A fire was lit in the courtyard, and three sticks of sandalwood were placed where the two elders disappeared.

The scholar sat down on the stone bench, dug out a bag and threw a white bun towards Jiangling.

Jiang Ling did not refuse and took over the steamed buns, which he found strange and hard.

Do you think this thing can be swallowed?

The scholar said to himself: "Roast it over fire and it won't be so hard."

While talking, he demonstrated with his own hands, roasting it until browned, then tearing it up and eating it.

"Perhaps you don't despise such coarse food. If you don't want it, you can return it to me."

Although Jiang Ling was a bit displeased with him before, but now he feels that this scholar is not just showing off, but his true nature. He is just not lovable by nature.

So he followed his example and heated the steamed buns by the fire, then tore them into pieces and ate them.

"Let me formally meet you. My surname is Yan and my given name is Chixia. I am from Beijun. Where is your step?"

When Jiang Ling heard what he said, his eyes suddenly changed.

Yan, Chixia?

This person finally appeared. However, why did he not appear at Lanruo Temple but instead came to Zhujiazhuang?

"My surname is Jiang, and my single name is Ling. I can be considered a native of Guobei County."

Qingniu Village was originally under the jurisdiction of Guobei.

"I wonder where I learned from you? Your sword energy just now was quite powerful."

"There is no teacher."

Yan Chixia was curious about Jiang Ling's inheritance, and Jiang Ling told the truth.

However, after hearing this, Yan Chixia thought that he did not want to tell him, so she knew what was going on and didn't ask any more questions.

"Actually, you don't have to do this, but it's my fault that I didn't tell you in advance."

Yan Chixia took out some more paper money from her bag, threw it next to the fire and burned it, and continued casually: "That second old man was the owner of this courtyard. Although he would wander around the courtyard every night, he never hurt anyone.

Every cent."

Jiang Ling thought to himself, "You really can't blame me. Just now they were trying to climb in through the window. Who would be able to resist taking action in such a situation?"

"The Zhu family was originally a large family in Guobei, but five years ago a plague killed everyone in the family. The first person to die was the grandson of the two elders. The two elders were so sad that they never wanted to admit it.

Even after death, due to his deep obsession, his soul could not leave the underworld, and he became a ghost over time.

Seven years ago, I was on a study tour in the south. I once visited this place and was blessed by the kindness of two elders and one meal.

I came back this year, but I didn’t expect that in just a few years, things would have changed.

I originally wanted to find a way to resolve the grievances in the hearts of the two elders, so that they could enter reincarnation and repay their past kindness.

It's a pity that I only know the art of eliminating ghosts and monsters, but I don't understand the Buddhist method of salvation.

I wanted to stay for some comfort and comfort, but these two elders kept avoiding me.

In desperation, I can only stay here temporarily and find another way.

But I didn’t expect that my arrival today would be their final disaster, but maybe, this is just destiny.”

Jiang Lingjing listened to what he said, and when he heard that his two elders avoided seeing him again and again, he felt funny in his heart. It was strange that a man with such strong yang energy like him would dare to be approached by Yinxie.

After listening to what he said, I finally understood why he didn't appear at Lanruo Temple and was here instead.

"What are your plans from now on?" Jiang Ling suddenly asked.

"There are no plans. It's just that the sky is the quilt and the earth is the bed. Let's just go wherever we go and wander around the world."

"As a scholar, it's spring in February, so why don't you go?"

Ning Caichen from Lanruo Temple is the one who wants to go to Beijing to take the exam.

"It doesn't matter if you don't pass the Chunwei Examination, but what if you pass it? I traveled from north to south, and wherever I passed, most people were in dire straits. What's worse, the countryside was full of hungry people, and the refugees exchanged their children for food.

I thought that working hard and becoming an official in the future might change this situation.

But the more experience I have, the more I see it, and I realize that the building is about to collapse and it will not be possible for a few people to turn it around with their passion.

Instead of tinkering with the riddled imperial court, it would be better to let it rot completely. Without great chaos, there can be no great governance.

If you try your best to maintain it with a pedantic heart, in the end, you will only harm more innocent people."

Jiang Ling was slightly shocked. Among scholars, anyone who dares to say such things is considered a treasonous person.

"You are also a scholar, right? Do you think I'm full of nonsense? Like an alien?"

Jiang Ling shook his head. Perhaps this concept was indeed treasonous in the eyes of other scholars at the same time. But if viewed from the perspective of future generations, what he said actually showed the truth.

"No, I quite agree with your view."

"Oh?" Yan Chixia also seemed surprised: "Then what do you think of the imperial power?"

Jiang Ling smiled and said, "It depends on which aspect you ask."

"The sage Mencius once said: The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important thing, and the king is the most important thing. However, the reality is always the opposite. No matter what dynasty, the king is the most important thing, the country the country is the second most important thing, and the people are the most important thing. What I want to ask is,

Are the ancient sages also talking nonsense and deceiving people from the beginning?"

Jiang Ling laughed. This Yan Chixia first criticized the court and then the sages. As a scholar, she was really bold.

"Whether the sages were talking nonsense, I can't say for sure. But in my opinion, what they said and written is just an ideal. It is an ideal that they themselves may not be able to achieve.

If you are deluded and believe in it, you will definitely fall into pedantry; but if you don’t believe it at all, once you lose hope for your ideals, this world will probably be the same as hell."

"Hahahaha..." Yan Chixia smiled, looking up to the sky and laughing, "That's right, this world may be a hell. From the moment they are born, everyone has to cross the sea of ​​suffering, taste all the ups and downs, and get the

On the other side, there will be immortals, and if you drown in the sea of ​​suffering, you will be reincarnated in the mortal world. But from ancient times to the present, how many people can cross the other side? It is just a wasted life, and in the end it will be like a mirror."

"That's quite a negative statement."

"Of course, this is my [Heart Realm]. Three years ago, a stranger taught me the Dharma. He once said that if I could break through the [Heart Realm] of 'Mirror Flowers, Water Moon', we would see each other again. I asked him how

It can be broken, he only said that he can break it by living in the world.

To put it simply, I have been working hard for it for three years, but maybe my understanding is not enough after all, and I am afraid it will be difficult to break it in this lifetime."

Jiang Ling nodded, feeling something in his heart.

What he calls the realm of mind can also be seen as vision or pattern.

Those who have a small structure are like enclosing themselves into a prison. If they cannot escape, they will be trapped in it for the rest of their lives.

Today, Yan Chixia looks at the world like a mirror, flowers in water, and the moon. This state is far superior to that of ordinary people, but she has not yet entered the path of Taoism.

'Flowers in the mirror and moon in the water are not considered a beginner, so what kind of state of mind can be considered a beginner?'

"I don't know what method you are involved in. Is it possible that this method itself has limitations?"

Yan Chixia said: "The half of "Qiankun Yiqigong" passed down by a foreigner once said that this method can reach immortality. There is no limit to the method. Success depends on the individual. It should be just my personal problem."

Qiankun Yiqigong?

This was the first time Jiang Ling heard the name of a book related to Taoism in this world.

Just when he was about to speak, Yan Chixia suddenly waved her hand and said: "You don't need to give me any advice. I know that your inner world is much higher than mine, but a stranger once said that the improvement of your inner world depends entirely on self-enlightenment. With your good intentions, I

I understand."
Chapter completed!