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Chapter 4 The whole truth is hard to find

The Quanzhen Sect's doctrine in Chang'an City is called Jing'an Temple. This Jing'an Temple is an old temple with a long history of a hundred years. It was not originally belonged to the Quanzhen Sect, and the Taoist traditions were inherited in the temple. However, because the Taoist temple was difficult later and the Quanzhen Sect rose and grew, the temple master led all the disciples and Taoist temples to turn to the Quanzhen Sect, so the Jing'an Temple became a branch temple Taoist temple under the Quanzhen Sect.

The Taoist priest who presided over this Jing'an Temple was named Yu Daoxian, who was also a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect and a disciple of Ma Yu, the head sect. However, Yu Daoxian was not a disciple of the "Zhi" generation. He turned from another Taoist sect and brought his art to the master. He did not change his name, so he was not a regular disciple of the Quanzhen Sect, and he was considered to be a separate disciple outside the sect.

In fact, Yu Daoxian is the original master of Jing'an Temple. It was also him who made the decision more than ten years ago that the full view and the Taoist temple all turned to Quanzhen's disciples. He himself became the head teacher Ma Yu.

Yu Daoxian, who was originally a Taoist priest who was transferred from other families, actually is quite a lot in Quanzhen Sect. Jing'an Sect is not an isolated case. Among the various teachings in Quanzhen Sect, there are also many of them who offer their own views. There are also those who purchase or build them by Quanzhen Sect, donate them by believers, etc. The sources are different, but they are just these types.

Those who have been transferred from other families who are unwilling to change their Dharma names and learn Quanzhen Taoism from scratch cannot be considered as regular disciples. Among the Taoist temples that they offer their own investment, not all of them cannot be maintained like Jing'an Temple. Many of them are simply entrusted to being under the Quanzhen Sect, so that they can be protected by the big tree of Quanzhen Sect in this war-torn era.

When Yin Zhiping found Jing'an Temple, it was almost evening. The gate of Jing'an Temple was still open. Yin Zhiping stepped in and the Taoist priest who was welcoming guests immediately came out.

Yin Zhiping reported his name, and the Taoist priest quickly saluted and immediately passed it in. Soon, he saw an old Taoist priest over fifty years old and half-white-bearded and led a group of Taoist priests to greet him.

Yin Zhiping knew the current Taoist priest who was over fifty years old, Yu Daoxian, the master of Jing'an Temple. Yu Daoxian led the crowd to visit and became a disciple of Ma Yu. After he went to Chongyang Palace in Zhongnan Mountain to study Taoism and martial arts for five years, so Yin Zhiping knew him. Five years later, Ma Yu sent him out and still took charge of Jing'an Temple in Chang'an. However, many disciples in Guan had changed.

"It turns out that it was Qinghe Zhenren who came to visit. Please forgive me for the old Taoist's failure to welcome him." Although Yu Daoxian is over fifty years old, his body is still strong, his face is rosy, and his energy is full. Those who come from other families like him, although they have the same generation, their identity is always a little lower than those of the regular disciples. Last year, Yin Zhiping was named the first disciple of the third generation, and his identity is a little higher than that of the ordinary regular disciples. Therefore, although Yu Daoxian was older, he did not dare to be arrogant and used a respectful title to Yin Zhiping and called him his Taoist name. However, when the old Taoist spoke, he was full of authentic Shaanxi dialect.

Yin Zhiping saw Yu Dao's face clear and bright, with three long beards floating on his chest, and he looked like a Taoist man. But he didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, he was a Shaanxi-like mouth, and he couldn't help but be happy. However, he didn't dare to laugh, so he could only keep a smile, and he quickly returned the court, "Senior Brother Yu is too polite. This is the name of Zhesha."

As soon as Yu Daoxian spoke, Yin Zhiping remembered that this old Taoist was born and raised in Shaanxi, and his words always tasted like this. Originally, Yin Zhiping had memories of this, but Yu Daoxian had not been on the mountain for a long time, and Yin Zhiping had not had a good relationship with him, so he did not have a deep memory of Daoxian.

