Osmanthus flowers and floating jade fill the streets in the first month of the year, and the night is as cool as a wash.
The city of Chang'an on the ninth day of June was not as refreshing as it was on August fifteenth. The hot sky fire stirred up people's hearts, and there was a tendency to get out of control at any time.
The wind is blowing, my eyebrows are chilling to my bones, I am in the Crystal Palace.
Snakes and dragons are crouching, the temples are steep, and misty music and songs are boiling. The frost is everywhere, and it wants to fly across the colorful clouds.
At Haishi, the singing girls in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace were dancing gracefully to the tunes, coupled with those ethereal illusions, they were so beautiful that they looked like they were about to fly. The slight difference is that one is the Guanghan Palace in the sky and the other is the Daming Palace underground.
As the most luxurious palace dance music of the Tang Dynasty, "The Song of Colorful Feather Clothes" is as famous as the Tang Dynasty's Iron Cavalry. One is dedicated to killing and the other is dedicated to enjoyment, both are the proud works of Emperor Xuanzong. It has been one hundred and thirty-eight years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty by Emperor Gaozu, and it has been handed down to Li Longji. Dozens of emperors, and hundreds of ministers and powerful generals have cultivated millions of lions, annexed eight wastelands, and destroyed countless countries.
All barbarians inside and outside who dare to call themselves soldiers will be killed!
Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers!
During the following decades of Xuanzong's reign, he was surrounded by neighboring countries. Not to mention anyone who dared to take the initiative to provoke the Tang Dynasty, even if he coughed loudly, he would be nervous about the invincibility of Tang Dao.
All phenomena in the universe cycle over and over again, this is the Tao!
Tao is the greatest and most fundamental. As long as this world exists, this rule must be followed. From the fate of a country to the emperor and his people, no one can escape this fate. It's just that some people can take advantage of this destiny, and some people can't, so there are three, six, and nine levels of people. It's not all unkindness. As long as you can use this destiny to gain momentum, anyone can become a dragon when encountering a storm.
Gaozong was like this, Taizong was like this, the Queen was like this, and he, Li Longji, was like this!
So from the day he was born, Li Longji understood that he was born with the trend, and he was destined to take advantage of this trend and follow God's will to achieve greatness! He has huge ambitions, he wants to live, he wants to be a prince, he wants to be an emperor, he wants to become a famous king through the ages! So Li Sanlang, who took power at the age of twenty-seven, spent forty-four years creating the most glorious glory of the Tang Dynasty!
It flourishes and then declines, and the moon waxes and wanes.
"Tao" is irreversible after all. When Li Longji's power and prestige reached an unprecedented level, the bloated Li Sanlang decided to go against the will. He did not believe the Taishi Bureau's criticism of him. He did not believe that he was so powerful but so... His life is short, and he wants to change his destiny against the will of heaven. My destiny is up to me and not from heaven. The earth is already invincible, and all he has left is to fight against heaven.
When he was forty years old, he paid an incalculable price to change his fortune, and that time he succeeded. No matter what the cost, at least he is still alive and well. After that time, he no longer had such a deep respect for those true and false criticisms. With the luck of being an emperor in the world, he had to step aside! This is my majesty, my world!
Therefore, in the eyes of Li Longji now, he doesn't think highly of either the rigorous and profound officials in the Taishi Bureau or those idle clouds and wild cranes who come and go. The longer he lives, the less awe he has. Li Bai had never seen an immortal in his entire life, but it was too common for him here. Looking for a god, right? I have a dozen of them in my court, and hundreds more outside my court. Will I tell you? joke!
"Oh? It turns out that the three beauties are visiting me, my Taoist brother Bai Yunzi!"
Hearing the emperor's affirmative answer, Gao Shi was overjoyed. It seemed that the emperor was really interested in this talk about immortals, and he actually recognized the immortal Baiyunzi as his Taoist brother! He must run this line well!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is Bai Yunzi, the immortal master of the first generation!"
Gao Shi paused and then said:
"Brother Li has always admired this Master Sima very much during his trip. He said that he has an outstanding demeanor and is the best land god. The two ministers know that Brother Li is a proud man. To be so worshiped by him, this Master will definitely come." He is a first-class divine being!"
