Outside Lin'an County in the Great Xia Dynasty, there is a dilapidated Taoist temple on Yeluulu Mountain. However, it is only a small temple with ruins of bricks and tiles, barely able to protect itself from the light wind and rain. If it encounters a stronger wind and rain, I am afraid it will collapse directly.
But this is not an uninhabited temple. It used to be one of the best Taoist temples in Lin'an County. There were houses and temples with seven entrances and six exits. The statues enshrined were all gilded and dressed in silk and satin. The fruit treasures from the north and south were only fresh.
The incense is very strong.
However, it is said that forty years ago, the great underground demon caused chaos and overturned the entire mountain. At that time, more than 30 Taoist priests in the entire temple were buried directly underground. After the government came to collect the corpses, no Taoist priests came to take over. Because there was no Taoist priest for a long time,
It fell into disrepair if people took care of it.
In fact, it is appropriate to say that it is an uninhabited ruin. However, thirteen years ago, an old Taoist priest with gray hair and beard came here with an infant child in his arms. He briefly rested the ruins twice. Anyway, there was no owner.
Just stayed.
As spring passed and autumn came, the hilltop that was originally in ruins was rebuilt crookedly. The ruins of bricks and tiles were added with some dead grass and branches, and a vague idol was piled with mud. A Taoist temple named Luofu.
Appeared on the wild winding mountain.
Except for hunters who go up to the mountains to hunt and farmers who cut firewood who occasionally come to rest, there are basically no visitors to the entire Taoist temple, let alone ordinary people who come to worship and worship.
On the path up the mountain, a child who was no bigger than a wheel was running quickly, holding a small oil paper bag with both hands, with a sweet smile that could not be concealed on his face. Although his clothes were rough and simple, he was well washed.
It is clean and the whole little face looks very energetic.
In particular, although he is still young, he has already revealed his handsome face with starry eyes and sharp eyebrows. I am afraid that if he were older, he would be a really handsome man, and I don’t know how many older girls and younger wives would be fascinated by him.
"So tired, so tired, we are finally here!"
Looking at the outline of the Taoist temple, the child couldn't help but run a little faster, hugging the things in his arms tightly. The faint fragrance came out from the gap, tempting the young man to swallow hard.
Vomited a few times.
Running forward in two quick steps, the child looked at the earth platform in front of the Taoist temple. A figure was lying there with his legs crossed and facing the sun comfortably. He squinted his eyes and stretched out his hands to scratch his thin chest, humming and enjoying himself.
.
"Lao Niubi, let's eat fat chicken legs today!"
Out of anger, the child's fair little face suddenly drooped, he rolled his eyes fiercely, and shouted at the slanted figure: "If you don't get up, I'll eat it all myself."
It’s over!”
"You brat, are you willing to let Master Dao eat the leftovers?"
Nostrils twitched slightly, and the figure sniffed the fragrance in the air. He opened his eyes suddenly and looked at the child walking over. His wrinkled old face suddenly stretched out like a chrysanthemum. He smiled and put on his robe again. It turned out that
He is a sloppy Taoist priest.
"Knowing that you are like this, I might as well eat it myself!" The child pursed his lips, gave the Taoist priest a look as if he were a little adult, and placed the oil paper bag on the earthen platform under the Taoist priest: "Old Liu's soy sauce.
, I know you like to eat this."
"Smells! It smells so good that it kills me!"
The sleeves of the dirty Taoist robe were rolled up, and his big, greasy hands were grabbed directly in front. The old Taoist priest with gray beard and hair winked at a child: "Hey, my little ancestor, I'm a Taoist."
I’m not hurting you in vain!”
The old Taoist priest directly opened the oil paper bag, and a golden and fat chicken leg was immediately revealed. Next to it were a lot of cut pig ears and beef in sauce, which were still steaming hot. He smelled it hard, and it couldn't be called fragrant.
Remarkable!
"No, why do you love me?!" The child immediately rolled his eyes again. Looking at the sloppy old Taoist priest, there was a joy in his eyes. However, looking at the sloppy Taoist priest's actions, he felt a surge of pain in his heart.
Anger shot straight into his chest: "Where did you get the wine?!"
"Hey, the dry-roasted sweet potatoes are from the old Liu family. I wouldn't change them if I gave them to a fairy! You kid knows nothing!"
The slovenly old Taoist turned over and found a pottery jar underneath his back. He tore open the linen cloth on it, opened the pottery lid and took a deep breath. He was intoxicated by the spicy aroma of the wine and turned to the child.
He rolled his eyes and said, "You won't even let me have a drink?"
"How can it be better for your health if you drink less alcohol at such an old age?" He looked at the old Taoist priest with dissatisfaction and took a sip. The child hesitated for a moment and then looked at the jar and said, "You can drink up to 20%.
, or I won’t bring you chicken drumsticks next time!”
"Look at you kid, my love for you is in vain, Master Dao!"
The sloppy Taoist priest immediately gritted his teeth and looked at the child with dissatisfaction. He rolled his eyes like him, vigorously picked up a piece of soy pig ear, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed: "Look, I learned it in the county.
I won’t even buy meat for my uncle!”
"If I don't work in the county, how can I have the money to feed you this?!" The child rolled his eyes a few times. Looking at the slovenly Taoist priest, he couldn't help but pout and said dissatisfiedly: "Who is my uncle? I can't even
I don’t even have a master, so I’m not a Taoist priest!”
