It is really hard to imagine that the scruffy, lame iron crutch Li turned out to be a clear-eyed, polite reader. I believe that at this time, you are already full of curiosity, so how did he become like this? Was there some disaster? Haha, don't guess, go read the story and you will know it!
Li Xuan, whose real name is Li Xuan, is a reader with clear eyebrows and a polite temperament. Why did he later become a scruffy man and lame one foot? There's a story here.
At that time, the official field was dark, Li Xuan had taken the imperial examination many times and was named Sun Shan, he was discouraged, saw through the red dust, never took the exam again, planned to run away from home, asked the immortal to go.
Li Xuan waded through mountains and rivers in the deep mountains and valleys, and finally found a secluded cave in the mountain forest, so he lived here and realized the Tao of self-cultivation.
But a few years passed, Li Xuan felt that there was no effect, and it was still far from the day of Chengxian. After some thought, he finally found that he had no reason to grow, it must be because he did not have the guidance of a famous teacher, relying on his own opinion, he could only do half the work. But who should we worship as a teacher? The names of the Daoist immortals flashed through his mind one by one, and Li Xuan suddenly thought of Li Er, the Taishang Laojun on Mount Hua, and he secretly thought to himself: "Taishang Laojun and I have the same surname and the same clan, and he should be willing to accept me as an apprentice." With his guidance, I will definitely be able to become an immortal as soon as possible. ”
Thinking of this, Li Xuan immediately rushed to Mount Hua and experienced countless hardships before he climbed lotus peak. By this time he was exhausted and out of breath, so he found a place to sit down and rest for a while. Suddenly, two Daoist boys came from in front of them and asked, "Sir, are you Li Xuan?" ”
"It's Li Xuan down there." Li Xuan quickly stood up and replied, "But how do you know?" ”
Dao Tong smiled and said, "We are the children of Li Er, the Taishang Lord of Mount Hua, and my master calculated that you were going to come to visit him, so he sent us to pick you up." ”
"Taishang Laojun is really powerful." Li Xuan was very happy and thought to himself: It seems that Taishang Laojun is willing to accept me as an apprentice.
Li Xuan followed the two Daoist boys to the grass hall of Taishang Laojun, who was already sitting in the hall waiting for him.
Li Xuan hurried to pay homage. Taishang Laojun asked, "Sir waded through the mountains and waters to come to me, I don't know what happened?" ”
"That's right," Li Xuan quickly replied, "I'm cultivating on the mountain, and I always feel that there is no effect, and I hope you will point it out." ”
"Haha!" Taishang Laojun brushed his beard and said, "The matter of cultivation is based on your own understanding, and if you just concentrate on practicing, there will always be a successful day." ”
Li Xuan obeyed the teachings of Taishang Laojun, so he bid farewell to him, returned to his original place, and immersed himself in cultivation. He often meditated for a day, and from time to time he went to a high place to breathe and breathe in the past. Over time, the cultivation reached the realm of separation of form and god, and the realm of transcendence and transcendence. Later, he also took in an apprentice named Yang Zi.
One day, after Li Xuan finished practicing, he strolled around the mountain. Suddenly hearing a wonderful burst of fairy music, looking up, only to see the auspicious clouds in the air, the light of the sun, in the clouds, a crane carrying Taishang Laojun and Wanqiu, the two immortal ancestors, appeared. Li Xuan hurriedly knelt down and worshipped. Taishang Laojun said, "Your Daoist skills have made great progress, it is really not easy, wanqiu and I are going to travel everywhere, and I want to take you with me." If you want to walk with us, you can swim to my quarters in ten days. After saying that, Taishang Laojun flew away with the crane again.
Taishang Laojun invited him to travel with him, and Li Xuan was of course very happy. Ten days later, he said to his apprentice Yang Zi, "I am now ready to go out of my soul, go to Mount Hua for a date with Taishang Laojun, and then travel around the world to increase my Daoist practice." I leave my shell here, and if my wandering soul does not return after seven days, you can burn my shell, but if it is not seven days, you must guard the shell for me, and do not let it be destroyed. Remember! Remember! ”
"The disciple obeys the order!" Yang Zi bowed his head and held his fist.
So, Li Xuan sat on the cushion, closed his eyes, and said a few words, and his soul flew out of his body.
