"Cousin, after your master passed away, why didn't you stay in Longhu Mountain to continue practicing Taoism and why did you go back to Chang'an? Is it because you had a bad life there?"
The next morning, after breakfast, Li Zexuan planned to take his little cousin to Yunshan to have a long experience. On the way, Ye Fashan asked.
Because in his opinion, Longhu Mountain is currently the holy land for Taoist monks in the world. Li Zexuan had been practicing Taoism for eight years, but he suddenly left there and returned to Chang'an. This made it difficult for Ye Fashan, who was determined to use Taoism to save the people, to understand.
When Li Zexuan heard this question, he subconsciously thought: "If the original Li Zexuan really stayed in Longhu Mountain to practice Taoism, then where would he have the chance to travel back in time? Maybe he has already reported it to the Lord of Hell!"
Although he thought so in his heart, he could never say it out loud. He smiled and said: "No, the master uncle of Longhu Mountain and the junior uncle are very good to me. The reason why I returned to Chang'an is because I Dad, my mother is old now, if I don’t come back and fulfill my filial piety at their knees, what difference would I make to an animal~?”
Ye Fashan looked a little unnatural and said: "Then how should my cousin continue his Taoist career in the future~?"
Li Zexuan turned around, looked at Ye Fashan's childish but pretending to be mature face, and said:
"Fa Shan, I think you have a misunderstanding about Taoism? Who said that Taoism can only be practiced in Taoist temples? As long as there is Tao in the heart, where can't it be practiced? What is not Tao? What method is not called cultivation? The way of heaven has no relatives, and it is always with good people . The level of a Taoist depends on the degree of application of Tao. Tao is not the private property of any immortal, god or true saint, so why should we care where we practice Tao~?"
Ye Fashan was stunned immediately. After a while, he bowed to one side, clasped his hands in front of his abdomen, saluted from bottom to top (no more than the nose), and said: "My cousin, Fashan has been taught~!" "
Li Zexuan's expression changed. Ye Fashan's etiquette was very particular. Taoism has three rituals and three kowtows. When dealing with mortals, they generally perform a hand-bowing salute, a fist-clasping salute, and a bowing salute. When treating gods, immortals, and real people, they kowtow. What Ye Fashan just performed was a Taoist standard. This is usually a salute to the elders in the sect. It can be seen that Ye Fashan was really touched by what he said just now. Li Zexuan returned the salute and said:
"Dharma is good. Everyone has their own way. My cousin's way is the way of the world of mortals. In the long world of mortals, be kind to your family and help those around you that you can help~! Of course, my cousin also hopes that you will I want to be a Taoist priest in this mortal world, instead of practicing in isolation in the mountains, sitting and watching the change of dynasties, without thinking about the people of the world~!"
Ye Fashan bowed his head again and said: "Don't worry, cousin, Fashan is determined to learn profound Taoism, walk in the world, and save people. He will never be that blind Taoist priest who only blindly avoids the world and practices~!"
Li Zexuan smiled and nodded, and continued walking towards Yunshan with Ye Fashan.
Well, just walking. His cheap cousin didn’t know which part of the rope was wrong. He clearly had horses in the Hou Mansion but didn’t ride them. Even if there was a car, he didn’t want to sit on it. He said he wanted to see how the people were living along the way. Although Li Zexuan was thinking I don’t want to, but I can’t tie this little kid to a horse, right?
Although he only got along with Ye Fashan for one day, Li Zexuan already knew that his stubborn cousin couldn't pull eight horses back, so he simply went with the unlucky child!
"Bang bang bang~!"
"Try harder! The soil is still loose, how can you do it? Han Xiaodong, haven't you eaten?"
"Second Master Liu, to tell you the truth, I didn't eat at all this morning!"
"Hey, you bastard, you know how poor I am~! Please work harder, it's getting colder. If it freezes and we haven't repaired it yet, it will delay Mr. Hou's big event. Look at the engineering team of the Fourth Regiment, how fast are they progressing~?"
After leaving the city, walking through an official road, we came to the trail to Yunshan. After walking for about two or three miles, we heard a huge banging sound of "bang bang bang" and the noise of some people.
Ye Fashan looked over there curiously, but was blocked by a hillside, so he asked: "Cousin, what are you doing over there? Why is it so lively?"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "It's the engineering team of the academy and the villagers who are building the road. We can see it when we turn this corner~!"
"Building roads~?"
Why is there such a big movement in Ye Fa's road construction?
