Tianshi Mansion at the foot of Longhu Mountain in Yingtan.
Zhang Yuanqi walked first, and Zhang Leyao took a half step behind. It was not even May, and the land of Guangdong and Guangxi was gradually getting hotter. The two of them were wearing much thinner clothes, but Zhang Yuanqi was still carrying the Bagua umbrella.
Arriving in front of the Tianshi Mansion, I saw a person coming out of the side door. The person had a sad face and frowned. He caught a glimpse of Zhang Yuanqi trying to put on a smile: "Yuanqi is back?"
"Cao Gaogong? What are you..."
Cao Gaogong sighed and said, "Isn't it because of Abbot Guanzhong? Unfortunately, the old Heavenly Master went to Shanghai, and I heard it will take a few days to return."
"Shanghai? Oh, I think you are busy with the Chinese Taoist Association." Zhang Yuanqi nodded and said.
Baiyun Temple set up a Taoist Association in the capital, attracting Taoist temples from the Quanzhen lineage. Tianshi Zhang Yuanchao was naturally angry. If you don't want to play with me, then I will play by myself. I immediately established a Taoist Association in Shanghai.
, spread hero posts widely, and invite Taoist temples from non-zhengyi lineages to participate.
It was also at this time that all Taoist sects in China were completely divided into Zhengyi and Quanzhen. Before that, apart from the Zhengyi sect that commanded Sanshan Fulu, the other sects that were not Quanzhen were not placed under the jurisdiction of Zhengyi.
Relying on his connections and strong foundation, the old Heavenly Master Zhang Yuanchao stirred up troubles in Shanghai, wooing, dividing, and suppressing. At this time, he had already absorbed most of the non-Quanzhen Taoist sects from all over the south into the Zhengyi lineage.
Zhang Yuanqi then said: "Cao Gaogong might as well wait for two more days, my brother will always come back."
Cao Gaogong smiled bitterly and said: "That's the only way it can be. There is already a prison in the temple, and here comes an abbot who doesn't know anything, but they don't get along... If the trouble continues, the small Taoist temple will fight.
Got it!"
"Ah? Is it already so serious?"
Cao Gaogong just shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Let’s talk about why the Tianshi Mansion, together with the Kong family and the Zhu family, were called the Three Families in the World during the Ming Dynasty? In addition to enjoying honor, the hereditary Celestial Master also has the power to confer imperial officials and confer urns.
Needless to say, the ultimatum of the Three Mountains Talisman will have no effect if it is not stamped with the seal of the Celestial Master. Even if the imperial court issued the ultimatum, it will be useless. Without the seal of the Celestial Master, the Zhengyi technique cannot be used.
In addition, there is also the power to confer Taoist officials. Where there are people, there are naturally rivers and lakes, small Taoist temples, although the sparrow is small but has all the internal organs. The upper part is usually the prison, and some have an abbot, and the lower part is the guest.
The eight major deacons, including the liao, the treasury, the account, the classics, the classics, the hall, and the account, are responsible for eight aspects of affairs.
In addition, there are three capitals, five principals and eighteen heads.
If the level is low, the Tianshi Mansion will not need to intervene, but as long as it reaches the level of deacon or three capitals, the Tianshi Mansion will intervene. All rewards, punishments, appointments and dismissals will be decided by the Tianshi Mansion.
It is precisely because of such huge power that the Zhang family can be considered by the Kong family to be on the same level as themselves.
In order to hold the Celestial Master Seal, the Zhang family was afraid of being deprived of the position of Celestial Master by their relatives, and in order to ensure the purity of their bloodline, they had always practiced intermarriage within the family. This had lasted for sixty-three generations, so naturally one generation was inferior to the other.
Zhang Daoen is mean and ungrateful, and his father Zhang Yuanchao is not much better. Now the Tianshi Mansion has clearly marked the price, an ordinary prayer charm costs an ocean, and one with the Tianshi seal immediately soars to twenty yuan.
Zhang Lu has ten yuan of ocean. Various Taoist officials vary according to the size of the Taoist temple. If they want to serve as a prison guard in a popular Taoist temple, there is no one who can't get down to three thousand yuan.
Moreover, Zhang Yuanchao also played a trick of marrying one woman to two husbands. He had just sold a Taoist temple prison and then sold it to an abbot. Both of them spent a lot of money, so naturally they thought
To get back the money, there will naturally be a fierce fight for financial rights.
Cao Gaogong went to Tianshi Mansion several times for this purpose, but returned without success every time.
Lao Gaogong had been practicing all his life, but he had no foundation, so he could not be considered a Taoist. But he was a simple man, and Zhang Yuanqi really couldn't bear to tell him that the reason why he returned without success was because he had no money.
After exchanging a few pleasantries and sending Cao Gaogong away, Zhang Yuanqi led Zhang Leyao into the house.
Since the contemporary Celestial Master Zhang Yuanchao has gone to Shanghai, the two of them don't need to be nervous. Zhang Yuanqi went to find people in the mansion to inquire about the matter, while Zhang Leyao returned to the mansion on his own.
When they arrived at the backyard of the house, they saw a boy of fifteen or six running towards him like crazy. When he got in front of Zhang Leyao, he couldn't stop and was about to fall down as soon as he stepped on the garlic.
Zhang Leyao touched her hand gently, and the young man swayed for a few times before standing still. He looked up at Zhang Leyao with a happy face and opened his mouth: "Ah... Ababa... ah..."
"Well, I'm back." Zhang Leyao looked at his younger brother with a smile. He glanced at the whip marks on his face and immediately changed his expression: "Xiaosi, who beat you?"
Xiaosi just smiled and shook his head.
