The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

Suddenly, two big figures flew down from the sky. At that time, the brothers and sisters were really frightened. They thought it was some big bird nearby, and they were going to catch them as prey.

Zhong Wen held Xiao Hua in his arms, fearing that the big bird would hit Xiao Hua a few times, if this was the case, he would be seriously injured.

"Wang, Wang, Wang" the two half-sized puppies rushed towards the two big birds and barked.

He didn't feel the attack, and he didn't grab the air suddenly. Zhong Wen raised his eyes and looked at the two big birds not far away. Only then did he realize that the two foodies with big and small mouths came back. Zhizhi became happy. It seems that the two foodies were not in vain. After they were released, they still remembered this home.

"Big mouth, little mouth, where did you go? You have been away from home for many days, why did you come back?"

Xiao Hua got out of Zhong Wen's arms, and when she saw Xiao Zui, she quickly got up, ran over, hugged Xiao Zui, her face was full of joy, and at the same time, her eyes were filled with tears.

"Jijiji" has two big mouths and two big mouths, making noises, I don't know where I learned it, it sounds like a chick's voice, but listening to it, it seems very happy, and from time to time I stretched my head and rubbed it The head of the little flower.

"Brother, big mouth and small mouth are back, hehehehe."

Xiao Hua happily shouted at Zhong Wen, and even the barking of two half-sized dogs not far away was regarded as a kind of cheering.

"It's good once they're back, don't tie them up in the future, anyway, the big and small mouths are back, let them be free."

Zhong Wen walked over and touched Xiaozui's head. For these few days, he didn't know where these two foodies had gone, and he had never seen them nearby.

"Okay, brother, I won't tie the big mouth and the small mouth in the future, big hair and two hairs, come here, you have seen big mouth and small mouth."

Xiaohua was so happy that she didn't know what to do, but she didn't forget to call the two half-sized dogs at home and introduce new friends to them.

As for the two and a half big dogs, they would not rush over foolishly. Out of animal instinct, facing these two fierce birds, they could only bark wildly not far away.

Zhong Wen didn't stay at home for long, then returned to the temple, and not long after breakfast, he started practicing Kung Fu again.

Two hours later, Chen Feng and Zhong Wen sat under the shade of a tree to rest for a while.

"Uncle Chen, can I ask something? What's the situation outside now?"

Zhong Wen has never traveled far, and has been staying in this mountain since he was born, always curious about the outside world.

"Nine Poems, your mind is to study and read the scriptures, and practice kung fu. The outside world is too far away for you."

Chen Feng knew that the little baby in front of him was always out of his mind, and he didn't know what he was thinking about every day, just like his own son, always thinking about the outside world.

"Uncle Chen, am I curious? I haven't been out since I was born, so I just wanted to ask Uncle Chen to tell you something. I never thought I would go out these years."

Although Zhong Wen was curious about the outside world, he was not foolish enough to want to venture out into the rivers and lakes at this moment. With his small body, he probably was snapped by some bandit before he even walked out of the mountains.

"That's good. In the past few years, you have to study hard, read the scriptures, and practice kung fu. The outside world is already peaceful, but it's not as chaotic as before and there are wars everywhere."

After Chen Feng heard this, he didn't take it seriously. He thought that Zhong Wen was still too young, and it was probably impossible for him to go out for a break, so it's okay to talk about it.

"Uncle Chen, can you tell me something?"

Zhong Wen's eyes are full of curiosity, curious about this prosperous age in history, and even more curious about this era.

"Okay, Uncle Chen will tell you something today. Our place belongs to Lizhou City, and there are mountains everywhere. If I really want to go out, I can only go to Lizhou City and take a boat to the south. To the west is Songzhou, and to the west It is Tubo, now the world is considered peaceful, and the war has stopped, but the Turks in the north are still eyeing, wanting to invade my Central Plains and take away my Han family. I sat on the throne of the dragon chair last year."

"..."

Chen Feng kept talking about the location of Longquan Temple, the situation in the world, and the affairs between various ethnic groups in various places. The one who talked the most was the Li family.

When Chen Feng talked about the period of the Sui Dynasty, his teeth rattled. There are many articles in it. As for what it is, Zhong Wen is not clear.

Zhong Wen was curious, could it be that Chen Feng's former home was a noble family?Why is it so clear about the Li family?Especially when it comes to the Sui Dynasty, his eyes are on fire. Could it be that the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty has some feud with Chen Feng?

