Chapter 8 Chapter Seven The Gentleman's Revenge

I found Xue Chufan in Qinglianguan, and seeing his indifferent appearance, it was hard to imagine that he would be the murderer of Qi Chengtian.However, when I asked his brother Wangqing about the situation, Wangqing said that when he first came to learn Taoism, he wanted to learn some heresy ways like cursing. "Does Taoism really have a curse that kills people?" Zhen Zhen's face showed a little panic. "Yes, there must be. The philosophy of Taoism contains the principles of all things in the world. As long as you think about it carefully, let alone killing others, it is easy for you to fall in love with me, a bad old man..." He said with emotion When she saw Zhenzhen getting more and more panicked, she laughed heartily: "Hahaha...Actually, Taoism can be regarded as the foundation of ancient Chinese science. Ancient Chinese sciences such as astronomy and calendar are all derived from Taoist theories. Just Like modern science, Taoist theories can be used to benefit human beings, but they may also harm human beings, the key is to see if the Taoists have evil intentions.”

"Then, is it true that Taoist spells are harmful to people?" This is the question I am most concerned about. "Spells..." Wangqing smiled before answering: "I think your use of this word is inappropriate. The wisdom of Taoism is not what the world thinks, and people who learn Taoism do not only pursue immortality. Do practical things, or only do some strange things like driving ghosts and gods. Of course, I have to admit that there are indeed such people, but they are only a very small number and cannot represent all Taoist friends." "Is there or is there no way to harm people in the wisdom of Taoism?" I couldn't think of any words that could replace the "magic" I wanted to say, but it doesn't matter, Wangqing should understand what I mean .

Wangqing walked out of the hall with a smile, and raised his hand to signal us to follow.When we walked with him to the small square outside the Taoist temple, he pointed to the forest on the mountainside and said to us: "You must have suffered a lot when you went up the mountain. Do you think this forest is cast by a spell?" '?" I smiled a little embarrassedly: "Well, I did have this kind of thought, but Wanghen has already explained it to me." He led us back to the main hall, and said as he walked: "Fengshui is a concrete manifestation of Taoist wisdom. The world does not understand the wisdom contained in it, and thinks it is nothing. In fact, Fengshui is also a science. In today's words, It is architecture. For example, if you build a pool in the garden, the charlatan may say that it is to ward off evil spirits and attract wealth. But if you ask me, I will tell you that the pool can moisten the air so that the wind blowing into the house will not If it is too dry, the people living in the house will live more comfortably. If people live comfortably, their health will be good, and they will be motivated to do things. Naturally, everything will go smoothly. From this perspective, a small pool can play an important role. There are not many effects, and it can even affect people's luck, this is 'feng shui'!"

Fengshui, which sounds mysterious, is instantly cast off its mysterious veil under Wangqing's simple and easy-to-understand explanation, and its essence turns out to be a profound and profound architecture.The reason why people in the world think that Feng Shui is untrustworthy is probably the same as other Taoist wisdoms such as physiognomy, because they have been deceived by charlatans who know little about it. After Wangqing explained Fengshui for us, he asked me: "Do you think the 'magic' in Taoist wisdom is harmful to people?" "Yes!" I gave him an affirmative answer first, and then explained: "Since the wisdom of Taoism is the foundation of ancient science, it can naturally derive various specific application methods. But everything has two sides, just like the mountainside That piece of mountain forest, although it is very difficult to go up the mountain after applying the wisdom of Taoism, for the creatures in the mountain forest, the lush forest will improve their living environment. Therefore, in the wisdom of Taoism, there are benefits for human beings. On the one hand, there is also a side that is harmful to human beings.”

"Children can be taught, hahaha..." Wangqing looked up to the sky and laughed, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Your wisdom is very shallow. If you learn the Tao, you will become a great tool in the future. Would you like me to recommend it to you?" , it is also possible to learn the Tao at home!" "I'm afraid I haven't been able to calm down and learn Taoism." I declined with a smile, and then said seriously: "Now I want you to seriously answer me once, whether Taoism is a magic that harms people!" "Yes, as you said, Taoism does have Taoism that is specially used to harm people." He also answered me very seriously, but then put on a smiling face: "However, I don't know this kind of Taoism." , and never thought about learning."

