Jining jumped into the cliff, closed his eyes, and heard the shrill whistling wind in his ears. Jining knew that his eighteen years of life were about to end. He thought about traveling with his master since he was a child, and then in the Yulong Mountains. Jining stayed in a Taoist temple. After his master passed away, he lived a hard life alone. Suddenly Jining felt that everything could be let go.
Tears flowed down her cheeks, but the fresh tears had been dried by the strong wind on the cliff. Gradually, Jining's consciousness began to blur. Just as Jining was dazed, he suddenly felt that his body was rising.
Jining opened his eyes drowsily, and what he saw was a young man with an angular face. Next to him, a handsome young woman was looking at the Xuan Tianling in her hand.
The young male Taoist priest said: "Junior sister Yao, it seems that you and I can achieve such a harvest from this trial. It seems that the trip is worthwhile." The woman looked at Xuan Tianling and chuckled.
Due to many days of fatigue and last night's escape, Jining's body was severely exhausted. It was only the desire to survive that kept him going. Maybe it was relaxation or other reasons. Jining fell into a coma. In the coma, scenes from his childhood emerged from time to time. , but everything was so blurry; then I saw the familiar face of the master, the master's careful instructions were still in my ears, and the master's caring voice made Jining gradually quiet down.
Jining felt that a long, long time had passed. When he woke up, he saw himself lying in a room. The room was not big, but the table, chairs, and bed were all complete. There were teapots and cups on the table, and the decorations were the same as his own. It turned out that the rooms in the Taoist temple were very similar. Jining shook his head hard, thinking that it was all a dream.
At this time, a dark-skinned little Taoist priest who was about the same age as Jining came over. The little Taoist priest was holding a small medicine bowl in his hand. When he saw Jining waking up, he quickly came over to help Jining up and carefully fed Jining the medicine with a small spoon.
After feeding him the decoction, he put Jining on the bed to rest, and then he hurried away again.
Not long after, the young Taoist priest brought a middle-aged Taoist priest. The middle-aged Taoist priest looked at the situation in Jining and said to the young Taoist priest: "It seems that the body is fine and he still needs to recover for a few days. You can take care of him these days." Let’s go.” After that, he left.
After several days of training, Jining's body gradually recovered. He also found that no one had touched the inner pocket of his chest, and his heart gradually calmed down. After getting along with the little Taoist priest in the past few days, Jining knew that this was Chaotian Temple, which was near Yidu City.
The young Taoist priest named Li Ming was a young Taoist priest who built the Chaotian Temple. Because he was sick as a child and his family was poor, his parents sent him to Chaotian Temple to practice.
The person who came to see Jining that day was Yushan Zhenren, the host of Chaotian Temple. Li Ming said that Jining was brought by two mysterious young Taoist priests. He also vaguely heard the two mysterious young Taoist priests requesting that Master Yushan take good care of you.
Half a month later, Jining was in a daze in the house. At this time, Li Ming brought Master Yushan to Jining. Jining quickly got up and bowed to Master Yushan and said, "Thank you, Master Yushan, for saving your life!"
Master Yushan waved his hand gently and said, "There is someone else who saved you, so there is no need to thank me."
Then the real person said that the young man who rescued him was a disciple of the same school as him, so he asked him to take care of Jining. Then the real person said that if Jining has no other way out for the time being, he can stay at Chaotianguan.
Jining thanked him for a while, and then Master Yushan mentioned that he had already told the supervisor that when Jining fully recovered, he could arrange a place with Supervisor Chaotianguan, and left in a hurry.
About half a month later, Jining's body has fully recovered, and he has a general understanding of Chaotian Temple under the guidance of Li Ming. The incense in Chaotian Temple is flourishing, and there are more than 200 Taoist priests in the temple. Under the presiding officer, there are supervisors and five deacons responsible for guests, liao, treasury, scriptures and classics in the temple. For example, the person in Dianzuotang where Li Ming worked was responsible for the catering of the entire Taoist temple.
Jining saw that his body had recovered, and it turned out that there was no way back to Taoism, and there was no other way out for the time being. Although I know that Mr. Yu's family is in the capital of Lu State, I don't want to disturb them now. He could only stay at Chaotianguan first, so he asked Li Ming to help lead the way to find the supervisor.
The supervisor lives in a separate courtyard near the main hall of Chaotian Temple. Jining went to the door of the courtyard where the supervisor lived and saw the Taoist Priest, who was slightly fat and smiling. His fair face had no wrinkles. If it weren't for the gray hair, it wouldn't be obvious that he was already quite young. Jining had already learned it from Li Ming. The supervisor’s honorary title is Miaokong Zhenren.
The supervisor was wearing a blue robe inlaid with gold threads, and his hair was neatly combed, making him appear graceful, wealthy and dignified.
After the supervisor saw Jining, he should have guessed that this was the little foreign Taoist priest who presided over and asked him to arrange things. Jining went up to live in Chaotian Temple and asked the supervisor to arrange things. The supervisor is not clear about the relationship between Jining and the host, and is afraid of offending the host if the arrangement is not good.
He knew that although the abbot did not care about the big and small matters in the temple, the abbot was famous throughout the Lu State and was respected as a national teacher by the king of Lu. If he offended the abbot, he, the supervisor, would be gone.
