The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

On the fourth day, the snow stopped, but the weather looked a bit gloomy.

It was not until the fifth day that the sky cleared.

During these five days, Zhong Wen didn't do any work except chatting with Zhang Chong or Zhengran every day.

As for the daily morning and evening classes, that is a must.

After dawn, he had to get up and go to the main hall to start chanting scriptures. In the past few days, Zhong Wen had suffered a lot.

Zhong Wen has never done morning and evening classes so formally. Even when he was in Longquan Temple, he only did evening classes symbolically, and there were very few morning classes.

Of course, Zhong Wen didn't stop meditating every day. Even the swordsmanship, Zhengzheng took Zhong Wen to the training ground to try it several times.

As for Zhong Wen's Frost Sword Technique, within a few days, it has begun to be perfected in the early stage, but it may take a lot of time before it is perfect.

As for whether it should be called the Ice Sword Art, or what kind of sword art, Zhong Wen didn't think about it. He always felt that the new sword art should not be called the Ice Sword Art.Besides, he always felt that there should be a compassionate sword style behind this sword technique.

Every day, Zhong Wen had to stop fighting with Zhengran. He didn't want to hurt Zhang Chong and then hurt his apprentice, otherwise, he would lose face.

"Uncle Zhang, I have been here for quite a while, and it is time to go to Chang'an. Today, my nephew is here to bid farewell to Uncle Zhang."

Not long after the morning class on the fifth day, Zhong Wen came to Zhang Chong's room and bid farewell to Zhang Chong.

"Are you going to leave so soon? Don't you want to stay with me for a while longer?"

When Zhang Chong saw Zhong Wen coming to bid him farewell, he felt very reluctant.

These days, while chatting with Zhong Wen, he also thinks that this young man is good, but it's a pity, this is Li Daoling's disciple, otherwise, no matter what, he would have to accept this disciple.

"Uncle Zhang, I need to go to Chang'an to change the disc, and I have been down the mountain for nearly ten months. I haven't written a letter to report my itinerary to the master. I have to go to Chang'an. Let the master know."

Zhong Wen said to Zhang Chong.

"Well then, the uncle is injured, so I won't send you off. Of course, I will send you nine junior brothers for the teacher."

After Zhang Chong heard Zhong Wen's words, although he felt reluctant, he had to agree.

The greatness of the teacher is much more important than him.

"Uncle Zhang, farewell. When Jiushou passes by Lantian in the future, I will definitely come again to say hello and trouble you. Take care."

Zhong Wen saluted Zhang Chong then bowed and left the room.

"Junior brother Jiushou, let me send you off."

Standing by the door, Zhengran said to Zhong Wen.

"It's time for you, Senior Brother Zhengran."

Zhong Wen looked at Zhengran and nodded.

The snow in Yiyang Temple has been swept away long ago, and the ground has also begun to be dried out by the sun.

Zhong Wen returned to the house where he lived. After tying up his backpack and long sword, he carried the basket and went out of Yiyang Temple with Zheng Ran sending him off.

"Brother Zhengran, take care, Jiushou will say goodbye."

"Junior brother Jiushou, take care."

Afterwards, Zhong Wen walked towards the south of Lantian County. Along the way, he saw quite a few passers-by, carriages, and government agents.

On both sides of the street, there is a lot of snow, presumably it should be cleared by the people from the nearby shops.

Zhong Wen found a restaurant in the south of the city, bought some food, hired a carriage, and then headed from the south to the west of the city.

The most prosperous area in Lantian County belongs to the west of the city. Unlike other cities, most of the prosperous areas are in the south of the city.

Lantian is neither big nor small, at least bigger than Shangluo County, and not far behind Zhuolizhou.

The bustling area, apart from the west of the city, belongs to the east of the city. After all, this is the main east-west road, one leading to Shangluo, and the other leading to the capital Chang'an.

The distance between Lantian County and Chang'an is actually not far, at most it is only fifty or sixty miles, but it takes at least two hours to reach Chang'an City for this fifty or sixty miles.

The journey was not smooth, after all, the sky was clear today, so there were basically a lot of carriages, ox carts and donkey carts.

The time traveled was a little slow, and sometimes, I had to stop.

