Seeing that Taoist Nanhua had made up his mind, Taoist Ziyang stood up with a solemn look on his face.
"Friend, if you practice Huang Lao's way, you are only missing the last step before your merits will be complete."
"But don't let a moment's thought ruin a hundred years of hard work in one day!"
Nanhua Taoist laughed:
"People are suffering, this is my last step."
Bamboo leaves were flying around for four weeks. Nanhua Taoist took advantage of the situation and came to a green bamboo and lightly swept it with a whisk.
The bamboo was directly cut off, and wrapped in dust, it instantly turned into a scepter.
The scepter is all green, with a slightly curved head and a string of bamboo leaves hanging on it, faintly exuding a refreshing fragrance.
"From now on, the bamboo stick will be with you."
"The last step is when I become enlightened."
…
Nanhua Taoist priests did not deliberately look for a place to go.
Just holding a nine-section green bamboo staff, step by step, as he pleased, he arrived at a nearby city.
"stop!"
"You need silver to enter the city!"
Several officers and soldiers guarding the city immediately stopped Taoist Nanhua.
"Silver?"
Nan Hua Taoist looked to 4 weeks.
But I saw ordinary people lining up one after another, handing over the little money they had to the officers and soldiers with a hint of fear and humility.
Those people looked shabby and dirty, they seemed to be... refugees?
So...there was a big disaster somewhere, and these people fled here.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city knew this, so they dared to stand here openly and ask for money.
Thinking of this, Taoist Nanhua smiled slightly and shook his head:
"Several officials, asking for money and silk like this is a partial way of making money."
"The way of partial wealth either cannot be maintained or it may involve one's own cause and effect, resulting in frequent disasters, which is not a good thing."
The officers and soldiers suddenly became furious:
"You're a bullshit."
"If you are asked to pay, just pay. What nonsense are you talking about!"
As he said that, he slapped Taoist Nanhua on the face.
Taoist Nanhua did not hide, but just put down the nine-section staff in his hand.
In the eyes of others, this is a quite contradictory process.
The speed at which Nanhua Taoist put down the nine-section staff can be said to be slow.
But he directly blocked the officers and soldiers' slaps.
"Crack!"
The slap fell on the 9-section staff.
There was a sound of bones breaking, and the officer and soldier suddenly screamed in pain.
Nanhua Taoist shook his head, dropped his hand smoothly, and a bamboo leaf suddenly fell into the mouth of the officer and soldier.
The next moment, the shouting stopped abruptly.
The expressions of the officers and soldiers were even more horrified.
Because he found himself speechless, his face flushed, and he seemed to really want to make a sound, but still couldn't.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers from the 4th Zhou Dynasty gathered around vigilantly.
"Where did you get your evil nose?"
"We are from the government, don't you want to live?!"
The clamoring voice of the fierce and angry man made Nanhua Taoist shake his head, showing no interest at all.
"I won't give you money."
"If you give money, you will get partial wealth. When you get partial wealth, in the end, the karma will be repaid to you."
"I won't do such a thing."
Taoist Nanhua said with a smile:
"Or, you can try it."
"If you can lift my nine-scepter, I will give you money, how about it?"
Several officers and soldiers looked at each other.
Want to go?
These people hesitated for a while.
But when I think of the speechless colleague next to me, I have to force the white-haired Taoist priest in front of me to unravel the evil spell.
After a while, these burly men stepped forward one after another.
However, no matter how hard they tried, the nine-scepter would not move at all.
This strange sight made all the refugees marvel in wonder.
Suddenly, a woman's cry came over.
"Guan Ye!"
"Okay, sir!"
"Let's go in!"
"My child is infected with wind and cold. If he doesn't get treatment, he may die!"
A woman in ragged clothes ran over with a 67-year-old child on her back.
The woman's face was sallow and thin, and she looked like a skeleton. It was obvious that she had not eaten for many days.
Moreover, there are some shocking wounds on the exposed wrist.
Look again at the trace of blood on the corner of the child's mouth.
How this child managed to survive is self-evident!
Several officers and soldiers did not pay attention to this woman now. One of them, who was helping to pull out the nine-section staff, pushed her away roughly.
"Go to the other side and don't get in our way!"
The woman fell to the ground with a "plop".
The child on his back immediately fell off.
"child!"
"child!"
The woman hugged him in fear.
The child was not only infected with the cold, but was as thin as a skeleton. He was barely able to survive because of his mother's blood.
At this time, it is already the weakest time.
A single stumble could kill the child!
"Get out of here!"
"You still want to go to the city without money?"
"Even if you are allowed in, will you have money for medical treatment?"
The officers and soldiers guarding the gate showed no sympathy at all.
The smiles they all showed were filled with a hint of sarcasm.
"It seems that you can't pull out my nine-section staff."
As he spoke, Taoist Nanhua pushed gently with his palm, and a strong wind blew all the officers and soldiers away.
