Deep in the clouds and mist that never dissipated, in a Taoist temple that was seldom visited by people, Guo Shao saw an old man with completely white hair and beard.
Almost everyone present was sure that he was a true practitioner, practicing here with only two servants, one of whom was deaf and dumb. It was difficult to carry food up from the top of the mountain. If a person lived here for fame and gain, what fun would it have even if he had a fortune
The Taoist in linen clothes sat beside a stone table under a pine tree. On the stone bench was a straw mat, and on the table were paper, pens, inkstones, and paperweights. He was indeed wearing a ragged, earth-gray linen suit, and even the scarf on his white hair was made of coarse linen.
Master Qingxu ran over, with an excited look on his face. A teenage girl couldn't be as calm as the Taoist priest in hemp clothes. She was aggrieved, but her voice was very crisp and brisk. "Master left me on the Shu Road. The officers and soldiers of Shu said I was a spy and arrested me. This Guo Dushi was a general of the Zhou Dynasty. He saved me, but he wanted me to find Master to save his people. Master is in Mount Emei, and we can't get there, so we came to Mount Huashan to find Master."
The Taoist in hemp clothes ignored his disciple and stared at Guo Shao's face. He shook his head slightly, then frowned, with a strange expression on his face.
Master, Master Qingxu called him in a coquettish manner.
The Taoist in hemp clothes asked: What did you say
Hum Qingxu was completely angry. He said so much, why didn't you listen to a word
The soldiers were all outside in the courtyard. Guo Shao and Jing Niang were standing there, and no one greeted them. Guo Shao stepped forward and said, "My name is Guo Shao. I have long heard of the name of Taoist Master Sackcloth. I am sorry for disturbing my practice. Please forgive me."
The Taoist in hemp clothes said: You are such a strange person.
Guo Shao stood there in a daze, not knowing how to answer. After thinking for a while, he said politely: I don't know how this junior has been rude. He suppressed his anxiety. He had no words to express his grievances as he chatted nonsense with this man here. He was really acting like a grandson.
However, in order to meet the Taoist priest in hemp clothes, he really spent a lot of effort and thought, and finally met him. Guo Shao hoped that the Taoist priest in hemp clothes was indeed capable. He did not doubt that this old Taoist priest was indeed a fraud. First of all, this old Taoist priest was definitely not a person who cheated the world and stole fame and fortune. The world and people's hearts are fame, wealth and status. People who can understand fame and fortune are not ordinary people.
Besides, Guo Shao was also wondering how old this old man was.
It is said that Chen Tuan, the "Fuyaozi", passed the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty and was summoned by the emperor and rewarded with palace maids. It is not known whether these things are true or not, but at least it can prove that Chen Tuan had reached adulthood in the Tang Dynasty. He is probably ten years old now, and this Taoist in hemp clothes is actually the master of a ten-year-old Taoist priest. It is conservatively estimated that the Taoist in hemp clothes is over a hundred years old.
In this age when people die in their thirties or forties, how did he live to be over a hundred? People who live to be a hundred are occasionally seen in modern times, but Guo Shao has never seen anyone with such a rosy face and bright eyes at such an old age. He has never seen such a person even on TV.
The Taoist in hemp clothes had originally looked indifferent and calm, but now he seemed a little sad. He said: How come your face is completely different from your aura? Could it be that the study I have been studying all my life has turned out to be a completely opposite example
Guo Shao then remembered that Chen Tuan had said the same thing back then. This Taoist in hemp clothes was even more amazing. He said that Guo Shao was surprised that Guo Shao still thought his theory was incomprehensible. Aren't things in this world made up of atoms and molecules made up of different material elements
But Guo Shao is not afraid now. The old Taoist priest cannot keep him to do any research. He, a Taoist priest, should not be able to keep himself. But he has some doubts in his heart: there is really an invisible qi in the human body. It seems reasonable to say that the body and qi are contradictory. Guo Shao's current thinking does not belong here. Time travel is something that people of this era cannot understand. Even modern people will probably just laugh it off. Even if the Taoist priest in hemp clothes can really see it, no one will believe him.
No, that's not right. The Taoist in hemp clothes completely ignored Qingxu and Jingniang.
Guo Shao hurriedly said: I beg the old senior to come out and save a life. She is about to die. As long as you save her life, you can let me do anything you want in the future.
The Taoist in hemp clothes asked: Who should we save
Guo Shaodao: Queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Taoist in hemp clothes suddenly realized: "I have seen the eldest daughter of the Fu family. Fate is determined by heaven, no one can save her."
Guo Shao hurriedly took out Xiang Xun's letter and handed it to him with both hands. The letter described the queen's condition and the imperial physician's diagnosis in detail. He simply knelt in front of the Taoist in hemp clothes, bowed down and said: I beg the old immortal to
Qingxu looked at him in surprise.
The Taoist in hemp clothes didn't even look at the papers, shook his head and said, "Go away. I really can't do anything to save people."
Jingniang suddenly said coldly: "Buddhism saves others, Taoism saves oneself. But I didn't expect that a person as virtuous and respected as you would stand by and watch without even a glance. If there is a destiny, we in Qingni Ridge also stood by and watched your disciple's grandson. Will Qingxu's fate still be like this?"
