Chapter 789 Talking About the Dragon

Jiangzhou Fucheng.

People are bustling with each other, waiting in line to enter the city.

Aaron was still dressed as a farmer, wearing coarse linen, but when he entered the city, he showed a Taoist certificate!

This is the ancient best residence permit and pass!

After all, Dasong also has a guide system, which is issued by the county. People who want to travel far must go to the government to report and obtain approval.

In fact, farmers are unlikely to leave the county where they live in their entire lives!

Only literati, or those who have a reputation above the scholar level, will travel with swords, read thousands of books, and travel thousands of miles to practice to the end.

In addition, there are Taoist priests and monks with ultimatum.

After owning the certificate, Aaron can theoretically go anywhere without a guide, and he can also go to any formal Taoist temple to pay for free... Theoretically speaking, he has the possibility of visiting the whole Dasong without spending a penny. !

"Actually... Except for scholars, monks, priests, and big businessmen, ordinary people can't afford to travel far..."

The gatekeeper carefully identified the Daoist ultimatum, which was specially made so that it was easy to distinguish the real from the fake, and compared the facial features of the characters above with Aaron's one by one, and then reluctantly believed it, and waved his hand to let it go: "Please, Daoist!"

Today's emperor worships Taoism, and the status of Taoist priests has also been improved accordingly, at least a little higher than monks.

Aaron walked into the city with no expression on his face.

The city of Jiangzhou Prefecture is indeed very prosperous. On both sides of the street are money shops, pawn shops, blacksmith shops, icing shops, powder shops, tea shops, cloth shops, restaurants, brothels, refreshment shops...

Among them, the business of small catering shops is the best.

The streets are crowded with people like hundreds of rivers. From time to time, there are peddlers carrying shoulder poles peddling along the streets and alleys, and people even buy boiled water!

If a real countryman enters the city, I'm afraid they will be dazzled, and they won't even find a place to set foot!

'Actually... the prosperity of Jiangzhou Prefecture can only be regarded as mediocre, and the rumored capital is the most prosperous place in Dasong... The masters of Dajingang Temple end up operating and lending money, and it is a first-class prosperous club where department stores gather. According to ancient Ju people, there is a "Zen Master Huiming" who personally made roasted pork, which is a must in the world. He ate it once when he was going to be a Jinshi, and it is still unforgettable...'

However, Aaron came here for a serious business.

Once he came, after possessing the Taoist certificate, he was also a serious Taoist priest in theory, and he had to change a few Taoist robes.

However, a tailor shop in a small town like Luzhouji might not suit him.

Today Dasong’s Taoist costumes are very particular. There are nine types of Taoist scarves: Hunyuan scarf, Jiuliang scarf, Chunyang scarf, Taiji scarf, lotus leaf scarf, backer scarf, Fangshan scarf, Tang scarf, and one-character scarf.

If it is more simple, a yellow wooden crown is used on the head; if it is more luxurious, gold, silver or even jade crowns are also common.

In addition, even Daoyi's crane cloaks were embroidered with gold and silver threads.

Aaron doesn't intend to be too flamboyant, but at least he can't be below the average level of his peers-to be honest, he has endured the uncomfortable sackcloth for a long time.

Secondly, it is also looking for opportunities to expand Qi points. After all, the village is too small and its potential is limited.

While thinking, a Taoist priest came across.

He was about thirty years old, with an ordinary face, wearing a blue Taoist robe, wearing dark cloud boots, and a pair of piercing eyes. When he saw Aaron at this time, he was surprised.

Aaron didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, he merged directly into the crowd and disappeared...

...

The Taoist looked back a few more times, trying to find Aaron's back, but how could he find it?

At this moment, he sighed in disappointment and continued walking.

Not long after, I came to a Taoist temple called 'Five Clouds Temple'.

"Master Uncle Cangsong is here."

A Taoist boy who was sweeping saw this person and hurriedly saluted: "Master is waiting in the back room..."

"Um."

Cang Song nodded slightly, walked to the backyard with ease, and entered a wing room.

Not long after, a Taoist boy wearing a bun came in and offered fragrant tea.

After a while, another Taoist came in, but he had gray hair, but his face was rosy like a baby, and he looked very good.

He is the master of the local Five Clouds Temple - Taoist Cangyun.

At this time Taoist Cang Yun laughed: "Junior brother is late..."

"Something happened on the way..." Taoist Cangsong relaxed a bit when he saw that the boy had closed the door, and sat on the chair by himself: "I just met a young man, and judging by his appearance, he is a man who has rebelled against the king." damn..."

Taoist Cangyun's expression became a little more serious. He knew that this junior had acquired the true teaching of Physiognomy in his sect, and fortune-telling was extremely effective, but he still couldn't help asking: "Really?"

"Brother, can't you trust my pair of tricks?"

