Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 604 Daoist Priest 'Zhen Wu'

After Yu Daoxiang frowned and pondered for a while, he asked a little worriedly: "When the three pendants are combined into one, what exactly will happen?"

Zhang Wumeng shook his head and said: "I have already told you everything my father said before he died. As for the specific situation of the combination of the three pieces, I don't think anyone knows."

Yu Daoxiang was silent, and asked after a while: "I want to know how the 'Sun Moon Star' jade pendant got here?"

Zhang Wumeng seemed to have endless time, without showing any impatient expression, he explained: "It is said that the 'Sun Moon Star' jade pendant was left behind by Guang Chengzi, the teacher of the Yellow Emperor, after his ascension in the daytime, and he carved it with his finger at the sitting place Write down the secret of the 'Sun, Moon and Star' jade pendant. This message was recorded in the "Taiping Cave Classic". , never appeared in the world.”

Yu Daoxiang felt that this matter was a bit mysterious, so he said: "If Ye Lang fails to make the three pieces merge into one, or the sealed door of the cave is not opened, what should we do?"

Zhang Wumeng stared at her with twinkling eyes, and said nonchalantly: "How about I help you kill Lou Yanming?"

Ye Chen was stunned and speechless.She felt that she was persuaded by Zhang Wumeng, not to mention that even if Zhang Wumeng lied to him, she still had the ability to adapt.Of course, the ten gold-medal killers including Lian Jicheng fought with the five sword slaves outside the temple, and she was aware of the fact that each other was killed or injured at the first time.It's just that she can't leave Ye Chen all the time, even if she knows, she can't do anything.What's more, in Yu Daoxiang's heart, forcing the black blood Gu mother out of Ye Chen's body is the first priority. As for the life and death of other people in Huaxia Weifu, she actually doesn't care much about it.

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Zhao Kuangyin and his party traveled very slowly, and did not go straight back to Kaifeng, Tokyo, but went to Song County, Luoyang.Because the Emperor of the Song Dynasty had another important thing to do during his westward tour—sacrificing to heaven.

As the team was marching, they suddenly saw a disheveled Taoist with a dirty face sitting under a thick willow tree on the bank of a small river in front of him.With his gray chest exposed and his bare feet, he danced towards Zhao Kuangyin's car, giggling loudly.

Zhao Kuangyin was leaning in the spacious carriage, dozing off dimly. Hearing something strange, he sat forward and looked out the window. Where have you seen it.

Just as he was thinking, the Taoist suddenly stood up from under the tree, ran towards the middle of the avenue with his bare feet, and shouted to Zhao Kuangyin's carriage with a smile, "Don't come to Xi'an?"

Seeing that the mad Taoist was so presumptuous and disrespectful, the attendants who escorted him were furious, one by one angrily went up to him, yelling loudly while pulling him to the side of the road.

The Taoist didn't care, and still pointed at Zhao Kuangyin and said: "People say, 'If you are rich, don't forget each other'. Once you become an emperor, you are so forgetful. It's really a noble person who forgets things. Don't you know each other after 30 years? Do you still remember drinking together in Guanzhong?"

Listening to the Taoist priest's nonsense and crazy nonsense, everyone was shocked, lest Zhao Kuangyin would blame him for negligence in escort.Zhao Guangyi galloped forward and shouted to the attendants in a deep voice: "You bastard, don't tie him up and send him to the place." .Let him come over."

Then Zhao Kuangyin stopped the carriage, got out of the carriage, approached and looked carefully for a while, suddenly surprised and delighted, and blurted out: "Ah, it's you. It's been a long time. I haven't seen you for decades. It's good for me to find you." Bitter!"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and they didn't know what kind of way this Taoist priest was, so they could only stare blankly.Only Zhao Guangyi had a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth at an angle that no one noticed.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't care about them, stepped forward and took the Taoist priest's dirty hands, and walked towards the willow tree beside Xiaohe.While walking, he said to the attendants and ministers: "You can rest separately. I brought some wine and food, and I want to have a drink with this Taoist priest on the ground."

It turned out that this Taoist priest was a Taoist who called himself "Chaos" and also called "Zhen Wu" whom Zhao Kuangyin met in Guanzhong when he was young.This person behaves weirdly and unrestrainedly, his only hobby is drinking, and he devours a lot.

When Zhao Kuangyin was an ordinary general in the Forbidden Army, he met this Taoist priest by chance.At that time, when the two talked, they hit it off very well.Since then, they have often been together, drinking and talking, almost to the point of getting drunk.

After the Taoist drank, he danced, sang and laughed, and often sang a few lines without thinking, and the lyrics were nondescript, which made people puzzled.When Zhao Kuangyin broke up with the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest set up a drink to see him off, and the two of them were also drinking together by the side of the wild road.The Taoist priest got drunk again, and after getting drunk, he reverted to his old ways and sang loudly.But what was strange was that although the two were close to each other, the singing sound seemed to come down from mid-air, instead of singing from his mouth.And the singing was soft and thin, drifting from a distant place with the breeze, only Zhao Kuangyin could hear it alone, and other passers-by were unaware of it.

