The four of them, Zhao Chuan, didn't know why they were kneeling. Anyway, we should kneel when others kneel. It would be inappropriate to stand in front of someone who is eye-catching.
Everyone was kneeling on the ground with their heads down.
From time to time, I could hear the sound of someone performing a ritual loudly above.
Zhao Chuan listened carefully, but couldn't hear clearly what the people above were saying.
It feels like reciting scriptures, but I can't understand half of them.
It’s okay if you don’t understand, but from time to time the people above ask questions to the people kneeling below.
Zhao Chuan turned his head and looked to the left and right, and saw other people kneeling with confused expressions on their faces.
Zhao Chuan's curiosity aroused again, he lowered himself down and then quietly raised his head to look up.
I saw a child standing on the incense table in front of me.
The child was no more than three feet tall and dressed in red. He was gesticulating and gesticulating to the monks behind everyone's back.
The child waved his hands in some way, and one of the monks said something loudly, and the other monks followed closely.
There is nothing unusual about these things. What makes Zhao Chuan feel strange is that there is a big yellow round bead hovering back and forth on the head of the child in red.
Zhao Chuan found it interesting and unknowingly raised his head to take a look.
But it's still not clear.
Zhao Chuan knelt on the ground and looked around, planning to find some gaps and crawl forward a few steps. When he wanted to get closer and take a closer look, the monks in the audience suddenly shouted in unison, indicating that the ceremony was over.
Finally, the ceremony ended, and the believers dispersed in all directions. Zhao Chuan quickly asked the four of them to pull each other's clothes to prevent them from getting separated.
After leaving the confines of Jingyuan Temple, Zhao Chuan asked the other three people their opinions, should they continue playing or go back?
The three women discussed it and agreed to stop playing and go home.
Zhao Chuan looked at the tired and red faces of the three women and nodded in agreement.
Unexpectedly, just when Zhao Chuan was about to go home, he suddenly saw a small sedan coming from not far away and rushing towards this direction.
It’s not unusual for people to ride in sedan chairs. This is Jingyuan Temple. It’s not surprising that dignitaries come to worship Buddha and listen to scriptures. But the people carrying the sedan chairs are all women, and the people walking beside the sedan chairs are also women. All of these women look good in figure. She was very sexy and enchanting, which caught Zhao Chuan's attention.
Just as the sedan passed by Zhao Chuan, the sedan curtain opened a gap intentionally, and a familiar woman's face appeared in Zhao Chuan's eyes.
Isn’t this woman flying a red scarf?
What is she doing here?
Zhao Chuan was full of questions.
Zhao Chuan frowned as he looked at the sedan chair passing by in a hurry.
The sedan entered Jingyuan Temple and disappeared.
"Listen to the sutras, listen to the sutras! The great master from the south can enter with just two taels of silver. What a rare opportunity!" Someone shouted at the door of Jingyuan Temple.
Zhao Chuan changed his mind and said, let's go listen to the Sutra.
The three women were stunned and looked at Zhao Chuan a little confused, because in their impression, Zhao Chuan never believed in Buddhism and listened to scriptures.
But Zhao Chuan explained that there are many benefits to listening to the sutra today. The Buddha will bless him, and all disasters will be eliminated in the future, and he will have a son early, and everything will go well...
Since there are so many benefits, go for it.
Several people returned to Jingyuan Temple.
Those who listened to the sutra were invited to sit in a side courtyard. There were several monks guarding the entrance of the courtyard. They were only allowed in but not allowed out. It seemed that the management was very strict.
It is not cheap to listen to the scriptures for only two taels of silver, so not many people go to listen.
In fact, these two taels of silver are not the cost of listening to the scriptures, but the incense money donated by the donor.
The female guests who listened to the scriptures were separated from the female guests, and they had to be led by others.
The female guests are led by nuns, and the male guests are led by novice monks.
Zhao Chuan was about to leave, but he couldn't help but feel happy when he saw them arranged like this.
