The mountain gate above his head seemed not far away, but it took two hours to reach it. Once he got to the mountain gate, the winter solstice found that the scenery he had vaguely seen just now under the steps had completely changed.
The original dense forest has turned into a Taoist temple in front of him, standing majestically, with a coiled dragon stone pillar standing in the center, Taoist flags fluttering in the wind, figures walking through the corridor, and Taoist robes tied in buns, all of which made him feel as if he had come to another world.
"This is the Hezao Pie?" Winter Solstice asked curiously, "Can ordinary tourists come in?"
He Yudao: "Although it is also in the back mountain, there is an enchantment. Ordinary people can't even find the entrance, let alone come in. Just like what is written in the Peach Blossom Spring, there is no way to enter."
Under the blue sky, the Taoist temple became more and more solemn, and the Taiji floor tiles on the square seemed to be shining.
The winter solstice couldn't help but let out a wow, with a look of admiration in his eyes: "As expected of a famous style, it looks different from the tourist area!"
He Yudao: "You haven't seen the real big sects, the rich sects like Longhushan and Maoshan are a hundred times more imposing than this, so the Hezao sect has been given the same name as them in vain. , but he refuses to spend money on marketing, so he is so poor... ouch!"
Before the bad words were finished, he was hit on the back of the head.
"Which bastard..." He Yu touched his head and turned his head, then put on a smiling face, "Uncle, why did your old man come out to let the wind out?"
The white-bearded old man made a gesture to hit him: "What kind of wind is there, your uncle, I'm not locked in a mental hospital!"
He Yu quickly hid behind the Winter Solstice and pushed him out: "Master, look at you, this is the apprentice I brought back to you!"
The white-bearded old man looked at the winter solstice, smiled kindly and said, "Where did you find the children?"
He Yu said proudly: "I picked it up on the road, your nephew, I have a good eye, and I picked up a person with talent for drawing talismans. He can draw talismans once, and he is more powerful than I was back then!"
The winter solstice is busy and modest: "It's not so powerful, just because I originally learned to paint, and there is a little foundation!"
The old man laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, have you brought back Cheng Hui's remnant soul?"
He Yu: "I brought it back, and I almost gave up my life there."
The old man said, "Your master is waiting for you. Hurry up and bring Cheng Hui there. It's not good for him to drag on for a long time."
He Yu nodded and looked at the winter solstice: "Then you can play with my uncle, and I'll go back to my uncle to find you."
The winter solstice complained in my heart that my uncle was a lot of age, and he said that he would play with him for a while.
As soon as He Yu took Cheng Hui away, the old man smiled and said: "The first time you come back, I want to treat you well. How about eating camphor tea duck at night? The cook is from Sichuan, combining Sichuan camphor tea duck and local camphor tree duck. , better than anywhere else."
The winter solstice is flattered, and there is no need to be busy.
The old man said: "You're welcome, thanks to you, I can have such a meal, let's go."
He walked slowly in front of him with his hands behind his back, and from time to time he pointed to the tree and the stone to tell a story or two about the winter solstice.
The Hezao Sect flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was once designated as the three major sects of Chuanlu by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, together with Maoshan Mountain and Longhu Mountain. Encountered by the military disaster, all Taoist temples were almost destroyed, and the sects also declined sharply. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that, with the efforts of the 31st generation head, the Hezao sect was revived.
In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes and being destroyed by the fire of war, these practitioners learned from Maoshan and Longhushan, and hid the Taoist gate in the enchantment of the back mountain, which has continued to this day.
The Winter Solstice listened with interest, and finally asked: "So, ordinary tourists can't find the real Taoist gate in Maoshan and Longhushan?"
The old man smiled and said: "Naturally, the scenic spots outside are all for ordinary people to see. Although the Hezao faction has a gimmick that is as famous as the history of Maoshan and Longhushan, after all, it is a small family and a small family, not as great as their family's great cause. Big."
