chapter one hundred and twenty seven.
So, Master Xu Jing pointed at the fox spirit and said, "You can help me with this Master, but you must follow my three things."
The woman kowtowed and said, "If the real person of Tianshi is willing to help him, I will definitely do what the real person says."
Master Xu Jing thought for a while and said, "First, you must keep a fast and do not harm other creatures in the future. Second, you must choose a place to live in seclusion and not harass the people of the world. Third, you must take the precepts to the human world, recite scriptures in the morning and evening, change evil and do good deeds for the people, and do good deeds for the people. Can you agree?
The woman bowed and swore and said, "I am merciful and I will never violate it. If there is any violation, I will be willing to be punished by thousands of thunders!"
When Xu Jing Tianshi saw that the fox spirit was repentant, she asked her to stand up and take the ordination. Then she took a few Taoist disciples to the Zutianshi Temple to burn incense and light candles, and sent a message to the Heavenly Court, reporting the whole story of the pardon of the fox spirit. After receiving the Tianshi's report, the Heavenly Court ordered Lei Gong and Lei Mother to withdraw their troops and return home.
Sure enough, after a while, the sky returned to clear again, presenting a scene of blue sky and spring.
After the fox spirit said goodbye to the heavenly master, he lived in seclusion in Yuntai Mountain at his ear, feeding on mountain fruits every day and devoted himself to practicing Taoism. Soon he gave birth to a white and fat little girl named Xiaobaixian!
I'll go... This is amazing, it's true? I murmured to myself.
Si Yi and Lin also asked curiously; what happened later?
After the old man talked about this, he picked up tea and drank it himself, and then continued to say: More than a hundred years have passed, and the fact that Master Xu Jing saved the fox spirit has been forgotten by the world. During the Shaoding period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiangxi suffered heavy floods, and after the floods, the plague broke out again. Many people in the three counties of Zixi, Lichuan, and Anren (now Yujiang) died of plague, which caused panic. So many ordinary people came to the Tianshi Mansion in groups to ask Zhang Tianshi to eliminate the disaster. At that time, the 35th generation of Tianshi Master Zhang Keda was reigned. This Tianshi was also well-versed and once slashed the demon snake with thunder.
Master Zhang Ke and several mages looked around and found that it was not caused by the spread of mountain rashes (also known as miasma). If not treated in time, it will spread soon, and I don’t know how many people will die. Master Zhang Ke is well versed in medicine and knows that the best medicine to treat this disease is spider plant. Spider plant usually grows in caves on cliffs, and it is difficult for ordinary people to climb and pick. Although many people were sent to pick spider plant, they could not pick a few kilograms a day, and the supply was far too short of demand, and everyone had no choice.
The next day, when everyone was still picking spider plants, they suddenly saw a large group of foxes jumping like flying, and the spider plants were sent to the feet of the Tianshi. After a while, a large number of spider plants were sent. The local people thought it was the Tianshi who appeared. In fact, the great Tianshi Zhang Ke was also very confused at that time.
Later, the Heavenly Master thought about it carefully and heard from his ancestors that the Heavenly Master Xu Jing had saved a fox spirit. It was speculated that the fox spirit had become a fox fairy to come to repay his kindness. He immediately sent someone to decoct the spider plant into medicine and give it to the patient for taking it. Sure enough, the medicine was cured. Later, someone wrote a poem to praise it, "The Heavenly Master has made great achievements, and a dose of elixir prescription will cure the disease, and the relief of the disaster victims will be given money, and the merits of the real person will be preserved forever."
In fact, only Master Zhang Ke and a few mages knew about repaying the fox fairy. It is said that Master Zhang Ke went to Yuntai Mountain to personally find the fox fairy to express his gratitude, but he had no idea whether he had found it or not.
I asked, what happened later?
The old man stroked his beard and continued to say, after more than forty years, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, unified China. One year, the north had a severe drought and no harvest. It is said that the Yuandu, located in the north, was still terrible! Even the Empress Dowager and the Prince got sick due to heat. All officials asked the emperor to say that it was a monster that was a monster, and they had to ask the Heavenly Master to come and eliminate the evil. Zhang Zongyan, the 36th generation Heavenly Master, quickly entered Beijing after receiving the imperial edict.
After Zhang Zongyan's Heavenly Master rushed to Kyoto to check around, he found that he could not find any demonic energy except for the heat. If he could not find the demon, he could not cast spells. And the emperor's life could not be disobeyed. Zhang Zongyan's Heavenly Master was so anxious that he was frightened and frightened.
One day in the inn, the night was three times, and the moon was bright and the stars were glittering. Master Zhang, who could not sleep, was meditating alone in the small garden. Suddenly, a middle-aged woman and a girl as beautiful as a flower came to Master Tianshi to pay tribute to Master Tianshi.
The Tianshi asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
The middle-aged woman said, "You are the master of heaven, my mother and daughter are here to solve your problems, but are you worried that you can't find the source of drought here?"
When the Heavenly Master heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "That's right, I wonder what kind of tricks this lady has?"