Then he picked up the nine-section staff and Nanhua Taoist came to the woman.
"Is it cold?"
"And... I'm also hungry and thirsty."
Taoist Nanhua made a quick judgment and took out a bamboo leaf from his nine-section staff.
"fall!"
1 As soon as I said this, I saw a few drops of dew on a small bamboo leaf at first, and then it started to surge like a spring!
This scene stunned everyone on the spot.
Nanhua Taoist laughed and said:
"I've come all the way and haven't eaten a grain of rice yet. Let's drink some water first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the refugees rushed to Nanhua Taoist Master in great joy.
Their eyes were full of hope of survival. Each of them scooped up water from the bamboo leaves with their hands and drank a few sips.
The water has a unique fragrance. After drinking it, everyone can't help but feel refreshed.
1For a time, hundreds of refugees were sitting on the ground, but they were filled with vitality that they had not seen for a long time.
The woman seemed to see hope.
The water from the bamboo leaves has already made her child's complexion look slightly better.
Immediately, she carefully grabbed Taoist Nanhua and quickly retracted, as if she was afraid that she would soil Taoist Nanhua's clothes.
The eyes are full of prayer:
"This immortal, please save my child!"
"Don't be afraid." Nanhua Taoist smiled gently, and a spell appeared in his hand.
I also saw Taoist Nan Hua making a bowl with bamboo leaves, and put the talisman into the water of the bamboo leaves, and it melted instantly.
"Come on, kid, open your mouth."
Nanhua Taoist squatted down and put the talisman water into his mouth.
"Ahem..."
The body temperature of the child, who was burning hot, suddenly subsided quickly.
The woman holding the child burst into tears of joy.
The child opened his eyes with some difficulty:
"mother……"
"Hey!" The woman held the child and kowtowed to Nanhua Taoist: "Thank you, immortal! Thank you, immortal!"
For a moment, all the refugees knelt down loudly.
Taoist Nanhua quickly asked everyone to get up.
There are some mixed feelings in my heart.
The world is getting worse.
The city's bureaucrats don't think about how to help the refugees, but they still allow their subordinates to bully them at will and squeeze out the last shred of wealth from these poor people.
Immediately, Taoist Nanhua looked at the officers and soldiers guarding the city.
These people now realized that Taoist Nanhua was probably really capable, so they all ran away in fear, leaving only the man who was under the spell and unable to speak.
Taoist Nan Hua slowly stepped forward.
The officers and soldiers' faces were full of fear, and they knelt down with a bang and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Do you want to talk again?"
The officers and soldiers nodded repeatedly.
"good."
"But...you have quite a lot of karma."
"If I unlock the spell for you now, this retribution will come back to you sooner or later."
"Let me see it this way."
"From today on, you will take off your official uniform and become my attendant."
"When one day you truly understand the sufferings of the world, your mute disease will naturally be cured."
"If you are willing, just nod."
"If you don't want to, I won't force you and I will still remove the spell for you."
"But...what kind of retribution you will receive in the end has nothing to do with me."
Perhaps it was because he saw the magical powers of Nanhua Taoists.
After the officers and soldiers thought for a moment, they stood up silently.
Taoist Nanhua showed a satisfied smile:
"On the contrary...it's not hopelessly bad."
At this moment, the little baby who woke up suddenly said:
"Brother, thank you for saving me!"
"Son, don't put 4, call Immortal!"
Nanhua Taoist smiled and waved his hand:
"I can't even call him an immortal, but this big brother calls me quite affectionately."
"but……"
Taoist Nanhua pinched the little guy's face fondly:
"Eldest brother is over 100 years old this year."
"Child, what is your name?"
"Where are you from?"
"I...I am a Julu man, my name is...Zhang Jiao!"
The child said crisply.
Nanhua Taoist was slightly stunned.
"Zhang Jiao..."
"Julu people..."
"I see."
As he spoke, Taoist Nanhua picked another bamboo leaf, turned his hand over, and turned it into a collar.
"Here, good boy, put this on."
Taoist Nanhua hung the bamboo leaf collar around Zhang Jiao's neck.
"Don't lose your safe and protective things."
"If one day, you and I are still destined to meet again, let's meet again."
Finally, Taoist Nanhua patted Zhang Jiao's head, stood up and left amidst everyone's thanks.
…
After entering the city, the officer and soldier suddenly gestured something, with a hint of pleading in their eyes.
Nanhua Taoist seemed to know what the officers and soldiers wanted to say, and said with a smile:
"Your name is Zhang Ping'an. You are from here. You joined the Yamen with a little connection."
"There is still a mother in the family who is 80 years old and blind."
"You want me to treat your mother's eye disease, right?"
Zhang Pingan nodded repeatedly.
Taoist Nanhua thought for a while and suddenly smiled: "Well, it's God's will."