"I'm not going to rob you. Don't choke if you eat so quickly." Seeing the sloppy Taoist priest eating a few more bites of the soy beef, as if he was afraid of someone coming to rob him, the child said helplessly: "The Taoist priest is not
Can’t you drink alcohol and eat meat?!”
The sloppy Taoist priest laughed proudly, patted his skinny chest, stretched out his thumb and boasted, saying: "Master Tao, I have been practicing for hundreds of years, and if I go one step further, I will be an earthly immortal in the free world. He also said
Why are there so many rules and regulations?!"
"I don't think you look like a god either..."
The child squinted at the sloppy Taoist priest's equipment. Not to mention the dirty Taoist robe that had not been washed for an unknown period of time. Even the hairpin used to fix his hair was just a wooden stick that he inserted casually.
Just on the hair.
Shaking his head slightly, the child still couldn't bear it. Although there was nothing he could do about this unattractive Taoist priest, he was the one who raised him since he was a child. Although he was not allowed to call him dad, the meaning was almost the same.
"Twenty percent at most, too much!" Looking at the old Taoist priest firmly, the child pointed at the jar of wine without mercy: "Or next time, no matter what you say, I won't bring you anything.
Things come up!”
"Twenty percent is not enough! My Shenxu wine is a great tonic. How many people want to drink it but they still don't give it to me!"
Suddenly a hearty laugh came from not far away. The child turned his head and saw a burly man dressed as a woodcutter walking over, carrying two bundles of chopped firewood. He looked at the sloppy old Taoist priest and said with a smile: "It's better to be here sooner than later.
It’s a coincidence, I’ll have a share of the meat and wine!”
"It turns out to be Uncle Wang."
The child looked at the burly woodcutter and couldn't help but smile. He was a woodcutter named Wang at the foot of the mountain. He could walk down this road from time to time on weekdays, or he could bring some home-brewed wine and have a few cups with the Taoist priest.
, but I don’t mind the Taoist priest’s slovenly appearance.
"Go, go, go, you can have wine, but not meat! My boy bought this for me!" The sloppy Taoist priest looked sideways at the uncle, and glanced at the firewood loader on his shoulder in surprise: "Hey,
What good things are hidden there!”
"I saw a big snake when I was walking up the mountain, so I casually brought it to my dinner and dinner!"
Uncle Wang chuckled, reached into the load of firewood and groped twice, and then pulled out a snake nearly one meter long. There were obvious knife wounds on the head, which were obviously the result of being chopped by a firewood knife.
"Good food! Good food!" The sloppy Taoist priest laughed loudly, placed the jar of wine in the center of the earthen platform, handed the fat chicken leg in the oil paper package to the child, and said with a smile: "Master Taoist, I will eat the roasted whole snake.
I’ll give you the fat chicken legs!”
"I'm going to go play by myself. You and Uncle Wang should drink less."
Seeing the two people preparing to roast the snake immediately, the child couldn't help but roll his eyes again, grabbed the golden and attractive fat chicken leg with one hand, and walked towards the back of the mountain while eating, turning his head and reminding:
"Drink less!"
The sloppy old Taoist priest who was looking for the flint smiled and waved his hand. He puffed out his thin chest and said magnanimously: "Master Taoist, I have a universe in my heart. How can I not know how long my life will be after cultivating for many years? It's your business, sir.
You're a little kid, please take care of yourself!"
"You old bull nose!"
Giving him a fierce look, the child quickly walked towards the back mountain not far away. There was a cliff on the back mountain of Yezulu Mountain, and a few dozen meters across from the cliff was a perennial waterfall. Sitting here
Looking at the waterfall, it seems quite elegant.
"Hey, this kid, the older he gets, the less he will pay attention to me, Taoist Master!" The sloppy Taoist priest patted his thigh bitterly, as if he was saying angrily, but there was a slight smile in his eyes, and he squeezed it smoothly
He ordered a piece of soy pig ear: "This kid..."
"I said, Master, the child is already thirteen, and he hasn't been taught any Taoism?"
When the child walked away, Uncle Wang, who was dressed as a woodcutter, picked up a few sticks of firewood, picked up the hatchet and "swiped" it a few times. When the knife disappeared, he saw that the big snake had been completely deboned and skinned.
, neatly placed on a straw mat.
"If you are born with the Tao innately, how can you teach me if your body and Tao are harmonious?"
He lightly touched the pile of firewood with his finger, and the flame burned brighter and brighter. The sloppy Taoist glanced in the direction where the child was walking, with unstoppable care and love in his eyes: "Master Taoist, I just want to
Can we build a foundation for him?"
"But the Luofu Tiangong is recruiting people again, why don't you let him try?" I found two ancient wine glasses somewhere. Uncle Wang picked up the wine jar and filled it up for the sloppy Taoist priest and himself. With the green wine,
As soon as he appeared, an alluring aroma of wine spread all around.
"Go, why don't you go? The way of heaven allowed me to meet him by chance, and I must let him step into the path of cultivation."
Smiling, the sloppy Taoist priest also put away a bit of cynical smile on his face, took on a bit of solemnity, stretched out his hand to hold the sliced snake meat, floated up without any contact, and slowly floated on the fire.
Roasting and roasting, sizzling with oil.
"Besides, how can we see an innate Tao fetus in thousands of years?"
The sloppy Taoist priest had a smile on his face. He watched the snake meat being roasted until it turned golden brown and the alluring aroma slowly emitted. Then he turned to look at the sky in the distance and said softly: "My Luofu Temple is the number one palace on the right path." Sect, if this boy Xia Qingyu joins my senior disciple, it will not be considered as a disgrace to the unique physique of the innate Taoist fetus." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
