Chapter 43 Zhang Xiangzhong
Cheng Wenying said: "This is not for you to eat alone. Si Yue, go and invite the bookstore's Yu Gong, Han Gong, and the shopkeeper's accountant. Everyone has worked hard these days making impressions, so let's make a toothpaste for everyone.
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Everyone was very excited after the meal. These people had never tasted such exquisite and fragrant dishes.
According to Shi Dongxiu, this dish is even better than Bianjing Fanlou.
When they heard that these dishes were only made of pork, everyone praised them even more. Needless to say, the beef and stewed vegetables, the pork can now be made so tender and delicious, which is exactly what the Master said, you can never tire of fine meat and fine meat!
When Su You got up early the next morning, Su You made a bag of oil residue. He didn't even eat breakfast, so he told Cheng Wenying that he had agreed to go see the eldest brother of the abandoned children yesterday, and he didn't want to break his promise.
When we arrived at the Earth Temple, we heard a voice saying: "Don't be afraid, little dirty man. Father Earth has been broken into pieces a long time ago. Now the young master is using Father Earth's body to bake pottery for us. This is God's blessing."
Let’s just use our performance as it is.”
A little sister replied: "Will Brother Xiaoyou come to see us? How about we go find him."
The voice sounds like the dirty girl who pulled her hair out to him yesterday.
Just listen to the voice saying: "From what you said, it should be Mr. Su who came to the city recently. He is from the Jiangqing family and a wealthy family in Meishan City. He wants to do some good deeds on a whim. Just remember how good he is and come to disturb him.
, that means you don’t understand etiquette.”
After that, he added: "Second brother, you go collect firewood today and deliver it to Aunt Zhang of the tofu shop in the east of the city. Yesterday, you burned all the firewood nearby, so we can only walk a little further today."
"Xiaosi, you will lead a team to help the charity shed today. Remember to say thank you before you come back. Others want to give you extra food, but you can't take it. For those who help with the work, a bowl of rough rice and a bowl of broth will be enough.
You are not allowed to bring more to the temple."
"Don't be envious of others. Everyone has a share and takes their turn. But one thing, you must be careful not to break other people's dishes, otherwise this good thing may not happen."
Just listening to the voice, the dispatches continued. Some went to guard the ships at the wharf, some went to the inn to ask if there were any merchants who needed help, and some went to the vegetable gardens on the outskirts of the city to help plant seedlings. The rest stayed behind. After a while, the arrangements were made, and people began to come out.
As soon as he saw Su You standing at the door with a smile on his face, Xiao Qi first called him "young master" in surprise, and then shouted into the temple: "Brother, it's the young master who is here."
Then a young man wearing a linen shirt came out. He was about thirteen or fourteen years old. He was quite handsome. He gave Su You a strange courtesy and said, "Master Su."
When he bowed, a Bagua sign dangled from his neck. Only then did Su You realize that this boy was probably holding a whisk in one hand and making a bow ceremony with the other.
Su You smiled and said: "It turns out that my brother is a member of the Taoist sect."
The man smiled and said: "In Chengdu Jade Bureau, Zhang Xiangzhong and Zhang Gongchen have met my virtuous brother."
Su You asked curiously: "Aren't you an outcast?"
Zhang Xiangzhong smiled and said: "My father is obsessed with Zhengyi Avenue. If you say he is an abandoned child, it can be said. But it is a long story. Let's go to the riverside and I will tell you slowly."
Su You was very curious and nodded in agreement.
Zhang Xiangzhong dismissed the children, led Su You to the riverside, found two stones and sat down, and said: "I, the Heavenly Master, have been prospering for thousands of years since my ancestors killed ghosts and opened the altar in Qingcheng Mountain.
It became the state religion."
"Pengshan is said to be the location of the tomb of the longevity god Peng Zu. In the Han Dynasty, it was the Beipingzhi among the 24 Zhizhi of our Taoist diocese. The ancestors of our family are also buried in the north of the county."
"The Zhang family preached in Renshou and built monuments in Hongya. Most Zhengyi people live in this area. Therefore, Meishan has always been important to our religion."
After speaking, he smiled and said, "Actually, our Zhang family has quite a relationship with your Su family."
Su You cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Zhang Xiangzhong said: "During the Five Dynasties, Zhang Yuanxiao, a Taoist from Meishan, saw an old man holding a bamboo bow and three iron bullets one day. He sold them to him for a price of three hundred thousand. He said to him: 'My bullets can ward off diseases, so use them as treasures.'"
'Then he taught him the way to save the world. When he looked at the old man, he saw that each of his eyes had two pupils."
"Decades later, Zhang Yuanxiao went to Baihe Mountain to climb the West Lake. There was a stone statue on the peak. An old man said: 'This is an old man with four eyes, who is your teacher. He didn't remember the bamboo bow and the iron bullet?' Zhang suddenly realized."
