"The king has become more and more disobedient recently."
In the nine-day cloud platform, Liang Tao's eagle-browed face appeared on the four-point mirror, slightly sullenly: "How did you do things in Xingluo County? You can't control the success of suppressing bandits in your hands. How can you entrust it to others in the future?"
Important responsibility?"
Liang Shuo respectfully replied: "Grandpa, it's not because of my grandson's laziness. The Huaiying Pavilion has repeatedly shown hospitality, and Wei Xiuwen was once an old member of the Luo family. With such collusion, it is difficult for my grandson to intervene. What's more, the Immortal has become more and more sluggish in recent times.
After each summons, it takes a long time to condense the pure energy and consolidate the true form."
Liang Tao said: "In the final analysis, the immortal general is just a hawk and dog on your hand. He occasionally throws in a few pieces of meat as a reward. Even if there is no immortal general to support him, he should keep in touch with other halls to lure him, threaten him, and force him.
Only by creating a situation that makes it difficult to advance without you to suppress the bandits can others come to you for help."
"I'm afraid this matter has also been disturbed by the Huaiying Pavilion." Liang Shuo said: "Zhang Duanjing has a student named Zhao Shu. This man is very scheming and has close ties with the local county government.
They followed each other one after another."
"Zhao Shu? Someone who has never heard of it." Liang Tao snorted coldly: "Since such people do bad things, then we will look for opportunities to kill them."
"Grandfather, please listen to your grandson." Liang Shuo quickly explained: "My grandson has recently noticed that Zhao Shu and Luo Xixian are at odds with each other. Instead of killing him, we might as well recruit him and cultivate him. Maybe he can help him in the future.
I, the Liang family of Yongjia, will work for me, thereby removing the firepower from under the cauldron and shaking up the future inheritance of Huaiying Hall."
Liang Tao said: "If this person can catch your eye, he must have some merits. Anyway, you can go ahead and do it."
Liang Shuo nodded in agreement, and then asked: "My grandfather just mentioned the king of the country, could there be another change in the court?"
"The Chiyun rebels forged a magic sword in Panlong Mountain, and Xin Taicheng exaggerated it so much that it made that white-faced kid restless." Liang Tao sneered: "Zhang Duanjing also wanted to volunteer to go to Xingluo County so that he could fully master the ability to suppress bandits.
In hand, I rejected it."
Liang Shuo muttered: "The king has been too partial to Huaiying Guan in recent years, completely ignoring that Chongxuan Guan is the cornerstone of Huaxu Kingdom."
"The white-faced boy has grown a few years, so he inevitably thinks that he can plan big things." Liang Tao said in a bad tone: "In addition, the maidservant Zhu Zi has been in contact with Zhang Duanjing for a long time, so she must be thinking about how to bring down the Chongxuan Pavilion every day so that they can control the government.
"
Liang Shuo said: "Grandfather, please forgive my grandson for speaking frankly. The king's intentions are so great. In addition to Madam Zhuzi secretly fueling the flames, Huaiying Hall has repeatedly shown courtesy, and I am afraid it is also related to the slight decline of Chongxuan Hall. In recent years, except for our Yongjia Hall,
The Liang family and the other three families can be said to have no successors.
When my grandson came to Xingluo County, he felt deeply that no one was available for him, and most of the children in the clan were talkative people. If our Chongxuan Hall has a large number of talented people and disciples all over the government and the public, how can other halls be praised? At that time, the king will also
You can understand that if you leave my Chongxuan Pavilion, your country will lose its generals!"
"Why don't I know?" Liang Tao also had a bit of helplessness on his face: "The children and grandchildren of those three families are really hopeless. There was a lot of commotion in the court because of the empty pay of 20,000 troops, so I can only let them
They kicked out the culprits, and then they managed to save the situation. Now I have to clean up the situation in Dongshengdu, and I can't get away from Xingluo County. You have to do things well and beautifully there.
