The Mingyu of Prehistoric Times

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Chapter 380: Half a lifetime of practicing Taoism, half a lifetime of failure

After Jiang Ziya heard Yuanshi Tianzun's words, he couldn't help being shocked. He quickly knelt down and begged Yuanshi Tianzun: "I am a monk sincerely. I have been practicing hard for many years. Although I am rolling a mustard and throwing a needle, I hope that I will be merciful and guide me." Go back to sleep. I am willing to practice asceticism in the mountains, but I will not be greedy for wealth in the world. I hope my master has collected it."

Yuanshi Tianzun shook his head and persuaded in a harmonious voice: "You are destined to listen to heaven, so how can you go against it? Besides, in the future, if your merits and virtues are complete, it will not be too late to practice immortality again."

After hearing the words of Yuanshi Tianzun, Ziya was reluctant to leave, and another red sperm came forward and said: "Ziya! The opportunity is rare, and the time must not be lost; the number of days has been determined, and there is no way to escape. Although you are going down the mountain, wait for it. When you succeed, you will go up the mountain."

After hearing this, Ziya had no choice but to go down the mountain, packed his harp, sword, clothes and bag, stood up, said goodbye to his master, knelt down and cried, "I came down the mountain with the master's decree. Where will my future be?"

Yuanshi Tianzun said: "As I go down the mountain today, I have eight verses that will be fulfilled in the future: 'In the past twenty years, the village has been in distress, and I have been patient and safe; I have been fishing on the rocks by hanging poles, and I have the wisdom to visit the wise people. Assist the holy king for Xiangfu, I paid homage to the generals on the 93rd and took control of the army. The princes gathered at Wushen. On the 98th, I became a god for another four years.'"

Yuanshi Tianzun said and waved to Jiang Ziya: "Even if you go, there is still time to go up the mountain."

Ziya paid his respects to the Heavenly Lord and all his Taoist friends. Take your luggage and leave Yuxu Palace. Guangchengzi sent Ziya to Qilin Cliff and said: "Ziya! Take care of your future!"

Ziya said goodbye to Guangchengzi and thought to himself: "I have no uncles, brothers, sisters, brothers, sisters or nephews. Where can I go? I am like a bird in the forest without a branch to perch." Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of Chaoge. There is a sworn brother in Song Dynasty, why don't you go and join him? Ziya borrowed the opportunity to escape and arrived at Chaoge as early as possible. He was thirty-five miles away from the south gate and arrived at Songjiazhuang.

Ziya saw that the green willows in the gate were still there, and he couldn't help but sigh: "I have been away from here for forty years, but the scenery is still the same and the people's faces are different." Ziya arrived in front of the gate and asked the gatekeeper, "Are you at home? ?” The gatekeeper asked, “Who are you?”

Ziya said: "You only said that Jiang Ziya, an old friend, visited me."

Zhuang Tong went outside to report to the reporter: "I have an old friend Jiang Ziya visiting me outside."

Song Yiren was settling accounts when he heard Ziya coming and hurriedly walked out of the village. They held hands and helped each other. As for the thatched cottage, they each bowed and sat down. A stranger asked Ziya: "How come my dear brother I have not heard from you for decades? I have always longed for you, and today we meet again. I am so lucky! I am so lucky!"

When Ziya saw that Song Yiren had not forgotten his old friendship, he said: "Since I left my dear friend, I really hoped to be born extraordinary, but the fate was shallow and I failed to achieve my goal. Now that I have come to Gaozhuang, I am very lucky to meet my dear friend."

The stranger hurriedly ordered the lunch box to be packed, and then asked: "Is it vegetarian or meat?"

Ziya said: "Since you are a monk, how can you drink alcohol and eat meat? I am a vegetarian." Song Yiren said: "Wine is the jade liquid of the Yaochi, the fine wine of the cave. Even the gods will go to the Peach Fair, so there is no harm in eating some wine."

Ziya said: "My dear brother, I will teach you, and my younger brother will take your orders." The two of them drank happily.

The stranger asked, "How long have you been on Kunlun Mountain, my dear brother?" Ziya said, "It has been forty years." The stranger sighed and said, "How fast! Did my dear brother learn anything in the mountain?" Ziya asked. : "Why don't you learn? Otherwise, what would you do?"

The stranger asked: "What kind of Taoism should I learn?" Ziya said: "Carry water and water pine trees, plant peaches to make fire, and fan the furnace to make elixirs." The stranger smiled and said, "This is the work of a servant, why should I care about it? Now my dear brother If you don't want to pursue some studies when you come back, why should you become a monk? You can just stay with me and don't have to go anywhere else. I know you better than anyone else."

