Chapter 19: Betting
Jingshan's eyes swept over the children, and said, "In today's morning class, I will arrange a seat for you first, and then I will do it according to this seat, and no one is allowed to sit randomly." During this period of time, in the morning class, I followed the poor way to practice the most basic exercise - meditation, if you meditate solidly, you can concentrate your energy, spit out the old and accept the new, and return to the source, you will not be far from entering the Yuding Gate. ”
Although the children did not know what Jingshan meant by "concentrating on the old and gathering the new, spitting out the old and accepting the new, and returning to the roots", they understood that this "meditation" seemed to be very important. Honestly sit down on top of the futon according to the assignment of pure goodness. Follow Jingshan to recite and memorize the Taoist introductory scripture "Tao Te Ching", and follow the guidance of Jingshan to begin to practice the basic postures of Taoist meditation and some simple breathing methods.
In the following days, several other Taoist priests in the Yuntai Temple taught the children Taoist classics, Taoist etiquette, as well as the knowledge of yin and yang gossip and the meridians of the five elements, although they were all simple and easy to understand, but also benefited the children a lot. As for the Ebony Daoren, although he would occasionally come out to see the children and reprimand them when they were not pleasing to the eye, he had never taught the children a lesson!
Time flies, half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, thirty children in this half a year to remember the Taoist etiquette proficiently, reciting the "Tao Te Ching", "Nanhua Sutra", "Infinite Sutra" and other scriptures are the Tao, and they also have a look like one by one, although the empty mountains are lonely, the children are not lacking in fun, and they will still wave their fists and feet after two classes in the morning and evening.
Gradually, the children were divided into two factions, one faction was headed by Hua Tianyu, and the vast majority of the children born in Longyang City were cast under Hua Tianyu. One faction is led by Shui Sheng, Wang Long and Da Niu are the backbone, plus the other four children who are also from remote villages and towns, although they do not have an advantage in numbers, but Tie Xintang leads the girls to support them from time to time, but they can also fight with Hua Tianyu.
At first, Jingshan also played a little pressure, but when he arrived in Zuihou, Jingshan saw that the children often made trouble, but they couldn't cause any big trouble, so he turned a blind eye, stopped caring about them, and let them mess around.
In the autumn of this year, there was another wolf plague, and although it was not as fierce as last year, thousands of people died in the wolf's mouth. Yuntai Mountain is close to Longyang City, and there is not a single evil wolf here, and all the children in the view are naturally unharmed.
Seeing the winter solstice, but it fell a rare heavy snowfall, three days and three nights of heavy snow made the snow on Yuntai Mountain knees, for a while, the sky was cold.
An old Taoist priest surnamed Zhao, who was nearly seventy years old in the Taoist temple, couldn't stop the cold and frozen, so he drove the crane west. The coffin was placed in the Taiyi Tianzun Palace.
The ebony Taoist led the Taoist priest and the children in front of Zhao Lao Daoling chanting for a whole day, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, for fear of freezing the children, the ebony Taoist ordered everyone to leave.
When the children were crowded into the dining room to eat, watching Jingshan leave after eating, Sun Qianjun quietly said to Shui Sheng, who was eating noodles: "Shui Sheng, I will discuss something for you, the two of us will change positions tonight, and let me sleep on the inside of the cloud bed, okay?" "What are you afraid of?" Shui Sheng stopped eating noodles and asked curiously. Sun Qianjun's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "I'm afraid of ghosts, I only went to listen to Zhao Daochang's lecture the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect him to leave last night, I'm afraid that he will come to me at night." ”
Hua Tianyu happened to walk past the two of them, and when he heard the words, he smiled and said: "Sun Qianjun, you are a coward, you are not a native bun from the countryside, what are you afraid of, can a dead corpse of Daochang Zhao still get up and eat you?" Hua Tianyu deliberately made Sun Qianjun make a fool of himself, and the loud voice echoed throughout the dining hall, and the children who ate heard it clearly.
The children suddenly let out a commotion, and immediately after, five or six children stood up and walked towards Sun Qianjun in the form of zombies.
Sun Qianjun's father is the housekeeper of the county capital, and he should be the most compatible with Hua Tianyu, but Sun Qianjun and Shui Sheng live in the same room, and the relationship is good. Hua Tianyu has long looked at him unpleasantly, and often sneered at him, and of course he will not miss this God-given opportunity today.
In the midst of everyone's uproar, Sun Qianjun's face was so red that he seemed to be dripping blood, and he lowered his head deeply, not daring to see everyone's mocking eyes.
Seeing his companion being humiliated, Shui Sheng's heart was furious, but he said quietly: "Hua Tianyu, you mean that you are not afraid of dead corpses?"
Hua Tianyu pursed his lips contemptuously, shook his head and said: "Of course, this young master's heavenly court is full, the earth pavilion is round, and he was born to avoid ghosts and gods and chase away evil spirits! Besides, has this young master read the Taoist scriptures in vain in the past six months? You look at Sun Qianjun's cowardice, he is even afraid of the corpse lying in the coffin, and he has to go to the Yuding Gate to cultivate immortals, I think it is better to go home and sleep as soon as possible!"
