Chapter 858: The Imperial Title Has a Beauty

Shenjing, Mount Luocang.

The mountains are undulating, the stone steps are winding, the dense forest is deep, the winter morning, the mountain wind is clear and cold, full of the fragrance of grass and trees.

On the mossy mountain road, Jia Cong wore a moon-white silver bamboo dark-patterned soft robe, stepped on white-soled black-faced cloud-stepping boots, and walked up the steps toward the top of the mountain.

His thick black hair was combed into a neat bun, wearing a snow-fat jade crown, a white jade dragon-hook hairpin, with handsome eyebrows and bright eyes, a free and easy gait, and an outstanding demeanor.

Behind him followed his personal attendant Jiang Liu, and three East Prefecture servants carrying gift boxes, following closely behind them.

By the time they passed the mountainside, in the emerald green forest, a majestic Taoist palace was hidden, with heavy buildings and overlapping peaks, yellow tiles and green eaves, like a heavenly palace above the clouds.

Looking from afar, one could see a black-bottomed gold-lettered plaque hanging on the eaves of the towering palace gate, with the three characters "Xuantian Temple" written on it, with an ancient and clumsy momentum, containing Taoist rhyme.

This Xuantian Temple is the Shenjing Taoist temple of the Zhengyi Sect of Long Hushan. Celestial Master Zhang Yuqing entered the capital to pay homage, and this is where he stayed in Shenjing.

Jia Cong sent a visiting card up the mountain before sunset yesterday, and arranged the workshop affairs, and went to pay homage early in the morning.

He looked at the place near Xuantian Temple, where a delicate two-entry courtyard was located, and his eyes flashed with gentleness.

That is the Luoxia Villa of Xuantian Palace. Jia Cong studied at the Qingshan Academy on Mount Luocang, and Zhang Yuqing cared for and promoted him, arranging for him to stay in Luoxia Villa.

Jia Cong lived in this villa with Wu'er and Qingwen for two years. Looking back to this day, it is still an unforgettable and comfortable time.

Walking two quarters of an hour on the mountain road to the left of Luoxia Villa, there is a low and gentle slope, which is Liu Jing'an's residence, and also a place where Jia Cong often traveled.

When he was admitted to Liu Jing'an's sect, his teacher had mentioned several times that when they first met at the Nanxi Literary Meeting, Zhang Yuqing felt that his life was extraordinary and had a kind intention to cultivate him.

Zhang Yuqing even had the intention of accepting him as a disciple, but Jia Cong's fate had no Taoist fate, so he persuaded Liu Jing'an to accept him into the sect and cultivate him carefully.

Jia Cong was able to worship under Liu Jing'an's sect, and Zhang Yuqing had the kindness of deduction and assistance. For Jia Cong, who was in a difficult and humble position five years ago, he really had great kindness of promotion.

By the time Jia Cong arrived in front of Xuantian Palace, he explained his intention to the guest-welcoming Taoist priest guarding the palace gate and presented the visiting card.

Not long after, a middle-aged Taoist priest brought two Taoist boys and greeted them with a smile.

He stepped forward and bowed, smiling: "This poor Taoist is Yunqi, the host of Xuantian Palace. Yesterday, my master received the Earl of Lord Weiyuan's visiting card, recalled old feelings, was happy in his heart, and waited for your arrival.

Knowing that a distinguished guest had arrived, he ordered this poor Taoist to welcome you outside the palace. My master and Master Qingyi are in the Yuanjiao Study in the rear hall. Please enter the Earl of Lord Weiyuan to have tea."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Host Yunqi welcomes me, Cong is ashamed and dare not accept it."

He was polite in his mouth, but a little confused in his heart. Host Yunqi is Zhang Tianshi's disciple, who is Master Qingyi?

Suddenly remembering what Cai Xiaoyu said that day, this time Celestial Master Zhang brought his young daughter to the capital to celebrate the New Year, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he would hold a Luo Tian Great Ritual in Taihe Palace to pray for the country's prosperity and the people's peace.

To show favor to the Zhengyi Sect, Emperor Emperor Jia Zhao granted Celestial Master Zhang's young daughter, Qingluan, the title of Master Qingyi. Isn't this Master the little Taoist Qingluan?

Jia Cong remembered her visit to the mansion that year, holding a long sword, heroic and handsome, cold and arrogant, indifferent to others, but only caring for himself.

Seeing that he was severely punished by Jia She, she was very indignant and bewitched him to go to Long Hushan to be a Taoist, so that he could be free and easy.

Looking back now, although her behavior was a bit childish, her heart was really not bad. Jia Cong occasionally thought of it over the years and would smile.

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Jia Cong followed the Taoist Yunqi into the palace gate, along the axis of Xuantian Palace's mansion gate and second gate, and walked deep into Xuantian Palace.

