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Chapter Eleven The History of Others

Zhao Ran only slept for more than an hour, but was pulled by Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai to the dining hall for dinner. He was dizzy and had breakfast. He didn't remember being bullied by Guan Er Ge and his group of fireworkers who cleaned the room several times, and then turned around the west room and slept with his head covered.

In the afternoon, Zhao Ran, who had finally come back to his senses, had just wiped his face with clear water, but Yu Zhiyuan, who was in the guest room, came to him and took him to his room to write a picture.

Taking advantage of Yu Zhiyuan's careful consideration of the words, Zhao Ran pointed indirectly and found out about Yu Zhiyuan's experience of entering the Taoist sect. Yu Zhiyuan had been in Wujiyuan for thirteen years. Like Zhao Ran, when he first came in, he also swept the dormitory in the dormitory. After more than eight months of sweeping the sect, he turned to the work of cooking and burning fire. Because he liked calligraphy and painting, he was transferred to the account room to copy the account book. In the sixth year, four years ago, the old door of Wujiyuan's living room passed away and another position was added. Yu Zhiyuan ushered in the most important opportunity in his life so far.

At that time, Xizhenwu Palace agreed to the Wuji Courtyard to arrange it from the courtyard, so a Taoist chanting boy in the scripture hall was honored to be transferred to the entrance of the living hall. The thus-caused Taoist chanting boy was replaced by Zhiyuan. From then on, Yu Zhiyuan became one of the official Taoist priests with certificates, and his identity was completely different from before.

In another year, the Taoist chanting boy who was transferred to the entrance of the living room (Yu Zhiyuan could not remember the name of the Taoist chant), unfortunately died in an accident. Yu Zhiyuan defeated more than ten classmates who were more experienced than him and occupied the position of the entrance of the living room.

The door of the living hall is one of the "Five Lords and Eighteen Heads" in the Taoist court. He is a Taoist priest with a responsibilities. He is under the jurisdiction of the eight deacons. His job is to welcome guests. This position is not only bright in his face, but also rich in quality, and is considered the first-class and generous position among the "Five Lords and Eighteen Heads". Zhao Ran's current boss, the head of the head, Zhou Zhixiu, said that he is on par with Yu Zhiyuan, but he is not a little different in all aspects.

Zhao Ran wanted to find out more about how Yu Zhiyuan successfully became the Taoist priest, how to stand out among many competitors, and then become the secret of the doorman, but Yu Zhiyuan was vague and just smiled and encouraged Zhao Ran to work harder.

Although Yu Zhiyuan did not give Zhao Ran the tips for success, he was still very concerned about Zhao Ran's daily life. At this time, he knew that Zhao Ran's family was poor, so he personally took Zhao Ran to the warehouse to ask for another piece of clothing for Zhao Ran.

Liu Kutou, who was in charge of the warehouse, was still pushing Paijiu with a group of Taoist priests. When he saw Yu Zhiyuan coming, he immediately stood up, his face full of eager laughter: "Why are Junior Brother Yu free here today? Hurry up, push them together?" As he said that, he greeted the people beside him to give up his seat to Yu Zhiyuan.

At this time, another fat Taoist priest in the seat also stood up and rushed to Yu Zhiyuan to greet him: "Junior Brother Yu, what wind has blown you? Have fun?"

Yu Zhiyuan smiled faintly and shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Liu, Senior Brother Guo, I don't like this, you know that. I'm going to be troubled today..." He pointed at Zhao Ran: "This is Zhao Ran who has been newly admitted to the hospital. He hastily entered the hospital and has less clothes. If there is more than one in the warehouse, I will ask Senior Brother Liu to take care of him."

Liu Kutou immediately responded: "Did others come? Can Junior Brother Yu come? There is no reason!" After that, he ordered a fire worker beside him to come into the warehouse and put it out, put it into Zhao Ran's arms, and said with concern: "Brother Zhao, come to find me if you have any needs in the future, and do you need to work with Junior Brother Yu to come here in person. Look, what else is there except clothes?"

Zhao Ran thought about it and since he had been following Yu Zhiyuan, he was considered a favor, so he was not polite: "Liu Kutou, if you can give Er Chi Ma Ge again, I will be grateful!"

Liu Kutou said this was easy, and then asked the fireman to take two feet of Ma Ge out and hand it over to Zhao Ran.

After a few jokes, Yu Zhiyuan took Zhao Ran out of the warehouse. Liu Kutou and others came to see him attentively. The courtesy seemed to be like Zhiyuan was a senior brother.

When he turned around, Zhao Ran was a little curious: "Yu Mentou, can't we stop gambling in the Taoist temple?"

Yu Zhiyuan said: "There were precepts in the Taoist Palace and Temple courtyard, but the limits of the scriptures are slightly strict, and each department does not care much about it. Otherwise, the mountain gate will be pure and miserable, so how can these many people keep it? If this is the precept, then that is the precept, how can the Taoist sect be maintained? Of course, the Quanzhen School is much more strict in keeping with the precepts, but you can see that it is far from the richest Taoist temple of our Zhengyi School."

