The Taoist spread out the paper and picked up the pen to write. Xiao Jianghan was wandering around the room. A cat squatted on the corner of the table, licking its paws and recalling the feeling of today's dinner.
"Master Sanhua!"
"What's wrong?"
"Master Sanhua!"
"..."
"They call me Sanhua Daoye!!"
"Taoism usually does not differentiate between men and women. Sanhua Empress is older than them, has a high level of Taoism, and is respected by them. It doesn't matter if she calls her Taoist master." Song You lowered his head and wrote.
"Miss Sanhua has become very powerful!"
"It's natural."
Song You paused for a moment while picking up his pen, and said to her: "Since Sanhua Empress is already Sanhua Taoist Master, let's teach those little Taoist masters tomorrow the Sanhua Empress's special spells."
"Good at magic!"
"Sanhua Empress can tell them more about her insights on magic, especially those insights that only belong to Sanhua Empress."
"Master Sanhua!"
"Now that Empress Sanhua is an elder, when facing the younger generation, she must be more prudent, teach patiently, and be good at teaching." The Taoist was still writing while talking, but what he was thinking about was whether the master and Taoist Black Feather were the same back then.
Also like this.
"knew!"
The cat stood up and crawled towards him.
The Taoist pushed her off the table with a casual push.
…
Early the next morning.
The sparrows on the branches woke up the Taoist.
When Song You got up and went out, a large number of little Taoist priests and Taoist children had gathered in the yard outside the door. In the middle, there was a girl wearing three-color clothes sitting cross-legged, telling them about the spiritual energy and magic of heaven and earth.
The voice is clear and thin, floating in the early morning.
Some adult or even middle-aged Taoist priests also stood outside and listened.
It's quite preachy.
The swallow also stood on the branch and looked down.
The Taoist stood for a while and then left.
It was like this for many days in a row.
…
A few days later, outside Fuqing Palace, on the bluestone steps.
The two Taoist priests Ying Fengchuyun were bidding farewell to Song You.
Several pilgrims were approaching below.
"The Taoist priests of Fuqing Palace are really capable. Last year, we invited several private gentlemen to deal with the monsters in our village, but they still had to be the Taoist priests of Fuqing Palace."
"The Taoist priests at Fuqing Palace are well-educated, but this Taoist temple is too high up. It would be more convenient if it were lower down."
"It needs to be repaired."
"It only works if you go far."
"..."
Two Taoist priests, Song You and Ying Fengchuyun, stood on the roadside and let them pass by. During this period, they looked at them and saluted them, and they saluted back.
"When I came here, I heard passers-by talk about the merits of the Taoist priests from Fuqing Palace in slaying demons. I didn't expect to hear it again when I left." Song You said with a smile, "It seems that the Taoist priests from Fuqing Palace subdued demons."
The deeds of slaying demons have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."
"Don't dare, we don't have that much ability, nor do we have that much merit." Taoist Master Ying Feng said, "It's just that the world is becoming more and more chaotic, with monsters and monsters everywhere, and the people are in hardship. It is the duty of Taoists to exorcise evil spirits and subjugate them.
Since the people have come to us and invited us, we naturally have to get rid of them no matter what."
"But most of the time, those who cause trouble are little monsters and monsters, and they are easy to get rid of. Occasionally, if something happens, we have guild magic after all, and it will be easier to get rid of it than other fellow Taoists. In the worst case, we can ask Lei Bu Zhengshen
Just take action." Master Izumo said.
"Now that troubled times are approaching, we need wise men to come down from the mountains and help the people."
"yes……"
"Let's just send it here. It's not far from the bottom of the mountain. The two Taoist brothers can return to the mountain in time before dark." Song You stopped and said to them, "Let's take our leave now."
"Brother Taoist, let's go slowly. Empress Sanhua and Xiaoyanxian will go slowly. We will visit Brother Tao again in the spring next year."
"Brother Dao, walk slowly."
"We are waiting for you."
"Farewell!"
Sanhua Empress also learned to salute.
The Taoist led the horse and slowly walked away. Their voices soon disappeared on the forest mountain road, leaving only the sound of the bells. After a while, the sound of the bells gradually faded away and was difficult to hear.
First descend to Qingcheng Mountain and then return to Jinyang Road.