Along the way, he passed the Jade Emperor Hall, Tianshi Hall, Four Truths Hall, Xuantan Hall, and other buildings, which were tall, majestic, and spectacular, with an extraordinary atmosphere, making Jia Cong admire in his heart.

The Da Zhou royal family respected Taoism, and the Zhengyi Sect of Long Hushan had a high status and had deep origins with the Li royal family.

It is said that the ancestor of the Celestial Master of Long Hushan met Taizu Li Tianling in his humble days, once divined for Taizu, pointed out the maze, and assisted his ambition.

Li Tianling therefore strengthened his ambition, took the opportunity of the wind and clouds of the times, raised troops to sweep the world, turned the tide, and achieved great cause.

After the founding of Da Zhou, Taizu was grateful for the origin of his fate, treated the Zhengyi Sect of Long Hushan generously, and the imperial heirs passed down for several generations, repeatedly granting glory to the line of Celestial Master Zhang.

The successive Celestial Masters of Zhang, who inherited the position, were all granted the first-grade noble title, given four horses to drive, and were as noble as princes, which could be described as infinitely glorious.

The successive Celestial Masters of Long Hushan all followed the ancestral teachings, paid homage and prayed for blessings, preached and guided goodness, helped the people, and never intervened in court politics, let alone got involved in the change of imperial heirs.

Da Zhou has been founded for nearly a hundred years. The Zhengyi Sect of Long Hushan has been humble and gentle, stayed out of the matter, and has always been harmonious with the royal family. The wonder of harmony and the glory of the same dust.

The current Celestial Master Zhang, Zhang Yuzhen, is not only profound in Taoism and learned in heaven and man, but before inheriting the position of Celestial Master, he was a learned scholar, and his literary name was famous in the scholar forest.

So that year, Prince Kangshun held the Nanxi Literary Meeting and invited Zhang Yuzhen to preside over the meeting.

Zhang Yuzhen and literary masters like Liu Jing'an have been friends for many years, and they all share the same literary lineage.

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Jia Cong followed the Taoist Yunqi all the way, spent a lot of footwork, passed the outer hall, and passed the inner hall.

Entering the deep private mansion of Xuantian Palace, the place where Celestial Master Zhang lived daily, he saw a forty-year-old Taoist standing at the entrance of the private mansion, with a Taoist bone and fairy style, smiling and kind.

Although Jia Cong had been separated from Zhang Yuzhen for five years, seeing his spirit and broadness, black hair and beard, and moist face, compared to five years ago, he was exactly the same.

Wearing a dark blue wide-feather Taoist robe, a seven-star lotus treasure gold crown on his head, and a pair of bright eyes, deep and incomparable, making people dizzy.

Zhang Yuqing smiled and said: "Earl of Lord Weiyuan, we haven't seen each other for many years. Your demeanor is better than when you were young. You have achieved great cause and your name is spread all over the world. It is gratifying."

Jia Cong bowed and replied: "Senior is too complimentary. Only with the support of that year did the junior have the fate. Drinking water and thinking of the source, I will never forget the old kindness.

I should have come to pay homage earlier. Now it is already impolite. Please forgive me, senior. I dare not call the title, I am lucky to perform the disciple's etiquette, and the courtesy name is enough."

Zhang Yuqing smiled and said: "You and I are old acquaintances and have a deep fate. Secular etiquette can be avoided. Yuzhang, please enter to have tea."

Jia Cong saw another young Taoist priest beside Zhang Yuqing, about the same age as himself, tall and upright, with a purple crown and hair, face like jade, handsome and fragrant.

Wearing a Shuyun green silk Taoist robe, with a thin waist tied with an Ai green double-ear silk ribbon, hanging a white jade fish talisman jade pendant, looking at him with a smile.

Although the Taoist robe was loose and free, it still set off the graceful curves, but it was a female Taoist, naturally the little Taoist Qingluan from that year.

Jia Cong didn't dare to look more, but could recognize the shadow of the first meeting. Five years had passed, and she had also shed the greenness of that year, becoming outstanding in style and dazzling.

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Taoism emphasizes that men and women are listed together, and there is no secular etiquette of men being superior to women and boudoir defense.

Zhang Yuqing saw Jia Cong for the first time many years ago and felt that Jia Cong's face was extraordinary. He used secret methods to divine and measure, and concluded that his life was strange, good and bad were difficult to determine, and his luck was amazing.

Therefore, he had the intention of guiding Jia Cong, regarded him as a valued junior, and brought his daughter to entertain guests, but it was the etiquette of Taoism, and he didn't think it was different.

Qingluan's bright eyes were clear and rippling, clear and flawless, making people forget the vulgarity when they saw it, and her eyes flowed, looking at him carefully.