.”
"So Sun'er feels that in addition to getting rid of incompetent people, we also need to introduce talented people." Liang Shuo said: "In the past, if monks from other monasteries wanted to enter our Chongxuan Pavilion, they still needed the recommendation of the head of each family. In this way
It seems that a threshold has been set up so that Chongxuan Hall can select the best from the best and select talented people, but each hall is unwilling to give up the underachievers with superior talents.
Although the Chongxuan Hall holds the rich legacy of the Tianxia Dynasty, it is actually guarding the treasure mountain and has nowhere to use it. If only a few rare treasures, miraculous elixirs, and immortal scriptures could be allocated from the treasury to introduce talents from various schools,
Perhaps the atmosphere of Chongxuan Hall can be renovated."
"Although this method is good, don't forget one thing." Liang Tao stared at it and said: "There is a difference between inside and outside!"
"Yes." Liang Shuo lowered his head and replied.
After the light and shadow on the four mirrors dispersed, Liang Shuo fell on the couch with a look of disgust on his face. He rang the golden bell with a snap of his fingers, and then Jiang Ru walked into the palace room.
"Young master seems to be unhappy?" Jiang Ru waited on the incense burner: "Do you want me to relieve myself?"
"You are so looking forward to taking my Yuanyang to practice?" Liang Shuo asked.
Jiang Ru lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, her expression charming: "Young master, you are looking down upon me."
Liang Shuo stood up and stared at Jiang Ru, reaching out to lift her chin. The other party blinked her watery eyes, and breathed out a warm breath on her lips: "Young Master..."
"If I asked you to go and apologize to Zhao Shu, would you go?"
Jiang Ru's interest was just rising, but Liang Shuo poured cold water over it. She looked panicked and said, "Master, what do you mean by this? Could it be that I made a mistake and made you angry?"
Liang Shuo said: "You didn't do anything wrong. It's just that I need a reason to drag Zhao Miao to my Chongxuan Hall."
Jiang Ru was puzzled: "Sir, this Zhao Shu has stolen your limelight many times, why do you still value him so much?"
"You really don't understand?" Liang Shuo smiled faintly and said: "Firstly, I really need people who can work hard for Liang, not a group of incompetent people who waste money. Secondly, Zhao Shu and Luo Xixian are both pregnant.
The latecomers in the Ying Guan may, given time, become a serious problem for our Chongxuan Guan in the future. We must leave a gap between them as early as possible, and while dividing the Huaiying Guan, we should also take advantage of the situation to bring Zhao Shu under our command."
Jiang Ru asked: "The last time Zhao Shu came here, he seemed to be aware of the young master's estrangement. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to show my merits if I go again."
"So what if Zhao Shu can see through it alone?" Liang Shuo said: "When you go here this time, you not only want to apologize to Zhao Shu for disturbing the altar, but also convey the goodwill of Chongxuan Hall on my behalf, and you also want to make friends with Luo Xixian.
"
Jiang Ru's delicate body trembled slightly and she asked, "Do you want me to use your beauty to drive a wedge between Zhao and Luo?"
Liang Shuo smiled and said: "If they two are lustful, then they can seduce them with sex."
Jiang Ru couldn't believe it and suppressed her anger: "Master, do I really want to do such a thing?"
"You don't have to go, I'll find another way." Liang Shuo tilted his face: "But Chongxuan Hall does not support idlers. It just so happens that Young Master Wang has long wanted to make friends with your sisters. I will write a book for you.
Let’s move to Wang’s house later.”
Jiang Ru had long heard about the Wang family's cruelty to concubines. If she had taken refuge with such scum, the Jiang family would have been wiped out by him in a few years. But when she thought about how the whole family had bowed down to the Liang family all these years,
To flatter and lose sincerity, the two aunts wanted to make a double cultivation furnace for Liang Tao, but in the end they were treated like this?
