"Speaking of this, I have to ask you, when did you know the Tao Te Ching?" Gu Qinghuan asked.
Lu Bai wondered, what's so strange about this? The Tao Te Ching should be similar to the Analects of Confucius. Even if the general public knows it, scholars should know something about it and even recite the whole text.
Gu Qinghuan shook his head and then nodded, "You are right."
There are indeed parts of the "Tao Te Ching" that are well-known to the public, such as "The best is like water", and "Tao produces one, one creates two, two produces three, and three produces all things", but that's the limit. The reason why these sentences are well-known
, or because Taoist priests, like monks, often talk about "Amitabha" and "put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately", so many people know about it, but few people know about the detailed scriptures of the Tao Te Ching.
This is because Taoists hold the Tao Te Ching very tightly and rarely let it fall into the hands of ordinary people.
As for why the Taoists keep the "Tao Te Ching" secret from others, it is because for the Taoists, the "Tao Te Ching" is actually the general outline of their practice. Many of the Taoist priests' methods of practice come from the "Tao De Jing" and cannot be changed from it.
Zong.
Since they all practice the contents of the "Tao De Jing", then why is the Taohuaguan family the dominant one?
"This is because Taohuaguan has collected the largest number of Tao Te Ching, which is relatively the most complete," said Gu Qinghuan.
"Wait!"
Lu Bai finally realized what was wrong, "The Tao Te Ching is the most complete? Could it be that the Tao Te Ching collected by Tao Hua Guan is not complete?"
Gu Qinghuan nodded, "Not to mention Taohuaguan's Tao Te Ching. Even if all Taoist sects, including Sanxian and others overseas, collected all the remaining pages of Tao Te Ching, it would still be incomplete. In ancient legends,
, when the "Tao Te Ching" came down from heaven, it was a fragmentary copy."
The Taoist school has half a book of "Tao Te Ching" to talk about self-cultivation, which is similar to the half book of Confucianism to govern the world.
"That's why I stopped you." Gu Qinghuan said.
Regardless of whether what Lu Bai said about the Immortal Sword Sect is true or false, at least the contents of the "Tao Te Ching" sound true and are not enough for outsiders to understand. For example, after the three births of all things, "all things bear yin and embrace yang, and the energy is in harmony", Gu Qinghuan
It is unheard of and should be a secret that the Taoist sect tries its best to hide.
There is also Lu Bai's scripture about the "Three Purities", which is also unheard of. Gu Qinghuan speculates that this scripture is a unique content in the Tao Te Ching collected by a Taoist inheritance that Lu Bai accidentally obtained.
"These contents are top secrets of the sect and are extremely precious. How can you tell them so carelessly?" Gu Qinghuan said.
Lu Bai nodded. If the content of this scripture is really so useful, it would be bad to publicize it.
He slapped his forehead again, feeling regretful. Gu Qinghuan looked at him, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing?" Even though Lu Bai said this, he couldn't help but rub his face with regret, "If I had known that the Tao Te Ching was so powerful, I should have recited the full text of the scripture. Now, I just remember some fragments, ah ah
Ah!”
The more Lu Bai talked, the more regretful he became and couldn't help but stamp his feet.
"What!" Gu Qinghuan was shocked, "There is a full text of the Tao Te Ching, have you seen it?"
She was suddenly curious about Lu Bai's adventure. Could it be that he had made such rapid progress because he had read the full text of the Tao Te Ching? Or was the Immortal Sword Sect that Lu Bai said true?
She had heard from Lu Bai that he met a Taoist priest when he was working on the ghost baby case.
Lu Bai stopped and regretted, knowing that Gu Qinghuan had misunderstood. The "Tao Te Ching" he was talking about was the full text that he had seen in his previous life, not in this world. However, it was even harder to explain, so the misunderstanding continued.
"Fortunately, I still remember some clips. I guess I've never heard of Peach Blossom View." Lu Bai said.
Some of these fragments are in memory, and some can pop out immediately after seeing the context.
Good.
Lu Bai felt that he could use these clips to bluff people. It would be great if he could exchange them for some money or make a deal.
As for him, he really has no use for it.
Lu Bai knew his disadvantages and asked him to study the Tao Te Ching and combine it with the practice methods of this world. It was too difficult for him. He had better hold on to the thigh of the panel and hang it on the wall.
Thinking of this, Lu Bai pulled Gu Qinghuan to sit on the bed and recited the sentence "The Tao can be Tao, it is very Tao, it can be named, it is very named, the nameless beginning of heaven and earth, the name of the mother of all things" and this paragraph, and asked
Has Gu Qinghuan heard of it?
Gu Qinghuan didn't bother to answer.
Because when Lu Bai was carrying it, his hands were not idle at all. As soon as Lu Qinghuan heard the beginning, his mind was no longer here. After an hour, after changing various positions and tossing for a long time, Lu Qinghuan lay down on the bed.
