Chapter 152 One Paper, One Post, Two Thunders Behind the Clouds
A thousand years ago, the Tang Dynasty was established. Under the silence of Haotiandao , seventeen countries in the world defeated the Tang Dynasty, but ended up being defeated. After this battle, the Tang Empire established the status of the heroic ruler in the world. Haotian Dao , which represents the divine radiance shining on the world, could not blindfold his eyes with a piece of dirty cloth , and he admitted this fact unwillingly.
To this day, the Haotian Dao is still widely spread within the Tang Empire, but it does not mean that the Xiling Temple can have such a sacred and supreme status in other countries. Because in the understanding of the people of the Tang Dynasty, the religious institution qualified to convey the will of heaven is called the South Gate of Haotian Dao, and the South Gate of Haotian Dao is the deformed product that was eventually born of the war countless years ago.
In name, the South Gate of Haotian Dao of the Tang Empire is a subordinate sect of Haotian Dao, which is directly managed by the Xiling Temple. From the priest of the South Gate to the high-level Taoist, all those who practice the Haotian Dao Dharma, and the master's master also continues the southwest lineage. However, in fact, the South Gate of Haotian Dao should be considered as part of the Tang Empire. Countless years of practice have proved that whether it is emotional tendency or position choice, whenever a dispute arises between the empire and the temple, all Taoists in the South Gate have a very firm position. ——They always stand firmly on the side of the empire.
It is precisely for this reason that some conservative old Taoists in the Xiling Temple always insisted that the people in the South Gate were more abominable rebellions than the Demon Sect . For the same reason, the Tang Empire always trusted the South Gate of Haotian Dao. .
The current Nanmen Priest Li Qingshan was officially appointed as the National Master of the Tang Empire by His Majesty the Emperor and was also appointed as the Tianshu Department. You should know that Tianshu is an institution that the imperial court governs all practitioners in the Tang Dynasty, which shows the true relationship between the empire and the South Gate.
The Taoist temple at the headquarters of the South Gate of Haotian Dao is located at the South Gate, not the south Gate of the Suzaku in Chang'an City, but outside the south Gate of the Imperial City.
The Taoist temple, which is mainly black and white, is hidden by countless green trees, and looks far away from the imperial city. It is a unique beauty, it looks calm and gentle, and relatively short, without much sacred and solemn feeling.
In a side hall deep in the Taoist temple, two Taoists sat at the end of the matte dark wooden floor. One of them was wearing a dark Taoist robe and a bright yellow tie tied with the imperial gift around his waist, looking like a master. He was Li Qingshan, a national teacher in the Tang Dynasty.
A tall and thin old man sitting opposite him was wearing a dirty Taoist robe, with countless oil-dyeing Taoist robes and triangular eyes flashing with vulgar eyes . Facing the high-ranking national master of the Tang Dynasty, the old Taoist still stared at other places, his feet were covered with no sense of respect and awe.
Li Qingshan looked at the teacup on the table and said thoughtfully, "Today, the academy opened a second floor."
"Yes." The old Taoist priest responded casually.
It sounded something was wrong, and Li Qingshan raised his head and saw the old Taoist priest staring at a beautiful middle-aged female Taoist priest who had passed by outside the corridor . The female Taoist priest smiled shyly, and was extremely coquettish. .
Looking at this scene, Li Qingshan smiled bitterly, looked at the old Taoist and said, "Senior Brother, when you enter the talisman, you swear that you are pure Yang and enter the Tao. You will never be close to women in your life. Since this is the case, why bother lingering in the brothel every night? You must always show off your beauty. The look of an evil ghost is for people to see?"
The vulgar old Taoist is Yan Se, the only remaining divine talisman master in the South Gate of Haotian Dao. Listening to Li Qingshan's words, he shook his head in disagreement, stroked the three or two beards under his jaw and retorted seriously: "Young brother's words are wrong, back then I regretted it for a long time after being anxious about the magic talisman. Now I don't dare to break the oath and be so close to a woman. Why not be more dissatisfied with my eyes and be as slutty as possible, and I can also seek a sense of Taoism without any obstacles?"
Li Qingshan smiled helplessly. He really had no choice but to use this senior brother who was a master of Taoism but prefers to roll in the world. He turned to a serious expression and said, "After Prince Longqing entered the second floor, he looked at him in the back mountain of his own academy. You and I The responsibility is smaller."
