more stupid and suffer more losses.
So he said to the kid in red:
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. When I finish my work, I'll treat you to dinner."
Zhao Rang wanted to say "buy you a drink", but remembered that the other party was just a teenager, so he changed the drink to a meal when he left.
The child in red felt that the idea of treating guests to a meal was very novel. After happily talking about a few of his favorite dishes, he jumped up and patted Zhao Rang on the shoulder, as if saying goodbye to an old friend.
After walking out for a while, I didn’t forget to look back and remind Zhao Rang:
"You have to finish things quickly!"
Zhao Rang smiled and nodded, and then watched the red color on his body disappear at the turn of the stairs.
Looking back at Yuyi's stone house, Zhao Rang took a few steps back unconsciously...
Everyone in the Tang family is a master of poison.
Tang Wanqing's Yin Feng was so powerful that she was invisible, let alone Yu Yi, who had a better status in the family than her.
Zhao Rang felt that these unknown plants planted in the yard might all be extremely rare poisons.
There is no fog on this mountain peak, and the cool mountain breeze makes Zhao Rang very comfortable.
Stretching his arms, Zhao Rang accidentally touched the fence outside the yard. Zhao Rang did not dare to be careless, so he immediately drew his knife, cut off the piece of clothing, and let it blow down the mountain in the wind.
After doing all this, the lingering fear in my heart still lingered, and suddenly I heard a burst of laughter like silver bells coming from the stone house.
