Chapter 44: The Origin (I)
Wenyang Mansion, city wall
"Lord Li, the young master is training outside the city again!" Li Xian, who was on the city wall, nodded, looked into the distance and remained silent.
The officials on both sides whispered: "Three days after the young master's wedding, he continued to train his troops. ”
"Yes, the black-clothed guard is the key, I heard that this time I married the Song family, and on the pretext of giving a dowry, I used fifty high-grade war horses to pull the cart, and I got here - fifty high-grade war horses, no castration, this is really a big deal. ”
"But it's only this time, it's just to transport some goods and food, armor and war horses, any feudal town, if you see it along the way, you will confiscate it. ”
"Lord Chen, this continuous training requires a lot of food and grass, right?"
"It's a lot, but it is said that the young master didn't need the grain in the granary, and he brought 20,000 stones by himself. ”
Li Xian couldn't help coughing, and inspected the officials below, these officials, all of whom were sharp-eyed, immediately stopped silent and looked at them one by one.
The young master's training is actually a constant run-in of the volunteer army and the black-clothed guard, so that every soldier knows that he is the commander and the boss.
An official suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Look, it's back." ”
Li Xian looked into the distance, only to see a black line emerging in the wilderness, rapidly expanding towards the city, and after a while, the sound of horses' hooves like thunder was faintly audible.
This kind of tornado-like charge made the officials all take a picture of their momentum, and they couldn't help but praise each other: "The black-clothed guard is really powerful, and there are such heroes in my town, which is really as safe as Mount Tai." ”
Li Xian looked at the black-clothed guard who was galloping over, and couldn't help but change color.
When he was a mile away from the city gate, the black-clothed guards slowed down their horses, and Li Xian saw the cavalry in black clothes from a distance, paying special attention to a group of cavalry.
The leader of this cavalry is He Yi.
got the horses, Wang Hongyi transferred He Yi to expand the black-clothed guard, and there was an extra team of fifty people, and He Yi served as the team leader, but because it was a cavalry and a black-clothed guard, the official position reached the rank of Guoyi lieutenant.
When Wang Hongyi saw the officials on the city gate, led by Li Xian, he couldn't help but smile, and his body rose from the saddle and fell to the ground.
There was a voice of admiration from the city: "The young master is good at riding!"
"The young master is heroic and elegant, who can compare with his peers in Shudi?"
Wang Hongyi smiled, and when he saw Li Xian, he asked, "Master Li, how is this ranch doing?"
"It's not difficult to run this pasture, and it's not even difficult to get good seeds, but it's a big problem to get grain and grass. If there is a large grassland, it can be free-range, and it can be eaten all day long, but if there is no large grassland, it can only be fed with grain, and a war horse can eat 100 stones a year, which is three times that of a soldier. ”
"These 300 war horses are equivalent to raising 1,000 troops, what a luxury!" Li Xian's face was embarrassed, and he said: "If it expands further, it really can't afford to support it." ”
Wang Hongyi nodded, remembering Li Shimin in the history of the earth, he used the Xuanjia Spirit Horse to break the enemy.
"Zizhi Tongjian" recorded: "King Qin Shimin selected more than 1,000 elite horsemen, all of whom were soapy and armory, and were divided into left and right teams, so that Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde, and Zhai Changsun were divided into generals. In every battle, the people of the world were taken as the vanguard by the Xuanjia Shuai, taking the opportunity to attack, and everything was destroyed, and the enemy was afraid of it. ”
In the battle of Tiger Pass, Li Shimin defeated 100,000 Xia King Dou Jiande with 3,500 cavalry, killed more than 10,000, captured 50,000, and captured Xia King Dou Jiande himself, so it can be seen how powerful the Xuanjia Elite Cavalry is if he is proficient in the art of war.
However, with Li Shimin's financial resources, there are only 1,000 Xuanjia elite cavalry, which shows how rare the cavalry is before obtaining the land to raise horses.
The whole town has two hundred and fifty black-clothed guards, which is already very remarkable.
"Grain?" Wang Hongyi thought for a moment, he actually had two big killing weapons in his hands, which he obtained when he was doing farm work on the earth, and the only thing to consider was whether the timing was right.
Watching intently, I saw the clouds on the top tumbling, only to see the gold seal, the pale yellow natal qi stood upright, and on the jade seal, a trace of white gas continued to seep in, and these white gases were refined into red gas, and a few threads turned pale yellow.
Wang Hongyi is very satisfied, this time he married Song Xinyou, from the point of view of the lookout, he knew that the Song family supported a lot, and he was constantly familiar with the righteous army and the black-clothed guard, controlling Rigao, and after a while, he could really have no fear.
Just when Wang Hongyi was thinking, there was a boat on the Jishui River, slowly moving on the river, there were two people on the boat, one was a Taoist, with a feather coat and a star crown, with a dusty atmosphere, it was the Xuandong.
There was a person in the back, twenty years old, with fine eyes, although his appearance was mediocre, but the spirit of fierceness rushed straight out, different from everyone else on the top, and indeed rushed up like a wolf smoke.
The man sat on his knees in the boat, looked around, and said nothing.
Xuandong stood on the boat, looking at this familiar scene, with a trace of sadness on his face.
Xuandong looked at the Yingying River, and his heart was a little stunned.
Thinking about the day and Tian Ji on this water boat to talk, as if in the previous life.
It's just that the people of that day have already fallen into the Yellow Spring, and there will be no day to see each other again.
He went down the mountain again, but he came to turn the situation around.
Thinking of Tian Ji's death, although the friendship between the same family is not deep, it is also embarrassing.
The monk was already emotionally weak, but this Tian Ji was a little different.
He was despised by his teachers during his lifetime, and made suggestions many times, but he was also denied and not taken seriously, but after his death, all kinds of speculations during his life came true.
and his calm righteousness, which made the teacher quite surprised.
