"What to clean up" Lao Wu asked, whether it was a good way to do it or to treat a disease, there was not much to do and what to do.
Mo Wen raised his finger and pointed to Lao Wu's messy hair, he had two wives and concubines, and his clothes had been changed, but his head was not combed and his face was not washed.
The old five will understand, oh oh two times turned around and ran away, although the year is over, food and clothing are worry-free, he still has not changed the habit of running, at this time slow is the habit of rich and noble people and scholars, and the subordinates and miscellaneous servants use more to run.
Mo Wen walked out of the main hall, went to the west courtyard to greet Qin Yun, and went to the Danfang to get the dust and go out with Lao Wu.
"Master, bring a sword, in case he looks for you to subdue the demon," said the fifth child.
"The sword is worn when walking the rivers and lakes, and the Taoist goes out to visit friends with dust."
Mo Wen shook his head and said.
Due to the long period of drought and no rain, the grass and trees in the mountains have withered and yellowed, and in early autumn, a large number of leaves have begun to fall, and the mountain roads are full of dead leaves, and when you step on them, the leaves are dry and crisp and crushed.
"Master, you see I'm about to become a grandfather, you have to hurry up."
When the fifth child walked, he caught the locusts on the side of the road, and there would be a lot of locusts in the drought season, but fortunately, the temperature had dropped at this time, otherwise there would definitely be a locust plague.
Mo Wen Wenyan didn't answer, what he was thinking about at this time was what the county official had visited before, and there were only three possibilities for the other party to come to Shangqingguan, one was to climb the friendship, the second was to ask for rain, and the third was to subdue demons, but which one was specific to know only when he saw the county official.
Go east for five or six miles, leave the mountainous area and enter the farmland area, Shangqingguan is located in the Jin Kingdom, belongs to the south, the grain millet in the south can be planted twice a year in a good year, the late planted millet is only half a foot high at this time, there are farmers in the field harvesting, due to drought, the grain millet does not bear seeds, the farmers harvest the grain stalk is to serve as firewood and grass for the winter.
These farmers are either extremely thin or very fat, thin is naturally because of hunger, and fat is not really fat, but long-term millet only wild vegetables to satisfy hunger caused by the puffy face, wild vegetables are more or less toxic, occasional consumption of human body can still tolerate, long-term consumption of wild vegetables will lead to poisoning.
An old farmer in the field saw Mo Wen walking on the road from the field, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat beads on his forehead, and rushed to Mo Wen from dozens of steps, "Grandpa Daoist, do well, ask God for life-saving rain." ” Mo Wen raised his hand at the old farmer when he heard this, and did not answer, in fact, the old farmer is not very old, not more than fifty, but at this time, the life span of the people is generally not long, over sixty is joy and mourning, over seventy is considered longevity, eighty or ninety years old, there are very few, mostly in the home of food and clothing.
"The heavenly court is closed, please God have a bird to use."
Lao Wu said with a smile.
"Don't be rude."
Mo Wen reprimanded casually, Lao Wu responded casually, after so many years, he has long been accustomed to being open-mouthed, and he is also used to Mo Wen's painless reprimand, you say yours, what should I do.
"Master, when the South China Sea comes, let's make it rain in this area first, the pools in the back mountains are almost dry."
Lao Wu said.
Mo Wen nodded, in the case that there was no rain in all areas, if rain fell in this area, it would cause a huge sensation, which was conducive to taking the opportunity to preach and help the world.
While the two were talking, a young village girl walked in front of her, who was not very old, with a rattan basket between her elbows, and many patches on the sackcloth she was wearing, and a pair of old men's shoes on her feet, which may have been made for her by the men in her family.
Lao Wu walked a few steps quickly to meet the village girl, and raised his hand at her, "Girl, please." ” When the village girl saw the fifth child greeting her, she stopped and tilted her head, "What are you going to do?"
"Don't do anything, that, this is for you, rip your clothes and buy a pair of shoes."
Lao Wu took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and threw it into the village girl's basket.
"I, I" Lao Wu threw out five or six taels of silver, and the village girl was frightened.
"Alas, heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs."
Lao Wu walked a few steps quickly and followed Mo Wen.
Mo Wen laughed when he heard this, what Lao Wu said was a sentence in the Tao Te Ching, which is often put on the lips of people who know nothing about it, to express the unkindness of heaven and earth, in fact, this sentence is not literal, but that heaven and earth will not advise and guide the world, and people's blessings and misfortunes are caused by themselves.
"Poor thing."
Lao Wu glanced back at the village girl.
"That's even more pathetic."
Mo Wen raised his hand and pointed to a ragged peasant woman working in the fields, Lao Wu turned his head to look at the peasant woman, pursed his lips and bowed his head, and walked briskly.
"Poor man, if you are ugly, you will not get silver taels."
Mo Wen smiled and debunked the old five.
"Master, we have to hurry up, it's too late to go, they think we're going while we're eating."
When diverting the topic to relieve his embarrassment, the fifth child's reaction speed is the fastest, and he can always find something reasonable to divert from the topic.
The area where Shangqingguan is located is nearly thirty miles away from the county seat, halfway to the two saw a group of farmers gathered on the road in front of them, and when they got closer, they found that it was an old cow pulling a cart that fell in the middle of the road, the old cow was skinny, lying on the ground panting for breath, the huge bull's eyes had no look, and a middle-aged man was anxiously shaking his coat full of holes next to him, cooling down the old cow fanning the wind.
