The Great Doorway of Daoism

Chapter 8



"But there is a section. I remember I told you last time that our sect has always been united with the outside world, but we can't help fighting inside the sect, so as to stimulate everyone's self-improvement. Since there is a desire to win among the peaks and temples, there will inevitably be friction. As long as it is controlled to a certain extent, the elders will not interfere, and even secretly contribute to the fire."

"I would like to remind you of several kinds of friction that have always existed. First, it is inevitable that some of the new disciples will have gratitude and resentment in the secular world. Although the secular world is vast, the probability of meeting acquaintances is not high."

"Second, the local disciples will inevitably look down on the disciples from the secular world. The number of native disciples in Xianzhou and the sect is small, but some are better. In addition, they are not limited by the enrollment of 60 years. They can be recommended and reviewed at any time. Those who have been introduced before this year are counted as the disciples of the previous generation."

"Third, Taoist disciples boast that orthodox individuals will discriminate against secular disciples. In addition, those majoring in Xuangong also despise arrays, refining tools and so on. Finally, there is a struggle between peaks and temples."

"These frictions are not serious, but they exist in reality. We are all brothers of the same generation, and we meet for the first time. Peace is precious. There is no need to rush to compete. Moreover, jianzaomen is outside the nine main peaks and has no strength. In the past, we had less participation in civil and military affairs than fighting, and most of them were difficult to win."

"But there are three requirements. First, our construction department doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but it's not afraid of trouble. If someone has to pick up soft persimmons, he can't show weakness. If he can't fight, he should fight first. Second, the nine main peaks are just enough. If there is a fight with the fire stove and the purchase hall, you'd better not lose face to our manager. Third, if he fails this time, I won't punish him Punishment, if it can create a face for us, the manager will naturally be greatly rewarded. "

He looked at the three people with deep meaning, and his eyes became eager: "anyway, you are the only three people assigned to the construction department this time, which is the lowest number in history. However, the manager reads countless people, and the quality of the three boys is finally a little better than that of the previous years. Maybe Lao Zhao of the stove will eat a little flat this time."

After thinking for a while, Mu hurriedly said, "I almost forgot, not three. You still have a senior brother who just arrived yesterday. I've sent someone to call."

"Is there anyone else? It's just the three of us this time?" Yi LiuNian asked.

"Originally, there are many wonderful flowers every year, especially this year. The boy was assigned to the second peak, but he said that he had just started to believe in Buddhism before he came, and he didn't want to see all the Taoists around, so he went to the fourth peak. After staying for more than a month, he said that the fourth peak was full of people, which was not conducive to cultivation. The responsible elder was angry and sent him to our construction site, And he was punished that he could only attend the mid autumn festival activities as a nonvoting delegate and could not do anything. However, although he was over 20 years old, he was rated as the first disciple of this generation in talent and Kung Fu. It seems that this is the rhythm that I want fire. "

Mu hurriedly rubbed his hands, but he said bitterly: "an extraordinary person must have something extraordinary. I've talked about this boy. His human nature is actually excellent. He is not only stubborn, but also has an abnormal way of thinking. He knows nothing about human and worldly wisdom. He only knows how to practice martial arts. You'll know when people come."

Speaking of this, Mu hurriedly put on a straight face: "I just praised you for not allowing you to belittle yourself because you came to the construction site. You have all heard a saying that genius is created by 1% inspiration and 99% sweat, and often inspiration is more important than sweat."

"In fact, according to textual research, the latter sentence was invented by later generations. If you can be selected into the sect, you have more or less this inspiration. The difference in the future is largely reflected in the sweat. I don't have time to urge you all the time every day. I can grasp it myself. Don't let me hurt Zhongyong later."

While talking, a man came in from the door. He was thin and tall, his head was as big as a bucket, his eyes were more white than black, his look was indifferent, and he looked like he was staring at you, but his eyes didn't focus on you. He had a small cloth bag hanging under his neck, and he couldn't see what it contained.

Mu hurriedly said, "let me introduce you. This is Zhuge Yun. The three of them are Lin Xianjing, Hua Lanting and Yi LiuNian. In the future, you will be the four major disciples of my construction department. You should be more close."

Zhuge Yun nodded to the three: "Hello, everyone, good morning."

The three people said that it was really different. The first sentence was ok, but it's almost evening now. It's not early. Now we'll see each other.

Yi LiuNian asked curiously, "elder martial brother Zhuge, what is the herb hanging on your chest?"

Zhuge Yun: "I was very interested in Buddhism just before I came, so can't I wear Tieguanyin?"

The three of them were dizzy. The elder martial brother really had strange bones and unique thinking.

Mu hurriedly seemed to be used to it and said, "tomorrow, the four of you will participate in the mid autumn festival activities of 60 generations of disciples and take care of each other. Don't embarrass me. Zhuge can't do it. We should cheer you on."

Zhuge Yun replied, "yes, I will, manager." finally, he added, "but beasts always walk alone, and only cattle and sheep flock together."

The three were stunned again and looked at each other.

Mu hurry had already learned Zhuge Yun's way of speaking and came out to make a round: "understand the spirit, understand the spirit, Zhuge means that the team is very important, but cultivation pays more attention to individual cultivation."

