First of all, I wish you all a happy Year of the Dragon.
For the Chinese New Year, let's tell a more joyful story, about the story of the Taoist demon hunting told by the teacher of Duan Yitang.
I've told a lot of stories about Daomen monster hunting before, this one is different, it belongs to the story of being beaten without catching demons, and it's the kind that is more joyful. I heard this story from an old Taoist chief in Beijing. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I spend 100 yuan to participate in the Taoist temple's "Welcoming the God of Wealth Festival", regardless of whether it is useful or not. There are some taboos when doing Taoist rituals, such as it is best not to have sex during the ritual period, and not to eat beef, wild goose meat, and black fish meat. As a result, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, as soon as I woke up, my wife brought me a bowl of dumplings and a bowl of fish soup. After eating the dumplings and drinking the soup, I realized that the dumplings were filled with beef, and the fish soup was black fish soup, and it tasted good. Ah, this ......Out of guilt for Taoism, I found Comrade Lao Man and tricked him into going to the small Taoist temple he knew very well to drink (I can't break the precepts alone, a few more people will feel more at ease). The story of that small Taoist temple, I told it before, is my previous eldest brother Lao Man, he heard that I came to Beijing last year, very happy, on the first day of the new year, fooled me to go out with him to set up a stall, to sell roasted sweet potatoes at the gate of Lama Temple, but also froze a thief to death, and sold a lonely (he still wanted to fool me this year, I sternly refused), and then took me to a mysterious small Taoist temple, met a legendary Taoist.
As a result, the old man was not happy, and muttered that it was not good to bring something, but he had to pay for two old hens to stew! I hurriedly coaxed him, saying what kind of old hen do you want, for the New Year, let's go to the Taoist temple to fight the autumn wind, there is nothing there! For the Chinese New Year, we took the opportunity to drink the old Taoist's vintage Moutai! When Lao Man heard it, he felt that it made too much sense, and said that on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year today, welcome the God of Wealth, so many old wealth fans in the capital must have gone to the Taoist Temple to send money, and we will go now quickly, and we must eat his three old hens today! I thought to myself, you're embarrassed to say that others are money fans, I think you are a big money fans! But I didn't say it, but said with a smile: Great goodness! Let's say that the two of us were like a whirlwind, and we were swept to the small temple (in fact, it was a big courtyard in the countryside), and sure enough, there was an endless stream of dignitaries and nobles that day, and they all ran to the front yard. Xiao Daotong gave us a look, led us to the backyard, and served us two cups of tea, saying that a big leader had just sent it, and it was said to be the big red robe of the mother tree of Wuyi Mountain! Lao Man said, who is impatient to drink this thing! Let me ask you, do you have any chickens in your backyard? Xiao Daotong said that the family teacher raised a few ornamental pheasants. Lao Man said, okay, little pheasant stewed mushrooms! You, hurry up and kill three, one braised in soup, one boiled in soup, and one ......Let's barbecue! The little Taoist boy was blinded, so he went out stupidly. I hurriedly stopped him, gave him a few more big tickets, and asked him to go to the supermarket at the entrance of the village to buy three chickens quickly, and then buy some fruit and vegetable cakes, sauce and meat with wine - beef don't want - wine and wine - drink his ** vintage Moutai. Xiao Daotong said, that doesn't need so much! I said, for the New Year, there are more red envelopes for you! Xiaodao Tong jumped three highs and said: Okay - my old grandson - go! When he bought the meat and vegetables, Lao Man personally took charge of the spoon in the backyard, arranged a safe home for the three chickens (braised blood, boiled soup, barbecue), cut a few plates of pastries, sauce meat, and adjusted a few pots of cold vegetables. The Spring Festival in Beijing was very warm for a few days, and the sun was warm, so we put the dinner table in the backyard, sat outside and ate and drank slowly, and made two coarse porcelain bowls to pour wine, which was quite ancient, a bit of a water margin. Not long after drinking, the old Taoist ran over like a storm, and said, "Ah, yes, I was still preaching in front of me, and I smelled the aroma of wine. Lao Man asked him, did he cheat a lot of money today? He said, "Oh, all the rich men have come to me to ask for wealth and peace." Actually, what's the use of them praying to God and worshipping Buddha? The sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, the evil things and good deeds you do are recorded in the sky, and the good fortune will naturally have good luck, and there will be a heavenly harvest when the evil is full, good karma bears good fruits, evil karma bears evil fruits, it is useless to find anyone! Lao Man said, nonsense, I just went to the front yard to get the pot, and I heard you say over there, I bought your 80,000 amulet, and you will summon the second general of Longhu Mountain to bless him! The old Taoist laughed and said, "Oh, how ignorant the world is, where are the two generals of the dragon and tiger in Longhu Mountain!" But I told them the truth, and they didn't believe it! It's just that, it's all the ill-gotten wealth of some people's fat and people's anointment, and they are taken today, and then donated to let them return to the people, and it can be regarded as accumulating some yin virtue for them!After saying this, he took an empty bowl and poured a bowl to drink. I asked him, the pilgrims over there don't seem to be gone, can you drink?