Before the winter solstice could ask any more questions, the old man said, "It's here."
By the lake, a group of big white ducks were happily flapping their wings and swimming in the water.
Weeping branches are shaded by the shore, and new lotus flowers are beginning to rise on the lake.
What a idyllic fun.
The old man: "Okay, let's catch it."
winter solstice:? ?
Seeing his dazed expression, the old man said, "Don't you want to eat camphor tea duck, you have to catch the duck yourself."
Winter Solstice couldn't help laughing and crying: "Can this duck be caught casually?"
The old man: "Of course, this is what we raised in the kitchen, but they said that I have high blood lipids, and they are not allowed to eat more. After finally waiting for the guests, I can finally have a meal today!"
The Winter Solstice found that what He Yu had just said was not disrespectful to the elders.
Really want to play with it!
He felt like he had been tricked into a pirate boat, but under the kindly gaze of the old man, he had to resign his trousers and walk towards the group of ducks.
At the same time, in the airtight room with the windows closed on all sides, Cheng Hui leaned to the side and fell to the ground.
The head of Hezao Pai Xin was sweating profusely and his face was pale, and said to He Yu: "Okay, it will be fine when he wakes up."
He Yu quickly handed over the towel: "Master has worked hard!"
Head Xin wiped off his sweat, shook his head and said, "Although Cheng Hui is good at figuring out hexagrams, he is not ignorant of other kung fu. How could he be so easy?"
He Yudao: "In the beginning, I just wanted him to help track down the people hidden behind the sneaky Yaksha, but I didn't expect to bring out the demons."
Head Xin's expression froze: "Human demon? Are you sure it's a human demon?"
He Yu nodded: "Also, the boss and the others found a remnant of the stone wall in the desert area of northwest Inner Mongolia. The symbol on it is very similar to the stone tablet we got on Changbai Mountain. I would like to ask you to take a look."
He called up his phone album and zoomed in on the photo.
Head Xin's brows became more and more frowning.
"You know how many times our Hezao faction has gone through the ups and downs?"
The question of the irrelevance of the wind and horses made He Yu a little confused: "I know, you said that the rise and fall of Taoism is closely related to the rise and fall of dynasties. In times of trouble, the classics are lost, the Taoism is scattered, and many classics are still scattered. The other side cannot be recovered."
Xin Zhangmen said: "I heard your master say when I was a child that there was a "Lu Jing" in the door, which was destroyed in a fire at the end of the Qing Dynasty. I have a long memory, and the talisman he recited is already incomplete, so I didn't teach it to you, but I remember that there is a talisman in it, which is at least seven or eight similar to the one in the middle of the photo."
He picked up the incense burner, poured some incense ash on the ground, and drew the talisman according to memory.
He Yu snorted and compared it with the photo. Although it was not exactly the same, it was indeed very similar.
"Do you know what this talisman does?"
"Suppressing Demons."
Head Xin clapped the ashes on his hands and said, "I heard from your master that the "Lujing" was written many years before the Hezao School was established, at least before the Tang Dynasty. According to the photos you provided, combine This residual talisman, I speculate, the engraving on the stone tablet should be a rune representing different directions or functions in a talisman array."
He Yu couldn't help taking a breath: "Then this talisman formation is really big! One is in Changbai Mountain, and the other is going to the Inner Mongolia Desert. So, there are other stone tablets?"
Head Xin said: "I have to tell Long Shen about this in person, and you can give me his contact information."
He Yu snorted, turned on the phone, clicked a few times, and handed it over.
Head Xin took a look and was so angry that he raised his hand and patted the back of his head.
"Who would scan the QR code to add friends at this time?! Hurry up and call!"
He Yu said aggrieved: "Who told you that the old man usually speaks when he has something to do, I thought you like to communicate like this!"
He dialed Long Shen's phone, but he didn't know if he was busy or not. He didn't answer the first time. He Yu called again, and it took a long time for someone to pick up.
