The middle-aged man looked at the Taoist who was standing calmly, and said to the steward with his hands down, "Ah Fu, go get a stool for the Taoist priest to sit on."
The steward listened, respectfully agreed, and was about to turn around when the Taoist said: "Boss Wang, you don't need to be too polite. The poor Taoist is here just to perform a few tricks to entertain the others, and he will leave later. Don't bother to work."
"Oh! This Taoist priest came here uninvited, isn't it just to ask for some charity, and all the tricks you perform are given away for free?" Without waiting for the middle-aged man to speak, the fat man next to him took the conversation and asked .
The person at the top obviously treated the person who spoke with great courtesy. When he saw him speak, he smiled and looked at Li Xuan. The other person also had the same expression, as if they were both surprised and puzzled by this kind of behavior that did not expect anything in return. Wu Jianguo also pretended to be puzzled, and took the time to echo the expressions of several people.
After listening to the fat man's words, Li Xuan looked him up and down, with a profound expression on his face, and said indifferently: "Danqing doesn't know the old man, and wealth is like floating clouds to me. An outsider like me, playing games all year round. Among the green mountains and green waters, a rough coat is better than a purple robe, and a cloth belt with roots is better than a black gauze hat. Xu Buan can be used as a luxurious car, and a gourd around his waist is like a thousand-pitched appearance. Green awn cloth shoes are better than leather Boots. Sleeping early is better than wind, flowers, snow and moon, or sometimes traveling in Shenzhou, using mountains and rivers as pictures, and using heaven and earth as bags. Or sometimes living in rocks, using wind and moon as masters, and haze as companions. It is the poor way that often sings : "What do you have in the deep mountains, and there are many white clouds on the mountains. You can only entertain yourself, and you can't invite the king to give you a gift." It's just that, and I don't want to return. I travel outside, and I am happy and peaceful!"
After Li Xuan finished speaking, he saw that the person at the top stood up with a happy expression on his face, and was about to speak, but saw that the fat man on the side seemed to have an unnatural expression, and then his thoughts changed, and he sat back to his original position, saying: "I don't know what to call the chief. I saw the Taoist chief's extraordinary bearing just now, and heard the subtle truth concealed in his words. I think he must be a man of morality!" After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Xuan with a smile that was not a smile, and the other two She also greeted him lukewarmly with her eyes.
Without waiting for Li Xuan's answer, he heard the fat man's tepid voice and said: "Yes, I also really want to know the name of the Daoist priest. I just heard what the Taoist priest said, and I think it makes sense. If you have any doubts, you still need to ask the Taoist priest to clarify your doubts!"
Seeing the fat man's words, the person at the top knew what he was saying, so he was also happy to stand aside, smiling and not saying a word.
Li Xuan listened, slightly Ji Shou, and said lightly: "People who are poor and out of touch, only know how to express their love for mountains and rivers, accumulate virtue and understand Taoism. Those who are called taboo Dharma names have long been forgotten in that remote mountain and secluded stream; but it is also like this." A layman said, but if there is any doubt, as long as the poor Taoist knows, he will definitely speak up."
"Okay, although the Taoist priest is from outside the country, you can also see a bold person from his words..." the fat man said indifferently, and sneered twice, and then said: "Based on what the Taoist priest said just now I don't care about the prosperity, food, housing, and transportation of this world, so I am a little puzzled. How do I think the Taoist priest is also a mortal body? Could it be that he just forgets about the mountains and rivers all day long, so there is no time for aging, nor Need food and daily life? Don’t you suffer from colds and diseases? If this is the case, then as long as people in this world learn Taoism, they don’t need to eat, drink, or give birth. Just like the Taoist priest, he can go all over the mountains and plains just to see the scenery. Life is a great pleasure! But can this 'Tao' be eaten? Can it be worn? Can it be used?"
After the fat man finished speaking, he looked at the Taoist opposite with some complacency. He only wanted to make him look ugly. The other people also had the same idea. They only saw how the Taoist answered. For a moment, he completely forgot about the magic show. Only Wu Jianguo looked normal, but his heart was like ants on a hot pot. He was deeply afraid that Li Xuan would not be able to answer, and he was very worried.
