In the past thirteen years of her life, Bai Zeqing had ridden dogs and horses. This was probably the bumpiest ride she had ever taken, even worse than the time she went up the mountain - she was suddenly awakened.
Amidst the sound of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, Bai Zeqing had a splitting headache and his eyes went dark.
It's so dark, what the hell is this place?
Am I already dead?
Then she smelled the familiar scent of osmanthus.
not dead?!
Her head was covered with a Taoist priest's robe, and she silently peered through the gaps in the clothes at the Taoist priest who was soaked in the heavy rain.
Although this Taoist priest was greedy for money, arrogant, unreasonable and forceful, he disliked her from the inside out from the beginning to the end, and even deceived her into standing among the broken rocks in the backyard of the broken Taoist temple in the middle of the night and almost died... In short, there was a big shortcoming.
heap--
But now he hugged her to his chest and put his coat on her. Although the coat was torn and wet, his embrace and protection were genuine.
For some reason, Bai Zeqing had known this unreliable Taoist priest for only one day, and had experienced all kinds of bizarre and absurd things. However, she could feel his straightforwardness and kindness, and she had an inexplicable feeling in this absurd thing between life and death.
sense of closeness.
Bai Zeqing's nose felt sore and her eyes felt hot. After savoring the experience for a moment, she willingly believed in the Taoist priest and made up her mind - even if the Taoist priest was full of nonsense, full of heresy and cheated her of three thousand taels, she would still forgive him.
Then, amidst the turbulence and splitting headache, he fainted with relief.
…
Bai Zeqing was frightened awake by a nightmare.
When she opened her eyes, she was startled by the sight of the clay sculpture so close. For a moment, she thought she was in the Temple of Hell. She looked around in shock:
The clay sculpture gold body in the center of the hall is the double-faced Medicine Buddha. The Buddha has a green bun on his head, ears hanging down from his shoulders, and is dressed in gorgeous Buddhist robes. He is sitting on a lotus platform in lotus position, with a compassionate face and a solemn demeanor. On one hand, he forms the seal of Dharma.
On one hand, there is a seal of Shi Wuwei, with a blue vase on it. On the left and right of the main hall are the Bodhisattvas of the Sun and the Bodhisattva of the Moon.
This is not the Yama Hall, it is clearly a Medicine Master's Hall.
When Bai Zeqing woke up, she was half-leaning on the futon on the left side of Yaowang Hall. The clay sculpture that shocked her just now was the Sunlight Bodhisattva on the left.
At this moment, she could no longer care about being frightened. All her attention was attracted by the walls of Medicine King Palace.
The four walls are all an unusual black background. Except for one side with the main door and double windows, the other three walls are entirely made of gold as the main color, with white, red, blue, and green as the secondary colors, and are painted with herbal medicine, consultation, treatment, etc.
pattern.
Judging from the drawing lines and coloring, Bai Zeqing has been familiar with the thangka drawing methods since he was a child. Moreover, it is a black gold thangka, which is what his uncle often calls "that tangka".
She couldn't help but walked to the wall and looked carefully:
One wall is a Man Tang (Note ①), and a Man Tang is composed of hundreds of exquisite and complete small patterns. The three walls are composed of more than 400 small pictures, which depict the human body structure, meridians and meridians.
There are acupuncture points, various herbal medicines and their usage, inspection, palpation, interrogation, and even fire moxibustion and bloodletting acupoint diagrams. It is like a medicinal classic.
In the Medicine Master's Hall, Bai Zeqing looked at the wall with great interest and was completely immersed in it.
Outside the Yaowang Hall, on the hundred-step long steps shaded by green pines, the Taoist priests walked ahead. The gourds on their waists swayed as they walked, and the holes in the Taoist robes were very conspicuous.
Behind him were an old monk wearing jade uniforms and blue cassocks, and a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a judge in the Xuanyu Court.
The middle-aged man said with a sincere face: "Thanks to the immortal this time! If the immortal had not broken this evil formation in time, I am afraid that the entire Yuanzhou City would have turned into a ghost on earth." His tone was a little high due to excitement.
Hearing this voice, the old monk couldn't help but look slightly sideways. However, the Xuanyu Academy is only an institution under the jurisdiction of the Supervisory Yuan of the Tianyu Department, which registers and manages the practice sects in various places. This Taoist priest holds the highest order of the Tianyu Department.
The card is equivalent to the Shangguan who was judged by Liu Yuan, so his attitude is understandable.