Hearing this, Master Yan Se's expression rarely became serious. After pondering for a moment, he said, "That guy is already the second-person of the Judgment Department at a young age. He must have a big backer in the temple. We can avoid it. That 's the best."
The status of the South Gate of Haotian Dao is always a bit awkward. They first have to consider the interests of the Tang Empire, but the master lineage is still in Xiling, and is in such a crack. There are also historical love, hatred and grudges facing Prince Longqing. This son of god who is focused on cultivating the Xiling Temple is Li Qingshan himself. If he didn't have the sacred cloak of the National Master of the Tang Dynasty, he would have found it particularly difficult.
As leaders and worshipers of the South Gate of Haotian Dao, they knew the unfathomable strength of the Taoist Sect General Assembly of Xiling Temple, so they never thought that Prince Longqing could not enter the second floor.
"Compared with the Xiling Dao Sect, which has accumulated countless years, my South Gate is still too weak and the strength of the temple is too unfathomable. Anyone who comes to you and me will make you and me feel troubled..."
Li Qingshan looked at Yan Se with a serious expression and said, "Junior Brother Gongsun studied the method of unity of talisman formation. His heart and soul have been consumed a lot. Now he must stay in the mountains to practice Qingming. I don't know when to return to his supernatural powers. Now I am Nanmen. Only senior brother, you are the divine talisman master, and there is no successor. I really don't know how to deal with the future situation."
A strong practitioner who can enter the realm of knowing fate is often called a great practitioner. Once a talisman master who can enter the realm of knowing fate is called a divine talisman master, used to describe this talisman master who can have some kind of closeness. The power of God .
In ordinary battles, the divine talisman master may not have more powerful magical means than other great practitioners. However, the talisman can help practice, strengthen military armor, deploy formations, improve military affairs, and even move around the world. Cloth rain.
But the Tao of the Talisman is the most difficult knowledge in all practice methods. It pays great attention to the understanding and qualifications of practitioners. This kind of understanding qualification is extremely difficult to explain in words. It can only be classified as a natural sensitivity to runes, purely A natural ability that cannot be achieved through acquired perception .
It is rumored that the Southern Jin sword saint Liu Bai once tried to understand the Taoist Taoism, but even such a person who is recognized as a talented person could never move forward on the Taoist Taoism.
Therefore, for sects and countries, the existence of a divine talisman master is undoubtedly the most precious but scarce key person. There is even a saying that countries without a divine talisman master are small countries, and there is no sect of a divine talisman master. Not qualified to enter the market at all.
The Tang Empire dominated the world, but there were no more than ten divine talisman masters. Most of them were obsessed with the world of paper and ink runes. They lived in seclusion in the mountains and courtyards without carving. They were only the three who really walked in the world. people. The Xiling Temple is known as the most powerful practitioners in the world, but there are also very few divine talisman masters who have emerged.
The South Gate of Haotian Dao worshipped Yan Se, such a divine talisman master. He thought quietly that after he died, there was no divine talisman master in the south gate. He couldn't help but feel sad. He picked up the teacup on the desk and talked as a strong wine. All.
Putting down the wine glass, he looked at the southward sky of the Taoist temple and said with emotion: "The academy does not care about the world, but it vaguely checks and balances everything in the world. I have to admit that I have its own confidence. I, the old Taoist, knows three old friends hiding in the academy. inside."
The old friend in this sentence naturally refers to the talisman master with respect for his status.
Li Qingshan frowned and said, "I heard that the person who was responsible for the opening of the second floor of the academy today... was a talisman master, but he didn't find out who it was."
"It should be Huang He."
Yan Se said, "I have hid in the academy for so many years, but it is probably because he has not been able to let go of his dust."
"I heard that Longqing suffered some losses in Desheng Curie a few days ago."
Li Qingshan suddenly changed the topic and said calmly: "Although it belongs to the same lineage, the young man is the key target of the Taoist sect. As a great priest in the South Gate, I should not be gloating, but I don't know why, after hearing this news, I I can never suppress my joy. Whenever I talk about this, it is really hard to suppress my smile."