Ziya said: "Exactly." The stranger said: "An ancient saying goes: 'There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having children.' Dear brother, I will spend time with you, and I will arrange a marriage with you tomorrow, and give birth to a boy and a half. Female, no less than Jiang."

Ziya waved his hand and said, "My dear brother, we will discuss this later." The two talked until late, and Ziya stayed at Songjiazhuang. It is said that Song Yiren got up early the next day, rode a donkey and went to Majiazhuang to talk about their marriage. When a stranger came to the village, a boy from the village reported to the horsemen: "A member of the Song Dynasty is here to pay his respects."

The horseman was overjoyed. He came out and asked, "Which wind is going to blow in the future?"

The foreigner said: "My nephew has come to discuss marriage with your daughter." Ma Yuanwai was overjoyed, Shiti sat down, and finished tea. Yuanwai asked: "Who did Xian Qi tell this little girl to?"

The stranger said: "This is a surname from Xuzhou in the East China Sea. The surname is Jiang, the surname is Shang, and the courtesy name is Ziya. His nickname is Fei Xiong. He is in the same family as his nephew, so it is a good match for him."

Ma Yuanwai said: "There will be no mistakes if a virtuous person agrees to marry the master." A foreigner from the Song Dynasty took four ingots of platinum as employment wages. When Ziya got up, he didn't see Song Yiren for a day, so he asked Zhuang Tong, "Where have you been, Yuanwai?"

Zhuang Tong said, "I went out in the morning. I must have gone to collect a debt." After a while, the foreigner got off the beast. Ziya saw it and greeted him at the door: "Where are you coming back, eldest brother?" The foreigner said, "Congratulations, good brother! "

Ziya asked, "Where does my brother's happiness come from?" The foreigner said, "The reason why I am discussing marriage with you today is precisely: 'We meet thousands of miles away, and we meet for marriage.'" Ziya said, "The time is not good today." The foreigner said. : "Yin and Yang are unstoppable, auspicious and heavenly."

Ziya asked: "That girl is it?"

The stranger said: "Ma Hong's daughter is both talented and beautiful, and she is a good match for a wise brother. This woman is sixty-eight years old this year, and she is still a yellow flower daughter." The stranger congratulated Zhijiu and Ziya. After they drank, the stranger said: "Yes. Choose an auspicious day to marry." Ziya thanked him and said, "Brother Cheng, how can I forget this virtue?" So he chose a good time and auspicious day to marry Mr. Ma. Song Yiren arranged a banquet and invited the neighbors in front of and behind the village, as well as relatives and friends from four families, to celebrate the wedding. On that day, Mr. Ma came through the door, the wedding room was decorated with flowers and candles, and they became husband and wife. It was destiny, not accident. There is a poem that says:

"Leaving Kunlun and going to the imperial state, Ziya will marry his wife today; a sixty-eight-year-old yellow flower girl, seventy-two will be the groom."

It is said that after Ziya got married, he longed for Kunlun all day long, only thinking about the failure of the road, and was unhappy in his heart. There he was in the mood to have fun with Ma family in the morning and evening. Ma didn't know Ziya's thoughts and only said that Ziya was useless.

Unconsciously two months later, Ma asked Ziya: "Uncle Song, is your aunt's brother?" Ziya said: "Brother Song is my sworn brother." Ma said: "That's it. He is a biological brother. There is no feast that never ends. Now that Uncle Song is here, my husband and I can be at ease; if he is not here in the future, how will you and I get along? As the saying goes: "In the world of life, management is the main thing." "I advise you to do some business to prevent my husband and wife from getting into trouble."

Ziya listened to his wife's words: "That's what the good wife said." Seeing that he agreed, Ma asked: "What kind of business will you do?" Ziya thought for a while, and then said: "I am twenty years old. "I studied Taoism in Kunlun and didn't know anything about worldly affairs. I only know how to make silkworms."

Ma also heard that Jiang Ziya once studied Taoism. Seeing that he also knew a skill, he didn't notice the difference, so he nodded and said: "This business is good. Besides, there are bamboos in the back garden. Cut some bamboo strips and weave them into bamboo slippers to go to the city." Reward some money, it’s all business.”

Ziya followed his advice, split bamboo strips, braided a load of yarn, and picked it up to Chaoge to sell. From early morning to the end of the year, no one could be sold until the beginning of the new year. When Ziya saw that the sky was getting dark, he still had to carry a car for thirty-five miles. He was hungry again, so he had to run back. The journey lasted seventy miles, and Ziya's shoulders were swollen. Back in front of the door, Ma looked at whether one load was coming or the other was going, and he was waiting to ask.

