Chapter 39

Few people know when the Dushan Taoist temple was built, and few people know who built it. Even the people of Xiangcheng, who are not far from Dushan mountain, don't know when they began to know that there is a Taoist temple on Dushan mountain. Some say it was eight years ago, some say it was ten years ago, and others say there was such a house in the mountains. I don't know what Dynasty left over, it's not new at all.

But since a group of Taoists came to Dushan, more and more people came to visit it. How the Taoists in this Taoist temple practice is unknown, but their business methods are first-class. Twenty Wen for a bowl of white rice, fifty Wen for meat dishes and thirty Wen for vegetarian dishes. There is only one kind of wine, 500 yuan for a pot. Children and old people are not deceived.

The Sui Dynasty was rich and had little money for a bucket of Japonica rice. Even if the white rice at the Taoist temple on the mountain is clean and delicious, it is definitely not worth 20 Wen. Fifty Wen can buy a big piece of pork, and I don't know how many meat dishes I can cook. But the Taoist in the Taoist temple also made it clear that these meat, eggs and fresh vegetables were transported from Xiangcheng and had to be moved to the hillside. It took a lot of manpower and material resources, so it is understandable to sell these money.

Most of the people who can live in the Taoist temple are the family members of dignitaries, either the young master or the young lady. Naturally, they don't care about the small things of dozens of words and hundreds of words. Moreover, there is only one family open for business on the dusk mountain, and there is no semicolon. It's difficult for Taoist people to get rich or not.

The name of the Taoist temple is an occasion.

It's called Dushan temple.

There are thirty-six Taoist priests, seventy-two Taoist children and eleven factotums in Dushan temple. The scale is not large, but it is in good order.

With a goatee, the old Taoist man of humanity, who looks quite immortal, is the leader of Dushan temple. But outsiders rarely know that the master in Dushan temple is not a dustman, but a worldly expert who rarely appears. Even the Taoist children and factotum in the Taoist temple rarely see this expert. Of course, the 36 disciples of chuanchenzi still know what kind of demeanor the expert is.

His name is Xiang qingniu.

He is busy every day.

His birth is mysterious and amazing.

He had a close relationship with the immortal Xiao of the Yiqi temple in Leshan of the Qing Dynasty, and had unusual contacts with a big man in the Imperial Palace in the capital. It is said that he also has an extremely mysterious identity and a more noble and frightening senior brother who disappeared after wandering away ten years ago. In Xiang qingniu's own words, his elder martial brother didn't know which mountain he was in when he subdued demons and demons. Now he is the mayor of the stronghold in a cave.

Xiang qingniu is his name, not a road sign.

Even the dustman doesn't know whether this young fat man who is his martial uncle in terms of seniority has a Taoist name. In fact, if he hadn't seen Xiang Qingzheng pull off the beard of immortal Xiao in qingleshan one year, he couldn't believe that this guy who has no other advantages except greed for food and money is a member of the Taoist sect. And he's still a very... Awesome person in the door

Immortal Xiao is the leader of Taoism, and qingleshan Yiqi temple is the holy land of Taoism. Although the name of Sanqing temple in Wudang Mountain has become more and more famous in recent years, it can't be compared with the Yiqi temple with immortal Xiao in charge. In Xiang qingniu's words, it is explained that as soon as daomen gasifies and Sanqing, qingleshan is the concept of one Qi and Wudang Mountain is the concept of three Qing, so one concept of one Qi is the top of three concepts of three Qing. I don't know if God would have the idea of thunder and killing the fat man.

Xiang qingniu is very busy. He is very busy every day.

But the things he has to do are simple, just two things, except sleeping.

If you eat too much, count the money. If you're too tired, eat something. Every time Chuangzi goes to Xiang qingniu's small courtyard alone, as long as the young martial uncle is not sleeping, he must be eating. If he is not eating, he must be counting money.

Xiang qingniu once said that people who are greedy for money and don't know how much money they have will lose all their money sooner or later.

