Jinling is located in the eastern region of China, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, near the river and the sea.

With a history of more than 6,000 years of civilization, nearly 2,600 years of city building and nearly 500 years of capital history, Jinling is one of the four ancient capitals of China, known as the "ancient capital of six dynasties" and "the capital of ten dynasties", and is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization.

Jinling is mountainous and has many lakes, with the famous Bauhinia Mountain, Lingyan Mountain, Meihua Mountain, Youzi Mountain, Fangshan Mountain...... There are also the famous Yanque Lake, Xuanwu Lake, Jinniu Lake, Ginkgo Lake, Ziqing Lake, Zixia Lake......

Next to the famous Lingyan Mountain, there is a dilapidated house, if it were not for the smoke rising in the courtyard, then even if tens of millions of tourists came to the door, they would not feel that this was a courtyard where people lived.

Xia Chen walked in front of the door, rubbed his nose, knocked directly on the door and shouted, "Master, I'm back." The dust on the door flew up, and the choked Xia Chen coughed a few times.

One was wearing a Taoist robe, with slightly long sideburns and a slight white color, and he didn't know that he thought he had come to some well-known Taoist temple. The old man stretched out his hand, tapped Xia Chen's head with his hand and said, "You came back late, 5 days late." ”

Xia Chen pursed his lips and said with a little helplessness: "I originally planned to come back a day earlier than agreed, but a sudden rescue mission disrupted my plan, and I was injured because of it, and you don't care about my master."

If there was someone else next to him at this time, and that person was very familiar with Xia Chen, he would definitely be stunned by what Xia Chen said. Because Xia Chen is the king of soldiers in the eyes of his comrades-in-arms, Xia Chen is a taciturn and cold boy in the eyes of his classmates, and now he is a child who begs for comfort.

"I know you're hurt, and you look like you should be fine. Otherwise, you might come back?" the old man smiled and touched Xia Chen's head.

"Master, the apprentice is back, how are you doing in 5 years?" Xia Chen pounced on him emotionally and hugged the old man.

Five years ago, Xia Chen decided to drop out of school and become a soldier, and Master agreed, but Master demanded that today, five years later, he must come back! That day was covered with dark clouds, and the day was as gloomy as the night, and people were overwhelmed. Xia Chen hugged the master and cried, but the master stroked Xia Chen's back with a smile.

Five years later, Xia Chen returned, the wind was beautiful, and he excitedly hugged his master and left tears of happiness. Master was still smiling and caressing Xia Chen's back as before.

"Come in, what are you still standing at the door?" said the master kindly patted Xia Chen on the shoulder.

Xia Chen walked into that familiar and unfamiliar environment, the yard and the outside of the yard are simply worlds apart, the outside of the yard is in tatters as if it has not been inhabited for a long time, but if you walk into the yard, you will find that the yard is clean and spotless. In Xia Chen's memory, this courtyard has always been like this, the inside and the outside are completely different.

The two of them sat on the stone bench, and the old man said softly, "I called you back this time because I want you to do what you want to do the most."

"What do you want to do the most?" Xia Chen said to himself

What Xia Chen wants to do the most, there are many things he wants to do, he wants to be filial to his master, the master has no children and no daughters under his knees, only a half-son and half-apprentice himself, he also wants to find a partner who can be with him for a lifetime, but these are not what he wants to do the most, what he wants to do most is to find his parents, and want to ask them why they abandoned me at the foot of Lingyan Mountain, if it wasn't for the master passing by there by chance, then he would have starved to death.

"Master, what about you?" Xia Chen did not forget Master at this time, although Xia Chen now called him Master, but Xia Chen had already regarded him as his grandfather in his heart.

"I~, I'll continue to live here, and when I want to go out, I'm looking for you" Master smiled kindly

"Okay" Xia Chen didn't persuade the master much, because he knew what the master had decided and would not change easily.

"Before going down the mountain, Master told you three things, the first is to ask you to go to your parents, I know that this is your heart disease, and now your realm is increasing day by day, if you don't get rid of your heart disease, it will inevitably affect your progress. The second master wants you to help me find an exercise called "Practicing the Heart Sutra". The third master was practicing medicine when he was walking the world, he saved a businessman, he knew that I had no children under my knees and only one apprentice, so he wanted to tie the knot with me. The old man laughed.

"Ah, baby baby, when did it happen? Why don't I know" Xia Chen smiled bitterly

"I can let you know everything. Master glanced at Xia Chen

"That old man's name is Lin Jianghai, and his granddaughter's name is Lin Lu, I heard that Lin Jianghai's career is very big now, if you marry her granddaughter, maybe in the future, you won't worry about money. The old man teased Xia Chen

"Master, you should know that although I don't regard money as dung, I will not put my happiness on the line because of money. Xia Chen said righteously

"Your master, I believe in you, and the master also wants to tell you about this, if you really don't like the woman named Lin Lu at all, you don't have to care about this doll, the master also wants to see you happy, so that I can give birth to an apprentice grandson in the future" The old man touched Xia Chen's head amiably, he clearly knew that if he didn't say this, Xia Chen would definitely become a member of the popular "kneeling and licking" outside.

"By the way, Master, what's the use of the "Heart Sutra" you said?" Xia Chen felt warm in his heart after listening to Master's words, but he also asked Master with some doubts.

