Seeing that Concubine Yuan was in a hurry to leave, Bai Ziyue quickly apologized to Jiang Chen: "Concubine Yuan is the concubine of Qian Emperor Yang Pan. She can't leave the palace for a long time, but it makes Brother Jiang laugh!"
"It doesn't matter."
Jiang Chen said with a smile: "It was Jiang who came here presumptuously. Fortunately, you didn't take offense. I held a candle and talked with you for half the night. It was Jiang who almost delayed Miss Yuan Fei's important event. Speaking of which, it is Jiang who should apologize. .”
"where."
Bai Ziyue said quickly: "Although we have just met each other for the first time, we have become like old friends after talking for one night. Friends visit each other, so why should we presume to say anything?"
Mr. Tu also said: "Sir, you have great kindness to our clan. Please stay here for a few more days so that we can enter into the friendship of landlords."
"Easy to say, easy to say."
Jiang Chen did not refuse this, because he knew very well that the person he was waiting for would arrive soon, and that would be the moment when his revenge plan would begin.
Seeing Jiang Chen visiting Yougu, Bai Ziyue never left. For several days, he or she chatted with Jiang Chen, or discussed Taoism and martial arts, which made him admire Jiang Chen somewhat.
On this day, the two of them were playing chess on a big rock in the valley. Jiang Chen suddenly had an idea and said with a smile, "Concubine Yuan is here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a woman in red bringing a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy to the valley. The woman in red was extremely beautiful. If she wasn't Yuan Fei, who could she be
Bai Ziyue looked at the young man brought by Concubine Yuan, and asked with surprise on his face: "Concubine Yuan, how come you still have the leisure and leisure to find such a young scholar?"
Concubine Yuan smiled and responded: "My people need a teacher to teach them to read, read, and understand the truth. This young man seems to be brave, so when I passed by Qiuyue Temple, I brought him over. Got it!"
Bai Ziyue suddenly realized.
Jiang Chen looked at the young man behind Concubine Yuan who was pretending to be calm with interest. He knew that this was the person he was waiting for. After all, his days were not wasted.
The young scholar slightly cupped his hands and introduced himself: "Xiaosheng Hong Yi, I have met you two. This girl brought me here to teach people to read. Could it be that she is the son and daughter of these two brothers?"
When Jiang Chen heard this, he had a strange smile on his face: "They are not the children of me and Brother Bai, but the clansmen of Miss Yuan Fei!"
When Hong Yi heard this, he turned around and looked at Concubine Yuan in surprise. He knew that Concubine Yuan was a woman in the palace because he was given a reward of twelve gold coins a month when he came.
70% gold is cyan, 80% gold is yellow, 90% gold is purple, and 100% gold is red. This kind of red gold can only be burned by Taoist priests who refine elixirs. This kind of red gold is also called "medicine gold" and is a medicinal material used by Taoist priests to practice lead, mercury and gold elixir. And if this kind of red gold was made into coins, it would only be available in the imperial palace. It is usually awarded by the emperor or empress to civil and military ministers or concubines in the harem.
Therefore, Hong Yi knew at that time that Concubine Yuan must have come out of the palace, and her status must be noble. But why did Concubine Yuan's people live in such a simple valley, and there didn't seem to be much here. A house, you can't live in a cave, right
As if she had guessed what Hong Yi was thinking, Concubine Yuan smiled softly and called several times deep into the valley. Suddenly a group of white foxes sprang out and surrounded Concubine Yuan, chirping and chirping.
When Hong Yi saw this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "This Miss Yuan Fei invited me here to teach these foxes how to read, right? This is too far-fetched."
However, although this thing seems outrageous, the fact is that it is so. Concubine Yuan smiled and said: "It seems that you have guessed it. Yes, I invited you here just to teach these foxes to read. Why, sir, is he afraid?" ?”
"this... ... ... "
Seeing Hong Yi's hesitation, Concubine Yuan immediately smiled and said, "What, are you scared?"
"Humans and beasts are all living things, there is nothing to be afraid of."
Although he was a little scared in his heart, Hong Yi would not expose his secrets easily. Moreover, after thinking about it carefully, he found it quite interesting to teach reading and learning to a group of foxes, not to mention the salary of twelve taels of gold a month. , it only took a few months to pay for the study and examination, and he calmed down: "Letting animals understand the truth is what sages do. Although I am not qualified, there is no point in being a sage for once. No."
Just like that, there was another guest in the valley.
Although Jiang Chen could read and write, he didn't have the patience to teach a group of foxes how to read and write, so Bai Ziyue took care of it occasionally. When Hong Yi came here, Bai Ziyue became the shopkeeper and took over the teaching of reading and writing. , all the matters of teaching the little fox were left to Hong Yi.
