Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

Saying goodbye to Lu Er and Feng Hu, they took back their luggage.Su also drank too much wine and drove the horse in a daze. Tao Xinian was in the car with his head resting on Yuan Yao's lap, trying to catch up on sleep.Yuan Yao was sitting, also feeling sleepy.

Unexpectedly, Yun Sheng was sober, sitting opposite them, reading a book in his hand.Abab is curled up in a ball and sleeping.

There is still more than a day's journey from Gaoping here, and we will not arrive until tomorrow.This road is in the wilderness, and it is very likely that you will have to sleep in the wilderness.But fortunately, I can reach the town in only one day, and I am very hopeful, but I don't feel bitter.

The carriage suddenly slowed down, Tao Xinian got up in a daze, and Su Huan's voice came, "General Yuan, I want to rest, I'm sleepy!"

Yuan Yao saw that it was past noon, and it had been two hours since they came out of the stockade, so he said: "You rest first, we will leave in an hour."

Tao Xinian rubbed his eyes, exchanged a glance with Yuan Yao, then patted Abo awake, and said, "Abo, let's cook a meal." Then he said to Yun Sheng, "Ayao and I get out of the car and walk." After finishing speaking, he dragged Yuan Yao away.

Yun Sheng watched them walk away, until Su climbed into the carriage to sleep and Ah Bo got out of the car to cook, then gradually looked away.Su also glanced at him, and said, "What are you thinking? According to my observation, Daoist Tao is not so easy to get."

Yun Sheng said coldly: "If you want to sleep, go to sleep, and you have to drive later."

Tao Xinian and Yuan Yao walked a long distance, and stopped after making sure they were all out of sight.Yuan Yao took out the Buddha's top bone relic from his bosom and handed it to Tao Xinian.Tao Xinian tried to pour his own strength into the relic, and instantly golden light overflowed, forming a light curtain on him.

He quickly withdrew his strength, and said: "It's not right, this relic has not been sealed by [-]%, at most it has only been sealed [-]% to [-]%, maybe it has not been sealed at all."

Yuan Yao wondered: "Could it be that the Luoyang Taoist didn't seal the relic, or...the seal was broken on the way?"

"Both are possible. No matter what, we are very dangerous right now. The spirits on the road may be attracted by the force emanating from the relics, and come to trouble us. The west is sparsely populated, but there are many spirits. People like Luer are just ordinary monsters. , can still deal with it. If there is a monster stronger than the black snake spirit, we will be in danger."

"Can you seal it?"

Tao Xinian shook his head and said, "I've never learned seals, but let's try."

Tao Xinian took out a talisman from his sleeve, and after chanting a while, the talisman floated above the relic, turning into a piece of black glaze, wrapping the relic tightly.From the outside, it looks like a piece of black colored glaze, and the light of the relic no longer leaks out.

He returned the relic to Yuan Yao, and said, "Let's do this for now. I'll go back and look through the book Master left me to see if there is any mention of the seal. Or I'll ask Su Huan later, maybe he knows .”

Yuan Yao took the relics and said, "Let's go back, Ah Bo's meal should be ready."

On the desolate loess slope, the two of them walked back slowly.After turning over a small hill, Yun Sheng was sitting under an old tree, propping his chin with his hands, meditating.Abo was cooking porridge, the aroma was overflowing, and the chicken roasted on the fire was also cooked.

"You are back, just in time to eat. You two are really, how many things have to talk after walking so far!"

Tao Xinian stretched his waist, and said, "I've been sitting in the carriage for a long time, now I'm walking around. Do you want to wake Su up?"

"Forget it, leave a portion for him, and eat it after he wakes up." After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and stirred the delicious porridge.

After completing the supplies in Gaoping, they rested for two days before rushing to Bogulu Town.It was mid-September when we approached Bogulu Town.Mid-September is only late autumn in Nanliang, but here, it is as cold as winter.Tao Xinian changed into a thin jacket, and rarely rode a horse anymore, it was warmer inside the carriage than outside.

The Northwest was originally desolate, but now the weather is getting colder and the vegetation is scattered. It is a completely bleak scene at first glance, which cannot but make people feel sad.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and Abo in the carriage slammed his mouth and said, "I'm thirsty, I want to drink water."

Tao Xinian handed the water bottle to Abo, and Abo started drinking.

Tao Xinian rubbed his hands, this Northwest is really dry, his hands are almost cracked.Fortunately, Yuan Yao bought a few boxes of face cream in the big city of Luoyang, which he could use to smear his face and hands, otherwise it would be dry enough.He lifted the curtains of the car, and Yuan Yao rode on the horse, covering half of his face with a scarf to keep out the wind and sand.Tao Xinian said, "Ayao, do you want to come in and sit? You've been outside all morning, it's cold outside."