Mo asked to see the truth, the reason why the old cow fell to the ground was because of the serious lack of water and heavy labor, it was not difficult to save its life, just feed it with water, and the surrounding farmers also found this, but they had no water, and only the muddy water and sand were left in the pottery urn they were carrying.
"Master, I'll go back and get some water for it."
Lao Wu guessed what he was thinking based on Mo Wen's expression.
Mo Wen nodded, Lao Wu turned around and ran away, more than ten miles was nothing to him, and after a while, Lao Wu came back with a water tank, and there were a lot of bumps along the way, and most of the tank was left.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way."
Lao Wu pushed aside the crowd with one hand and put down the water tank, and many farmers saw so much clear water and rushed up to the urn tank.
"This water is for the oxen, and it will be your turn when the cows have finished drinking."
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Lao Wu dragged the peasants away one by one, the old cow smelled the moisture, mooed twice and wanted to stand up, but the body was weak and could not succeed, the old five stepped forward to use brute force to pick up the old cow, so that the old cow drank to quench his thirst.
Rescued the old cow, and under the surprised gaze of everyone and the gratitude of the cow's owner, the two continued to travel east.
Due to the delay on the way, it was already noon when we arrived at the county seat, and the situation in the city was better than in the countryside, and because of the low terrain, the well water had not completely dried up.
People will do all kinds of different things when they have no worries about food and clothing, but when they are hungry, they will do the same thing, that is, foraging for food, working and walking to survive, selling children and daughters to survive, begging for survival, and those shops that are running hard to make some money to buy rice, grain and water.
This is a small town on the border, the county government is very small, the front is the lobby, the back is the county official residence, and there are two officials on duty outside the door.
Mo Wen stepped forward, shook the dust and said, "Please ask the two officials to pass through the county, and the Shangqing Tianshuzi will pay a return visit." ” The two officials didn't recognize Mo Wen, but Mo Wen's demeanor was detached, and the word return visit also made them dare not slack off, and one of them walked quickly into the door to pass through.
After a while, there were urgent footsteps in the courtyard, and after a while, two middle-aged men came out of the backyard, one of them was short, wearing official uniforms, and the other was of medium stature, with a wide forehead and big eyes, a straight face and a straight nose, and a good appearance.
"Cheng Guo Buping, the county of Xiaguan Li, visited Tianshu Zhenren."
The short man walked out quickly, and was deep in the ground.
"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Lord Guo has made many donations to Shangqing Temple, and the poor Dao has come to thank you."
Mo asked the chief to return the salute, and instead nodded at the man in civilian clothes who was smiling at him.
"Master Guo, I went to the East China Sea with my lord a few days ago, and when I came back, I heard that you went to our Taoist temple, and when I came back today, I came over and asked you what you were doing in our Taoist temple" The fifth man asked grinningly, he was used to seeing big officials and generals, and he didn't pay attention to this Qipin County at all.
"Two distinguished guests, please come in and serve tea."
Guo Buping bent sideways and raised his hand to invite the two of them into the door.
When Mo Wen entered the door, he looked at the smiling middle-aged man standing aside again, this person had a strange face, both an auxiliary official appearance and a born crane appearance, and his breathing was slower than that of ordinary people, indicating that he had a certain amount of aura cultivation but was not profound.
Although this middle-aged man has a peculiar appearance, Mo Wen didn't care too much, this person was left hand outside and right hand inside, and his right hand was holding the left thumb when he held his fist, which was the posture of the Taoist chief, in other words, this person should be a layman even if he is not a Taoist, but he is a high meritorious, and his status in Taoism is respected, and the status of ordinary Taoists and laymen is lower than him.
"Lord Wang, please."
Guo Buping, the county magistrate, walked to the door and raised his hand at the middle-aged man.
Passing through the courtyard to the back house, I saw two tall horses tied to the backyard, a servant-like person was unsaddle the horses, the two horses looked leisurely, not like going out to return, when someone was going to leave, but temporarily postponed the trip.
Entering the main house, everyone sat down, and at this time, Mo Wen already had a plan in his heart, and the county official who went up the mountain before must have been because of this person.
"Wang has heard of the real immortal number for a long time, and he never thought that he would see a real person this time, and this time it is enough to comfort his life."
The middle-aged man spoke first.
"The real person is good, Lord Wang should be the right general, and the previous official went to Baoshan to guide the way for Lord Wang."
Guo Buping interjected on the side.
"Seeing each other is fate, I don't know what Lord Wang is doing to find the poor road" Mo Wen asked casually, General Right is a third-grade official rank, not small, but not big in his eyes.
The middle-aged man said, "Hui Zhenren asked, since the beginning of Wang's ancestor, the Wang family has always admired Huang Lao, respecting Taoism, and the same is true of Wang. ” Mo asked if he was noncommittal, although this person spoke calmly and had an extraordinary bearing, he did not have the idea of talking deeply with him, because this person is not young, and the doubts in his heart must have been depressed in his heart for many years, and it is difficult to solve his doubts with just a few words.
And why everyone has a different understanding of the Tao, he is not willing to impose his ideas on others.
"Lord Wang and General Zhang Dongzhi are friends in the world, and they are side by side."
Guo Buping saw that Mo Wen was not interested, and hurriedly spoke in the hope of facilitating it.
"Dare to ask Lord Wang's name" Mo Wen frowned sideways, Zhang Dongzhi was the first fierce general of the Jin Kingdom, and there was also a leader among the Wenchen, who was a genius through the ages and a saint of writers.
"Xizhi":