Qingle Mountain is located in the southeast of Sui Dynasty. It crosses the Yangtze River and goes south for 320 miles. There are more than 10,000 miles along the coast of the eastern border of the Sui Dynasty, and the only place near the sea that is not under the jurisdiction of the Sui Dynasty is Dongchu. However, Dongchu is located in the northeast of the Sui Dynasty. It is a peninsula extending from the mainland, and its area is not as large as the Gyeonggi Province of the Sui Dynasty.
Qingle Mountain is located in the south of the eastern border of the Sui Dynasty, and it is a place with beautiful scenery in all seasons.
Although this Qingle Mountain is not big, far inferior to the Langru Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, and Yanshan Mountains, its reputation is not inferior to the previous mountains.
There is no other reason, only because there is a Qi Temple on Qingle Mountain, and there is Daoist Xiao in the Yi Qi Temple.
The emperor of the Great Sui was arrogant and arrogant, and the emperors of all dynasties were like this. He could not allow any country in the world to surpass the Great Sui. This kind of greed is also the reason why the founding of the Great Sui is still vigorous. Every emperor in the Sui Dynasty had ambitions, which must be found in the Sui Dynasty that existed elsewhere, and also in the Sui Dynasty that was not found in other places.
The Mongol and Yuan Empires had Dalun Temple in Daxue Mountain, and the Sui Dynasty held up Qingle Mountain as a temple.
There is King Dalun Ming on Daxue Mountain, and Daoist Xiao is in Yiqi Temple.
Buddhist sect emphasizes no desire and no pursuit, but there is no doubt that he looks down on Daozong of the Sui Dynasty from the bottom of his heart. After all, except for the Sui Dynasty, all other places in this world believe in Buddhism. Even in the Sui Dynasty, people of the Buddhist sect could build temples to preach as long as they reported to the government, but there is no doubt that the people of the Sui Dynasty had no respect for Buddha, and the reason why the Sui court was so generous is that Or because of the emperor's greed.
If there are other places, the Sui Dynasty naturally also has them.
Yiqi Temple is built on the mountainside. There is only one stone path from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. On both sides of the stone steps, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, there are mountain peach trees. The fruit of this tree is sour and not delicious, but it has a special flavor when tasted carefully. Over the years, there has been a myth that the peach trees bloom all night, the peach blossoms bloom overnight, and the fairy peaches ripen overnight. In fact, there are no fairy peaches, but it is just a deceptive gimmick.
In fact, Yiqi Temple is not very big. Counting from the master Xiao Zhenren down to the last generation of disciples, there are only 800 people in total. This number also has meaning. Yiqi Temple is known as the orthodox Taoism in the world, and it is also known as the place where all the magic arts in the world come from. But people's hearts are in the Tao, and the Tao is different. Therefore, the Eight Hundred Disciples are also called the Eight Hundred Ways. They practice their own way out of the orthodoxy, so they are also called the side door.
There are 800 sects and 3000 sects...all come from the view of one qi.
When the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty came here, he laughed when he knew these meanings, and praised Qingle Mountain for its boldness, and heretics are all orthodox.
Although spring comes early in Jiangnan, the peach blossoms are still far from being in full bloom. There was new green sprouting from the branch, looking at the buds, I even wanted to pinch a piece and chew it in my mouth.
Along the stone steps, a middle-aged man in brocade clothes walked up slowly. This man couldn't tell how old he was, but his temperament was mature, but his face was quite handsome. There is a slightly green stubble on the chin, but it doesn't look scruffy at all. He is of medium build, neither fat nor thin, and his walking steps are not too big, which is quite satisfactory.
In the Sui Dynasty, anyone who wore brocade clothes must have fame. Ordinary people, even if they have a lot of money, can't wear brocade clothes. This is the court etiquette, and if you violate it, you will be sent to prison for questioning.
The middle-aged man smiled and looked kindly, enjoying the mountain scenery while walking, but stopped immediately after seeing a few words inscribed on a big stone by the roadside, and then gave a solemn salute.
"It's the calligraphy left by His Majesty when he visited Qingle Mountain three years ago. He wanted to move it to the main hall, but His Majesty said he saw this stone here and wrote a few words on the stone as he liked, so let's put it aside." Here, why do you need to move it? If it has spirituality, wouldn’t it be a great sin to disturb its practice?”
