The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

Zhong Wen followed the middle-aged Taoist into the temple. After a while, he arrived at the front hall. Zhong Wen unloaded the things and put them aside.

After that, he started to go to the various halls, and after worshiping the Taoist Lord one by one, he entered the main hall.

Yiyang Temple is neither big nor small, but there are seven main halls and side halls in total.

There are not many Taoists in Guanzhong, there are estimated to be about twenty people, and at this time, they are doing evening classes in the main hall. After all, it is getting dark and it is time for evening classes.

Zhong Wen also joined the evening class with the middle-aged Taoist, and recited the scriptures together with the Taoist of Yiyang Temple.

After less than half an hour, it was basically over.

And the old Taoist who took the lead in chanting, the old man with beard and hair, got up from the futon after hearing a few words from the middle-aged Taoist who entered the Yiyang Temple facing Zhong Wen, and looked at the man who was standing there. Zhong Wen on one side of the main hall.

"It turned out to be the disciple of Li Daoling and Master Li. Come, come, come closer."

Zhang Chong, Daoist Zhang, after hearing the middle-aged Taoist's voice, understood the identity of the young Taoist priest, and immediately waved to Zhong Wen, letting Zhong Wen come closer.

"Jiu Shou has met Daoist Zhang."

Zhong Wen walked over obediently, and saluted Zhang Daochang all the way to the front and back.

"You are the disciple of Li Daoling and Li Zhenren? Well, it looks good, it's rare that your master still remembers me as an old man, let's go, let's go to the back and talk."

Daoist Zhang Chongchong looked at the little Taoist priest in front of him, and felt that his perception was quite good. Then, he took Zhong Wen out of the main hall and walked towards their residence.

After all, the main hall is not a place to talk, it is a sacred place, not a place to talk nonsense.

"I haven't seen Li Daoling for some years, is he okay now?"

Zhang Daochang brought Zhong Wen to a residence behind, and asked Zhong Wen.

"Back to Daoist Zhang, the master has been fine these past few years, everything is as usual."

Zhong Wen replied according to his words.

"When did your master accept you? Many years ago, he came to my place and kept saying that he didn't find a good disciple."

Zhang Daochang looked at Zhong Wen, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, he didn't understand when Li Daoling accepted this disciple.

Looking at the little Taoist priest in front of him, he feels good, but he doesn't know how to learn martial arts.

"Back to Daoist Zhang, the younger generation was taken in by the master more than five years ago, and the master was unable to come down the mountain because of his legs and feet, so let me, a disciple, come to Chang'an and say hello to Daoist Zhang."

Zhong Wen respectfully responded to Daoist Zhang.

As Zhong Wen said, when Zhong Wen was accepted by Li Daoling, it was only the second year of Zhenguan, but now, it is almost the eighth year of Zhenguan, and the time is counted, it is almost six years.

Although I have been in Longquan Temple for nearly six years, but this year, I have been wandering outside.

"Your master should be in good health. Why is your leg inconvenient? Are you injured?"

Zhang Daochang didn't know why, listening to Zhong Wen's words, he seemed to be ill.

"After the master accepted me, he went out for nearly a year. When he went out, he had an accident and injured a leg."

Zhong Wen thought about Li Daoling's leg injury after he entered Longquan Temple that year, and he was still a little sad at this moment.

Of course, at this moment, he also misses Li Daoling in his heart. After all, he has been down the mountain for more than eight months, and he doesn't know how his master is doing now.

"No wonder, I said why Li Daoling hasn't come to Chang'an these years."

After Zhang Daochang listened to Zhong Wen's reply, his expression also began to look a little lonely.

"..."

Afterwards, the two sat together and chatted about some things.

As far as the two talked, Zhong Wen also had some understanding of the Daoist Zhang in front of him.

In other words, when Zhang Chong was acquainted with Li Daoling, they had a fight, and that fight was very powerful.

No one accepts anyone, and no one recognizes anyone.

It can be said that the two did not know each other without fighting. Since that fight, in the following decades, the relationship between the two has become better and better. They are really very good friends.

The two met in the fourth year of Kaihuang, that is, when Yang Jian took power in the Sui Dynasty and attacked the world, that is, in [-] A.D.

Calculated in this way, the two have known each other for nearly 50 years until the seventh year of Zhenguan, that is, AD [-].

"Back then, your master and I were young and at the age when it was easy to be serious. After this quarrel, we met and fought. That battle was really comfortable. Thinking about it, it has been decades, and I really miss it. At that time."

Zhang Daochang closed his eyes slightly, as if he was imagining the scene when he met Li Daoling.