Therefore, Yin Zhiping did not remember this for a while, and only then did he remember that he was named the first disciple. Such a major event, Quanzhen Sect naturally had to be informed of the Taoist temples in various places. This time, Yin Zhiping went down the mountain, Qiu Chuji later privately asked him to have a good relationship with the local Taoist temple masters of the Taoist temple every time he went to a place, if there was a Taoist temple in Quanzhen Sect, he would have a good relationship with the local Taoist temple masters, so that he could take over the position of the head of the Taoist temple in the future. Yin Zhiping naturally also avoided it.

Yu Dao showed that Yin Zhiping did not arrogance, he seemed approachable and had a humble attitude. He smiled slightly and changed his words to "Junior Brother Yin", and then he went up to pay homage to him.

After a lecture, he asked him to go to the hall to serve tea. Yu Daoxian asked what Yin Zhiping came from. Yin Zhiping said that he was ordered to go down the mountain and walk around the world. He said that as soon as he went down the mountain today, he first came to Chang'an nearby and visited Yu Daoxian.

In fact, when Yin Zhiping came to Chang'an, he didn't even think about visiting Yu Daoxian, but when he said this in person, Yu Daoxian was naturally very happy.

After a few words, Yu Daoxian ordered people to go down and arrange vegetarian food, clean up the vegetarian room for Yin Zhiping, and arrange the place to stay. The two of them talked for a while, and Yin Zhiping said that they asked Yu Daoxian to send someone to purchase horses for him for transportation.

After hearing this, Yu Daoxian said in a difficult face: "Junior Brother Yin, it may be a bit difficult to buy a horse for transportation. Now under the rule of Mongolia, the Mongolian army is full of cavalry. Although Mongolia is a place where horses are produced, it is always inconvenient to transport it from a long distance. Therefore, now all horses are used for military purposes in the land under the rule of Mongolia. Good horses are used for military riding by soldiers to make up for the loss after the war, and inferior horses are used to pull carts and transport supplies and food. Now in Chang'an, not to mention horses, even mules cannot be found. The private occupancy of mules and horses was discovered by the Mongols and the Mongols were punished for serious crimes. My junior brother is not an exaggeration, but now under the rule of Mongolia, it is really hard to get a horse and a thousand gold coins. I can only find a donkey for you to carry on, and I will ask for some." After that, I sighed.

After hearing this, Yin Zhiping was stunned. He did not expect this situation. He originally wanted to be happy and happy, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even get a horse now. The Mongolians really deserved to die, so he couldn't even be able to ride a horse, and riding a donkey was like saying anything.

Yin Zhiping finally understood why in the original book, Guo Jing took Yang to Zhongnan Mountain, and rode a horse in the Southern Song Dynasty, and after arriving at the Mongols controlled the area, he had to transfer to a donkey; why did Li Mochou appear several times and his mounts were all flower donkeys; why did Xiaolongnu chase Zhao Zhijing and Yin Zhiyin, and also ride a donkey? It’s not that they can’t afford the horse, but they really have nowhere to buy it.

However, with their means, it is not difficult to get a horse. But in the territory of the Mongolians, hiding mules and horses is a serious crime. Although they are very skilled in martial arts and are not afraid of ordinary Mongolians, they are always troublesome to be discovered by the Mongolians. Moreover, the so-called "two fists cannot match four hands" and "heroes cannot match many enemies". No matter how high their martial arts are, they cannot match many Mongolian soldiers and siege them together. At that time, tens of thousands of arrows will be fired at once, and the five greatest success will not be said to be unscathed. In the area controlled by the Mongolians, in order not to be troubled by the Mongolians, they have to feel wronged and riding a donkey.

Yin Zhiping knew that Yu Daoxian was telling the truth, so he didn't feel difficult for him. He sighed helplessly and said with a wry smile: "If you donkey, just donkey, then I'll trouble Senior Brother Yu."

Yu Daoxian agreed immediately and promised to do it for him tomorrow.
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