"I just obey my orders." Jiang Ru did not dare to disobey Liang Shuo after all. She had been restrained by him long ago. If she disobeyed, she would suffer the pain of thousands of arrows piercing her heart.
"In addition to the necessary elixirs, spiritual materials, and magic weapons, you can also bring the volume "Golden Water Deformation Technique" with you." Liang Shuo said as if he had a pearl in his hand: "I have seen Zhao Shu perform magic, mostly using the master of the golden elephant.
, this method is expected to be consistent with him."
"yes."
…
Zhao Shu tied his sleeves and rolled up his trousers, holding a shovel in his hand, and covered the body with soil.
Looking up, hundreds of corpses were placed in the pit. Some of them had no heads, some were missing limbs, and most of them were eaten to pieces by wild dogs and crows. They were all men, women, old and young. They were in miserable condition.
Zhao Shui has seen similar situations more than once in the market towns and villages around Yuyang County.
After being ravaged by thieves and evil spirits, these market towns and villages can be said to have ten houses and nine empty houses. Zhao Shu led hundreds of soldiers. In addition to killing sporadic ghosts and monsters, the most important task was to bury corpses and clean up the ruins.
At first, Zhao Shu picked up the shovel, and the soldiers were shocked. How had they ever seen a monk or immortal doing hard labor in person? Later, Zhao Shu took the initiative to explain that he had fled with his grandfather in the past and had witnessed many similar tragic situations.
At that time, his grandfather had a pole for shoveling, and he would bury corpses of hungry people on the roadside or in the countryside.
After Zhao Shu and the soldiers buried the corpse securely, Zhao Shu opened an altar in front of the burial mound to perform Dharma to exalt the souls of the dead.
"...the six degrees of unending calamity, the ultimate destiny returns with its energy. Thousands of ghosts spread across the sky, and a group of evil spirits breathe out their power. The people are burdened by calamities, and the accumulation of corpses is sad. It is wonderful that the Dharma is correct, and the knowledge of the calamity will not fade away.
When the time comes to welcome each other, the contract will fly in the nine heavens. I will be in peace with you, and I will fly with peace of mind..."
In front of the wilderness grave, hundreds of soldiers stood silently and silently, watching Zhao Shu softly reciting scriptures to save the souls of the dead. The smoke from the incense burner rose upwards, as if sending the resentful ghosts wandering here to the heaven of peace, away from them.
This world of suffering.
After the ceremony was over and the soldiers took a short rest, Zhao Shu found a wooden board, wrote the words "resting place for the people of Huangyang Township" and inserted it in front of the burial mound.
"Is this soul-saving ritual your family's ancestral magic?" Lingxiao asked.
"That's right." Zhao Shu sighed secretly: "Our ancestor of the Zhao family was the ceremonial officer of the Tianxia Dynasty, and his main responsibility was to assist the court in offering sacrifices. I have also seen the scriptures and calligraphy of various fasting rituals since I was a child. How effective is it?
Said, at least prolong life, eliminate disasters and bring blessings, exorcise evil spirits and control the house, rescue dead souls, all kinds of arrangements are well understood."
"The religious rituals, fasting and feasting are about the physical and mental use of those who practice the Dharma, not the elaborate and complicated arrangements." Lingxiao said.
"My grandfather said so too." Zhao Shu looked up at the sky: "But even though I have studied this way since I was a child, I am still confused now. Where have all the souls who have been saved gone? The so-called soul returns to heaven and the soul returns to earth, and there are countless scriptures
The article has exhausted its vocabulary to describe the wonderful and extraordinary realm in heaven. But when I look back at the earthly world, all I see is decay and ruin. Even if I am trapped here, how can I help my soul to return to the peaceful heaven?"
"You have not yet attained immortality, and there are some things I have said that you cannot understand." Lingxiao said, "But what you are doing now is not meaningless. Even if you don't mention life and death, the doubts in your heart at this moment are precisely
The key to enlightenment."
