Zhao Ran only slept for more than an hour before he was dragged by Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai to the dining hall for dinner. He was so dizzy that he finished breakfast and did not remember that he was imprisoned by his second brother and a group of fire workers who were cleaning the house.
After being bullied several times, he went back to the west room and fell asleep with his head covered.
In the afternoon, Zhao Ran finally came back to his senses. He had just wiped his face with water when Yu Zhiyuan from the living room came to the door and took him to his room to write a message.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Yu Zhiyuan unfolded the text and thought about it carefully, Zhao Ran listened and inquired about Yu Zhiyuan's experience of entering the Taoist sect. Yu Zhiyuan has been in Wujiyuan for thirteen years. Like Zhao Ran, he was the same when he first came in.
I worked as a sweeper in the dormitory for more than eight months, and then moved to a housecleaning house. I also did cooking and lighting work. Because I liked calligraphy and painting, I was later transferred to the accounting room to copy and write account books. In the sixth year, that is,
Four years ago, the old doorman of Wujiyuan Living Room passed away, and an additional position became available. Only then did Yu Zhiyuan receive the most important opportunity in his life so far.
At that time, Xizhenwu Palace agreed that Wujiyuan would allocate its own personnel from within the courtyard, so a certain chanting Taoist boy in the sutra hall was honored to be transferred to the door of the guest hall. The resulting vacancy of the sutra chanting boy was filled by Zhiyuan. From then on, Yu Zhiyuan became one of the famous people.
He is one of the official Taoist priests in Dudu, and his identity is completely different from before.
A year later, the chanting Taoist boy who was transferred to the front door of the living room (Yu Zhiyuan could not remember the name of the Taoist boy) died in an accident. Yu Zhiyuan defeated more than a dozen classmates who were more qualified than him and occupied the position.
The front door of the living room.
The door of the living room is one of the "Five Lords and Eighteen Heads" of the Taoist monastery. It is a Taoist priest with a job. It is under the jurisdiction of the Zhike among the eight deacons, and his job is to welcome guests. This job is not only glamorous to do, but also lucrative.
It is considered the first-class and most generous position among the "Five Lords and Eighteen Heads". Zhao Ran's current boss, Zhou Zhixiu, is on the same level as Yu Zhiyuan, but he is not even close to him in every aspect.
Zhao Ran wanted to find out more about how Yu Zhiyuan successfully joined the ranks of Taoist priests, and how he stood out from many competitors and became the leader of the Taoist priests. However, Yu Zhiyuan was vague and just smiled and encouraged Zhao Ran to work harder.
Although Yu Zhiyuan did not give Zhao Ran any tips on how to get promoted smoothly, he was still very concerned about Zhao Ran's daily life. At this time, he already knew that Zhao Ran's family was poor, so he personally took Zhao Ran to the warehouse to ask for more money for Zhao Ran.
A suit of clothes.
Liu Kutou, who was in charge of the warehouse, was still pushing Pai Gow with a group of Taoist priests. Seeing Yu Zhiyuan's arrival, he immediately stood up with an eager smile on his face: "Why does Junior Brother Yu have time to come here today? Come on, let's push two together?"
He stood up and asked the people around him to give up their seats to Yu Zhiyuan.
At this time, another fat Taoist priest in the seat also straightened up and greeted Yu Zhiyuan: "Junior brother Yu, what brought you here? Have a play?"
Yu Zhiyuan smiled faintly, shook his head and said: "Senior Brother Liu, Senior Brother Guo, I am not good at this, and you all know it. There will be a lot of disturbance when I come here today..." He pointed at Zhao Ran: "This is Zhao Ran who is newly admitted to the hospital.
He was admitted to the hospital in a hurry and he brought few clothes. If there is more in the treasury, please ask Senior Brother Liu to take care of him."
Liu Kutou immediately agreed: "If someone else has come, can it still be with Junior Brother Yu? There is no reason!" After saying that, he ordered a pyrotechnician beside him to go into the warehouse and bring out a set of clothes, and stuffed them into Zhao Ran's arms.
He said with concern: "Brother Zhao, if you need anything in the future, just come to me. If you don't need to work hard, I will come here in person. Do you think there is anything else missing besides clothes?"
Zhao Ran thought for a moment, and since he followed Yu Zhiyuan here, he owed a favor, so he simply said without being polite: "Liu Kutou, if you can give me another two feet of maggot, I will be very grateful!"
Liu Kutou said it was easy, and asked the fireman to take out two feet of magnolia and give it to Zhao Ran.
After joking for a while, Yu Zhiyuan took Zhao Ran out of the warehouse. Liu Kutou and others greeted each other graciously behind, as if Yu Zhiyuan was his senior brother.
When he turned around, Zhao Ran was a little curious: "Yu Mentou, can't gambling games be banned in our Taoist temple?"
Yu Zhiyuan said: "There are also precepts in the Daomen Palace and Guanyuan, but the restrictions in the sutra hall are slightly stricter, and there is not much control over the respective duties. Otherwise, how can these many people keep it if the mountain gate is poor and miserable?