I saw Ziya pointing at Mr. Ma and saying, "Madam, you are unwise. I'm afraid if I ask you at home and ask me to sell my hair, Chaoge City will definitely not use my hair. How come I can't sell any of them after selling for a day, and my shoulders are swollen?" "

Ma couldn't help but shook his head and said: "It's a common thing in the world. If you don't say you don't know how to sell it, you will falsely complain."

The couple kept talking back and forth, making noises. Song Yiren heard the quarrel between Ziya and his wife, and hurriedly came to ask Ziya, "What's wrong with you, dear brother, that your husband and wife are quarreling?" Ziya told Ziya about selling hair. The stranger said, "Don't tell me that you and your wife have thirty or forty people. I can also support them. Why do you do this?"

Ma didn't agree, so he had to say: "Although uncle is only waiting for good intentions, my husband and I will have to settle down in the future. Do we need to rely on others for the rest of our lives?"

Song Yiren said: "My brother-in-law said the same thing, why do we need to do this business? The wheat sprouts in my barn can be used by the younger generation to grind some flour. A good brother can pick out the goods and sell them, but he is not better than weaving wool?"

After that, Ziya packed up the basket and started grinding again, grinding a load of dry flour. Ziya picked it up the next day and went to Chaoge to sell it. He walked through the four gates and couldn't sell any of it. The belly is full and the burden is heavy! He could only get out of the south gate. His shoulders ached again. Ziya stopped carrying his burden and sat against the foot of the city. After resting for a while, he thought about his luck and composed a poem: "Twenty Kunlun went to visit the road. How could it be possible?" The world of mortals is so gloomy that it’s hard to open your eyes, and the floating world is full of chaos. How can I find a place to rest, and the golden shackles and jade locks come to bind me again? When will I realize my life’s ambition and sit quietly in Xitou to learn Zen?

After talking for a while, Ziya stood up and saw a man selling noodles standing there. Ziya said, "The profit maker is here." After resting his burden, he saw the man walking up to him. Ziya asked, "How many noodles do you want?"

The man said: "Buy it for a penny." Ziya couldn't help but buy it, so he had to lower his head and make a face. Unexpectedly, Ziya was not a burden-bearer. Throw the pole to the ground and scatter the rope on the ground. At this time, King Zhou rebelled against the four hundred feudal princes in the southeast due to his incompetence, and the reports came very quickly. Wu Chengyu trained his men and horses every day, but because of the sound of cannons in the camp, he was startled and his cavalry slipped away and ran as fast as flying.

Ziya bent his waist to pinch the noodles, but he didn't notice someone behind him shouting: "The noodle seller is here!" Ziya turned sideways and the horse had already arrived. He took a rope and spread it on the ground. The horse was so anxious that the rope was tied around the hoof of the horse and dragged the basket of noodles five or six feet away. The noodles were all splashed on the ground. A strong wind blew them clean. When Ziya rushed to grab the noodles, he was covered in noodles.

The noodle buyers saw this and left. Ziya had no choice but to go back, sighing all the way to the village. When Ma saw Ziya coming back with an empty basket, he was overjoyed and said, "Is Chaoge City dry noodles easy to sell?"

When Ziya arrived in front of Ma, he threw away the basket and scolded: "It's all because of you, a bitch!" Ma said: "It's a good thing to sell dry noodles cleanly, but why are you scolding me?" Ziya said. : "How can I sell a load of noodles when I carry it to the river? It only cost a penny in the afternoon." Ma said: "When the basket comes back empty, I must have bought it all on credit?"

Ziya said angrily: "Because the horse ran away, the rope caught my feet, and a load of noodles was spilled on the ground. A strong wind came from the sky, and all the noodles were blown away. But it's not the fault of you bitch." ?”

When Ma heard about it, he slapped Ziya in the face and spat: "It's not that you are useless, but you are blaming me! You are really a person who only knows how to eat and drink."

Ziya couldn't help but get angry: "How dare you, a bitch, insult your husband?" The two of them were arguing a lot, and Song Yiren and his wife Sun came to persuade him: "Why are you quarreling with your aunt, uncle?"

Ziya told him about selling noodles. The stranger laughed and said, "How much is a handful of noodles worth? You and your wife just wait here, my dear brother, come with me."