His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said nothing, and continued to listen to Gao Shi's report while sipping the wine. As a superior person, he knows too many secrets about Wangwu Mountain, which is very important in Taoism!
One Wangwu Mountain, half the history of Taoism!
This mountain is not only the birthplace of human creation culture, but also the nurturing place of Chinese Taoist culture. It has been praised as the "source of Chinese culture" by celebrities and scholars of all dynasties. From ancient times, the ancestral god Pangu first created the yin and yang of heaven and earth. Fuxi introduced Tai Chi and performed Bagua here to open up the path of human evolution. Then Nuwa refined stones to mend the sky. Later, the ancestor of China, Xuanyuan Huangdi, also opened an altar to worship heaven on this mountain and received the first opening of the Book of Heaven. On the way to "Tao", Dayu, who had great achievements in controlling floods, also offered sacrifices in this mountain. Laozi, who later successfully enlightened to Taoism, also received the true teachings in this mountain, which was able to unify the entire Taoist thought and pave the way for the "Huang-Lao School" in later generations. Home page, this is how the Taosheng One Life Two came into being in later generations.
Until he, Li Longji, takes charge of the world, there will always be no shortage of true gods and golden immortals teaching the Dharma on this mountain. How can it be that the title of the top ten caves is in vain! Whether it is the Yellow Emperor who inherited the past and the future, or Lao Tzu who reopened the world, to the later Huagaijun, Liezi, Shangshan Sihao, Zhang Liang, Heshang Gong, the alchemy founder Wei Boyang, Yu Ji, Ge Hong, etc., all have practiced in Wangwu Mountain. As well as the amazingly talented and beautiful Second Immortal Grandma Wei Huacun, there are so many immortals in the "Huang Ting Sutra"! Therefore, Wangwu Mountain is waiting for the blessings of heaven and earth, full of spiritual energy, beautiful bells, and uniquely endowed with fairy fruits and herbs. From Shen Nong tasting hundreds of herbs, Huang Di writing the "Nei Jing", to Laozi and Ge Hong refining elixirs, and Sun Simiao writing "A Thousand Gold Wings" here, Wangwushan is a living elixir furnace. "Every grass grows in a blessed land and is used for medicine." In Wangwu Mountain, there are ten thousand years of Tai Sui, thousand years of kudzu root, hundred years of Polygonum multiflorum, Tiantan Ganoderma, three spring chicken head ginseng, year's Rubbergrass, etc., to name a few. When local people are sick, they go to the mountains to collect medicines and make soup at home, which has miraculous effects.
Compared with these familiar stories, for Li Longji himself, Wangwushan holds his biggest secret. The formation point where he, the emperor of the world, defies heaven and changes his destiny is on this mountain!
"Wangwu Mountain, I haven't gone up there for many years!"
His Majesty the Emperor seems to have evoked the memories of his prime, recalling that mountain and missing those people. Although thirty-one years have passed, Li Longji still rarely feels uneasy when he thinks of the overwhelming scene. You must know that during the Xuanwumen coup, he was faced with such a dangerous situation. He never panicked, considering that he was only twenty-five years old that year.
"Be calm in every big event!"
This was the fateful comment given to him by the dragon-like Li Chunfeng decades ago. This comment was indeed accurate. Li Longji was indeed a calm and stable emperor. The only exception was Fengchan Taishan when he was forty years old.
"Your Majesty, Wangwu Mountain is indeed a magical place. A group of ministers encountered a strange thing at the foot of Wangwu Mountain. At the time, I didn't think it was so magical, but when I thought about it later, the more I thought about it, the more unusual it became, so I will continue. I can basically say that the person I met that day was definitely an immortal!"
After that, Gao Shi carefully described what happened that day to the emperor.
That day, the autumn air was crisp, and Li Bai and Du Fu were in high spirits for three days, because they had arrived at the boundary of Wangwu Mountain, one of the ancestral temples of Taoism. Looking up, the tall and tall figure of Wangwu Mountain had occupied the entire field of vision. , the clouds are hidden in the trees, the wind is caressing, and the jagged rocks are surrounded by the water. You can still vaguely see the Taoist temples with red walls and golden tiles on the top of the mountain. It is really a paradise!
