Lao Yanxian sighed longly, raised his glass to drink, but put it down, and said to him: "It's a pity that although I borrowed a fortune from fellow Taoist Heavenly Calendar to benefit the whole country, I am an alien after all. I am tabooed by the Heavenly Palace and cannot take an official position."
The opening of the warehouse also made the imperial court displeased..."
The voice is inevitably a bit sad.
"It's a pity that my family is a family swallow. We have been getting along with and being close to people since ancient times. How can we do things that are detrimental to human nature like other demons incarnate?"
Song You said in his heart that it was true.
But he didn't show it, and remained respectful. He just asked: "Yan Xian saved a place from the wind and rain, which has benefited all living beings. Why do you need to take risks and go to other places to get food from official warehouses? What Yan Xian needs to know.
If the emperor who was in power at that time had such a personality as the current emperor, I am afraid that he would not let Yan Xian have an easy time no matter what."
"How could I not know?"
Yanxian sighed again: "But I made an appointment with fellow Taoist Tiansuan in advance, and I will do my best to prevent anyone from starving to death here. I am not a human being, and I am tabooed by others. If I continue to be unfaithful and unrighteous,
, I have not been able to gain a foothold in this world for the past nine hundred years."
"Yanxian's righteousness."
Song You said sincerely.
Then he sighed in his heart.
His eyes flickered several times, then he sat down again and said cautiously: "Since it is a matter of immeasurable merit, how can it be my turn?"
Fulong Temple is the pinnacle of humane monks.
During the conversation, the two of them had reached a dense forest.
Both excited and anxious.
"causal talk?"
Two voices sounded alternately in the night sky.
"That's it."
Although Yanxian is more than nine hundred years old, Yanzi himself has little strength and is not good at fighting. In this world, humanity is the main force, and the gods in the Heavenly Palace attract the incense of all people. Even if the gods are not as old as him, they have great supernatural powers, just like the gods of the Thunder Department.
If the famous Jin Lingguan really came for him, how could he be able to compete with him?
Just listen to Song You say:
In other words, it's not to help him.
“Swallows are migratory birds?”
"This...is too long ago..."
When Yan Xian heard this, he still didn’t know where——
"Does Yan Xian know how he solved it later?"
"Not only did I go there after I transformed into a demon, but I also went there once more than a hundred years ago, when I felt that my body was starting to age. But that time was not for winter. It took me several years, and I could fly far better than ordinary swallows.
You can fly far during the winter." Yanxian said, "As I get older, I want to see the roads I have flown before."
After thinking about it carefully, I felt a little more relaxed.
"In the early years of the previous dynasty, when the war had just ended, the imperial court searched for people, old and young, and registered them in their household registrations. The population was 20 million. A hundred years later, it had more than doubled, and at the end of the year there were 80 million."
Yanxian shook his head, then paused: "But I have been there many times since I transformed into a demon."
"Then let's just chat."
"Is Yanxian serious?"
Just think less and continue:
So he quickly stood up with his crutches, bowed and said, "Please give me some advice, fellow Taoist."
This is really true and everyone can say it.
My ears are filled with the sound of wind blowing through the mountains and forests.
How much more is there in this world? What is the charm of immortality? It can make literati search for half a lifetime, make kittens read it on their lips, and make the nine-hundred-year-old Yanxian insist on it and bow to him.
Maybe not so.
"How to go further?"
"After flying thousands of miles, we often fly over the sea, or many small islands, or even other lands. The customs and customs are very different from those in Dayan. To sum up, the swallow that has flown the farthest has already stopped at the place where it stops.
It's on the other side of the sea. And there are swallows on the other side of the sea. They come from different north and go to different south. It's hard to tell clearly at the moment."
Old Yanxian was suddenly shocked.
"That's all I can do to make Mr. laugh."
"When I was young, I just liked to chase the wind."
"In fact, it has become a danger."
Song You asked as he walked, with a relaxed tone, just like chatting: "Does Yanxian know the population of this dynasty?"