Shui Sheng smiled and said, "Listen to what you mean, if you grow into a little white face like you, you can avoid ghosts and gods? Then what kind of immortals do you cultivate? Go home and ask your mother to buy you more rouge gouache to rub it? Besides, Sun Qianjun is afraid of corpses, so you are not afraid? Since you are not afraid, do you dare to feed the half bowl of noodles I ate to Zhao Daochang's mouth alone tonight?"
Thirty children chanted the scriptures every day, and for half a year, not to mention anything else, they were all good at eloquence, and they had just turned ten years old.
Hearing Shui Sheng's words, Hua Tianyu couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "I'm going to do such a boring thing, besides, disturbing Dao Chang Zhao's undead is not what our disciples should do?"
Shui Sheng smiled, turned his head and said to the children: "Have you seen it, this is Hua Tianyu, his mouth is full of words, but his heart is trembling with fear, this is the number of people, he still has to pretend to be a great appearance on weekdays, teaching others to be the first to be the way, but when it is his turn, he is afraid." Zhao Daochang is weak on weekdays, and he must not have eaten enough when he went to the immortal, and feeding him half a bowl of noodles is just to honor his old man, what should he not do? What is there to be afraid of?
Wang Long, Da Niu, and several other children said in unison, "Yes!"
Shui Sheng turned around at this time, faced Hua Tianyu, and sneered: "Don't you dare, don't you? I know you don't dare! Coward! It's better like this, you apologize to Sun Qianjun now, and this matter will be over, what are you afraid of, in fact, who is not afraid, even I am afraid to death, when I sleep tonight, I will definitely cover my head!"
"It's just like this, and I want this young master to apologize daoqian? Dream it! Isn't it just feeding Zhao Daochang? It's a trivial matter, what is there not to dare?" Seeing the burning eyes of everyone, although Hua Tianyu was very afraid in his heart, he was holding up and bragging in his mouth.
Before Shui Sheng could speak, Hua Tianyu said quickly: "Wait, if one person really feeds Dao Chang Zhao, how can everyone see it? Do you dare to open Dao Chang Zhao's coffin in front of other Dao Masters in the view tomorrow for everyone to see?" As soon as the words came out, I couldn't help but secretly admire myself for being smart, and I actually thought of this good way to be able to take the Shui Sheng army!
There are no Taoist priests on duty in the Tianzun Hall now, and even less in the middle of the night. When they arrived at Zidao, the children were timid and wouldn't run around at all, and the aquatic students would probably not follow behind to peek. It doesn't seem to be difficult to feed the dead body and find someone to accompany you, but it may not be so easy to open the coffin in the presence of the Taoist priest in broad daylight. Hua Tianyu had a wishful thinking in his heart, thinking about who would be more appropriate to accompany him.
"Okay, as long as you dare to feed this bowl of noodles to Daoist Zhao's mouth tonight, I will have a way to open Daoist Zhao's coffin tomorrow for everyone to see!" Shui Sheng said nonchalantly. In his words, he didn't seem to believe that Hua Tianyu could have such courage at all.
Hua Tianyu glanced sideways at Shui Sheng and asked, "Don't promise too early, if I do it, tomorrow if everyone sees Daoist Zhao with noodles in his mouth, what should you do? If the Guan Lord and the other Dao Masters blame them for this, who will bear the responsibility?"
A hint of mockery appeared on Shui Sheng's face, and he said: "You just blow it, I don't believe you are so bold at all! If you can really feed this bowl of noodles to Zhao Daochang's mouth, even if I, Zhou Shuisheng, have completely convinced you, from now on, you will say that I Zhou Shuisheng will never say anything." If someone really asks about the noodles in Zhao Daochang's mouth, so many people can testify for you, and they can all be said to be fed by me Zhou Shuisheng. ”
A hint of excitement flashed in Hua Tianyu's eyes, and he said, "Okay, this is what you said, don't go back, everyone is here, do you dare to high-five me and swear?" "Of course." What if you can't?" "If I can't, you're the only one!"
The two of them each stretched out their palms and high-fived and swore an oath. Hua Tianyu swaggered away with a group of children, and when he left, he took away the noodle bowl on the aquatic table.
Seeing everyone walking away, Tie Xintang ran over from a distance, and asked with a worried face: "Stupid, if he is afraid, won't he bring a few more helpers over?"
Shui Sheng smiled and whispered in Tie Xintang's ear. Tie Xintang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he covered his mouth and chuckled.
That night, Hua Tianyu wrapped himself in a thick cotton coat, took the three dead friends in the same room, and listened to the sound outside the house where the four people lived in the water, and heard an even snoring sound from inside, so he quietly opened the courtyard door, and walked along the path where the servants swept away the snow during the day, and walked towards the Tianzun Palace.
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