Chapter 2 Nobility
Speaking of swords, before entering the Buddha, the old monk was also a person who used swords, and he came from the distant Chang'an.
The blind-eyed old monk named Lefan, whose original name was Chen Chikuang, was born in a poor family, but his talent was extraordinary.
That year, when I saw the Chang'an flower courtesan fish on the pleasure boat, I could never forget it.
At that time, he spent all his money just to see Yu Jiusi.
Yu Jiusi stayed in the door and stayed in the heavy rain for three days, and he couldn't even touch Jiusi in the slightest.
After that day, he heard that Yu Jiusi married a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou.
He was so crazy that he was deeply moved by the sword that he became the most outstanding sword cultivator in Chang'an.
Ten years later, he asked the world's cultivators for swords in Chang'an, and crossed the border with the five realms of cultivation, and became the Chang'an sword master.
After he became Jian Kui, Yu Jiusi, who had become a mother, personally visited Chang'an from Yangzhou and said that he had admired Chikuang for a long time and wanted to stay with Chen Chikuang.
That day he smiled miserably and left only one sentence: "You are not my lover, but the Chang'an Jiankui, the number one name in the world."
Then he sealed his sword, left the capital, and became an old monk in Waixutuo Temple in Jishui Town.
Now, when he saw Chen Qingshan, he couldn't help but think of some past events.
The big Buddha in Sutuo Temple is three feet tall, but it is just a clay sculpture. The incense is rippling in front of the Buddha. The blind-eyed old monk took some incense ash and took them to the two of them. This was considered to relieve the poison on their bodies. As for the external injuries on their bodies, they still need to rest.
"Master, why don't you cast a golden body for the Buddha, just like the Dragon Prince next to you?" Chen Qingshan looked at the mud Buddha, lowered his eyebrows and looked at him, and always felt that he was not arrogant enough.
The blind-eyed old monk smiled: "The clay sculpture is good. If it is broken, I will go to the yard to get some clay and stir it with water to repair it. The Buddha is in the soil, and the Buddha is in the soil."
Chen Qingshan could not understand it halfway. He asked again why the Dragon Prince's temple could not block the ancient corpse. Isn't it the golden light of the mind power?
The old monk explained to Chen Qingshan the reason: he got up and left his soul early. He was not within the Three Realms and Five Elements. He would not see the golden light. If he could not see it, he would naturally be useless to it.
Later, Chen Qingshan and Wu Guanshan rested in the temple.
On the second day, Chen Qingshan and Wu Guanshan climbed the Tang Dynasty building outside the town early together. The little monk Sanzang also followed him and wanted to go to Jishui Town to buy some incense and candles.
Chen Qingshan likes to climb high buildings because on high buildings, everything in the world becomes smaller and he loses a lot of troubles.
This world is very big. The Tang Dynasty is in the middle, with the demon court and Tubo in the south. There are barbarians in the northwest. There are extremely cold places outside the Great Wall in the north. As for the east, there are endless seas, with mermaids and beautiful silk weaving.
As for the further distance, Chen Qingshan didn't know much about it.
However, before the Tang Dynasty was established, a monk left Yangguan and sat in the desert of Loulan for more than 30 years. Then he crossed Kunlun and committed suicide alone to the demon court. After leaving three thousand secret treasures on the southernmost mountain of Lengjia, he became a Buddha. Therefore, the southernmost mountain of the world should be Lengjia Mountain.
A bunch of Baihe River flows northwards, reminding Chen Qingshan of the ancient saying "The dead are like this". There is a stone arch bridge above the Baihe River, and a rusty iron sword hanging at the lowest point of the stone bridge, which is said to be to prevent the dragon from walking away.
You can see a wheelbarrow appearing on the stone bridge, with soldiers in front and behind the car.
The person in front of him is a BMW with a jade saddle. He is in his hand with a bronze spear, majestic and a groom of the second realm.
The ways of practicing in this world are different, but they can be roughly divided into nine realms, from low to high.
The appearance of this groom means that a noble man has arrived in Jishui Town.
Chen Qingshan and the other two all cast curious eyes. There was a brand on the carriage, which was a green wheat ear, which was unique to Changqing Academy.
There are countless academies in the world, but only three can convey cultural context: Shengyan, Bailu, and Changqing.
Shengyan Academy was created by saints and was orthodox in the world. Changqing and Bailu both came from Shengyan and later formed a lineage. Shengyan Academy is in Shendu, Bailu is on the side of Longhu Mountain in Yuzhangzhou, and Changqing is adjacent to the Bohai Sea.
The noble man from the Bohai Sea didn’t know what he was doing in this small Jishui Town?
There were three people in the car, a clear boy, and two middle-aged Confucian scholars. The three of them sat opposite each other. Through the car, they saw Chen Qingshan and others on the Tang Building.
"The little official, the knife sharpener, and a little novice monk. It's interesting to be together." Guo Yun, a middle-aged scholar in the carriage, smiled. A shadow appeared beside him, including mountains, rivers, birds, fish and insects.