The person who spoke was an old man in a black Taoist robe, about fifty years old, with three long beards, a dust whisk in his hand, and cloth shoes. He looked quite fairy-like. It's just that this person's face is not very good, with triangular eyes and broom eyebrows, the more you look closely, the more obscene he looks.
But his identity is there, so no one really judges people by their appearance.
He is the master of Qingle Mountain, Master Xiao.
"So the real person built a pavilion here to protect the stone from wind and rain?"
The man in brocade clothes asked with a smile.
"Sanjin Hou... You donated hundreds of thousands of gold to repair the entire city wall of Chang'an, and His Majesty rewarded you a lot. I built a pavilion for this stone. In fact, I have the same idea as you in building the city wall. Your Majesty is just flattering."
There was only one Marquis of Sanjin in the Sui Dynasty, and that was Wu Yidao, known as the richest man in the Sui Dynasty. It is said that his wealth is enough to buy a mountain and river in the Sui Dynasty. You must know that the tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the Sui Dynasty were divided into twenty-four roads, and one mountain and river... was already larger than the territory of Eastern Chu.
Wu Yidao laughed loudly: "I'm an ordinary person, so it's natural to do flattery and flattery. But Daoist, you are a cultivator..."
"A person who cultivates the Tao is also a human being."
Master Xiao smiled and said: "People who practice Taoism also need to eat, and they also want to live a better life. If His Majesty's calligraphy is left in the mountains, it will be natural to understand how many good guests will come to see the incense and loose gold."
"Philippines!"
Wu said with a smile.
"I want to be a little more philistine."
Master Xiao stopped, looked at Wu Yidao and asked seriously: "The richest man in the world has reached Qiguan, why don't you donate some incense money?"
Wu Yidao beckoned, and the following attendants immediately stepped forward, and handed a red sandalwood box in their hands to Master Xiao. A little contempt is inevitable. He said in his heart that the money donated by ordinary rich and noble people is much more valuable than this box, and the richest man in the world is so stingy, it really is better to meet people than to be famous.
"Master Xiao opens his mouth, and it is worth ten thousand gold."
Wu Yidao smiled: "The silver bills in this box can be exchanged in any bank in the Sui Dynasty, and there will be no loss. However, the smaller banks may not be able to exchange this much silver."
"Connect the world."
Master Xiao praised sincerely: "Compared to repairing the entire city wall of Chang'an City, this is a real masterpiece."
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The real Xiao who returned to his room seemed to be a different person from the real Xiao who was in front of outsiders. After Wu Yidao, who was the richest man in the Sui Dynasty, settled down, Master Xiao, who had taken him halfway up the mountain, threw himself on the bed, rubbed his sore waist and couldn't help sighing.
"If it wasn't for the 10,000 taels of gold, why would I have to stay with the smiling face for so long. The flesh on my face is a little stiff from smiling, and I don't know if the old bustard in the brothel smiles all day long. Cheats."
A little Taoist boy took off his shoes for him, climbed onto the bed nimbly, and began to beat on Xiao Zhenren's back: "You are already famous all over the world. Why do you have to work so hard for a few copper smells? If it spreads, the people at the foot of the mountain will The people, even the people of the Sui Dynasty, can't laugh at you?"
"You know what a fart!"
Master Xiao knocked Xiaodaotong on the forehead with his hand back: "Do you like meat or not?"
"Love to eat!"
"Where does the meat come from?"
"Waiting for the butcher to deliver it from the bottom of the mountain."
"Is it free?"
"Of course not, of course I have to give money."
"If I don't go out to entertain those dignitaries, nobles, aristocrats and rich families, with the incense money sent by the people at the bottom of the mountain, you still want to eat meat?!"
Xiao Zhenren snorted coldly and said: "If you want to eat meat, you must have the ability to earn money to buy meat. If you can eat meat all at once, is it because I come here with a smile on my face? If you don't know what to do, I will punish you Go to grow vegetables in the back mountain garden. I only give you green vegetables and tofu every day, and see if you can still say such sarcastic remarks."
"But at any rate, you are also the leader of the Daoist Taoism..."
"The leader is fart!"
Xiao Zhenren said: "If it wasn't for your Majesty's competitive nature, wouldn't you want to follow me around the streets to tell people's fortunes? You are a little late with me, you can ask your senior brothers, who has not deceived the people's family?" Silver? Who would have lied without conscientiousness for dozens of copper coins? Those rich men can give a few more money as long as they are happy, so naturally they have to pick good things to say. This view has only been established for ten years. Did you deceive Your Majesty into saying that Qing Leshan should be the place where the sect of the Sui Dynasty prospered?"
