Chapter 7 Lu Ming (Three)

It is said that snakes drill holes and mice drill holes, and each has its own way.

With the separate efforts of several "minded people", Taiyuan City, which was already "lively", was twice as lively as soon as it was "lively". During the day, horsemen, swordsmen, patrolled in groups, patrolling the streets of the city, and never missed a suspicious face; at night, begging for food, picking up side doors, and shooting flowers, then scrambling around the alleys, chasing the sound of wind and cranes with their ears and eyes.

Compared with the noisy in the city, Yunfengling, which is more than 350 miles away from Taiyuan, looks particularly quiet. This is already the hinterland of Luliang Mountain, with mountains and scarce flat land, so the population is very thin. Even Lishicheng at the foot of the mountain only gathers more than 1,500 families. It is located near Tokyo Bianliang, and it is estimated that even a county is not qualified. However, because its geographical location is close to Dingnan Army, it is called Shizhou.

Since the Huang Chao Rebellion, under the leadership of the Tuoba family, the Dangxiang people continued to penetrate southwest along the Wuding River. The two states in the north became the front line against the Khitans. Therefore, the lives of the people of Shizhou became more and more difficult. The wealthy and powerful families, who had money and solutions, tried to move to Jinzhou, Xijing, and even further away Jiangling. The common people who had no money and had no choice but to put their heads on their waists and counted on their day. (Note 1)

As hard days pass, people will become more and more numb. They no longer care about most of the things that are happening outside, nor do they think about whether they have the possibility of changing their destiny. However, in recent times, a light has rarely appeared on the faces of the people of Shizhou. Meeting on the road is also rare to have a topic that everyone loves to participate in. That is, in the long-abandoned reclining Buddha temple on Yunfengling outside the city, there were several Taoists who came to see a doctor and take medicine without taking any penny.

It is not surprising that Taoist priests live in abandoned Buddhist temples. The monks emphasize that Buddha relies on gold clothes. When there is no big donor to rely on in a place, they will naturally leave and continue to cheat in another place. However, Taoists emphasize that they are clear-hearted and have no desires and are not bound by external things. When traveling around, they see a dilapidated temple to clean up, which can just cultivate their nature and cultivate themselves. What is strange is that the medical skills of those Taoists are far greater than any wise doctor who has seen before. Even if they cannot be said to be "life and death, flesh and bones," the difficult and complicated diseases that some local doctors cannot solve have been greatly alleviated, and even the miracle of curing the disease occurs frequently under everyone's noses.

"I'm afraid it's a god. I pity my world, and I came to rescue me!" All the wealthy families of the high-ranking families left, which was equivalent to taking away all the literary spirits. The remaining several reading seeds that were waiting for death with ordinary people were mostly half-buckets of water that had no knowledge and were not pious enough to teach saints. I saw one of the originally terminally ill neighbors who had escaped from death one after another, and immediately thought of the extraordinary power.

But what they say is often true. Therefore, the news of the gods from Yunfengling spread like wildfire. Now, not only were patients within a hundred miles of radius carried towards the Reclining Buddha Temple by their families, but even some idle men with complete hands and strong muscles ran to the gate of the temple to ask for a master to learn skills.

If you can't learn the magic of turning stones into gold, it's always good to be given a few sword techniques by the immortals. Next time, if Dangxiang Yaozi dares to cross the border to hit the grass valley, he will pinch the tricks and chant the spell. He will directly split them and the man and horse with flying swords through two sections at a distance that the feather arrow cannot shoot.

The group of "land gods" were also generous. Whether they came to seek medical treatment or apprenticeship or practice immortality, they would not refuse anyone. But there were only three premises that were unwilling to be able to be compatible with anyone, that is, first, no one was allowed to enter the Taoist temple without permission. Second, the Reclining Buddha Temple, which was renamed Yunfeng Temple, only treated medical treatment and taught all the skills of strengthening the body, but did not care about food and accommodation. Even if the young master of the governor came, he had to bring his own tents and dry food. Third, he was not allowed to inquire about the matter in the temple. Those who were suspected of spying news would be chased away immediately, and no one would beg for mercy.

Everyone can barely understand the first one. After all, the original scale of the Reclining Buddha Temple is not very large, and anyone can live in it. Just the grains and reincarnation things produced every day will have to kill the immortals. But the next two are very incomprehensible. Although it is already spring, the wind in the mountains is still as sharp as scissors. If you let everyone sleep outside, aren’t you going to make life go wrong? Besides, since everyone calls you a “god”, they naturally want to spread your name. You don’t even ask your name or surname, don’t you even want to give everyone the chance to repay their kindness?

But no matter how dissatisfied the people outside the door, the Taoist priests in the door do their own things. Moreover, they do have the capital to do their own things. A few strong men who were eager to enter the mountain gate could not keep their minds and tried to break through together. They were actually beaten to the priest with a broom and directly used a broom to make a fallen flower and water. The Taoist priest looked at his age, in his seventies or eighties, and his white beard drooped directly from his chin to his knees. Even if he was carrying a broom to chase the "defeated soldiers" all over the mountain, he was drifting away without any confusion.

Even a Taoist priest who swept the floor could beat five strong men to the ground for teeth. Wouldn't those personal and direct disciples be even more amazing? As for the Gods and Immortals, although so far, only a few seriously ill people have seen his true appearance, since he can snatch people from the King of Hell, how could he not have boundless magic power? (Note 2)

"There are probably many tests and rules under such powerful disciples. It is probably difficult for us to be included in the gate of the gate!" The person who broke through the mountain gate was beaten and bleeding. He followed the rules and waited for the "immortals" to be attracted to, but he could only learn simple punches and feet every day. Slowly, among the people who came to learn from their masters, some people could not stand the pain of sleeping in the open and turned around and turned around.

But there are also a few strong-minded people who stayed desperately and built a house in front of the Taoist temple. Their reason is very simple. Gods do not accept disciples, but to test whether everyone is sincere. If you don’t believe it, you see, among the Taoist priests who took the initiative to help take medicine in the past two days, why did there be another white and clean little fat man? Just like that clumsy, you will know that he was just taken over by the gods. The time will only be later than everyone, and it is impossible to be earlier than everyone. If you don’t believe it, look at the little Taoist nun next to him, it is obvious that he has not yet finished his old love and is hard to give up. If you have been practicing Taoism for many years and your eyes are facing each other, how could you reveal so much obsession?

1: From the late Tang Dynasty to the Later Zhou Dynasty, Shizhou was close to the Dingnan Army. Tuoba Sigong, the governor of the Dingnan Army, was originally a tribal leader. He was granted the title of Li for suppressing the Huang Chao uprising for the Tang Dynasty and was granted the surname Li. From then on, until the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Tuoba (Li) family expanded everywhere by making a fortune. On the surface, they accepted the title of the Later Tang Dynasty, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, and Song Dynasty. Until 1038, Li Yuanhao officially announced his independence and his country was named Daxia.
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