Chapter 8 Someone Snitches
Not long after Yin Zhiping took the package back to his room, he was taking a sip of water and resting for a while. Before he could open the package, he suddenly heard a heavy bell ringing, but it was late class time.
"Oh, it's so annoying every morning and evening class!" Yin Zhiping complained helplessly, but did not dare not to go. He tidied up his face in front of the bronze mirror, held his hair bun, and went out to the hall.
He came earlier this time. When he arrived at the Sanqing Hall, there were not many people in the hall. He sat on his own cushion and waited for a while. Dozens of disciples from the Zhi generation arrived. In the end, he was naturally behind the Sixth Son of Quanzhen. After Quanzhen was settled, he heard another chime sound, and then the eunuch disciple who was in charge of the hall shouted, "The evening class began!"
As usual, I recite the Three Pure Mantras first in the evening class, but after reciting the Three Pure Mantras, I did not recite the "Tao Te Ching" and "Prajna Heart Sutra" again, but instead recite the "Fishing Sutra". This is the rule of Chongyang Palace. Morning class is the "Tao Te Ching" and "Prajna Heart Sutra", and evening class is the "Fishing Sutra". However, before reciting the sutras in the morning and evening classes, I have to recite the three Pure Mantras, "Purifying Heart", "Purifying Mouth", and "Purifying Body".
Generally speaking, morning classes are more important, and evening classes are second. This is not only the Quanzhen Taoist Chongyang Palace, but also other Taoist temples, as well as Buddhist temples. But even if you have a short evening class, you cannot be missing for no reason, otherwise there will be serious punishment. In this regard, the Taoist temples and temples in the world are the same.
After the evening class, there is no dinner. The disciples of Chongyang Palace usually eat two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Only on some special days will there be extra meals. In fact, it is not just Chongyang Palace. In this world, most families in the world basically eat two meals a day, and only during festivals or when they have heavy physical labor can they eat three meals a day. This is done in order to save food, save one meal a day, and after a year, I don’t know how much food you need to save. Only wealthy people are not afraid of being poor will they usually eat three meals a day, and they have to have a midnight snack when they are hungry.
In his previous life, Yin Zhiping often had two meals a day. However, he usually did not eat breakfast because he got up late, and then he ate breakfast and lunch together, which was called brunch. And dinner was a must. If he stayed up late and was hungry in the middle of the night, he would also add a midnight snack. Therefore, his two meals a day were lunch and dinner, which was different from the dietary rules of Chongyang Palace, especially dinner was particularly important to him. Because lunch was brunch, he often treated it simply. He only had a serious meal at night, which was usually rich.
Yin Zhiping couldn't stand it because he didn't have dinner after the Chongyang Palace. He didn't have someone to eat after the evening class. Fortunately, he was prepared and bought a few buns when he came back from the town and brought them back. He was in the package.
But he was sorry that he didn't dare to buy meat buns, so he only bought a few vegetarian ones. Because the town was at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, closest to Chongyang Palace, there were often disciples of Quanzhen Sect coming and going, and he was afraid that he would be caught by someone, so he did not dare to buy them without any chance. Moreover, the people in the town were mostly believers of Quanzhen Sect. If they were seen and spread to the believers, they would have a bad impact on him. If they were told to those who were interested, they would still be punished if they sued him for breaking the precepts.
He is the first disciple of Qiu Chuji, Ziqiu, Changchun. Not only is his martial arts one of the top disciples among the third generation, but his character and demeanor are often praised by his elders, and he is also popular. Many of the three generations of disciples have made good friends with him. The current leader of Quanzhen Sect, Danyangzi, Ma Yu, already intends to ask him to be the first disciple of the third generation.
In this position, after the elders leave in the future, they will take over the entire Quanzhen Sect and become the master of the sect. They can be said to be the future sect, with a high position and a powerful and very popular one. Among the three generations of disciples, there are countless people who are interested in it.
