Crape Myrtle County.

At this time, the crape myrtle county is more lively than usual, it is just approaching the evening, and all kinds of lanterns have been hung in many places, and the candles in the lanterns emit a warm light, making this usually lively crape myrtle county seem a little gentle.

There are two figures on the crowded and lively street, both of whom are wearing some shabby robes, one old and one young, walking on the bustling street, a little out of place, until the young figure turns around and asks, it is the two masters and apprentices who have come out of the branch of the Purple Mountain to practice.

The little Taoist priest Pei Ying had never seen such a scene, following behind Master Li Guanshan, his eyes were wide and he was looking at everything on the road curiously, while the old Taoist priest looked at the apprentice with a smile on his face, Pei Ying opened his mouth and asked: "Master, how about the inner city here compared to what you said?

The old Taoist priest stroked his beard and smiled: "Naturally, Ziwei County is better, a few years ago I walked there with your senior brother, and I was impressed by the exotic customs that I had never seen before, and I stayed there for a long time, and I always wanted to come back, which is like your senior brother said that 'the gold house and silver nest are not as good as your own kennel', and it is always better to have your own place." ”

The little Taoist priest looked at the master with a look of disbelief, and then said with a smile: "Master, then why don't we go back?" We have been out for more than two months, and I miss my senior brother a little. ”

"You lazy person, walking is like practice, and after walking thousands of miles, your heart can be settled. The old Taoist priest hated iron but not steel.

"Master, you are wrong. Pei Ying shook her head, "Taoist practice pays attention to casualness, I look directly at what my heart wants and wants, how can I say that I am lazy?"

The old Taoist priest raised a hand, made a gesture, and scolded with a smile: "I told you not to learn from your senior brother to be blind and poor all day long, you always don't listen, you have only been on the mountain for a few years, how can you be more sophistic than your senior brother?"

"Master, senior brother said that this is his way, everything that exists in the world has its own way, and the way to come to the disciple is to stay on the mountain, wait for the senior brother to go up the mountain. ”

The old Taoist priest sighed helplessly: "Pei Yuan, you are still far from your senior brother, your senior brother is so sophistry, but there are some things that never put a beak in the mouth, since you want to take the path that your senior brother walked, then you should remember, you will always have a scale in your heart, and measure the truth of the world." ”

"Master, you are wrong again, the truth of the world is always told to others, I just need to let them know that the person who is reasonable is very reasonable. ”

The old Taoist priest looked at his apprentice blankly, and was silent for a while, Pei Ying on the side called a few times and did not answer, Pei Ying looked at the distracted master and stretched out his hand and patted his back gently, Li Guanshan came back to his senses, coughed to hide the embarrassment of losing his mind, and then said: "Pei Yin, it has been more than a month since I came down from Black Tiger Mountain, and I wanted to take you to Liangzhou, but now it seems that we should also go back to the mountain." ”

"Really, Master, I know that Master is still afraid that Senior Brother will be poisoned if he cooks for himself, and I will definitely tell Senior Brother to ask him to buy you one more pot of burning knife wine, no, two pots!"

The old Taoist priest had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and after a long while, he said, "Master wants to drink a pot of wine today!"

"Master, it will take more than a month to return to the mountain, and the entanglement on our bodies is not enough, and the apprentice has not eaten for several days. The little Taoist priest hurriedly stopped Master's ridiculous idea.

The old Taoist priest finally reached out and patted Pei Ying's head lightly this time: "I just bought six steamed buns, you ate four, why haven't you eaten enough?"

"Master, the apprentice is growing his body, it is normal to eat a little more, senior brother always says that to be kind to yourself is to be kind to others, don't I want to be kind to Master?" said the little Taoist priest shaking his head.

"Then did your senior brother tell you that Master is no one else?"

"That's not true, but the senior brother said that he told me to bear with the master, he was afraid that my words would make the master unhappy, so he had to take more care of the master outside. ”

"Then that's how you take care of Master?"

"Master, you don't have to rely on your conscience to say this, well, this sentence is also what Senior Brother told me, look at who made the straw sandals on your feet? The three pairs of straw sandals that Senior Brother made are all worn out, but I learned this after studying for more than ten days, and I still need to spend an hour every day to practice weaving straw sandals, you can see how many cuts have been made on these hands! Master, you are still wearing these feet just a few days ago. ”

The old Taoist priest was speechless, Pei Ying continued: "Master, it's not me who said you, these months, we have walked so many mountain roads, visited so many mountain gates, the blisters under our feet have broken one after another, they have already formed calluses, and our shoes have worn out six or seven pairs, you said you want to drink, but where are we still entangled, a few days ago I begged for water in someone else's village and was almost treated as a thief and almost didn't be kidnapped to see the official, if it wasn't for me and the man of the main family, I let us go." Moreover, being a little bitter on the path of cultivation is also part of cultivation, which is what Master said. ”

"Then why did you just say that you want to eat sugar gourd?"

"It's different!"

Facing his own sharp-toothed little apprentice, Li Guanshan could only shake his head and sigh, and had to put aside the idea of wanting to drink just now, but when he saw a handsome boy coming towards him, his apprentice Pei Ying carefully pulled his cuffs.