Taoist Cangsong took care of his refreshments, and said leisurely: "An order against the king...it's actually not a big deal. Dasong has thousands of miles of territory and a population of tens of millions. Every year there are always a few... If the imperial court's destiny is still there, there are real dragons. Under pressure, dragons and boa constrictors have to lie dormant... So what can you do against the king's fate? On the contrary, because of your own fate, you are suppressed by the court, and your life is full of troubles. At that time, maybe you can take advantage of the wind and do something... But anti-king is anti-king, and the dark lines on his face are too heavy, and it is inevitable to be the life of the real king... See the opportunity early in the future, take refuge in the real dragon, maybe you can still be confused A miscellaneous general, the noble of the Marquis... If his character is more rebellious, he will be punished by the nine clans..."

Reverend Cang Yun was engrossed in hearing this, and couldn't help sighing: "Then from my junior's point of view, is it the right time to go against the king's order now?"

These words are a bit heavy, and even have a taste of rebellious officials and thieves.

However, people outside Fang did not pay much attention to these things.

Cangsong's expression became serious: "In my opinion... I'm afraid I can cope with it a little bit. It has been more than two hundred years since the Great Song dynasty was released, and the country's situation has been declining. Of course... if the owner works hard, it may not be impossible to restore dozens of people. Years are old, but this emperor, who favors and trusts treacherous ministers, wholeheartedly seeks immortality and longevity, and takes golden pills... Really, it's hard to describe!"

"So... is it really time for troubled times again? Our "Wuxiao Sect" sent you to travel around the world, I'm afraid you also want to find a hidden dragon and invest in it?"

Taoist Cangyun sighed: "The world is in chaos, flood dragons rise together, how can the living people be blamed? What's more... there is only one real dragon, if you don't die! If the master fails to help the Dragon Court, you will definitely suffer heavy losses..."

"But it's not enough. My generation of practitioners, regardless of Buddhism or Taoism, is restricted by the dragon energy. Don't the Brahma sect say that if you don't follow the lord, you can't achieve Dharma? The same is true for my Taoist sect..." Cang Taoist Song took a deep breath: "If we don't have the support of the imperial court, how can our Dao be prosperous? There are many lessons learned from the past in history...not to mention taking the real dragon's spirit, which greatly improves our Daoist skills. From a secular point of view, if there is no imperial court Canonization, any prefect and county magistrate can beat me as a monster and confiscate the assets and fields of Guanzhong, if it is you, can you bear it?"

Taoist Cang Yun twitched.

He also knew that he was able to run such a large family business in Jiangzhou Mansion not only because of his own superb Taoism, but also because of the support of the Five Xiaos faction behind him!

Otherwise, those officials, big and small, would sooner or later swallow him whole.

As soon as I thought about it, I couldn't help but pay more attention to the matter of fighting the dragon: "Junior brother... have you found it?"

After being impassioned, Taoist Cangsong felt a little discouraged: "Alas...my physiognomy and spiritual eyes are small arts...in fact, they are useless. Although I can see people's faces and judge blessings and misfortunes, I want to find Qianlong , there are still some inaccuracies... Dragons can be big or small, can rise or hide, big can swallow clouds and mist, small can hide their shapes, ascend can fly between the universe, and hide can hide in waves... How could it be possible to find out with mere physiognomy? When the Qianlong is not out, it is really no different from ordinary people, but when the other party is flying in the sky, everyone in the world knows that it is Allah, so what is the use? ?”

In fact, Taoist Cangsong still had doubts in his heart.

Those who are good at observing qi numbers are often easily deluded by qi numbers, and what they see may not be true. If this brings the teacher into a situation where there will be no redemption, it will be impossible to atone for the crime even a hundred deaths!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of a Qianlong I found some time ago.

The so-called potential dragon, although there is no abnormality in itself, there must be aura hidden around it!

What is Qishu? It is power!

There are fields and people in my family, fame and courage, these are all luck!

When the times are chaotic, if everyone responds to one call and gathers the strength of the crowd, a great cause can be achieved!

Cangsong Taoist has already cultivated the art of face-to-face analysis to the peak, and he has reached the state of perfection, not sticking to personal appearance, and only then did he find some clues.

Just as he was about to go back, he reported to the door and sent someone to contact him first.

But these, you can't tell Senior Brother Cang Yun.

Although the other party is also of the Cang family, but being released to host the Taoist temple, he was faintly excluded from the core.

No matter how good the relationship between the two is, this is a matter of life and death for the master, and it must not be revealed!

The old Taoist Cang Yun didn't know the twists and turns in his junior brother's heart, he just sighed: "Taoism, Taoism... oh..."

He is also deeply aware of the shortcomings of his skills, that is, he is overwhelmed by officials and dragons, and even those with great luck!

For example, Cangsong is good at looking at the surface of the face, but if you want to forcefully go deep inside and check the foundation of others, there will be backlash immediately!