Of course, as a reward, he could read the books in the cave. Bai Ziyue even asked Hong Yi to sort out the books and arrange them neatly into categories. He also offered Hong Yi a reward of ten taels of pure gold.
Although Bai Ziyue was very knowledgeable, he was busy practicing and discussing Taoism with Jiang Chen. He had no time to organize books, so these books were piled in a cave.
Being able to study and get paid at the same time was a good thing that Hong Yi would not refuse.
On this day, Hong Yi was sorting out books, and suddenly he found two big books among many books, one "Martial Arts" and one "Tao Jing", each containing dozens of thick volumes, which made him feel like He pounced on them as if he had found a treasure. He had wanted to read these two big books for a long time.
Both of these books were compiled when the Daqian Dynasty was founded: "Wu Jing" is a book compiled from martial arts books from all over the world, while "Tao Jing" is a book of cultivation compiled from Taoist books from all over the world.
Hong Yi has read the notes of many scholars, and once described in detail the situation when these two books were compiled: At that time, the Daqian Dynasty collected books from all over the world, filling the entire country's library, and thousands of people compiled the books at the same time. Tens of thousands of them, including famous martial arts masters, Taoist Taishang Dao, Zhengyi Dao, Fangxian Dao, and some leaders of Buddhism participated.
Unfortunately, within a few years after these two books were compiled, the Daqian Dynasty immediately banned printing. At the same time, the printed books were collected from the public and burned in one fell swoop. Anyone who collected books would be guilty of a serious crime if they were discovered.
After that, under the slogan of "rectifying people's hearts and abandoning evil ideas", the Daqian Dynasty repeatedly collected books from folk temples and overhauled the classics. But there are no longer books like the "Martial Classics" and "The Taoist Classics", but they are all about benevolence, justice, etiquette, justice and loyalty. The Taoist books and martial arts books collected by the people were all burned.
Later, the Daqian Dynasty issued an order to strictly prohibit the private practice of boxing and sticks among the people, and strictly controlled the temples and Taoist temples in the world. Twenty years ago, after the army annihilated the Dazen Temple, the Daqian Dynasty's control of civilian force reached a peak period.
In the past, although Hong Yi wanted to look for these two books, he could not get them. At this time, he looked at the two "Wu Jing" and "Tao Jing" in front of him, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It's really hard to find anything without wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! Scholars can't be helpless." Strength. Since there is a martial arts scripture here, I have to read it carefully and find one or two boxing techniques for self-cultivation."
With his mind moved, he immediately read the two classics. It was only then that he realized that the ultimate goal of practice, whether it was martial arts or immortality, was to transcend life and death, just as what was said at the beginning of the two scriptures:
The world is a vast ocean. When a person lives in this world, his physical body is like a boat crossing the sea, and his mind and soul are like the people inside the boat. Martial arts is about cultivating the physical body. The physical body is strong and can carry people safely through the sea of suffering. As for immortality, the point is that the sea of suffering is boundless, and the physical body of the ship will eventually decay. It is better to directly cultivate the soul, just like making people master the nature of water, so that even if the ship is destroyed, the person will not drown.
Comparing the two methods of cultivation, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, for a scholar like Hong Yi, immortality is more mysterious and far less practical than martial arts. Therefore, after much consideration, he decided to practice martial arts to strengthen his body, because only by paying equal attention to both civil and martial arts , he can better achieve his goals.
With the idea of learning martial arts in mind, Hong Yi immediately studied the martial arts scriptures carefully. As he read, he suddenly discovered that there were annotations in the middle of the text of the martial arts scriptures, which were obviously added by the readers themselves.
"If you practice martial arts without knowing the acupoints, you will not be able to become a saint physically, nor can you understand the mysteries of the physical body. The acupoints of a person's body are like the stars in the sky, and the gods of heaven and earth live in them. If someone can practice with the acupoints so that the stars in the sky echo, then his movements will be infinitely powerful. , Capturing the dragon and throwing the elephant, like the Taoist Yang God who merges with the gods to achieve transcendence, reaching the realm of human immortality. Zen Master Yinyue wrote it in the Mid-Autumn Festival of the 30th year of the founding of the Qian Dynasty. "
This passage was obviously annotated by a monk named Zen Master Yinyue from the Great Zen Temple, and it is not profound. It means: In addition to flesh, tendons, membranes, bones, internal organs, marrow, and blood, the human body also contains There are many acupoints, like the stars in the sky, in which the gods live. After cultivating these acupoints, you can have infinite power in your movements, and you will be a real immortal in your physical body, and you will become an immortal!