He waved his hand and said it's okay, it's okay, there is a Taoist friend here, his skills are profound, much stronger than me, and it is more than enough for him to deal with those people!The three of us were drinking right here. After a while, the Taoist chief also came, the Taoist chief was dressed in a Taoist robe, his face was clear, and his Dao bones were fairy, looking like a master of the Dao. The old Taoist also introduced it, saying that this is Sun Daochang, who came from the south, and is now traveling all over the world, and he has a lifelong understanding. Sun Daochang nodded at us, and also sat down to drink, everyone said some local customs, customs and strange things, the wine was drunk leisurely, and soon became very familiar. I asked the Taoist chief to tell me a story, something new and exciting, preferably something they had experienced back then. The old Taoist said that he had told me all the bad things, and suggested that he should let Sun Daochang tell it, saying that he was a decent family and that there must be many stories. Sun Daochang thought about it and said that there were some things, but it was not easy to talk about. I gave Big Brother Lao Man a role, Big Brother Man, and said: It's not good to talk about it, it's okay, then let's drink!I also said, "Okay, drink it!".After drinking it like this twice, Sun Daochang said, this, it's really hard to talk about things, but it's really not enough to drink, so let's talk about it!I said, "Great, let's have a drink and celebrate!".Sun Daochang waved his hand again and again, saying don't do this, don't do this, everyone is their own people, we must be consistent with the outside world, let them drink!
Then he told me a very new and strange story. He said that this story happened many years ago, in a certain place in the south, and I won't talk about the specific place, it is about a family ugly about the demon hunting in Daomen. The so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, but today I really can't drink it, and you are not an outsider, so let's talk nonsense today. He said that he belonged to the Taoist priests who were upright and red. When he was very young, he was sent to the Taoist temple to become a monk. The first is that the family is too poor, there are many children, and they can't support them, so they have to send out a person who eats hundreds of meals. There is also the fact that he belongs to the fetus, and his mother has no milk since he was a child, and he grew up eating rice cereal. Finally, there is another reason: to be pretty. Seeing that I didn't understand, he explained that in fact, monks also look at their faces, first look at their appearance, and then look at their understanding, which is related to Shanmen's income and future. He said that monks should also look at their faces. Because the mountain gate also has to eat, and the food depends on the offerings of the believers, especially the great benefactors. What kind of Taoism do they know, that is, to look at their faces, to see if the law is solemn, whether they are immortal, and then listen to you say a few words about the clouds and mountains and fog, and they are fooled, "Sure enough, he is a master of the Tao, donate money!" He said, in addition to good looks, you also have to have a good understanding, you can really read **, and you can fix something, so that when you meet someone who comes over to cross the road, come and smash the field, show a few hands, and calm each other. He was sent to the Taoist temple at the age of five. At first, I wanted to send it to the temple, the temple was rich and the food was good (many temples had vegetarian food better than meat dishes), but there were too many people who wanted to go to the temple, and the competition was big, so he didn't choose it, so he went to the Taoist temple. Taoism is hard, because it doesn't produce, and it doesn't maintain customers, and it doesn't listen to what it says, and at every turn, "believe it or not, don't delay the cultivation of immortals by labor and capital", or "you are full of evil, and your family will be ruined immediately", how can people donate money! Later, the Taoist temple was so poor that it couldn't eat, and the main hall collapsed, leaking a big hole, and there was no money to repair it, so I called everyone to a meeting, saying that the mountain is talking about reform and opening up, and we must also talk about reform on the mountain, otherwise we all have to drink the northwest wind! Everyone talked about it, and a principle was determined: eliminate all difficulties, unite as one, wholeheartedly, and with one mind - make money! If you want to make money, it will definitely be too late to collect incense, and you must first decorate and decorate the Taoist temple to collect incense, and repair the road in front of the Taoist temple. What about the big donor? - Go to the monk and grab it.