, remember this sentence.
"I've never heard of this before," she said.
She frowned and thought for a while, then pulled the quilt to cover her exquisite body, "It stands to reason that this sentence should be widely spread. This verse - no, this verse has a profound meaning."
Gu Qinghuan fell into deep thought.
Lu Bai was playing with it behind her and said: "It's much deeper. There are non-permanent ways and non-eternal ways. In addition, my sentence segmentation is not necessarily accurate, so after this paragraph, I can understand a lot more meaning."
Gu Qinghuan nodded, now she thought more deeply.
While she was meditating, she said leisurely: "This verse is not only profound, but also very subversive. I guess other Taoist sects don't have this verse at all."
Lu Bai stopped his movements and said in surprise: "Really? It seems that this half of the Tao Te Ching is very incomplete. There is no beginning of the Tao Te Ching."
This is almost the essence of the entire "Tao Te Ching". At the beginning, it still contains an outline of the entire scripture, but this paragraph does not exist in this world, which shows the incompleteness of the "Tao Te Ching".
"Is this the beginning?" Gu Qinghuan thought thoughtfully.
Lu Bai didn't give her much time to think, because his interest came back and he couldn't help but pat her back. After another hour, after a lot of tossing, Lu Bai, who had exhausted all his energy, quickly fell asleep.
However, Gu Qinghuan was not sleepy at all, but his eyes were wide open.
After a while, Lu Qinghuan got up, covered Lu Bai with a quilt, put on some underwear and got out of bed.
She just sat down at the table.
Yun Niang walked in from outside, stood in front of Gu Qinghuan, and whispered: "Madam, the bath water is ready."
Gu Qinghuan nodded.
Lu Bai was so tormented that he made her sweat every time, so Lu Qinghuan would take a bath after every time.
Lu Bai, on the other hand, was calm and relaxed, and could not see the appearance of cattle working at all.
Gu Qinghuan quickly returned to the table, letting his wet hair hang on his back, holding his chin in his left hand, and holding a pen in his right hand. He kept thinking about the verse Lu Bai said, and his thoughts fell unconsciously.
Go in and write in handwriting on the paper.
"The Tao can be Tao, but it is not the eternal Tao." Gu Qinghuan pondered.
She believed what Lu Bai said. This is the beginning of the scripture. This sentence in the scripture can be said to be mysterious and mysterious, and it is the door to all the wonders of Taoism and Dharma.
Before I knew it, it was dawn, and there were several rooster crows outside.
Only then did Gu Qinghuan come back from his thoughts.
She stood up and stretched. She felt energetic and not very tired, but she still decided to go back to bed to rest. She probably wouldn't be able to leave this morning. There was no case, but there was no case. The snowflakes were still falling, so it was not suitable.
On the way.
Lu Bai was still sleeping, sleeping very familiarly.
Although Lu Qinghuan lay down, his thoughts still fell into deep thought unconsciously, gradually entering a state where he was half awake and half asleep, forgetting himself, and his thoughts were wandering. When Lu Bai woke up, she noticed it, but she did not wake up or open her eyes.
eyes, but continued to be immersed in selflessness.
When Lu Bai saw that Gu Qinghuan was still sleeping and his face was shiny, he thought it was because of his moisturizing, so he got up very proudly.
Yun Niang walked in silently, helped Lu Bai get dressed, and then told Lu Bai that Hong Tailang and Erha were back and were resting in the room.
Lu Bai nodded.
He was too tired yesterday. He originally planned to call the city god from Ankang City to ask, but now it seems that he can only postpone it until the evening.
After Lu Bai washed up, he went to Hong Tailang's room.
The two people huddled together on a bed, covering their bodies with quilts. They didn't want to poke their heads out, so they just breathed through their noses.
"You really want to hibernate." Lu Bai called them up.
Hong Tailang was unwilling, "It's not about hibernation or not, it's too, too cold." After that, he sneezed.
Lu Bai thought they were exaggerating, "You guys are covered with such a thick quilt, why are you still so cold?"
"It's so miserable to be a human being. I have no hair on my body." Erha stuck his head out.
They used to transform back into wolves during the winter.
However, now that they are in the city, in order not to cause panic, they can only turn into humans. However, in human form, they always feel like they are running naked, with no clothes on their bodies, and naturally no fur to keep them warm.
"Okay." Lu Bai asked them to talk about the people and things they asked them to check yesterday. "Did you find anything?"
The two of them found out, and Hong Tailang said proudly: "In the human city, there may be nothing we can do, but in the mountains and forests, it is still very simple to find out."
Relying on Erha's nose, they quickly found the source of the soil in the mountains and forests to the north.
"But to be honest, the mountains and plains are covered with this kind of soil. It's quite difficult to find a hole." Erha said.