It's really embarrassing, until death, the master has to pay attention, but as long as the master's luck is not lost, Tian Ji's soul will be protected, although he is also taken care of in the underworld, and there is also the possibility of cultivating into a ghost and immortal, which can be regarded as a destination.
Xuandong looked at the calm water river in front of them, and sighed, the last time it was on this water river, they noticed the ominous feeling.
At that time, although he was aware, he didn't care, and only left his beloved disciple Zhou Zhu here, thinking that he could reverse the changes that might occur in the dark.
But I don't know, the majesty of heaven's will is really something that ordinary people can control, when has it been, between heaven and earth, the breath of the hidden dragon has become so complex and difficult to distinguish?
Real person, did you calculate today's situation?
If so, why let it go?
If it is not calculated, what is the current situation in Shudi, and can it really take advantage of the situation as the master said?
Xuandong was silent for a long time, and his heart was at a loss, not knowing whether what the master did was really right.
Turning his head, he saw the Heavenly Exorcist Warrior, with a calm expression on his face, not infected by these scenes, perhaps the more he knew, the more trapped he became, and those who didn't know were at ease.
"Zhang Tie, in half a moment, we will be able to reach the Wenyang Mansion, I will find a place to stay first, and then make plans. Xuandong said lightly.
Hearing this, Zhang Tie nodded in response: "No." ”
When they arrived at a place, after the two went ashore, they went directly to Wenyang Mansion without delay, and according to the instructions of the master, they needed to find a place to settle in Wenyang Mansion.
And there is a view in the ten miles of this Wenyang Mansion City, which is the place to settle down.
The place where I went ashore was only ten miles away from this temple.
Because there are pedestrians on the road, only do the usual speed, half an hour later, only to this place, only to see a lush tree, a Taoist temple, appeared in front of you.
Zhang Tie stepped forward and slammed the door.
"Who's outside the door?" asked a crisp voice inside the door, and it was a child.
"The people who are hidden in the mountains are the old people of the Lord, and they come to visit the Lord. Xuandong stopped Zhang Tie and personally stepped forward and said in a deep voice.
"Please wait a moment. The boy in the audience heard and spoke.
The footsteps faded away, and I went to report to the inside.
The two of them waited outside, but the wait was not long, and after a while, the sound of footsteps came again.
With a squeak, the door of the Taoist temple was opened from the inside. An elderly Taoist priest appeared in front of the door, looking at everyone, and behind him, there was a small child, who was the right child to answer.
The old Taoist priest looked at him with scrutiny, and Shaoqing recognized the Xuandong, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, and he said, "It turns out that the immortal master has arrived, please come in." ”
The attitude was very attentive, walking inward, and said with emotion: "It's been ten years, and I don't want the demeanor of the immortal master to be the same." ”
"You're still healthy. Xuandong smiled and said.
Looking at the person behind him, the old Taoist priest couldn't help but ask, "This is?"
"Oh, this is Zhang Tie, the disciple of the Immortal Master who I have accepted, it is convenient to stay with you for a few days, right?" Xuandong said.
The old Taoist priest was very happy, and said in a loud voice: "Convenient, convenient! ”
"I have this intention, but I am afraid that it will disturb you. ”
"How come, the immortal master is here to stay, it's too late for Xiaodao to be happy, just stay, as long as you don't think the Taoist temple is shabby. "When the two of them talked, it was really old acquaintance.
Ten miles in the distance, it is the city of Fu, walking with footsteps, it is only half an hour's journey, just to peek at it.
When they arrived at a quiet room, the Taoist priest ordered the boy to take out a tea tray - tea, cloud cake, and red dates.
He also ordered the two servants to hurry up and clean the room and vacate two quiet rooms.
The old Taoist priest Zun Xuandong sat in the chief, poured tea, and when he saw him watching, he said with a smile: "There is a gentleman in Hongxiang who respects the ancestors very much, and donates twenty taels of silver every year, and also sends some young men to help, but it is really a good deed. ”
Xuandong smiled and said, "This kind of person is a good person, and he should be blessed." ”
After the dim sum was finished, tea was poured again, and the child reported that the clean room was cleaned out.
The old Taoist priest bowed: "The immortal master will go to rest first, and I will go to the dinner party." ”
It is said that on the earth, when Shakyamuni was alive, the Sangha was all engaged in the righteous life of the almsgiving, pure begging, except for alcohol, regardless of meat and vegetables, whatever the family provided, they ate whatever they ate, which can be seen everywhere in the sutras.
The first openly advocated vegetarianism in Buddhism was the Buddhist traitor Devadatta, who was jealous of Shakyamuni's status and deliberately wanted to surpass Shakyamuni, and even wanted to destroy Shakyamuni and replace him.
In order to show the world that he was superior to Shakyamuni, he proposed five austerities, one of which was to "abstain from eating fish and meat for the rest of his life", which was also clearly refuted by Shakyamuni.
The origin of the earth's vegetarianism began with Emperor Wu of Liang in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, first promoted Buddhism, and then even Taoism was eaten.
The Qi Refiners of this world cannot simply be regarded as Earth Taoism, of course, there is no Emperor Wu of Liang, the difference between meat and vegetables is not important, each person's taste and entry into the realm.
The old Taoist priest rectified the dinner, of course, he did not taboo meat and vegetables, and the Xuandong also returned the courtesy.
Coming out of the door, there are also a few peach blossom willow trees in the view, looking at it for a while, only to see the misty rain falling, the smoke cage is far away from the tree, the scenery is more wonderful.
For a while, he was thinking: "The king gathers millions of qi and masters the power to move mountains and seas, whether he is alive or killed, all in one thought, how can I intervene with my meager mana?"