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Chapter 6 Wujiyuan in Wuji Mountain

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    On the second day, Chu Yangcheng continued to carry Zhao Ran on his shoulders and drove away. Zhao Ran was afraid of being imprisoned by the other party again, so he did not dare to say anything. He only occasionally talked to the other party casually, but often did not get a response.  .  But even so, Zhao Ran gradually figured out Chu Yangcheng's preferences. This Taoist priest seemed to be only interested in practicing martial arts and had no love for other things.  This made Zhao Ran very frustrated, because he knew nothing about it and naturally couldn't please the other party.

    The further you go, the mountains become gentler and gentler, not as steep and tall as before.  When the sun set in the west, the two rushed to a mountain. Chu Yangcheng put Zhao Ran down and walked up the mountain along the bluestone road.  Zhao Ran saw a stone tablet leaning against the road, with three seal characters engraved on it - Wuji Mountain.

    Chu Yangcheng climbed up the stairs. Although he was not running as fast as before, Zhao Ran was very tired even if he wanted to keep up with him.

    Zhao Ran was panting behind him while listening to Chu Yangcheng say: "This is Wuji Mountain. Seven miles southeast of the mountain is Guyang County. To the west of Guyang County is Shiquan County. You have not entered the water and rice today, so you are here.  Use some food here and there, and then go on your own."

    Zhao Ran was indeed hungry, but after hearing Chu Yangcheng's intention, he seemed ready to part ways with him, so he didn't care about eating. His mind was spinning, just thinking about how to find a way to get involved with this Taoist priest.  cause and effect.

    After walking up the bluestone steps for a while, after turning a few turns, the stone steps suddenly rose. Looking up, a Taoist mountain gate with red paint and gold eaves suddenly appeared in front of me.  There are two layers of cornices, and the door is opposite. On the blue plaque directly above, there are three large lacquered gold characters engraved on it - Wujiyuan.  The red-painted lintel under the plaque has the inscription "Shan Qiong Lu", the left doorpost is "Sichuan Splendid", and the right doorpost is "Outside the Law Yin and Yang".  The annotation of "Shanqionglu" is: a facsimile gift from the Heavenly Master.

    Behind the tall mountain gate, you can vaguely see countless palaces and towers rising up the mountain, all hidden among the green trees and pines.

    Zhao Ran was excited for a moment and secretly thought that he could just find a place. Niubi, if you don¡¯t accept me, I will eat, drink, and die in front of your mountain gate!  In order to confirm his guess, he asked again: "Is this the Taoist temple of the Immortal?"

    Chu Yangcheng shook his head and did not answer. He climbed the stone steps and came to the gate.

    Chu Yangcheng knocked on the door, but the door was opened wide. A famous Taoist came out with several people to greet him. They all bowed their heads and bowed respectfully.  I just heard the old Taoist and others singing in unison: "Welcome to the master!" Chu Yangcheng waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and went straight into the mountain gate.

    Zhao Ran naturally couldn't fall behind, so he took three steps and then two steps to follow.  The old Taoist was a little surprised when he saw that Zhao Ran was dressed in rags and not in Taoist attire. He didn't know his identity.  But Chu Yangcheng didn't say anything, and he didn't want to ask questions. He just pretended that he didn't know, and he should lead the way first.

    Bypassing the screen wall behind the mountain gate, passing through a bamboo forest and several unknown palaces, the front of your eyes suddenly opened up to a pavilion paved with bluestones.  The xuanchang is about six or seven feet in diameter, and is divided into upper and lower sides.  The lower floor is slightly larger, with two two-story buildings facing each other on the left and right, namely the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower.  Above the nine stone steps is the upper pavilion surrounded by stone railings. On the pavilion stands the tall Sanqing Hall. In front of the hall is a large copper furnace with a flying crane. Incense curls up from the furnace and sandalwood scents the nose.

    A group of Taoists hurriedly came down from the upper hall. The old Taoist who was leading the way, his beard and eyebrows were all white. He was quite old and his body was trembling. He walked to Chu Yangcheng with the support of two little Taoist boys.  The Taoist behind him wears a three-letter scarf on his head. He is about forty or fifty years old, but he is a prisoner.  Behind them stood three Taoist priests, and behind them were another seven or eight people, all of whom had status in the Wuji Academy.

    All the Taoist priests bowed their heads and sang in unison: "Welcome to the Master!"

    Now Zhao Ran finally understood that Chu Yangcheng was not a Taoist priest from this temple, but he seemed to have a good background.

    Chu Yangcheng slightly nodded his head and nodded to everyone, and then said to the old Taoist: "Thank you, abbot."

    The old Taoist leader said: "I dare not." He accompanied Chu Yangcheng up the steps.  Zhao Ran quickly followed.  When he came to Sanqing Hall, he saw that Chu Yangcheng had already entered the hall. He took the burning incense handed from the prison and bowed first to the Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun statue in the middle, then to the Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun statues and Taiqing statues on the left and right.  Statue of Moral God.  When worshiping, the bells ring and the sound is heart-stirring.

    After the worship was completed, Chu Yangcheng walked back through the hall surrounded by Taoist priests.  Zhao Ran quickly stepped forward to pay homage.  He knelt on the futon and took the incense from the Taoist boy. He didn't know the etiquette, so he only knelt down three times and inserted the incense into the tripod.  After worshiping the three statues, Zhao Ran sighed and looked up briefly.