Ziya and others went to the study and sat down. Ziya said: "Inheriting the love of elder brother, supporting the younger brother, being good at times and being unlucky, and doing nothing, I really feel guilty." The stranger said: "People mainly focus on luck, and flowers bloom at the right time. There is an old saying: 'The Yellow River There is still a day of clarification, how can we not have good luck?" "My dear brother, you don't have to be like this, I have many employees, and there are thirty or fifty hotels in Chaoge City, all of which are mine. When I invite friends to come, you can meet them for a while, and let you open each store for one day, starting over and over again, and making a living, isn't it good? "

Ziya thanked him and said, "Thank you for your kindness, my dear friend." The stranger then opened Zhangjiajiu Restaurant in the south gate with Ziya. The south gate of Chaoge is the first place. It is close to the main road of Jiaochang. It is crowded and very lively. On that day, many people are slaughtering pigs and sheep, steaming snacks, putting away the wine and drinks, and the shopkeeper Ziya is sitting inside. .

On the one hand, Ziya is the commander-in-chief of all gods, and on the other hand, the age is unfavorable. From morning to the time of the card, no ghosts come to the door; at noon, it pours heavily, and Huang Feihu does not perform any exercises. The weather was hot, and the pig and sheep delicacies were steamed by the heat and immediately smelled bad. The snacks were rancid and the wine was sour.

Ya sat bored and called the waiters: "You guys should eat up all the food and wine. It would be a pity to wait for a while!" Ziya wrote a poem and said: "The emperor was born to me and I was born in this world, and I wasted my time in the world; sometimes the wings of a roc fly thousands of miles, but also Must fly over Jiuzhong Mountain."

At that time Ziya came back late at night, and the stranger asked: "How is your business today, dear brother?" Ziya said: "I'm sorry to see you, dear brother! I lost a lot of money today, and I can't sell it for a penny."

The foreigner sighed: "My good brother, don't be upset. Only when you keep time and order can you be a gentleman. I don't have to deal with you much, so I'm going to work in the local area. Don't look for the road." The foreigner was afraid that his teeth would be annoyed, so he exchanged fifty taels of silver for him. Call the young man Tong Ziya to sell cattle, horses, pigs and sheep at the market. Is it possible that living things will stink? Ziya packed up to sell pigs and sheep for more than one day. He sold many pigs and sheep that day and rushed to Chaoge to sell them.

At this time, King Zhou was out of power, Daji was killing all living beings, treacherous ministers were in power, and the dynasty was full of wolves. Therefore, the heavens were not in harmony with the situation, and the drought was uneven, so Chaoge did not come out for half a year. The emperor and the people prayed, banned slaughter, issued notices to the soldiers and civilians, and hung them in every door. Ziya failed to manage and drove the cattle, horses, pigs and sheep into the city, but the gatekeeper yelled: "We have taken them for violating the ban and the law!"

When Ziya heard this, he ran away. All the cattle, horses and livestock were put into official positions, so Ziya had no choice but to return home. Seeing Ziya in a panic and with an earthy face, the stranger asked Ziya anxiously, "Why is my dear brother like this?"

Ziya sighed and said: "I have been so kind to you, but I can't do any business, resulting in losses. Now I sell pigs and sheep, but I don't manage them. I don't know that the emperor prayed for rain, stopped the slaughter, and entered the city against the rules. The pigs The sheep, cattle and horses are all in the official position, and all their capital has been exhausted, which makes Jiang Shang ashamed and landless, so there is nothing he can do!"

Song Yiren said with a smile: "It's just a few taels of silver to get into the official position, why bother him? Dear brother, I will bring you a pot of wine to relieve your boredom and go to my back garden." Ziya came and went from time to time, and drank with Song Yiren in the back garden. Drinking.

This Jiang Zi is supposed to be a good general and minister, but it has nothing to do with his livelihood. As long as he went to do business, God's will would harm him. After more than a year, Song Yiren realized that he was not suitable for business, and it was better to stay at home. He lived a prosperous life, and even Jiang Ziya and Feng lived a prosperous life. After listening to Song Yiren's persuasion, Mrs. Feng stopped thinking about Jiang Ziya. It's just that a man with no career is always looked down upon by women.

When Ms. Feng saw Jiang Ziya's incompetence, she despised him more and more. She felt that no one in the world could compare with an incompetent person like Jiang Ziya. She scolded him every day. The couple's life was so disharmonious, their relationship was indifferent, and they were strangers to each other. Song Yiren felt uncomfortable in his heart. He originally wanted to find a wife for his brother so that Jiang Ziya could have a family and extend his bloodline, but he didn't expect that this would be the case.