And the process of traveling made Zhong Wen feel a little regretful, why didn't he go to Chang'an in two nights, and had to choose today.

When there is more snow, there will be more snow, and the road will be difficult and muddy.

If it were an official road for people, it probably wouldn't be like this, but right now there are many frames, making this official road very difficult.

As for Zhong Wen in the carriage, he already had a feeling of anticipation for Chang'an City, but this delay made him feel a little bad.

"Carman, why don't you go ahead? No matter how bad the road is, can't you help me?"

Zhong Wen looked at the carriage in the distance, as if it was blocked.

"Returning to Daoist, there seems to be a quarrel ahead. It seems that a young lady from a rich family was frightened and was crying. Otherwise, she would have been able to pass."

The coachman got out of the car earlier and went to the front to check it out. He knew what was going on ahead, so he explained to Zhong Wen who was on the carriage.

"Are you scared? You can be scared even if you drive away? It's not something deep in the mountains and old forests. It's really a waste of time."

Zhong Wen was delayed by this communication, and felt displeased, and suppressed his desire to see Chang'an City, and almost lost his interest.

"Daozhang, please wait for a while, the guards have passed by just now, and it will be all right in a while."

The coachman looked at the Taoist priest on the carriage who seemed to be angry, and worried in his heart that his guest would not hit people, so he quickly comforted him.

Zhong Wen was speechless, if he rushed, he would block the traffic.

In the era of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of thing still happened. If it was placed in the previous life, it would be a normal thing, but this is the Tang Dynasty.

The number of people is only tens of millions, and there are no hundreds of millions. Traffic jams should not have happened in this era, but now, Zhong Wen ran into them.

But no matter how anxious he was, Zhong Wen had to wait until the matter ahead was dealt with, otherwise, the carriage along this road would not be able to pass.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Zhong Wen couldn't take it anymore, but he couldn't, so he could only sit on the carriage bitterly, eating the food he bought.

Of course, some of the food must have been given to the coachman.

"Thank you, Daoist." The coachman was assigned to eat, and after saying a word of thanks, he ate while standing on the side of the official road. His eyes still looked towards the front of the official road from time to time, and finally glanced at his own face. carriage carriage.

When Zhong Wen ate half of his food, the frame in front of him started to move slowly.

"Daoist, Daoist, the front can pass."

The coachman took some food, hurried back to the front of the carriage, said something to Zhong Wen, and began to drive the carriage forward.

Passing is passing, but it is still slow and somewhat helpless.

Zhong Wen can feel that walking by himself is two or three times faster than this carriage. This is not riding in a carriage, it is suffering.

The carriage moved slowly, no matter how angry Zhong Wen was, he could do nothing but pay the money, what else could he do.

From the morning to the late afternoon, the carriage arrived a little far in front of the Baqiao.

"Is this the famous Baqiao? The wisdom of the ancients is amazing."

Zhong Wen stood beside the carriage, looking at the Baqiao in the distance, feeling emotional in his heart.

The Ba Bridge was built in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is on the east side of Chang'an City, across the Bashui River, just in the direction of Lantian County.

Baqiao is the earliest and largest porous stone arch bridge discovered in China.

Otherwise, this Baqiao would not be the most famous existence in history.

After crossing the Baqiao, there is a willow forest, and this willow forest is on both sides of the official road, which seems to be endless.

Farther away is Chang'an City, the destination of Zhong Wen's trip.

Zhong Wen was so amazed at the Chang'an City in front of him that he couldn't describe it in words. At least, he really didn't have any words to describe the most famous Chang'an City in front of him.

Big, tall, new, bright, beautiful, these few words can describe the Chang'an city in front of Zhong Wen.

Chang'an City, also known as Daxing City, was originally built by Yang Jian, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, in the second year of Kaihuang, that is, in [-] AD, and moved to the palace city of the new capital Daxing City in the third year of Kaihuang.

Later, the construction of other Lifang city walls began.

The entire Daxing City was basically completed in the Sui period, that is, in the ninth year of Sui Daye, when Emperor Sui Yang reigned, Daxing City was basically formed.

Afterwards, the Li family rose up, took the throne from his cousin's family, and set their capital in Daxing City, but changed Daxing City to Chang'an City.