Guo Yun once watched paintings in Chang'an and was able to find some of the essence of painting saint Wu Daozi. He also entered the Tao with paintings and entered the sixth realm of Confucianism and Taoism, becoming a famous scholar in the world.
The opposite side is also a great Confucian scholar, with a level of similarity to Guo Yun, named Wang Xu, who is good at regular script and is a Confucian and Taoist scholar who is good at regular script.
Wang Xu tasted the tea and replied: "A gentleman is harmonious but different. These three people seem to be as old as His Highness."
As he said that, he looked at the Qinglang boy. The Qinglang boy was wearing a bright yellow Confucian robe and had a faint nobility between his eyebrows.
The so-called nobleman refers to him, the parent-child of the Pilgrimage Emperor, His Thirteenth Highness, was appointed to the Changqing Academy of Bohai, and was a master of the two great scholars, Wang and Zhang. They were also a Confucian scholar who was in the early realm and inquire about academic realm.
The Thirteenth Prince glanced at the three people on the Tang Building. It was indeed as the king said. They were about the same age as him, but they were only about the same age.
The Thirteenth Prince just glanced at the three of them and stopped caring, just like the eagle in the sky would not deliberately pay attention to the shrimps and crabs in the mud.
The Thirteenth Prince held the disciple's etiquette: "Master Guo, Master Wang, Jishui Town is ahead. Let's wait here first. When we see, the monk Chongsheng from Nanzhao should be coming soon. Whether he can successfully enter the capital will have to work hard."
"It should be." Upon hearing this, Wang Xu and Guo Yun replied at the same time, their faces turning abrupt, and they obviously attached great importance to what the Thirteenth Prince said.
The so-called monk Chongsheng of Nanzhao is actually the King of Nanzhao.
As a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao has always had a tradition of respecting Buddha. A few days ago, the contemporary King of Nanzhao became a monk and had a Dharma name Chongsheng. In order to show his piety, he wanted to go north to Chang'an to meet the saint, and then study Buddhist principles at Dafeng Temple for three years.
Outside the Longshou Pass of Nanzhao is Tubo. To the east of Tubo is a demon court that is known to have tens of monsters inhabited. If Nanzhao is taken, Tubo and the demon court can directly enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
The Zhennan Pass and the Longshou Pass of the Datang Dynasty were geographically pincerized. The Longshou Pass resisted Tubo and the Zhennan Pass fought with the demon court. The two watched over each other, which made the Tubo and the demon court defeat each other in the border war and could not make any progress.
Therefore, when Chongsheng set out to Chang'an, the Tubo and the demon court in the south also moved. They wanted to intercept and kill the Chongsheng monk on the road and shake the foundation of Nanzhao.
The Thirteenth Prince and the two great scholars of Changqing Academy came to Beijing for the successful entry of this saint monk.
Chen Qingshan and the other two, who were not sure that the water collection was in chaos, went down from the Tang Building and discussed the identity of the visitor, while following the carriage and horses, returning to Jishui Town.
As soon as I entered Sifang Street, I saw a beautiful woman calling Chen Qingshan and asking him to help deliver wine. No one knew her real name, but only called her Peach Blossom Lady. The reason should be the relationship between the ever-blooming peach blossom tree behind the wine temple.
Because of peach blossoms, this originally nameless wine temple was called the Peach Blossom Wine Temple by the people in the town. This nameless woman naturally called her Peach Blossom Lady.
That heavy snow that year, Mrs. Taohua once gave Chen Qingshan a pot of wine in Baishi Lane, so Chen Qingshan always thought that Mrs. Taohua was a good person.
"Boy Chen, take the money on the table, take it yourself." Mrs. Taohua smiled and stood outside the wine palace, wearing a plain dress with cloud patterns embroidered with golden stitches on her head, and lightly tapped the fan in her hand and pointed to the store, charming but not demonic.
Chen Qingshan probably said that after leaving Sanzang and Wu Guanshan, he went to the Jiuan to collect the silver and money. After confirming the address, he slowly pulled up the wooden cart that had been prepared and filled with wine.
The wooden wheel pressed on the bluestone slab, making a slight "crunch" sound. The wine was not heavy, so Chen Qingshan didn't have much effort to pull it up.
Chen Qingshan pulled the car, walked past the bustling crowd, and turned around the corner of the street.
There is a loft on the corner of the street. On the loft, the three thirteenth princes looked at the Taohua Jiu Temple from afar.
The great scholar Guo Yun said, "This seems to be the monster in the imperial tomb back then."
"Have you stole the demon of Yuhuangzhan? If so, I can only ask the master of the Tianshu Courtyard to take action. Unexpectedly, there will be unexpected gains in this trip." The Thirteenth Prince stood with his hands behind his back in the attic, and his lips slowly curled up.
In the spring of the 14th year of Guangqi, a demon in the Tang Dynasty imperial tomb pirated his spiritual wisdom and left the capital. This demon now appeared in Jishui Town by chance.
Chapter completed!