But doubts were doubts, so he lowered his head in a low voice and quickened his pace. After a while, the two of them had rounded the top of the mountain. What they saw was a dark crowd of people, some hammering the ground with big hammers, and some holding shovels. Those who filled the pits with soil, and those who pushed carts dumped sand and gravel, and some people poured mud on the smooth road, but the mud turned out to be blue-gray, which surprised Ye Fashan:
"Cousin, what is that soft pulpy thing in the car~?"
Li Zexuan looked in the direction of his finger and replied: "That thing is cement. It can be shaped into various shapes like mud at first, but it will solidify after a while. Once solidified, it will be as solid as a rock. Even if Even if it rains, it will stay the same~!”
"Oh~? There are such magical things in this world? Why have I never heard of Fa Shan?"
Ye Fashan couldn't help feeling that the imperial capital was really different, and small places like Nanyang were really incomparable.
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Cement was born only half a year ago and has not yet spread to Nanyang. Cousin, it's normal that you haven't seen it~!"
During the conversation, the two of them had already approached the road construction site, and an old man with white beard and hair, but energetic, walked towards them. It was Mr. Liu, "Hey, Mr. Marquis, you are here? Why are you not riding a horse today?" And this is..."
Li Zexuan responded with a smile: "Isn't it because I want to exercise my leg strength, so I don't ride a horse? By the way, Mr. Liu, this is my cousin. He just arrived in Chang'an yesterday, and he wants to visit the academy today~!"
Ye Fashan saw that Li Zexuan didn't have any airs of a marquis when talking to the old man in front of him, and there was no condescension in his words. Instead, he had some respect. He was surprised at the respect shown to his elders, but his face remained calm, and He bowed his hands to Mr. Liu and said, "Fashan has met Mr. Liu!"
Mr. Liu was a little "flattered" and said: "Hey, young man, you are so polite! Since you are a relative of the Marquis family, it is the young man who should say hello to you!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "What did the Second Master say? You are an elder! By the way, Second Master Liu, it looks like this road is almost finished, right?"
Mr. Liu wiped his sweat and said: "Hey! Mr. Hou, it's almost over, it's almost over! There are only more than three miles of road left to be repaired. It will only take about ten days to repair it! It's just a shame to say that. , We farmers are not very good at building this kind of cement road, and we are holding back Commander Gong and others."
When Li Zexuan first divided the "Construction Corps", he established five major regiment leaders, namely Hu Hanyun, Liu Erye, Cao Shaofu, Gong Minyong, and Ni Taifeng. Later, in order to build cement roads, and the projects at the academy were generally completed, Li Zexuan dismantled two "construction corps", with a total of nearly 5,000 people, and came specifically to build roads. One was Liu Erye's second regiment. The other is Gong Minyong's Fourth Regiment.
Since Mr. Liu's prestige was still very high in this area, several villagers who came to help with road construction were also brought under his command and managed by him. In this way, Mr. Liu's second regiment was now nominally under the control of Mr. Liu. There are more than three thousand people!
However, these villagers who came to help had not experienced the "big project" of Yanhuang Academy, so they naturally lacked experience. As a result, although the second group had more people, the overall progress was not much different from the fourth group.
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, don't be in a hurry! Don't make the folks too tired! By the way, Mr. Liu, earlier I asked my father-in-law to inform everyone about going into the mountains to collect herbs. Do you all know?"
The villagers were willing to come over to help build the road out of good intentions. Li Zexuan initially wanted to pay the workers who came to help, but the villagers were unwilling to accept it. Later, after exchanging the wages into a bushel of rice, the villagers reluctantly accept.
You know, the value of this bucket of rice is far lower than the wages paid at the construction site!
Faced with such a group of kind-hearted bankers, what else could he complain about?
When Liu Erye heard Li Zexuan's question, he grinned and said: "Master Hou, we all know it! In the afternoon, it is said that each village will organize some young men as a bodyguard, and they will not be afraid even if they encounter wild beasts and wolves, and then Each household sends one person to go into the mountains to collect herbs! Hey, it’s a pity that I, Old Liu, don’t have time to spare now, otherwise I would go into the mountains to hunt wild animals, so that the melons on the farm can see their master Liu’s archery skills~!”
Li Zexuan couldn't help but smile and said: "Haha! Others are like swords, but Mr. Liu is like arrows! Haha~!"
Mr. Liu said proudly: "That's right~! I think back then, the people in the village were hungry and went hunting to the west of Yunshan Mountain. I, Old Liu, also went there at that time, and met a big tiger with an eye-catching white forehead. Old Liu, I... ....."