The old Taoist priest glanced down at Pei Ying, hesitated for a while, and then stopped the handsome Gongzi in front of him, and said: "Donor, the old Taoist is so polite, but the son wants to find an inn to rest?"

The young man looked at the figures of the old man and the young man in front of him curiously, and said with a smile: "Old Daoist, I am just passing by here, and I still need to continue to hurry." ”

The young man was not angry at the sudden blockade, stopped the horse's hooves, and a carriage followed behind him also stopped, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a very beautiful woman looked at the young man, with an inquiring look in her eyes, and the young man turned his head and said with a smile: "But are you hungry?"

A hint of emptiness flashed in the woman's eyes, and she immediately lowered the curtain and returned to the carriage.

Another woman dressed in white on a red horse behind the young man spoke: "Let's rest in the city today, they have been arranged in the suburbs, with the arrangement of the county guard of Ziwei County, Miss Qing'er, I am afraid that she will not be used to living there." ”

"It's fine. The man nodded slightly, then turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists and said to the old Dao Chief, "Where does the Dao Chief come from?"

The old Taoist priest wanted to say the name of his Taoist temple, but the little Taoist priest next to him spoke first: "Donor, Master and I are from Purple Mountain. ”

"Oh?" The young man looked at the two tattered robes in front of him in surprise, a little puzzled, but he still suppressed the doubts in his heart, and just said goodbye to Li Guanhai's master and apprentice.

The young man is Chen Jingcang, who has just arrived in Ziwei County and joined the three thousand guards, but the three thousand guards are really a bit eye-catching, so Li Fengning, the commander of the guards, informed the county guards of Ziwei County in advance, and arranged a suburban barracks for them to be used as a temporary stationing site, Chen Jingcang wanted to come to the city to eat something at this time, and then rushed to the barracks to meet the guards, but as soon as he entered the city gate, he was stopped by the two shabby Taoist priests in front of him, and after asking where they came from, Chen Jingcang was vigilant in his heart, after all, the Purple Mountain he understood was a Taoist temple with extremely prosperous incense, not to mention how luxurious the monks' Taoist robes of the Purple Mountain should be, but it is not like the robes of the two Taoist priests in front of them, washed white and patched. Chen Jingcang, who turned around and left, obviously didn't believe what the two people in front of him said, and the old Taoist's somewhat stiff face was filled with the expression that I was a master, and Chen Jingcang felt a little funny in his heart.

The old Taoist priest looked depressed, looked at Chen Jingcang, who was gradually walking away, and said to his apprentice: "Why are you not as moved by this appearance as your senior brother said?"

"Oh, Master, you're far worse than your brother. And this person is surrounded by purple light, much like the person who is lucky as the senior brother said, this kind of person can never be the kind of person who can easily trust others. And the senior brother also said, the most important thing when going out is the line, Master, you look at us like this, if you meet a self-reported family and say that you are a hermit, do you believe it?"

"You won't believe it, will you?" said the old Taoist priest suspiciously.

Pei Ying looked disappointed, shook his head and said: "Senior brother also said, let a person trust you score four steps, the first step is to understand what this person wants, the second step is to help him or guide him to achieve what he wants, the third step is to establish his own superior demeanor, and the last step can fundamentally guide him to help himself achieve what he wants." This is all the truth accumulated by the senior brother walking the rivers and lakes, and I think the truth that the senior brother said is really reasonable. ”

The little Taoist priest Pei Ying said that Li Guanshan nodded again and again, and then asked, "Then how should we do it?"

"Master, of course, the most important thing now is to catch up with that son!" Pei Ying took the old Taoist's hand and chased in the direction where Chen Jingcang left.

At this time, Chen Jingcang, who was about to enter an inn, was stopped by Li Guanshan, who was catching up, and saw the old Taoist priest shaking his head, sometimes sighing, sometimes frightened, his expression was extremely rich and changed for a while, and Pei Ying, who was on the side, shook his head.

Chen Jingcang couldn't help but ask first, "Is there something wrong with the Dao Chief?"

Li Guanshan, who was obsessed with being a master, spoke: "Poor Dao saw that another person in the donor's carriage seemed to be seriously injured, and Poor Dao knew a little about medical skills, so he dared to recommend himself for diagnosis and treatment. ”

Chen Jingcang looked at the old Taoist priest in front of him seriously, and glanced at the little Taoist priest with red lips and white teeth a few times before he said, "Daoist really has a way?"

"Poor Dao is willing to give it a try!"

Chen Jingcang turned his head and glanced at Nie Zhang, who was still sitting in the carriage, only to see him nod slightly, Chen Jingcang then clenched his fists and said, "Dao Chief, please!"

Entering the inn, Chen Jingcang asked for a few guest rooms, and then went to the carriage to pick up Ni Yu and entered the room, the old Taoist priest gently patted the worn robe, splashed a burst of dust, and was suddenly a little embarrassed, Pei Ying pulled his robe, Li Guanhai coughed and reached out to hold Ni Yu's pulse.

The old Taoist's original pretended to be a high-ranking expression gradually became solemn, and his snow-white brows were twisted like a hemp rope at this time, and after a while, he sighed: "What kind of sword intent is this?"