Several people came to Nangong Xun's courtyard, Yiyang came in first, and then quickly put away the few books scattered on the ground in the pavilion, wiped the bench with his cuffs, and quickly ran into the house.

Seeing this, Nangong Xun said to the old man: "Sir, the light in the house is not good, why don't you rest in the courtyard for a while?"

The old man smiled, waved his hand, and said, "You are the host, I am the guest, and the guest is as the host pleases." ”

After saying that, he walked into the pavilion, and suddenly felt that the pavilion was relatively cool, so he said happily: "Is this built by the Great Elder?"

Nangong, who originally saw the pavilion as if he had beaten Yiyang, hurriedly put away his thoughts and said, "Where? This should be built by the inferior Yiyang, he likes to enjoy it." ”

"Oh?" the old man looked at Nangong Tong, and when he saw him nodding, he looked at the inner room and said, "Your apprentice is very interesting!"

After that, the old man looked at the courtyard next door and said, "I don't know what kind of scenery the old hut is now, but I want to go and see it!"

The old man sat down, Nangong Xun sat opposite, took advantage of the situation to pour a glass of water for the old man with the kettle on the table in the pavilion, and said, "In the mountains and wilderness, there is only cold boiled water." ”

"It's okay, boiling water and herbal tea are all the same, all have intentions, all have the meaning of square inches!"

At this time, Yiyang walked out of the house and saw Nangong Xun and the old man sitting down, Nangong Tong and Shuang'er were standing on both sides of Nangong Xun, and the coachman was standing behind the old man on the right rear.

I also happened to hear the old man's words, so he asked: "Why does the old gentleman say this? Boiled water is boiled water, tea is tea, one tasteless, the other cultivates the mind, how can this be compared?"

The old man looked at Yiyang, and also looked at Nangong Xun, and saw that Nangong Xun also had doubts, so he took a sip of water, gently put down the water cup, and said: "This water is tasteless, but it quenches thirst, and the clear water is like a mirror. ”

The old man looked into the distance again and said softly: "Although I have lived for so many years, I don't understand tea after all, and the square inch of tea is not easy to say, I dare not say it." ”

"Why?" Yiyang walked over and asked again.

This old gentleman is a little interesting, it's good to be a teacher for Xiaomo.

The old man didn't look back, but just sighed: "Actually, what the old man doesn't like the most in his life is tea, it's too bitter." ”

"Why?"

"Because I like sweet things, especially sugar. The old man was tired from looking into the distance, so he turned his head, looked at Yiyang, and said seriously: "Child, do you like tea?"

Yiyang poured himself a glass of water, drank it, and said: "I don't like it, I just heard that the streets of Nanguo are full of tea shops, and the whole country is full of tea customers. ”

"Readers are different from readers, and the backbone of southerners also comes from tea, I don't know much, but the old man knows that there are a few people who like tea very much. The old man said calmly.

After a moment of silence, the old man said again: "One is called Ye Sheng, the other is called Jin Zhiyang, two very amazing people. ”

Yiyang listened and wanted to ask again, but then the old man looked at his yard and said, "Has anything changed in that hut?"

"Why did you say that, sir?" Yiyang was puzzled, so he took his hand and saluted, and asked.

The old man looked at him and said, "You may not know, but that used to be my cabin. ”

"Huh?" Yiyang was shocked and said, "I really don't know, when the kid took over, it was all broken." What it was like before, the kid doesn't know. ”

Nangong Xun said, "Then you take Mr. to have a look." ”

Yiyang looked at him, and then said, "What does Mr. think?"

The old man was silent, just nodded.

"Sir, please!" Yiyang said respectfully.

......

Yiyang led the old man to his small courtyard, the old man walked in front of him, familiar with the road, walked around, and then nodded, and said: "The stove, bed, and table are all the same as before, and I forgot about the others, and they are cleaner than before, not bad." ”

Yiyang pursed his lips and smiled, "Mr. Xie's compliment?"

At this time, the old man said, "You made the sword at the head of the bed in your bedroom?"

"yes!"

