When you go to the Gusu River, you will find all the houses lying on the river. There are few ancient palaces and many small bridges in the water harbor.
A group of people, a boat, and a small world seem to have become the most comfortable place in the world. They chew fragrant beef, sip mellow rice wine, and watch and talk about various stories about the world.
Liang Chuan had no other abilities, except that he could speak with a mouth that could heal human flesh and bones. The dead people lying in the graves were tricked into sitting up by him, not to mention the fledgling Bao Heitan.
Bao Heitan was an official in Luzhou. He was really young and promising. You must know that the last scholar with a relatively high level of education that Liang Chuan knew was Zheng Zuliang. After begging Zheng Ruoying's aunt, she turned into a businessman and started a business.
People are so infuriating. Some people passed the exam at a young age just by singing a ditty, and then prepared to go to Beijing to take the exam. Some people have spent their whole lives chewing books, and they have accomplished nothing and haven't even got a wife. In the end, he could only die miserably in the eyes of everyone in his hometown.
Studying is a road of no return. The further you go, the narrower the road becomes, and the more people squeeze down from the cliff. In the end, only a few people can see the sunrise.
Liang Chuan tentatively asked Bao Heitan a few questions and found that this young man was just a carefree Heitan in the greenhouse. He had neither an upright character nor a great feeling of caring about the country and the people. What he had to do was very simple. After being admitted to Jinshi and being taught as an editor, he could enjoy the shade under the big tree. If the sky fell, there would be tall people to support him. From now on, he would just have a safe place to read. He didn't want to think so much about other things.
It is true that history is like a little girl who can be dressed up by others. Liang Chuan naturally knew that rulers and their families would set up several role models for their own needs for those who came after them to follow. However, the contrast was too great. A fool pretends to be a big blue sky, but he is not so deceitful!
Regardless of whether you are a virtuous person or a bookworm, the direction of history is already determined. I am just a spectator off the stage. I will appear on stage after you sing. It is useless to say more.
Liang Chuan discovered a truth. The speed of the boat going up the river was not much slower than the speed of the fast horse on land. The key was that the boat was traveling in a straight line. When riding a horse, you have to go around the mountains to avoid water. Looking at the mountains, the horse will run to death. Two mountains It often takes a day or two, or even several days, but the time is not much different!
Originally, I wanted to go ashore at dawn, but now I think it’s better to just take a boat to Bianjing!
At dawn, the boat had already approached Suzhou. The boatman found a dock and tied the boat up, saying he was going ashore to buy some water and dry food and replenish supplies.
Liang Chuan also wanted to buy some wine, meat, and beef jerky. The two of them were going back and forth. They were both bottomless pit gluttons. They ate almost everything in one night. If they didn't buy some, they would go back to eating the old oars in the hands of the boatman?
Bao Heitan was so shy that he didn't want to go down and join in the fun. Liang Chuan pulled him off the boat with a big hand, patted his chest and said: "If you don't have money, there is nothing to be afraid of. Now don't be polite to your brother. Just take whatever you like. I will count these small coins." Please!"
The subtext in Liang Chuan's heart is: No matter how much you benefit from me now, don't turn your back on me later. No matter how much you benefit from me, I will pay you back with interest!
Bao Heitan was new to the world, so he didn't know about Liang Chuan's plans. He just felt that Liang Chuanyi and Bo Yuntian were generous in righteousness and wealth, and said with a bit of heat on his dark face: "That's so embarrassing!"
Liang Chuan patted Bao Heitan's back and said softly: "If you really feel sorry for it, just owe it first, write it down and use your salary to pay it back in the future!"
"That's pretty much it!"
Bao Heitan thought that they were doing this for his own sake. If he didn't appreciate the favor, he would look petty. It didn't mean that he didn't have to pay it back. He would just repay the favor in the future. Thinking of this, the two of them went ashore together.
The Suzhou River is long, and there are many streets and alleys along the river. There are many delicious snack stalls in the ordinary alleys. At a glance, the biggest feature of these food is that it is fresh, graceful and exquisite, completely integrated with the style of the water town.
The two of them first ate a bowl of white noodle soup. It looked bland, but it was full of sweetness in their mouths. The base of the bland noodle soup actually used eel bones, pork bones and chicken bone soup, and even wrapped in black charcoal. Full of praise.
Liang Chuan saw that all he could take away without soup was a piece of oil paper, such as braised pork, Kunshan braised duck, honey, sauce, and plum blossom steaks. They were actually choosing hard dishes. Liang Chuan was packing them in front. , Bao Heitan followed behind and swallowed.
To put it bluntly, Bao Heitan came from a poor background. He could barely earn a living by farming and studying in his hometown, making small soups and mussels to survive. He didn't even eat simple beef jerky a few times. This time he gained experience by following Liang Chuan.