Whether Wangqing can harm others is not important to me. What is important is whether Xue Chufan knows this kind of Taoism?However, just when I wanted to continue to ask Wangqing about Xue Chufan, in order to speculate whether he could really harm people, he walked out of the inner hall. Xue Chufan said to us politely: "Master said he wanted to see you, this way please..." He motioned for us to enter the inner hall. They didn't mean to enter the inner hall with us, so we had to enter by ourselves.They seem to be in awe of the inner hall, which made me think that there is something hidden in the inner hall, but in fact, this place is as simple as other places in the Taoist temple, and it can even be said to be simple.The entire inner hall is about 40 square meters, except for a wooden bookshelf that should have a bit of history, I didn't see other furniture.The bookshelves are full of books, and upon closer inspection, they are all thread-bound books, which should be ancient books from some years ago.However, the books seemed to be in perfect condition, and the entire bookshelf was spotless.I think it should be because people often read the books on the shelf, but they read them very carefully, so this is the case.

On the exposed blue brick wall hangs the only decoration in the inner hall - a calligraphy and painting.However, this calligraphy and painting is the same as the Taoist temple, it is so simple, there is only a "Jane" written in iron and silver hooks in the whole calligraphy and painting.Under the calligraphy and painting, there is an old man with bones and immortals sitting cross-legged on the futon, beckoning to us calmly.He should be the real person Wuchen, the master of the Qinglian Temple. There are two futons in front of the real Wuchen, and he motions for us to sit on the futons.As soon as I sat down and didn't speak, he pointed at the top of his head and asked me, "Do you think this calligraphy and painting are strange?"

I really think this calligraphy and painting is very strange, because most people only hang calligraphy and painting such as "Tao", "Zen" and "Quietness" in the retreat room. This is the first time I have seen "Jane".However, what makes me feel even more strange is, why does he know what I am thinking? However, before I could express the question in my heart, he had already answered me: "You can know what a person thinks when you look at it. What is in a person's mind can be found in every gesture. As long as you observe carefully, you will gain something."

"Is this the wisdom of Taoism?" Although I met him for the first time, I already felt that this real person Wuchen was unfathomable. "It's the wisdom of life." He replied indifferently, and then said: "Wisdom comes from life, and there are no sects. The so-called sects only open up different methods of wisdom. The ultimate goal is to let the world reach the peak of wisdom. .” Hearing what he said, I seemed to have a little epiphany.Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, its true meaning is not to teach the world to burn incense and worship Buddha, but an educational method to open up wisdom, but its true meaning has long been distorted by the world.

After thinking about it for a while, although I wanted to understand the meaning of his words, I still couldn't understand the word "Jian", so I asked: "Please forgive me for my dullness, I don't understand the meaning of this calligraphy and painting." He answered slowly: "Simplification is the root of Tao. Yi is the foundation of classics. Tao is the way of things. Classics are the steps of things. If there is no simplicity, the Tao will be curved, and if there is no Yi classics, it will be barren. The law is based on nature, there is no permanence if you lose the way, follow the way and grow."

