The remnant sun was sinking in the west, the shadows of the trees were swaying, and Yan Zhang and his party finally arrived outside Chang'an City after more than ten days of trekking. Seeing that he couldn't enter the city before dark, Xiao Zhuo had no choice but to propose to find an inn outside the city to live in and enter the city tomorrow.

A few people had just found a good inn, Yan Zhang looked at the magnificence of Chang'an City in the distance, and committed the acid disease of a literati, composing poems and reminiscing about the past, and Xiao Zhuo next to him couldn't wait to kick him in now.

They could have come outside Chang'an City three days in advance, but it was because of Yan Zhang's sourness: they encountered a beautiful place - a trip; Encounter the monuments of the predecessors - pay respects; Encountering a historical city - sighed, I don't know how many times the carriage stopped all the way, Xiao Zhuo thought that today was finally over, but he didn't expect to come again.

If only Yan Zhang, forget it, the key is that under Yan Zhang's poetry, it also attracted several like-minded people around him, and several people talked about the feelings of the ancients, and talked about each other's life perceptions, Xiao Zhuo had no choice but to go back to the house to rest first.

"Hey! Why are you old again? We don't have anything to eat here, so let's go somewhere else! ”

Xiao Zhuo had just raised his feet upstairs when he heard the urging voice of the shopkeeper downstairs, and when he looked around, it turned out to be a tour of the Taoist who had come to this inn to make a fortune, and was being driven out by the shopkeeper. It's just that this long beard is all white, and his face is ruddy, and he doesn't look like he has been weathered at all, especially after being pushed by the shopkeeper several times, he looks like an old and old body, but he doesn't see any unstable feet, Xiao Zhuo felt something different, and walked over.

"Little Er, what's going on?" Xiao Zhuo saw that this long appearance was extraordinary, and he was worried that he would be angered by the shopkeeper and cause some trouble.

"Guest! This old way was here three days ago, I didn't say that there would be a distinguished customer in our store, and I insisted on staying in our store, I thought that he might be hungry, and found a reason to turn fate, so I gave some food, which Cheng thought that he came every day for the past three days, and recognized us here! The shopkeeper hurriedly replied, looking quite annoyed.

"So that's the case, then you arrange a room for this Taoist chief, and the cost will be ours." After speaking, he turned his head to look at the old Dao Chief, "Dao Chief, you will stay here tonight, please leave as soon as possible tomorrow, otherwise as soon as we leave, I don't know if there is anyone to help you." Xiao Zhuo said bitterly to the old Taoist, but the old Taoist was also quite appreciative, shook the dust with his right hand, put it on his left arm, and lightly recited the end: "Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" Then he walked into the inn.

"The donor is kind-hearted, and the poor man has thanked the donor for his kindness." The old Taoist was not polite, and he had already chased the shopkeeper to find his room while speaking.

At night, Xiao Zhuo dreamed of the golden carp again, the golden carp in the dream finally accepted his admiration, the two sang hand in hand, in pairs, swimming between the mountains and wilderness for a while, riding horses on the desert for a while, the world is big, the world is wide, the mountains and forests sing for them, the swallow birds and bees and butterflies dance for them, Xiao Zhuo has felt that life is like this, what more can the husband ask for! But as soon as the picture turned, he was already in his twilight, but the golden carp was still delicate, there was no laughter, no light singing and slow tea, until he was unwilling to go, the golden carp never gave up, looking at the golden carp's uncomplaining and regretless eyes, he was unwilling, but more reluctant! But he had to admit that he had lost her in this life! If there is an afterlife, he will no longer live up to the grace of beauty! There is a way that dreams are born from the heart, just a blink of an eye, he saw that the golden carp kept looking for his reincarnation, and took the reincarnated him, walking through all the places they had been, life and life were like this, the world turned, and the dream eventually became a nightmare, he wanted to wake up, but he couldn't do anything about it.

"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

was sinking into a nightmare, Xiao Zhuo heard a clear road signal in his ears, and woke up from the nightmare, and when he looked at his body again, his clothes were already soaked with sweat. Remembering that call again, he hurriedly walked out of the door to find the old Taoist during the day.

"Late Xiao Zhuo, thank you for the grace of the Taoist leader!"

In the backyard of the inn, Xiao Zhuo finally found the old Taoist who was watching the stars at night, at this time the old Taoist was sitting alone at the stone table and drinking tea, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly stepped forward to bow and thank you.