If we are to abstain from this and that, how can the Taoist sect be maintained? Of course, the Quanzhen sect is much stricter in observing the rules, but if you go to the Quanzhen Taoist temple, you will know that it is far less prosperous than the Taoist temples of our Zhengyi sect."
Zhao Ran knew for the first time that the original Taoist temple he came from was the Zhengyi sect, so he couldn't help but ask a few more questions. Yu Zhiyuan also gave careful guidance: "Our Zhengyi sect is the Fulu Taoist sect, and what we pay attention to is blending nature and using the energy of heaven and earth.
Transforming into a talisman, man and nature become one, and the elixir is formed on the outside to send one's destiny; the Quanzhen sect focuses on internal cultivation, and the yin and yang of heaven and earth are combined inside to form an elixir. Both the talisman and the elixir are the foundation of cultivation and the pursuit of the way of heaven.
It’s common.”
Listening to Yu Zhiyuan's introduction, Zhao Ran remembered Chu Yangcheng's words to him that day, "Inner elixirs can ascend, and talismans can also ascend. Cultivation is all based on one's own efforts, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior techniques." He was half-aware.
He nodded half-comprehensively, but actually he had no idea at all.
Seeing the confusion on Zhao Ran's face, Yu Zhiyuan laughed: "There is no reason to tell you what to do. They are all principles learned by monks and have nothing to do with our Shifang Jungle. Even if you can get the ultimatum in the future, you will just go
It’s just a matter of studying the rules of etiquette. We are all ordinary people, and we have no destiny to practice Taoism..." After saying this, he looked desolate.
After a moment, Yu Zhiyuan said again: "As for Zhengyi and Quanzhen, you only need to know that the ancestor of our Zhengyi sect is Master Zhang, and that of Quanzhen is Master Chongyang. That is enough."
Before leaving, Yu Zhiyuan warned Zhao Ran: "Although there are Taoist games in the courtyard, you must not indulge in them. There are many ways here, and just from what you have seen, there are a lot of tricks in them. Some words
I shouldn’t say it, but I really don’t want you to fall into it. Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Guo, in the name of inviting bets, gather money and only rely on their quick hands, which is unknown to ordinary people.”
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "I'm not good at this either. Don't worry, the head of the door. It's just that the two of them act like this. Doesn't the courtyard care?"
Yu Zhiyuan said: "In our Taoist sect, the disciplines in the temples are a little strict, but the Taoist temples are much looser. These are just side issues, and no one pays attention to them. The ages of Liu Kutou and Guo Caitou, I think.
It is no longer possible to take another step forward. In a few years, he will leave the mountain and return to his hometown. Therefore, he has opened up a wide range of financial opportunities. This is to earn a fortune. As long as he does not make any big mistakes, he can be left alone."
Zhao Ran suddenly realized: "I understand, our Taoist temple is down-to-earth, in fact, it is no different from the government."
Yu Zhiyuan smiled: "Being down-to-earth? This is an interesting statement, and it's true. Just understand it."
When they returned to the west room, they found Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai unhappy. After a brief inquiry, they found out that Brother Guan had started a gambling game in the afternoon, and Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai each spent several thousand dollars.
Zhao Ran smiled, it seems that the style of gambling is quite popular in Wuji Courtyard, so he comforted the two of them: "Playing and gambling, there are winners and losers. If you lose today, you will be the same tomorrow. Just don't play too much."
Just be big.”
Jiao Tan said angrily: "Losing some money is nothing, I just can't stand Guan Er's face!"
At dinner, Brother Guan Xu was in a good mood because he had won money, and he did not embarrass Zhao Ran. Instead, he greeted everyone at the dinner table and said that he would continue to play the game after dinner and let everyone play together. Zhao Ran did not have any frivolous wealth, so of course he did.
Thanks for not being sensitive.
Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai followed them to the north room, vowing to turn over their books. Zhao Ran returned to the room to try on the new Taoist robes. Now that he had two sets of Taoist robes from the warehouse, he made up his mind.
From now on, I usually wear Taoist robes and wear my own tattered clothes at work.
Zhao Ran took off his tattered outer robe and went to untie his trousers. Only then did Zhao Ran remember that the trousers were taken off from the dead ghost son of the guarding eunuch in Qingping Mountain that day. He had not bothered to check them yet.
What kind of treasure is it?
Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai were both playing money in the north room, and the shouts and shouts could be heard throughout the courtyard. There was no time to turn around for the time being, so Zhao Ran locked the door of the west room and then took off his trousers.
One end of the trousers rope was a hidden buckle. After untying it, Zhao Ran pulled out an emerald green string. The string was dark in color, neither gold nor silver, nor any kind of metal that Zhao Ran had ever seen. But it was nothing like it.
It's not jade, and no jade can be as flexible and elastic as this string. It's said to be beef tendon or snake tendon, but it doesn't look like it, because when you pinch a section of it alone, it feels very hard.
Zhao Ran played with it for a while, but couldn't figure it out. He was a little disappointed, so he rolled up the thin rope in his hand and tried to stuff it back into his trousers. However, he didn't want to hold it firmly, and the elastic thin rope collapsed.
On one end, a very thin wound was made on Zhao Ran's cheek.
A faint trace of blood appeared on Zhao Ran's cheek.