"The temple is intended to take over the throne of Yan State by Longqing. The princess sent Prince Yan back to China that day. This opportunity will not be missed by Mo Li or Prince Longqing himself. He will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to speak out, not to mention that there are those who are traveling with him that day. Zeng Jing."
He said to Yan Se, "It's a pity that he didn't expect to be put on a verbal skill that he is best at."
Yan Se paid more attention to Zeng Jing's name and sighed and said, "The Empress and His Highness are really in power now? By the way, His Majesty is in full swing, so he starts to snatch that chair. Would it be too early?"
"It's not like water and fire. Since the Imperial Heaven Supervision incident, according to my opinion, the Empress has been silent and self-controlled . His Royal Highness, after all, is young, but he is a little unable to grasp the right position." Li Qingshan shook his head and said, "But this is our Taoist sect." It doesn't matter."
"Everything is favored by the emperor, but there is a prince and Xiahou behind the empress. Just as you said that Li Yu is young after all. Even though she is good at dancing and has great weight in the hearts of the younger generation, the people around her are also young and lack some strength. ."
Li Qingshan nodded slightly and said, "That's right. That's it. The academy student who was overwhelmed by Prince Longqing in Desheng Curie that day, I heard that he was very close to the princess, but I heard that this little guy named Ning Que could not practice."
Hearing the name Ning Que, Yan Se raised his eyebrows slightly, held the empty wine glass and silenced for a long time, and said softly: "I have heard of this person, and I have even checked him. He really has no potential for cultivation, otherwise I will choose. He is my successor."
Li Qingshan's expression suddenly became solemn.
As the leader of the South Gate of Haotian Dao, he knew very well how difficult it was for the Divine Talisman Master to find his successor, and how picky his senior brother's vision was.
Facing the other party's cautious gaze, Yan Se knew what the junior brother was thinking, and sighed softly, took out a piece of rolled paper from his sleeve and spread it on the table. The tent paper from Hongxiuzhao of the brothel was already It was full of wrinkles, but after several months, it was still not damaged. This shows how much Master Yan Se values him.
"This is a note he wrote after drinking. It has no strict rules and regulations. The branches are swept around and mopped randomly, but the brushwork is full of style. It seems to be scattered but can be concentrated and even scattered. The characters have their own characteristics but are not the same. I have never seen such a way of writing it."
After a moment of silence, the divine talisman master Yan Se said, "It's a pity that there is no fluctuation of energy."
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"It is increasingly necessary to be in the gap between the cracks, and now the people in the South Gate who can have a place in the temple are only me and senior brother. If senior brother, what you are saying is true, if this college student named Ning Que is called academy student You should be very clear about how important this is for our South Gate."
National Master Li Qingshan looked at Yan Se with a serious expression and said in a deep voice: "We must confirm whether he can practice."
Yan Se looked at the blue sky and clouds outside the hall, shook his head slowly and said, "No need to look at it anymore. Although that little guy has a talisman, he really cannot practice, which is a pity."
Li Qingshan frowned and said, "It's important to investigate again."
"The military headquarters has checked it, Xiao Lu, the teacher in the school has seen it, and your disciple has also seen it, and they all confirm that he can't do it."
Yan Se looked at him, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Actually, I was not willing to go and see it quietly afterwards, but the result was still the same."
A faint sentence, I don't know how many regrets and sighs that there are no descendants behind the old Taoist.
Li Qingshan was silent for a long time, and said with a gentle look at the sleeves , "Check it out for the last time."
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A young Taoist with a yellow paper umbrella under his arm walked up to the two of them, knelt respectfully on both knees, put the yellow paper umbrella beside him, took out a stack of scrolls at Tianshu, and then lowered his head and made a deep sound. The report said: "Last summer, there was a report saying that a practitioner appeared in a gambling house in Nancheng. After investigation, the person should be Ning Que."
The room was as quiet as dead, and there was no storm under Yan Se's jaws. He slapped the table like an old and crazy tiger, and cursed angrily: "I asked you to check that night! How did you tell me of!"
"Master..."
The young Taoist replied inexplicably: "The results found that night were Ning Que's unclear knowledge and he was indeed unable to practice."
"Since your master asked you about this, why did the Tianshu Department report later but you didn't tell your master?"
Li Qingshan looked at his apprentice coldly.
The young Taoist whispered, "The young man's identity is a bit special, so..."
"What's special?"
