"The man who is the master of heaven and earth, and the reverse journey of all things; Time is also a passer-by for hundreds of generations. And floating like a dream, for joy? ”

In a private school, a few enlightened young children are shaking their heads and reciting ancient poems. An emaciated elder with a long strand of hair and slightly closed eyes listened to the children's recitation with a smile, when he suddenly opened his eyes, and a fine light passed by between the opening and closing, which was fleeting.

"Dream Bear, why don't you see you reciting verses?"

The gentleman's words made the children stop reading and turn their heads to look at a boy by the window behind them.

The child was looking at the spring rain outside the window with a melancholy face, and when he heard the words, he slowly turned his head, looked at the old man, and asked his own questions.

"Sir, the heavens and the earth are so vast, and we are so small. Compared to time, we are all small passers-by. If that's the case, then what's the use of us reading? A hundred years later, the sky is still the same sky, the earth is still the same earth, but we are as small as dust, leaving no traces. So what is the point of us living or dying? ”

The children opened their mouths, feeling that this unsocial fellow was speaking so profoundly, and they didn't understand. Only the gentleman nodded slightly, looked at the child who was not concentrating on reading, and said, "Dream Bear, have you seen the autumn cicada?" ”

Seeing Wang Mengxiong nodding, the old gentleman said again: "Before the cicada sounded, I felt that the years had passed. As soon as you enter the desolate ear, you can smell the broken strings! A cicada burrows from the filthy ground to the surface, and then climbs the branches, and spends most of its life lurking in the ground, and after reaching the surface, it can't even pass autumn. But it comes out of the sludge without staining, and only drinks the dew, making its last sound in the sound of autumn. Can you say it's meaningless? No matter how short life is, as long as you can take a look at the world and enjoy the sunshine and rain of a summer, even if it is only for a moment, it has left traces in this world. Therefore, the ancients said that the cicada molted in the turbidity to float outside the dust. This is the highest achievement that influences the eternal world with the body of the microscopic end, how can the things of man and the primate of all things be inferior? ”

Seeing that this child named Dream Bear was deep in thought, the old gentleman did not disturb him to think, turned his head and said with a straight face: "Why are you in a daze, don't you continue?" ”

The children sat up straight and began to shake their heads again.

“…… Open a feast to sit on the flowers, fly the feathers and get drunk with the moon. If there is no good song, how can he Shen Yahuai? ……”

Although Mr. enlightened, Wang Mengxiong did not completely come out of his melancholy mood. He always felt that he was out of place with his surroundings, just like the passers-by mentioned in Li Taibai's poems.

"Reach out!"

The old gentleman stood in front of Wang Mengxiong with a ring ruler in his hand, and said expressionlessly.

Wang Mengxiong stretched out his right hand according to his words, stretched out his palm flat, and turned his palm up.

"Papapa", three crisp sounds, and then the old gentleman turned his head and left, with his two hands behind his back, shaking the ring ruler lightly, and walking out of the classroom.

After a moment of silence, the whole classroom exploded into a nest. The young children gathered around Wang Mengxiong's desk, gossiping.

"Dream Bear, you are so bold, you have made Mr. angry, beware of your father beating you when you go home!"

"The sound of sir's ring ruler is so loud, Dream Bear, you must be in a lot of pain, right? After I was beaten a few days ago, I came home with swollen palms like steamed buns! ”

"yes, yes! I don't know where he got the strength, and I didn't see him exert himself, so it hurt in my heart! ”

Wang Mengxiong didn't care to listen to what these young children said, he looked through the window at the back of Mr. who disappeared into the depths of the courtyard, and looked at the ring ruler that was still dripping and spinning on Mr. 's fingers but couldn't fall off, thoughtfully.

After a long time of trouble, the children felt bored when they saw that Wang Mengxiong still ignored him. The gentleman left in a bad mood, and he didn't see him come out of the back house for a long time, and it was close to lunch time, so he discussed it and dispersed in a hurry.

The big camphor tree in the yard blocks the midday sun in mid-air and casts shade on the ground. Only a few unwilling rays of sunlight pass through the gaps in the layers of leaves and cast onto the ground, leaving bits and pieces of mottled spots. A few foraging chicks were happily pecking at the rice grains put by their owners in the yard, when they were suddenly disturbed by the sound of footsteps, flapping their young wings and scattering in all directions. When the footsteps were gone, they gathered together again, grabbing what little food was left.

Footsteps rang out outside the door, followed by a tuk tuk knock. The old gentleman was lying on the bamboo bed, with a hint of joy on his face, and said with a slight smile: "Who is coming?" ”

"Sir, it's me, Wang Mengxiong!"

"Mengxiong, during the lunch break, why don't you hurry home for dinner, why do you come to me? You know, sir, I'm still angry, I'm still hungry, but I didn't have a meal for you! ”

Wang Mengxiong stood outside the door and replied respectfully: "Sir, don't lie to me with anger, if you are really angry, why is the student's palm not red and swollen at all?" Besides, you hit the student three times and turned around and left, just because I wanted to come to the backyard to see you after school. The students came as promised, and I hope that Mr. will teach me! ”

"Hahaha, the son can be taught!"

The old gentleman jumped up from the bed, and his skills were crisp and neat, without the old age of a man of his age. Jumped to the door in a few steps, pushed the door open, and beckoned to Wang Mengxiong who was standing outside the door.

"Come in!"

Wang Mengxiong entered the room, turned around and closed the door. When he turned around and looked up, he saw the old gentleman looking at him with his long hair in his hand. Hurriedly said: "Sir, the student came according to the appointment, I don't know if I can understand it correctly?" ”

"Yes, yes, you got it right. I have observed you for a long time, and I know that although you occasionally wander away, you are pure and filial, sincere in your treatment of others, clever in your mind, and quite good in your bones! I have an ancestral hand-me-down, I don't want to take it to the grave, I want to find a successor, I don't know what you think? ”

Wang Mengxiong always looks like an idiot outside the gods on weekdays, but at this time, he is very happy, and he knelt on his knees and kowtowed three times in a row and said: "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!" ”

The old gentleman took three rounds of his head, and then he stretched out his hand to help him up, led him to the table and sat down, and began to tell him the origin of this loose hand.

"You only know that Master's surname is Li, and his name is Yinyue, but you don't know that Master's ancestor was once the brother of Li Su'e, the wife of Yue Wumu, the hero of the Northern Song Dynasty's anti-Jin Dynasty. After Yue Wumu died unjustly, his wife and children were exiled to Lingnan for 20 years, and he was always with him, but he was unable to return to Lin'an with Mrs. Yue because he married a wife and had children in Lingnan. Li Su'e thanked my ancestor for his sincerity all the way, and specially instructed his grandson to teach him the Yue family initiated by Yue Wumu. Later, my ancestor didn't want people to mistakenly think that he was clinging to the powerful indiscriminately, so he hid this relationship and didn't say anything, and even the Yue family was only circulated within the clan. Now that I am old and frail, and I have no children under my knees, I am afraid that this martial art that has been passed down from generation to generation will be lost, so I will secretly investigate with you. Now that you have passed the investigation, I will teach it to you! ”