Song You walked back along Jinyang Road.
Before you know it, midsummer has passed. Although it can’t be called the social season of summer and autumn, it’s not far away either.
The heat of the sun on your body is the same as it was twenty years ago, and the ancient cypress trees on the roadside are still the same, neither becoming more lush nor becoming sparse, as if they have been like this for thousands of years.
There are occasional withered grasses on the roadside. I don't know whether it has been dried by the hot sun, or whether it is indeed almost autumn. In short, it shows a bit of autumn.
The Taoist walked and walked, sometimes staying away from the official road, climbing to a high place to enjoy the wind and looking far away, sometimes finding a tree to lie down and take a nap, and occasionally accepting the invitation of the villagers to exorcise ghosts for them. Occasionally, he met
Rich people who particularly admire Taoism have to struggle with it.
Sanhua Empress had not expected to stay in Qingcheng Mountain for so long. The hare she caught the night before arriving at Yidu had been given to the Taoist priests in Qingcheng Mountain to be made into dishes, and the fireflies were also released. Fortunately, these things were
As far as she was concerned, they were all over the place. As she was about to reach Lingquan County, she went to the mountains at night to catch some and refilled her bags.
"Puff puff..."
The swallow flew back again, stood on the treetop, and told them: "Lingquan County is ten miles ahead."
"knew."
The scenery on the roadside has become familiar. Song You has visited Lingquan County many times.
"well……"
Song You sighed.
Twenty years of journey, so many mountains and rivers, so many ups and downs in the past, but when it came to an end, I felt a little reluctant to leave. When I came to the foot of Yin Yang Mountain, it was hard to take a step forward.
Song You sighed and said: "There is nothing on the mountain. You have to go to the city ahead to buy some rice, flour, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, vegetables and seeds. Whatever you want to buy, you can buy it here."
"Buy less, there are fish and rabbits on the mountain, and Empress Sanhua will plant other grass and seeds for you later!"
"Sanhua Empress is already a Sanhua Taoist, why are you still so greedy for money? How could there be such a money-grubbing Taoist?" Song You said helplessly.
"It's not that we are greedy for money! It's because we are no longer outside, neither in Changjing nor Yidu. When we return to the mountains, we will have no chance to find money. The more we use the money, the less it will be. We must use it sparingly!" Sanhua Empress said with a smile on her face.
With a serious expression, "From now on, if there is no food on the mountain, we can go down the mountain and buy it with money!"
"This is wrong. Even though we will no longer travel around the world in the future, and there are not as many rich people in the mountains as there are in Changjing Yidu, there will still be people who come to us to exorcise evil spirits. And if we don't travel around the world, it also means that we don't need to spend money on accommodation.
, I cook my own meals on the mountain, and the money you saved is of little use anymore, so what are you still doing with it? Are you going to let it lay its cubs?"
"Ah? Can money still produce offspring?"
Empress Sanhua was shocked that she only found out now.
"..."
The Taoist was helpless, shook his head, looked away from her, turned to look at the horse, and patted its neck: "Then we have to work hard again..."
"puff……"
"Swallows no longer need to find their way, I already know the next road."
"yes……"
The swallow flew down and landed on the horse's head.
Empress Sanhua carried Xiao Jiang Han on her back and walked beside him.
The Taoist faintly heard Yanzi speaking to her:
"I once heard someone say in Anqing that money can indeed produce babies, but it will take many years, maybe once every two hundred years, to double the size..."
Yanzi's voice was very low.
Sanhua Empress did not say anything after hearing this.
A journey of ten miles only takes half an hour.
Lingquan City soon appeared in front of everyone.
Compared with big cities like Changjing, Yidu, and Yangdu, Lingquan County is just a small town built on flat land along the river. A ring of city walls surrounds a group of quaint houses, which is very small.
Cats are often seen in the city, whether they are wild or free-range. Whenever Xiao Jianghan sees one, he will point at it and call her Sanhua Empress. Every time Sanhua Empress will pat her back and tell her seriously.
It was just an ordinary cat with its own name, but Sanhua Empress only had one.
After being beaten, Xiao Jianghan withdrew his head and stared at the cats in the city without making a sound. When he met the next one, he pointed and stretched out his hand to call the Three Flower Empress.