The servant chased the general from behind. Seeing that the person coming was Zhang Leyao, he immediately bowed and said: "Oh, it's the eldest lady who is back. The younger one will go and tell the lady immediately."
"Wait a minute!" Zhang Leyao said with a frosty face: "Who hit Xiaosi?"
"This... Miss, please don't ask anymore."
Zhang Leyao took a deep breath: "Is it Zhang Dao'en again?"
The servant hesitated and did not dare to speak.
Zhang Leyao secretly gritted her teeth and made up her mind to look good to Zhang Daoen when she came back. She had only been away for a few months, and this evil boy returned to his old ways. He must have forgotten the eldest sister's fist!
Xiaosi pulled Zhang Leyao and led him into the house, and Zhang Leyao entered the house.
There were several children in the room, some were born blind, some had crooked mouths and eyes, or some had twisted limbs. Although the doors and windows were open, there was a rotten smell inside.
Looking very similar to Zhang Leyao, a woman over fifty years old was holding a bowl of soup and giving medicine to a teenage girl with a smile.
The maid stood by and saw Xiaosi leading Zhang Leyao through the door. She immediately said in surprise: "Madam, the eldest lady is back."
"Le Yao?" The woman put down the porcelain bowl and hurriedly came over. She looked up and down, her nose became sore and tears fell down: "You child, you are suffering outside."
Zhang Leyao looked at Gu Jing Wubo and said, "I have suffered a bit, but it was only thanks to my friends that I didn't die tragically outside."
"Ah?" the woman asked after questioning. Seeing that Zhang Leyao didn't say anything, she turned around and said, "Don't blame your father. He is a powerful Celestial Master. The Celestial Master's Mansion has its own rules. How can it tolerate a woman who has not left the palace?"
Are you going to be away from home? Besides, Dao En also said that you were not clear with people in Jinmen..."
"I'm not unclear about it." It's about showing affection and not being polite. Tell Fei Jingting your feelings clearly. What's wrong with it?
Zhang's mother took Zhang Leyao's hand and sat him down, sighing and saying: "No matter what, it's good that you are back. Now your father can no longer use spells to punish you... I gave you a photo some time ago.
We have a good marriage, and your father is also very interested in it. That person is just a few years away from you, and if you get married in the future, you might be able to give birth to a smart child..."
"Mother!" Zhang Leyao interrupted: "I don't want to marry!"
"Silly boy, you will be twenty after the Chinese New Year and you are already an old girl. How can you keep putting off getting married?"
"Mom, what I said is that I don't want to marry that Zhang Daoyuan, I already have a sweetheart."
"You...you...are fooling around!" Mother Zhang was shocked and looked past Zhang Leyao towards the door, fearing that Zhang Leyao's words would be overheard by others. She winked, and after greeting her maid, the servants took the mutilated bodies to the door.
After taking the child away, the maid quietly went to the door to look out.
Zhang's mother lowered her voice and said: "You are the daughter of the Zhang family, how can you marry outside the family? Don't mention this matter again. If your father hears about it, he will punish you."
"If you punish me, I will punish you. Anyway, my daughter has to make her own decision this time."
"You kid..."
"Mother! You and your father are... brothers from the same mother. Have you ever thought about secretly leaving this purgatory-like Tianshi Mansion?"
Zhang's mother looked dazed, as if she had remembered the situation that day. Before her wedding, her biological mother gave her a packet of brown medicinal powder, saying that if she took it on the night of the wedding, everything would be over. After the wedding, her biological mother went crazy and finally died of hanging from a beam.
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In the following years, there were consecutive miscarriages and stillbirths, and Zhang Leyao was successfully born in the tenth year.
Thirty years passed before her eyes. Mother Zhang shook her head and sighed: "It's all fate, what can you do?"
Zhang Leyao said solemnly: "It is because of disbelief in fate that only those of my generation have embarked on the path of spiritual practice. Mother, if he comes to propose marriage in the future, please don't stop me."
Zhang's mother started to cry, but she couldn't say anything. She was just a fertility tool that extended the pure bloodline of the Zhang family. She had never been loved by Zhang Tianshi. Even if she tried to persuade her, what would be the use?
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The river was rushing, and the bamboo rafts in front kept beating the drums, and the leader of the row couldn't stop casting spells. Behind them were more than a dozen people carrying goods, and the bamboo rafts carrying people followed closely behind, breaking through the wind and waves and heading down the river.
On the bamboo raft, Fei Jingting and Fu Yunzhao looked at the leading bamboo raft with great interest. The person who beat the drum and cast spells was called the leader. The water spells were very mysterious.
The two of them took the train for four days and got off at Pukou. Fei Jingting and Fu Yunzhao didn't make a stop. They bought tickets for the steamboat that day and rode the steamer west along the Yangtze River until they got off the ship at Jiujiang. Then they went to Jiujiang.
Take the land route from Jiujiang to Yuzhang.
After resting for a day in Yuzhang, we headed east again and took the waterway to Yingtan.
Naturally, we had to take a boat to travel by water, but instead of getting on the boat, the two of us got on the bamboo raft of the Paijiao.
Paijiao is a folk sect spread in southern Hunan, and is also spread in Gan Province. The rows used are divided into bamboo rafts, wooden rafts, that is, rafts. There are no shouts in the religion, and there is only one row head.
Not everyone can be a leader. You need to know astronomy and geography, and you also need to learn how to teach Chinese magic.
Apart from other things, Fei Jingting and Fu Yunzhao were amazed at the current technique of calming the wind and waves, as well as the method of "floating the corpse without sinking" when they docked.
What does it mean to float but never sink?
When passing a pier ahead, a fisherman said that his son accidentally fell into the water and drowned. The whereabouts of the body have not yet been found.
The leader muttered something, poured a bowl of water into the river, and soon a body floated up from the bottom of the river.