"That person named Ning Que seems to know Qi Si."
"Then?"
"Qi Si is the one who is looking for Xiaoshu."
"Then?"
"Chao Xiaoshu...is His Majesty's man."
The young Taoist looked up, looked at his master and uncle, and whispered: "If Ning Que was His Majesty's secret pen, Tianshu must remain silent."
Yan Se seemed to have not heard what he said at all, just stared at the sects on the desk in a daze. His old lips moved slightly and murmured, "Can that kid really practice? How is this possible? He obviously Don't know what..."
Li Qingshan Yu Guang noticed that the blue veins of his senior brother pressed on the wooden floor were exposed and trembling slightly. He knew that he was feeling emotionally excited at this time and could not control himself .
"Senior brother."
"Um."
The two big men at the top of the South Gate of Haotian Dao looked at each other, and looked at each other's firm attitude and determination to win, and nodded slightly.
Li Qingshan said in a deep voice: "As long as you confirm that Ning Que is qualified to become your successor, no matter whether he is His Majesty's secret chess or the princess's hidden , my Haotian Dao South Gate will definitely snatch him over to you as your successor!"
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The gate of Lao Bizhai in Linsui Qiqi was smashed open. Those neighbors who wanted to stand up for justice looked at the yamen runners around the door of Lao Bizhai and those officials with danger all over their bodies, subconsciously kept it. Silence.
National teacher Li Qingshan led Yan Se to the old Bizhai. They did not see Ning Que, but they saw two characters hanging on the wall, and the signature of the characters was Ning Que.
"Good word."
Yan Se expressed his opinion briefly and clearly, then looked at Li Qingshan and said, "If I had been six points before, my confidence has risen to eight points now. If I could see his greed and hungry intention for Bimo, then I have ten thousand confidences!"
Li Qingshan frowned and asked, "What kind of confidence?"
"If I can get my hunger and thirst in his pen."
Yan Se stared at his eyes and said with a serious expression: "You must hand him over to me. I am sure that in ten years, there will be another divine talisman master at the South Gate of Haotian Dao."
Before leaving, the talisman master with a respectable status looked at the unsightly Xiangfang products around him and said with emotion: "Who would have thought that there was a talented calligraphy master in a small bookstore in such a street-sided and alley?
Hearing this sentence, Li Qingshan vaguely remembered something, and suddenly turned around and looked at the two authentic works of Ning Que hanging on the wall of Lao Bizhai , and his eyebrows suddenly raised.
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Outside the imperial study room of the imperial palace , the little eunuch Lu Ji bowed respectfully and said, "Report to the national master, Your Majesty is discussing the great affairs of the Yan State with the ministers. Your Majesty said in front of the tea porridge. Since the national master is rare to want to appreciate the words, please Enter by yourself, just don't mess up the bookshelf."
Listening to this, Li Qingshan pushed open the door of the Imperial Study Room without hesitation.
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Yan Se stared at the spreading paper scroll and the vivid five words "Flowers bloom on the other side of the sky", and the old face gradually showed endless joy and admiration.
Li Qingshan looked at him and asked solemnly: "Senior brother, do you see hunger?"
"Although the brushwork is completely different from that chicken soup post , I can confirm that it was written by the same person." Yan Se said with a trembling voice: "As for hunger... I can see that the boy was like eight hundred when he wrote this letter The fox who has never eaten chicken in the year is like a greedy person."
The young Taoist looked at it from the side and asked in confusion: "I have seen a double-hook copy of this character in the house of Master Jijiu. Master Jijiu commented that these five characters are full of energy and full of energy, without any trace of weakness and emptyness, and it is difficult for the world to be Mi, since that's the case, why do you say hunger and thirst? "
"You know nothing!" Yan Se cursed with his head and face, "You can only grab the pen and dip the ink and write wildly. How can you write so much that you can fill your mind?"
The young Taoist retreated slowly.
Li Qingshan stared at Yan Se's eyes and suddenly asked, "Ten?"
Yan Se looked back at his eyes and said hard: "Ten thousand!"
Li Qingshan waved his sleeves and laughed with a long voice, and green leaves flew around in the imperial garden.
Yan Se gently stroked his sparse beards , laughed intoxicatedly, and the paper and pen in the study were slightly shaken.
"Finish him."
"He's not at home."