Zhao Chuan told the women to come here and wait for him after listening. After the women agreed, Zhao Chuan left with peace of mind.
As soon as Zhao Chuan entered the door, he saw a group of people in the room, surrounding an old gentleman giving a lecture.
The man spoke very slowly, saying a few words, and there were people talking below.
The old gentleman said: "New Year is coming soon, and today... today I will talk to you about Taoism and spiritual practice. I wonder how much you know about spiritual practice?"
Zhao Chuan was a little stunned when he heard this. This is a temple for monks. Why do you invite people to preach? Aren’t monks supposed to preach the Dharma in the temple morning?
Zhao Chuan was wondering, but the people listening below rushed to answer the old gentleman's question:
Someone below said: If you go against it, you will become an immortal and transcend the six paths of reincarnation.
Others say: The human heart dies and the Tao arises. You should eliminate the temptation and never lose sight of your heart. To cultivate the Tao is to be a good person and do things.
Others say: Refining essence turns into qi, refining qi turns into spirit, and refining spirit returns to emptiness.
Someone else said: Heaven and man are one.
Some people also say: Immortality is the longevity of the human body, the longevity of organized society, and the longevity of the body.
Some people say: Tao follows nature.
Some people say: There are levels. As a human being, you should first cultivate humanity to the extreme, and then cultivate to a higher level.
Some people say: I just came into contact with spiritual practice last year, but it is not a spiritual practice. I think spiritual practice is all connected, and people themselves are small universes!
Some people say: Tao, get it.
…
The people below rushed to answer, saying anything. Zhao Chuan laughed secretly. This is really strange. The monks in the temple do not teach scriptures but talk about spiritual practice. But I can’t say there’s anything wrong with him, because the person preaching is not a monk.
Zhao Chuan then thought about it, he would settle down as soon as he came and listen to what others said, otherwise he would be sorry for the two taels of silver he paid.
Zhao Chuan then settled down and continued listening.
The old gentleman waved his hand to stop the people below from talking.
He concluded: Everyone is talking about a certain aspect of spiritual practice.
Today, I will try my best to explain the matter of cultivating Taoism to everyone clearly so that everyone can have an overall understanding.
As for Taoism, there is a lot of talk about it in the society, and all kinds of knowledge are relatively complicated. People are easily confused and don’t know where to start. As for us, we will first explain it clearly to everyone as a whole so that everyone can have a clear concept.
To talk about cultivating the Tao, first we need to understand a few concepts, namely what the Tao is, what we cultivate, and what the purpose of cultivating the Tao is.
Before preaching, we first talk about a concept, which is Taoist.
What is a Taoist?
There is a concept opposite to Taoist beings, which is heavenly beings.
Heavenly beings are what the ancestors of China call themselves. Our ancestors thought that they were all the people of Heaven, so they called themselves Heavenly beings.
They believe that they are directly inherited from heaven. As long as people grasp the laws of the movement of heaven and earth, they can maintain health and cultivate crops in accordance with the four seasons. Crops will have good harvests, people can live long and happy, and people can live a good life. life.
Those who have mastered the laws of heaven's movement are outstanding representatives of mankind. Those who teach mankind to plant crops, raise livestock, and develop human civilization are the representatives of heaven in the world, and are also called the Son of Heaven.
It can be said that all civilizations in China originated from the way of heaven.
The concept corresponding to heaven and man is Taoist.
Taoists believe that they are directly inherited from Tao and are the people of Tao, and Tao is before heaven and earth.
The great road transforms into heaven and earth, and heaven and earth are just one universe. There is heaven outside the sky. Taoists want to jump out of the world and enter the realm of Tao.
As for Huangdi, there is a book called Yin Fu Jing. What does Yin Fu mean? It means "Qidao", that is, in line with the Dao.
After entering the realm of Tao, one can move without relying on heaven and earth, which is what Zhuangzi calls the realm of free and easy wandering.
