Since the beginning of summer, the weather has been getting hotter day by day. For nearly half a month, the southerly wind has blown again in central Hunan.The wind seemed to blow from a huge furnace, blowing on the person's body, making it uncomfortable like burning coals.All the water in the mountain streams and ditches was swept away by it, and even the Juanshui River, where boats sail all year round, was cut off due to the shallow water.He Tian opened the door.Four-legged snakes crawled in and out of the cracks several inches wide.The seedlings that have bloomed are particularly withered and shriveled due to lack of water.Everything is listless and half-dead, and even the dog doesn't bother to bark much, sticking its belly to the ground all day long, sticking out its blood red tongue and panting heavily.People are shaking their heads and sighing.The elderly people said that they hadn't seen such a vicious Huo Nanfeng in thirty years. It was years of endless wars and killing each other, which aroused Tianxin's wrath.Huo Nanfeng is God's punishment to the world!

In the afternoon, the weather became drier and hotter. The lotus leaf pond farmers, who have always been the most hardworking, could not bear the merciless scorching sun at this time, and they all hid in their huts and dared not come out.The whole field was very quiet, except for the sharp and monotonous chirping of cicadas, which spread from the willow leaves outside the white wall into the rooms on both sides of the Golden Hall. Together with the murky humming of the old man in the room, the people in this area were disturbed. The air seemed increasingly stagnant. There are more than ten wing rooms on the east and west sides of the Golden Hall. It is the best house in Zeng's residence. Zeng Guofan's family lives in the east and Zeng Guoquan's family lives in the west.Last fall, Zeng Guohua went to Hubei at the invitation of Li Xubin, and then Zeng Guoquan also returned to the Ji'an battlefield.In the past few days, Zeng Guoquan's wife, Xiong Shi, is going to give birth.Two months ago, Jize's wife He Shi died of dystocia in Jinjintang.Zhang Shigong of Hejiaao said that there is a ghost in Jinjintang, He Shi was captured by the ghost and used as a substitute, He also wants to find a substitute here.Xiong was very scared, and wanted to invite Master Zhang to come in to catch ghosts, but she was afraid that her uncle would scold her.Because Zeng Guofan has always followed his grandfather Xinggang's family education, and wizards are not allowed to enter the house.

After discussing with the sisters-in-law, they decided to invite Master Zhang to come into the mansion to be the dojo when Zeng Guofan took a nap. After lunch, watching Zeng Guofan fall asleep, Zhang Shigong took a young apprentice and sneaked into the Golden Hall, locked Xiong's bedroom, lit candles and incense sticks inside, put on his cassock, and leaned on a Mahogany sword, how to make it.Everything is light: lightly jumping, lightly chanting, lightly beating the gong.Seeing that the dojo was about to be finished, the little apprentice accidentally knocked down a gong that was placed on the top of the cabinet.In this quiet afternoon, when the gong fell on the ground covered with green bricks, it made an earth-shattering sound like a cannon and thunder.

"What the hell!" Zeng Guofan, who was sleeping in the east wing, was awakened. He sat up angrily and shouted loudly.In the west wing, Mrs. Ouyang, Mrs. Xiong, and Mrs. Wu's sisters-in-law were too frightened to make a sound.Mrs. Ouyang rushed over and said breathlessly: "It's nothing, a broken gong fell down." "Why did the gong fall?" Zeng Guofan looked at his wife's pale face and panicked expression, feeling strange. "It was brought down by the old yellow cat." Mrs. Ouyang was quick to wit. Zeng Guofan walked out of the east wing and came to the main hall.I saw that the door to the west room was closed tightly, and a trace of smoke was faintly leaking from the crack of the door.Zeng Guofan walked over angrily, kicked the door open, and Zhang Shigong in cassock and his carefully arranged dojo were immediately displayed in front of Zeng Guofan without any hindrance.Zeng Guofan's anger is no small matter.He rushed forward, grabbed Master Zhang, and yelled: "Who are you? How dare you do anything wrong in my house!"