"He is a student of the academy. The second floor is open today, of course in the academy."
"He doesn't know how to practice. What's the matter with him when it opens the second floor?"
"The problem is that he can practice now, so we are in a hurry to find him."
"It makes sense."
"You go, I go?"
"I'm going to make a lot of noise. If the academy discovers Ning Qu's ability, it will be unbeautiful."
"Then I'll go."
The national master and the worshiper became happier the more they talked. The young Taoist looked at the two elders excitedly, and he wanted to speak but stopped. Whether in the Nanmen Temple or in Tianshu, his duty is to pick up the shortcomings for his teachers. So although he was scolded repeatedly today, he knew that this sentence would affect the mood of the two elders, but he still I have to say.
"Master, Master, since Ning Que can practice, he will definitely try to enter the second floor... If he enters the second floor, what should we do?"
Li Qingshan and Yan Se's bodies suddenly stiffened. After a moment, they thought of a thing, and breathed a sigh of fear at the same time.
Li Qingshan stared at the young Taoist and cursed: "Not shit, even if he can practice, can he still beat Prince Longqing? He naturally can't get in on the second floor!"
Yan Se shook his head and sighed: "I had a headache with the son of Xiling before, but now I want to come here, but I have to thank him for directly cutting off the hope of Ning Que's entry into the second floor."
Li Qingshan took out a token from his yellow belt and handed it to Yan Se, and said solemnly: "Don't let the old guys in the academy find out that anyone who dares to stop his senior brother except the academy, you can just start the scheming, and even use the name of my South Gate!"
Yan Se took the token, looked at him with an interesting look and asked, "What should I do?"
"Cleaning whatever you want."
"Including Mo Li and Longqing?"
"certainly."
The young Taoist smiled bitterly and interrupted again with an inappropriate affair: "Master, the two are sent to Chang'an by the Xiling Temple. It would be fine if our South Gate did not take the initiative to cooperate. If we want to be hostile to them, I am afraid it would be a bit unreasonable."
"What's wrong with that?"
Yan Se glared at him fiercely, waved his old and smelly Taoist robe and shouted loudly: "I have lived for eighty years to find such a successor! Who dares to stop me!"
Li Qingshan's voice was slightly cold and said, "Senior Brother must bring him back here. This is the subsequent hope of my Haotian Dao South Gate. If anyone dares to stop him, they will kill him!"
Outside the imperial study room, the little eunuch Lu Ji kept eavesdropping on the passionate conversations of the Taoists inside with his ears. It was actually not accurate to say that eavesdropping was actually not accurate. For those Taoists carrying magical techniques, no action could be hidden from the other party. , but the other party doesn't care.
Lu Ji glanced at the closed door of the Imperial Study Room, then looked at the direction of the Political Consultative Hall, and thought silently in his heart that the identity of that guy was finally revealed. Whether for Commander Xu or himself, this is all Last chance.
Having a certain idea, he didn't care about so much anymore , and quickly ran towards the Order Hall with his small legs , thinking that he must tell His Majesty before the National Master that he would just say what to say to get rid of his Majesty. My own sin...
"Your Majesty is overjoyed!"
"The one who wrote about the flowers blooming on the other side of the sky has finally been found!"
"His name is Ning Que."
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Ning Que did not know that the Tang Dynasty master and a talisman master regarded him as the only hope to change the embarrassing and fatal situation of the southern gate of Haotian Dao. He wanted to sweep away all the ghosts and monsters and gods to seize talents. He cried and shouted that he would also accept him as his apprentice. .
He didn't know that the words he wrote in the imperial study last year, the words that had been swaying in the ministers' homes for several months in various copy styles, were about to jump out of the sea. Later, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was high above may hold his hands with tears in his eyes and cry and say, "I am looking for you for the hardships, and then reward him with countless beautiful maids who have been rich in land and maids."
He didn't know these things, and he was still struggling to walk on the mountain road behind the academy. He only knew that this damn mountain road was getting harder to go. He only knew that there was a wooden bridge in front of the mountain road, and there were several climbers standing on the other end of the bridge. .
The climbers either supported trees or leaned on the bridge, their faces were tired and dull. One of them looked at the mountain road that seemed to be endless, and slowly sat down on the ground with a pale and desperate look to the bottom.
It is Xie Chengyun.