Chen Changsheng finished telling the story.
After a moment of silence, there were discussions around the stele hut, and people looked at Ji Jin with complicated eyes. Earlier, the senior sternly asked, from ancient times to the present, among the countless solutions to the Zhaoqing Monument, which one deviates from the right path? Now, it seems that Wei Guogong's method of solving the Tianshu Monument has nothing to do with the orthodox method of Taoism. How is this going to be? answer
At this time, Ji Jin also remembered the legend of Wei Guogong watching the stele, and his face became ugly-he could not deny the existence of this legend. Although there was no record in the history books, there was a real record in the Tianshu Mausoleum. As a stele attendant, he once saw it with his own eyes. However, the State of Wei interpreted the Tianshu stele as the law, so he would abide by the law of Zhou throughout his life, admonish the king bitterly, and eventually become a generation of admonishing ministers! It's just how willing he is to be persuaded by a junior, he said in a deep voice: "Duke Wei saw the lines of the inscription and understood the law, but he still judged the meaning by observing the shape, and activated his consciousness by observing the meaning!"
There was a slight commotion among the crowd when they heard the words. Several young examinees standing behind shook their heads, thinking that the two characters Xingyi and Xingyi in the three main streams of Taoist orthodox methods are not the same as the two characters Xingyi in this sentence. , Wei Guogong has never practiced in his life, he only has courage, where there is no spiritual knowledge, what Senior Ji Jin said is too strong and unreasonable.
Seeing people's reaction, Ji Jin was even more annoyed, but before he could say anything else, Gou Hanshi's voice sounded again.
"I also remembered a story. This story is recorded in Guiyuan Xiaoshu, not in the Daoist Catalogue. I read it once when I was a child. If Chen Changsheng hadn't mentioned Wei Guogong's observation of the stele, it would be hard for me to remember it. The story is about the first master of Taoism, who once asked a woodcutter."
Everyone was stunned, the master of Taoism actually asked Yu the woodcutter? Why have I never heard of it
Gou Hanshi continued: "At that time, there were constant disputes in the world, Taoism had not yet been born, and it was not a state religion, but the master of the first generation of Taoism was already a very high-level powerhouse, and he had entered the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books several times to observe the stele, in order to realize the truth of heaven and the way of heaven." Righteousness, however, although there are gains from viewing the stele every time, there is still a long way to go to reach the top of the mausoleum. One day, the master of the Taoist sect lamented that the career of Taoism is limited while looking at the top of the mausoleum, and it may be extremely difficult to go further in this life. Unexpectedly, he saw a woodcutter coming down from the mausoleum with firewood on his back. The master of the Taoist sect was shocked, thinking that he would not be able to reach the top of the mausoleum, and neither could the number of strongest people in the mainland who were similar to him. Why did this woodcutter Husband obviously can't practice, and he is old and frail, but he can walk freely in the Mausoleum of Books?"
It was quiet again in front of the stele, and people's minds were attracted by this never-before-heard story, wondering if the woodcutter was the real strong man of heaven, and even entered the legendary realm of great freedom
"The master of Taoism sincerely asked for advice. The woodcutter said that he has been cutting firewood for a living in this mountain since his ancestors, and he has never lost his way. The master of Taoism asked hard how to find a way in the mausoleum. The woodcutter hesitated for a long time. Afterwards, he brought the master of Taoism to the stele, and said that the road between the mausoleums is all on the stele, and you can follow it... After saying this, the woodcutter went down the mountain."
Gou Hanshi paused for a while, and said: "The master of the Taoist sect pondered hard for dozens of days and nights before the stele, but he still couldn't find any way from the lines on the stele. One night, he suddenly felt something, laughed three times, and walked away Flying straight down to the top of the mausoleum, he realized the way of heaven and created a door of Taoism. However, when he returned to the sea of stars in his later years, he still couldn't forget why the woodcutter could see the road on the stele of heaven, but he couldn't see it... "
This story is also over.
There was silence around the stele hut.
Ji Jin said with an ugly face: "Let's not talk about the method used by the woodcutter to see the road in the inscription, just say that this story is recorded in Guiyuan Xiaoshu... Why is Guiyuan Xiaoshu written? Since it is not in the Taoist catalog , how can you believe it? Don’t tell me you just made up a story just to prove me wrong? "
Chen Changsheng shook his head and said: "Guiyuan Xiaoshu is the compilation of the conversations of the first Taoist master Gui Xinghai for a hundred days before returning to Xinghai. His descendants once tried to split the Taoist sect, were convicted of treason, and traced back to their ancestors, so they were not included in the Taoist catalogue, but they are still canonical, and they should be in the palace now, and they can be consulted at any time."
Gou Hanshi said that was indeed the case, looked at Chen Changsheng and nodded slightly. They are all young people who have read Daozang thoroughly and can respond to each other. This feeling is really good. Chen Changsheng had difficult troubles and even grievances with Lishan Sword Sect, but Gou Hanshi had no hostility towards him, and Chen Changsheng also found him more and more pleasing to the eye, largely because of these reasons.
Everyone in the world knows that Gou Hanshi has read Dao Cang thoroughly. After the Ivy Banquet, the reputation of Chen Changsheng who also read Dao Cang has spread widely. At this time, the former narrates and the latter adds. Naturally, he was convinced, only Ji Jin's face became more ugly, and even turned livid.