""Practicing the Heart Sutra, the origin is unknown, the destination is unknown, I only know that if you learn the exercises, you will reach an unknown realm. When the old man talked about this exercise, his eyes became fiery, as if he had received a priceless treasure.

"Master, I don't know where I came from, and I don't know where to go, where can I find it?" Xia Chen looked at Master with a smile and said

"It's up to you to find out for yourself, there's nothing I can do. ”

Well, it's better not to talk about it. Isn't that piquing my curiosity?

"Prepare to prepare, prepare to go down the mountain tomorrow, someone will come to pick you up. Master smiled slightly

"Ah, are you going down the mountain tomorrow? I just came back, and I haven't been with you yet. Someone will come to pick me up, who is it?" Xia Chen showed a hint of doubt and reluctance.

"As a teacher, how can you let you, a child in the prime of your youth, stay by my side? The secret of heaven must not be revealed, so wait and see!" Master smiled secretly.

Deler, Master, this is to see yourself deflated.

"Brother Chen, why don't you tell me when you're back?" A fat man with a somewhat fat body and horizontal development came to Xia Chen and them.

"Isn't it too late, if I did, I'd be looking for you. Xia Chen stood up and looked at the fat man in front of him who called himself Brother Chen, his name was Fu Xing, Xia Chen's childhood playmate and classmate.

"Look, old fairy, I've brought you good things. Fu Xing took out the roast chicken wrapped in oiled paper and a bottle of rice wine that he brewed himself.

Old Immortal is the name of the master in the surrounding villages, because all kinds of diseases in the surrounding villages come to Master for treatment, ranging from all kinds of incurable diseases to fever, cold, diarrhea...... Moreover, Master is already approachable, and people like to talk about family life with Master.

"It's just right, your brother Xia Chen is back, let's have a drink. Master looked at the two of them and said with a smile

"Okay, then I'll fry a few dishes. ”

After a while, the courtyard was full of aroma, and Xia Chen had already fried 6 dishes, each of which was full of color, flavor, and flavor.

"Brother Chen, this dish is enough, you can't waste it if you eat more. Fu Xinghan smiled.

"It's okay right away, it's just an egg soup away. Xia Chen's voice came from the blackened house.

"Old Immortal, what does Brother Chen plan to do in the future?"

"Go out in a few days"

At this time, Xia Chen had already come out of the kitchen with egg soup, looking at the two people who were laughing and laughing, Xia Chen's mouth was also chuckling, thinking that the peaceful days were back.

"Tang is coming" Xia Chen shouted, and the two of them gave way, and Xia Chen put the soup safely on the table.

"Brother Chen, I heard the old fairy say, you will go out for a few days, can you take me with you?" Fu Xing diligently poured Xia Chen a full glass of rice wine.

"Don't you have a job yet?" Xia Chen took a sip of rice wine impatiently.

"No," Fu Xing said with some embarrassment

It is said that after graduating from university, Fu Xing should be looking for a good job, but he just can't find it.

"Didn't you graduate from college, and it's so difficult to find a job" Xia Chen ate the food in his mouth, and his speech was a little slurred.

"Some of today's college students can't find a job, and now college students are working as food delivery workers, waiters, and security guards...... There are even those who are unemployed at home," Fu Xing explained helplessly

Xia Chen put down his chopsticks and said solemnly: "In that case, then you can follow me down the mountain to mix, but I said ugly that we will make half of the money that is good in front of us, and you don't blame me if you don't mix well." ”

Brothers settle accounts, we all have to think about things ahead, otherwise the relationship between brothers will become worse and worse if the money is not earned, then it is better not to do things together.

"Of course, no matter how good or bad Brother Chen is, we will be good brothers in this life. Fu Xing raised his wine glass and faced Xia Chen.

"Okay, but I'll have to wait for someone"

"Who are you waiting for?" Fu Xing looked at Xia Chen with some confusion.

Xia Chen glanced at the smiling master and motioned for Fu Xing to ask him about the master.

Fu Xing turned his eyes to look at the smiling old immortal, and said with a smile: "Who is the old immortal waiting for?"

"The secret of heaven cannot be leaked, let's wait and see tomorrow!"

Xia Chen shrugged his shoulders, he was also very helpless, his master's mouth was so tight that ordinary people couldn't knock it open.

After a few people ate and drank enough, and after cleaning up the food scraps on the table, it was already dark, and Fu Xing did not go home but chose to live in the room next to Xia Chen.

At night, Xia Chen climbed to the roof and quietly looked at the stars in the sky. Xia Chen couldn't help but recall that when he was unhappy when he was a child, the master would take him to the room to look at the stars, and the master always took the trouble to talk about each special star.

Xia Chen thought about it, his eyes were slightly red, he rubbed his eyes, and went back to his room.

The next day, Xia Chen got up early, as the saying goes, "the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the day lies in the morning", under the supervision of the master, Xia Chen got up at three o'clock when he was very young and practiced until five o'clock to go to school, and this day has been insisted on until Xia Chen joined the army. During his military career, Xia Chen was also a little lazy, and he didn't get up until five o'clock every day to exercise.

The sun has gradually risen at five o'clock, and Xia Chen's clothes have been soaked with practice, this is not a void, this is a normal phenomenon that the body's metabolism is accelerated.

After Xia Chen finished practicing, he went to make some breakfast, and by the way, he called Fu to get up.

To be continued......