Forcibly inspecting the foundation of a fifth-rank official may cause him to vomit three liters of blood and become seriously ill.

And watching Qianlong's roots, maybe it will kill you!

There will be a backlash if you perform Taoism on officials, and if you directly attack and harm, the backlash will be even greater! Even Daoists can't bear it!

Therefore, the first taboo of Taoist true cultivation is that you must never kill officials, especially those with great aura!

On the contrary, people in the martial arts are rampant, and if they kill officials, they will be killed.

But Taoists kill officials, even if they use martial arts to kill, as long as they have cultivation, they will still be backlashed!

Otherwise, if the Taoism is powerful and not afraid of the dragon spirit... This world has long been transformed into the world of cultivating immortals that Aaron experienced before. The sects ruled one side and canonized the emperor. How could it be like this?

However, Taoism cannot directly interfere with Qi, but it can interfere subtly.

For example, the way of geomantic omen, which Taoism is best at, can tap the dragon's cave, and after burying the bones of the ancestors, it can silently protect the descendants, increase the vitality, and use it as a capital for starting a family!

Of course, this is just the first pot of gold, which is equivalent to venture capital. In fact, most of them fail.

However, as long as there is one success, it is a huge profit!

In addition, it is substantive support. For example, if Taoist temples are assembled and people are given money, that is also the number of support, and it is even more direct and effective!

All in all, when troubled times are beginning to emerge, people with lofty ideals in Buddhism and Taoism all over the world are silently looking for the enlightened master and investing in it.

In the world of practice, there is a special term, that is--fighting for the dragon!

In the end, the final true dragon, who is the future founding emperor, will be determined, and the winner takes all!

Cangsong rolled his eyes and talked about other orthodox matters: "However...it's hard to say in this troubled world... I heard that the most beloved "Chongming Dao" today, hehe, he has integrated with the luck of the imperial court. Separation, I will never watch the imperial court overthrow and cause the orthodoxy to sink, and I am trying my best to continue the life of Long Qi..."

"This... the world is falling, how can one person bring it back?" Taoist Cang Yun widened his eyes.

"Who knows... It's just a strong man with a severed arm, a gecko with a severed tail, and looking for another place to raise a dragon. Maybe there will be a southward migration..." Taoist Cangsong said in the end, his voice was as low as a mosquito.

"Can this be done?" Old Daoist Cang Yun bled all over his face and was extremely pale.

"The destiny... is unpredictable!" Taoist Cangsong also sighed: "Chongming Dao has been canonized by the imperial court, and his spirit is very strong. There are five real people in the world alone, and there is a great master... Its background is extremely profound, and there are treasures. Suppressing one's strength, is there really an unfathomable method that can save the destiny?"

"Besides, floods and dragons are rampant in every prefecture in the world, and there are religious sects behind them to support them... Some even found the barbarians!"

"I bet the world will change drastically in the next ten years!"

"At that time, it will also be the time when Qianlong in our sect will make waves..." Daoist Cangsong added in his heart: "It's a pity that the person who opposed the king's order left today, otherwise he can use him to open the way in advance and overcome obstacles for Qianlong. It can even pass on a lot of backlash...'

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"Master Dao, are you satisfied with this body?"

At the same time, inside a clothing store.

Aaron was changing his Taoist robe, looking left and right, and beside him was a young man with a lotus tongue.

Dasong folks are fond of Taoism, even ordinary rich families like to buy several sets of Taoist robes and usually wear Tanxuan, so there are many ready-made clothes in the shop.

Aaron was too lazy to bother, so he chose the ready-to-wear and tried it on.

At this time, he is wearing a Taoist robe mainly in black and white, wearing cloud boots, wearing a yellow wooden Taoist crown, a silver-rimmed crane cloak, and a Yin-Yang Tai Chi pattern on the back.

Under the clothes, Fang La's face, which was not ugly at first, became handsome by three points as if out of thin air.

The glances cast from time to time by girls passing by can prove everything.

"Not bad……"

Aaron was quite satisfied: "According to this, two more sets, I will change them!"

"Come on." The clerk's eyes lit up, and he smiled all over his face: "This Taoist robe, our store sells it for five guan, three sets of fifteen guan..."

Fifteen guan, that is, fifteen taels of silver, is really not cheap.

To change to the previous Fang La, maybe you have to sell your own land.

However, with several gifts from Gu Juren, Aaron was relatively well-off.

Although he knew he could negotiate the price, he didn't bother to make any noise, so he paid the full amount directly, carrying a package, and walked out of the clothing store in the farewell of the clerk.

Passers-by on the road saw a handsome Taoist priest striding forward, unrestrained and suave, and they couldn't help paying attention.

'Well...the clothes are ready, the next step is to investigate the belief ecology of Fucheng, and then decide whether to pretend to be a ghost...'

'Uh... I feel that the impact of dates is not enough, I need to find a living sign...'

Aaron rolled his eyes and had an idea.