Early in the morning, Li Dugao and the others burned incense and bathed, arranged for their servants to prepare food, and after the meal, they took the carefully purchased incense tribute and went straight to Wangwu Mountain. Because it was adjacent to the Fairy Mountain, a quite prosperous market was naturally formed at the foot of the mountain. There is a river surrounding it, which is Jishui, one of the famous four rivers. Jidu is the most magical, mysterious and sacred among the "Four Dus" of Jiang, He, Huai and Ji. Later, because Li Longji wanted to plan here, he built a magnificent building here according to the suggestions of Sima Chengzhen and Ye Fashan. Jidu Temple. This temple has the largest scale of construction and the highest standards of worship. It was personally named by Li Longji as the highest dojo for the royal family to worship the water god. Jishui originates from Wangwu Mountain, and its "springs springing from the plains, rising and falling" represents the lofty humanistic spirit of honesty, humility, loyalty and perseverance. It has been praised by countless wise kings, wise ministers, historians and cultural celebrities. It is said that Jishui originates from Taiyi Pool on Wangwu Mountain in Jiyuan. The source water flows eastward through underground rivers for more than 70 miles, and gushes out at the surface of Jidu and Longtan, forming two rivers, the Zhu River and the Long River, flowing eastward. Without leaving Jiyuan, they merge into a river called Nishui, which reaches the northwest of Wenxian County. It was originally named Jishui. Afterwards, it flows underground for the second time, crosses the Yellow River without being muddy, and miraculously emerges from the ground again in Xingyang. When Jishui flows through Yuanyang, Nanji flows three times to Dingtao, Shandong, and joins Beiji to form Juye Ze, and Jishui Sanji. It appears three times, disappears into the sea, and is mysterious and unpredictable.
Anyone who wants to climb Wangwu Mountain must take a boat to cross it. That day, when Li Dugao and the others arrived at the ferry by car, it was already sunrise in the east, and the rising sun was shining on the clear river, restrained and kind. The sound of wind, water, chirping of birds and chirping of insects, the noise of mules, horses and pedestrians, it is an endless scene. Li Bai had always seemed to be aloof from the world. To his ears, such noise and fireworks were vivid yet otherworldly. This feeling occupied his heart, as if all the hustle and bustle had gone far away.
I don't know if it's because the things here are so pleasant to the body and mind, or because in such a fairy place, Li Bai was nourished and influenced by the fairy energy and temporarily forgot the embarrassment of being "given gold and returned". As the sun gets higher, there are more and more pedestrians at the ferry. Li Bai's servant also asked the merchant to buy a ticket to cross the river. The three of them sat in a nearby tea shop, ordered some drinks, ate, enjoyed the scenery, and talked about waiting for the ferry.
At this moment, there was a faint buzz of people in the distance, and there seemed to be some excitement. The excitement spread from far to near, and in a blink of an eye, we reached the ferry. Li Bai and the other three were also curious. They looked up and saw that they were five brightly dressed monks in green robes. These five monks are tall, majestic, generous, and have red faces. The leader looked about fifty, with fair face and beardless appearance, and a peaceful expression. He was directing the accompanying servants to carefully place some bags and gifts on the ferry stairs. The servants and porters listened to the bell-like instructions and worked cautiously. The remaining four monks were younger, in their twenties and thirties, and looked like disciples. They surrounded the great monk, serving and occasionally giving orders, but none of them helped.
The pedestrians and merchants on the pier looked at this group of people. They were obviously from a big place. They didn't see those people wearing such bright and bright clothes. Their green robes were made of fine materials with gold edges. They were all ordinary people. They were wearing either black or blue shirts. The man in the robe, with a gray face, could not help but speak lower than usual. For fear of being disliked by the senior monks, he couldn't help but stay away, but out of curiosity, he surrounded the monks. The monks seemed to have seen such scenes many times. Although their expressions did not change, they despised these country bumpkins even more in their hearts, and their voices could not help but shout louder.
After working like this for a while, before the ferry arrived, four monk disciples hugged the great monk and came to Li Bai's tea shop! This tea shop is the largest at this ferry, and of course the best. The owner of the store was worried that the waiters were careless, so he personally came to serve the great monks, his hands and feet were brisk, he laughed with them, and called them "Lord Buddha, Lord Buddha". Buddha didn't put on any airs and spoke with a compassionate face, but he was unwilling to drink the new tea brewed in the shop.