"Later, Taoism became more and more refined. According to historical records, this ancestor of the Zhang family was good at the slingshot skills, and he always hit the target. When he saw a disaster in someone's house, he aimed an iron pill to disperse the disaster. He also
He often shoots iron pellets into the sky. When people asked him what he was shooting for, he replied: 'To shoot the lonely stars and scattered ears in the sky.'"
"When your Mr. Mingyun was twenty-two years old, he still had no heirs, and he was worried. One night, he dreamed of an old man holding a bow, and gave him two pills. On the ninth day of the Chongqing Festival of this year, Mr. Mingyun visited our Jade Bureau.
When Wu Yanzi Gua Si saw a portrait of Zhang Xian holding a bomb, the brushwork was exquisite, and he remembered his own dream, and changed it because of the jade ring."
"After returning home, I would burn incense and pray devoutly in front of Zhang Xian's statue every morning. A few years later, I got my second son as I wished."
Su You said "Ah": "Isn't it Zhang Guolao?"
Zhang Xiangzhong laughed and said: "Hahaha... Zhang Guolao is a figure from the Xuanzong period, and Zhang Daoren is a person from the fifth generation. You are really... Zhang Weng's crown, Li Weng wears it!"
Su You seemed to suddenly remember something: "The cook told me that the portrait of the Taoist archer on the chimney is Zhang Xian, and there is a line of small words next to it, 'Hit the Tengu at the top, protect the children at the bottom'!"
Zhang Xiangzhong smiled and said: "That's him! Legend has it that the Tengu will come down from the sky, enter people's houses through the chimney, and harm young children. As long as Zhang Xian is around, the Tengu will not dare to come down. Now it has become the most important person in the hearts of the people of all walks of life to protect their children.
It’s amazing.”
Su You suddenly realized: "So that's it..."
Zhang Xiangzhong said: "I'm not talking nonsense. After Mr. Mingyun had his son, he wrote an "Ode to Zhang Xian". You should be able to find out."
Su You asked: "So, Gongchen, you are a descendant of the Zhang family, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue here?"
Zhang Xiangzhong said: "Not only that, my Celestial Master's theory of Taoism is progressive and strict. For example, there are many positions in the Twenty-Four Rules. Without the accumulation of great virtues and Taoism, you cannot sit in it."
Su You said: "Rescuing children in disaster is one of the Taoist merits, so you can be promoted, right?"
Zhang Xiangzhong smiled slightly: "Taoist skills are necessary, but if you get promoted, you don't need them."
Su You stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I'm just telling you, how can more than fifty children know the rules and observe etiquette and not develop a selfish and selfish temperament? The reason lies with you, brother."
Zhang Xiangzhong said: "I really lack economic skills, so I can only follow Tianshi's way of dividing and governing, and barely let everyone get through it."
Su You smiled and said: "If you leak a little bit of Tianshi Dao through your fingers, it will be enough for the orphans to live on."
Zhang Xiangzhong said sternly: "This cannot be done. Taoist achievements are not false to others. Besides, our Heavenly Master Tao originated from the Five Pecks of Rice Sect. If Taoists want to join the Taoism, they must first bring five pecks of rice. This is the virtue of self-reliance and self-help."
After saying that, he added: "However, you burned pottery and made baskets for the children yesterday, and you have learned the essence of my Zhengyi. Are you interested in joining my Celestial Master's Taoist sect?"
Su You said sternly: "I'm afraid it won't work. The clan relies heavily on me. What you want is to cultivate Qi Zhiping."
This is self-promoting. If the old man were here, there would be another round of complaints.
Zhang Xiangzhong did not force himself and turned to talk about other things.
One of them is about fourteen years old, and the other is only nearly six years old. They are both children, but their words are clear and coherent, and they talk about the great ways of heaven and man. Their answers are orderly and their discussions are profound.
One person has superb Taoist skills and has elaborated many Taoist theories, while the other person has extensive knowledge and far-sightedness. That is quite understandable, just like two adults having a conversation.
However, neither of them took the other's age as a matter of course. It seemed natural. All we could say was that they were both strange people.
Su You felt that this was the only time since he had traveled through time that he had a lot of fun talking about it. After a while, the two of them became like brothers.
After talking for a while, Su You held up his hands and said, "Brother, I thought of a way yesterday that can make these orphaned children independent."
After that, he explained to Zhang Xiangzhong the results of yesterday's discussion with Shi Cheng.
Zhang Xiangzhong twitched his eyebrows: "My dear brother, you are really talented. I want to take care of these children. They will grow up to be my servants of Tianshi Dao at most. In the end, they will be born to depend on Tianshi Dao. If you deal with it like this, they can grow up separately.
Start a family and establish a career, cultivate family relationships, spread leaves and branches. Apart from transforming people into immortals, there is nothing greater than this in the work of Taoism."
Chapter completed!