Two hundred and thirty-five, the hermit of the stone chamber

Zhao Qiushi heard Liu Yi say this, and also nodded and said: "It's true, I also heard my master say that his eldest brother Mao Yingjun had argued with Wu Zi in this stone cave. ”

"This cave?"

At this time, Du Tuo asked in surprise, Zhao Qiushi smiled and said: "Yes, this is here, this stone cave is after I sent my ancestor Mao Yingjun to learn the Tao from the Queen Mother of the West, I once lived in seclusion here to practice, and only after ten years of cultivation did I go down the mountain and return to my hometown in Xianyang, and then ascended to heaven in my hometown in a hundred days, which is known to people from far and near hundreds of miles, and everyone here in Huayin knows it." ”

Wu Gang also nodded and said, "That's true, I've heard of it too." ”

Zhao Qiushi continued: "After the master ascended to heaven, the master inherited his Taoism and abandoned the official cultivation of the Tao. ”

"Abandon the official? Could it be that your master has also been an official? ”

Zhang Pengzu felt strange and hurriedly asked, Zhao Qiushi smiled after hearing this: "Yes, my master was originally a Wuwei Taishou, and then abandoned the official to learn the Tao from his eldest brother, after the ancestor ascended to heaven, he took me and my senior brother to this stone cave to practice; A few years ago, Master and Senior Brother went east to Chu to continue their cultivation, and I heard that the mountains and rivers there were beautiful, and it was a good place to cultivate. ”

Liu Yi had already finished listening and hurriedly said: "Your master is willing to abandon the official cultivation, it can be seen that he wants to become an immortal." ”

Hearing Liu Aiji's admiration, Zhao Qiushi hurriedly led them in, pointed to a few lines of words on the stone wall and said, "Look, this is what my master wrote, you can taste it slowly." ”

The three teenagers hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, only to see that the stone wall read:

In the spring, I see the willow green, the autumn wind and the chrysanthemum yellow, the glory is finally the dream of the three watches, and the wealth is the same as the frost in September.

Seeing that the three teenagers watched with relish, Zhao Qiushi hurriedly said: "This is the reason why Master abandoned the official cultivation path. ”

Wu Gang stepped forward and said, "I heard that Master Mao Gu is also going to become an immortal, and someone saw him in Chu Land with a group of immortals all day long. ”

Zhao Qiushi said with a smile: "Since Master went to Chudi, I have been cultivating here, waiting for him to come back and lead me to heaven together." ”

At this time, Liu Yi had already thought to himself, when he was in the hospital, Uncle Gongsun told me that there are no immortals in this world, and those so-called immortals are all deceiving people, and it seems that this Zhao Qiushi is also deceiving people, so he kept silent.

The four of them stayed in the stone chamber for a while and then went down the mountain, still going down the way up. It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, and it is really more careful than when you come up, no, Zhang Pengzu and Du Tuo have both fallen.

After descending the boulder from the sky, the road down the mountain was not so steep, and the road began to widen a lot. However, there are many stone caves on both sides, large and small. The curious teenagers rushed in to have a look, but they were still disappointed, because they couldn't find anyone inside.

When he was halfway down, he suddenly saw a big stone cave, Liu Yi had run in to see it as usual, and saw that there was a stone room in the stone cave, so he shouted loudly: "Come and see, there is a stone room inside, it is very wide." ”

Everyone walked in together, only to see a bamboo bed in the stone room, and an old man with an obese body and an open chest was sleeping on it. Liu Yi had just shouted so loudly, he didn't seem to hear it, and he was still asleep.

Wu Gang was more bold, and he approached and said, "This big brother, I'm sorry for us to disturb you." ”

In fact, when the four of them came in, the fat man woke up, and when he saw them, he hurriedly stretched and said, "It's okay, I should get up too, it's already three poles of the sun now, I can't see the sun inside, and I don't know what the situation is outside." ”

Liu Yi was already busy saying: "This uncle, it should be time now, the sun has already come out." ”

"Are you going to climb the mountain?"

Hearing the fat man asking, Wu Gang said with a smile: "Outside, I climbed Chaoyang Peak yesterday, and I went down early this morning." ”

The fat man looked at the four of them, especially after carefully looking at the three teenagers, he raised his thumb and said: "It's really terrifying, I dare to climb Chaoyang Peak at a young age, I really admire, admire!" Where did you come from? ”

Wu Gang hurriedly smiled: "I am from Huayin, and these three teenagers are all from Chang'an. ”

"Come from Chang'an?"

At this time, the fat man heard that the three teenagers came from Chang'an, and hurriedly led them out of the cave and looked up and down seriously. After a while, he suddenly said to Liu Aiji: "This young man has an extraordinary spirit, looking at your appearance, his eyes are heavy, his ears are heavy, he is unspeakably expensive, he is unspeakably expensive!" ”

Liu Yi was embarrassed when he said this, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, you have a good reputation, I am an orphan, I have gone through hardships when I was a child, and I am fortunate to have the help of good people to live to this day, and it is unspeakably expensive?" ”

"Haha, you just have the support of nobles, you have met a lot of nobles in your life, and all of these nobles can help you and help you soar."

At this time, Wu Gang also asked with interest: "This eldest brother, didn't you ask for your name?" ”

The fat man smiled: "The contemptible surname is Wang Mingli, Xinfeng people's name, and they are known as the Mai Master." ”

"Oh, it turns out that the famous Mai master is you, disrespectful and disrespectful!"

After hearing the man's introduction, Wu Gang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "I heard that you can do physiognomy and can see your life from a person's face, why are you hiding here." ”

Wang Li laughed: "I was walking around, wandering the rivers and lakes, a few years ago I swam here, and saw that there is a stone room in this stone cave, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, so I chose to live here; I cut some bamboo from the mountain, made a bamboo bed, and slept on it every day, ignoring things outside the window, and living happily as a fairy, haha! ”

Wu Gang pointed at Liu Ai and asked curiously: "Master, you just said that this young man will be unspeakably expensive in the future, what about the other two young men?" ”

Wang Li said with a smile: "These two must have been born in the family of the eunuchs, they are both full of heaven, the earth pavilion is round, and the three stops are even, which is the life of Zaifu." ”

"Zaifu's life?"

Wu Gang was still puzzled, Liu Yi and the three of them felt even more strange, thinking, we have never met this master, how do they know that it is the house of the official eunuch who came? He also said that the future will be the life of Zaisuke, where to start?

Wang Li also saw their thoughts, smiled slightly, and said: "There is a pre-determination, the world has no prediction, these two young people will definitely be the three princes and nine kings in the future." ”

Wu Gangyou asked: "Then what about the one you just said is indescribably expensive, and what position can he achieve in the future?" ”

Wang Li smiled and didn't say anything, just gently stroked his small beard, and after a while, he smiled and said: "This young man must be a royal child, although you are young, but you have repeatedly met nobles, even the two next to him are also his nobles, and they will support you in the future." ”

After hearing this, Wu Gang opened his mouth, and couldn't close it for a long time, thinking to himself, if Peng Zu and Du Tuo are the three princes and nine kings in the future, they still want to support Liu Aiji, then Liu Ai is not the emperor, is it true?