The monk sends the secret word

Wang Langao was a native of Jiangning. When he was young, he traveled to the left side of the mountain, and when Xie Qian was in rebellion, he ran to the Aldehyde Spring Temple in Changshan Mountain to take refuge. There, he met the brothers Wang Ranting and Wang Xiqiao and became good friends with them. At that time, Wang Ruanting was not yet twenty years old, but he was very talented and his poetry and writing were clear and wonderful. Langao admired him and thought he was a strange talent. There was a monk in Aldehyde Spring Temple, whose legal name was Putao, who came from Wenshu Institute in Huangshan Mountain. He ate meat and drank wine and did not follow the precepts; he had a brash personality and looked down on people in general, but only to Ruan Ting with respect.

One day, Pu Tao and Langao carried wine and climbed to the top of Changbai Peak, wanting to have a drink there. Pu Tao looked up and saw a group of birds flying in the sky, so he took out a projectile, and with a wave of his hand, several birds were shot and fell to the ground. Rango asked him what kind of magic he was using, and he didn't answer. The two men then raised a glass and drank. After a while, Pu Tao some drunkenness, leaning against a tree, sitting on a large stone plate. Was looking up at the sky-long whistle, and suddenly look changed, shaking his sleeves finger sky. Only to see the white light rise, like a white train. Pu Tao followed and jumped up, the cold wind, a little wind, people straight shiver. Rango looked toward the sky and underground, Pu Tao has disappeared. Seeing this situation, Langao was very afraid, they hurried down the mountain back to the temple.

At night, Langao slept in the middle of the night, and Pu Tao carried leather pockets came in. The mouth curls were dripping blood outward. Rango was so scared that he got up and ran out to hide. Pu Tao said to him, "Don't be afraid, I'm going to save the people who are suffering." He said, and pointed his finger to the skin mouth curl and said, "Here is the head of the thief. Why don't you take a look at it?'' Then, Putao took out a small box from his arms, took out a black pill from it, and threw the black pill into the pocket. Hearing only a click, the leather pocket split into two, leaking out more than a bucket of water. After that, the pocket shrunk again.

The next day, someone came to the mountains and said that the rebels had invaded Zichuan and were about to slaughter the innocents, when suddenly a divine soldier came with the wind and cut off the heads of the rebels one by one, and the others scattered in the wind. The government troops were chasing them, and the siege of New Town was lifted. Hearing this news, Langao believed that Pu Tao had divine magic. Language then secretly asked him, Pu Tao said: "now is in a peaceful year, when the invisible is not out. Because of the fate with you, only with you around. I just hope you won't tell Ruan Ting, he is a noble man, and he is the authentic poet of the world, I don't want to let my affairs become the material of his poetry, leaving a mouthful for future generations. However, you will also become a nobleman, I have a secret word left to you, do not open easily until the time of emergency." Saying that he took out a red paper packet, sealed it tightly, and gave it to Langao. Rango accepted the red packet and treasured it. Soon, he said goodbye to Putao and left the monastery.

Later, when Langgao was the salt government of two Zhejiang provinces, Geng Jingzhong, who was under the clan of Fujian, sent a diatribe to him, asking him to take out salt tax to supplement the army's income. At this time, the war scourge in Zhejiang Province also continued, the treasury was empty, and Langgao was late in responding. Geng Jingzhong was furious and ordered him to be arrested and sent to Fujian, where he was to be tortured. When Langao heard the news, he was frightened and suddenly remembered the secret words taught by the monk Pu Tao, so he prayed in the sky at night and then opened the red paper bag. Inside the bag were two yellow paper talismans with the words "Burn and Swallow" written next to them. He took out a yellow paper talisman, burned it into ashes, and swallowed it. At once, he felt light and floating, as if someone had lifted him into the air, and the wind carried him through the air, straight to Geng Jingzhong's bedroom. He drew his sword from the wall and danced in front of Geng Jingzhong's bed tent. Geng Jingzhong and his concubine were kneeling naked under the bed, trembling and begging for their lives.

Langao cut off his beard by more than an inch, threw the sword to the ground, and went away.

When he flew back to his apartment in Zhejiang, the lamp on the desk was flickering, and it was not yet lit. Language thought he was dreaming. On the next day, Geng Jingzhong sent another order to let Langao continue to serve as an official and not pursue his responsibility. Language requested to resign and move his family to live in Shaoxing.