Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Looking at Jia Lian who turned around gracefully, Pan You'an was filled with excitement, and secretly vowed that as long as the second master would make his husband and wife happy with his cousin, he would use his wisdom all his life to earn gold and silver for the second master.

At this thought, Pan You'an curled his lips and smiled. What he despises the most is the two brothers Lai Dalai who are short-sighted, don't think about making money, and only know how to steal the master's money.

Rats!

Pan You'an was once sworn by his father that he would not be able to be such a betrayer even if he died of poverty.Their Pan family was engaged in conscientious business, that's why they were set up by traitors at the beginning, and when they were desperate, they defected to Jia's mansion.

At the beginning, it was the ancestors of the Jia family who saved the ancestors of the Pan family, otherwise the Pan family would be wiped out, so the ancestors of the Pan family made their descendants swear that they would not betray their life-saving grace.

In the previous life, Pan You'an ran away and returned to the mansion calmly. Firstly, it was difficult to part with his cousin and husband and wife, and secondly, he had sworn at the beginning that he would never betray the Lord.Before Pan Youan escaped, the two governments had never failed Pan Youan.

Here, Jia Lian turned around and told Jia Rong: "Since you like to follow Xiao Liu, follow him, but don't just be playful, and learn how to deal with others. You see, Xiao Liuzi, you are younger than him, and you can already walk in the rivers and lakes with swords. Stand alone."

"Although you have the foundation of your ancestors to rely on, you don't have to worry about food and drink, but you have to learn something and do something in this world, so that your life will be interesting. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time to come to this world to eat and die with that What's the difference between animals?"

Frightened by his long speech, Jia Rong felt very ashamed, stretched out her hand to grab Jia Lian's sleeve, and said hesitantly, "Second Uncle, why don't I go to Wudang with you, I won't play with Xiao Liu anymore."

Jia Lian snorted when he heard the words: "If you don't have faith, you can't stand. It's the worst thing to change. You are a man, you are a man, you have to spit and nail your words. How can a friend's loyalty be easily betrayed? Since you have promised, you should do it, otherwise , who will care about you in the future?"

Jia Rong was stunned.

He thought that if he agreed to follow, Second Uncle would like it, clinker, he was wrong again, so he had to obediently agree: "In January, I will definitely go to the mountains to learn art, Second Uncle don't worry!"

Before Jia Lian left, Tete told Pan You'an: "Money is something other than money, and you can't earn it all. The most important thing is your own safety."

The sail is easily broken when it is full blown.Pan You'an is a piece of jade in the rough, loyal and practical, Jia Lian is reluctant to use him up once.

In the end, Jia Lian and Pan Youan agreed that no matter what, after three months, they must go to Wudang to meet Jia Lian. Regardless of whether Jia Lian can learn the secret scriptures and succeed in building the foundation, it will be decided in a hundred days.

Jia Lian decided that he would set off before the twelfth lunar month at the latest, and rush back to Kyoto to participate in the royal feast of winter hunting.

This is an agreement between Jia Lian and her father, Sister Feng. If it is not necessary, Jia Lian does not want to break the contract and worry her family.

Let's talk about Jia Lian saying goodbye to Jia Rong and going to Wudang alone.

Jia Lian soon discovered that although Wudang Mountain was a place of beauty and beauty as his grandfather said, he did not see thousands of disciples under his grandfather's words.

Jia Lian climbed up the mountain humming and humming, except that he felt that the emptiness was the silence, and it was nothing like what his grandfather said was a holy place for cultivation, which was famous and well-known.

Jia Lian couldn't help frowning, isn't this Wudang Mountain?

But at the foot of the mountain, I clearly saw a huge stone tablet with the word Wudang written on it.

What happened?

According to his grandfather's words, he hasn't come here for at most 40 to [-] years. How did the Taoist temple fall to this point?

Jia Lian decided to meet and pay attention first.

Jia Lian delivered the business card, but did not see the master of the temple, and the senior governor received Jia Lian.With the family's ancient keepsake, Jia Lian was recognized by the governor's brother and was allowed to live and practice in Wudang temporarily.

Senior Brother Governor is a fat and smiling Taoist priest with small bright eyes, but he is very polite to others.

He quickly explained the rules of the Taoist temple. Jia Lian could use the guest room behind the Taoist temple, but Jia Lian had to take care of his own food and daily life.

He also stated that the Taoist temple only provides vegetarian food.

Jia Lian didn't come here to enjoy the blessings. It doesn't matter if the food is good or bad. It's only a hundred days at most.He asked Zhao Liangdong to hand over a hundred taels of silver to the governor's senior brother for the food and lodging expenses of the master and servant.

Seeing Xue Huayin, the senior governor's eyes flashed brightly, and he immediately declined: "It's too much! Tanyue can pay every month, and you can pay four taels first. It's ashamed to say that Tanyue is a descendant of the senior master and uncle. When he came to the Taoist temple, it was like Going home, charging fees is already very unreasonable, how can we get more cheap with sandalwood."

Jia Lian smiled and cupped her hands: "Senior brother, you are welcome. Our master and servant live here, and we will live two lives. From now on, we will rely on senior brother to take care of us. Please accept some of your wishes, otherwise I won't be able to bother senior brother in the future."