Empress Sanhua felt her head hurt.
The Taoist ignored them and wandered around the city accompanied by the crisp sound of horse hooves.
Although Yin Yang Mountain is dominated by grass, it is also backed by deep mountains and old forests. There is no shortage of wood in Yizhou. With the diligence and storage and collection habit of the Sanhua Empress, there will definitely be no shortage of firewood.
Rice, noodles, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are indispensable.
I also need to buy some tea produced in Wushan, so I can spend time in the mountains.
If you come across snacks and snacks, buy some.
Buy some more fruits and vegetables, and cut two pounds of meat.
There were actually people selling preserved eggs, some selling sauerkraut, and some even caught eels and snails from the fields. They were all idle men with nothing to do, and they sold them very cheaply, which was just for the price of a drink.
Song You also ordered a few new beddings, paid a deposit, and made an appointment to pick them up in half a month.
It was only afternoon when we finished shopping.
The sun is getting hotter.
Empress Sanhua also put on a bamboo hat to block the sun. She walked behind the Taoist and the heavily laden horses, looking at the many commodities and the sun, feeling a little anxious.
Go out of the city to the southeast, follow the official road through nine earthen moats, cross the path, pass by the village, grab a handful of water from the stream to cool down the midsummer heat, and then go up along the stream, and meet someone on the way, who seems to be
I went to look for Fulong Temple in Yin Yang Mountain but could not find it, so I sighed and went down.
Yin Yang Mountain is green, gentle and gentle, covered by clouds and mist, appearing quietly in front of a group of people.
"brush……"
The Taoist waved his sleeves.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from nowhere, blowing away the clouds and mist, revealing a corner of the Taoist temple in the mountain and a road leading to the mountain.
The Taoist walked forward, leaning on his bamboo stick.
Passing through the farmland, we came to the foot of the mountain, stopped and looked up.
There is only one path up the mountain.
The path winds like a snake, winding around the green mountains, winding all the way to the Taoist temple on the mountain. Even after so many years, it has not been encroached by vegetation.
"Empress Sanhua said something wrong. Even if we go back to the mountain, even if we don't exorcise evil spirits and conquer them, we can still make money." Song You said to Empress Sanhua, "As long as the Taoist temple is open, there will be people nearby.
Pilgrims come to offer incense, and those who have a lot of money will occasionally give some incense money and throw it in the box."
"Really?"
"Sanhua Empress, think about it, aren't all the palaces and temples we walked through like this?"
"right!"
Empress Sanhua's expression was serious, and she suddenly remembered that when Taoist priests went to Gongguan Temple to stay overnight, they once threw money into the box in Gongguan Temple.
At that time, she also thought that if she had such a box and didn't need to worry about it, money would naturally come into it, more and more. When she had no money to use, she would just go inside and get it. It was like a storage box.
Fish baskets and cages in the river are like traps placed on the mountain.
"It's just that such incense money is usually very small, just enough for people in Guanzhong Taoism to spend their daily lives."
“Then how can we increase the number!?”
"This is a gift from others. It is a gift to the gods, and it is also a gift to the Taoists and monks who opened the temples. It is all given by their hearts. Don't be greedy for more, don't force it, and you must be satisfied." Song You said to her,
"Taking the money at the same time is like eating the food offered by the people at the foot of the mountain. If one day the people at the foot of the mountain are disturbed by demons and ask for help, they will have to go down the mountain to help."
"knew!"
Empress Sanhua understands this truth very well.
"However, although the money for this kind of incense and sesame oil is not much, it is better because the water flows slowly. If we don't spend it randomly, it is enough." Song You said and paused, "But someone has to come to worship the gods before the incense can be given.
Money, if the door of the Taoist temple is not open when you come, naturally you cannot give money for incense. If we want money for incense, we have to open the door. At the same time, from another perspective, when we receive the money for incense from the people, we have an obligation to provide it to the people.
A place for worshiping gods cannot be visited in vain. Empress Sanhua should also understand this."
"understandable!"
"It's just that Sanhua Empress also knows that I always can't get up in the morning. I am lazy and busy with practice..."
"Miss Sanhua will open the door!"
"Why is this so embarrassing?"
"It's fine!"
"That would be perfect."
The Taoist's tone was respectful and he talked as he walked.