"What's the matter?" Long Shen's voice sounded.
Head Xin took the call and pressed the loudspeaker key: "Long Ju, it's me, Xin Huaiyuan."
Long Shen had seen Head Xin, and naturally recognized his voice quickly: "Head Xin?"
Sect Leader Xin didn't care about the greetings, and straight to the point, he explained the speculation just now, and then asked, "Are you sure that you are indeed encountering a demon?"
Long Shen said: "A few years ago, when He Yu and Tang Jing went on a mission to the border of Yunnan, they encountered a drug lord who could control a sneaky Yaksha. After they eliminated him, they thought the matter was over. Who knew that three years ago , Tang Jing and I went to Russia, and we encountered a similar incident again. In addition to this Xu Wan, this is the third time. The sneaky yaksha is a monster that is refined and condensed by resentment, blood and soul. Under normal circumstances, it is not It may appear on a large scale in batches, and there will be no self-consciousness, and now it must be deliberately manipulated by someone."
People have all kinds of emotions and six desires, and they can’t complain if they want, and they can’t complain if they want to give up. Men and women in the city are feasting. I don’t know how much resentment has accumulated in the sky. Some resentments are harmless, and they will dissipate over time. Those with a heart can take advantage of these grievances to combine with the unjust souls and turn them into monsters.
This is not something that ordinary practitioners can do. It must be done by powerful monsters.
Sect Leader Xin said solemnly: "To take resentment as the soul, to take hatred as the soul, to take ruthlessness as the god, to take evil as the bone, and to take flesh and blood as food, is to be a demon."
Long Shen: "That's right. According to ancient books, among the great demons, the demons, the demons, and the demons are the most. The demons call the wind and the rain, the demons destroy mountains and rivers, and the demons go with ten thousand demons. Being able to change the bag and be reborn is like the evil ghost in Liaozhai's "Painted Skin", although it is not the most powerful of the three demons, but it is the most difficult to deal with.
Head Xin's face was solemn: "If the stone tablet is really a part of the talisman formation, then the dragon corpse is most likely guarding the stone tablet. I suspect that the resurrection of the dragon corpse is not for the dragon corpse, but for borrowing money. Your hands destroy the stele, thereby destroying the rune formation."
Long Shen said: "We think the same way, and with the valuable clues you provided, we assume that we should be inseparable."
Head Xin said: "I still don't know what kind of monster this talisman is in. If it is a demon or an earth demon, it will be a big trouble. You'd better get ahead of the demon and send someone to find the rest of the stone tablets. , and guard it."
Long Shen: "Our bureau is currently holding a meeting. If there is further news later, He Yu will let you know. One more thing, next year's World Exchange Conference, I also hope that you can join the delegation and go to participate together."
Head Xin smiled: "Thank you for the invitation, I will consider it carefully. If you need anything, you can directly instruct He Yushi, he basically has the right to use the resources of the Hezao faction."
Seeing that Sect Leader Xin hung up the phone, He Yu asked, "Master, are you really going to die next year and meet?"
Head Xin glared at him: "Is this the time to care about this? Cheng Hui is fine too, you should hurry back and see how you can help!"
He Yu wailed: "Master, I'm your apprentice, and I'm not raised by a stepmother! My injuries are not yet healed, so I desperately rushed back to see your old man and wish my uncle a birthday, how could you treat me like this!"
Head Xin suddenly sighed and patted him on the shoulder: "We have no one in the Hezao faction, and we don't have as deep roots as Longhu Mountain. It's really hard for you to walk in the Special Administration Bureau alone!"
He Yu's howling stopped abruptly, he was dazed for a moment, and cautiously said: "Master, are you, are you all right?"
Suddenly being so gentle, could there be some trap waiting for him to jump off
Head Xin kicked him angrily: "It's not appreciative to talk to you in a good voice. You have to force me to beat you, right? Then I will fulfill you!"