"ah?"
Xiao Daotong was startled, and couldn't help asking, "Why haven't you mentioned this before?"
"It's not a long-faced thing, say what it does. Go, pour a glass of water for the teacher."
Master Xiao sat up, took off his socks and rubbed his sore feet, then inserted his index finger into the gap between his toes and rubbed them back and forth, the expression on his face immediately became extremely exciting. Judging by his appearance, toe rubbing is simply the most enjoyable thing in the world. His appearance at this time does not have the demeanor of a leader of the world's orthodoxy.
At this time, suddenly someone outside asked softly: "Is the real person here?"
Shocked, Zhenren Xiao hurriedly put on his socks and shoes, tidied his clothes and said, "Pindao is reading the Tao Te Ching and has some experience, and wants to talk to San Jinhou, so you are here, please come in."
Wu Yiyi walked in with a smile, and then frowned: "This Tao Te Ching seems to have a special taste."
Master Xiao smiled embarrassingly, waved and ordered the little boy to serve tea.
Wu Yidao stood aside and looked at the landscape painting on the wall. After Xiao Daotong went out, he suddenly turned around and gave a solemn salute to Master Xiao. Master Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said with a smile: "San Jin Hou donated a large sum of incense money, I haven't thanked him yet, how come San Jin Hou gave the gift first?"
"To be honest, Wu Mou went up the mountain this time to ask for something."
"San Jinhou, please tell me, but I will definitely not refuse anything that the poor can do."
Wu Yiyi got up, hesitated for a moment and said: "Then I'll just say it directly, without any detours... There is a daughter in the family... who has reached the age of marriage. I heard from the palace people a while ago that Your Majesty remembered that I repaired the city wall of Chang'an back then. Thanks to this, I plan to call the little girl into the palace as a concubine, the little girl... the little girl is rough, I am afraid that if she really enters the palace, it will annoy His Majesty and cause trouble, so I would like to invite..."
"Accept your daughter as a disciple?"
Master Xiao frowned and said, "But Taoist disciples can marry..."
"It's okay, I just want to say that the little girl is dedicated to Taoism, and she swears that she will not be able to go to Qingle Mountain unless she is successful in cultivation. Your Majesty, there is no way to push too fast. Besides, although the little girl's qualifications are mediocre, I asked someone to test her, and she was very angry. One hundred and twenty-eight acupuncture points... but one hundred and twenty-two acupuncture points have been opened."
"Received!"
Master Xiao nodded almost without hesitation: "If Your Majesty asks, I will naturally think of an excuse."
"Thank you!"
Wu Dao was agitated, and gave another gift to Master Xiao.
"It's just...the days in the mountains are bitter and cold, I'm afraid Lingai won't be able to adapt."
Master Xiao sighed.
"I will donate another five thousand gold."
Wu Yidao took out a stack of banknotes from his cuff and put them on the table: "My little girl's food and drink expenses for three years, these are probably barely enough."
"Since Ling'ai is so sincere, how can Pindao close the door of Dao?"
"If your Majesty asks..."
Master Xiao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's not like I haven't lied to Your Majesty..."
At this time, a group of six people came down from Qingle Mountain. Four men and two women, full of travel and dust.
Among the six people, a strong man with a height of more than two meters was particularly blinking. He had a simple knife the size of half a door panel tied to his back, and his light was cold. The man in the front was a man in black, without a weapon on his body, with a gloomy face, staring at the stone steps of the mountain gate in a daze.
There is also an old man with a pair of cymbals hanging from his waist.
A bald, strong man with an iron rod in his hand.
Of the two women, one was unarmed and the other held a sword in his arms.
"This is Qingleshan Yiqi Temple?"
The strong man with a strong voice couldn't help but asked: "That Daoist Xiao is famous all over the world, he is the leader of Daomen in the Sui Dynasty, and he is unknown elsewhere, but in the Sui Dynasty he is a figure who can be compared with King Dalun Ming... Let's take the liberty to come here like this, Will he take us in?"
The corner of the glamorous woman holding the sword twitched: "If he doesn't take him in, I'll kill one of his disciples a day. If I watch eight hundred disciples at once, I'll kill them for a while."
"don't want."
The beautiful woman in a long black dress shook her head, and slowly knelt down in front of the stone steps: "I sincerely say, why would Master Xiao not take him in? If you can enter the mountain gate, you don't need to fight every day. I Come and beg, you don’t need to intervene.”