The disaster was resolved and the members of the Yijian Sect who survived the disaster waited for those annoying knights and heroes to leave. With a sad heart, they buried their relatives who had sacrificed their lives to protect the sect, and then they cleaned and cooked. Cooking, healing healing. After all the trivial matters were dealt with, we sat down together, bid farewell to the deceased with drinks, and expressed our gratitude with kind words.
It was past time and after lunch, Bai Yutian and Wushan Taoist, accompanied by Zhou Huaitong and other senior brothers, visited Yijianmen inside and outside. Hey, I saw the ape crying, I was sad when I saw the iron Buddha, I wanted to cry when I saw the stone man. The reciprocation of human feelings reveals the bottom of my heart, and the scenery is so wonderful that it seems difficult to relax.
Seeing a courtyard with the three characters "Yijian Pavilion" written on it, Bai Yutian stopped and asked Zhou Huaitong, "Uncle Master, what is this courtyard used for?"
Zhou Huaitong replied: "This is the place where the founder used to meditate, and it was also the place where he entertained guests."
Bai Yutian asked: "Can I go in?"
Zhou Huaitong looked at the junior disciples beside him. Seeing that they had friendly smiles and no intention of objecting, he stepped forward, opened the courtyard door, and walked in.
Bai Yutian saw several other master uncles following him in, so he followed suit with Taoist Wushan.
After entering the courtyard, I saw a small stone mountain located next to the lotus pond, facing a two-story pavilion. There were several pine trees standing around the pavilion. He was very old. He should be older than the courtyard, at least the same age.
The stone mountain is simple and small, which is very eye-catching. Bai Yutian got closer and walked around for half a circle. He saw a flat stone wall with some words engraved on it. It was a little blurry due to the passage of time. He took a closer look. He read it out softly: "Who is older with a silver beard and crane hair? Ask the moon for wine and love each other. There are happy things hidden in the heart, and the trees are full of flowers in the door of a sword." Signed "Qi Chenzi".
Zhou Huaitong came over and Bai Yutian asked: "Uncle Master, is this 'Qi Chenzi'...?"
Zhou Huaitong replied: "The founder called himself 'Qi Chenzi' in his later years."
Bai Yutian smiled and said: "This is a good nickname. My heart is dust-free, and I am happy and contented."
Zhou Huaitong smiled and said: "It seems good now. However, it may not be so good for the ancestor back then."
After reading Shi Bi's poems at once, the Patriarch's mood at that time was obviously very leisurely and contented, so how could it not be the same? Bai Yutian was very puzzled. He read and reread the four lines of the poem on the stone wall, and asked softly: "Uncle, why is it not possible?"
Zhou Huaitong replied: "When my ancestor was seventy years old, he looked back on his past life and saw both merits and demerits. Finally, in order to seek forgiveness for himself, he balanced his merits and demerits and named him 'Qi Chenzi'."
Bai Yutian said to himself: "The merits and demerits are equal to each other?"
Zhou Huai said: "When we first entered this courtyard, our senior brothers felt the same as you do now. We were confused and disapproving. How could we ask why?"
Bai Yutian smiled and said, "What did Master say?"
A junior brother next to Zhou Huaitong replied: "Master said: 'My ancestor said that throughout his life, he was ashamed of his lover, his master, and his brothers. It is really difficult to forgive him. The only thing that can comfort his heart is the creation of Yi Jian Sect. He passed on the skills taught to him by his master, without burying the wisdom and sweat of his ancestors.'"
It's easy to understand that I feel ashamed of my lover, but it's just that the ocean of love is overflowing, half-hearted, and I fall in love with each other. As expected of his master, Bai Yutian once heard his master say that the two masters and brothers fought for the position of the master and refused to give in to each other. They argued so hard that the Chunyang Sect was split into two. As for being unworthy of my brother, I don't know. So he asked: "Uncle, why are you so ashamed of your brother?"
Zhou Huaitong said: "I don't know this very well. But I heard from my master that the Tang Dynasty died in Huangchao, and the disaster was based on Pang Xun's Rebellion in Guilin."