Zhong Wen's guess is actually correct. Chen Feng's family is also a royal family, and his ancestors were the rulers of the Chen Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, after the war gradually broke out, Chen Feng took the name of the general of the Chen Dynasty and fought against the Sui army. In the end, the Chen Dynasty was destroyed. Fortunately, Li Daoling's rescue saved him from dying in the war. He brought his wife and children to Longquan Temple and began to live in seclusion.

"The world, that's the world. You fight for what you fight for. When war breaks out, the people are suffering. They are homeless and starving. Fortunately, the world is settled, and the people will eventually find a place to live. Here we are. It is rare, and there is no major dispute, and it can be regarded as a good place to live."

After Chen Feng finished speaking, he sighed heavily. Perhaps these things were a kind of suffering and torture to him, but Zhong Wen didn't know what was in Chen Feng's heart, and it was not good. Open your mouth to ask, after all, this is someone else's business, and if you ask, it won't help you much.

"Uncle Chen, isn't it a good thing that the world is peaceful? If the world is not peaceful, and there are wars everywhere, the people will have nothing to eat, and they even have to avoid the wars everywhere. If there is no complete big If there is unification, there will always be wars, and if there is no unification of ideas, there will be disputes. As long as there is great unification, the wars will be quelled for decades or even hundreds of years. Isn’t the history of China like this.”

After Zhong Wen listened to it, he also expressed his own opinion, which may not be a good idea, but history is like this, with divisions and divisions.

"Yes, the world is peaceful, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and fewer people will die."

Chen Feng's thoughts are still in his memory, and he has gradually begun to forget about this world, he will be a Taoist priest honestly, and when his son says he will have a wife, he can continue the incense of his Chen family in the future. That is his mission.

Zhong Wen didn't speak anymore, just because Chen Feng in front of him felt a little downcast, which made it difficult for him to speak again.

But Zhong Wen was thinking about what the outside world was like. The Zhenguan prosperous age recorded in the history books was just now, but he didn't feel any image of the prosperous age.

Of course, it's hard to say much right now, just because his father was beaten last year, and the secret method of making tofu was almost robbed, Zhong Wen began to doubt this prosperous world in his heart.

Someone said in the previous life that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, but in this era, where there are people, there are conflicts of interests. If you want to come to this so-called prosperous age, the historians just praised the Li family for the sake of singing praises. Going to heaven also shows one's own merits.

In Zhong Wen's cognition, a prosperous age means the legal system, a prosperous age means the economy, a prosperous age means prosperity, a prosperous age means the happiness of most people, and a prosperous age means...

But now, those who should be suffering are still suffering, those who should be rich are still rich, the nobles can oppress the common people at will, and the rich can also trample on the common people at will. In this era, the common people don’t have much sense of existence. They fight wars. They are also planting the land, and in the end, the result is unfair treatment.

Zhong Wen can't change anything. What can be changed is only himself and his family. Living a good life at home is the most important thing.

"Uncle Chen, let's continue."

Zhong Wen didn't think about anything anymore, this world has nothing to do with him, let's make himself strong first and then talk about other things, don't even be able to protect his own family, that is the greatest sorrow.

"Okay, continue."

Chen Feng then stood up and began to instruct Zhong Wen on the essentials of stance.

Zhan Zhuang, Zhan Zhuang, as the name suggests, must be like a wooden stake, standing upright, but this standing is not a random standing, the road inside is not easy.

Zhong Wen's stance in the past few days has actually made some progress, but it takes a long time to polish the foundation. Therefore, it may take several years for this stance to be effective.

If the foundation is not well laid, when it comes to fighting, the base will be unstable, and the center of gravity will inevitably not be stable. The battle between masters is only a moment, and Zhong Wen doesn't want to die under the sword of any opponent someday.

Whether it is now or in the future, Zhong Wen must leave this mountain and go to the outside world to take a good look.

Chapter 54 half a year

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was winter and spring again, and Zhong Wen had already stayed in Longquan Temple for more than eight months.

From entering the monastery, reading and writing, to practicing kung fu, every day is very fulfilling, or even every day, it seems that I am so busy that my feet don't touch the ground.

And in the past six months, Li Daoling has not returned since he left. After going out for such a long time, the Taoists in the temple, including Zhong Wen, began to think about the little old man.

Although Zhong Wen is very busy every day, even in winter when it snows, he still insists on getting up early in the morning to polish his body.