Hearing this, the governor's senior brother smiled more sincerely, bowed his hands together, and said, "Little Tanyue is too polite! If you have anything to do, just give orders."

Jia Lian said: "I am dissatisfied with senior brother. I have something to entrust to senior brother right now. I also have a nephew who is the great-great-grandson of my great-uncle. Oh, my great-uncle is also a disciple of Wudang. His name is Yanzi. He will come to look for me in a month. , I will trouble my senior brother to appease me at that time!"

"No trouble!"

The chubby governor laughed so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes, and no one came, so he was in trouble.

Due to special reasons, this dynasty hates monks and Taoists. The prestige of Taoist temples is not as good as before, and fewer and fewer disciples come to learn Taoism.

Now the Taoist temple is struggling to survive with only a few hundred acres of medicinal fields. Unfortunately, there are too many monks and too little food, so they are just lingering.

If it weren't for the master of the temple to be proficient in pharmacology, the Taoist temple made some bruise pills, plasters, medicinal wine and the like, the Taoist temple would have been disbanded long ago.

Jia Lian frowned when he heard the words: "How could it be? Didn't Wudang produce many masters? Like my great-grandfather, don't they report and contemplate?"

The governor shook his head and smiled wryly: "Tanyue didn't know something. In the past, our place was very prosperous. There were many people who achieved success in cultivation, or prolong their lives, or just like your ancestors. Don't say that they repay, just say that there are successful people like them. Every year, the disciples who come here for no reason break the threshold, and at that time, we didn’t talk about picking disciples here, and there were people rushing to do it as handyman disciples!”

Jia Lian became interested: "Why did it happen later?"

Brother Fat shook his head: "It's unlucky to say, it's all because a young master Kuo suddenly came to visit the Taoist temple in Kyoto that year. For some reason, he died on the bed in the middle of the night for no reason. If he didn't have any wounds on his body and no signs of poisoning, everyone in the Taoist temple would be afraid. There is no escape.

Even so, the Kuo Shao family still held grudges. They not only smeared the reputation of the Taoist temple everywhere, but also united with the officials in this Jingxiang area to suppress the Taoist temple. The Taoist temple has to bear all kinds of heavy labor every year, and there are even more miscellaneous taxes. The Taoist temple is already unbearable burden, alas! "

Jia Lian felt very uncomfortable when he heard the words. As far as he knew, the monks and Taoists ignored the worldly affairs, and the exorbitant taxes and military service had nothing to do with them. How could it be like this now?

Jia Lian thought to himself, I'm afraid that the identity of the dead Kuo Shao is not simple.

Jia Lian looked around and was very surprised: "Why is the Taoist temple so deserted?"

Brother Fat hesitated to speak, and finally said: "A few days ago, the county government issued an announcement that our Taoist temple was responsible for dredging the river, and it was strictly ordered that we must complete the dredging before the peach blossom flood, otherwise we will have to return the hundred acres that the imperial court rewarded to the Taoist temple. Yaotian actually forced the Taoist temple to close and disband, and the temple master had no choice but to take more than a hundred disciples to dig the mud."

Jia Lian nodded and said yes when he heard the words, knowing in his heart that the Taoist priest was not telling the truth, at least not completely telling the truth.

However, there is no rush right now, let's settle down first, because I took Zhao Liangdong to the guest room in the back mountain, and said it was a guest room, but it turned out to be a whole courtyard.

The scenery in the courtyard is different from the layout of flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard of Kyoto. The courtyard looks very empty, but a tall pine tree grows from the back wall of the courtyard, with branches and branches, lush and green, covering the entire courtyard and walking from a distance. , I saw the canopy but not the roof.

Jia Lian stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked into the distance, but there were green hills and white clouds, like a fairyland.

The courtyard is located in the middle of the mountain, the environment is quiet, the air is clear, the breeze is gentle, the face is not cold, and there is a special fragrance of plants and trees, which is refreshing and refreshing.

It's really a place to live, but it's a pity that it hangs on the top of the mountain, which is difficult for ordinary people to climb.

As the dusk fell, Jia Lian, who was meditating, opened his eyes, refreshed and saw Zhao Liangdong's hesitant figure, hesitant to enter at the door, he wanted to leave and then returned.

Jia Lian didn't like Zhao Liangdong's hesitant temperament the most, so he coughed, "I'm back!"

Zhao Liangdong might as well be aware that Jia Lian is awake, humming: "Second Master is awake, I have been back a long time ago, I dare not disturb you if you are not awake!"

Seeing his frightened expression, Jia Lian knew that this guy had something in his stomach, so he asked, "What did you inquire about? Who is Kuo Shao?"

Zhao Liangdong shook his head: "I don't know, it seems that the family felt that this matter was embarrassing, and deliberately kept it a secret, and everyone involved was silenced!"

After saying that, Zhao Liangdong looked mysteriously, looking left and right, as if he had inquired about some great news.

Seeing him pretending to be mysterious, Jia Lian was very impatient: "Speak up if you have something to say!"

Zhao Liangdong smiled sheepishly, and then he approached Jia Lian, his body trembling slightly: "I found out, it is said that Kuo Shao jumped down to play in the three pools before he died, and drank the water from the stone spring, and someone saw him running to the pool in the middle of the night. Riza Mengzi, the person died the next day."