"Enough." Accompanied by a cold voice, a stele attendant in a white shirt came to the venue.
The stele attendant had white hair all over his temples. Looking at his age, a young examinee who knew him exclaimed, "Mr. Nianguang!"
Chen Changsheng only found out after asking Gou Hanshi that this Mr. Nian Guang was born in the ancestral hall, practiced hard since he was a child, and was quite famous in the world of practice, but for some reason, he entered the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books after taking the second place in a certain year's imperial trial So he took an oath to become a stele attendant, and never left the Tianshu Mausoleum again.
Nian Guang looked at Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng expressionlessly and said: "Whether Wei Guogong or the woodcutter are not practitioners, but you are practitioners. The purpose of viewing the stele is to ask the way of heaven, not on the law and the real way. What Mr. Jin said is not unreasonable, of course, if you insist on creating a new path, it is also an act of courage, and there is nothing wrong with it."
Hearing these words, everyone knew that this respected senior was here to smooth things over.
Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng saluted Mr. Nian Guang without saying anything.
Nian Guang looked at Ji Jin again, frowned slightly, and said with some pity and anger: "It took you only a few years to unravel the seventeen steles of the former mausoleum, and everyone praised you for being as calm as water, but what happened now?" ? Even if the master enshrines our practice, how can we waste time on these mundane matters outside the mausoleum?"
Ji Jin's humiliation of Chen Changsheng was not entirely because of the request from outside the mausoleum, but also because he himself had some emotions. Even if he was unwilling to see Nian Guang appearing in person, he knew that he could not regain the scene in words, and said indifferently: "The state religion It seems that you really value this young man, and actually let you, who has a grudge against the Orthodox Academy, come forward."
Nian Guang frowned slightly.
Ji Jin looked at Chen Changsheng and Gou Hanshi, and said expressionlessly: "A verbal dispute is meaningless in the end, and it may be just a bunch of shit after all. This year, there are forty-four people in the mausoleum for the Dachao Trial. I'd like to see Let's see, whoever unlocks the Sunshine Monument first will unlock more monuments."
Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng came to light the lamp to see the stele tonight, and they didn't come here to argue with each other. The two were not very interested in who could interpret the stele first, so they didn't respond to Ji Jin's provocative sentence with obvious contempt. Meaningful words, but if they don't speak, it doesn't mean that other companions have such a good temper.
A clear but extremely frivolous voice came from the mountain road.
"A hundred years ago, the Holy Empress ascended the divine way to offer sacrifices to the heavens on behalf of the late emperors. She was extremely displeased when she saw the names of the fastest enlightened Taoists in history engraved on the stele in front of the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven. It was extremely vulgar to write the list one after another, so he ordered Mr. Zhou Tong to take the ax himself and chisel out all the names engraved on the stele. I don’t want to think that in the Tianshu Mausoleum tonight, there are people who still remember the vulgar actions of those years and speak nonsense. Are you dissatisfied with the will of the empress back then? Or are you so stupid that you don’t know if this action is desecrating the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books?”
The world knows this story. But to be honest, although the leaderboard on that stele has been destroyed, in the hearts of all practitioners, that stele still exists, and no one can forget the names that once hung on it, such as Zhou Dufu, such as Jiao Lord Zong, like Wang Zhice, what Ji Jin said earlier, is something that many people care about, but the person who came up the mountain path ignored it at all, and held up the will of the Holy Empress, saying it in an incomparably grandiose manner. It is to make people speechless, let alone refute it face-to-face, who dares
Hearing that voice, Chen Changsheng shook his head, Gou Hanshi also heard it, and his smile was slightly astringent. The two retreated to the side, knowing that since that guy had arrived, if they wanted to scold and fight, it would be their turn.
Ji Jin didn't know who came, his face was extremely gloomy, as if water was about to drip, Zhong Hui and the other three Huaiyuan scholars were also very angry.
The dim light emitted by the oil lamp on the branch suddenly became brighter as the young man arrived, because the young man's belt was inlaid with dozens of precious gemstones, because the sword hilt by his waist There is also a gemstone, which keeps shining, just like his handsome face.
The eyes of the senior sister from Shengnv Peak lit up.
Tang Thirty-Six arrived, looking at Ji Jin with a gloomy face, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you think what I said is unreasonable? Then why don't you go to Daming Palace and ask the Holy Empress what she thinks?"
Nian Guang frowned slightly, and reprimanded with some displeasure: "Enough."
This respected and respected senior stele attendant had said enough before, Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng stopped talking, but Tang Thirty-Six was not this kind of person, instead he raised his eyebrows a little higher, and said: "You too Don't think about getting along with me, and don't show your seniority in front of me, this is Tianshu Mausoleum, you can't fight, so what am I afraid of you?"
Nian Guang was suffocated when he heard the words.
Tang Thirty-Six looked at Ji Jin again, and said, "Similarly, you can't hit me, let alone kill me. If I laugh at you, what can you do to me? Want to scold me? I'm not Chen Changsheng That kind of boring gourd is not a hypocrite like Gou Hanshi who pays attention to demeanor. When it comes to swearing, you are really no match for me. If you are not willing, you can let your disciples and grandchildren be by my side when I observe the stele tomorrow and enlighten me. Beat the gongs and drums to see if it can affect me in the slightest, do you really think I didn't prepare fluffy and comfortable earplugs?"
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