After staying with him for a while, the great monk only talked to his disciples. The shop owner knew that he was of low status and could not enter the eyes of the Buddha, so he apologized and left in despair. There were not many people in the teahouse. Li Bai's clothes were obviously higher than ordinary people's, and his face was rosy, full and extraordinary. He was definitely not an ordinary person. The old monk used the method of observing one's luck and looking at one's luck, and vaguely glanced at Li Bai and the three of them. He vaguely felt that the three of them were all people with extremely strong luck, one was like a cloud, one was like a mountain, and one was like water. Not even his master had such rich luck! These three people were definitely not ordinary people, and the great monk immediately wanted to make friends!
Li Bai and the others were not cultivators, nor did they know how to watch their luck. Naturally, they did not know that the distinguished monk in green had already regarded the three of them as crouching tigers, hidden dragons. They only occasionally looked at each other out of curiosity. How many glances! Li Bai has been in the capital for many years. He has never seen anyone, including red-skinned, white-skinned, black-skinned, curly-haired, white-haired, and yellow-haired barbarians. He has seen all kinds of monsters, monsters, and strange shapes, not to mention Several great monks. Even Master Huairang Li Bai, the first person in Zen Buddhism today, has seen it. This eminent monk who is said to be the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva is not as impressive as the great monk at the moment. I felt unhappy. As for Du Fu and Gao Shi, although they felt that these monks were a bit arrogant, they didn't feel bad about them.
The monk wanted to show off. Seeing that there were many people watching in the shop, he unconsciously started teaching his disciples. After listening for a while, it turned out to be a very profound passage called "The Five Patriarchs' Dharma". It is said that before his death, the Fifth Patriarch Hongren knew that although he had many disciples, there were only a few who could truly spread the Dharma. He said to Xuanti, "I have taught countless people in my life; all the good ones will die, and those who will teach me my way in the future can only have ten ears." These ten people are Shenxiu, Zhishen, Liu Zhubo, Huizang, Xuanyue, Lao'an, Faru, Huineng, Zhide and Yifang. Among these ten people, the most prominent and influential ones are Shenxiu and Huineng. However, there can only be one ancestor of Zen Buddhism, so in order to find a successor, Hongren ordered his disciples to submit a verse to express their own state of enlightenment. At that time, the leader Shenxiu presented a verse and said: "The body is like a bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror stand. Always brush it diligently to avoid stirring up dust." Huineng composed a verse and said: "The Bodhi tree has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the beginning, so how can it cause dust."
Li Bai heard that this great monk dared to teach his disciples such profound knowledge in such a large public, and he couldn't help but be very curious. Could it be that he had misunderstood the monk? There was something in that shiny forehead. After just listening for a while, Li Bai couldn't help but want to laugh. The monk first told a story and then recited these two Buddhist verses. As for the profound wisdom in the Buddhist verses, he never explained it clearly and rambled on. For a long time, for a while, there was no form, and for a while, the empty state changed into form. The disciples and the onlookers could only hear the clouds and fog, and they were confused. Their heads were getting louder and louder, but their hearts were filled with more and more admiration. Look, this is great wisdom, this is the profoundness of Buddhism, this is the reincarnation of Buddha, Amitabha! Good! Good!
The more Li Bai listened, the more disdainful he became, and the more he listened, the more he wanted to laugh. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he deliberately laughed out loud and cheered loudly:
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Hahaha"
While the monk was fooling everyone by making up random things, he secretly looked at the situation at Li Bai's table. Seeing that Li Bai and the others were really attracted to him, he couldn't help but feel even more proud. The more he talked, the more enthusiastic he was. Look at the people at that table. Didn't he cheer loudly because he had been fooled? Seeing that his goal had been achieved, the great monk stopped his performance and looked at Li Bai and the others following the laughter.
Although the people in the tea shop were all dizzy after listening to the teaching, they did not dare to express their anger. In the past, the tea shop was noisy but today it was audible. Li Bai's clapping and applause immediately attracted everyone's attention. They all looked at him blankly, muttering in their hearts, wondering why this person was laughing?
The great monk didn't say anything, he still had to keep his airs, and his disciples had to be able to figure out what was going on. Immediately, one of them got the idea, stood up, and gave a Buddhist salute in the direction of Li Bai and others, and then said with a serious face He opened his mouth and asked:
"I wonder why this donor is laughing?"