Xiang qingniu seems to be only 15 years old and fat for nothing. In fact, he is 19 years old. It was at the age of nine that his second senior brother left him. If he took off his Taoist robe and changed into ordinary clothes, who would have thought that he had a very noble identity in the Taoist gate of the great Sui Dynasty? Chuchenzi still remembers that when he was in Leshan of the Qing Dynasty, immortal Xiao asked Xiang qingniu for a road sign in a low voice, and Xiang qingniu almost pulled out immortal Xiao's beard.

"I'll follow the second elder martial brother's surname Xiang! And my name is Xiang qingniu, so I know I'm his brother as soon as I hear my name!"

"It's junior brother."

Immortal Xiao corrected.

"Younger martial brother is not younger martial brother?"

Xiang qingniu grabbed immortal Xiao's beard and asked fiercely.

"Of course, of course... Younger martial brother is also a younger martial brother. Who says it's not me who's in a hurry!"

Immortal Xiao was caught in pain. After Xiang qingniu let go, he couldn't help sighing: "he has had a good relationship with your second senior brother since childhood. He really has the heart to leave you!"

Chuchenzi still clearly remembers the original dialogue and deeply remembers that he would rather offend master than junior uncle. Ten years ago, he was ordered by his teacher to travel all over the world to accept disciples, and finally chose Dushan. Four years ago, little martial uncle came to Dushan temple. Since then, he has lived a dark life.

It is said that shortly after he went down from Qingle mountain, the little martial uncle who was only nine years old at that time also left without saying goodbye. Since then, there has been no news. I don't know why it suddenly appeared in dusk mountain six years later. At that time, chuchenzi didn't dare to delay, so he quickly sent someone to deliver a letter to qingleshan. Immortal Xiao sent several groups of people to invite Xiang qingniu back, but he just stayed here.

Later, immortal Xiao sent a message: "it's OK not to go back to qingleshan, but don't run away again."

Xiang qingniu curled his lips and said to the disciple who sent the message: "Go back and tell old man Xiao that I was penniless and couldn't find my second senior brother six years ago. I think he has gone to a foreign land. People who practice Taoism in the Sui Dynasty can walk without money, but the disciples of the Taoist ancestors of the Sui Dynasty are far less popular than those bald donkeys, so I can't go anywhere without money. When I save enough money, I'll leave the Sui Dynasty and find my second senior brother It's too late. "

After hearing this reply, immortal Xiao sighed sadly and said a fool.

Perhaps, this can also be a road sign of qingniu.

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When Xiang qingniu woke up, the sun was already rising. He rubbed his hazy sleep eyes and turned over to continue to sleep, but the Taoist priests in the front yard recited the Tao Te Ching too loudly, so he felt very upset. Tao Te Ching and chaos Jing, Taoist ancestors said that these three books were compulsory lessons for the children of Taoism, except Xiang qingniu.

Listening to the sound of reading in front of him, he was angry. Then he sat up and got out of bed fiercely, pulled on two shoes, picked up the copper basin for washing his face, bared his arms and exposed his white fat, walked out of the door, walked out of the small yard, took a big step to the back door of the front yard, and then smashed the copper basin towards the duster sitting in the first seat.

With a bang, it was very crisp.

After this crisp sound, the sound of reading in the room suddenly stopped. When he looked again, chuchenzi didn't know when he flew to hide behind the stone statue of Daozu.

The master of Dushan Temple showed his head trembling from behind the stone statue and asked carefully, "martial uncle, what's your order?"

Xiang qingniu said a word and asked people not to sleep. He turned around and left. After Xiang qingniu disappeared, he flashed out from behind the stone statue, cleaned up his clothes and said seriously: "The purpose of reading Tao Te Ching is to let you understand the law of the natural Avenue left by the Taoist ancestors. This... Lies in sincerity rather than high voice... You listen to the spring breeze silently, but nature and spring grass are also natural, so..."