Facing such blatant words, Li Xuan certainly understood that he had offended the fat man just now by pointing and insinuating, so he didn't care at the moment, he just smiled and said: "My generation participates in cultivation and enlightenment, and the only way is to follow the Tao. Accumulating merits and spreading virtue, this is a matter of conformity to the nature of the world, but the way of Tao is a thing, only trance. Trance is trance, there are images in it, trance trance, there is something in it. There is essence, its essence is very true, and there is faith in it. From ancient times to the present, its name has not been removed, and there is a little bit of rebellion in the adaptation, which is always the mystery of the truth, which cannot be summed up in words.
Just like the layman said, a Taoist brings in internal and external medicines, gathers them in the body, absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, and practices exercises to refine qi. After a long time, the pills will fall into the yellow court. Worrying, hunger, cold, and sickness have already gone their separate ways, and they have nothing to do with each other, and the world always depends on an opportunity to learn Taoism. Without that opportunity, even if you put the moral bible in front of you, it will be nothing but waste paper. "
Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused, looked at the fat man and said: "I look at the appearance of the layman, and look at the nobleness. I think he is also a high-ranking person in the yamen for a long time. The poor Taoist here has a word to say goodbye; Flowers are similar from year to year, but people are different from year to year. If you don’t accumulate merits and virtues in your lifetime, I’m afraid the deadline will come soon, and you will regret it.”
In fact, during the period when Li Xuanjin entered the living room, he had secretly used the method of deduction to get a general understanding of the details of these people. The meaning of awakening is still implied in Zhongye. After all, Taoists are based on kindness, and awakening can be awakened between words. It is a great good thing, so why not do it
As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, he saw the fat man standing up against the table, with an angry face, pointing at Li Xuan and saying: "Nonsense, you are a stinky Taoist priest, you have no property, and you are clean and smooth. If you say these things to me, you are either envious or jealous Bar!"
Li Xuan slightly Ji Shou, smiled but did not answer.
At the moment when the fat man was in embarrassment, the middle-aged man stood up and smoothed the situation: "Master Liu, please calm down. People like this kind of wandering people don't have much sense in their speech. Why bother to be as knowledgeable as him! Hehe, since he is Come to play tricks, then why don't we see if he really has some skills, if it's a liar, it's not too late to ridicule him."
"That's right! Why hurt your peace because of this!" Wu Jianguo on the side also said.
After hearing what the master and Wu Jianguo said, the fat man gave Li Xuan a hard look, sat back in his seat, and waited for the master to arrange.
After appeasing the fat man, the middle-aged man said to Li Xuan seriously: "My Taoist priest, since you know tricks, hurry up and show us. Why are you trying to use your tongue here? If not, when the time comes I'm afraid you will inevitably suffer some hardships." When I said this to Li Xuan, I was actually saying it to the fat man on the side, thinking that he, the president of the dignified group, would never argue with an innocent man just because of a few words of argument. Irrelevant Taoist priests can't get through.
Hearing this, Li Xuan said, "I'm about to perform." After speaking, he looked at the tall vases standing on both sides of the living room, with a smile on his face. I didn't see him making a gesture, but he just opened his mouth and blew out a cloud of purple air, and at the same time he said: "The five elements have the same origin, and the four seasons follow the heart." As soon as the words fell, the purple air circled in the air for a while, and then divided into six strands, as thin as Gossamer, each got into the vases on both sides, without a sound.
Several people in the living room saw Li Xuanneng spitting out purple air first, including the fat man, they were all a little surprised, but since the six purple air got into the vase, they all looked at Li Xuan after waiting half a day for no response.
Seeing this, Li Xuan moved his hand upwards and said: "Get up, get up, get up..." After shouting three times, everyone held their breath and watched the changes quietly. Listening carefully at this time, there were some slight noises coming from the vases on both sides of the living room. In surprise, several people hurriedly stood up and looked at the vases.
I saw three petals of tender green orchids slowly popping out from the middle of the smooth and round mouth of the bottle, which was covered with various patterns, and did not stop until it protruded about a foot and a half from the mouth of the bottle. However, the leaf shape is elegant and green, and the lines are clear and delicate. Although there are only three leaves in each bottle, it can give people a kind of harmony and elegance in the monotony.