The words sounded polite and normal, but the tone was cold and arrogant. In the opinion of the disciple who spoke out, this sentence was quite restrained. The man who laughed was tall, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and an elegant expression. Although his appearance was not very handsome, he was rich in elegance and elegance. This man had a long sword hanging on his waist, which gave him the appearance of a chivalrous man. The long sword was not hung with a tassel, and the hilt was brightly polished, indicating that it had been used regularly. It was obvious that this was not a piece of art meant for framing. It might have been a murder weapon that had been drinking blood. Although he may not be afraid of this person because of the prominent position of the sect behind him, but a good man does not suffer immediate losses, and he has his master in front of him, so he cannot rashly cause disaster. This place is the number one cave in Taoism. It would be unsightly to cause trouble. The strong dragon could not overpower the local snake, so the monk calmed down and just asked him coldly.
Who is Li Bai? How could a man of extraordinary ability who could command the emperor to serve banquets on his bed and hold a spoon in his hand lose his momentum to this little bald donkey who is strong on the outside but capable on the inside? He didn't return the gift immediately, and just replied in a nonchalant manner:
"Laugh if you want, what are you doing?"
The crowd watching at the tea shop felt a little unhappy when they saw both parties, and immediately took a few steps back, but left in no hurry, as if they were just watching the excitement. After hearing what Li Bai said, Du Fu was afraid that Li Bai would suffer, so he quickly got up to make peace. The great monk was originally planning to make friends with a few people, but he didn't expect that his disciple was as stupid as a pig and kept his usual arrogant attitude. He felt in his heart If it's going to be bad, it's going to be really bad. The monk was about to think about how to redeem himself, when he saw someone on the other side saying peace. He could only stand up, scolded his disciple for a few words, and then prepared to chat and make friends. Unexpectedly, the man with the sword on the opposite side was persuaded by his friend and did not respond. He turned back and ignored him. The green-robed monk's interest was interrupted, and he became angry. Seeing that there was no result, he sat down again and stopped making any sound.
When the teahouse audience saw that there was nothing going on between the two parties, they probably couldn't stand the excitement anymore, so they slowly dispersed, each busy with their own business. The great monk originally wanted to make friends with these people, but after being ridiculed by Li Bai, he naturally stopped thinking about it. He just became more and more unhappy, always looking for some opportunity to retaliate.
After a while, the ferry came. At the ferry, there were four men in uniform uniforms directing people to get on the boat. These four people looked like they were practicing practitioners. Although they did not wear weapons, just looking at their body shape and momentum, they would be very different from ordinary people. Not an opponent. These four people are disciples of the secular sect under the Balcony Palace of the Qing sect on Wangwu Mountain. They have learned some boxing skills. Because this area was placed under the jurisdiction of the Balcony Palace by the imperial court, the government did not send troops to control it. The public security within a radius of dozens of miles Management is governed by these external forces. The outer gates of these Balcony Palaces recruit disciples of professors, and the disciples will contribute to the sect after they are successful in their studies. They rent fields and shops to transport the revenue, part of which is handed over to the Balcony Palace, and part of which is used for their own use. This ensures that the people at the foot of the mountain live and work in peace and contentment, and the cultivators on the mountain are not affected by worldly things. disturb.
Merchant ships are usually large ships passing through the border. They dock temporarily, bypass the rapids and carry people to the foot of the mountain on the other side, collect a quick payment, and then leave in a hurry. Li Bai and others got on the boat with the flow of people, and the monks also got on the boat. The servant porters carefully arranged the bags and gift boxes and stood aside, serving them carefully. Half an hour later, everyone arrived, and for a while, the mules, horses, cattle, sheep, pots and bags on the merchant ship were all mixed together, making it a mess. The monks looked disgusted and hid as far away as possible, as if they were not to be approached by strangers. It's a pity that the ferry is not big, and the monks have no way to hide. They just want to get off the boat as soon as possible so as to get away from this place.
Li Bai was much more free and easy, he was naturally familiar with things, and he quickly became one with these country people, giving guidance to the country, and he was high-spirited! Those monks couldn't bear to see Li Bai being so proud, and one of them couldn't help but made a sarcastic comment.
"It turned out that he was a high-ranking scholar, but he was just a common man with a superficial appearance. He really ruined his good skin! What a pity!"