The most important thing is that there are two lines in the lyrics: "The golden monkey and the tiger have four heads, and the real dragon gets its place." After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin didn't know what it meant.After the Taoist priest woke up, he questioned him several times, but he refused to go into details because he was drunk and made no excuses.

After drinking, the two went their separate ways, and since then, they have never met each other again.Until the first year of Jianlong, Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne and became the emperor.Afterwards, he suddenly thought that this year was the year of Geng Shen, with heavenly stems against the five elements, Qingxin as gold, the twelve zodiac signs Shen monkey, which happened to be the golden monkey, and it happened to be the fourth day of the first lunar month. The Taoist priest I met predicted, "Will the real dragon get its place if the golden monkey and the tiger have four heads?"

Only then did Zhao Kuangyin know that this Taoist priest known as "Chaos" or "Zhenwu" turned out to be a master of the world, a master of Taoism and immortality.

Over the past few decades, Zhao Kuangyin sent people to look for him countless times, but it was "up to Qiongbi and down to Huangquan, and the two places are gone." Really nothing'.The year before last, Ye Chen came to Da Song to be an official. He sent someone to check Ye Chen's past experience, but found nothing, and wondered whether Ye Chen had any connection with this 'Zhenwu' Taoist priest.

I don't want to, I accidentally met halfway today. It's been almost 30 years since I met each other. How can Zhao Kuangyin not be overjoyed?

At present, the attendants set up a small table under the shade of the tree, moved the wine jar, placed the wine bowl, and placed five or six ready-made food and wine.Zhao Kuangyin and 'Zhen Wu' still sat on the ground, poured their own drinks, and ordered the attendants to leave them far away. Zhao Kuangyin wanted to experience once again the true friendship between friends when they were poor and unhappy.

The two of them didn't talk much, each poured a large bowl of wine, and poured it into their stomachs in one go.Pour another bowl, "Zhenwu" is about to drink, but Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile: "There is no place to find it if you break through the iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to find it. After twenty years, where is the Daoist fairy trail?"

'Zhenwu' grabbed a piece of dried stewed deer, chewed it in his mouth, and replied: "Wild clouds and wild cranes, the four seas are their homes, there is no certainty."

Zhao Kuangyin said again: "Back then, the Immortal Chief made a prophecy at sunrise, saying that 'the golden monkey and the tiger have four heads, and the real dragon gets its place', and it came true.

'Zhen Wu' drank the bowl of wine again, laughed and said: "What the true destiny meets in his life, no matter whether it is good or bad, is just a number of days. At that time, the poor can only order as much as they want, and dare not reveal the secret .”

Zhao Kuangyin asked again: "Since I came to the throne, I have always put state affairs first, and I have been fearful day and night, as if walking on thin ice. I don't know what is wrong with it. How is the government's handling? I also ask the fairy elder to enlighten me."

'Zhenwu' waved his hands again and again and said: "Poverty Taoist is a man of the mountains and fields. If he doesn't ask about political affairs, how dare he talk about government affairs."

Zhao Kuangyin said earnestly: "Because the immortal chief is an expert in the mountains and fields, he has nothing to ask of me, and he is not afraid of me. What he speaks is the words from the bottom of his heart and insights. I hope I will not hesitate to teach you today."

'Zhenwu' heard this, the smile on his face dissipated for a while, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty has been in the country for 14 years, the feudal towns have been naturalized, the territory has been greatly governed, the people have no worries about freezing and starvation, and the state-owned grain is also considered a A prosperous generation has passed. The benevolent government of the imperial court, the benevolence of His Majesty, the praises of the people from all over the world are endless, and the ears of the poor have been filled. If there are deficiencies, the poor will think that the imperial court is too lenient in government. Lost. Youyan is still in the process of transformation, so it will inevitably be a pity in the end."

After Zhao Kuangyin listened, he nodded frequently and said gratefully: "The elder fairy's criticism of current affairs is really a wise opinion in one word, and this is exactly what I worry about day and night. The biggest regret in my life is that I can't recover Yan Yan so far. The sixteen prefectures of the cloud will realize the unification of China."

Speaking of this, Zhao Kuangyin remembered something, and after hesitating for a while, he sighed slightly and asked in a low voice: "Is it possible to ask the elder to make a decision for me?"

'Zhen Wu' looked at the second carriage unintentionally, and said in surprise, "Who is in the second carriage, who has a vicious and evil aura, should be a disaster for the country and the people, Your Majesty must keep away."

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, thinking that Mrs. Huarui had a problem. Ye Chen had already told himself that the reason why he didn't touch Mrs. Huarui was because he believed what Ye Chen said at the time and didn't want to startle the snake.On the other hand, deep down in his heart, he was also reluctant to part with Mrs. Huarui, a peerless beauty.

I don't want to see the 'prototype' of this 'Zhenwu' Daoist across the carriage without seeing him.

"This Daoist 'Zhen Wu' is indeed a master of Taoism. He will be able to figure out what I asked." Zhao Kuangyin thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)