Tang Dynasty died in Huangchao. Bai Yutian used to go to Bailudong Academy when he had nothing to do, and he heard a lot about it. I remember hearing people talk about the Huang Chao Uprising. From the fifth year of Qianfu (878) to the fourth year of Zhonghe (884), the rebel army fought in half of the Tang Dynasty. Due to the long-term mobile fighting, there was no stable rear, and the rebel army lacked economic guarantee and mass base. Although it was finally suppressed by the court, it shook the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty existed in name only.
As for the disaster caused by Guilin and the Pang Xun Rebellion, no one has ever heard of it.
Bai Yutian thought to himself: "Master, I am ashamed of my brother. Could it be that his brother is a rebel?" He wanted to find out, so he asked.
Zhou Huaitong said: "My ancestor loved to make friends throughout his life. He had a good friend named Xin Chan. He was generous in nature and committed to relieving people in urgent need. He was in his fifties and did not seek to make progress, but had the ambition to help when times were difficult. "
Bai Yutian said: "Having such friends is a great joy in life."
Zhou Huaitong said sadly: "But this friend is so good that my ancestor feels ashamed, so he is secretly sad."
Bai Yutian asked: "Why? Is there anything wrong with the Patriarch?"
Zhou Huai said: "I can't say for sure. My ancestor didn't feel sorry for me before, but later I felt like I was sorry for my friendship."
I didn't feel sorry for others before, so why did I feel sorry for my friendship later? The more Bai Yutian thought about it, the more confused he became, so he asked: "Uncle Master, what is it that makes Grandmaster so embarrassed and so contradictory?"
Zhou Huaitong said to the junior brother beside him: "Junior brother Yun, you read more books, you can tell him about it."
The person surnamed Yun is Yun Xiang. Among Qiao Song's disciples, Bai Yu is the eldest, Zhou Huaitong is the second, Yun Xiang is the third, followed by the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth.
Yunxiang said: "In the fourth year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty (863), Tang Yizong sent troops to conquer Nanzhao. He ordered to recruit 2,000 troops in the Xuzhou and Sizhou areas and marched to Yongzhou. Among them, 800 were assigned to guard Guilin. They agreed for a three-year period. Upon completion, he will be transferred back to his place of origin.
The eight hundred garrison troops mainly came from Xuzhou and were famous for their bravery. Therefore, the Tang court sent Xu Si's observation envoy Cui Yanzeng to the town. Cui Yan's harsh management of the army aroused dissatisfaction among the garrison troops. Coupled with the ruthlessness and cruelty of Cui Yan's trusted commander Ya Yin Kan, trainer Du Zhang, and soldier Xu Xingjian, the garrison troops were even more dissatisfied. In order to be able to return to his hometown to reunite with his wife, children and children, the garrison endured it again and again. But at the end of the three-year period, Cui Yan forced them to stay for various reasons.
Three more years later, the garrison repeatedly asked Cui Yanzeng to fulfill the original agreement and let them go home. However, Cui Yanzeng asked them to stay for another year because of insufficient military expenditure. It was originally three years of guarding the border, but six years have passed, and one more year will be left. Cui Yanzeng's character was extremely poor and he repeatedly broke promises. The garrison soldiers suffered from military service and the public was furious. They recommended the popular grain judge Pang Xun as the leader. They killed the officers who monitored them, robbed the warehouse, mutinied and returned to the north. Guilin, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and arrived in Xuzhou. "
Bai Yutian said: "This soldier is homesick and returns north without restraint. He is not really rebelling against the imperial court. It can be solved by the imperial court issuing an edict of appeasement. How come it involves the friendship between the ancestor and his friend Xin Tan?"
Yun Xiang said: "But these 800 garrison soldiers looted and looted all the way from Guilin to Xuzhou. The prefectures and counties they passed either let them go directly or were unable to stop them. Pang Xun gradually developed a desire to gain wealth through danger, and openly raised a rebellion. Along the way, hungry people and bandits kept gathering in groups, and by the time they reached Xuzhou, there were already 200,000 people."