The skinny Master Zhang was so frightened that he was out of his wits. He knelt in front of Zeng Guofan and begged, "Master Zeng, the villain didn't intrude in privately, Mrs. Ninth asked me to come! Master Zeng, please forgive me, please forgive me! " Master Zhang kowtowed again and again, the little apprentice looked at this ferocious Mr. Zeng, and was so frightened that he burst into tears.Xiong was also crying, with a big belly, and walked to Zeng Guofan's side: "Uncle, it's all my fault. I asked him to come here. Uncle, just scold me and beat me!" "You stupid pigs!" Zeng Guofan glanced at Mrs. Xiong, then looked around Mrs. Ouyang and Mrs. Wu who were standing aside, "How did my grandfather teach you a lesson when he was alive? In the past two years, our brothers have not been successful in Jiangxi. You bastards were the ones who brought the master and the witch into the Golden Hall to ruin it. Thick Er!" Zeng Guofan shouted the baby name of his younger brother Zeng Guobao, and Zeng Guobao ran over in a panic.

"Get rid of Master Bird! What a messed up dojo!" After saying that, he returned to the East Wing with a livid face. Sitting on the bamboo bed, Zeng Guofan's mood gradually calmed down after breathing heavily for a long time.Since returning home to watch his father's funeral, he has kept recalling the past years of leading troops to fight in wars, and every time he recalls, he has added a bit of pain.For more than a year, he has been in pain.Compared with when he first returned to Heyetang six years ago, Zeng Guofan is a different person.His hair and beard had started to turn grey, his energy had plummeted, and his momentum was lacking, which made him worry all day long.What made him incomprehensible in particular was that his eyes were so dim that he had to wear reading glasses to read square-inch characters.He lamented that he was not yet fifty years old, how could he be so old and decadent!He even thought of death with horror.But he is absolutely not reconciled.If he really dies at this time, Zeng Guofan will never rest in peace for thousands of years, and his resentful soul will circle around Gaomei Mountain day and night, float on the Jushui River, and will never melt away.Yes, how could Zeng Guofan figure it out?Over the years, for the emperor's country, he has gone through all kinds of fires and go through fire and water. In the end, the situation in Jiangxi is helpless. Not only is it difficult to pay, but he himself and the whole Xiangyong are under suspicion.Is there anything more injustice in the world than this?

Not long after returning home last year, he received an edict from the governor's yamen in Hunan: a three-month holiday, and he will return to Jiangxi to supervise military affairs after the holiday is over.He was well aware of the difficulty of military affairs in Jiangxi, and he estimated that no one could replace him, so he followed the precedent of Jia Zhen, a great scholar, and asked the emperor to agree to his permanent registration.The emperor does not allow.Zeng Guofan was secretly happy, dealing with Chang Mao, the emperor still knew that he was indispensable, so he took the opportunity to ask the emperor for real power.If this is not the case, then you will not be able to lead bravely and fight battles.Unexpectedly, at this time, He Guiqing was serving as the governor of Liangjiang. He used the wealth of Liangjiang to support the Jiangnan camp with all his strength, and was ambitious to win the first victory in capturing Jiangning.Encouraged by a steady stream of money, Jiangnan Daying won several battles, and the situation was in favor of the Qing court.Emperor Xianfeng pushed the boat along the way, dismissed the lack of his servant of the Ministry of war, and ordered him to keep the system in the register.After seeing this edict, Zeng Guofan was so cold that his heart trembled, and he faintly felt like an abandoned woman, lonely and cold.

Later, reports of Xiangyong's success spread frequently.First, they regained Xinshui, Guangji, Huangmei, and Xiaochikou, and then the navy joined forces outside Jiang Neihu, seized Hukou, and laid down Meijiazhou. In April, Jiujiang City was conquered in one fell swoop, and Lin Qirong's 17,000 Taiping Army was wiped out.For this reason, Guanwen and Hu Linyi were rewarded with the title of Prince Shaobao, Li Xubin was rewarded with the title of Governor, Yang Zaifushi was awarded the title of Admiral of the Navy, and Peng Yulin was awarded the title of Inspector, all of whom were rewarded with yellow jackets.When the news came, Zeng Guofan was both happy and ashamed.I am happy that Xiangyong, which I created with my own hands, has established such a brilliant military exploit; I am ashamed that I thought too much of myself in the past.They have not been on the front line for more than a year, but under the command of Hu Linyi, Li Xubin, Yang Zaifu, and Peng Yulin, the Xiangyong water and land teams fought better.It seems that there are many capable people who can deal with long hair.