At that time, it happened to be the Midyear Festival, and the south paid more attention to the Midyear Festival, and the big families had to pay for it, and invited Taoist temples and temples to do things, etc., and the Bon Festival, the flame outlet, and the river lantern, so toss for a few days, and it was lively and lively. They Taoist temple has not done these before, and no one is looking for them to do it, this time they are full of energy, to go to the bottom of the mountain and the temple to compete, although their Taoist temple is not full of incense, but it is a serious ancient handdown, there are quite a few magic weapons in the Taoist temple, among which there is an ancient sword, which is said to be left by Qiu Zu. In order to express his full support for them, the Guan Master specially invited this ancient sword to be held by the senior brother who led the team, so that they could go all out and bring back the money! The elder brother took a few junior brothers down the mountain, and found that the practice of blowing and blowing in the temple under the mountain was not lively, and they also set up a shed nearby to do things for everyone - a flame outlet. The flame mouth is to give food to hungry ghosts, and to atone for the hungry ghosts to accumulate virtue, Taoism and Buddhism have it. However, the first time they did it, they were not skilled, and the layout was also very shabby, far less solemn and solemn than the temple, so they tossed for two days, and few people saw it, and they were almost driven away as a **. Several young Taoist elders also came to lose their temper, saying that we are indeed inferior to monks in chanting scriptures, and we are here this time to be a little more serious, and put the river lantern fighting method! What is the method of releasing river lanterns? It turns out that in the local area, there is a folk custom of putting river lanterns in the Midyear Festival, everyone uses paper to tie into a river lantern, put a small candle in it, put it in the river, let the river lantern slowly float along the river, look at it from a distance, a little candle flame, give people a sense of hope. The local temple is best at putting lotus lanterns on the Midyear Festival. The monastery does a lot of Dharma by the big river every time, there are dozens of monks chanting the scriptures, the little monks put the nine hundred and ninety-nine pink lotus lanterns tied with oil paper, and put them into the water in turn, hundreds of lotus lanterns, slowly flowing along the river, looking at it from a distance, like a flowing waterfall. What's even better is that after these lotus lanterns float in the water for a while, they will automatically gather together, and finally form a huge Buddha lotus by themselves, hundreds of candles, blazing, forming a huge fire lotus in the river, which is solemn and full of Buddha light! These young Taoist leaders are holding back their energy, and they want to make a fuss about this Buddha lotus! Let's say that on the same day, the lotus lamp enters the water, gathers into a huge Buddha lotus, as if the Bodhisattva stepped on the moon, sits on the lotus seat, preaches the scriptures, and the tongue blooms with lotus flowers, so that thousands of believers around them bow to the ground, chant the Buddha's name, and dare not move. At this time, I heard someone in the audience shouting: Array! Everyone looked up, and saw that more than a dozen Taoist priests formed a magic circle by the river, some burned incense, some sacrificed watches, some chanted, some prayed, some danced swords, and finally formed a magic circle, the middle Taoist priest sacrificed an ancient sword, he held the ancient sword, a sword pointed to the sky, a finger lotus, and roared: - Tiankai! At that moment, everyone felt a faint red light in the dark sky, and then the huge lotus platform in the middle of the river began to shake violently. The chief shouted again—the ground opens! Everyone felt that the ground shook slightly, and the river also swelled with waves, and the waves hit the lotus platform, and the huge lotus lantern fell from side to side. The dozens of monks present looked at the situation badly, and began to chant the scriptures, and with the sound of **, the lotus platform that was originally shaking violently began to slowly converge, and gradually regained its calm. The sword-wielding Taoist finally shouted--The gate of heaven is open! After barely shouting, he vomited blood and fainted on the ground. With his words, the huge lotus platform in the river slowly spread out, revealing a big character composed of hundreds of lotus lamps - Dao! That night, the young Taoist chief held an ancient sword, opened the gate of heaven with three swords, broke the Buddha lotus, and became famous in a battle. I also listened to it with enthusiasm, and asked him, that young Taoist is now **? Sun Daochang said, that is the senior brother of our generation. Because of this fight, he violated the taboo of the Daomen, and after he went back, he was locked up in the back mountain and was not allowed to go down the mountain for life. I sighed, what a fucking rule! Sun Daochang said that if Seong lost his horse, he didn't know whether it was a blessing, and this was also his chance. I asked him if he had any strange encounters with him later. Sun Daochang said, our Taoist temple since the Zhongyuan Festival after the fight, the fame has doubled, the officials and wealthy businessmen from all over the country have come to visit, donate money and contribute, and soon rebuild the Taoist temple, the incense has gradually flourished, and there are also a lot of fixed big pilgrims, bold donors. Large families donate Taoist temples and temples, and they also have their own careful thoughts, and they will also have some appeals, such as asking Taoist people to show their own feng shui, such as making a super puja after