Every day, I have to run with my little sister from one end to the other. When I have free time, I always teach my little sister how to read, and give Xiaohua a book to read along the way.

Although Xiaohua may not know all the characters, it is always good to read them. When you are bored every day, take them out to have a look, and practice them again, which can always increase your memory.

Since Xiao Zui returned home, he never left again, and he didn't need to be fed. He often came back from hunting wild rabbits and pheasants, and brought some meat to his home.

As for the big and small Ermao, they have already grown up. Apart from not being able to hunt wild rabbits, they also run around with the siblings every day, and their bodies are also very strong.

The production of dried tofu at home has long since ended, and unless it is eaten at home, some will be made, which also makes Xiu's natal family a little strange.

But after Xiu and her natal family explained it, they stopped asking questions, which saved the family a lot of trouble, and at least Zhong Mugen didn't have to be so tired.

As for the edible salt at home, plant ash is no longer used to make salt at home, because it is not so good to eat too much salt of plant ash. Zhong Mugen also listened to Zhong Wen's suggestion and bought a lot of large grains from the city. A block of salt was refined again and made into fine salt for consumption.

Among them, Zhong Wen's changes can be said to be best described as changing with each passing day.

From the beginning of practicing kung fu, although he was basically laying the groundwork for the past six months, Chen Feng couldn't believe it.

Although stance is a bit boring, in order to increase the difficulty of stance, Zhong Wen added a lot of sandbags to himself. Thirty catties now.

Zhong Wen also thought that in the future, it would increase to fifty catties or even one hundred catties.

Of course, this is just Zhong Wen's temporary thoughts. As for the future, he doesn't know if he can bear it.

Zhong Wen, who hangs sandbags every day, has increased in addition to his stamina and physical strength, and his footwork is as stable as Mount Tai. Even if Chen Feng uses [-] to [-]% of his strength to kick Zhong Wen, he can't knock Zhong Wen down. This also made Chen Feng start to pay more attention to Zhong Wen's training method.

Although not everyone can bear the days of being tied to sandbags every day, that's just Zhong Wen.

Apart from Zhong Wen's solid foundation, the biggest change can be said to be his spiritual consciousness.

I dare not say that it has changed exponentially, but at least as far as the current situation is concerned, it can also wrap a hare and pick it up instead of running away like before. This also made Zhong Wen at that time, Happy for a long time.

As for the book of Taoism that Li Daoling had handed over to Zhong Wen, there was not much progress in the two articles of Taoism.

Zhong Wen also asked Chen Feng in private, but Chen Feng's understanding of Dao Wen was indeed not as good as Li Daoling's, no matter how he explained, Zhong Wen could not understand.

Even if Zhong Wen studies and calculates every day, it will be difficult to make any progress in the past six months.

In fact, the main reason is that Zhong Wen has little understanding of Dao Wen. If Li Daoling helps to answer, Zhong Wen believes that the calculation and interpretation of the two Dao Wen may be more transparent.

But it has been more than eight months, since Li Daoling left here, he has not sent back even a letter, which also makes Chen Feng and the others feel a little worried.

Li Daoling has never been away for such a long time, the longest time was only half a year, but now, more than eight months have passed.

At noon one day, Zhong Wen was reading a scripture in his hand, when Chen Feng walked in.

"Jiu Shou, I haven't heard from your master for so long, and I don't know what's wrong? I have to go down the mountain to find your master."

Chen Feng saw that Zhong Wen was reading the scriptures, and knew that Zhong Wen was diligent and studious, so he interrupted Zhong Wen to continue reading the scriptures, and started talking about Li Daoling, but his face was full of sadness.

"Uncle Chen, you can make a decision on this matter. Is there anything I can do?"

Zhong Wen knew that once Chen Feng left, there would be no more person in charge of the temple, and he would probably be the one who could be in charge. Of course, other Taoists are also possible, but those who can be believed, probably except him Apart from my son, I am the only one left.

"Jiu, this is the key to the warehouse. If you need anything in Guanli, other people will come to you. I have notified them. I will go down the mountain to find your master tomorrow morning. After this matter in Guanzhong , I still need you to take charge of it, I know you are smart, and I don’t have time to teach you these things for the time being, but with your intelligence, there should be no problem.”

Chen Feng looked at Zhong Wen's little face. Although he was a 12-year-old boy, in Chen Feng's eyes, Zhong Wen was already an adult, much more mature and steady than his own son.