The middle-aged woman chuckled and said, "This drought is not a monster, so you can't do it. The reason is that when Wen Tianxiang retreated to the sea, he worshiped the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Yuan Shizu killed Wen Tianxiang, and the Dragon King was furious, so this disaster occurred. The Heavenly Master can pronounce the emperor to sacrifice to Wen Tianxiang to eliminate his resentment. My mother and daughter can sneak into the East China Sea to ask the Dragon King to rain to repay the kindness of the Heavenly Master. After the mother and daughter finished speaking, they immediately turned into a pair of foxes and left quickly!
Only then did Zhang Zongyan realize the truth and hurriedly bowed his hand to the direction of the fox fairy flying to thank him. It was precisely because of this that the story of the Yuan Shizu's three sacrifices to Wen Tianxiang was spread!
Si Yan's grandfather changed his seat and continued to say, but after the fox fairy and daughter came to the East China Sea, she dressed up as a Taoist priest holding Zhang Tianshi's plea letter, asking the Dragon King to send water and rain.
The Dragon King of the East China Sea showed his spirit and said: I am building a dragon palace and have no time to take care of this matter. The two can ask the Dragon King of the South China Sea to rain and cool down. The fox fairy mother and daughter had no choice but to travel thousands of miles to the South China Sea to seek to see the Dragon King of the South China Sea, but the Dragon King of the South China Sea said: The Beijing-Tianjin area in the north is not under its jurisdiction, and it has no right to cast spells and cannot produce water. You should go to the Dragon King of the East China Sea, waved your hand to refuse!
Although the fox fairy and her daughter were treated coldly, they were not discouraged. They ran around and stepped into the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea again, telling the Dragon King about drought with sincerity, begging the Dragon King to take the world as a thought, and not to implicate the people because the Yuan Shizuo killed loyal ministers in vain. After thinking about it, the Dragon King of the East China Sea drew out a rain card and instructed the Ninth Prince to go to the rain.
Because Master Zhang Tian was a meritorious in praying for rain, he praised our Tianshi Taoism for 100 years. He named Master Zhang Tianshi as the leader of Zhengyi and was in charge of the talismans of the Three Mountains (Maoshan, Gezaoshan, Longhushan)!
Later, Zhang Zongyan Tianshi often sincerely invited the fox fairy mother and daughter Chang Tianshi Mansion to visit, and for this purpose, he also set up a small building to live for the fox fairy mother and daughter. Since then, Longhu Mountain has the original fox fairy building!
I asked in confusion: Fox Fairy Tower! Isn’t it called Fox Fairy Hall?
Si Yan and Lin also looked curiously and didn't say anything.
The old man smiled and said, "That's after the Yuan Dynasty! After the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he also admired Zhang Tianshi very much. He once allocated a large amount of silver to expand the Tianshi Mansion and gave the title "Da Zhenren Mansion"! During the Hongwu period, the prefect of Hangzhou reported to the court that ghosts and monsters were often haunted near the West Lake, causing the beautiful scenery to be closed and people dare not travel. So Zhu Yuanzhang immediately issued an order for the forty-three generations of Tianshi Man Zhang Yuchu to go to Hangzhou to eliminate the harm. After the real person Zhang Yuchu arrived in Hangzhou, he discussed with his entourage and decided to go to the near West Lake to observe and implement countermeasures.
The next day, he walked to West Lake and saw that the lake water was surging waves. A monster in the wave looked like a mouse. The Tianshi concluded that it was a rat spirit. Then he thought that the fox was also the nemesis of the rat, so he immediately set up an altar to burn incense and pray, and invited the fox fairy to quickly go to Qiantang to subdue the demons. The fox fairy received the talisman of the Tianshi and quickly came to Hangzhou. After learning about the situation from Zhang Yuchu, he jumped into the lake and captured the rat spirit ashore in just a few rounds. Once the rat spirit was eliminated, the haunted West Lake was calmed down, and all those who came to visit West Lake praised it.
After returning to the Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain from Hangzhou, Zhang Yuchutian rushed to Yuntai Mountain to personally thank the Fox Fairy and communicated with the two fox fairies. After all, the Fox Fairy practiced for many years, and the Taoist Dharma is still above the Tianshi Master, and Zhang Yuchu's Tianshi also benefited a lot.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhang Yuchu to compile the "Daozang". At that time, the transportation was inconvenient and it was very difficult to collect classics. The two fox fairies also visited famous palaces and temples across the country for this purpose, helping to collect many lost classics from ancient times.
It is said that when the 43rd generation of Heavenly Masters were in power, he left a decree. Over the past hundred years, the two foxes of Yuntai Mountain have made a lot of contributions to my path and have become immortal fruits. The Heavenly Master's Mansion can be sculpted with golden bodies for sacrifice. The 44th generation of Heavenly Master Zhang Yuqing followed the will and set up the Western Hall at that time into the Fox Fairy Hall, and shaped a statue of the god for people to worship to receive incense.
Chapter completed!