Then, for some reason, the old man suddenly looked at Yiyang's left hand and said, "Is there a gray-black strange-shaped birthmark on your left arm?"

Hearing this, Yiyang touched his left arm and wondered, "How did Mr. know?"

"Your master said that. The old man was stunned for a moment before answering.

Then, the old man walked out of the house and said, "Your master also said that your name comes from the pendant on your chest. ”

When he arrived in the courtyard, the old man looked back at Yiyang and said, "Do you have any thoughts on this name that may not be your name?"

Yiyang touched the pendant on his chest and said nonchalantly, "I'm used to it." ”

Then the eyes darkened for a moment, but they were well hidden.

The old man turned around and stood with his hands in his hands, "A name is just a codename, but sometimes when others think of it, you don't hesitate to think of yourself, and then promise that if this code name can be remembered by people after eternity, then then the name will be more than a codename." I think you can get rid of both of these and learn to accept it first, which is what you call a habit. ”

Yiyang was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what the old gentleman was talking about, so he casually responded, "It's okay." ”

The old man didn't respond to Yiyang, looked at the back mountain and was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Child, are you willing to accompany my old bones to see this mountain?"

"Why? What's so nice about this mountain?"

"Would you like to?"

"If the old gentleman really wants to see it, I don't have any problem, just talk to the uncle. ”

"Thank you. The old man didn't look back, his voice was a little choppy, I don't know if it was a leak or something.

After saying hello to the coachman and Nangong Xun, Yiyang took Nangong Tong and accompanied the old man to the top of the back mountain with Shuang'er on his back.

The old man stood on the grass at the top of the mountain, looked at Nanshan Village at the bottom of the mountain, and the Tibetan Sword Villa in the distance, and said: "Yiyang, Xiaomo, Shuang'er, do you know? Water is invisible, can contain all things, can be formed into any shape, some people say 'good is like water', 'good' is the real square inch of water, which is why I like water." ”

"Good is like water. The three of them repeated, and then Yiyang looked at the old man and said, "This sentence is very good." ”

"Yes, it's wonderful, a 'goodness' has its own wonderful, but it's more wonderful than making water. ”

Hearing this, it didn't seem that the old man said it, Yiyang couldn't help asking, "Didn't Mr. say this?"

"It's not. The old man turned around, looked at them, and said with a smile: "It was my apprentice who said it." ”

"The Prince of the Apocalypse?" Yiyang said in surprise, but after a while, he took it for granted, it was not surprising that the Prince of the Apocalypse said such a thing.

The old man said about the Prince of the Apocalypse, and sighed again: "Although he is my student, he is better said to be my teacher, he has taught me a lot. ”

"Is there anything else you want to learn?" Yiyang asked strangely. The old man is a Cangzhou scholar, what does he not know in the world?

"There's no end to learning, kid. The old man said a word, and then left the back mountain and walked down the mountain.

"Oh. Yiyang nodded and followed.

Several people came to the west slope again, and Yiyang followed behind, not understanding why the old man wanted to go up the mountain, and he had to go to the west slope when he went down the mountain.

The old man looked at the western slope with few trees, and did not say a word, but was silent.

After a long time, Frost yawned......

"Poof~" The little girl pretended to vomit blood, then buried her head on Yiyang's shoulder, and said two words, "Sleepy." ”

At this time, the old man spoke, "Child, if you are sleepy, go down first!"

Yiyang hesitated.

The old man said, "It's okay, I've been here many times." ”

Hearing this, Yiyang carried Shuang'er on his back and left with Nangong Tong.

Soon after the three of them left, the old man looked at the western slope, his eyes were confused, and his body trembled.

Suddenly, the old man fell to his knees and buried his head in the ground, as humble as he wanted...... His body trembled vigorously, and tears flowed vigorously.

I don't know why the old man is crying......

Thousands of miles away in the south, an old man dropped a sunspot on the chessboard in front of him, and he still couldn't win when he saw that the sunspot still couldn't win.

Then he looked at the north and sighed, "It's been many years, and it's still like this......"