Yang Zi was also a conscientious person, and in order to guard Master's body, he stood by day and night, not daring to close his eyes. However, unfortunate things happened, and on the sixth day, Yangzi's family rushed to him and said to him: "Your mother is seriously ill and is dying, and the only unfulfilled wish is to see you, so you should go back immediately!" ”
Yang Zi cried out in a hurry and said, "My mother is critically ill, but my master's soul has not yet returned. If I leave, who will help me guard Master's body? ”
The family said, "Your master has been gone for six days, and the livers inside are estimated to be rotten, so why are you still guarding him?" Since ancient times, filial piety has come first, how can family affection and teacher friendship be as important? If you don't hurry back, in case your mother dies and you don't have time to see her, you will regret it for the rest of your life. You still burn Master's body now and go home to see your mother. ”
When Yang Zi heard his family say this, he was really hesitant in his heart. But the matter was urgent, and he was not allowed to make careful plans and thoughts. In desperation, Yang Zi had to listen to the advice of his family, so he prepared something for sacrifice, prayed to the master's body, lit a pile of dry firewood, put the master's body on it, cried and prayed, and wrote on the elegy the reason and helplessness of his departure.
The fire burned fiercely, and Li Xuan's body immediately turned to ashes in the fire. Yang Zi looked at the sky and cried, and then rushed home without stopping. Unexpectedly, back home, my mother had died.
Speaking of Li Xuan, following Taishang Laojun to roam the famous mountains, more taishang Laojun's Immortal Dao, counting the date, it has been seven days. Therefore, I wanted to bid farewell to Lao Jun and go back. At the farewell, Taishang Laojun said to him a sentence of "I want to get the old form of the skeleton, just in time for a new face", which made Li Xuan confused and wanted to ask again, but Taishang Laojun said: "The heavenly opportunity cannot be leaked, then you will naturally understand." ”
When Li Xuan's soul returned to the mountain, he found that his body was no longer there, and his apprentice Yang Zi was no longer seen. So I searched everywhere, only to find that my body had been cremated, and the fireworks had not been completely extinguished. Seeing the words on the link again, I understood Yang Zi's unavoidable bitterness, and I didn't blame him, but this lonely soul had nowhere to cling to, and it was floating around, which was really "calling the heavens should not be, calling the earth unspiritual".
One day, Li Xuan's soul wandered on the mountain and saw a starving man lying under a tree. He suddenly remembered the words of Taishang Laojun, "I want to get the old form of the skeleton, just in time for a new face." It seems that Taishang Laojun told him that if he wanted to get the body shell, he would have to use someone else's body. It seems that this starving man is his new face.
Li Xuan turned the starving man over, unkempt, tattered, dirty and smelly, still a cripple, with his bamboo walking stick next to him. alas! It's not easy to find a shell, where is the picky? Li Xuan didn't want to drift away anymore, so he walked into the person's body.
Li Xuan sat up, picked up the bamboo walking stick, sprayed a mouthful of water on it, and the crutch became iron. Later, people called this scruffy immortal "Iron Crutch Lee".
Tie Quan Li knew that Yang Zi's mother was dead, and thought to himself: Yang Zi can't see his mother at the last moment, also because he wants to help Master I guard the body, it seems that I have tired him, let him regret it for the rest of his life. Therefore, the iron abductor Li took the iron crutch in his hand and carried a gourd on his shoulder and came directly to Yang Zi's home. At this time, Yang Zi was lying on his mother's coffin crying loudly, beating his chest and trying to draw his sword to commit suicide.
Tie Quan Li stepped forward to stop him and said, "Sir, life and death have a destiny, and you can't force it." You can't bring your mother back to life when you die." ”
"My master's soul traveled and told me to guard his shell, who knew that he had not yet returned, and my mother was critically ill. I had no choice but to burn Master's shell in advance, but I couldn't see my mother in time. I can't do filial piety to my mother, and I don't trust Master, and you say that I still have a face to live in this world. Yang Zi wept bitterly and wanted to draw his sword to commit suicide.
Tie Quan Li hurriedly snatched Yang Zi's sword and said, "Loyalty and filial piety lie in the heart." This is how you think in your heart, which shows that you are a loyal and filial person. ”
"By the way, who are you?" Having said all that, Yang Zi still didn't know who this sloppy man who had suddenly appeared was.
"I am your master, and now I have found my body to cling to." I traveled with Taishang Laojun and got a few elixirs, which I said could only be used to help good people. Now, you are the good man. You should try to give this medicine to your mother to see if you can revive the dead. With that, Tie Quan Li poured out a sparkling elixir from the gourd.
After Yang Zi knelt down to thank him, he poured the pill into his mother's mouth with water. After a while, Yang Zi's mother opened her eyes slightly and slowly gasped for breath. Before long, her face was flushed, and everything was normal, as if she had never been sick.
"This pill is given to you, you eat well, prolong your life, and serve your mother well." Tie Quan Li poured out another pill for Yang Zi. The Yangzi family knelt down to thank him.
"Take good care of your mother." Iron Crutch Lee said, drifting away with the breeze.
After Yang Zi took the pill of Tie Quan Li, he became young and young. After serving his mother in his old age, he went to the mountains to find master. Two hundred years later, Tie Quan Li cultivated into an immortal and ascended the immortal with Yang Zi.