Just when everyone was amazed by Li Xuan's thaumaturgy, they saw the orchid grass tremble slightly, and slowly pulled out a tender stem from the center of the three leaves, the top gradually rounded, and slowly stretched out bracts, and then With the opening of the bracts, bursts of refreshing fragrance permeate the air. Under the soft light in the hall, it shows a different kind of simplicity and elegance in the mysterious tranquility.
The misty fragrance of flowers really lingered around everyone, and they were intoxicated by it. After a while, it was Wu Jianguo who came back to his senses first, and sighed: "Ah, a miracle, the Taoist master's immortal technique is really amazing, Wu admires, admires!" Since Wu Jianguo knew Li Xuan's methods earlier, he said this I don't know whether it's a real sigh or a deliberate cooperation with someone.
After Wu Jianguo finished speaking, the rest of the people also came back to their senses one after another. At this time, there were some subtle changes in the eyes looking at Li Xuan.
"Mr. Wang admires the Taoist priest's miraculous skills, but I still have some doubts. I don't know if these bluegrass are really real?" The middle-aged man stared at the petals for a while and asked. .
After hearing this, Li Xuan said calmly: "Boss Wang was joking. The method used by the poor Taoist is not an illusion, and second, it is not a blindfold. How can it be said that it is not real? And because this orchid is nourished by the immortal energy, its own There’s already something extraordinary about it!”
"Oh! According to you, isn't this flower still a fairy grass?" The old man who hadn't spoken all this time couldn't help but jokingly asked.
Li Xuan smiled and said, "You can also say that!"
After Li Xuancai finished speaking, the fat man said, "Immortal Grass? You can grow fairy grass in such a short period of time? I'm afraid it's impossible. If it's really that easy, why didn't the Daoist grow it for himself?" If you eat some fairy fruits or something, you will become a fairy and be done with it? Why do you need to practice penance and stay in this secular world?"
Fatty's words seemed to resonate with the other people, and they all looked at Li Xuan, waiting for his answer.
Hearing this, Li Xuan just smiled and said: "This layman's words are very reasonable, but the kind of fairy fruit that can make people soar in the daytime can't be planted now. Plant some flowers and plants with a little special function."
"Oh! Then I don't know what's so special about the few bluegrass that Chang planted just now?" The fat man continued to ask.
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Li Xuan said with a smile: "I often hear that orchids are noble and noble, and they are gentlemen among flowers. With this special surname, the few plants I planted have the ability to distinguish good from evil in the world. The surnames of good and evil show some unusual strangeness. As for what kind of strangeness it is, it always varies from person to person and from time to time. Even poor people can't tell. It depends on how good the person who touches it is. Evil is so deep, I remember last time we used black and white to distinguish good and evil, I don’t know if it’s the same this time.”
When the fat man and the others heard this, their faces were full of half-belief and suspicion, and they hesitated to speak.
Wu Jianguo quietly looked at the expressions of several people, and then deliberately asked: "The Taoist priest is empty-handed, how can we convince us that what you said is true? There must be a factual basis!"
After listening, Li Xuan still said with a profound expression: "If this layman doesn't believe it, you might as well try it."
After Li Xuan finished speaking, Wu Jianguo feigned embarrassment, and his face turned slightly red. Seeing this scene, Li Xuan couldn't help but secretly sweat for Wu Jianguo in his heart; he really deserves to be an old fritter with a long history in business, even his acting skills are so proficient.
By the way, the few people next to me didn't quite believe that a single orchid grass could tell the truth about good and evil, but seeing Wu Jianguo's embarrassment at this time, they thought that Wu Jianguo was really shameful, so they felt guilty, and besides being funny, they couldn't help feeling a little gloating in their hearts. Thinking, they looked at Wu Jianguo one after another, and the fat man even said: "Boss Wu, what the Taoist priest said is very reasonable, you may as well try it, we also want to know if this grass is so magical... Could it be that Wu Jianguo Is the boss really a little scared?" After speaking, he looked at Wu Jianguo with a half-smile.
Wu Jianguo listened, and said solemnly: "Where is Master Liu talking, Mr. Wu will try to show you." He rolled up his cuffs, walked to the vase, and stretched out his hand carefully. It looks like there are thorns on the stem of the flower.