"It's okay." The Taoist priest's steps were steady and his tone was cold.
The old monk said the name of the Buddha and said slowly: "Those evil cultivators used Taoist temples to hide themselves in the place where the water reaches the Yin on the top of the mountain, and set up such evil formations to practice. It is really a heinous crime. The abbot reported it immediately after he found out about it.
The Tianyu Department and the Imperial Master also sent several immortal masters to exterminate the evil cultivators, set up formations and cast spells to prevent the evil spirits from gathering, and it has been peaceful for nearly a hundred years."
The Taoist priest frowned.
Liu Yuan, who has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, has been keeping a close eye on the Taoist priest's expressions and movements. When he saw him frowning, he hurriedly said: "Back then, the pumice stone formations set up by the immortals could only suppress the evil formations, not directly destroy them.
Array."
Documents from the Xuanyu Academy record that after the people from the Tianyu Division joined forces to kill the evil cultivators, they set up a pumice stone formation to suppress the evil gathering formation. The rest was not mentioned much, so Judge Liu did not know why he did not break the formation directly.
The old monk also realized that his words just now seemed to doubt the strength of Tianyu Division, so he hurriedly saluted and said: "It's a poor monk who made an abrupt move."
The Taoist priest just nodded without any expression.
Judge Liu couldn't help but ask: "The evil formation has been suppressed by the immortal masters for hundreds of years. It is very peaceful and has to protect Yuanzhou's feng shui. But I don't know why it suddenly happened this time... suddenly..."
"There are over ten thousand dead people in Ningzhou, and the evil spirit is very strong."
The Taoist priest's tone was obviously impatient.
Judge Liu twitched his lips and said hurriedly: "So that's how it is. With tens of thousands of undead, it's no wonder they can break through the pumice formation. Fortunately, the Immortal arrived in time and has such great magical powers..."
While he was talking, he saw the old monk shaking his head. He panicked and forgot what he said next.
As the court judge who specializes in the supervision of Taoism and the issuance of documents in Yuanzhou, he has some understanding of this Zen Master Cifa. This old monk is the abbot's junior brother and the head of the Bodhidharma Hall. There is no need to say that the Dharma is exquisite, but his nature
He is dull and straightforward in his speech, and can easily offend people.
At this time, Judge Liu was worried, fearing that he would say something he shouldn't say again, and winked at the old monk repeatedly.
Zen Master Cifa didn't notice, and he was really doubtful and couldn't help but ask: "But the poor monk has a little doubt. I don't know how the donor knew that the pumice formation was broken. The poor monk only found out last night when he saw the evil wind raging..."
Liu Yuanping breathed a sigh of relief: It's okay, it's okay.
"The formation stones are broken." The Taoist priest said in a calm voice.
Zen Master Cifa was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of this sentence. He couldn't help but murmured in shock: "Donor, did you sense that the formation stone was broken?"
Judge Liu was also distracted, his expression became more respectful, and his tone became more excited: "Immortal Master has magical powers! No wonder, no wonder! Back then, several immortal masters failed to break the formation. Immortal Master, you relied on your own efforts, uh..."
He looked at the Medicine Master's Hall on the steps, and seemed to remember that when the Immortal Chief came to the Xuanyu Academy with the Tianyu Commander's Card, he was holding a person in his arms, but he didn't know if that person was also the Immortal Master of the Tianyu Division.
Could it be that he was injured and fell into a coma because of breaking the formation? Then he was not on his own.
However, he was always used to flattering others. After he stopped talking for a moment, he changed the subject very easily, and said with a smile: "Last night there was an urgent matter, and we were ordered to deal with the aftermath before we could properly entertain the Immortal. The lower official has ordered people to clean and decorate the two rooms in the Proclamation Courtyard.
, the Immortal Chief and the one from the Medicine Master Hall...that Immortal Master can do it today..."
"No need." The Taoist priest interrupted his ramblings. He refused to rest in the wing last night and chose the Medicine Master's Hall because the qi left by the abbot drawing the Medicine Sutra Thangka there was beneficial to stabilizing Bai Zeqing's damaged soul and the puppet spirit.
There is no need to explain these to others.
Zen Master Cifa also said: "The little novice monk cleaned two Zen rooms before morning classes. The donor is not as good as..."
"No need." The Taoist paused, but then said one more thing to the old monk, "Until the situation in Ningzhou is settled, I'm afraid there will be resentment."
Note ① Mantang: a type of thangka, a color wall chart drawn to explain medical classics.