Mr. Liu began to explain the heroic deeds of the year to the two of them. Li Zexuan was happy to rest beside him, while Ye Fashan frowned more and more as he listened.
Half a quarter of an hour later, they said goodbye to Mr. Liu, walked on the wide and flat cement road, and continued towards Yunshan. Ye Fashan suddenly said:
"Cousin, farmers go into the mountains to collect herbs. Why do they use swords against wild beasts in the mountains? Everything in the world has spirituality, and beasts are also living beings. The mountains and forests are their territory. The farmers occupy the magpie's nest. If you don’t tell them, why do you still want to confiscate their homes and kill them all~? Cousin, as a member of the Taoist sect, not only did you not stop them, why did you secretly encourage them? "
When it comes to killing, many people may think of compassion such as "sweeping the floor may harm the lives of ants, and cherish moths and cover lamps with gauze." However, some Taoist priests do eat meat. Killing is not supported in Taoist teachings, but it is not prohibited either!
Li Zexuan was inexplicably startled. He didn't expect Ye Fashan to ask such a question. After thinking about it, he said in a deep tone:
"What you said, Fashan, is actually correct. All blood-based things have spirituality, that is, they have Taoism. There are early and late stages of understanding, and there are also fast and slow stages of Taoism! Beasts are also living creatures. Logically speaking, they should not Kill them easily.
But sometimes we kill to protect lives, and we kill people instead of karma. When a wild beast wants to attack people, how should we deal with it? kill? Or use your Taoism to influence him? People are just mortals. They just have enough to eat, clothing and clothing, and take care of their families. Everything they do is for survival. Is this wrong? "
Li Zexuan remembered that during the Anti-Japanese War in his previous life, Taoist believers held guns in one hand and incense in the other. After killing the little devils here, they still worshiped the gods here. Compared with those Taoist priests who only knew how to practice Taoism in remote mountains and forests and did not care about the sufferings of all living beings. Such Taoist priests are the ones he admires.
"Killing to protect lives?"
Ye Fashan muttered something in a low voice and fell into deep thought.
When the sun was almost over their heads, the two finally went up to Yunshan Mountain and stepped into the mountain gate. The moment they saw the tall and majestic Yanhuang Academy building, Ye Fashan was mentally prepared, but he still received a huge shock in his heart. Zhang's little face that usually likes to act mature is now full of surprise and shock!
"How is it? Fashan? Cousin, this academy is pretty good, isn't it?"
Li Zexuan said proudly when he saw that this boy finally showed a rare expression of shock.
"Gudong!"
"Well, that's good!"
Ye Fashan swallowed his saliva and said loudly.
Isn't this good? It can be called a fairy palace!
Li Zexuan laughed and said: "Haha! Let's go! My cousin will take you to the academy~!"
After that, he took Ye Fashan into the academy.
They visited the Academy's Red Building, Auditorium, Sports Ground, Canteen, Student Dormitory, Experimental Building, etc. Finally, they returned to Guanghua Building and came to the place where the telescope was placed in the atrium on the fourth floor.
But I didn't expect to meet Li Chunfeng here.
"Oh, Director Li is here too~?"
Li Zexuan stepped forward and said with a smile.
"Master Hou!"
Li Chunfeng was concentrating on tinkering with the telescope. He turned around quickly when he heard the sound. When he saw it was Li Zexuan, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't blame me, Mr. Hou. Pindao has discovered several stars in recent days, so he used this telescope." It’s better to be more diligent!”
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter! Isn't this thing made just for people? Taoist priest, just use it! Oh, the light is so strong now, wouldn't Taoist priest be afraid of glare if he still uses this?"
Li Chunfeng shook his head and said: "I definitely won't be able to use it now. It was still available when the sun first rose. Oh, who is this little friend?"
Only then did he notice Ye Fashan behind Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan introduced: "This is my cousin Ye Fashan, who belongs to the Ye family in Nanyang. He has practiced Taoism for more than eight years~! Fashan, this is Taoist Priest Li Chunfeng, who is currently serving in the Taishi Bureau. He has profound Taoism and noble character~!"
Ye Fashan stepped forward, cupped his fists and saluted, "Fashan has met the Taoist priest!"
Li Chunfeng returned the gift and said in surprise: "The Ye family of Nanyang? But the Ye family of Guizhou back then~? Who can Ye Jing be you?"
Ye Fashan replied: "It is the Ye family of Guizhou back then. The person the Taoist mentioned is the great uncle of Fashan!"
Li Chunfeng murmured: "Uncle? You are actually a descendant of Senior Ye! What a coincidence!"
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