All kinds of knowledge and human civilization in the world today, we still worship outstanding figures among them, such as Fuxi, Suiren, Shennong, Nuwa, Leizu, etc. Most of what they pass on is the knowledge of heaven and humans. As for the knowledge about Taoists, not much has been passed down.
So do these people have the Dao? Of course there are, but they don’t show it in the way.
In other words, they did not pass on some knowledge.
So when did preaching really begin?
It started with Lao Tzu.
Laozi practiced Taoism and wrote the Tao Te Ching, which was the source of the development of the line of Taoists.
So Lao Tzu is also called the Taoist.
Here, everyone should pay attention to the fact that it is not that Taoism only started with Lao Tzu. In ancient times, all immortals were channeled. When Fuxi opened the sky, Taoism was already spread. It is just that it was only from Lao Tzu that Taoism really began to be passed down. .
This is just like the founding emperor of a country. He is generally called an ancestor, such as Taizu, Gaozu, etc., such as Han Gaozu Liu Bang, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, etc. Did they have ancestors before them? Of course they did, but they were the founders of the country. The emperor is called the ancestor.
The corresponding second emperor was called Zong, such as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, etc.
Correspondingly, for Taoism, Laozi is called the Taoist ancestor, and Guan Yinzi is called the Taoist...
Zhao Chuan was listening with great interest when someone suddenly shouted: The time is up, come and listen again tomorrow.
As soon as the man finished speaking, those below stood up and dispersed.
When Zhao Chuan saw him, he had no choice but to follow him outside the house.
His uncle, just two taels of silver are gone.
Zhao Chuan walked out of the small courtyard and cursed secretly.
When he arrived at the place where they separated just now, he saw the three women already waiting for him.
Zhao Chuan winked at them, and they all left the temple and went home together.
It was already afternoon when we got home, and Aunt Chu had been waiting for a long time.
We have specially prepared festival foods, including Laba tofu, Laba garlic and other festival foods.
Cheng Shulan also bought a big bag of food, and everyone chatted and ate for a while.
Cheng Shulan bought a property with the remaining money.
She felt that this place was a bit remote and small, so it could be rented out for the time being. In the future, two medical clinics would be opened. The deposit had been paid and Zhao Chuan was asked to go see it.
Zhao Chuan did not want to pay attention to these trivial matters and let Shu Lan decide on his own.
Cheng Shulan said the money might not be enough.
Zhao Chuan thought for a while and said he was going to prepare the second batch of pills.
When refining alchemy, Zhao Chuan was accompanied by Deng Niazhi, so he was not lonely at all.
After working hard for a few days, the two of them were in a good mood, and Zhao Chuan's martial arts skills had improved.
This time the elixirs were of a higher grade and in greater quantities.
The task is completed, and the processing fee is five thousand taels.
The following is the distribution of money as usual. According to the old rules: one thousand taels for Han Bing and four thousand taels were given to Cheng Shulan.
After this batch of work, Zhao Chuan said that he would no longer make alchemy before the Spring Festival.
Deng Ninzhi became anxious upon hearing this and said that his uncle over there had already collected the deposit for the third batch. How could he stop refining elixirs?
Zhao Chuan sighed, spread his hands and said about the third batch of work, let's wait until after the holiday.
In the next few days of leisure, Zhao Chuan was unwilling to be lonely and took his young daughter-in-law Deng Ninzhi on a night out.
That night, the two of them went into the mountains to discuss their skills for an hour, and then each practiced their skills for a while, then returned hand in hand along the same route.
Just after walking out of the mountain pass, Zhao Chuan suddenly stopped.
Zhao Chuan's martial arts has reached the seventh level of the earth layer. He can see three to four miles away at night and hear sounds two or three miles away.
Zhao Chuan suddenly grabbed Deng Ninzhi: "Do you feel anything?"
Deng Ninzhi listened and then shook his head.