He Yu hugged his head and ran away.
Holding the big white duck on the winter solstice, I followed the old man to the door of the kitchen, listening to him say to the kitchen, "I want to eat camphor tea duck tonight, it's not what I want to eat, it's a guest, and the guest asks for this dish by name." Ridiculous.
Handing over the big white duck to the kitchen, Dongzhi followed the old man away, and said with a headache, "Is it okay for you to use me as a shield?"
"Is it so bad?" The old man walked with his hands behind his back and looked a bit like a duck, he said slowly, "My birthday is coming up, so just eat what I like, and it's not illegal. At my age, I can't eat it a few times. !"
When the winter solstice saw that his beard and hair were all white and his face was ruddy, he smiled and said, "I think you will definitely live longer than me!"
The old man smiled: "He Yu didn't tell you, old man, I'm almost 100 this year!"
Winter Solstice thought he heard it wrong: "You look like fifty or sixty!"
The old man said kindly, "I am much older than Master He Yu, but I started late, so I was in the back."
Dongzhi didn't even know the surname of the other party, so he had to follow He Yu to call his uncle, but the old man didn't refute it, as if he had completely forgotten what He Yu said earlier about letting him accept his apprentice.
He led the winter solstice around the Taoist temples, and finally came to a room.
From the statues and tablets inside, the Winter Solstice can barely recognize that this is the temple dedicated to the ancestors of the Three Qing Dynasty and the ancestors of the Hezao School.
The old man pointed at the futon on the ground and said, "Come on, go up and worship, I will say something, and you will repeat it."
The winter solstice knelt down ignorantly, and after three prostrations, he heard the old man say: "Patriarch Sanqing, the patriarchs of all dynasties have spirit, this person is not a disciple of my Hezao sect. Therefore, the Five Thunder Talismans will be taught to him today."
winter solstice:? ?
The old man, holding the incense in his hand, said to the Winter Solstice: "Follow me. The Patriarch of the Three Qing Dynasty is on top, and the disciples have obtained the secret five thunder talismans of the Zao School. In the scriptures, we must not bully the poor or the poor, or steal people's property. We must not be arrogant and arrogant, and do our own will."
Seeing that the Winter Solstice was silent, the old man urged: "Don't follow along!"
He sighed in a daze, and hurriedly read it again.
The old man inserted the incense into the incense burner, bowed his hands again, and said with satisfaction, "Okay, get up."
Winter Solstice is confused: "What are you doing?"
The old man said: "He Yu brought you here because he wanted you to worship me as a teacher, but I am old and have no energy to teach disciples. I will teach you the Five Thunder Talismans, I heard that you and He Yu have learned the fur of the Mingguang Talisman, the basics are barely enough, you come with me."
When he heard that he and the old man did not have the fate of master and apprentice, the winter solstice felt a trace of disappointment in his heart, but at the same time he was more quietly relieved.
It's not because he has any dissatisfaction with this uncle or the Hezao sect, but he is still thinking about what He Yu said before about Long Shen's acceptance of an apprentice, and he always holds such unrealistic hopes in his heart.
The old man turned his head and saw that he was still in a daze and didn't move: "Why, don't you look down on the Five Thunder Talismans? Let me tell you, this Talisman cannot be learned by disciples who have been in entry for less than five years!"
The winter solstice was both moved and a little dumbfounded: "It's not good for you to teach me such an important thing to an outsider?"
The old man smiled and said: "It's nothing wrong, do you think I can catch anyone and teach it? He Yu is the one I've seen since I was a child. He is casual about the little things and unambiguous about the big things. If you can be brought in by him, you have already After passing the xinxing test, you just accompanied me for a long time to catch ducks, and you are not impatient at all. Isn't this a good child? What's wrong with teaching you something?"
Winter Solstice: "But..."
The old man: "Okay, don't be so, the meaning of the existence of the talisman is for people to learn. If you hide it and dare not teach people to know it, what is the difference between this kind of sect and the hypocritical villain?"
