Laojun Temple is located on the hillside of Qixia Mountain. It is built on the mountain and is somewhat steep.
It is not as majestic and magnificent as a temple. It does not have a huge palace or a tall mountain gate. Instead, it is inlaid on the mountainside in an orderly manner. The dark color of the entire Taoist temple is integrated with the rocks and trees in the mountain.
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The Taoist temple is simple and unpretentious, but it looks like a traditional Chinese courtyard. The main hall is slightly higher in the middle, and the side halls are on both sides. The elders and younger ones are arranged in an orderly manner, and there are distinctions between seniority and inferiority. Whether it is the courtyard wall or the roof, everything is faintly visible.
It's a bit shabby, giving off a sense of vicissitudes of life.
In front of the open gate, there are no Taoists to greet and acknowledge guests, but instead allow tourists to come and go.
In the main hall dedicated to Laojun, the appearance of Laojun inside is quite shabby. It is not made of copper or gold. Instead, it looks like it is made of clay. It does not look like a fairy at all, but more like a patriarch.
Zhu Yunxi and the old man went in with three or five followers, but no one paid any attention to them. In the courtyard of Nuo Da, there was not a single Taoist. There was only a layman in plain clothes, distributing incense to the visitors and believers one by one at the entrance of Laojun Hall.
Each person was given only three incense sticks, and after giving them out, they turned a blind eye to the copper coins the tourists took out.
Not only were there no incense coins, but the merit boxes with peeling red paint that looked like rotten wood were placed casually in an inconspicuous place. There were some copper coins scattered around. If you didn't look for it deliberately, you really wouldn't be able to find it.
The old man looked around, turned around and smiled, "This is like a monk's place, quiet and not so smelly of copper!"
Zhu Yunxi also looked around and nodded. This Taoist temple somehow makes people feel particularly peaceful. It is not as utilitarian as being in a temple. Most people in the world want something when they make a wish in front of the Buddha, but here it is peaceful and far-reaching.
"They are all monks. If those monks came, they would definitely die of shame!" the old man said with a smile again.
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"I'm afraid I will still laugh at these Taoists in my heart because they don't understand business skills, and I will scold these people in my heart for being fake and noble!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Ha!" the old man laughed loudly and said as he walked, "When we were in the temple, the elders would always laugh in private at the wandering Taoists, saying that they were begging for food. They also laughed at the rich people in the village, saying that they were iron roosters.
, without plucking a dime!”
"Grandpa, you have allocated a lot of money to Longxing Temple over the years!"
Longxing Temple means the place where the dragon of the Ming Dynasty rose. When the old man was born, the old people in the family were afraid that their son would be ill-fated in the future, so they used the few money they had to make a wish in the temple.
When the old man was young, he also became a monk here. He was said to be a monk, but in fact he was just a handyman monk. He was not welcomed at all. Not only did he have no status in the temple, but he also spent most of his time traveling around the world, everywhere...
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After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because of the old man, he immediately went from an unknown temple to the height of a royal temple, and because he was in Fengyang City, his status was even more respected.
This year Zhu Yunxi asked the officials to inventory the temple properties in the world. Among the temples all over the world, only Longxing Temple was spared.
"After all, it is the place where we have stayed. After all, it is the place where your grandparents burned incense and made wishes!" The old man smiled slightly, "No matter what, if there was no place to take us in back then, we might not be where we are today. Buddhism talks about cause and effect, and the world talks about sophistication!
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In the human world, talk about human nature and sophistication.
For those who have achieved great things, even if they were slightly unhappy with someone or some place at the time, they cannot care about it. Otherwise, they are not tolerant enough and will be criticized by others.
The grandfather and grandson were chatting and laughing. They did not enter the main hall, but walked towards the side courtyard.
As soon as he stepped through the round gate of the side courtyard, a young Taoist with a patched Taoist robe came towards him.
"A few laymen, the backyard is where the Taoists of this temple live. No outsiders are allowed to enter!"
Zhu Yunxi took a step forward and said with a smile, "I heard that there is a famous Taoist priest in Guiguan, who is quite famous. We came all the way from the capital to meet you. Could you please be accommodating?"
The Taoist looked at the two men. Although they traveled incognito, their temperament was extraordinary. The clothes they wore seemed to be neither rich nor noble. Moreover, they were rich and noble people who had been in high positions for a long time and commanded arrogant people. Moreover, the people around them were
The people are all tall and tall, and their eyes are like daggers, making people afraid to look directly at them.