Zhao Chuan asked her to feel it carefully.
"It has the aura of a warrior, and seems to have a strong murderous aura." After a moment of silence, Deng Ninzhi said.
Zhao Chuan asked Deng Ninzhi to move forward carefully and quietly, and went forward to verify.
Deng Ninzhi walked away for a moment, and then said: "Husband, there are really people who robbed me on the way."
"It doesn't look like that. The murderous intent is very strong and it should be fatal." Zhao Chuan said.
Zhao Chuan stood still and listened again, then asked Deng Ninzhi to follow him and walked quickly to take a look.
When the two arrived at the scene, the warrior had already gone away.
Three corpses were scattered at the scene. Zhao Chuan felt that the one in the distance still had the breath of life. It was a child, and he was penetrated by a sword from the back.
Zhao Chuan quickly checked and found that it had not been stabbed in the heart.
Zhao Chuan then used Qi to stimulate the ghost doctor's eighteen injections to stop the bleeding and seal the soul. He also injected pure Yang Qi to restore life.
Then he and Deng Ninzhi moved the child to a hidden place and waited for him to wake up.
When Zhao Chuan saw that his child had suffered a sudden misfortune and that the adults who were traveling with him had all been killed, he couldn't help but think of his own past experience and felt extremely sad.
After a while, Zhao Chuan had not recovered from his emotions, but time waited for no one and he had to go back. Deng Ninzhi urged Zhao Chuan that it was time to leave.
Zhao Chuan said sadly: "What should we do with those two people?"
"What else can I do if I'm already dead?" Deng Niazhi sighed.
After sitting there for a long time, Zhao Chuan said to Deng Niazhi, "You stay here and I'll bury those two people."
Deng Ninzhi hummed.
By the time Zhao Chuan came back, the child's life information had been stabilized.
"Husband, Heitian can't come out anymore. It's too scary." Deng Ninzhi said with lingering fear.
Zhao Chuan hummed, then fell silent again.
"We have to go. Wait until dawn when someone sees this and asks us what's going on?" Deng Niazhi urged again.
Deng Ninzhi said what to do with the child?
Zhao Chuan said that he wanted to find out what was going on, but we didn't see the murderer. The child should have been stabbed through the chest with a sword before he ran a few steps. We may not be able to see clearly what happened.
Deng Ninzhi said that this was a girl, too young, she looked no more than ten years old, so why not bring her back and resuscitate her first?
Zhao Chuan agreed and had no choice but to do this, so he carried the girl home on his back.
When I got home, I took her back to Deng Ninzhi's room, found a muscle-strengthening pill for the girl to take, and applied anti-marking ointment on the wound. After treatment, it would naturally recover basically in two days.
After dawn, Zhao Chuan went to Cheng Shulan again and told him that he had saved a child last night.
Cheng Shulan hurriedly came over to take a look.
The little girl was full of fear, and her eyes were evasive when she saw someone. She asked her a few questions but didn't answer. She just cried when asked urgent questions.
When Cheng Shulan saw this, he sighed and left.
Zhao Chuan has been at Shulan's place these days, while Nian Zhi takes care of the children.
"Sister, what should I do with this child?"
"What can I do? Just stay."
"We are talkative people and we don't know anything about this child. Why not send him to Master Nian Zhi of Hentian Palace?"
"Can I have it?"
We'll hire a car to take him away tomorrow morning before dawn.
Zhao Chuan and Nian Zhi arrived at Hentian Palace early. Master Nian Zhi was actually Zhao Chuan's mother-in-law, Taoist Master Hanshuang.
After beating Zhao Chuan that time, when Han Bing Han Lu Han Xue and others said they were visiting relatives, why not be so excited? What if Nian Zhi was beaten to death?
It turns out that Hentian Palace was put together by a few poor women for revenge. Everyone knew that their enemies were dead and they didn't know what to do.
