Chapter 261 Taoist Qingyang
Summoning three thousand monks into the palace was no small matter.
Furthermore, it is still unknown whether this ritual will be effective for the prince's illness.
The Queen Mother said, "This matter is of great importance, and I will need to consider it carefully. Thank you for your hard work today, Master. I will send someone to deliver the incense money to Ciguang Temple within three days."
Master Mingdeng: "Amitabha, well done, well done."
Master Mingdeng took Wuzhen and followed the palace servants out again.
They were not walking the same way back and forth.
As they left, they passed through a peach blossom forest.
At this time of year, the peach blossoms at the foot of the mountain have all withered.
Wuzhen: "Master, there are many peach trees here. They should bear a lot of peaches."
Wuzhen looked up at his master and saw that he seemed to be lost in thought as he stared at the peach forest.
"Master?"
Wuzhen pulled Mingdeng's sleeve.
Mingdeng continued walking towards the palace gate: "Wuzhen, let's talk about this when we get back. I am a little tired today."
Wuzhen saw that his master looked a bit tired, and he must be really tired.
Wu Zhen: "Master, I'm not tired. After we return to the mountain, you can rest and I'll boil water and make the bed."
Mingdeng: "Thank you for your hard work, Wuzhen."
Wu Zhen: "It's not hard. I just walked around in circles and scattered ashes today. It's easier than walking on the mountain."
Mingdeng: "Wuzhen, keep your voice down, hey, stop talking..."
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He Mansion.
"Master Qingyang, try this tea."
He Tingfang was sitting in the small courtyard, with two cups of tea just brought to him by the servants in front of him.
Taoist Qingyang, who had just showered and cleaned himself up, sat opposite him. He had changed his clothes, washed his face and body, and tied his hair neatly.
He was completely different from his previous sloppy appearance on the dirt road, and even had a bit of an immortal look.
Taoist Qingyang stopped pretending and took a sip of tea:
"Good tea, is this a gift from the palace? It shows that Lord He is still rich and powerful."
He Tingfang waved his hand: "It's either a gift from the emperor or bought on the market. It's quite famous in the capital recently."
It was the same tea that he had brought from Lingnan last time. The more he drank it, the better it tasted. It almost became He Tingfang's favorite tea.
The reason why it was "almost" was because He Tingfang learned that this tea was now sold by the shops under the Black Mountain Mansion and was called "Black Mountain Tea".
He Tingfang thought the name was really ugly and it would be better to use a more vulgar name like "Lingnanchun".
"This tea is called Black Mountain Tea. Years ago, a merchant named Hao Ren came to Lingnan. He was named the Imperial Merchant by the Emperor and is now deeply trusted by the Emperor. This Black Mountain Tea was sold from him."
He Tingfang slowly drank half a cup of tea.
Taoist Qingyang said nothing, waiting for He Tingfang's next words.
He knew that He Tingfang, the old fox, would never bring him back just to invite him for tea.
He Tingfang continued:
"Back then, the Pei family was at its peak, trusted by the late emperor and relied upon by the emperor. Yet, the Taoist priest only needed to give a simple divination to convince the emperor to make his decision. The Taoist priest has been traveling abroad for ten years, and I, He, am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet him. I would like to ask him to display his magical powers once again and give a divination for Hao Ren. I, He, will never treat you unfairly in the future."
Taoist Qingyang's expression changed:
"You wish! How dare you say that! I won't go along with people like you."
He Tingfang listened, but instead of getting angry, he laughed:
"Hahahaha... After all these years, the Taoist priest is still the same as before."
He Tingfang remembered that he had tried his best to make the emperor suspicious of the Pei family. However, although the emperor was dissatisfied with Pei Dingli, he never suspected that the Pei family had any ulterior motives.
He knew that the emperor believed in Taoist Qingyang's words, and that Taoist Qingyang and Pei Dingli were not on good terms.
So he went to see Taoist Qingyang privately, promised him a large sum of money, and asked Taoist Qingyang to frame the Pei family in front of the emperor.
Taoist Priest Qingyang sternly refused: "I am a man who practices the righteous way. How could I do such despicable and shameful things just for a little money?"
Taoist Qingyang was still very angry after he finished speaking, and he almost kicked him out.
He Tingfang almost thought that this man was an upright Taoist priest because of his righteous words.
But what happened next? Didn't Taoist Qingyang deal a fatal blow to the Pei family in front of the emperor?
He originally just wanted Taoist Qingyang to say that the Pei family had ulterior motives, but Taoist Qingyang spoke harshly and directly accused the Pei family of "disturbing the world and overthrowing the government."
Later, the Pei family was exiled, and Taoist Qingyang even spared no effort in targeting the fetus in Pei Xuan's belly, calling her a star of disaster.
Humph, these people pretend to be noble on the surface, but speak with disdain.
But his behavior is still just as dirty.