    The one in the middle, Yuanshi Tianzun, is holding the Hunyuan Baozhu in his hand, with a hint of indifference in his smile; the Lingbao Tianzun on the left is holding the jade Ruyi, and his eyes seem to be shining brightly; the Daode Tianzun on the right is shaking his Tai Chi fan, his eyes soft.  The faces of Sanqing are like the same person, but they are different. What is the difference? Zhao Ran?Can't explain clearly.  After watching for a while, Zhao Ran felt that the faces of the three statues were getting blurry and blurred. They were clearly in front of him, but he could not remember them in the sea of ??consciousness.

    While he was in a trance, the Taoist boy next to him coughed, waking Zhao Ran up. Then he stopped looking and walked through the hall to chase Chu Yangcheng.

    Behind the Sanqing Hall stands a slightly smaller copper hall, which is the Tianshi Hall.  When Zhao Ran arrived, Chu Yangcheng had already finished worshiping the Tianshi and stepped out of the Tianshi Hall.  He pointed at Zhao Ran and said to the old Taoist and the prison: "This boy has not eaten yet"

    The old man frowned, and the prison hospital quickly ordered the people in the living room to take Zhao Ran to eat.

    Zhao Ran followed the Taoist in the living room as he walked through the Taoist temple, bypassing several temples and passing through several woods, and finally came to a courtyard.  This place is much shabbier than the main palace area where we were just now, but that's only relatively speaking. Compared with the fourth uncle's house in Zhaozhuang, it is much better.

    This place is called a dormitory, which is a living place in Taoist temples. Taoist priests eat, drink and have sex here, which is equivalent to the living quarters of Zhao Ran's previous life.  The largest building in the dormitory is the dining hall, which is quite large and can accommodate hundreds of people eating at the same time.  It was already dark now and the Taoist priests had already had dinner. In the huge dining hall, only the Taoist priest from the living room accompanied Zhao Ran.

    Although he could not figure out the origin of Zhao Ran, since he was brought here by Chu Yangcheng, the middle-aged Taoist did not dare to be careless. Whenever Zhao Ran spoke to him, he tried his best to answer.  Zhao Ran's ability to observe people's emotions was something he had learned in his previous life. After chatting with the Taoist for a few words, he figured out the other person's preferences in a short time. He then followed the other person's words and started to talk about it. Before long, the two of them became warm.

    Zhao Ran asked with a smile, why did he call the old Taoist the abbot instead of the temple master?

    The Taoist asked curiously: "Master of the temple? What is that? It is said that the heart of a human being is small and the heart of the sky is an abbot. What else is it called if it is not called an abbot?"

    Zhao Ran asked: "Thenwhere is Buddhism"

    The Taoist said disdainfully: "You are just borrowing my Taoist name, it is not worth mentioning!"

    Zhao Ran was embarrassed to show his timidity again, so he got involved with him without leaving any trace, and gradually became aware of the situation of the Taoist sect.

    In the jungles of the ten directions of the Taoist sect, after the abbot, the supervisory court and the three capitals, there are eight deacons who are responsible for the affairs of the Taoist courtyard. The deacon of the guest hall is called Zhike, and he is one of the eight deacons.  This middle-aged Taoist's name is Yu Zhiyuan. He is a doorman under the guest house Zhike, and he is also a Taoist with a job.

    The Ming Dynasty adopted Taoism as its state religion, and Taoism was the general name for all Taoist temples. The general temple designated Taoism in the world. Zhao Ran knew this from the memory of the dead ghost Zhao Sanlang.  At this time, I also learned from Yu Zhiyuan that the Taoist sect had a temple in each of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, a Taoist palace was set up in each prefecture, and a Taoist temple was set up in each county to take charge of local Taoist sect affairs.  This setting is completely consistent with the government offices of the Ming Dynasty. This shows how tightly the Taoist clan controlled the religion of the Ming Dynasty.

    The Wujiyuan where Zhao Ran is located is the "yamen" that governs all Taoist affairs in Guyang County.

    Zhao Ran changed his name to Yu Zhiyuan as "Yu Zhike". Yu Zhiyuan quickly waved his hands and said that he was not Zhike and would never deserve this title.  Zhao Ran said that although you are not a Zhike yet, from the perspective of how you treat others, your achievements in the future will be extraordinary, and it will only be a matter of time before you are promoted to a Zhike.  Although Yu Zhiyuan still kept saying "dare not", his face was already full of smiles and he had a good impression of Zhao Ran.

    Zhao Ran was overjoyed when he learned that Yu Zhiyuan liked calligraphy and painting, and was especially good at calligraphy. He immediately turned around and started talking about calligraphy with Yu Zhiyuan.  This is not because Zhao Ran pretends to understand, he really has some research on calligraphy and painting.  Before time travel, Zhao Ran's uncle was a member of the Provincial Painting and Calligraphy Association. His calligraphy and painting works were very famous in the province. It was said that he was a disciple of Mr. Qi Gong.  Zhao Ran studied calligraphy and painting from his uncle since he was urinating. After more than 20 years, he has been quite diligent and has good writing skills.

    This discussion scratches Yu Zhiyuan¡¯s itch.  Yu Zhiyuan talked endlessly and at length, and Zhao Ran occasionally chimed in with a few words. Although the words were not much, they were on the main points. After a short conversation, Yu Zhiyuan already regarded Zhao Ran as a confidant.

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