The Taoist in hemp clothes did not speak. After hearing this, Guo Shao thought to himself: Jingniang seems to belong to the Taoist sect, but she is saying bad things about Taoism. Isn't she a sincere religious person
Jingniang added: I think you are afraid of your status as a queen in the secular world. You are afraid that if you fail to save people, it will not only implicate others, but also affect your reputation as an immortal.
After hearing this, Guo Shao felt that Jingniang's words were a bit too much, but it was in line with what he thought. He originally thought that the Taoist in hemp clothes would argue or simply ignore it. Unexpectedly, the Taoist in hemp clothes said without any concern: Everything in the world should be left to nature and cannot be forced. I don't care about fame and fortune. But this donor is not wrong. I should see what happened to the eldest daughter of the Fu family.
The Taoist in hemp clothes picked up the letter on the stone table and stroked his white beard to read it. After a while, he spoke again: The eldest daughter of the Fu family is the queen, and the doctor who diagnosed her illness must be a famous doctor of the time, and the description should be correct. Just as the imperial physician said, she is destined to suffer from the heat, and then the heavy rain forced the heat to enter her body. This is what the doctor is studying, and I have no way to do it.
Guo Shaodao: Can you think of another solution
The Taoist in hemp clothes sighed and said: All I have learned in my life, apart from physiognomy, is internal alchemy. I have not had a deep knowledge of external alchemy, and I have never refined any elixirs. However, Chen Tuan also refines external elixirs. If he were here, I could prepare an external elixir and then use the internal alchemy to practice a little to drive away the summer heat poison, maybe it would be worth a try.
Guo Shao said anxiously: "As Nun Qingxu said, Fuyaozi and she went south to Mount Emei, and should be in Shu now. It would be fine if Shu was an enemy country, but the mountains are high and the roads are long, and we don't know where he is. Even if we find him by chance, we don't know when he will be. How could the queen hold out for so long?"
The Taoist in hemp clothes said: "What can I do? You won't understand even if I tell you. For those who have never practiced inner alchemy, it is useless to teach you the breathing method now. The effect is not great. Everyone has a destiny, so you don't need to be too sad. Birth, aging, illness and death are common to everyone. Everyone will die.
Guo Shao suddenly realized and said hurriedly: I remember that Fuyaozi gave me a magic pill a few years ago, saying that it could drive away the heat in my body to avoid internal and external conflicts. I didn't eat it, and I still have the fire-removing magic pill. It can drive away the heat. It's been a few years. Can I still eat it
What kind of pill is it, what does it smell like, and what does it taste like? asked the Taoist in hemp clothes.
Guo Shao was at a loss. How could he know what kind of elixir it was? He had never eaten it, and he had no idea what it tasted like, but he had smelled it out of curiosity. He immediately described it based on his remaining impressions, but he really didn't know what it tasted like because he had read somewhere that the elixir made by the Taoist priest contained heavy metals, which could cause chronic poisoning if eaten, and heavy metals in the body were not good for health. Guo Shao was not willing to eat this thing at the time.
The Taoist in hemp clothes listened to it, but he was neither sure nor denied it. Guo Shao hurriedly said: If you really need the elixir, it's too late now, so just use that one and try how to use it.
The Taoist in hemp clothes said: If you want to try, that’s your business.
Guo Shaodao: Didn’t you say that we still need to practice inner alchemy? If you don’t teach us, no one will know how to do it.
The Taoist in hemp clothes finally looked at Qingxu, turned his head and frowned, saying: It is you who have violated the destiny, you must offer sacrifices to the heavens and explain it to the gods, and you must not mention this matter in front of anyone that it has anything to do with me. Logically, this kind of thing is not conducive to Taoism, and at the very least it will shorten your life.
Guo Shao said without hesitation: Anything is fine.
The Taoist in hemp clothes slowly stood up and called Qingxu, saying: Come with me, Master.
Guo Shao remained calm and could not stop Qingxu from leaving. He was just thinking: There is only one way up the mountain, and there is a cliff behind the Taoist temple. The soldiers were guarding the courtyard and the intersection outside. Unless the Taoist priests in this Taoist temple really became immortals and could fly, how could they avoid their people and leave? Besides, the Taoist priest in hemp clothes looked like a respected practitioner, so he couldn't lie to others.
His mind was in a mess. According to what the Taoist in hemp clothes said, it seemed that there were many kinds of elixirs. The elixir that Chen Tuan had given him before really worked. Thinking carefully, everything he had done for Queen Fu was very unreliable. He was simply trying any possible means. But what else could he do? In this era, a cold could kill people. Doctors only relied on traditional experience to treat diseases, and herbal medicine was the main means. Guo Shao was not a doctor, and he was far inferior to the doctors today. He was really at his wits' end.
Guo Shao stood beside the stone table in a daze. No one paid attention to them, and no one entertained them. He and Jing Niang looked at each other. It was very quiet in the deep mountains. He looked up at the sky again, not knowing where he was. He only felt that the surroundings were full of mystery and weirdness.
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