My name is Li Yifan, and I am thirty-two years old. Maybe many people know me because of an unintentional move I made last year, but in all the stories I will write next, please remember that I am not the protagonist.
Because in his world, just like he is in mine, we are good friends and buddies. We often fight each other in our thirties, but this does not affect the kind of relationship between me and him.
The relationship between best friends. We have experienced many dangers together and fought against many incredible conspiracies. To me, this friendship of fighting side by side is precious. I have thought about writing his story countless times, although
Neither he nor I can be considered a gentleman, even though we have known each other for only a few years.
This incident started in October 2011. At the end of the month before that month, I officially entered the world of a delinquent middle-aged man in his thirties from a delinquent youth in his twenties. Yes, then
I turned thirty this year. This was originally a very sad thing, but in that month, I received great news: my wife was pregnant.
Hu Zongren and Fu Yunni are both good friends of Sister Cai and I. They got married a few months earlier than me and Sister Cai. I was the one who gave Hu Zongren the bad idea when he proposed. As people with a very good relationship
The two families, since I am going to be a father, naturally want to go out to celebrate.
So at noon that day, I personally cooked and prepared the meal. After everyone had a delicious meal at my house at noon, Fu Yunni took Sister Cai to go shopping in the sun, while Hu Zongren and I continued to drink and eat at home.
Frankly speaking, since I met Hu Zongren in 2009, my understanding of his life experience is actually limited. I only know that this person studied under the Yaoshan Taoist sect, and his master was a retired Yaoshan senior. Although Hu Zongren is
He has always been crazy, but his inheritance of this sect is quite reliable. Other than that, I don't know much about his past.
Taking advantage of the joy of that day, we drank a lot, and we were a little tipsy but not drunk. We started to share our childhood. That was the first time I learned about his past from his own mouth. What I had talked about the most before was,
Hu Zongren’s mother told me that when he was a child, he accidentally fell into a manhole and ate a mouthful of shit.
Hu Zongren told me that he was born in an intellectual family. Both his parents were middle school teachers. Logically speaking, a guy like him shouldn't be like me, who has been dealing with ghosts for many years and made a fortune from this. Hu Zongren
His hometown is in Yilong County, Sichuan Province, which is the hometown of Marshal Zhu De. Hu Zongren said that maybe because of the horoscope, Hu Zongren has always been a person who did not like to study since he was a child. But every time he takes an exam, he is always rejected.
He knows how to get through it, so that although his grades are at the bottom for a long time, he never faces the danger of repeating a grade or dropping out of school.
Hu Zongren said that he failed the exam until he graduated from high school. Then his family tried hard to get him to retake the exam for another year. During that holiday, he teamed up with a few friends to beat up a child from another school.
Became seriously injured.
He told me that he originally just went to help others, but as he continued to beat them, he found that he particularly liked the feeling of beating others, so he couldn't stop and hit the person's neck with a wooden stick as thick as his wrist.
The wooden stick was broken. The most stupid thing is that after he finished the beating, he proudly said, "My name is Hu Zongren. If you are not convinced, come to me." He looked like he was the eldest brother of the world.
appearance.
Unfortunately, the father of the child who was beaten was a relatively powerful local construction contractor in Yilong, and he knew many friends on the road. That night, his father spread the word that if Hu Zongren was not found, he would be killed.
If he had an explanation, he would never give up. Hu Zongren said that his father had passed away that year, so it was just him and his mother at home. When Hu’s mother saw that he was in trouble, she hurriedly used connections to find the other parent to communicate, but they refused to communicate.
, so Hu’s mother was afraid, so she entrusted Hu Zongren to Hu Zongren’s father’s cousin, Hu Zongren’s cousin, and asked him to go there for a while and then come back after the limelight passed. Hu’s mother said that she herself was a
The teacher is also a woman, so I don't think anyone would give her a hard time.
When he said this, Hu Zongren picked up the wine glass and took a sip. I know his character. He probably rarely recalls his absurd years like this. Even with Fu Yunni, he probably rarely does this.
Share. He went on to say that his cousin returned to Sichuan in recent years and currently lives in Chengdu. Before that, he was a Taoist monk, but he refused to tell me where he studied. Hu Zongren said,
It was precisely because of hiding from the limelight during those days that I came into contact with Taoist culture for the first time with my cousin. Although it didn't last long, my cousin said that he was a piece of material, so he introduced Hu Zongren to Hu Zongren without telling his mother.
I know an old master, and Hu Zongren’s mother and cousin had a quarrel over this. This old master was a Master of Zhangguan in Qingcheng. At first, he said he wanted to test Hu Zongren’s character, so he asked him to
I follow my master all day long, not telling him anything or paying attention to him, just watching what he does all day long.
I smiled and asked Hu Zongren, those days must have made you choked up, right? Hu Zongren said, no, it was like a year. Then one day I felt very upset, and there were several pilgrims who came up the mountain in the temple.
They were making a lot of noise and swearing a lot, but I couldn't stand it, so I went to remind them. But a few words they said were wrong, and a fight broke out.