As a result, Zeng Guofan added another three points of pain: If this continues, Xiangyong is likely to take down Jiangning in a year and a half; but the army he built was driven by others to pick off the world-famous fruit.Zeng Guofan was unwilling to taste this taste no matter what.He wanted to ask the emperor several times, but he didn't dare to write after all.Wouldn't it make the world laugh at such a back-and-forth?After thinking about it, he was in a dilemma. Zeng Guofan's condition became more and more serious, and his mood became more and more irritable.All along, he disliked everything and often lost his temper for no reason, which made everyone in the Zeng residence fearful.But after all, he is still restrained. Such rough actions and vulgar words like just now have never happened before.It happened today for a reason.

Before the gong fell to the ground, he was having a nightmare: Jiang Ning had captured, and the first to charge into the city was Seng Gelinqin's Mongolian cavalry, followed by the flamboyant flag soldiers, green battalion, and Duolonga. , Guan Wen, Gui Ming and others rode on tall horses and walked in the forefront with great pomp; on the river, He Guiqing directed Hu Linyi, Li Xubin, Peng Yulin, Yang Zaifu and others to wave the flag and shout. A bloody corpse.After a while, Emperor Xianfeng came to Jiangning and accepted Seng Gelinqin's offer of prisoners.The emperor rewarded each meritorious person with a yellow jacket.

In Jiangning City, everything is golden.Suddenly, Zeng Guofan was surprised to find that Deyin Hangbu was also wearing a yellow jacket, crying to the emperor.The emperor listened, and shouted: "Take Zeng Guofan!" Zeng Guofan was terrified.At this moment, with a bang, he woke up with a start... Mrs. Ouyang brought a bowl of lotus soup with rock sugar.After taking two bites, he felt a little more at ease: "Are the ninth siblings still crying?" "I'm still crying, but I can't persuade you. She said she's scared here alone." Mrs. Ouyang picked up a big cattail leaf fan on the bamboo bed and gently fanned her husband, "How do you men know that women give birth to babies? It's the same as a man going to the battlefield. Once the stomach attack, life or death is unpredictable. Besides, sister He died not long ago. Why don't you ask your younger siblings to be afraid? She said that her uncle would not let ghost hunting, so she sent someone to call Lao Jiu back to strengthen her courage. " "It's really a woman! Lao Jiu came back to give birth to a woman, where does he put his face?" Thinking of his brother fighting in the front line, he lost his temper with his siblings because of this, and he couldn't help his brother.Zeng Guofan said apologetically to his wife, "Go over and tell her that uncle was wrong just now. Uncle is always upset and loses his temper easily. Besides, it's not right for her to violate the ancestral precepts and secretly invite her master to come to her house as a dojo. If it's true Afraid, send a sedan chair tomorrow to take her back to her mother's house to have a baby, and come back after the full moon, and my uncle will take care of her mother and child." "Okay, I'll do with your words." Mrs. Ouyang gave her husband a grateful glance, took the empty bowl, and said, "I'll tell the ninth sibling." "Brother, that deceitful Master Zhang is gone." After a while, Guohuang came in to report, "I scolded him severely and warned him that if he enters the gate of Zeng's mansion again in the future, I will interrupt him." The dog leg. Zhang Shigong said he would not dare to come again." In recent years, the Fourth Master of the Zeng Mansion has managed the housekeeping with more air and style than before.This is not only because Lao Liu and Lao Jiu transport a large amount of gold and silver treasures home every time they capture a city, but also because Zeng's family has a large army; in troubled times, who is not afraid and flattering?Xiangyong was fighting outside, and the reaction of the Forty-Three Capital of Xiangxiang County was faster and more accurate than the memorial reported to the emperor.As long as you see the fleets full of goods driving on the Yongfeng River and the Juanshui River, you can know that Xiangyong has won the battle recently.The Zuotian people who had been poor for generations looked at these belongings, and their eyes were so hot that they wanted to send their sons and husbands to Xiangyong.Those who came to the door by themselves, and those who asked others to intercede, continued every day, making Fourth Master Zeng dizzy.For more than a year, Guohuang saw that his brother was in a bad mood and often fell ill, and he was very anxious. He went around seeking medical advice and inquiring about folk remedies. He wholeheartedly hoped that his