the death of a family member, such as earning a lot of black money and having a disturbed conscience, in short, there are reasons. The so-called taking people's money,** so the Taoist temple tries to meet the request of this kind of big donor. And in the past, the big families, unlike now, were still particular about etiquette, righteousness and shame, and the appearance of eating was not so ugly, so it was generally not a big deal. Later, there was an incident, it was a very small thing at first, the Taoist temple received a request, saying that the children of a large family went up the mountain to ask for help, saying that they had encountered demons and injured many of them, and asked the Taoist temple to help eliminate demons and subdue demons. Eliminating demons and guarding the Dao was originally the duty of the Daomen, and it was a relative of a large family, so the Taoist Temple naturally attached great importance to it, so it sent a Taoist priest who was good at this kind of thing to deal with it. As a result, this Taoist chief went for two days, and was carried back, saying that it was a demon with high mana ......The Taoist chief didn't hit it. The Taoist temple was furious, and sent seven Taoist elders who had cultivated well, but they were still beaten and came back, and the other party also released a word, saying that if the Taoist temple is unprovoked, he will come to ask for advice in the future! When the Taoist temple heard it, he also felt that the evil sect, how much of an evil demon, and he dared to hit the Taoist temple? ! They asked carefully, only to know that the relative of the big family was originally a gentleman, he was playing in the mountains, and saw a young man chopping wood with a little white dog, which was so cute, so he wanted to buy this little white dog. The young man chopping wood said, this is not a dog, it is his big companion, it is a thousand gold, how can he sell his brother and sister? The gentleman was furious and allowed the vicious dog to bite the young man, but the vicious dog was afraid of the little white dog and did not dare to come forward. The gentleman felt that something was wrong, so he sent someone to follow the boy, remembered the address, and sent someone to beat the boy at night, trying to rob the little white dog, but was bitten out by the little white dog. And according to their description, it was not a little white dog at all, it was simply a monster, and even vicious dogs were afraid of it! The Taoist leader sent by the Taoist temple was in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, and he did not ask the reason clearly, so he rashly made a move, and as a result, he ended up with a beam, and this matter was difficult to do. But since it has come to this point, no matter whether it is reconciliation or revenge later, you must fight first, and you can't let the family fight twice in a row, and then go over and apologize. After thinking about it, the Guan Master decided to send the senior brother who had thought about it on the wall to bring the ancient sword of the Daomen over, this ancient sword was left by the ancestor of the mountain, could it not kill a demon beast? When the eldest brother heard this, he took the fairy sword, took everyone with him, and went to the back mountain to ask the young man for an explanation. This time, he was polite, first expressed the fault of the Taoist temple's negligence, apologized to the young man, and agreed to compensate the young man for all his losses, asking for his understanding. But Daomen was beaten out by him two times in a row, and as a senior brother, although he knew that he was invincible, he also wanted to ask for advice, hoping to give him a chance. The boy touched the little white dog's head, and the little white dog shook his head nonchalantly. The little boy said lightly, since it was a misunderstanding, then forget it, and wait for less to have dealings with these broken households in the future, and it will tarnish the reputation of the Daomen. The eldest brother was also annoyed when he saw that he had no respect for the Taoist temple, so he grabbed it at that time and said: Offended! So he formed a magic circle to sacrifice the ancient sword. The little boy stood with his hands in his hands, not paying attention, but the little white dog's eyes were bright, and he suddenly burst up, and his body seemed to increase many times, and he pounced on them. Only then did they discover that this was not a little white dog at all, it was snow-white, but it had long hands and feet, and it turned out to be a legendary white ape. The senior brother struggled to sacrifice the ancient sword, wanting to open the gate of heaven like last time, and ask Master Zu to take action. When the little boy saw the ancient sword, he said, "It's a little interesting", stretched out his hand, and the ancient sword came into his hand, and said: It turned out to be Xiao Chunzi's apprentice and grandson. He sighed a few words: The prime minister in the mountains has no official mansion, and the gods in the sky have children and grandchildren. That's it, that's it, just give him a face! He called back the white ape, threw his sword in his hand (and plunged it deep into the mountain wall), and was about to leave. Everyone also knew that when they met a master, they hurriedly bowed, and the senior brother was even more reluctant, chasing him all the time, begging him for advice. The master couldn't resist it, so he casually pointed out a few words to him, and the senior brother was like an initiation, and he suddenly opened his mouth, and after he went back, he went into retreat. Every time Sun Daochang went back, he went to the back mountain to see him, and found that the senior brother's skills were getting deeper and deeper, and it was said that he had become a golden pill and turned reality into fiction, which was also a rare opportunity.