"Enlightenment? Does this count?" Zhao Shu's nose felt sour: "Burying a few corpses and reciting a few crooked verses, I really don't know what this has to do with the Tao?"
"Besides life and death, observing success or failure, it is impossible to understand without practicing it." Lingxiao said.
Zhao Shu stood in front of the tomb for a long time, silent, until a soldier called: "Zhao Fu, we have formed a group, do you want to come with us?"
"Yes." Zhao Shu responded, picked up the newly made bamboo basket, and came to the temporary camp. A soldier took the initiative to hand over hot soup, which contained shredded and soaked flour cakes. There were dozens of soldiers gathered together.
Come, eat and chat with Zhao Shu.
The soldiers had spent some time with Zhao Shu and knew that this "immortal leader" had no airs. Dozens of big men gathered together, chatting and laughing.
"Zhao Fuli, I heard an old man say before that if there was a corpse somewhere, the locals would not be able to bury them in the ground easily after they died. They would have to burn them all. But you have led us along the way.
Why are the bodies buried?" a soldier asked.
"We are eating right now! What a boring thing you say!" others complained.
Zhao Shu swallowed a piece of bread and said: "If we can't find the reason for the resurrection of the corpse, and there are no magicians and monks to practice the method to save the dead soul, burning the corpse is indeed an emergency method. But this method is difficult to implement, and the reason is not other.
, If you want to completely burn the body, you actually need to consume a lot of firewood. Think about it, if there is not enough firewood for cooking, will it be used to burn the body?"
A soldier echoed: "That's right, when I was a child, I would go to the woods to collect branches for firewood. It would be nice if my family could have hot meals every day. When people die in the countryside, they don't have money to buy coffins, so the bodies are rolled up in bamboo mats and buried hastily.
, there won’t even be a monument.”
As soon as these words came out, some soldiers talked about their childhood experiences. One said that he stole the chicken from the farmer's house, and the other said that his family could not afford to raise children.
Zhao Shu listened and was too embarrassed to continue. In fact, for evil cultivators who are proficient in manipulating the souls of corpses, even if the corpse is burned by fire, the ashes can still be used to seduce ghosts and even be used as medicine. The vicious methods of evil cultivators
, far beyond the imagination of these ordinary soldiers. If you say it in public, everyone will not eat this meal.
In order to prevent the corpse from being driven by evil spirits, it is best to set up an altar to perform rituals like Zhao Shu just did, to disperse the turbid air, to rescue the soul of the deceased, or to install tomb-suppressing spiritual objects. If there is a local ceremony to worship the official
Gods are usually responsible for guarding the underworld and distinguishing between yin and yang.
Zhao Shu had been inspecting the territory of Yuyang County these days, but he did not encounter the evil spirit that could drive the walking corpse. So he simply buried the corpses wherever he went and practiced the law to save the soul. This was equivalent to killing the evil spirit.
"reinforcements".
"By the way, Zhao Fuli, you said before that you fled with your grandfather when you were a child." Some soldiers asked curiously: "We thought that monks like you should be pampered, so why are you fleeing everywhere?"
"What's so strange about this?" Zhao Shu said, "My ancestral home is in Xuanwu County. The Xiong Kingdom once captured that area, so my grandfather could only take me to flee."
A soldier said: "I know that at that time, the Xiong Kingdom almost reached Dongshengdu, and we almost couldn't hold it back. Later, the immortal masters of Chongxuan Pavilion took action and pushed back the Xiong Kingdom."
Some more experienced soldiers secretly kicked him to indicate not to show off the Chongxuan Pavilion in front of Zhao Shui.
"It's okay." Zhao Shu said with a smile: "Monks like us, even if we don't say it, we still yearn for Chongxuan Hall in our hearts. Just like you look forward to having wine and meat every day, and having no worries about food and clothing."
"It's better to hold a caring mother-in-law!" A soldier added, which immediately caused laughter in the audience.