Chen Mengsheng looked at the coffin and asked, "Old man, what is this?"
The old man first put three sticks of incense in front of the coffin, and said with tears: "Master, the little old man's name is Gu Jing, and he is also well-known in Huizhou. But I never expected that just a few years ago, I brought
When I went to a temple fair, I met an old Taoist priest. Everything changed. It was all my fault..."
The Gu family in Huizhou, starting from Gu Jing's generation, have been businessmen buying and selling medicines in Huizhou for three generations. There are four brothers and three sisters in the ancestors. The sisters married into wealthy families in Huizhou, so nothing happens.
He went back to his parents' house to help these brothers. By now, Gu Jing had already accounted for half of the wealth in Huizhou City. There was so much money that Gu Jing couldn't count, and there was so much land that Gu Jing might not be able to leave for a few days.
Circle. But when the water is full, it will overflow and the moon will turn into loss. Nothing in the world is perfect. The Gu family has a lot of money, but the number of people is not prosperous. The Gu family has money and no one spends it. Gu Jing becomes the only one among the four brothers.
Male.
Gu Jing married the daughter of the Xu family, a wealthy family in Huizhou City, when he was twenty years old. Two years after the marriage, they did not have a boy or a girl. Gu Jing and the Xu family burned incense when they saw temples and gave alms when they encountered Buddhism. It took great effort to accumulate virtue and do good deeds before they gave birth to a child.
His son was named Gu Ming'en. When Gu Ming'en was thirteen years old, he was taken to the streets by Gu Jing to watch the temple fair. Huizhou city was full of wealthy people. Gu Jing hired three troupes by himself.
There were jugglers, singers, and jugglers. The temple fair was more lively than the Chinese New Year. Gu Jing and the half-grown boy sat in the crowd and watched the fun.
After the temple fair ended, the father and son were about to get on the carriage and go home, but there happened to be a blind Taoist sitting cross-legged in front of their carriage. He had a white beard and white hair, but his face was rosy and his childish face did not even have a wrinkle. Gu Jing
He took out a piece of silver from his pocket and handed it to the coachman, and he and his son got on the coach. Unexpectedly, the blind man didn't want the silver. Gu Jing poked his head out and asked, "Does the Taoist think the silver is too little?"
He took out a piece of silver and got out of the car, and personally placed it in the blind Taoist's hand.
Instead of accepting the money, the blind Taoist grabbed Gu Jing's hand. A look of displeasure suddenly appeared on Gu Jing's face. The blind Taoist touched Gu Jing's palm while telling Gu Jing everything about his family since he was a child.
When he came out, Gu Jing even told him exactly how much money he had given away in temples after many years of marriage without having any children.
Gu Jing was shocked and asked: "The Taoist priest is really a magical person? I wonder what the old immortal wants from me?"
The blind Taoist laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, I'm not here for you but for him." The Taoist pointed his hand at Gu Ming'en in the car.
Gu Jing hurriedly called his son over. Gu Mingen came to the blind Taoist without knowing what was going on. The blind Taoist asked Gu Mingen to spread his hands. The old Taoist touched his palm and was speechless for a while. He stood up and touched Gu Mingen's again.
Forehead bone..., Gu Jing is also a smart man. If a Taoist said that his son was destined to be rich and powerful, he would immediately take his son and go home. There is no such good thing in the world. If a blind Taoist had taken it by himself, he would still have it.
Leave it to someone else?
The blind Taoist touched it for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Young Master Ling is definitely not an ordinary person. He has immortal bones but is just..."
Gu Jing did not expect that the blind Taoist would say that his son was not an ordinary person. He had immortal bones on his body and he was a reincarnated god! He hurriedly asked: "Master, what is it?"
The blind Taoist sighed earnestly: "But his immortal bones have been covered in dust. If he wants to be reborn, he has to rely on his good fortune to study Buddhism and enlightenment."
Gu Jing's heart was like a bright mirror, and he took out a silver note worth one thousand taels from his pocket. Throughout the ages, the rich and powerful, even those with great power, thought that one day they would become gods and immortals.