Liang Chuan doesn't look at the price, but only looks at the dishes. He only picks out the good ones and excludes ordinary dishes without local characteristics!
As for snacks, such as beef pot stickers and crabapple cakes, Su-style soup dumplings, Liang Chuan even carried large and small bags. As a man, if you can't eat them, what else can you do?
There was no food but no wine. Liang Chuan searched for a long time and finally found a wine shop that did not sell rice wine but only white wine. This wine was called Sanbaijiu, which is a specialty of Suzhou. After all, this is a land of grain production, and the people who make wine here also use good grains. Standing at the door of the wine shop and taking a deep breath, even Bao Heitan, a layman of the wine country, is going to be drunk.
After buying wine and food, the two of them were preparing to return to the boat when they suddenly came to the door of a Taoist temple. This Taoist temple has a standard Song-style structure. The main hall and sub-halls are clearly structured, and the mountain gate is towering with bright lacquer panels.
Liang Chuan was startled for a moment and asked Bao Heitan, "Did we pass by this Taoist temple just now?"
Bao Heitan was also suspicious. He looked at the three words on the mountain gate and said: "Xuanmiao Temple! I have no impression of it either! Did we go the wrong way?"
Liang Chuan said: "It's over. I guess I got lost. How do we get back to the ship?"
Liang Chuan originally thought that Brother Heitan was a scholar and had a good memory, so he wouldn't get lost. Unexpectedly, he was really a fool. Apart from reading and eating, he didn't understand anything else. He really had no social experience at all. If his heart If the black hand is more ruthless, put some medicine into the meat, numb this guy, he might have succeeded already!
When the two of them were looking around at a loss, a group of people suddenly came to the Taoist temple. A middle-aged man who looked like a military official was holding a newborn baby and was wandering in front of the temple with a panicked and hesitant expression.
Liang Chuan looked at it for a while and blurted out: "No, this person wants to abandon the baby!"
Not only in ancient times, but in modern times, in order to escape family planning, there are no charitable institutions such as shelters in society. Many families with children have no choice but to send their children to temples, temples, and nunneries.
Firstly, he and the others would not leave him alone, and secondly, the monks were compassionate and would not abuse their children. Outside the mortal world is also the best environment for children to grow up.
This is nothing, those inhumane places in ancient times, and the legendary Abandoned Infant Tower! This is a creepy place. As the name suggests, some places give birth to baby girls but do not want to raise them. They just throw the baby girls into the tower to be eaten by insects, ants, rats and beasts, thus saving the cost of raising them!
In some places, it is even more straightforward to throw a baby girl into the river and drown her. In the county next to Xinghua, in the poor Dazhang River of Songkou Town, a monument was later erected to prohibit drowning of girls forever!
In a wealthy place like Suzhou, you don’t have to worry about abandoned babies and no one to feed them, and poverty breeds treachery and wealth breeds conscience. There are really fewer inhumane phenomena in a wealthy place.
Put the doll in front of the Taoist temple, these monks will die without saving it! In their view, this is a symbol of fate with Taoism and Buddha!
Tang Monk's mother floated him away with the river, and was finally rescued by the monks of Jinshan Temple. It was a kind of fate.
Bao Heitan's chivalrous heart aroused and he said: "Look, this man doesn't look like someone from a poor family. How could he be so cruel? Since we bumped into him, we can't let him be so cruel. Let's go and have a look!"
The two of them went up to meet him when they were full.
Unexpectedly, an old Taoist priest walked out of the Taoist temple, with fluttering beard and hair, and a Taoist spirit.
Yuan Wai handed the child to the old Taoist priest. The old Taoist priest took one look at the child with a solemn expression, sighed, and walked back. Yuan Wai followed anxiously behind.
The two of them looked at each other and realized that the children had been given to the old Taoist priest. This confirmed Liang Chuan's statement and quickly followed him in.
The Xuanmiao Temple is large in scale, with seven halls. There are Zhengshan Gate and Sanqing Hall on the middle road, Wenchang Hall, Doumu Pavilion and Shouxing Hall on the east road, and Lei Zun Hall and Caishen Hall on the west road.
The old Taoist priest carried the child into the Sanqing Hall, and sat on the ground with his pillow on his pillow in front of the Sanqing statue. Liang Chuan and Bao Heitan followed in, sitting nearby and listening to their stories without any unnecessary trouble!
Fortune-telling is supposed to reveal secrets. When the old Taoist priest saw that someone was still coming to join in the fun, he wanted to drive them away, but his pupils suddenly shrank when he looked at them!
If you take a closer look at this black charcoal-headed man, he is born with a noble appearance and extraordinary talent. He looks a little stunned, but in fact, he is like the stars in the sky descending to the earth. The presence of his little view makes him shine brightly. Even the three pure spirits have a different look. Brilliant!
