The two children were children of the same generation as Zhao Ran in Zhaozhuang back then. Those two had nothing to do with Zhao Ran. When Zhao Ran was in dire straits, they had no intention of paying attention to him. After Zhao Ran became prosperous, they could not reach him.
Come on, everyone has children in a blink of an eye, but Zhao Ran feels that he still hasn't grown up.
But after all, the surname Zhao is the same surname in the same village. As long as we talk about three generations, we can talk about relatives in any way, and they are direct relatives. In a society like the Ming Dynasty, blood and clan relationships are natural ties, so the two children are very interested in Zhao Ran.
They all have a natural sense of intimacy.
Zhao Ran naturally encouraged him and told him a lot of nonsense to show his concern, and then took his nephew Zhao Hao away. Such an older child grew up in a simple rural area and had a bad character.
Wherever he went, even if there was something unsatisfactory, it would be easy to twist it away if it was not determined. Therefore, Zhao Ran simply checked the child's bones and handed it over to his senior brother Wei Zhizhen.
Wei Zhizhen was a little surprised, and was a little uncomfortable with his junior brother's sudden conscientiousness: "Junior brother, you should rest when it's time to rest. Don't pay too much attention to emotional matters. Trying to relieve worries by being busy is only temporary after all. The real
The way to liberation lies in thinking through, thinking through, and knowing how to let go..."
Zhao Ran has become accustomed to it these days and said: "I know, senior brother, what do you think we should do with this child?"
Wei Zhizhen said: "No problem, when the bone-setting pills were distributed back then, in order to reward Sichuan Province for its contribution to the compilation of the Huayun Bone-setting Sutra, ten bone-setting pills were given to Yuhuang Pavilion every year, and five were given to Huayun Temple. Yuhuang Pavilion must take into account the overall situation.
Save, ten pills are a bit nervous, but Huayun Temple has more than five pills to use. When we moved here, the teacher made an agreement with Elder Xiahou and Elder Yan to allocate one pill to us from Huayun Hall every year. You
He and the teacher are both the main authors, and Huayun Pavilion is still reasonable. I will find time to go over in a few days and ask for this year's bone-setting pills."
Zhao Ran was overjoyed: "That's great, one pill a year is enough!"
Wei Zhizhen said again: "This child is too young to have his bones set now, and he can't bear it. Let him do chores with Quanzhike for two years first, and read more Taoist scriptures by the way. We will start setting his bones when he is fifteen, then.
Much more cautious.”
So Zhao Hao was handed over to Quanzhike, who helped take care of the affairs in the mountains after reading scriptures every day. He was born in a rural area and was not afraid of hardship. He just needed to practice cultivation two years later. He could only look at Zhao Yulei who came from the same village with envy.
Start practicing now. There is no other way. Who said he has no bones?
Now there are three disciples of the third generation of Lou Guan. One is the senior brother Qu Fenghe, who is in the Taoist realm. The second brother is Feng Tang. He has just started a few days ago. The other one has not even started. It will take two years to straighten his bones.
Besides, no matter what, the three generations of disciples gradually gained momentum, and Zhao Ran felt very happy when he thought about it.
He suddenly remembered that in November last year, Qu Fenghe recommended a member of the Qu family, saying that he had been seen by a monk before and that he was qualified but had no foundation. At that time, Zhao Ran replied that he would wait and let him
After he attended the Spring Festival, now that the statue of the god has been erected in the Zongsheng Hall and the resources for bone setting are initially available, it might be time to consider it.
He called Qu Fenghe and asked, "Is that clan brother of yours called Qu Fengshan? How is the spring this year? Have you passed the test?"
Qu Fenghe hurriedly said: "The winner is the seventh in the second class. Junior uncle, are you ready to consider inviting him to enter the mountain gate to practice?"
Zhao Ran was a little surprised: "If I remember correctly, he is two years younger than you? He is less than twenty, right? He is ranked seventh in the second grade of high school? What did he say? Has he been elected?"
Qu Fenghe said: "He was not satisfied. He said he wanted to win the first prize, so he did not choose a commoner. My cousin was very unhappy and didn't want to care about him anymore. Now he has returned to his home in Guyang County and plans to
Prepare for the next subject. If my junior uncle is interested, I will let him come over?"
Zhao Ran said: "Forget it, I will find time to go there and let him come to Songfan. It won't take more than half a month to go back and forth?"
"Okay, then I'll write a letter to the family and let you prepare."
Seeing the evening, Zhao Ran hurriedly slipped out of the mountain gate, rode on Nangui Taoist and returned to the White Horse Courtyard. He tiptoed lightly and climbed into the Abbot's Courtyard in a few moves.
As the sun set in the west, the abbot's courtyard gradually became dark and quiet. As soon as Zhao Ran lit the oil lamp in the main room, he heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard, "dong dong dong", "dong dong dong"...
Zhao Ran felt unhappy and a little strange at the same time. With his own cultivation, who in the White Horse Courtyard was so capable that he could see through his hidden secrets?
Angrily, he went out and opened the door, but it was Yuan Hao from the prison. Zhao Ran had to invite him in and asked: "I just came in. I didn't want to disturb you, but I didn't expect the prison to know about it, haha..."
Yuan Hao pointed to the top floor of the bell tower outside the courtyard wall: "As soon as I saw Lord Ling, I knew the abbot was back, haha."
Zhao Ran was quite speechless as he looked at the Lingyan lazily bending his neck and combing his wings on the bell tower, shook his head, and went into the study with Yuan Hao: "Is there something urgent in the prison?"
"It's almost the end of the year. What are the abbot's plans for the road construction on the southern line? Will the work stop during the Chinese New Year?"
The progress of the southern line, due to the deliberate suppression of the White Horse Court, started in June, and has only been half completed so far. The White Horse Court needs this road to "reflect" the friendship with the people of the three tribes, so it cannot be too hasty, why?
The completion of the practice depends on Abbot Zhao's mood.
"Except for the people from the Qionghe tribe, how many people from the Longbai tribe and the Chama tribe are now coming down the mountain to collect our wages?"
"Of the more than 1,200 people who work on the construction site every day, there are about 100 people from the Longbai tribe, and slightly more than 200 people from the Chama tribe."
"Not a lot."
"This is also expected. Since the Qionghe tribe was brought under the rule of Baimayuan, the two tribes have been very vigilant. Both chieftains have spoken out and are not allowed to let people go down the mountain. All these people are here because
We increased the commission for the two heads to twenty cents per person per day. Some of the small-headed men quietly let them go, but the families of these young men who left the mountains were closely watched."
"The Danmu chieftain of the Longbai tribe and the Wanqiu chieftain of the Chama tribe really have to fight hard..."
"What the abbot said is true, but this kind of thing cannot be stopped if they want to. With the restructuring of the Qionghe Department, anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly that this is the general trend. Although these two departments are strictly guarding against each other, they are separated by three forks.
There are still people from the Five Ministries coming down the mountain to defect to Baimayuan, and so far there are more than 40 households in total. As long as the southern line is under construction for one day, the disintegration of the two ministries will continue for one day, and time is on our side."
Zhao Ran nodded: "Yes, if it continues like this, the two parts will collapse sooner or later. It will only take two or three years."
Yuan Hao said: "But I heard that Yue Tengzhong of Feilong Academy of Songfan and Lingshe Academy of Yongzhen once paid tribute to them and seemed to have done something about it."