brother would recover as soon as possible, so that he could return to the battlefield and grab more wealth for the Zeng family. higher status.Yesterday, he made another discovery. "Brother, a wandering Taoist priest came from Biyun Temple on Jiangshi Street. He has the unique skill of bringing the dead back to life. He can cure all kinds of difficult and strange diseases. How about I accompany brother to see him tomorrow?" "Can a wandering Taoist priest have such high medical skills?" Zeng Guofan asked suspiciously, "Who did you listen to?" "Master Yanmen told me personally." Guohuang sat on the other side of the bamboo bed and said mysteriously, "Master Yanmen went to Biyun Temple to visit his old friend Jiu Huan Taoist Master a few days ago, and saw a face in the temple A surprisingly ugly new Taoist priest. Taoist Jiu Huan introduced that this is his Taoist friend, who recently traveled here from Guangxi. Master Yanmen saw that his face was ugly, but he had a strong demeanor, so he liked him. Ugly Taoist priest I also admire Master Yanmen's knowledge. The two talked very speculatively. That night, Master Yanmen stayed at Biyun Temple and talked about it late at night. Unexpectedly, he was too excited, and Master Yanmen's old-fashioned pain broke out, and he was so anxious that he returned. The chief was at a loss. Taoist Chou calmly took out a silver needle and pricked it in Master Yanmen’s ear. What a strange thing! Master Yanmen immediately felt no pain. He knew that Taoist Chou had excellent medical skills , Ask the Taoist priest for the root cure. The ugly Taoist priest prescribed a prescription. After taking two or three doses, Master Yanmen felt refreshed, his hands and feet became lighter, as if he was ten years younger. Master Yanmen went to Biyun Temple yesterday Thank you, the ugly Taoist asked him not to spread rumors, saying that he would never see a doctor for ordinary people. I went to Jiangshi Street yesterday, just in time to meet Master Yanmen who came out of the temple. He quietly told me about it, and asked my brother to visit Biyun Temple Taoist." Zeng Guofan has always respected this loyal teacher who enlightened him. Since it is the personal experience of Master Yanmen, there is nothing to doubt! Jiangshi Street is seventeen miles away from Heye Pond.The next day, the two brothers got up early, took two bamboo sedan chairs, and took advantage of the coolness of the morning to arrive at Biyun Temple. The Biyun Temple built on Jiangshi Street has a history of two hundred years.The view is not big, a few thatched houses and a circle of bamboo fences have never been very eye-catching.Thirty years ago, Zeng Guofan hadn't been admitted as a scholar.Once, he picked dozens of vegetable baskets woven by himself to go to the market in Jiangshi Street, hoping to exchange some pen and paper money.After all, he is a scholar, and he always feels that doing business is a shameful thing. Zeng Guofan is eager to sell and lower the price, and buyers gather around his stall.This angered the other two men selling vegetable baskets.Zeng Guofan argued with them.The two men couldn't talk to him, so they were pretty.At this moment, a Taoist priest walked out of the Biyun temple, drank the two big men away, brought Zeng Guofan into the temple, invited him to drink tea, and advised him not to come out to sell things. This is not what scholars do.Zeng Guofan was very grateful.Later, Zeng Guofan entered the Imperial Academy and wanted to send some money to the Taoist priest to practice meditation. After inquiring, the Taoist priest had already passed away, so he gave up.When I came here today, I saw that the Biyun Temple was not much different from thirty years ago, but I had changed from the handsome boy in the past to an unbearable old man.Zeng Guofan sighed in his heart. The two brothers pushed open the bamboo door that was concealed.The yard was quiet, and a row of gourd vines were planted along the fence, and a few shiny green gourds hung from time to time among the green vine leaves. These small gourds, two balls cooperate, the top is small and the bottom is big, the shape is natural and interesting, adding vitality to the Biyun Temple.A slender Taoist is watering the gourd vines.The Taoist faces the bamboo gate with his back, and in front of him is a towering black cliff. "What an enviable picture of Xianju!" Zeng Guofan admired in his heart. "Master Dao, excuse me!" Zeng Guohuang took a step forward and called out politely. The Taoist turned around and said kindly: "Are you looking for the Taoist Master Jiu? He went out to visit friends yesterday." When Zeng Guofan looked at the Taoist, he was really ugly: his face was covered with shiny scars, one eyebrow was sparse, and the other side simply fell off, replaced by