Zhuge Yun nodded yes and asked: where are you going tomorrow? “

Hua Lanting suddenly had an idea and replied, "come where you've always been, go where you've gone." ZHUGE Yun's eyes lit up: "what's the place to come from? What's the place to go?"

Hua Lanting replied, "always come and go. In the name of the Tathagata, the Buddha comes truthfully and comes truthfully. He also comes like this. The Tathagata is like going, and he is free to come and go."

Seeing that Zhuge Yun had to ask questions, Mu hurriedly patted his forehead and hurriedly said, "all right, go back and play the machine front. You guys go to discuss tomorrow's response and break up the meeting."

Zhuge Yun rushed to hualanting to go with him, and the four went to discuss it.

The next day, before it was dark, a senior brother led the four people to the Taoist school palace.

The mountain path winds up. On the way, people see a man walking slowly in front of them. After this time, the new four people can recognize that the horse is a short legged horse, which is slow but has good endurance. It is a popular variety often used by ordinary disciples to take the place of walking. One person immediately can only see that it is a famous Taoist from his back.

The five people crossed the man and looked back. They saw that it was an old Taoist. Although his Taoist robe was clean, there were several patches on it. The old Taoist had a broken beard on his face and his eyes were half open and half closed. He was carefree and ignored the people.

Several people were waiting to move on. Suddenly, they heard a roar of people behind them. From far to near, they stopped and looked back, but they saw more than a dozen people running up the mountain. One of them was riding a tall horse, and the others were running. The horse was very fast. There was a one horned horse on his head, which was called a one horned horse, but it was one step higher in breed than a dwarf horse.

The horseman thought that the Taoist was in the way, so he waved his whip and shouted, "get out of the way, good dog doesn't get in the way." as he said, he ran the horse and robbed the line. The people behind him roared past, and the old road and the short horse tilted left and right.

Hua Lanting and his party frowned darkly, but they didn't want to cause trouble. They all avoided to one side of the mountain road. The group rushed by. But they saw one of them suddenly stop, turn around and look at Lin Xian Jing, and said, "who am I? Isn't this the third Shao of the Lin family? It seems that you and I are destined to be very happy."

When Lin Xian was surprised to see this man, he closed his eyebrows and said with a smile: "what a coincidence. I didn't expect he Shizi to be here. Ben Shao was also very happy. When will you return the 3000 liang of gold you owe me?"

The man called he Shizi was round, short and fat, his face was black and said, "Lin Xianjing, don't be too rampant. This is the holy land of truth cultivation. You don't have to bring in the worldly relationship between Shizi and money."

The two said a few words. He Shizi saw that the first horseman was impatient. He gave a ha ha. After saying a few words, he left with the group.

Lin Xianjing then explained a few words. It turned out that the man was he Zhuo, the fifth son of the protector of the Qi Dynasty. The Dayuan Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty bordered on each other. Although there was no big war between the two countries, there were constant minor conflicts on the border. Although there were contacts between the aristocratic families of the two countries, they were not harmonious. As a junior, Lin He and he had several overt or covert fights during the period There are victories, so the meeting smells of gunpowder.

Yi LiuNian asked, "what's this man's skill?" Lin Xianjing said: "I'm not all a dandy. I can fight with Ben for a few rounds. I have two brushes in literary talent and martial arts, otherwise I won't be selected for the entry. I don't have a deep hatred. He just hasn't been convinced of me and doesn't care. I've met an acquaintance here. I don't know if there will be other surprises. In addition, elder martial brother, who's the horse rider?"

The senior brother who led the team replied: "That's Wang Zongxi. He's a child of a Xiuzhen family in the sect. His family has some power, so he has always been domineering among the lower generation disciples. He's a bully and afraid of hard. It's said that he has entered the third peak. The sect always advocates respecting teachers and respecting morality. I guess he looks at the Taoist priest riding a pony from the back and thinks he's an ordinary unknown disciple, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant."

The people were talking, but the Taoist priest behind caught up on horseback. Hua Lanting saluted with a fist and said, "senior, didn't they bump into you?"

The Taoist priest opened his eyes and swept the crowd. His eyes flashed away, smiled and said: "It's all right. I'm very tough, old Taoist. Are you new disciples? Should you go to the school palace to participate in the activities? You know etiquette very well. How about this? I heard that there will be several competitions in the school palace activities. You can help old Taoist teach those boys a lesson. Old Taoist, I will have a meeting ceremony."

Yi LiuNian said, "Taoist priest, are you going to participate in the activity?"

The old Taoist said, "each generation of disciples in each peak and hall have their own mid autumn festival activities. The old guys are not interested in getting involved in the affairs of new disciples, but I'm a member of the palace. No one cares about it when I go in. How's my proposal?"

Lin Xianjing thought about Zhou Xiang and said, "we want to participate in the competition, but it's hard to say that we must be better than those people. We may not be able to vent our anger for you."

The old Taoist smiled: "it doesn't hurt. The activity is lively. As long as you try your best, I won't let you suffer as an elder."

Seeing the old Taoist saying so, several teenagers agreed. The party walked along the road and came to Zhidao school palace.