"Master, we know!"

All the disciples spoke in unison, and then began to meditate in their hearts.

Chuchenzi nodded with satisfaction, and said in his heart that they were all materials that could be made.

Xiang qingniu went back to his yard and got into bed. When he went to bed, he accidentally bumped into a copper coin. He immediately reached out and picked it up, blew it in his mouth and put it away. On one side of his wooden bed, there were countless copper coins and silver notes, and I don't know how many.

Of course, he knows it himself.

Looking at the pile of money, Xiang qingniu murmured to himself, "old man Xiao said that you can't go anywhere without gold. I don't know when to save it. I'll only wait here for five years. If I can't collect the gold in five years, I'll leave. The second senior brother didn't take much silver when he left. I can go as far as he can."

After saying this, he shook his head again: "I'm sure I can't go as far as the second senior brother."

After saying this, he felt hungry, and he would certainly be too hungry to sleep. So he got up again with his bare arms shaking all the fat, and wolfed down all the cooked meat and snacks left on the table last night. He patted his stomach with satisfaction, and the fat rippled away like water waves.

Of course, you have to sleep when you are full. Counting money is manual work. You must wait until you have a good rest.

Before long, snoring was like thunder.

An hour later, the dust son carefully appeared at his door, half hid behind the door and said softly, "martial uncle, are you still sleeping?"

Xiang qingniu turned over and continued to sleep.

"There are people in the imperial capital. They are waiting in front. Would you like to meet them?"

"Did old man Xiao find it again? No!"

"This time it's not... It's the eunuch from the imperial palace. With his Majesty's edict, although he still wants to invite you to take the exam of this year's martial arts academy, this time it's not a ceremony, but a invigilator."

"The emperor sent someone?"

Xiang qingniu sat up fiercely, rubbed his eyes and said, "the person sent by the emperor? That should still go... Old man Xiao can't listen, and the emperor can't listen."

Chuchenzi breathed a sigh of relief. He always thought Xiang qingniu was a man who was not afraid of heaven and earth. Now it seems that fortunately he still had the least awe of the emperor.

"The second elder martial brother said before that the emperor of the Sui Dynasty must listen to what he said, and the emperors of other countries can fart. Since what the second elder martial brother said must be reasonable, I'll go this time. As for being the invigilator of the martial arts academy... I think I should be able to manage the food?"

Xiang qingniu picked up his clothes and walked out. As he walked, he said: "Then I'm going to the imperial capital now. You are in charge of life at Dushan temple. You can lack everything. If you lack the monthly input silver, I won't finish with you... In addition, I know exactly how much money my house has. If I come back and find a copper money missing, I'll pull out your beard and hang you on the beam in the front yard."

"Don't worry, martial uncle... The imperial envoy in front is waiting for you."

"Let him go back first. I'll go to Chang'an myself."

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After Xiang qingniu went down the dusk mountain, he found that he had forgotten to bring some dry food. After walking for half a day, he was hungry and growled. He had planned to go to the town not far from Dushan to find a way to get some food, but after accurate calculation, he found that he would faint when he was a mile and a half away from that town.

At this time, I suddenly heard a sound behind me. He looked back and found a string of about six or seven carriages. The drivers are all strong men. They are not good people at first sight. In particular, the shriveled old man driving on the second carriage even made him unconsciously have a heart of resistance.

When he hesitated, he saw that the windows of the carriage were open and many charming women looked out, so he completely gave up the idea of asking for some food. In his opinion, the old man with a big wine gourd was terrible, but it was far less terrible than those goblin like women.

When he was frustrated, he suddenly found his luck.

It was about 100 meters away from the motorcade, followed by a carriage.

The driver was a middle-aged man, and the whip was rattling. Next to the driver sat a young man in black, with his eyes closed, as if he were asleep.

That's not the point.

The point is that the driver is eating meat while throwing a whip.

Delicious meat.