rough wrinkled skin, his lips were slightly skewed to the right, and there was a horizontal crack on his chin , to visibly divide the beard in half.Although the face is ugly, the eyes are exceptionally bright and peaceful, full of wisdom.So he hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, and said with a smile: "Our brothers will not return to Taoist priest nine times, so we are here to pay homage to you." "What do you want from me?" The ugly Taoist put down the kettle in his hand and asked with a smile.That smile was full of kindness and kindness.Based on this innocent smile, Zeng Guofan concluded that this is a person with deep connotations and a bright heart. "Yesterday, I heard that Mr. Yanmen praised the Taoist master for his profound medical skills and his unique skills of rejuvenation. My brother has been seriously ill for a long time, so I came here to pay my respects and ask the Taoist master for a look." Zeng Guohuang tried his best to look like a modest gentleman, with a few simple words, It made him speak carefully for a long time. "Hahaha!" The ugly Taoist laughed heartily, "Mr. Yanmen missed the award. It was just a coincidence that day. There is no such thing as profound medical skills and rejuvenation." "The immortal master is invited." Zeng Guofan bent slightly and said, "Master Yanmen is a loyal elder who never mistreats others. He specially asked his disciples to come here to ask the immortal master. The virtue of the apricot grove can make the disciples get rid of the suffering of illness early, and relieve the contempt of life." The ugly Taoist put away his smile, looked straight at Zeng Guofan for a long time, shook his head lightly, and said, "It's fate that I can meet the two of you here today, please follow the poor Taoist into the house." After all, he walked in the door first, and the Zeng Guofan brothers followed him into the thatched cottage.There is not much decoration in the Taoist room, a few simple and old daily-use furniture are cleaned up, spotless, and an antique picture of Laojun alchemy is hung on the front wall.Zeng Guofan sighed in his heart: "It really has the flavor of a fairy family, pure and inaction! The secular life of drunkenness and intrigue is simply a filthy carbuncle here." After the ugly Taoist gave up his seat and finished pouring tea, he took out a thin cotton pad and placed it flat on the coffee table. He asked Zeng Guofan to put a hand on it, and sat down opposite him, closed his eyes slightly, and felt his pulse silently. say.After a long time, the Taoist motioned to switch hands, then cut again, still not speaking.Zeng Guofan saw that the Taoist's hand was also covered with scars. He was very strange in his heart: seeing, hearing, and inquiring are the necessary procedures for doctors to treat diseases. Why did this Taoist not look, ignore, and inquire, but only cared about the pulse, and cut it for so long? He paid attention to the Taoist's expression: he sat calmly and serenely, as if he had forgotten the world and was traveling in the fairyland.The more Zeng Guofan looked at it, the more he felt that Taoist's face and expression, especially those eyes, seemed to have been seen somewhere.He thought for a long time but couldn't think of it.Indeed, among all his old friends, there was no such ugly face. It was almost noon. In the past, this moment was uncomfortably hot, but today Zeng Guofan, who was sitting in the Taoist room, felt that there was always a cool breeze blowing around him, making his body refreshed.The surroundings are unusually quiet and refreshing.Outside the window, you can faintly hear the humming of bees fluttering and flying in the flowers; in the room, the century-old earthen pot on the small stove squeaks, exuding the refreshing fragrance of tea.The former commander-in-chief of Xiangyong, who had experienced the flames of war, now felt as if he was in the fairyland of Taixu, Penglai Yingzhou, and secretly said in his heart: "I knew that Biyun Temple is so good, I really should come here to recuperate!" The Taoist cut the pulse for half an hour, then he opened his eyes, looked at Zeng Guofan and said: "The poor Taoist passed by here by accident, and I didn't know the identity of the uncle in the two lives of Yu Ke. However, from the eyes of the uncle Look, I'm definitely not someone to wait for nothing, but it's a pity that my eyes are lost and my pulse is slow and weak. To be honest, my uncle's illness has been going on for a long time, and the symptoms are not serious!" Zeng Guofan was taken aback, Guohuang was about to rush to speak, but he stopped him with a wink, and said, "Although my disciple's vision is a bit fierce, he is really just an ordinary farmer in Heyetang. May I ask the fairy master, what is the disciple suffering