Su also looked back at him, tremblingly said: "Taoist priest, why don't you invite me in to sit? I'm cold too!"

Abo said loudly: "I haven't talked about you yet, you drove too slowly today! So when will we get to Bugulu Town?"

Su also shivered a few times, and said, "Come here and try driving a horse! You'll be frozen to death!"

"Who told you not to wear more!" Ah Bo refused to be outdone.

Seeing that the two of them were going to continue arguing endlessly, Tao Xinian said: "Okay, everyone, please stop talking!"

Yuan Yao said: "I'm not cold, Su has to go in and rest for a while, I'll drive the horse."

Su also listened, and quickly stopped his movements, stopped the horse, got into the car like a rabbit, and sat down on the empty seat next to Yun Sheng.Yuan Yao dismounted, put Ben Yue on the carriage, and continued to drive.

Abo glared at Su Huan, and said: "You are really useless, why is the great monk not afraid of the cold? You are the only hypocrite!"

Su stuffed his hands into his sleeves, and said with emotion: "He is from Xianbei. Xianbei people came from the north, and they are naturally more resistant to cold than Han people!"

Abo didn't bother to talk to him, and lowered his head to play with the bamboo dragonfly, which Tao Xinian bought for him in Gaoping. The journey was so long, so boring.

Tao Xinian read the book for a while, then put it down again, the carriage kept shaking, and his eyes hurt from reading.In addition to reading, there is only chatting and playing the piano.He looked at Yun Sheng, Yun Sheng was also bored, the weather was cold, and he didn't take out the piano much to play, his hands were cold.

"Yun Sheng, what's the matter with you? I haven't been very interested these two days."

Yun Sheng smiled and said: "The Northwest is desolate, seeing the desolation in the eyes, I can't help but feel quite desolate in my heart."

"Oh, that's true." Tao Xinian dug out the box for a long time, and took out a bamboo flute, "Let me play the tune, it's really boring."

He put the bamboo flute to his lips, and played a song "Plum Blossom Falling" slowly. The melodious sound of the flute spread far away, and the desolate land seemed to have a little more life.

Yuan Yao was driving the carriage, and the north wind howled towards him. He wrapped his scarf tighter, thinking of the heavy snow in Nanliang at the beginning of the year, the white plum blossoms in front of Qinglong Taoist Temple, and the faint plum blossoms on that man's body aroma.This desolation seems to have become better.

When the sound of horseshoes came, Yuan Yao slowed down and listened carefully to the sound. It came from the front, not a few horses, but a group of horses.He hesitated for a moment, probably figured out the identity of the comer, and then continued to drive forward.

After a while, Tao Xinian put down the bamboo flute and opened the curtain.He heard horseshoes not far away.He said: "Ayao, did you hear that? The sound of horseshoes."

"I heard, it should be the garrison of Bogulu Town. Don't worry, the horse thieves don't have such a big battle."

As soon as the words fell, a large number of people and horses appeared in front of them on horseback, there were more than a hundred people.None of them wore military uniforms, only civilian clothes, but it could be seen that they had undergone rigorous training, and they were all about the same age, and they were not horse thieves or bandits.

One of them rushed towards them, Yuan Yao stopped the horse, and the man stopped beside their carriage, a young man in his early twenties.He said: "Everyone, further ahead is Bogulu Town, full of garrisons. Do you have a pass?"

Yuan Yao untied his badge and showed it to him, the man hurriedly got off his horse and saluted, saying: "My lord, I'm so young that I don't know Mount Tai, please forgive me!"

"Get up quickly, there is no need to be polite. Is General Mu in the army?"

"Yes, my lord will follow me, and we will arrive in Bogulu Town in an hour."

Tao Xinian secretly transformed Abo into a human form, thinking that the Bone Gulu Town has finally arrived, and he needs to rest for a day or two.The road from Bogulu to Dunhuang is very long, and I don't know how long it will take.

The author has something to say: Facial fat, Taoist priests and others already had it in their time. It is recorded in "Qi Min Yao Shu" by Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty, "The method of combining facial fat, cattle feeding (for those with less ox marrow, use tallow And, if there is no pith, you can use fat to warm the wine, soak in cloves, and infuse the two kinds of incense, and fry them together to make the color. You can also use green poles to make the color. Filter it into the enamel cup to make it set."

Bogulu Town was a military town at that time, but it is now in Ningxia.