Although Yin Zhiping has many good friends among the three generations of disciples, many people are jealous of him. Especially the eldest disciple under Wang Chuyi, Zhao Zhijing, who is the best martial arts among the three generations of disciples, has always been quite dissatisfied with him and has even stared at the position of the first disciples of the three generations of disciples. He has always been very close to his biggest competitor, ready to catch his pain and handle at any time.
Although Yin Zhiping now doesn't like his identity as a Taoist priest of the Quanzhen Sect, and he doesn't have much interest in the dispute over the first disciples, and he is eager to be fired from the Quanzhen Sect immediately; but he just came through time today and still needs time to adapt. His current identity is still very useful to him, and his future plans also require them, so he still needs to play the role of Yin Zhiping in a short time. Naturally, he doesn't want to be caught and beaten to the ground because of a small loss.
Now that he left Chongyang Palace after breakfast, he had not seen anyone all day, he was asked clearly by Zhao Zhijing and filed a lawsuit in front of Liuzi. When the evening class was about to end, Qiu Chuji called him and kept him for questioning after everyone left.
"Zhiping, I heard that you left Chongyang Palace after breakfast today. There were no people all day long and didn't come back until evening class. What did you do?" Qiu Chuji waited for everyone to leave, and then asked Yin Zhiping, his tone was a bit stern.
It’s not his fault. Yin Zhiping, who was originally from the Chongyang Palace, has always been away from the Chongyang Palace. Every day, he has either practiced martial arts or read scriptures, and was very serious in his practice. Today, he is contrary to usual. Not only has he left for a whole day, he doesn’t even say hello when he goes out. Although Qiu Chuji cares about his disciples very much, he has always been very strict and always has a very strict face.
Yin Zhi bowed and replied respectfully, "Reported to Master, after breakfast today, I left the palace, but went to the mountain to find a quiet place to practice martial arts by myself. In the afternoon, I bought some things from the town at the foot of the mountain, and lunch was also used in the town."
Yin Zhiping did not hide it from it. He told the truth, but just kept the more important joints hidden and did not mention it. This is called selective truth. In the world of his previous life, news reports often used this trick. Sometimes this selective truth can be more deceptive because it is true that it is true.
"Oh!" Qiu Chuji's expression cleared slightly when he heard this, he stretched out his hand and stroked his long beard under his chin and asked, "You used to practice martial arts in the palace. Why did you want to go out today? What did you buy again when you went down the mountain?"
Yin Zhiping still answered respectfully: "Master, my disciple has encountered a bottleneck in recent days when practicing martial arts. Although he worked hard every day, he always felt that there was no progress. Today, he suddenly became happy and thought that he might try a different environment, so he left the palace and went to the mountains to practice."
"How do you feel when you practice today?" Qiu Chuji asked with some concern.
Yin Zhiping said happily: "Master, my disciple practices in the mountains today are indeed very different from the past. I appreciate the beautiful scenery in the mountains along the way, see the beautiful peaks and the magnificent mountains and rivers, and I feel that my heart is broad. I feel that I am very energetic when practicing martial arts. I have been stagnant for many days and have made progress. Master, I would like to allow my disciples to practice alone in the mountains in the future!"
After saying that, he bowed deeply. He said this, which was to find excuses to go out in advance in the future. Moreover, he really liked to practice alone in the mountains and forests. Like Yin Zhiping before, he only practiced hard in the Chongyang Palace. He felt that he had developed a habit of eating, and had laziness. Without freshness and motivation, he naturally had no progress or improvement.
Qiu Chuji pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "Okay, since you feel that practicing in the mountains can make progress, then you will be able to do this!"
"Thank you, Master!" Yin Zhiping was happy and hurriedly continued.
Then, without waiting for Qiu Chuji to ask again, Yin Zhiping continued to answer another question, what did he buy in the town. His answer was the same as the answers of the peers he met when he returned to Chongyang Palace, that was that the original mattress was broken and he went down the mountain to buy a new one. Since he had informed the others in Chongyang Palace, he could no longer make up lies with Qiu Chuji, and he was also telling the truth. He did buy a mattress, but it was just a leopard skin.
Qiu Chuji nodded after hearing his answer, and did not ask any more questions. Then he talked a few more times and let him go.
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Chapter completed!