Chapter 297 Winter Tour to Yuezhou in the Sixth Year of Mingde
Chapter 297 Winter Tour to Yuezhou in the Sixth Year of Mingde
Ten days later, it seems to be winter.
The group had already entered Yuezhou.
The Taoist walked in front alone with his cane, and the bay-red horse followed silently as before. However, the calico cat did not run around, smelling and looking as usual, but instead, voices kept coming from behind.
"How did the old Yanxian become the Swallow God?"
"When the imperial court grants you a title, your merits become a god."
"How did you become a god?"
"The ancestors themselves are gods, and they have incense around them, but they are only limited to Anqing, and there is no imperial decree to grant it to the Heavenly Palace. In the past two years, the entire Xuzhou is a believer, and with the imperial decree, naturally it will be automatically transformed by abandoning the physical body.
The gods and dharma bodies ascended to heaven and took their place in the Immortal Class."
"Abandon the body!"
"What's wrong?"
"How to abandon the body?"
"It means death." Yanzi explained, "My ancestor was about to die. At that time, I was standing outside the door. I heard a rooster crow from somewhere, and my ancestor ascended to heaven."
"Like This……"
The calico cat imitated the Taoist's tone.
There seems to be a lot less enthusiasm.
"It's all like this. Many gods are like this. It's just that when it is passed down from generation to generation, it will change. It sounds like it's amazing." Yanzi said in a low voice, "But in fact, many myths and legends are the most popular.
It was all very ordinary in the beginning.”
"Can't understand."
"That's how it is anyway." Yanzi didn't want Mao'er to look down on his most powerful ancestor, so he added, "But our ancestor is very powerful, and thanks to my husband, he has become a god even before he ascended to heaven.
Many people sincerely believe in him, and the power of incense and incense is far greater than before. In addition, my ancestor practiced Taoism for thousands of years before he became a god, so he will definitely be a great god in the future."
The calico cat was stunned for a while.
While walking forward with small steps, she turned her head to the side and looked at the swallows flying low in the sky on a maroon horse separated from her.
Upon seeing this, Yanzi continued to say to her:
"Do you know where you need to go when you ascend to heaven for the first time after becoming the God of Tiangong?"
"I don't know~"
"There is a mountain closest to the sky in each of the southeast and northwest. The northernmost one is Tianzhu Mountain, which we will go to later, as well as Zunzhe Mountain in the south, Tianjin Mountain in the west, Wubian Mountain in the east, and many emperors in the middle often visit
Ding Mountain. They are the highest. If a god wants to go to heaven to become a god, he has to go up here for the first time, but after that it’s easy and he can fly up in one go.”
"Amazing……"
This really touches on the knowledge blind spots of calico cats.
Let me ask her, she only has a few followers in a few villages, and there is no kitty wild god named by the imperial court. She is not even as good as the earth god. How can she know these things?
But she still likes to listen, very much.
It just sounds amazing.
Taoists are accustomed to such conversations.
Since the swallow came back, the two little monsters would talk to each other when they had time.
Most of the time it was Lady Sanhua who pestered him and asked questions. Yanzi was timid at first and didn't want to talk more, but when he got interested, he started talking normally.
At first, Yanzi talked about his experiences overseas, including the ferocious man-eating demons he met, fish bigger than a house, and a turtle that could carry a small island on its back. The calico cat talked about how he and the Taoist traveled together after the separation of Xiangle.
The mountain gods she had met, the emperors and snake fairies she had met, the monsters she had killed since arriving in the north, the mountains borrowed from Pingzhou, many details Song You thought she could not remember clearly, but it turned out that she just
I don’t usually talk about it, but I haven’t forgotten it at all.
I finally finished talking about it yesterday, and I’m going to talk about it again today.
There is indeed such a magical power after meeting again after a long separation. At the right time, the original friendship can be taken to a higher level.
This divine power is effective on humans as well as demons.
After the cat and the swallow met again this time, they seemed to be a lot less alive than they were a few years ago.
Maybe it was because after Yanzi left and wandered overseas alone, he often thought of the insects that the calico cat had worked so hard to catch for him on the road.
That's pretty good too.
Children's growth always requires the participation of their peers.
It turns out that Song You and Sanhua Empress were together. After all, there was a big psychological age gap, and Sanhua Empress's mental growth was different from others. In other words, the character growth curve of most demons was different from people's. For example, Sanhua Empress was an adult.
Cats have a mature side, and their ability to take care of themselves is much better than that of teenagers. However, as a cat, she also has a childish side. She may only be equivalent to a child of a few years old, but if you look closely, there are many differences from a child of a few years old.
It's the difference between races.
But this side of her is still changing very slowly.
Although Yanzi is a young man, he has a simple and introverted personality. He has lived mostly in the mountains before and has not been involved in worldly affairs. In addition, monsters, animals and people think differently. Although he is more mature than Sanhua Empress, he is still very limited.
Now that I have returned from overseas, I am just more knowledgeable and less timid.
A cat and a bird do have something to say.
Maybe it would be good for both of them.
It's just that Yan Zi can never change his fear of cats. No matter how much he talks to her, he has to keep a certain distance from her.
"No more talking."
The swallow flapped its wings and looked into the distance: "I'm going to continue exploring the road ahead."