But Hong Yi is a smart man. He knows that there are acupoints in the human body, but he doesn't understand why there are gods living in the acupoints. As soon as my mind moved, I couldn't help but get into trouble, and I was extremely confused for a while. Fortunately, at this moment, he suddenly remembered that Jiang Chen and Bai Ziyue, who were also guests in the valley, were both practitioners, so he took a martial arts scripture and came to ask for advice.
When Hong Yi came out of the cave, he saw from a distance that Jiang Chen and Bai Ziyue were playing chess on a stone platform. He straightened his clothes and came closer, only to see the two of them fighting on the chessboard. I was embarrassed to interrupt, so I just stood aside quietly, waiting for the chess game to end. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood still, Jiang Chen turned to him and asked, "Little brother, you are not studying in the cave, why are you here?"
Hong Yi quickly raised his hands and apologized: "I'm sorry to bother you two. When Xiaosheng was sorting out the classics, he accidentally discovered two scriptures. They were the martial arts and Taoist scriptures that Xiaosheng could not find. Xiaosheng was so happy that he looked through them briefly. I really don’t understand many things among them, could you please give me some pointers?”
Bai Ziyue put down the white chess piece in his hand and smiled at Hong Yi: "But it doesn't matter!"
Hong Yi opened the martial arts scripture and found the passage with Zen Master Yinyue's annotation. He pointed at Zen Master Yinyue's annotation and asked the two of them: "I can understand this passage, but it says that there are people living in the acupoints. The gods of heaven and earth don’t know what this really means?”
Bai Ziyue glanced at it and knew which section Hong Yi was reading. In fact, he had also read the martial arts scripture, and he also knew Zen Master Yinyue's annotations, but he had never paid attention to it.
When Hong Yi asked, he immediately replied: "You haven't practiced martial arts, so you shouldn't know these things, but these are not important things, so I will explain them to you!"
At this point, he paused for a moment before explaining in detail: "The so-called acupoints in the body are the great secrets of the human body. They contain infinite mysteries and correspond to the stars in the sky. The so-called heaven and earth are one big universe, and the human body is a small universe. The acupoints in the human body are Apertures are like stars in the universe. Generally, people who practice martial arts, when they reach the realm of martial saints, begin to understand the meaning of the fist, integrate the meaning of the fist with Qi and blood, condense it into the smallest detail, sense the acupoints in the body, and open them to achieve success. Incredible magical powers make you an immortal among men!"
Hearing Bai Ziyue's explanation, many doubts in Hong Yi's mind were solved. He slowly chewed Bai Ziyue's words, trying to imprint every word Bai Ziyue said into his heart.
Seeing Hong Yi's thoughtful expression, as if he was memorizing Bai Ziyue's words, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile and said, "You asked so clearly, does it mean that little brother wants to learn martial arts?"
After hearing this, Hong Yi came back to his senses and thought about his goal. Not only must he be admitted to the First Class Jinshi, but he must also excel in martial arts so that he can hope to win glory for his mother, so he immediately responded sonorously: "Xiaosheng must earn a share of glory for his mother. , not only do you have to pass the Jinshi exam, but you also have to make achievements in martial arts, so young students are very eager to learn martial arts!"
"good!"
When Jiang Chen heard this, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "If you can express your utilitarian heart frankly, my little brother is indeed a true scholar, he is so magnanimous!"
"Mr. Miao Zan, I am so ashamed of myself." Hong Yi quickly responded with humility.
Jiang Chen said, "We are destined to meet each other in this valley. From today on, before dawn every day, you can come here to look for me. Although Jiang is not talented, he thinks that he is quite capable in his cultivation." What I have accomplished may be able to teach you a thing or two.”
When Hong Yi heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Now, I will ask sir for more advice from now on."
"It doesn't matter."
Jiang Chen responded with a smile: "You go first, eat and drink enough tonight, and meditate and rest your mind. Tomorrow morning, Jiang will formally teach you how to practice."
"Yes, sir!"
Although Hong Yi was overjoyed, he was still not calm in response to the words. After all, it was only for one night, and it was not like he couldn't afford to wait.
After Hong Yi left, Bai Ziyue asked with some surprise: "Is Brother Jiang interested in recruiting a disciple?"
"Good talents and beautiful jade can be found but cannot be sought."
Jiang Chen smiled and said: "What's even more valuable is that this kid has never been exposed to the way of cultivation before, so he can inherit what Jiang Mou has learned. Brother Bai might as well wait and see, this kid will definitely be able to leap over the dragon gate, transform into a dragon and fly into the sky in the future! "
(End of chapter)