My son is praying to God and worshiping Buddha. He must be a star in the sky and come down to earth. If he becomes a god, he will gain a lot of glory by attaining enlightenment. Gu Jing respectfully put the banknote in the Taoist's hand and said, "Also.
I ask the master to give my son some guidance. In ancient times, someone would definitely reward me with a lot of money."
The blind Taoist laughed loudly and said: "Everything can only be done directly. It depends on people to plan things, but it depends on God's will. Old Taoist, go, good man, you can do your own thing." The blind Taoist walked away without picking up Gu Jing's silver.
ticket.
Gu Jing was anxious. Whether his son could become an immortal or attain Taoism in the future was entirely dependent on this blind Taoist to enlighten him. Where could he find him after the Taoist left? Thinking of this, Gu Jing took three steps in succession and stepped forward.
He grabbed the old Taoist's hand and took out all the remaining banknotes in his arms and forced them into the Taoist's hand. Gu Jing accompanied him with a smile and said: "I only took two or three thousand taels with me when I went to the temple fair today.
Master, please don’t reject the banknote, but please accept it with a smile.”
The blind Taoist said with difficulty: "It's not that the old Taoist refuses to point out the secrets of Zen, but the secrets must not be leaked. If the secrets are revealed, it will be very detrimental to your young master!" Gu Jing did not dare to do it again after hearing what the blind Taoist said.
I can only watch the Taoist walk away...
It is true to say that the old Taoist is blind, but he is not a Taoist at all. Among the temples in Huizhou, he has a disciple called Zouping. Gu Jing and his wife Xu once went to his temple to give alms.
Because Gu Jing spent a lot of money and gave away thousands of taels of silver, which was just for fun. Zouping, a small family member, was of low status and could not be put on the stage, so he could only meet Gu Jing secretly.
Zouping was a frivolous person at a very young age. He used his sharp tongue to defraud a lot of money in a few years. Later, he was kicked out by the monk in charge of the temple. Zouping now had no way to survive. He gambled with others and cheated.
After being beaten to death, it became even more difficult for Zouping to survive after he became blind. In the past, he followed a group of hustlers and made a living by begging. Unexpectedly, there was a temple fair in Huizhou, and Gu Jing invited three actors to perform.
team.
Zouping immediately had an idea in his mind. When the troupe entered Huizhou, he mingled with the troupe and said that he knew Gu Jing. As soon as he went back and forth, he became familiar with the troupe. The troupe was new to this blind man.
He was also very polite. When Gu Jing came to the temple fair, someone from the theater troupe came to tell Zouping. Zouping asked for a costume from the theater troupe and found out about Gu Jing's carriage. He was sitting there waiting for Gu Jing to take the bait. Zouping had this
Logically speaking, two to three thousand taels of silver would be enough to live a comfortable life, but I didn't expect that Zouping would almost bankrupt the Gu family in the future...
Gu Jing asked his son to quit his private school and take him to visit Taoism and become an immortal, leaving the family business behind. His son Gu Mingen also knew that it was a good thing to become an immortal and become an immortal, and he gradually became obsessed with it. In a flash,
Several years passed, and there were countless famous mountains and ancient temples in the world, but there was no progress in Gu Ming'en becoming an immortal. In desperation, the father and son returned to Huizhou, and Gu Ming'en was even more eager to become an immortal.
Whenever a monk or Taoist comes to ask for help, he will give a lot of money. If a cultivator praises him for his immortality, he will give him a thousand taels of silver. He spends all day at home reading "Laoshan Shu", "Ma Yi Tu", "Huainanzi"
" and other miscellaneous books, Gu Jing and his wife felt that their son was becoming more and more promising.
When Gu Mingen was nineteen years old, two middle-aged Taoist priests, one thin and one fat, came directly to his door and said that they could help Gu Mingen become an immortal. Gu Jing looked at the two Taoist priests with doubts, and asked
: "I wonder where these two immortals came from, and how they were able to transform a child into an immortal?"