from?" sick?" The ugly Taoist smiled slightly, put away the cotton pad, and said slowly: "My uncle suffers from convulsions. It is caused by a long-term depression in his heart, which has been accumulated for a long time." Zeng Guofan nodded in agreement, admiring the Taoist's sharpness. "Master." The ugly Taoist called out softly, causing Zeng Guofan to straighten his back unconsciously and sit up to listen. It can be seen that God is the king of people. "Suwen Jing" says that those who win God will prosper, and those who lose God will perish. The poor look at the grandeur, who can shoulder the heavy responsibility of all people, and can hide the good policy of peace, but it is a pity that the spirit is weak. The eyes are dim, hazy, and the tone is low, this is the appearance of being absent-minded. I feel sorry for the uncle." Zeng Guofan saw that the ugly Taoist had a profound conversation and extraordinary eyesight. He thought that this person was really extraordinary, and he would definitely benefit from talking with him. Will there be depression?" "Good question, my lord." The Taoist smiled, "Every illness is caused by depression. Depression means stagnation and inability to understand. People are endowed with seven emotions, all of which are enough to cause depression. Joy slows down the breath, and anger leads to anger. Above, worry causes qi to condense, sadness causes qi to disappear, fear causes qi to descend, shock causes qi to become disordered, thinking causes qi to stagnate, flow of qi is disordered, all lead to stagnation, which is enough to stagnate.” Zeng Guofan asked again: "Recently, I often suffer from insomnia. Once I fall asleep, I have strange dreams. What is the reason?" "This is also the reason why the seven emotions are hurt." The ugly Taoist replied slowly, "When the emotions are hurt to the heart, the blood and qi will be consumed secretly, and the spirit will not guard the house; Nourishing the heart, the heart loses its nourishment, resulting in restlessness and insomnia. All kinds of emotions consume more blood, and blood does not nourish the heart, and often causes insomnia. Therefore, it is said in "Jingyue Quanshu": "Every Those who are tired from thinking, frightened, worried, and often sleepless due to nothing else are always due to the deficiency of true yang, essence and blood. Because of too much thinking; too much thinking will lead to exhaustion of effort, and wandering outside, so there are too many dreams." These words made Zeng Guofan nod his head again and again, and said: "The immortal master said very profoundly. My illness is indeed worrying and thinking, which leads to lack of vitality, lack of blood, shaking of the mind, and lack of energy. However, in the next year, it will not be enough. Fifty, I still want to do something, I hope to cure this disease as soon as possible, and I have a little hope in my heart. May I ask the immortal master, what medicine can treat it?" After hearing this, the ugly Taoist laughed: "My uncle is broad-minded, and the poor know it too. However, my uncle's disease is caused by abnormal emotions. How can ruthless vegetation cure the disease of sentient beings?" "Can't it be cured?" Zeng Guohuang asked melancholy. "It can be cured, it can be cured." The Taoist said solemnly, "My uncle's disease is a heart disease caused by emotions. Qi Huang heals the world's physical diseases, and Huang Lao heals the world's heart diseases. May the old man abandon the old way of life and change his career Huang-Lao's art can clear the heart, calm the breath, keep the spirit, restrain the essence, eliminate all diseases, and relieve all worries." These few words of the ugly Taoist really made Zeng Guofan feel deafened, and he sat upright in horror, his illness has gone by three points.He respectfully said: "I would like to hear the details from the immortal master." "It is said in the Su Wen Jing that knowing astronomy at the top, geography at the bottom, and personnel at the middle can last a long time. This is not only the foundation of one's life, but also the way of life." The ugly Taoist said with burning eyes, "Astronomy and geography , I have my own monograph on it, and I can’t explain it in detail. According to Pingdao, this theory of human affairs is only the key point in the Taoism of Huang Lao’s family. Therefore, Tai Shigong discusses the gist of the six schools, counts the strengths and weaknesses of the other five schools, and only praises Taoism. Not derogatory. This is not the private interest of Tai Shigong alone, it is actually the public opinion of the world. Although it is only 5,000 words, it reveals the most profound and secret points in human affairs. The sentence "The reason why Jianghai can be the king of a hundred valleys is because of