As he said that, with a little effort, he soared into the sky.
Soon it disappeared into the long sky.
The calico cat stopped for a moment, scratched its head with its hind feet, then took small steps to catch up with the Taoist, and asked hurriedly: "Taoist priest, do the gods really want to ascend to heaven from those places for the first time?"
The Taoist turned to look at her with a smile on his face.
"it is true."
He also answered patiently.
Soon, the swallow flew back.
"Sir, there is a mountain ahead. Go to the left and you will reach Huangsha Mountain. It is about twenty miles away."
"good."
Yuezhou is no longer a grassland. The terrain is similar to that in the south. There are mountains, rivers and trees. The most common trees are slightly different from those in Yizhou, Xuzhou and other places.
After climbing over a mountain, you can see Huangsha Mountain.
Huangsha Mountain is not high but it is very big. It is actually not yellow, but reddish-brown and yellowish rock and soil. The weathered sand is very barren. There are only sparse trees on it, and most of them are dry in this winter. There are many buildings on the mountain.
The small wooden house is dark in color. I don’t know whether it is old or just the same. From a distance, it seems to be just big enough to sleep people.
A small road leads directly to the foot of the mountain.
It doesn't matter whether there is a road or not on the mountain. There is almost no grass anyway, so you can walk everywhere. The places where there are most people walking are flattened and become like a road.
I could vaguely see someone walking on the mountain.
There were also people carrying red-tasseled guns with wooden poles and walking along the path from the foot of the mountain to this side, not knowing where they were going.
In terms of size and number of people, the Changqiang Sect is probably far better than Jianghu sects such as Xishan Sect, Yunhe Sect and Jindao Sect. It is estimated that only profit gangs such as water transportation and private salt can surpass it. However, this kind of profit gang is different from
These martial arts sects that specialize in martial arts are different and do not need to be compared.
The reason is that Dayan was in his prime and naturally had some control over the Jianghu sects. For a normal Jianghu sect, even if the Yunhe Sect had a backer in the court and was good at doing business, the Xishan Sect was hiding in the mountains, as long as the core disciples specialized in martial arts.
Yes, a large number of people will arouse the vigilance of the court. Only something like the Changqianmen, which is located in the troubled times in the north and has the support of the frontier army bosses, can it develop and grow.
After the war more than ten years ago, Yuezhou was basically empty. There were no common people, and naturally there were no officials. Who could manage the Changqianmen.
I heard that later on, many warriors in the north who had lost relatives in the war came to seek refuge in the Changqianmen. Those who were displaced and had nowhere to go, and who wanted to practice martial arts, preferred the Changqianmen. After they were successful in learning, they could pass the Changqianmen.
If you enter the Zhenbei Army directly, as long as you have high abilities, your future will be bright.
Just as I was thinking about it, several men with guns came from ahead.
They are all rough wooden-stemmed red-tasseled guns, either carried casually, or wielded in the hand, or carried on the shoulders. They are walking around in scattered directions, not knowing where they are going or what they are going to do. They are chatting while walking.
.
Seeing the Taoist, they couldn't help but feel a little strange. They looked at the Taoist a few more times and couldn't help but look at each other.
Now that the war in the north has just ended, it is difficult to see outsiders here. What's more, this Taoist brought a horse but did not use a rein. He also brought a cat and followed him honestly. Looking at this Taoist again, although the Taoist robe is old, it is also old.
Although clean and young, he has a calm face.
"This gentleman..."
Someone stopped, holding a red tassel gun and asked: "But are the martial arts comrades from other places who come to my Changqianmen to visit friends?"
The tone of voice showed the common respect that Dayan people have for Taoists.
"No."
Song You also stopped at the roadside, turned sideways, and raised his hands to him: "I am just a Taoist from Youfang. When passing through Yanzhou, I accidentally found many mailboxes on the grassland. They were supposed to be sent from Liaoxin Pass to Yuanzhi.
Many of the letters from the defenders in the city or other places should be sent to the Changqianmen. I happened to be heading this way, so I brought them over."
"What postbox home letter?"
"Take it out and take a look."
After hearing this, everyone gathered around.
"That's it..."
The Taoist turned around and put his hand into the quilt bag on the maroon horse's back. After a little searching, he took out two bamboo tubes.
Pass it to the man who spoke first.
After the man took it, he looked up and down.
"I can't read..."
Then he turned around and said to the people behind him: "Which of you can read?"
"I can't read either..."
"I know a few, just a few."
"Let's take it back and see..."
There are also a few unintelligible local dialects in the middle.
Song You took the bamboo tube from the man's hand again and said to him: "This one says, "Liu Huxu of Huangshashan Spearmen, Wu County, Yuezhou, there are more than a dozen like this."
"Liu Hubeard?"
"Is this what the Third Hall Master is called?"
"Isn't this the name of Hall Master Liu?"
Everyone said something to each other, discussed a few words, and then started discussing again.
After a while, the discussion came to a conclusion. The man who spoke first took Song You to Huangsha Mountain, while the others continued forward.
Swallows flew lightly through the air, following the Taoist.
"There are birds..."
"It should be beaten down!"
"I eat beans, moles and rabbits every day. I haven't eaten bird meat in a long time."