"The donor doesn't need to be polite, today the poor road has to be given by the donor for a night, and now the donor is relieved of this misfortune, the fate comes and goes, and the donor is blessed with longevity. Besides, the sighs of the poor road today are not all for the benefactor. Although the old Taoist was talking to Xiao Zhuo, he didn't turn his head to look at Xiao Zhuo, as if it was really as he said, helping Xiao Zhuo to relieve his misfortune was only incidental.

Xiao Zhuo thought about what Xiao Er said during the day, and saw that this Dao Chief was here with a long sigh, plus the old Dao Chief could help him get rid of his nightmare tonight, after all, he didn't want to believe that his appearance here was just a coincidence, so he walked forward again.

"Forgive me for the presumptuousness of being late, and dare to ask what the chief sighed about?"

Hearing Xiao Zhuo's question, the old Taoist elder turned his head to look at him, and then spoke leisurely: "The donor is a worldly person, is he also interested in the astrological things of this life palace?" ”

"Don't hide the Taoist, although he was born in the family of the eunuch, but since he was a child, he likes to hear strange things, today's daytime, when he saw the Taoist Dao Bone Fairy Wind, he did his best to do his best, and he didn't want to get the help of the Taoist at night, and he had to get rid of the nightmare. Shicai sighed when he saw the Taoist looking at the stars, and he wanted to know the reason. After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, he bowed down again to show his sincerity.

"I see! Since the donor has the heart to ask, he will come forward and say! After the old Taoist finished speaking, he shook the dust lightly, swept the wooden chair next to him, and motioned for Xiao Zhuo to step forward and sit down.

"Since the donor has heard the world's strange news, I don't know what to think of tonight's astrological signs?" After Xiao Zhuo sat down, the old Taoist stretched out a hand and pointed to the starry sky and asked.

The old Taoist asked this question, but Xiao Zhuo was stumped, although he had heard a lot of strange news about the stars, but he couldn't do anything to let him find out the clues from the starry sky.

"Please also ask the Taoist to give advice!" After Xiao Zhuo gave a slight salute, he reached out and lifted the teapot on the stone table, filling the old Taoist's already empty teacup again. The old Taoist nodded slightly, and said: "My Taoist family has opened the yin and yang gossip since the emperor Fuxi, and the numerology, stargazing, divination, and celestial performance contained in it are for the heavenly trigram, just because there are too many heavenly opportunities involved. And among the trigrams, there is a star that is related to the fate of the world, has the donor ever heard of it? ”

"If the palace kills the wolf now, the world will change hands unstoppably! But the Taoist said this? Xiao Zhuo replied easily, but his heart was terrified. Since the opening of the Great Sui Dynasty, although he has only experienced Emperor Wen as an emperor, but twenty-four years of monarchs and ministers have been concentric, the world has shown the appearance of prosperity, although the new monarch has just ascended the throne, but all kinds of measures to govern the world in peace and security, all show the courage to carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future. If the astrological signs mentioned by this chief really kill the wolf and the three stars gather, wouldn't the world be in chaos!

"The donor is smart, look at this Beidou night sky, the greedy wolf is bright, the new army is broken, and it is already ready to go, just wait for the Lord of the Seven Killing Stars of the Southern Dipper to answer the order, the world will be in chaos, and the people will suffer from the disaster of war!" The old Taoist said this, and recited the end of the road again, as if he was not joking at all.

"Since the Taoist knows that the people of the world are about to die, why don't he help the people of the world from this misfortune?" Xiao Zhuo took the teacup in one hand and served it with both hands, and the old Taoist reached out to take it, but he didn't drink it immediately.

"What the donor said is wrong, although the people in my Taoist sect have the ability to know the destiny of heaven, but if they know the destiny of heaven and act against the sky, it will be the curse of heaven! Just like Dayu controls the water, block! then the torrent bursts the embankment, and Kyushu floods; Sparse! Only then can Wanchuan return to the sea, the four seas are leveled, although the water in the canal is still turbulent, but outside the canal, it is already fertile land. Therefore, if we can follow the fate of the heavens, although this catastrophe cannot be avoided, the days when the people are poisoned by the war can be shortened by many days. ”

"In this way, the noble person that the Taoist chief mentioned three days ago is the one who can save the common people, right?" Xiao Zhuo tried his best to suppress the emotions in his heart, and slowly poured himself a cup of tea. This Dao Chang came to this inn three days ago, and if they didn't delay their trip, they would have arrived here three days ago, if it was just an ordinary person, Xiao Zhuo would like to believe that this was a coincidence, but the old Dao Chang in front of him, when the Dao horn that woke him up, he was still in the inn room, the distance between the two places was so far, the Dao number was so clear but it was like in his ears, how could Xiao Zhuo believe that it was a coincidence. As for the people who rescued the common people, Xiao Zhuo also had a plan in his heart.