Zhong Wen didn't know what to say. He didn't know the scene of the acquaintance of the elders. He just felt that the Daoist Zhang in front of him and his master must be the same as himself at that time. , will fight.

Just like Daoist Zhang in front of him said, when he and Li Daoling met by chance, they were of the same age, and as Taoists, it was inevitable that they would sit together and discuss things.

But the two of them got along well, the way is right, but in the end, because of one sentence, the two of them disagreed.Because it was getting late, the two directly made an appointment to discuss it the next day.

But the two talked about it for several days without convincing anyone.

In the end, the two negotiated with each other, and after a day, they met in a certain place, and the two competed in martial arts. Whoever has the best martial arts will be judged by whoever has the most advanced Taoism.

But when the two of them competed, their martial arts were between brothers, and no one could beat the other.

In the end, they broke up on bad terms.

However, the two will always meet, and there are quite a few times.

This aroused the fighting spirit of the two of them again, whether they were discussing Taoism or competing in martial arts, but they still couldn't beat anyone, let alone convince them.

After such a long period of time, the friendship between the two has risen in a straight line. If they don't fight with each other after a few years, they always feel uncomfortable.

If things go on like this, the relationship between the two was born under such circumstances. Until now, it is estimated that if the two meet again, they will have to fight.After all, a few years ago, when Li Daoling came to Chang'an, he passed by Lantian, and once again had a fight with Daoist Zhang Chong, as before, they were still equals.

But if the current Li Daoling were to come, according to Zhong Wen's estimate, Zhang Chong at this time would surely be defeated by Li Daoling.

Although Zhong Wen's martial arts were taught by Li Daoling, Li Daoling also learned the Tai Chi swordsmanship created by Zhong Wen.

If the two fought again, Zhang Chong would definitely be beaten to the ground by Li Daoling.

However, the two of them are already old, so naturally it is impossible to fight each other again.

Friends, friends, can be described as very good friends, this friendship was already doomed from the moment we met, and until the fight after fight after another, this relationship has become unbreakable.

Chapter 2 When I Leave

Zhong Wen, who didn't eat dinner, chatted with Zhang Chong and Daoist Zhang for a long time before being taken to the dining room by a Taoist priest to have some food.

After the meal, Zhong Wen went to the front hall again, took his own things, and went to the assigned room.

Regarding today's chat with Zhang Chong and Daoist Zhang, Zhong Wen can be considered to know some of Li Daoling's past, although Li Daoling is his master, he looks serious.

But after listening to Zhang Chong's words, Zhong Wen seemed a little strange to his master.

For example, the fight between Li Daoling and Zhang Chong once felt quite funny.

If you have nothing to do to meet and fight, isn't this something that teenagers in the second year of middle school can do?

But after this fight, the two became friends instead, and the friendship was not shallow. It can be said that they became friends after a dozen. As for how good the friendship between the two is, it can be seen from the state of Zhang Chong's treatment of Zhong Wen. Out.

In the middle of the night, after finishing his meditation, Zhong Wen began to fall asleep.

In the early morning of the second day, the sky was getting brighter. After finishing his meditation, Zhong Wen followed a Taoist priest to the main hall after washing up, and began to do morning classes.

The lack of freedom in placing orders means morning and evening classes, and no time of your own.

Of course, this is also a way for some Taoists to save money. After all, traveling abroad naturally saves some money. Similarly, it is also a way to make friends.

Just like Li Daoling, he is relatively familiar with the Taoist temples in the whole world. Except for the outside of the Great Wall and the places of bitter cold, he is not familiar with the Taoist temples in other places, and Zhong Wen has basically talked about them.

After the morning class ended, Zhong Wen was called away by Daoist Zhang Chong again.

At this time, Chen Feng, who was tens of miles away from Lantian County, started to lose his balance when he returned to the inn after a trip to Zongzheng Temple yesterday.

He searched all the way, asked all the way, but finally got no news from Zhong Wen.

"Hey, I don't know where Jiushou is now. I don't know if I went to Taiyi Gate. Should I go there?"

Chen Feng was in a bad mood. At this moment, he was writing a letter with a brush.

And the content of this letter is what he wants to tell Li Daoling, and write down all the things he has traveled along the way on paper.

As for whether he will really go to Taiyimen to inquire next, he has no idea.

With the brush in his hand, he didn't know how to write down.

He was very worried about the lack of news about Zhong Wen, worried about what happened to Zhong Wen, after all, after he came out from the Xuanzhen sect, he was a little uncertain.

Not sure if the Xuanzhen faction killed Zhong Wen, not sure if Zhong Wen was injured or something.