I gave Hu Zongren a thumbs up and said, brother, you are so strong. You dare to fight in front of me. It would be a pity for you not to be a gangster. Hu Zongren said that he had been depressed for a long time that day. The master did not teach me anything.
They didn't stop him from doing anything, and he didn't even say anything about accepting disciples. He was so angry that he felt that he was unlucky enough to fight and run away, but when he arrived at the Taoist temple on the mountain, he was still not welcome.
In addition, he himself has such a bad temper, he is prone to causing trouble wherever he goes.
I asked Hu Zongren how this matter was handled later. He said that the master Zhang Guan still came out to protect him. Although those pilgrims were domineering, they still did not dare to cause trouble in the Taoist temple, and Hu Zongren was still a
Mao Xiaobao is not very decent to care about, so for those people, the matter will be ignored. But Master Zhang Guan said that he did not dare to accept a child like Hu Zongren, so
I plan to send him down the mountain.
Hu Zongren said that this incident hit him particularly hard. At that time, he thought that he was arguing with the pilgrims to maintain the peace of the Taoist temple. He was wearing the clothes of a Taoist boy from their Taoist temple. Who knew that the master in charge would have to do so because of this?
He couldn't figure it out. At this moment, an old man wearing a white Taoist robe came out of the side room and said to the master Zhang Guan, "This young man is full of blood and stubborn. We who are Taoists will encounter him."
We believe that those who can be developed must be kept, but why should we so decisively reject those who can obviously be changed through education?
The white-robed Taoist said to the master of Zhang Guan at that time, if Taoist brother does not think that Xiaodao has little talent and low skills, let Xiaodao take this young man away and let him follow me and follow me on my travels. I don't know if it is possible.
Hu Zongren said that at that time he was full of grievances and felt that he was not so disliked by others. He was actually dissatisfied with being punished by Master Zhang Guan. But at this moment, the white-robed Taoist stood up to speak for him, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
I was relieved, and at the same time my stubborn temper came up. I was kneeling on the ground to accept the punishment, but suddenly stood up with my head held high, and said to the master in charge with great disdain, since you don't want to keep me in this temple, then I won't stay in your place either.
The world is so big, who cares to stay in a Taoist temple like you where you don’t put salt in your dishes all day long?
I laughed. After so many years, this guy's character has not changed at all. It is not too much to say that he has become much worse now.
Hu Zongren also laughed, and he went on to say that the master watcher was originally entrusted by his cousin to temporarily keep Hu Zongren by his side. He probably didn't want to keep him at all, but when Hu Zongren got into trouble
, he had a legitimate reason, and the white-robed Taoist stood up and said that he wanted to take over Hu Zongren. He probably thought that this was good, so as not to offend anyone, but Hu Zongren would hate himself for a while. So.
When the white-robed Taoist said this, Master Zhangguan readily agreed.
Hu Zongren said that he was just a young boy at that time. Although he had been exposed to Taoism for a while, the time was short after all, and he had not met anyone who was willing to teach him seriously. Therefore, before that, he had no knowledge of China.
My knowledge of Taoist culture is very superficial. But after the white-robed Taoist took Hu Zongren away, they went to Emei, Tiantai and other famous mountains. During this period, the two of them ate and lived together. The white-robed Taoist did not teach anything along the way.
Hu Zongren never mentioned anything about Taoism or Taoism. He just kept asking Hu Zongren some things about his past life, such as why he didn't go to school, why he ran away, whether he missed home, etc.
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Hu Zongren said that the most profound impression he had at that time was when the white-robed Taoist led him to walk along the old road in Emei. The white-robed Taoist asked him a question, saying that if no one pays attention to you that day, you will really be kicked out.
What are you going to do now that you're down the mountain? Hu Zongren replied without even thinking about it, the worst he can do is find a temporary job. I'm young and strong, so you can't starve me to death.
Taoist Baipao said that in today's world, no one will starve to death. But if you have nothing in mind and no skills, even if you find a job, it will be difficult for you to do it for a long time with your personality.
.Because you still have a long time to mature. Hu Zongren said that at that time, he thought that the old Taoist priest was looking for excuses to tactfully drive him away. When he was about to retort a few words in anger, the white robe
The Taoist pointed to the mountain pond and said, look at this pond. There are water snakes, loaches, and eels in it. Some of them are strong and some are weak. But these water snakes, eels, and loaches don’t even have arms and legs, and they know how to beg.
You have hands and feet to survive, so do you just want to live by doing odd jobs?
Hu Zongren took another sip of wine and told me that that was the first sentence that the white-robed Taoist said to him that shocked him, because it is not easy for people like Hu Zongren to understand the truth. He told
I, at that moment, he had an unprecedented respect for the white-robed Taoist in front of him.
Hu Zongren told me that he later learned that the old Taoist priest in front of him belonged to the Yaoshan sect, a folk Taoist sect. He spent most of his life traveling around the country and did not join any religious management organizations. He was free and contented. The Yaoshan sect
Affiliated to Xuanyuan Hui, a folk Taoist society, he worshiped Emperor Xuanyuan and was determined to revitalize the state religion.
And this white-robed Taoist eventually became Hu Zongren's master. He was Xing Yazi.