He smiled and waved his hand:
"At that time, the prime minister of Dayan, named Hefa, not only issued good policies and returned the land to the people, but also introduced excellent rice seeds from the east, which greatly increased the yield per acre. Only then did he pass the test and create an unprecedented prosperous age today." Yan Xian
Speaking of this, I couldn't help but sigh again and again, "It's a pity that He Gong did not end well. Fortunately, the people were grateful for his kindness and spontaneously built temples to help him become a god after his death. Now he is ranked among the immortals and is also highly regarded in the heavenly palace.
Respect."
Song You's eyes were full of curiosity.
Decades ago, Yan Xian became a god through the master's plan in Guanzhong. Why didn't the master use his ability to benefit the people?
Maybe Master Tiansuan didn't calculate anything, but just calculated that his disciple was a reckless man. If the disciple was not good enough, he could only ask Yanxian for help and then his disciple, but he didn't specify who he would be.
"A large number of people is a disaster."
"It's better to burn it all with fire!"
"I dare to ask my friend, how can the incense be prosperous?"
Yanxian didn't care what he asked, he just asked and answered, and at the same time he thought about his deep meaning, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out the reason. It seemed that he just came up the mountain to have a casual chat.
"What fellow Taoist said is reasonable, but I am limited to Anqing, while the gods in the Heavenly Palace are in charge of everything. How can it be my turn to benefit all people?"
"I haven't told a lie in hundreds of years."
This fellow Taoist indeed has a solution.
It seems that he is saying that it is not his turn to do it, but in fact he is afraid that other gods will take away his merits.
"Where is it again?"
The evening breeze is cool and the stone steps go up slowly.
"Yanxian is really knowledgeable about the past and the present."
As said before——
"It is a blessing to the people." Song You said to Yanxian, "If Yanxian brings blessings to the people of Anqing, he will be worshiped by the people of Anqing. If he benefits all the people of the world, he will be worshiped by all the people of the world."
He knew that there was the ability to calculate fortunes in this world, and he also knew that his master would probably reach the top in this way, but he also remembered where he came from. Could it be that this could be calculated by his master?
"I wonder what a migratory bird is?"
"If the idea below is true, it is a method that other gods have not yet done. As long as Yanxian can do it, it will benefit the entire world. The heavenly palace cannot stop it, and the imperial court cannot stop it. The merits are immeasurable."
"Walking in the mountains and chatting casually."
At this time, he heard Lao Yanxian say to him again: "There is really no other way, so I have to ask fellow Taoist for help. If you can help me go further, I will try my best to repay you even if I die."
It's just like what Yan Xian said, there is a heavenly palace in this world, and everyone knows that benefiting the people can attract incense, but where is there no palace, temple, or local temple? Everyone is doing ways to benefit the people, so who are you going to do?
Who is doing what they are already doing?
Song You shook his head:
"It's really rare for you to have such an opinion at such a young age." Lao Yanxian replied naturally, "When the moon is full, it will be weak. The same is true for everything in the world. What's great will inevitably come down."
"Ten million and ninety million."
In fact, I really want to benefit the people's livelihood all over the world, but no matter how big or small my ability is, I can't find a way?
Lao Yanxian quickly asked the young man next to him to step back, and then respectfully said to Song You: "Sir, please give me some advice..."
"good!"
"I heard that gods often achieve enlightenment through virtue. If Yanxian really benefits all people, he should be respected by them. If someone pretends to claim the merits of Yanxian, can he still be a god with such conduct?"
These three guesses are also reasonable.
With these words of "immeasurable merit", Old Yanxian almost stood up from his seat.
"I'm so envious."
Song You couldn't help but sigh, not hiding his envy.
The Sanhua Empress was able to protect several villages from food and rice disasters.
But since his master is willing to help him, Song You is naturally willing too.
"Now that my life is about to expire, and when this Taoist body withers away, I will use incense to become a ghost god on earth. However, I originally wanted to benefit the people, but the Heavenly Palace and the court do not allow it. I am afraid that I will not be able to survive for long after my death..." Yan Xian looked again
When he told Song You, he no longer concealed anything, "My Taoist friend Tiansuan told me back then that his disciples, well, couldn't help me, but decades later, when his disciples come again, it might be my chance."