Look at the person next to him again. His appearance is more confusing than a black charcoal head. In fact, even he can't see through his destiny. It's more precious than the stars. Two strangers came to him at the same time. What day is it today?
If these words were spoken, Liang Chuan would definitely become a disciple of this old Taoist priest!
Needless to say, he had his own good fortune in this life. Whether it was the miracle of reincarnation, meeting the Taoist master Linghu Chuan, or the strange dream he had when he was wandering on the sea, every person with an immortal spirit and Taoism would appreciate it. He hinted to Liang Chuan that there were many strange things that he couldn't understand!
But there is one thing Liang Chuan knows!
This Bao Zheng legend is Wenquxing descended to earth! Zhao Zhen, an official of the Song Dynasty, came to earth as a barefoot immortal. The Emperor of Heaven sent two constellations, civil and military, to assist Zhao Zhen. As for Wu Quxing, he was Di Qing!
It's just that when the two of them came down to earth, Nan Diuxingjun was playing chess with Beidou Xingjun. The two immortals were responsible for life and death, so they left them alone. Wen Quxing was impatient to wait, so he grabbed the Qiankun bag containing facial makeup next to Nan Dou Xingjun, took out a piece of facial makeup from it, and hurriedly reincarnated in the lower world. Wen Quxing was so anxious that he didn't look carefully and grabbed a warrior mask. So Bao Gong became a bad guy, but Di Qing was a handsome boy!
It was a one-sided fate, but the old Taoist did not dare to reveal the secret. As the saying goes, there must be a reason for such a coincidence. The old Taoist saw through it but did not tell it.
This person is also someone who can't hide things. Even if outsiders are present, he doesn't care so much.
The clerk began to say: "When my wife was pregnant, I drank two glasses of wine because I was happy, and then I fell into a coma and fell asleep. In my sleep, I met a man whose face was blurry. He pulled me and insisted that I owed him fifty dollars. Now, When the debt was due and he asked me to pay back the money, I couldn't see his face clearly, and he didn't answer when I asked him who he was. But I couldn't help it and then I said that we should just agree on a date. He said it would be just for these few days, and then he disappeared."
When Liang Chuan heard this kind of story, he straightened his back unconsciously. It was not only this member who met an expert in his dream, but he himself had experienced it personally. The old Taoist priest in his dream was still vivid in his mind.
Yuanwai continued: "A few days later, my wife gave birth to a son, but we couldn't get up. When the son opened his eyes and was born, others only stared at me as the father, as if I owed him money. At that time, I was thinking, could it be the person I met in my dream! Taoist Qiu, you have to help me break this mystery!"
Bao Heitan put his hands in and felt ridiculous. How could there be a child born with his eyes open? But seeing that Liang Chuan was listening with great interest, it was hard for him to make trouble on the sidelines.
The Taoist priest looked at the child. As soon as the child's sight left his father, he closed his eyes and began to sleep.
He first touched the child's head, then touched his bones and chest, sighed and said: "You and your wife must love this child very much, but the fate has been determined, and I shouldn't say anything. Yeah, you better not put too much emotion into him, lest..."
Yuan Wai is also a smart person, and he can understand everything with just three points. Taoist Qiu's meaning is quite clear. This child will not live long, otherwise if the relationship deepens, he will suffer from the pain of missing his son one day!
The member asked, "Whether this condition is a good or an obstacle, how can we resolve the misfortune?"
The Taoist priest said: "This child is born to collect debts. If he falls into your family, he will either lose money and eliminate disasters, or his family will be ruined. There is no other way."
The member got up from the futon, knelt on the ground and started knocking on his head: "Taoist, please help me. Taoist, please help me!"
At this time, the Taoist priest suddenly smiled, looked at Liang Chuan and said: "The person who solves the problem is also here, why don't you ask him for advice!"
Yuan Wai and Bao Heitan looked at Liang Chuan unexpectedly at the same time. Liang Chuan gave a bitter smile and said, "Taoist priest, don't make fun of me. How can I help people solve their problems? I'm so wet that I want to ask the Taoist priest to help me out!" "
The Taoist priest said: "But it doesn't matter. Solving people's confusions also solves the difficulties!"
Liang Chuan pondered for a while and said: "I am a bystander. Since I am here to collect debts, shouldn't I just pay off the debts? There is a repayment of repayment for the troubles in the world, and it is natural to pay back debts in the cycle of cause and effect!"
The member was confused. He thought he could solve the problem by performing rituals to exorcise evil spirits. Unexpectedly, he, a businessman, had forgotten the truth of the matter.
The Taoist priest laughed and said: "How good! To untie the bell, you need to tie the bell. There is nothing in the world that no one can bother with. This is the principle of simplicity. The benefactor is in trouble but cannot understand it. The little benefactor has a clear eye!"