What's more, when he came to Chang'an, he had already gone to Zongzheng Temple and the Ministry of Temple to inquire. For several months, no Taoist priest came to change the disc, which made him feel annoyed, and he didn't know what to do next. how to.

He heard from Li Daoling that Zhong Wen will definitely come to Chang'an Zongzheng Temple to change his degree during this trip, but he really doesn't know whether he will go to Taiyi Gate or not.

Of course, whether to go or not is not something he can decide, nor can he guess.

Afterwards, Chen Feng put down the brush in his hand again, and tore up the letter he had written.

Chen Feng decided in his heart that he would not go to the Taiyi Sect. After all, that was not a place he could go to. What's more, he was also worried about whether he could beat the Taiyi Sect.

Chen Feng decided to return to Lizhou today, return to Longquan Temple, and tell Li Daoling the news he has discovered during his journey.Although there is no news, he still has to go back and wait for Li Daoling's arrangement.

After having an idea in his mind, Chen Feng started to pack up his luggage, paid for the lodging and meals in the inn, and then hired a carriage and left Chang'an.

This journey has gone through hardships, and also experienced some dangers. Although they were not discovered by the Xuanzhen sect, they always experienced some dangers.

From water, to land, then to water, again to land, and then to Chang'an.

However, the trip to Chang'an did not get the news I wanted. Apart from worries, the bigger thing in my heart was a hope that my senior brother Jiu Shou would be fine.

But this expectation is just a hope in his heart. As for what to do, he has no idea in his heart.

And for this trip, he will have to go back the same way. It will take ten days and half a month to return to Longquan Temple. Maybe it will take a month.

After all, the weather is getting colder and snow is possible at any time.

If it really snows this day, the itinerary may be interrupted, and the time to return to Longquan Temple will increase a lot.

In other words, the weather this year is also strange.

This season, logically speaking, it should have snowed a long time ago, but it is now November, and the snow has not yet fallen.

This made Chen Feng even more worried.

Worried about his senior brother, worried about Longquan Temple, and similarly, worried about his itinerary back home.

At this time, in Longquan Temple, Li Daoling and the Taoist in the temple were standing at the gate of Longquan Temple, sending Mingxin and Mingchen to each other.

It shows that brother Xin Mingchen has been watching in Longquan for quite some time.

Finally, in the early morning of this morning, they were about to leave Longquan Temple and return to their hidden place.

Of course, during these days, the two of them have also learned something from Li Daoling. After all, the two of them are not lazy people. As long as they have problems in their hearts, they will ask Li Daoling for advice.

Li Daoling is not stingy, he basically answers every question, as long as it does not involve Taiyi Sect or martial arts, as long as it is asked by his seniors, he will answer one by one.

Besides, the master of brother Mingxin and Mingchen used to be an old friend with Li Daoling after all, so it is normal for him to help.

"Really Li, thank you for taking care of me these days. My brothers and sisters have to go back today. If there is a chance, my brothers and sisters will definitely come to listen to the teachings of the real man again."

Brother Mingxin stood in front of the audience, saluted Li Daoling and said.

"After the two of you brothers and sisters go back, you should practice Taoism more frequently, and don't be lazy. If it is convenient, come to Longquan Temple to walk around more, and take care of yourself along the way."

Li Daoling and the others bowed to Mingxin and Mingchen and said they cherished each other.

"Renren Li, fellow Taoists, take care."

Brother Mingxin and Mingchen said take care, then turned and went down the mountain.

Speaking of which, Mingxin and Mingchen's brothers and sisters have even informed Li Daoling of their hidden place.

The two of them also hope that Li Daoling can go to their place for a walk when he has time. Of course, they even hope that Zhong Wen will go to their place when he is free someday.

It's just that Zhong Wen is not in the temple at present, so they can only tell Li Daoling about their hidden place, but they only tell Li Daoling, as for other Taoists, it is basically impossible to tell.

A quarter of an hour later, when the two brothers and sisters passed by Zhong Wen's house, they wanted to go in to thank Zhong Mugen and his wife, but they saw Xiao Hua running back in the morning.

However, Zhong Mugen was no longer at home, and went to work in the fields, but his wife was at home. After all, it was inconvenient to go anywhere because of a big belly.

It's not that Xiuzhen can't go anywhere, it's just that Zhong Mugen is worried, which prevents Xiu and him from busying when they go to the fields.

Although there is not much work to do in the fields right now, it is the right time to repair the ridges, otherwise, once the snow falls, it will basically have to wait until the next spring.

But it is really going to be the next spring, and I guess there will not be much time to repair it. After all, it will be the busiest time at that time.