"..."
"But now there are 100 and 90 million people in Dayan, nearly twice as many as at that time. Along the way, we see more and more poor people. There is little arable land, a large population, and no food at home. Isn't it a hundred years ago?
Before the difficulties ahead?”
Even disciples and disciples do not only refer to disciples of disciples. Generation after generation are all disciples and disciples, year after year, decades later.
Song You retracted his thoughts, looked at Yanxian, and then asked with a smile: "Did Yanxian talk about the prosperity of incense, or the imperial decree?"
"It's just about living a long life."
"Different swallows fly to different places. The first place I flew to for the winter was only tens of thousands of miles away. However, I have been to many different places, especially after I transformed into a demon. Sometimes I deliberately changed to a different one.
direction, looking for different south, and sometimes talking to the swallows I meet on the road, looking for the places they talk about."
From Yan Xian's point of view, this matter was not done perfectly. After all, it still made the court unhappy and did not receive the imperial edict. However, from the perspective of the master, it may be different. The two people have different purposes.
"Yan Xian is the one who has seen the real heaven and earth!"
"It's both nature and helplessness."
Yan Xian nodded and said to him: "Most of my people are like this, but after being blessed by nature and taking the form of demons, we no longer have to go to the south to spend the winter every year."
Song You couldn't help being shocked.
"gentlemen……"
"I grew up in a Taoist temple. I traveled down the mountain at the end of last summer. I just arrived in Xuzhou this year. I have never been to Changjing. I have neither met the emperor nor the princes, nor the prime ministers. If Yan Xian wants me to go to Yan Xian for you.
The imperial court is asking for an imperial edict, but I apologize that I can't do it." Song You paused, "But if Yan Xian wants to be prosperous, I have some ideas."
"Yan Xian has good tricks..."
"I am isolated from Heaven here. If Yanxian and I can chat casually, what is there to say?"
"They fly south in winter and return to Dayan in summer, becoming migratory birds."
"But why is there more than double the number of people in Dayan now than at the end of the previous dynasty?"
"here……"
Song You didn't dare to accept it, so he quickly avoided it.
Such conduct, whether human, demon or ghost, is already worthy of respect.
"Sir, whatever you say, this mountain will listen to you the next day."
"Does Yan Xian still remember what happened before he transformed into a demon?"
This is said in a cryptic way.
Is it really God’s fault?
Lao Yanxian didn't say much. He stood up with a cane and asked him to go for a walk in the back mountain.
"Because Dayan paid attention to people's livelihood and economy, the people lived well and the population naturally grew rapidly." Yan Xian said, "After the previous dynasty, there were decades of chaos. When Dayan started the dynasty, it only had a population of 40 million. By a hundred years ago, it had grown.
When it reaches tens of millions, well, I don’t know whether I should say it or not.”
Maybe Master Tiansuan didn't count him, but only counted him to the back, so he couldn't leave. Not being able to find the answer is also an answer in itself. From this, it can be seen that the latecomers must be extraordinary, so I leave this sentence. But he
I didn’t finish my words, I only left the word “possible”.
"Is this also the case after becoming a demon?"
But how can it be equated with what ordinary people say casually if it is said from the mouth of a descendant of Fulongguan?
Shinto originally came from humanity, and God is the god of humanity, and ultimately relies on humanity. Even if mortals are short-lived, gods are long-lasting, humanity is weak, and Shinto is prosperous, this world is still the world of mortals. Old Yanxian understood who is the right one very early on.
The true darling of this world.
"What was the population of the previous dynasty?"
"Sir, you want to say that the world is going to be in chaos?"
"If this continues, the contradictions will become more and more serious. The people will have no land to plant and no food to eat. I'm afraid there will be chaos. Unless there is another Mr. He, a more powerful Mr. He." Song You paused, "I just want to say this.