"Hehehehe." The old Taoist elder smiled in harmony, put the teacup in front of his nose and sniffed it gently, "Do you want to know who this person is?" ”

As soon as Xiao Zhuo heard the old Taoist chief ask, he quickly bowed down and stood up, and gave a deep salute, "The qualifications of the late life are reckless, and thanks to the love of the Taoist chief, I really don't dare to take on this great responsibility, besides, there are still mundane things in the later life, so it is not appropriate to follow the Taoist to practice the way of obeying the heavens, and I also ask the Taoist to choose another meritocracy." ”

"How does the benefactor know that the person I choose must be you?" When the old Taoist saw Xiao Zhuo get up and salute, he thought that he was going to learn from his teacher, but he didn't expect Xiao Zhuo to refuse politely, and the teacup that was put on his mouth had to be put back on the table.

"I don't dare to hide it from my late life, my cousin and I were able to arrive here three days ago, and I heard that you only came here three days ago, this is one of them, speaking of which, it also caused the Taoist to wait for three more days, which is really ashamed of the Taoist chief!" When Xiao Zhuo said this, he glanced up at the old Taoist, who just said lightly that it was okay, and then motioned for him to continue, "Second, my cousin has read more books of sages in this life, and he is determined to help the country and the country, and now he will sacrifice himself to repay the favor of the Great Sui State. Thirdly, this place is far from where I lived in my later life, and the voice of the Taoist chief can wake me up, but not my cousin, is this move intentional? ”

After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, his heart was also a little uncertain, the old Taoist was indeed extraordinary, he was already convinced of this, so his words, Xiao Zhuo did not doubt it. How many people have had this dream, but if he chooses so, it will put his father and brother, and even the entire Xiao family, in this regard, maybe Yan Zhang is more suitable than him. What's more, when he came back this time, there were still personal trivial matters that he hadn't dealt with, and even if he went with the Taoist, he couldn't wholeheartedly seek the Tao.

"Hmmm! Yes, your cousin did take a bit of a detour. As soon as the old Taoist said, he brushed the teacup on the table with one hand and asked, "Xiao Zhuo, do you know why I don't drink this cup of tea?" ”

"Please also ask the Taoist to give advice!" Xiao Zhuo was even more convinced that the old Taoist was not an ordinary person, he had never said his name, but the old Taoist already knew what his name was.

"Xiao Zhuo, you and I will eventually have the fate of master and apprentice, today you failed to worship under my door, just because the time has not come, within three years, if you still have the heart to enter my door, you can go to Panlong Mountain to find me. But after three years, even if you wake up, you can no longer cultivate my Daomen Heavenly Phenomena Four Trigrams, I will not accept you again, you can rest! The old Taoist waved his right hand lightly, signaling Xiao Zhuo to retreat.

"Late retirement!" After Xiao Zhuo turned around, he thought carefully about where Panlong Mountain was? But racking his brains is fruitless, and he can only be regarded as an overseas immortal mountain that is not known to the world. It's just that he just took two steps, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind: Panlong Mountain is not known to the world, and the old Taoist still knows, what about Dongshan Lake? The old Taoist must have heard of it!

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly turned around, bowed and said, "Dao Chief!" There is still one more thing to ask about the late life, please be sure to solve the doubts for the late life. Seeing that the old Taoist nodded in agreement, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly said the confusion in his heart: "The Taoist is knowledgeable, I don't know where Dongshan Lake is?" ”

"Dongshan Lake? I can't believe that there are still people in the world who know this name! The old Taoist pondered slightly, as if Dongshan Lake had been in his memory for a long time. But when he looked at Xiao Zhuo again with a look of urgency to know, he stopped selling Guanzi, "Dongshan Lake, which is now Yingbo Lake, is south of the place where you came from in the southeast of here, three hundred years ago, Dongshan Town was changed to Yingbo Town, and Dongshan Lake also changed its name, and now I'm afraid not many people remember it." ”

Lake Higashiyama is Lake Yingbo!

He didn't pay attention to the other words of the old Taoist chief, only this sentence kept echoing in his mind. It turns out that the place where the golden carp is looking for is so close! But since it was so close, why couldn't the golden carp be found, so that it lingered in the Yan family for several days? Xiao Zhuo naturally didn't think it was because of himself, otherwise why would Jin Carp refuse him, but why?

"Dao Chief!" Xiao Zhuo raised his head again, where was there any Taoist chief in front of him! All that was left was a warm cup of weak tea, if it hadn't happened a moment ago, Xiao Zhuo would have suspected that he was sleepwalking!