"Uncle Chen, I've remembered, if you find the master, please come back as soon as possible, Guanli still needs you to take care of things."

Zhong Wen didn't dare to say how powerful he was, he was free to take charge of things in view, after all, he was only 12 years old, no matter how great he was, how great he could be.

"Jiu, when I'm not in the temple, you still have to study hard to lay the groundwork, and you don't need to take care of other things."

Chen Feng knew very well in his heart that even if he didn't give any instructions, the nine poems in front of him would still be a normal reading practice. Regarding these, Zhong Wen is quite self-disciplined.

But as an elder, no matter how self-disciplined you are, Zhong Wen is still a child in his eyes, a 12-year-old child.

"Uncle Chen, don't worry, I know what to do."

Zhong Wen could see from Chen Feng's eyes that his trip to find the master would probably be a bit difficult, or rather difficult. After all, the little old man has not come back so far. Something must be wrong.

Although Zhong Wen didn't have much contact with Li Daoling, and he didn't teach him anything, but he was still a master in the name.

Furthermore, if one entered Longquan Temple, one must be a member of Longquan Temple. A master is a master after all. If Zhong Wen dared to escape privately, not to mention that Li Daoling would not let him go, his parents would probably break his legs.

In ancient times, the concept of respecting the teacher and respecting the Tao is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everything is respected by the teacher. In the eyes of others, the teacher is the person who gives you a bowl of food. , and those who don't respect teachers and morals will basically be cast aside.

In the early morning of the second day, Chen Feng, carrying a burden on his back and holding a long sword in his hand, left Longquan Temple silently and headed out of the mountain.

He didn't notify anyone, he just wanted to get out as soon as possible and find Li Daoling back.

But Zhong Wen got up early in the morning, with his spiritual consciousness released, he followed closely behind Chen Feng, quietly watching Chen Feng leave.

This can also be regarded as a kind of seeing off, of course, this is just Zhong Wen's idea, the shadow has arrived when the person seeing off is gone, this can be regarded as some comfort for himself.

Chen Feng taught him Kung Fu for half a year, no matter what, he can be regarded as half a teacher. Although he couldn't solve Zhong Wen's doubts in other aspects, he taught him Kung Fu by himself.

As a half-disciple, Zhong Wen was supposed to see him off, but Chen Feng left alone, probably because he was afraid of bringing a bad atmosphere to the audience, so he chose to leave alone in silence.

After waking up, Zhong Wen started his daily running exercise again, trotting towards home.

"Brother, why did you go down the mountain so early today?"

When Zhong Wen trotted to the house, Xiao Hua had just woken up, and Zhong Mu and his wife would get up and go to work in the field as soon as it dawned, not to mention, now is the busiest season, and it seems that it is almost the time of spring planting.

"Wake up early today, come here early, big hairy Ermao, let's go, let's go for a run."

After Zhong Wen finished speaking casually, he called the two dogs and trotted all the way to the path, followed by Xiao Hua.

Half an hour later, when he returned home and took a short rest, Zhong Wen began to teach Xiaohua how to read and interpret words again, which was his daily routine.

One teaches and the other learns, so it is like a teacher teaching students, and Xiao Hua is still a smart little girl, and she can learn to read very quickly.

In the past six months, Zhong Wenshao said that he had already taught Xiaohua two thousand commonly used characters. Although it is not a lot, it is already very rare for a five or six-year-old girl.

It only takes another year or so. Zhong Wen believes that Xiaohua should be able to recognize the basic common characters, and by then, she will be able to read books by herself.

Of course, I will have to teach Xiaohua every day in the future. After all, Huaxia has too many characters. There are tens of thousands of characters. Zhong Wen believes that there will be no problem for Xiaohua to study normally in the future.

As for arithmetic, I will also teach some of these, not many, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are definitely indispensable. Zhong Wen has already taught Xiaohua to memorize the ninety-nine multiplication formulas, and Xiaohua has gradually mastered some simple arithmetic.

Zhong Wen can't teach a female number one scholar, but it is still possible to teach a younger sister who can read and write.

"Big mouth and small mouth."

Just after finishing her literacy, the big and small mouths that fell from the sky were holding a hare on each foot, and Xiao Hua cried out in surprise.

"Chi Chi Chi" Xiao Zui responded like a chicken when he saw his little master.

Zhong Wen watched quietly from the side, the big and small mouths obviously had unusual spirituality, just like the two dogs at home.