The supervisor looked at Jining and said gently: "There are five halls in my temple: Ke, Liao, Ku, Jing and Dian. I don't know which hall you want to go to."
The supervisor murmured in his heart, fearing that Jining would say that he wanted to go to the Kutang, because the Kutang was responsible for managing the sesame oil money and the silver distributed every year by the State of Lu, and it was also the most lucrative one.
It's just that the host gave an explanation but he didn't dare to block it openly. If he was a confidant of the host, and the matter of his clear obstruction was reported to the host, he, as a supervisor, would probably end up in trouble.
So he was thinking about how to deal with it. If he wanted to go to the library, let his people find a way to force him away quietly, otherwise the things in his library would be discovered sooner or later.
In fact, Jining had already thought about it before coming and planned to go to the dormitory. The dormitory hall is responsible for all kinds of chores in the temple, such as sweeping the floor, washing clothes, growing vegetables, chopping firewood and other hard work. However, Chaotian Temple is so popular that local farmers have been invited to do many things.
However, compared with other temples, there is basically no money and water. Most of the Taoist priests in the temple do not want to go to the dormitory hall, so the dormitory hall is also the quietest place in the Taoist temple.
Jining bowed and said, "Xiao Dao wants to go to the dormitory."
Master Miaokong looked at Jining carefully and wondered if Jining had made a mistake as to why he wanted to go to the dormitory. He was relieved that he did not mention going to the library after all.
It's just that living in a dormitory is relatively hard and has no salary, and the young man in front of him is the person who is responsible for taking care of him, so he reminded Jining that living in a dormitory is relatively hard and has not considered it.
After Jining confirmed again, Master Miaokong took out a jade plaque and gave it to Jining. He said that he could just hand the jade plaque to the deacon of the dormitory. In addition, he would arrange for someone to complete the procedures for registering as a Chaotianguan Taoist priest, and then sent Jining away. .
Jining took the jade token and went to the dormitory to find the deacon. The deacon actually lived near the supervisor. The deacon was older than the supervisor and his name was Mingyu Zhenren.
Because he is not good at speaking, and he is a Qing cultivator, he is one generation higher than the supervisor in terms of seniority. Considering that Master Mingyu is the elder of Guanzhong, he is also responsible for one of the eight deacons.
Jining found the deacon of the dormitory, a thin Taoist priest with all white hair and beard. He told the reason why he came to see the deacon, and then handed the jade plaque to Master Mingyu. After seeing the jade plaque, Master Mingyu did not ask any questions and handed a mark Give Jining the papers for various tasks in the dormitory and let him choose which one.
Jining was thinking about his own secrets and didn't want to interact with many people, so he said he wanted to be responsible for a piece of farmland in the back mountain.
Master Mingyu was a little surprised, because the supervisor has always been aloof, and although he is kind on the surface, he is very calculating in his heart, and he is indifferent to the Taoist priests below. He would actually give this identity jade medal to this little Taoist priest, which shows that this son The status is extraordinary, but why would you choose this hard job?
When he had doubts in his mind, he reminded: "The mountain fields in the back mountains are far away from the Chaotian Temple. Although planting and other matters have been handed over to local farmers, the temple still needs people to take care of them on site. If you are responsible for which mountain fields, If you live there, you’ll have to take care of everything like eating and drinking.”
Jining said he already knew.
Master Mingyu didn't say much and asked Jining to come here tomorrow, and he would arrange for someone to go to the back mountain to hand over the work.
Early the next morning, Jining arrived at the deacon's residence early. When he arrived at the residence, he saw a middle-aged Taoist with a short beard already there. When the middle-aged Taoist saw Jining, he stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "Is this junior brother planning to go to the back mountain?"
Jining nodded. It turned out that the middle-aged Taoist priest was the one who handed over the work, so Jining followed him toward the mountains and fields in the back mountain.
Even if you take a shortcut to any mountainous field, it will take you seven to eight miles. If you take the official road, you will have to go around in a big circle, twenty or thirty miles.
Jining followed the middle-aged Taoist priest on a rugged mountain road in the back mountain of the Taoist temple. There were no big trees on both sides of the mountain road, just some bushes, but the grass coming out of the bushes was full of dense white flowers. Jining has been living in trepidation for more than a month, from the time he was chased in the Jianghu to being chased all the way, plus the time to recuperate.
Today I felt relaxed looking at the scenery on both sides of the mountain road and took a deep breath.
The middle-aged Taoist named Taoist Priest Yunfei is one generation below Miao Zi and is considered a well-known Taoist priest in the temple.
Because he had offended a deacon in the past, he was placed in charge of the Taoist priest responsible for the management of the mountain field. Since it was far away from the Taoist temple, he could only live in a thatched house on the other side of the mountain field. The thatched house was simple and he had to prepare his own meals. The middle-aged Taoist priest had already met Mingyu. Master Mingyu complained many times and asked him to arrange for other people to take charge. Master Mingyu did not like to start disputes with other deacons, so Taoist priest Yunfei never did so.
I received a message from Master Mingyu yesterday and couldn't wait to come over to pick Jining up early this morning to hand over the work.