"Distinguished guests!" The Taoist mouth changed the title, "Senior Brother Liaochen is quiet and does not see outsiders." After saying that, he paused and said, "Everyone, please come back. If you are ordinary people who want to ask for medicine, our senior brother
We will definitely meet him. But he had something to say beforehand, and none of the dignitaries will be seen."
At this point, he lowered his head and said, "Wealth and honor are like floating clouds. We don't see noble people, we don't flatter the powerful, we don't seek knowledge and enlightenment, we only seek life for the common people, and we seek a stable way to practice pure behavior!"
As the words fell, there was a sudden chill around him. Not to mention the guards, even Pu Bucheng stared at this man, wishing to eat him alive.
What he said was high-sounding, but to Zhu Yunxi's ears, he felt that it was very deliberate, and he was suspected of deliberately showing off and being indifferent to fame and fortune.
In the world, those who are truly indifferent to fame and wealth and only pursue spiritual practice are either hidden in famous mountains and rivers, or hidden in the troubled world, and rarely appear.
And this old Taoist, who lives in Laojun Temple, incarnates himself as a fortune teller for the people, sees a doctor, delivers free medicine, pretends to be an expert, and at the same time flaunts that he does not care about the powerful, which is a bit superfluous.
Besides, this trick is written down in history books and is common even in later generations.
It's nothing more than creating a personality and attracting other people's attention.
This trick seems simple, but in fact it has been tried and tested. Especially in this era of underdeveloped information, Pheasant Man can be packaged as a famous doctor, and Taoist priests in the mountains can become highly respected people.
During the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, gods and Buddhas could not help but fill the sky. The Mongolian nobles in the metropolis also had a somewhat simple nature, and were easily fooled into being stunned. As long as the monks and Taoists could be regarded as worldly masters, those nobles would flock to them.
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Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi's words became harsh, "Is it missing, or is it just for sale?"
Hearing this, the Taoist's face changed drastically, "What did your distinguished guest say? We monks have no worldly mind..."
"Humph!" Zhu Yunxi sneered and looked away.
The Taoist was puzzled, and suddenly his neck tightened, and he was picked up like a chicken by a big hand with an iron fan.
The man who captured him made a loud sound, his eyes were like copper bells, and his mouth was wide open. "Lead the way, or I will tear down your place, chop your birds, and make you a father-in-law instead of a Taoist priest!"
This man is the old man's guard, his name is Po Donkey. He usually doesn't see anyone in the palace, but if the old man goes out of the palace, he must be with him. He is a big and thick man, like a savage, often as dull as a gourd, saying nothing.
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Unexpectedly, when I opened my mouth at this moment, all the words came out filled with swear words.
The old man and Zhu Yunxi smiled and didn't take it seriously.
Pu Bucheng scolded him in a low voice, "You don't have the ability to keep your mouth shut in front of the master!"
Po Donkey turned around, grinning broadly and honestly.
Everyone moved forward and entered the backyard of the Taoist temple. Taoists who heard the sound came out of the house one after another, watching in surprise and talking about it.
"What's going on? A thief just came today and stole Taoist Master Chen's treasure. What should we do if such a group of evil people come again?"
Their discussion reached the ears of the two men, and Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "Grandpa, we are unlucky guests!"
The old man smiled slightly and said, "What a bad visitor. Some people just won't eat the soft ones and want to eat the hard ones!" As he said that, he looked around and said, "I thought that there might be an expert outside the world in the mountains and wilderness. Now it seems that this person is missing.
That’s fine. Humph, you’re just trying to be mysterious!”
What kind of person is this master? He has been dealing with the most astute people in the world all his life. What Zhu Yunxi can see, he can see even more.
"Grandpa, you're already here, just treat it as a joke!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"What a joke, I'm so old and still messing around with you!" The old man smiled fondly, followed his grandson with his hands behind his back, and walked forward.
Suddenly, the door of an inconspicuous small room in front opened with a creak.
Inside, a Taoist priest with a beard that reached his knees, thin and dry, but with stern eyes walked out.
"Everyone seems to be a person of high status. Why bother embarrassing us poor monks? If you want to see me, I'm already here. Let go of my junior brother!"