He Tingfang put down the teacup and said, "Master, please think about it carefully. You can rest in the mansion for the next few days."
He had been thinking about how to deal with Hao Ren recently, and this matter made him quite troubled.
He originally wanted to send people to keep an eye on the caravans delivering goods from Lingnan on the road to see if there was any opportunity, but his men accidentally mentioned that they saw an old Taoist priest on the road.
He Tingfang wondered if it was the Taoist Qingyang who had disappeared for ten years, but he didn't expect it to be true.
His luck seemed to be back.
He Tingfang left the guest house with confidence.
"What are you considering? There's nothing to consider!"
"I will never collude with someone like you!"
Taoist Qingyang cursed a few words and wanted to go out, but he was stopped by more than ten guards at the gate of the courtyard.
Taoist Qingyang had no choice but to return to the courtyard and finish the remaining half cup of tea.
While drinking tea, he sighed in his heart, why is he so unlucky?
Who else could he meet? Why did he meet He Tingfang?
Taoist Qingyang shook his head repeatedly.
He can't wash himself clean even if he jumps into the Yellow River.
He shouldn't have ignored his senior brother's advice and insisted on traveling, he shouldn't have gotten involved in royal affairs, and he shouldn't have revealed the secret.
More than ten years ago, he encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation and found it difficult to break through, so he wanted to go down the mountain.
His senior brother had advised him to wait a few more years, saying that his heart was not stable and his practice was not good enough, so it was not suitable for him to leave the mountain. Not only would he not benefit from it, but he might even suffer from it.
The elder brother said: "Master is still in retreat, let's talk about it when Master comes out."
Qingyang refused to listen: "Master has been in seclusion for more than ten years, and I don't know when he will come out."
Qingyang insisted on going down the mountain.
He has been living in the mountains since he was a child and has been practicing for decades. His senior brother said that his skills were not good enough, so he wanted to show his skills.
By chance, Taoist Qingyang met the third prince Murong Yu. Seeing the purple air coming from Murong Yu's head, he said to Murong Yu:
"The Third Prince has the potential to become a dragon, and is destined to become an emperor."
This sentence shocked Murong Yu, who was not noticed at the time.
Later, when Murong Yu ascended the throne, he placed great trust in the words of Taoist Qingyang.
However, Pei Dingli, an important official in the court, disliked Taoist Qingyang very much and advised Murong Yu to stay away from false things and not be deceived by treacherous people.
Taoist Qingyang was very unhappy.
What does it mean? To say that his cultivation of Taoism is vain and that he is a treacherous villain?
He and Pei Dingli disliked each other, but he never thought of using Taoist magic to harm others.
Therefore, when He Tingfang came to his house to collude with him, he drove him out without saying a word.
He didn't like Pei Dingli, but he looked down on villains like He Tingfang even more.
But one day, Murong Yu took the initiative to find him and asked him to tell the fortune for the Pei family.
Divination and trying to gain insight into the secrets of heaven will damage your cultivation and lifespan, so don’t do it lightly.
The emperor bowed and asked, and Taoist Qingyang felt that he had to agree.
If he is just a Taoist who loves money, he can just pretend to do it and randomly say a mediocre hexagram, without having to waste himself on fortune-telling.
But Taoist Qingyang actually told a fortune.
He thought that the emperor was worried that something might happen to his trusted minister. After all, three years ago, in the fifth year of Yongjia, the court lost the great general of the Xue family.
Maybe the emperor just doesn't want to see anything happen to the Pei family.
Taoist Qingyang spat out a large pool of blood while he was fortune-telling. The blood splashed on the hexagram, and he saw something different about it.
The fortune of the world falls on the Pei family.
After Taoist Qingyang told Murong Yu the divination results, he fainted.
He stayed in seclusion for several months before his body barely recovered.
When he came out of seclusion, he heard that the Pei family had been exiled for secretly communicating with the enemy country.
Taoist Qingyang was surprised. He had never thought Pei Dingli would do such a thing in private. No wonder he would overthrow the government in the future. The Xue family army was truly pitiful, harmed by Dayu's own people.
Murong Yu treated Taoist Qingyang with even more courtesy and even built a Taoist temple specifically for him.
Taoist Master Qingyang continued to practice in the Taoist temple and occasionally went down the mountain.
Three years passed like this. In the 12th year of the Yongjia period, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory observed the celestial phenomena and said that a lucky star would descend to the earth in the following year.
Murong Yu was very pleased and changed the next year's reign title to Zhaoqing.
At the beginning of the first year of Zhaoqing, Taoist Qingyang predicted that a disaster would come to the earth within the next five years.
Taoist Qingyang knew that what the Imperial Astronomical Observatory said about the auspicious star descending to the mortal world was true, but what he predicted about the disaster star was also true!
If a lucky star comes first, a few years later a calamity star will come...
Taoist Qingyang almost vomited blood again:
"When good fortune and disaster come together, the world will be in chaos!"
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