The construction of the entire Daxing City has basically been completed, but in the later period, Li Shimin built a summer palace for his father, which led to the Daming Palace in the later period, and then the Xingqing Palace and so on.

The total area of ​​Chang'an City has reached more than 80 square kilometers. Under the circumstances at that time, it can be said to be a miracle in the world, and even a miracle in history.

"Daoist, this is Chang'an City, we have to line up to enter the city."

The coachman watched Zhong Wen enter the city like an idiot, and kept staring at the city wall of Chang'an, feeling as if this Taoist priest's guest should be visiting Chang'an city for the first time.

After all, everyone who came to Chang'an City basically looked similar to this Taoist priest, either with his mouth wide open, or his eyes staring extremely wide.

"Okay, okay, go to town, go to town."

Zhong Wen responded blankly to the coachman.

However, his eyes kept staring at the city wall of Chang'an City, and he felt in his heart how powerful those craftsmen were in the Sui Dynasty.

The coachman was in front, leading the carriage, passing through the city gate and heading for the city.

After breaking into Chang'an City, Zhong Wen's eyes became busy again.

On both sides of the main street, there are many trees, such as locust trees, willows, etc. If it is midsummer, it must be cool and breezy.

The streets are criss-crossed and orderly, giving Zhong Wen the feeling that they are particularly organized, like a grid drawn.

"Master Daoist, these are every lifang in Chang'an City, and each lifang is different. After you stay in Chang'an City for a long time, Daoist Master, you will understand what it's like."

The coachman introduced to Zhong Wen while leading the carriage.

Chapter 2 Fourteen

The size of Chang'an City is really not what Zhong Wen originally understood.

Clean, beautiful, tidy, and tidy, all the square walls look like they are new, not at all like a city that has experienced war, let alone a city that has been around for decades.

Zhong Wen can be regarded as having gained a little knowledge. He has basically seen Lizhou, Guizhou, Fangzhou and so on.

But now, after arriving in Chang'an City, for the first time, there is a feeling of entering a city. This is a city, this is the capital like a country, and this is the central city of the world.

"Master Taoist, which Taoist temple are you going to?"

Just as Zhong Wen was immersed in the magnificence of Chang'an City, the coachman asked Zhong Wen.

"Go to Qingxu Contemplation."

After thinking about it, Zhong Wen clicked on a name.

"Okay, the Taoist priest sit down."

The coachman heard the name of the Taoist temple Zhong Wen said, and he knew it when he arrived, and then he went to Fengyifang, and he didn't stop along the way.

The name of the Taoist temple that Zhong Wen reported to the car was not known to Zhong Wen in his previous life, but it was written in Li Daoling's brochure.

However, Zhong Wen was also at the Longquan Temple, and he had heard Li Daoling say that he must go to the Qingxu Temple.

Qingxu Guan, according to Li Daoling, is located in Fengyifang, west of Chang'an City, and there are quite a lot of people in the temple, no less than 60 people.

Of course, when Li Daoling wants Zhong Wen to come to Chang'an, he must go to Qingxu Temple.

Among them, there is also a reason.

Of course, Li Daoling had also confessed to Zhong that after arriving in Chang'an City, there were three Taoist temples, and he had to visit them.

One is the Qingxu Temple in Fengyifang, the other is the Wutong Temple in Andingfang, and the last is the Xuandu Temple in Chongyefang.

As for the reason, in fact, Zhong Wen preferred this view of the emptiness because the master of the view is also an old friend of Li Daoling.

As for the viewer of the Wutong Temple, although he is not an old friend of Li Daoling, he is still a friend.

On the contrary, the relationship between the owner of the Xuandu Temple and Li Daoling is not very good, but Zhong Wen must pay a visit during this trip.

After all, Xuandu Temple can be said to be the largest Taoist temple in the entire Chang'an City, with hundreds of Taoists, covering an area that almost occupies the entire Lifang.

The name of Xuandu Temple is well-known. Liu Yuxi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once visited Xuandu Temple, and wrote a poem "Youxuandu Temple" for it.

Zi Mo red dust came across, no one looked at the flowers back.

In the Xuandu Temple, Tao Qianqian, Liu Lang went to plant.

make another:

The garden is half covered with moss, and the peach blossoms are clean and the cauliflower blooms.