Chapter 15 High Mountains and Flowing Waters
Yunmeng Daze is located in the heart of Chu State, facing the Han River in the east and the Yangtze River in the south. It is vast and vast and vast.
In the dialect of Chu State, dreams are lakes, so Yunmengze, a vast land of thousands of miles, is composed of many lakes.
Li Zhichang also came to Yunmengze in the past world and stayed for a long time, but the Yunmengze landform in that era was very different from the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was a world of change.
The white ape entered Yunmeng and was like a fish in water. Many of the rare beasts became its playthings, which really made it very happy.
Li Zhichang found a place with a good terrain in the depths of the Daze River, which is also the place where the Yunmeng earth energy gathers the most.
This world is full of energy, and it is in line with his mind that it is easy to cultivate the Yang Spirit and produce great supernatural powers.
However, the news that Li Zhichang entered Yunmeng Daze was informed by a middle-aged man who was doing business near Chu State that his surname was Duanmu, his name was Ci, and his courtesy name was Zigong. It was the favorite disciple of Confucius, Confucius was able to concentrate on compiling the Spring and Autumn Period in his later years, and Duanmu Ci made great contributions.
It is precisely because of his business achievements that the news network spread all over the world, and no matter big or small, it can be transmitted to him through his commercial channels. In the end, he collected important parts and sent them back to Lu in order to let Confucius make materials for the Spring and Autumn Period. The news that Li Zhichang entered Yunmengze was naturally passed back to Lu by him, and Confucius did not comment on this.
The Mohist and Confucianism were incompatible, and Confucian Confucius once asked Lao Tzu, so the people in the Mohist family were not happy that the Tao Te Ching, which was said to be subtle and mysterious, fell into the hands of the Confucian school, so the Mohist school was also looking for news about Li Zhichang.
However, Li Zhichang's fairy track is misty. Since he entered Yunmeng Daze, no one has seen him for a year.
Therefore, the person who longed to find him gradually extinguished his mind.
The current King of Chu is King Hui of Chu, the grandson of King Ping of Chu who was whipped by Wu Zixu. His mother is the daughter of King Goujian of Yue.
After King Hui of Chu ascended the throne, he relied on Zixi, Ziqi, Zilu and others to reform politics, rest with the people, and develop production, so that the state of Chu could recover quickly.
However, since the State of Chu was almost destroyed by Wu, and therefore its national strength became stronger, it always wanted to avenge the hatred that it was almost destroyed. However, Wu had the military tactics left by Sun Wu, and the soldiers trained were almost invincible in the world, so the State of Chu still endured it.
On this day, the King of Chu summoned all the ministers and said, "I dreamed of an immortal talking to me about the most mysterious truths in the world in Yunmengze, but I can't remember the contents. However, the indescribable feeling still lasted for a long time. I want to go to Yunmengze to see if I can find this immortal."
The ministers looked at each other. The Chu State had a tradition of believing in gods. The King of Chu dreamed of gods and immortals was not a big deal, but he wanted to go deep into Yunmengze and search for immortals and Taoism, but it was not reliable no matter how he looked.
The important minister of the King of Chu, Ziqi, said: "If the king goes to Yunmengze, he will definitely have a great reputation. He will inevitably startle the immortal. It is better to send a reliable candidate to go first to inquire for the king."
King Hui of Chu smiled and said, "Then I'll help you to work hard for Ziqi. This dream comes from strange things. I remember clearly the scenery in the dream. I don't even remember a word of what the immortal said to me. I only know that it is the most simple and unpretentious truth in the world. Ziqi will follow me in. I will tell you that if I really find the immortal in that place, I will give you a lot of rewards."
If it weren't for the Spring and Autumn Period, the sayings of ghosts and gods were prevalent. If the King of Chu had made such a ridiculous move in later generations, he would have been scolded by Ziqi for being pitiful in the middle of the night, and would not ask the people about ghosts and gods.
The child period has no choice but to follow the king's orders.
After remembering the place mentioned by the King of Chu, he took the two or three soldiers to the place mentioned by the King of Chu.
After less than three days of travel, Ziqi was getting closer and closer to the place that King Chu said, and only saw water flowing, pine waves, and layers of waterfalls were like smoke. There is a poem to prove it:
The stream is clear and the bottom is clear, and pines and cypresses stand on the top of the mountain.
The green grass moves with the wind, and the red flowers look across the bank.
The sound of birds in the forest is crisp, and the carp in the pond is joyful.
Walking on the waves, warm your feet, and sucking your hands in the flowing spring.
The falling marks and pearls splash, the waterfalls and waves are turbulent.
The white crane appears by the river, and the green phoenix clouds rotate outside.
The cuckoo cannot cry, but the butterfly wings are allowed to be fluttered.
In the pavilion and bamboo pavilion, among the breeze and willow catkins.
At this time, a sound of piano floated from the woods in front of us, and the sound was vast and vast.
Ziqi thought secretly: The sound of the piano is extremely wonderful, not a song on earth, is there really an immortal living in seclusion in it?
The sound of the piano flowed slowly, and Ziqi couldn't help but say, "Good! It's as bright as a river!"
There seemed to be praise in the forest, but the sound of the piano changed and became more and more urgent, and it went straight into the sky.
Ziqi said: "Good! It's as majestic as Mount Tai!"
The man in the forest said, "I don't know why the distant guest came, what is his name?"
Ziqi said: "I, Ziqi, on the order of the King of Chu, pay homage to the Supreme Immortal?"
The man said, "I am not a great immortal, my name is Boya."
Ziqi said: "You are playing piano music and aiming at the mountains and flowing waters. Even if you are not a god or a wise man, you are a great sage. Now the king of Chu values wise and capable people. You live in Yunmengze and are considered to be a native of Chu. Why not contribute some effort to our Chu?"
The man said, "I am ashamed, but I am not a human being. I will know if Ziqi invites me in."
Ziqi said secretly: What is not a human being.
He was very surprised and brought the sergeant who came with him into the woods. The sergeant who was first in the way suddenly screamed, obviously frightened.
Ziqi was quite arrogant and neither surprised nor afraid. He only saw a white snake in front of him, very thick and strong, and was plated on the trunk of a tree.
The man said, "Xiaobai doesn't eat people, don't be afraid of distant guests."
Ziqi's face was a little pale, and he still walked slowly under the white snake regardless of the soldiers' dissuasion. He saw a pavilion in front of him, with clear streams flowing next to him, and a guqin was placed in the pavilion. A white ape was sitting in front of the guqin.
This white ape was wearing human costumes, which was very strange.
Ziqi said in surprise: "Are you Boya?"
The white ape laughed and said, "But you just get a name at will. Can Ziqi be disappointed?"
Ziqi couldn't help but blush his old face. Unexpectedly, the one who played such a beautiful song was actually a white ape.
He smiled and said, "It's a bit."
Bai Yuan said: "The master here is not me. The two songs just now were also made by him. He should be the immortal you are looking for."
Ziqi agreed with it. If it weren't for the immortal, how could he raise a white ape that was so well-versed in human language, and could play the song so beautifully.
He did not regard the white ape as a beast, and bowed and said, "I dare to ask where the immortal is?"
Bai Yuan said, "He went to take medicine."
Ziqi felt a little sad and continued to ask, "I don't know where to collect herbs?"
The white ape pointed to a mountain in front of him, surrounded by clouds and said, "It's that mountain. Maybe he is in the depths of the clouds and mists. Will the far-far keep waiting?" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!