Many days later, Jiang Ziya saw that Song Yiren's village had free space, so he asked him to build a building instead. Song Yiren was overjoyed after hearing this, so he entrusted the matter to Jiang Ziya.

Strange to say, the building was built smoothly, but every time the beams were put up, an unknown fire would break out. This happened several times, and Jiang Ziya knew something was wrong. This time, after the house was built and the beams were installed, he sat in the pavilion and observed.

Half a day later, Jiang Ziya was sitting in the pavilion waiting, when suddenly a strong wind blew up, rocks and sand were blown, dirt and dust were blown, and some demons were seen in the light and shadow of the fire, with faces of five colors, ferocious and weird. Unexpectedly, strong winds were blowing, evil fires were flying; black mist was hazy around the smoke, and red light was billowing where the fire started. The face is divided into five colors, red, white, black, purple and green and yellow; its huge mouth has fangs and spits out thousands of rays of rays of light. The wind carries the power of the fire, and thousands of golden snakes move around; the fire surrounds the smoke, and the blackness falls into thousands of clouds. The mountains are red and the soil is red, and all things will collapse in time; the earth is dark and the sky is yellow, and thousands of houses will fall down in a while. It is the demonic atmosphere and the fierce fire that rushes into the sky, showing the fierceness of Longgang monsters.

It is said that Ziya was in the pavilion and saw five elves in Feng Huo Ying causing trouble. He hurriedly spread his hair and wielded his sword. He waved the sword with a finger and shouted: "The evil beast will not fall, how can we wait for more!"

He put his hand down again, thundering in the air, and the five monsters hurriedly knelt down, saying: "Sir! The little beasts don't know that the immortal is coming, and they are looking for great virtues, so they can cast it all their lives."

Ziya shouted: "What an evil beast! The building has been destroyed by fire several times, and the evil spirit will not stop. Today, he has committed many crimes and deserves to be killed." After saying this, he raised his sword and stepped forward to kill the monster.

Seeing this, all the monsters begged and begged, "Exalted Immortal! The Taoist heart is merciful everywhere. It has been many years since the little beast attained Taoism. For a moment, it insulted the power of Heaven and begged for mercy. But now it is time to kill him. It is pity that our many years of hard work will be wasted in running water." "

Jiang Ziya saw the monsters prostrating themselves on the ground and begging bitterly. For a moment, his heart softened and he said: "Since you want to live, you are not allowed to disturb the people here. Your five animals are ordered by my talisman to go to Xiqi Mountain. After a while, they will move mud and earth and wait for orders. On the day of merit, you will naturally get it." True result." The five demons kowtowed and went straight to Xiqi Mountain.

Not only did Ziya conquer the demons under the stars, but also on that auspicious day, at midnight, there was no one in the front hall to entertain the guests. Mr. Ma and his mother-in-law, Mr. Sun, went to the back garden to secretly watch what Ziya was doing. When they came to the back garden, they only heard Ziya ordering the monsters. Ma said to Sun, "Auntie! Listen to Ziya himself. Such a person will not make progress in his life. How can a person who talks nonsense have a chance to rise to the top?"

Ma was getting angry, walked up to Ziya, and asked Ziya: "Who are you talking to here?" Ziya said: "Your wife doesn't know, so she suppressed the demon." Ma said: "You are talking nonsense. "What kind of demon are you suppressing?" Ziya said, "You don't even know." Ma was separated from Ziya in the garden, and Ziya said, "What do you know? I am good at knowing Feng Shui and Yin and Yang."

Ma said: "Can you tell fortunes?" Ziya said: "Numerology is the best, but there is no place to open a fortune teller." In the meantime, Song Yiren saw Ma and Sun talking to Ziya. The stranger said, "My dear brother, the thunder has just sounded. Have you seen anything?" Ziya told the story of collecting the demons.

The stranger thanked him and said, "My dear brother, you are just waiting for Taoism. It is not in vain to practice it." Sun said, "Uncle can tell fortunes, but he has no place to open a fortune telling hall. I don't know if there is a convenience room there, so I opened one with my uncle." The stranger said, "How many houses do you want? The south gate of Chaoge is the busiest. Why don't you ask me to clean up the house and go to the Mingguan with Ziya?"

But it is said that An Tong tidied up the house in the south gate and put up several couplets. On the left is "Only speaking of mysterious things," on the right is "Don't say anything ordinary." There is another couplet inside that says: "A piece of iron." Mouth, sincerity breaks people's questions about bad luck and good fortune: two strange eyes, good at observing the defeats and harms of the world. "Another couplet on the table said: "The universe is big in the sleeves, and the sun and the moon are long in the pot."