It is good to reveal the secrets of the world's competitors to win. It is a pity that there are many readers in the world, few who understand, and even fewer who live in the world. I must have read this book since I was young. I am sorry that I was young and did not care about world affairs. It’s over. After you go back, please read it carefully ten times based on the personnel disputes over the years, and the world will be open-minded, and the disease will be eliminated.” To Zeng Guofan, who was full of grievances and puzzled, the Taoist's calm and calm words were like a drop of clear oil flowing into a keyhole that had been rusted for many years, and his spirit suddenly came to life.He stood up and bowed: "Xie Xianshi for your guidance." "Sir, please sit down. You are so polite, how can a poor Taoist bear it?" The Taoist kindly beckoned Zeng Guofan to sit down, untied the small bag on the bedside, took out a book with a blue cloth cover, and passed it with both hands, "Master, Pindao has nothing in his life, only this Song engraving is passed down by his teacher. The teacher once said that in the future, he can give this book as a gift to someone who has a solid foundation. It is also the luck of the three lives of the poor to meet the uncle today. Grandpa intensively read and use it well, and he will achieve glory, peace and prosperity in his life, all of which are in this book." Zeng Guofan got up to catch it, and there was an imperceptible smile from the corner of the ugly Taoist's eyes. "Master Taoist, why don't you write a unilateral prescription for my brother!" Zeng Guohuang saw that the Taoist was talking nonsense, and what he gave was a book instead of a medical book. ! "Second master, don't worry." The Taoist glanced at Zeng Guohuang, "I think Brother Ling already understands that this is the best prescription. Even so, the poor Taoist has to write a prescription for the uncle." The Taoist polished his ink and brush, and quickly wrote out a prescription and handed it to Zeng Guofan.Zeng Guofan took the prescription and asked: "I still want to take the liberty to ask the immortal master. The weather is hot right now, everything is scorching, and the disciple is boiling inside, like sitting in a steamer. Why do I always feel that there is a cool breeze blowing by the immortal master today but not hot?" Woolen cloth?" "You can answer your question with one word." The Taoist put on a pen holder and said, "It's Jinger. I said: 'The world is quiet and quiet. The water is still and clear, but what about the spirit? The mind of a sage is calm, the mirror of heaven and earth, and the mirror of all things. If the husband is quiet and indifferent, lonely and inactive, the world is peaceful and the morality is perfect.'Ordinary people in the world , for fame, for profit, for wife and family, for children and grandchildren, how can the mind calm down? The heat wave is felt outside, and the heart is upset inside, so the heat is unbearable. Maybe the uncle is worried about the country and the people, afraid of slander and ridicule, maybe there is a knot in his heart , I have unresolved responsibilities on my shoulders, and I can't calm down, so I feel like sitting in a steamer. When I cut my pulse, Pindao infected the uncle with his own calmness, so the uncle felt that there was a cool wind blowing but not hot." "Thank you for your guidance, Master Immortal. This disciple has benefited a lot." Zeng Guofan said.I sighed in my heart: I am ashamed!In the past, I studied the magic of static characters with Master Jing Hai, and I thought I had mastered it, but in fact I didn't even enter the threshold.In the end, outsiders, if you get rid of the common ideas, you can get home with kung fu. The Taoist smiled and said: "It's still the two sentences I just said. Qihuang can heal physical diseases, and Huang Lao can heal mental diseases. Some physical diseases originate from heart diseases, so the root cause must be cured to be effective. After the uncle went back, he read the "South China Scripture" several times, thought deeply, and then benefited from the prescriptions he prescribed, and naturally his physical and mental illnesses could be eliminated. " Zeng Guofan bowed again and said from the bottom of his heart, "Thank you very much!" The ugly Taoist said: "It's getting late, uncles and brothers, please go home. Today, Pindao and uncles leave Biyun Temple and go back to Lushan Yellow Leaf Temple. From now on, we will collect medicine and make alchemy, and we will no longer communicate with the world." After finishing speaking, I walked out of Biyun Temple with Brother Zeng Guofan, bid farewell to Jishou, and flew north. Looking at the Taoist going away, Zeng Guofan once again felt that he had seen that free and easy pace before.