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Wu Jianguo stood by the vase with an unnatural expression on his face. He gently pinched the tender green flower stem with one hand, stared at the orchid grass for a while without seeing the color change, then he breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to several people and said, "Haha! Everyone, please look, isn't it just to touch it? What's so difficult about it!" The expression was faintly excited.
Fatty and others saw that nothing strange happened as the Taoist said. Although Fatty and the others didn't really believe that the flower was as magical as Li Xuan said, they were really confirmed by Wu Jianguo at this time. , I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed, because I saw Wu Jianguo’s hesitant expression before, and thought that he was doing some shady things like the others, but now Wu Jianguo has touched it, but there is nothing strange about it. When the incident happened, the three of them tacitly understood each other, and Qiqi despised the Taoist in his heart. The good image that the Taoist had established in the hearts of the three people earlier was riddled with holes, but he didn't show it at all on the surface. He also pretended to believe it was true, firstly to satisfy Wu Jianguo's vanity, and secondly to create some atmosphere for his appearance. Originally, there was no need for a few people to agree to this childlike covenant in the name of good and evil, but after all, some of them had already set an example first, so maybe they could only be old-fashioned and follow the backcourt.
Seeing Wu Jianguo's slightly smug expression, the fat man's eyes flashed with displeasure, and then he smiled and said, "I just said, with Boss Wu as a person, how could there be any difference? Say yes!" After finishing speaking, he looked around. The two people next to each other agreed.
Wu Jianguo glanced at a few people, then walked to Li Xuan with a smile, and asked, "Master Daoist, what does it mean that the orchid grass doesn't respond?"
Li Xuandao: "This... The change of color should be due to the balance of good and evil, half of the merits and demerits..." His face remained the same, but his words seemed to be dodging.
When Wu Jianguo heard this, his face showed some displeasure. He was about to speak when he heard Mr. Wang, the owner of the room, say: "Boss Wu, don't be angry. I think it's better for the three of us to try it together. If there is no movement like you, That means the Taoist priest is lying, and it won't be too late to punish him a little at that time!"
After hearing Mr. Wang's words, Wu Jianguo's face softened a little, he glared at the Taoist priest, stepped aside and stopped talking.
"Daozhang, can I try?"
"Can."
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After the three of them tried it one by one, the bluegrass was still spraying fragrance and wiping it clean, without any change in color, but the flowers and plants that were blooming happily all stopped, and disappeared like a fleeting shadow in a short while without a trace...
Looking at the Taoist priest with a calm face in front of him, a sneer appeared on the corner of Boss Wang's mouth, he walked slowly a few steps, turned around and said: "Well, you bluffing Taoist priest, don't practice well in your own Taoist temple, but you will be killed in battle. You will play tricks to fool people, come to me to cheat, and waste our time in vain, if I, Wang Jinshui, give you a little punishment today, I'm afraid you will come here often in the future!" Wang Jinshui said After the call came, the door of the living room opened, and four men in black robes with strong figures and fierce faces entered one after another, and came to stand beside Wang Jinshui.
The fat man and the other person looked at the scene in front of them, with a normal expression, and the thin old man said with some sarcasm: "He is indeed a stupid person who does not know how to live or die. If he cheats, he must first inquire, otherwise he will hit a big shot, and he will die no matter what." have no idea."
After finishing speaking, You Zi sneered again and again.
Li Xuan looked at several people, with a look of pity on his face, and slowly said: "Flowers and plants have their own fragrance, good and evil will eventually be judged by heaven." After speaking, he clapped his hands lightly, and in the crisp applause, Just heard an exclamation...
It is said that when Li Xuan clapped his hands, there was a crisp sound. After the sound, Wang Jinshui let out an exclamation, covering his neck with his hands, with a painful and horrified expression. At this time, when I looked closely, I saw a fist-sized black sarcoma growing out of Wang Jinsai's hands, and there seemed to be something slowly wriggling inside. At first glance, I was shocked. It can't help but make people feel a little disgusted.
Looking at the other people, the same was true, even Wu Jianguo was not spared, everyone covered their necks with their hands, horrified.
Wu Jianguo touched a sarcoma on his neck, he couldn't help feeling puzzled, and then remembered Li Xuan's previous explanation, so he let go of his heart and just wailed along with everyone.
(to be continued)