Bai Yutian said: "Then the Patriarch and the others are always involved in this matter?"
Yun Xiang said: "Pang Xun's rebels captured Xuzhou. In order to cut off the imperial court's taxation route from the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River, they attacked Haozhou and Sizhou. Sizhou governor Du Xun held on. Although Xin Chen was a swordsman, he did not seek to advance, but he was helpful when he was in trouble. With the ambition of Kuang Nan, and because my ancestors had been officials for several generations and were loyal to the imperial court, I went north from Guangling to Sizhou to help defend the city."
Bai Yutian finally heard the clue and asked: "You mean, old swordsman Xin not only helped defend the city himself, but also invited the ancestor to help defend the city and serve the country?"
Yun Xiang said: "Old Swordsman Xin wrote a letter asking Grandmaster to rush to Sizhou to help, but Grandmaster is in trouble."
Bai Yutian asked: "Suppress the rebellion and achieve great justice, which is beneficial to the country and the people. Why are you in trouble?"
Yunxiang chuckled and said: "You kid, what is right and wrong is easier said than done. From ancient times to the present, the peasant uprising was not caused by natural disasters plus man-made disasters. The ruling class is cruelly exploiting, and natural disasters are frequent. It was because the people had no way to survive that they rose up. The founder of the family was born in a miserable family, and if he was asked to kill people who lived a more miserable life than himself for no reason, how could he bear it."
Bai Yutian said: "Since this is the case, Grandmaster should have a clear conscience. Why do you feel sorry for the word friendship?"
Yun Xiang said: "The Pang Xun Rebellion was put out in just one year. In addition to bringing pain to the Tang Dynasty, it also brought disaster to the people. The founder felt that if it was put out early, the losses would be reduced and the people of the world would be harmed. The disaster will be smaller, and I will gradually feel that Xin Tan did the right thing."
Bai Yutian said: "But the Tang Dynasty fell after forty years, so we have to say that this riot has no meaning of its existence."
Zhou Huaitong answered: "My dear nephew, your ancestor passed away before the day when the Tang Dynasty was overthrown. I didn't expect that the late Tang Dynasty would be so decayed and unable to recover. At that time, it was possible to To reduce losses, we should reduce losses. After all, most of the taxes in the world come from the hands of the people, and it is the surviving people who suffer."
Although Bai Yutian agreed with what Zhou Huaitong and others said, he thought in his heart: "The common people can complain to the government about their sufferings. Even if the government ignores them, only one person is suffering. But the people all over the world are in suffering. If the court is willing to listen, , why would the world be suffering! If the people in power were not cruel and unkind and the rich were not exploiting the rich, how would the world be suffering. If there is no rebellion, how can the people get rid of difficulties? When will this suffering end? "
Wushan Taoist saw Bai Yutian's eyes were blank and at a loss, and said sideways: "The so-called righteousness is just to help the people relieve their suffering. If we have to take the path of rebellion to get rid of the suffering, it should be God's will and the people's will. of."
Bai Yutian smiled faintly and said: "The floating clouds are not related to Juyi, but the inaction of creation is called Lotte. Holding the spiritual beads in your hand, you are always writing hard. If your heart is open to the sound of nature, don't play the flute." He walked towards the pavilion opposite the stone mountain.
Entering the pavilion, I saw a piece of writing hanging on the wall, which was scrawled: "We visit each other when we are old, and rich people often find us. Facing the wall and climbing the stone edges, we can only dare to go forward. Under the sunset, the sky gate, the Zhai Zhong comes out of the forest. . The bottle mouth is full of wine, and the birds and clouds are returning. The signature is 'Wu Chen'."
Bai Yutian took a quick glance and went up to the second floor. He could see further than the same height, and his eyes were attracted by a picture of words. I walked over and looked at it carefully and wrote it down:
"Shiyan said that I flew a sword to take a human head, and I chopped it off. There are actually three swords. One sword cuts off the worries of ignorance, the second sword cuts off the anger of ignorance, and the three swords cut off greed and greed. It is signed by Zhenren Chunyang."