Jia Cong bowed and smiled: "It must be Master Qingyi. We haven't seen each other for many years. Jia Cong pays his respects."

Qingluan smiled: "We haven't seen each other for many years. You have changed your appearance. I almost didn't dare to recognize you.

Calling me Master sounds old-fashioned. Just like that year, treat me as a little Taoist, just call me Qingluan."

Zhang Yuqing smiled: "You are about the same age and are old acquaintances. You can associate as peers, no need to pay attention to the Taoist title."

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The three chatted for a few words and entered the inner hall for tea. Yuanjiao Study is the place where Zhang Yuqing sits and reads, similar to an ordinary family's study.

He received Jia Cong here, and his intention to treat him as a close junior goes without saying.

Jia Cong saw that the Yuanjiao Study was arranged elegantly, with various bamboo and wood furniture, shiny and bright, with a long history, and the bookshelves on the half wall were full of Taoist books and classics.

Beside the bookshelf, there was an ancient painting, with powerful brushwork, lifelike, attracting attention.

In the painting, a white-haired Taoist was sitting opposite a secular man, the two were playing chess, talking, and their eyes were deep.

The Taoist who was picking up the chess piece had a fairy-like bone, a face with gullies, and could see the vicissitudes. The secular man sitting opposite had a heroic appearance, a magnificent instrument, and was convinced when he saw it.

Jia Cong was attracted by the charm in the painting, and his eyes couldn't help but sweep over the inscription, seeing two short poems written on it: Holding chess to discuss the country, shaking the mountains and rivers.

He remembered hearing about the origin of the royal family and the Zhengyi Sect, guessed the allusion in the painting, and guessed a few points...

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Zhang Yuqing let the Taoist boy serve good clear tea, talked about trivial matters, asked about Jia Cong's deeds in recent years, the topic was scattered, the topic was family affairs, very casual.

Qingluan was very interested in talking, vaguely like the humorous and lively year, asked about the imperial examination poetry, also asked about the expedition, and asked who his teacher was, vaguely eager to try.

Jia Cong remembered clearly that whether it was at the Nanxi Literary Meeting or her visit to Rongguo Prefecture, she never left her long sword, and she must be proficient in martial arts.

Long Hushan Zhang family has a deep origin, decades of accumulation, deep family learning, not trivial, Taoist and martial arts dual cultivation, not rare.

After tea, a banquet was served. After drinking a few cups of vegetarian wine, Zhang Yuqing said: "Originally, I entered the capital to pay homage this time, opened the altar for the Luo Tian Great Ritual, and prayed for prosperity. I didn't expect the beacon fire to come from the north, and the Remnant Mongols brazenly provoked the war, I am afraid it will be turbulent for some time."

Jia Cong said: "Senior's Taoist method is deep, distinguishing yin and yang, and knowing the fate. I don't know what the good and bad of this Remnant Mongol visit is?"

Zhang Yuqing looked at Jia Cong, his eyes deep, his spirit shining, and he couldn't be forced to look.

He said: "In those years, Taizu expelled the Tatars, restored the Han family's mountains and rivers, and the Mongols fled to the north of the desert. Their energy has declined, and they have long been unable to return to the sky.

Even if a hero appears, gathering more than 100,000 iron cavalry, wanting to repeat the old dream and return to the Central Plains mountains and rivers, it is just a daydream.

It is just that the war is rekindled, and the world is turbulent, which is inevitable. Prosperity and decline are also expected.

Things in the world do not cross the fence, life and death accompany each other, fortune and misfortune depend on each other, the new replaces the old, and there must be changes in the chaos.

The Mongols raised troops again, and the world has generated clues. There are heroes in the world, and this world cannot be chaotic.

Anda Khan prides himself on being the leader of the people, thinking he is a thousand-mile treasure horse of the grassland.

But things in the world are unpredictable. Thinking that he is a thousand-mile horse, he is just the grain and fodder for the thousand-mile horse, which is also unknown..."

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Zhang Yuqing talked with Jia Cong casually, without sticking to one pattern, concise and comprehensive, often thought-provoking.

He is a master of Confucianism and the leader of the Taoist sect. The words of the sages of the books and classics, the Taoist method of the five elements and entropy changes, when the learning is deep, they all have commonalities.

He talked with Jia Cong casually, or used the words of the sages to verify the rotation of yin and yang, or used the Taoist true words to discuss the laws of the world, ocean-like and unrestrained, vertical and horizontal without taboo. ===== CHAPTER 859 =====

He and Jia Cong talked casually, either using the words of the sages to verify the rotation of yin and yang, or discussing the laws of worldly affairs with Daoist true words, unrestrained and uninhibited.