Fortunately, the most indispensable things in the mountains and forests are wild wolves and foxes. They are monsters and are naturally proficient in animal language. The people under Mr. Shi Qi were making a lot of noise digging at the grave, so they quickly found the burial place.
"It's in the forest to the north, halfway up the mountain." Hong Tailang said.
"In a field or in the wilderness?" Lu Bai asked, "A thick burial or a hasty burial?"
This is important.
"A generous burial," Hong Tailang said.
There is almost no need to check. If it were not a grand burial, there would be a coffin thrown aside, as well as the clothes in the coffin.
"It was scattered all over the ground." Hong Tailang said.
As for the seats, I can't tell you.
"Although it is halfway up the mountain, the tomb was originally far away from the fields. However, before the heavy snowfall, the Jinyiwei of Ankang City set a fire. Now the fire has burned halfway up the mountain, only twenty or thirty steps away from the tomb." Erha said.
"A fire?" Lu Bai asked.
Hong Tailang nodded, "Almost since last winter, Ankang City has been setting fire to wasteland."
They learned from the wild wolves that in the past, the boundaries of the wilderness were not only on the mountains, but also at the foot of the mountains, they had to walk some distance before reaching human farming areas. However, starting from last winter, people in Ankang City began to set fire to reclaim the land.
, many mountains and forests were burned down.
Hong Tailang and the others went to check after they came down from the mountain.
The soil quality of newly reclaimed land is indeed different from that of land that has been cultivated for a long time.
Lu Bai frowned, "The monsters in the forest didn't resist?"
"How is that possible?" Hong Tailang asked Lu Bai not to underestimate the monsters.
The wilderness is the home of monsters and wild beasts. If the wasteland is burned and ignored, one hectare will be burned today and three acres will be burned tomorrow. Sooner or later they will be homeless. What's more, this is Jiangnan, where humans flourish, and the cultivated land is burned almost every year.
As it expands into the wilderness, the string in the monster's heart has already become tense.
At that time the monsters resisted.
But firstly, the fever was sudden, and secondly, most of the monsters living in the nearby human city were small monsters, and the Jinyiwei were well prepared, so the monsters who resisted were killed by the Jinyiwei.
Then, Jin Yiwei handed over the land to those who had lost their land and asked them to open up wasteland.
Naturally, the monsters will not give up.
After they regrouped, they took advantage of the Jinyiwei's unpreparedness and often harassed the people who were reclaiming the mountains and forests.
Many people died in the hands of monsters.
"These are what the monsters on the mountain told me," Hong Tailang said.
In addition to searching for tombs, they also went to the mountains yesterday.
As a monster king, they easily found the monsters. As it was said in Ankang City, there were indeed many rebels who ate and lived with the monsters and resisted Ankang City together.
Lu Bai was surprised, "As far as I know, those people who resisted were those who lost their land and were supposed to open up wasteland, right?"
Yesterday, Bai Qianhu said that after they took the people's land into their hands, they would also give them land to cultivate. Obviously, these lands were obtained from the hands of monsters, so the monsters harmed these people, and they should be enemies.
right.
"That's right. At first, these people also hated monsters." Hong Tailang nodded.
However, the people in power in Ankang City went too far. They did not wait for these people to settle down. They started to collect taxes just after a season. Moreover, because it was the land where Jin Yiwei burned wasteland, exterminated demons and protected the land, they had extra guards.
Tax.
It is difficult to open up wasteland.
These people who lost their land were hungry to open up wasteland and dig food in the land. As soon as they had some hope of survival, they were weighed down by the mountain of taxes on their shoulders.
They still have to hand it over. If they don't hand it over, the newly reclaimed land will be confiscated, and then they will use various means to convert the land into the Shi family's land. The people who reclaimed the wasteland have only two choices, starve to death, or
Work for the Shi family, become a tenant farmer of the Shi family, and continue to reclaim these wastelands for the Shi family.
"Good guy." Lu Bai could only call him a good guy.
"Later on, the Shi family and Jinyiwei in Ankang City kept using this trick and reclaimed many mountains and forests. Even if the big monsters took action, because Master Shi Qi, a master of moving mountains, was there, the monsters were still retreating. In the end, they could only
Take your anger out on the people who are cultivating the land."
Everyone has one head or two heads, and no one is stupid. The people soon discovered that as long as they stayed in Ankang City for one day, they could not even think about having their own land. They had only two futures, either death or becoming a stone.
A sharecropper.
However, people are smart after all.
They thought of the third way, which is to not be a human being.
So they fled into the mountains and forests and became what Jin Yiwei called the rebels.
"In addition to the people who lost their land, there are also some people who have deep hatred against the Jin Yiwei and the Shi family in Ankang City," Erha said.
Not all the former landowners in Ankang City mortgaged their fields.