This was the first time Zhao Ran knew that he had come from his home to the Taoist temple of Zhengyi Sect, so he couldn't help but ask a few more questions. Yu Zhiyuan also gave his heart to give advice: "Our Zhengyi Sect is a Taoist school of talismans, which emphasizes the harmony of nature, and uses the energy of heaven and earth to transform into talismans, and combines man and heaven, and creates elixirs outside and consigns to the original life; Quanzhen Sect focuses on internal cultivation, and combines the yin and yang of heaven and earth to form elixirs. Whether it is talismans or elixirs, they are all methods of cultivation, and the fundamentals of pursuing the way of heaven are common."

Listening to Yu Zhiyuan's introduction, Zhao Ran remembered what Chu Yangcheng said that day that day, "The inner alchemy can ascend, and the talisman can also ascend. Cultivation depends on one's own efforts, and there is no distinction between the skills and skills." He nodded half-knowingly, but in fact he had no idea in his heart.

Seeing the confusion on Zhao Ran's face, Yu Zhiyuan laughed: "For no reason, these things are all the principles of monks and have nothing to do with our ten directions of jungle. In the future, even if you can get the certificate of sacrificial rituals, it is just a matter of studying the rules. We are all ordinary people, and we have no life to practice Taoism..." After saying that, he looked desolate.

After a moment, Yu Zhiyuan said again: "About Zhengyi and Quanzhen, you only need to know that the ancestor of our Zhengyifeng is Zhang Tianshi, and Quanzhen worships Chongyang Zhenren, which is enough."

Before leaving, Yu Zhiyuan reminded Zhao Ran: "Although there are Taoists in the courtyard, you must not be addicted to it. There are many tricks here, just as you have just seen, there are many tricks in it. Some things should not be said, but I really don't want you to fall into it. Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Guo are in the name of inviting to bet, and they are only relying on their quickness, which is unknown to ordinary people."

Zhao Ran smiled and said, "I don't like this either, don't worry about it at the door. But they act like this, so the yard doesn't care?"

Yu Zhiyuan said: "In our Taoist sect, the precepts of the palaces are a little stricter, and the Taoist sects are much looser. These are all the details and no one will pay attention to them. Liu Kutou and Guo Caitou are unable to take another step. In a few years, they will have to go out of the mountain and return home. Therefore, they will open up their wealth. This is to earn a wealthy family. As long as they don't make any big mistakes, they will let him go."

Zhao Ran suddenly realized: "I understand. Our Taoist court is down-to-earth, but it is actually no different from the government."

Yu Zhiyuan smiled: "Down-to-earth? This statement is interesting, good, that's it, just like that."

When they returned to the west room, they saw Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai being depressed. After a brief question, it was Guan Er Ge who started a gambling game in the afternoon. Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai each issued several chunks of money.

Zhao Rankan said that the trend of playing games is quite popular in Wujiyuan, so he comforted the two of them: "The play games have both wins and loses. If you lose today, you will be like turning the book tomorrow. Just don't play too much."

Jiao Tan said angrily: "Losing some money is nothing, I just can't stand Guan Er's face!"

During dinner, Mr. Guan was in a good mood because he won the money and did not make things difficult for Zhao Ran, but he greeted everyone at the dinner table, saying that he would continue to sit in the banker after the meal and let everyone play together. Zhao Ran had no money, so of course he respected Xie Bumin.

Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai followed him to the north house and vowed to turn the book back. Zhao Ran returned to the room to try on the newly-collared Taoist clothes. Now that he had two sets of Taoist clothes picked up by the warehouse, he made up his mind that in the future, he would wear his own set of torn clothes when he was working.

After taking off his ragged outer robe and untied his trouser rope, Zhao Ran remembered that the trouser rope was taken from the adopted son of the eunuch who was guarding the eunuch in Qingping Mountain that day. He still didn't have time to check what kind of treasure it was.

Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai were both playing money in the north room, and the shouts made the whole yard full of the yard. There was no time to turn around for the time being. Zhao Ran tied the door of the west room and then untied the rope.

There was a hidden button at one end of the trouser rope. After untiing it, Zhao Ran pulled out a green fine rope. The fine rope was dark in color, neither gold nor silver, nor any metal that Zhao Ran had ever seen. But it was definitely not jade. Without jade, it would be as flexible and elastic as this fine rope. If it was a cow tendon or a snake tendon, it didn't look like it, because when you pinch it alone, it obviously felt very hard.

Zhao Ran played with it for a while, but was not sure of the point, and was a little disappointed, so he rolled the cable in his hand and wanted to put it back into the rope. However, he didn't expect that the force on his hand was not firmly grasped. The elastic cable collapsed and a very thin wound was cut on Zhao Ran's cheek.
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