The fate between people is very wonderful. Although the two just met not long ago, just like the old man who looked at the winter solstice differently, the winter solstice also liked this lively and lovely little old man. After listening to him, he no longer struggled. He got up and kowtowed three times.
"Thank you uncle for teaching art, I will definitely study hard, use what I have learned on the right path, and never commit a crime!"
The old man was very satisfied with his politeness and cleverness, and said with a wide-eyed smile: "That's right, don't be pretentious, just learn if I teach you! Let's go, take you to a place."
"Just here." The old man led him into the yard, pointed to the stone table under the tree and said, "This place is suitable for you to study, go and sit."
Winter Solstice asked curiously, "Is there enough spiritual energy here?"
The old man took out his mobile phone from the inner pocket of the robe: "No, it's convenient to eat. You wait a moment, I will tell them in the group, and ask them to bring the meal here when they are ready."
winter solstice:…
He finally knew where He Yu's unreliability came from.
After sending WeChat, the old man waved to the winter solstice with satisfaction and began to teach him the kung fu of breathing and nourishing qi.
When He Yu taught him to draw talismans before, he once said that there is no internal kung fu in the winter solstice. No matter how similar the talismans are, there are only talisman shapes and no talismans. All of them were written by He Yu in advance, otherwise, just relying on the talismans he wrote would, at most, shock and awe the sneaky Yaksha, wanting to subdue human demons is simply a fantasy.
Only by practicing breathing kung fu can you really get started in drawing talismans.
The old man said: "This set of breathing kung fu is not a secret. There are various schools and schools. Have you heard of Wudang Mountain? There is a Tai Chi training class every year on the mountain. You can learn the kung fu of breathing and health for a few thousand yuan , All the internal kung fu are basically the same, the key is to stick to it for many years, half an hour in the morning and half an hour before going to bed."
He recited the formula of Tunakong so that the Winter Solstice would memorize it, and then demonstrated it in person, so that the Winter Solstice would follow it.
The winter solstice did not know that he had good luck, the old man did not accept disciples, and the disciples in the Hezao sect rarely got his personal instructions.
The old man said: "You have to learn to meditate. When you close your eyes, imagine that there is a sun above your head, and you are absorbing its essence. When you breathe out, imagine yourself expelling the turbid gas from your body."
This metaphor is very vivid, nodding at the winter solstice, and immediately having an intuitive impression.
It's not difficult. When I learned Tai Chi with my grandfather when I was a child on the Winter Solstice, my grandfather did teach him the basic skills of breathing, breathing, and practicing Qi. But later, the child was very playful and he didn't persevere. Now it brings back long-lasting memories.
When the old man saw that he had done it all, and it was basically correct, he began to teach the Five Thunder Talismans.
Dongzhi felt that this uncle was too impatient, and he didn't have the leisurely time when we first met, but the old man seemed to insist on finishing his speech before dinner, no matter how much he absorbed, he said: "Five thunder talismans, many legends Lu Zongmen, such as Maoshan Mountain and Longhu Mountain, also have them. It is commonly known as the Five Thunders. Because Lei can exorcise evil spirits and subdue demons, and spirits and monsters can be transformed into human form, they have to cross the thunder tribulation. It's too far, all in all, the Five Thunder Talisman is to use the sense of the Talisman itself and the sky to attract the thunder of the sky. Do you understand?"
Winter Solstice nodded and asked, "Then if the user is injured, or is not good at learning, and cannot fully control the runes, will it lead to backlash?"
Seeing that he could draw inferences from one another, the old man was quite happy: "Of course, there is such a situation between everything in the world, and the same is true for the Five Thunder Talismans. However, as long as the mind is firm and the Talisman does not make mistakes, generally speaking, it will only have power. The difference, such as beginners, generally cannot recruit thunder, and among the disciples of this sect, only He Yu can recruit Tianlei within a month."