The skinny Taoist priest said disdainfully: "We brothers are from Yingzhou. My name is Taoist Tongtian and his name is Taoist Chedi. How could you, a mere mortal, know that my two brothers have great magical powers? It will be difficult for you to convince me even if you don't use any means."
The lean Taoist Tongtian opened his mouth and spit out a stream of flames. The flames frightened Gu Jing so much that he did not dare to open his eyes.
The fat Taoist smiled and said: "The ancient benefactor was frightened. I apologized to the benefactor for being frightened." Chedi spread out his hand, and out of thin air there appeared a jug of wine that was no bigger than the palm of his hand. He grabbed it with his other hand and it was there.
A large bowl, a palm-sized wine jug was used to pour wine into the sea bowl. Gu Jing could see clearly that the wine pulp poured out continuously from the small wine jug immediately filled the large sea bowl, but the wine in the wine jug was
It seemed like there was an endless supply. The fat Taoist handed the Haiwan to Gu Jing. Gu Jing dared to take it. The fat Taoist laughed and drank all the wine in the bowl, and then used the small pot to fill the Haiwan with wine.
This was repeated three times, leaving Gu Jing dumbfounded.
The two Taoists smiled at Gu Jing and said, "These are just some trivial skills of the good man Gu. If the good man still has doubts, our brothers can still spread the clouds and spread the rain to make an army. Do you want to see it, good man Gu?"
Gu Jing was frightened by the two Taoist priests and kept saying: "The Taoist priests are profound in their immortality. Gu Jing admires him, but I don't know how the two Taoist priests will help my son become an immortal?"
Taoist Tongtian curled his lips and said: "It depends on the fate of immortality to turn a person into an immortal. Why don't we two brothers refine a furnace of golden elixir for your son? After your son eats it, he will naturally become an immortal. It's just a matter of refining the golden elixir.
It’s hard to find the treasures of heaven and earth that you need!”
Gu Jing asked: "Treasures of heaven and earth? As long as they are available on the ground in Huizhou, there are them in the four medicine shops under me..."
Taoist Chedi laughed and said, "Does the ancient good man have the dragon liver and phoenix marrow?" Gu Jing opened his eyes wide and didn't know how to answer, how could he have the dragon liver and phoenix marrow if he was not a mortal thing...
The two Taoists settled in Gu Jing's house and built an alchemy room in a decent manner. However, the money was spent like water. You can't ask where the money was spent. The two Taoists would always use their own methods.
He came up with various excuses to ask Gu Jing for money. Today he was going to Kunlun Mountain to collect dew water, and a few days later he asked for money to go to Yaochi to find fairy grass. Anyway, the two Taoist priests were so foggy that Gu Jing took the money in a daze.
It was paid for.
Even though his wealth was huge, it was not enough to go through such troubles. Gu Jing wanted to make a golden elixir one day and his son would become an immortal. The authorities were fascinated by the onlookers, but they knew that among Gu Jing's neighbors there was a smart man named Qi.
Qi Changshui was a military general who was demoted to Huizhou. When Emperor Gaozong surrendered to the Jin people, Qi Changshui was still a young general. Together with several bloody soldiers, he jointly signed a letter of blood swearing to fight the Jin people to the end. The result
A derogatory order demoted Qi Changshui to a commoner in Huizhou. Qi Changshui had no choice but to drink to drown his sorrows all day long. Later he married a daughter-in-law and gave birth to a daughter named Qi Ying whose nickname was Xianglan. The Qi family and the Gu family were
Neighbors across the street, when the Qi family's daughter-in-law died of illness and had no money to bury her, Gu Jing took out 500 taels of silver to take care of the funeral...
Qi Changshui watched Gu Jing ruin a good family for the sake of his son becoming an immortal, and felt secretly sad. His daughter Xianglan knew that her father had always missed the kindness of the Gu family. She frowned and said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry,
It would be easy to see through the behavior of those two Taoist immortals..."