This Hanshuang was angry no matter what he wanted. He had a weird temper, so in a fit of anger, he temporarily handed over Hentian Palace to Hanbing's management and ran away on his own.
Han Bing and the others were homeless, and Hentian Palace itself had little income, so they relied on alms and donations. Some time ago, they had already received a lot of oil and rice money on credit. Fortunately, Zhao Chuan refined the alchemy and paid off the debt with a commission, finally solving the urgent need.
Zhao Chuan Nianzhi arrived to explain his intention and temporarily placed her in the palace for foster care.
Originally, organizations like them were willing to accept them to replenish new forces, but in the current difficult period, Han Bing also had other ideas.
Han Bing looked at the girl and said to Nian Zhi: "Your master disappeared without a trace. I am only a temporary manager. It is not necessary to take care of a child. I just hate that Tiangong cannot make ends meet and owes a lot of oil and rice. Fortunately, you gave me To get the commission money, otherwise we would all be hungry at this time.”
Talking about the sad part, I couldn't help but shed tears in front of others.
Nian Zhi originally hated the people of Tiangong. She only knew that it was a relatively poor place, but she didn't expect them to be so pitiful. Han Bing had already cried bitterly.
Said to Zhao Chuan: "Let's also sponsor some money!"
Of course Zhao Chuan said, "It should be."
Nian Zhi immediately took out a hundred taels of gold tickets: "Uncle Master, please keep this gold ticket, and it will be considered a little kindness from both of us."
Han Bing's eyes widened when she saw her. She was really surprised to see her after three days apart. She married a wealthy husband and had a lot of money. He spent a hundred taels of gold.
Han Bing suddenly beamed: "Then thank you niece and niece-in-law, this is a big help to me!"
Nian Zhi's overflowing sympathy is not over yet: "Uncle Master, if the two hundred taels of deposit is returned, I will give it to you as well."
After saying this, he remembered Zhao Chuan: "Husband, do you think this is appropriate?"
"It's appropriate, it should be. Nian Zhi has been taken care of by his master and uncles in the palace for so many years. My nephew can't thank him enough. He can even repay his kindness!"
Han Bing excitedly went up and hugged Nian Zhi: "Good niece, such a good niece!"
The excitement was still calming down, and he hugged Zhao Chuan again. Han Lu stood aside, dumbfounded.
Zhao Chuan thought that the Heavenly Palace was actually full of beauties. If I was bleeding heavily, I would hug the beauties to earn some money. He turned around and hugged Han Lu: "Thank you, uncle, for taking care of Nian Zhi!"
Han Lu was actually in her thirties and had never been touched by a man since the accident. Zhao Chuan felt Han Lu trembling and immediately let go.
Things will be simple next, just feel free to take care of the girl.
Nian Zhi said goodbye and returned with a little regret: "Hubby, was the sponsorship just now a bit too much? Can I get it back?"
Zhao Chuan almost lost his temper when he heard this, thinking that my wife is not very nervous.
"Don't mention this to Sister Shulan after you go back. Do I care about money? It's just that you have no idea about money. What you did is too outrageous. What you gave is enough to feed the entire Hentian Palace for several years, a county Ling only has 20 taels of silver a month, but you can buy it for 3,000 taels, and you can buy a maid for less than 100 taels of silver."
"Husband, you keep all the money I have. I don't want any more money."
Zhao Chuan said angrily: "What do I need money for? What I'm worried about is that you are so stupid, how will you survive in the future?"
"As long as I have you, if I have the money and I get kidnapped, wouldn't you lose your wife and your money?"
"My wife is gone, why do I need money? Forget it, let's not talk, there's no way to talk!"
Zhao Chuan thought that he would make a lot of money by exchanging three hundred taels for this precious wife. Besides, the money was earned by having his wife touch her buttocks.
Sitting on the carriage home, holding his beautiful little daughter-in-law in his arms, Zhao Chuan was in a good mood.