His explanation is not ordinary esoteric, I thought about it for a while but didn't understand what it meant.But generally speaking, I think what he means is that "Jane" is the basis of Tao, but what "Jane" means, I can't figure it out.Of course, I don't need to understand, because it is not a matter of overnight to understand the truth.Therefore, I will first ask the thing I want to know the most: "What kind of person is Wanghen?" "You are the first one who came to me to ask others instead of yourself..." He closed his eyes for a moment, as if he was recalling the past, and when he opened his eyes again, he was about to tell us about Xue Chufan.But before that, he first introduced himself—— I am the seventh-generation master of the Qinglian Temple, and my Taoist name is Wuchen. This temple is located in a remote place with a quiet environment, which is a good place for meditation.But because it is too remote, there are usually no pilgrims who come to pay homage.If no one comes, the Taoist temple will naturally have no income, not to mention offering sacrifices to the ancestors of the Sanqing, and even our daily life will become a problem.Therefore, starting from the first generation of Taoist Master Xuanhe, the masters of this temple will use what they have learned to go out to look at the world or look at Fengshui to earn expenses for the Taoist temple.Because the masters of this temple in the past dynasties are all people with real talents and real learning, the reputation of this temple has gradually spread far and wide, and many people even travel far away to ask for advice. I think you must have suffered a lot in order to reach this view.Because the journey up the mountain is difficult, most of the people who can reach the temple sincerely ask for advice, so Xuanhe Zhenren made a rule: "Anyone who goes up the mountain in person, no matter what they ask, should try their best to solve it, and no points will be charged. arts." The master made this rule originally to help more people in need, but as time went by, when I took over as the temple master, several people went up to the mountain every day to ask for advice, which seriously affected our meditation.Therefore, I had no choice but to make another rule that only the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year would I receive visitors from the mountain.This rule has turned many people off, and the reputation of this meditation has been greatly reduced because of this, but it doesn't matter, anyway, those who sincerely seek advice don't care about making an extra trip, and we can also practice meditation. Although after I took over as the master of the temple, the reputation of the temple is not as good as it used to be, but it is not that no one knows about it. There are always people who can learn about the existence of the temple through various channels, Wanghen is one of them.The first time he came here was to ask about his career. I showed him his palm and face, and found that he was a smart man with a lot of wisdom, and he was destined to be rich and powerful in the future.It's a pity that he is impetuous and eager for success, so he must have experienced many setbacks when he was young.Therefore, I repeatedly warned him that there is no better way to act than to be aggressive, and I sent some scriptures for him to read.Unexpectedly, I actually hurt him by doing this... What I gave him were some introductory books of Taoism. If he read them carefully, he would definitely gain a lot.Later, he did study these scriptures with ulterior motives, but unfortunately he was eager for success, and applied the principles he got from these orthodox scriptures to heretics.In fact, there is no distinction between good and evil in the wisdom of Taoism. The key lies in whether the Taoist has righteous thoughts in his heart.Wanghen is because of his eagerness for success, he used the techniques of the righteous way for the evil way, and finally hurt himself. When he came the second time, I knew something was wrong when I saw him, because I could tell at a glance that his blessings were completely exhausted.In a person's life, misfortune and fortune have their own definite number. The so-called method of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil is just changing the time when misfortune and fortune will come.It is impossible to rely on some heresy to change what is predestined, and to forcibly change the time when misfortunes and blessings come, one must pay a corresponding price.If you delay the arrival of calamity, it will only make disaster come more fiercely; if you overdraw future blessings in advance, you can only get half of the blessings.If you want to really change your destiny, you can only rely on good deeds, there is no other way. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a young man to completely exhaust his life's blessings, so I asked him if he used Feng Shui and other methods to promote luck.He said that when he first started the company, the business was not very good, and many things were not going well, so he used the wisdom I learned from the scriptures I gave him to be lucky for himself, hoping that the company would come back to life.Originally, he was just a dead horse working as a living doctor, trying his luck, but he didn't expect his business to improve because of this, and it has been going smoothly since then, until his accident. At that time, I told him that what he did was not to make himself lucky, but to overdraw his own luck.When the luck in this life is overdrawn, evil will naturally follow.However, he failed to listen to my words, but kept asking me to teach him the art of harming others, so that he could avenge his cousin who cheated his company.I saw that he was upright in his heart, so I had to pretend to agree to let him stay and learn the Tao, so that I could educate him and resolve the hostility in his heart. Over the years, he has devoted himself to learning Taoism. Although at the beginning it was for revenge, but later he gradually understood the truth of when it is time to repay wronged people. He no longer bothered by hatred and concentrated on learning Taoism... After listening to Wu Chen's narration, I discovered an extremely important problem, that is, Xue Chufan once studied scriptures by himself, and learned the method of good luck from them.So, I immediately asked: "Wanghen can comprehend the wisdom of Taoism on his own without the need of others' guidance?" Wuchen was stunned when he heard the words, then sighed softly and said indifferently: "The calamity of forgetting and hating is destined to be unavoidable. I have finished what I want to say, you go do what you have to do!" After speaking, he gently raised his hand to signal we leave. As the saying goes, "it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years", although Xue Chufan has devoted himself to learning Taoism these years and looks like he is indifferent to the world, but it is difficult to guarantee that he did not do it for the purpose of studying the Taoism of harming others. Qi Chengtian's death is likely to be related to his death. There is a great connection.Therefore, when we returned to the main hall, the first thing I did was to handcuff him, and said to him: "You have been arrested, I suspect you killed Qi Chengtian!"