The cold night is bleak, and I should feel bitter, but the fireworks on the Chang'an side are all over the sky, so that Xiao Zhang Zhenren suddenly gave birth to a kind of happiness, think about it carefully, maybe it has nothing to do with fireworks, but I have someone by my side when I need it most, and this person is still cold, so he should be satisfied.

"When I was a child, I liked to watch fireworks, and the master said that you can't put them on the mountain, in case of igniting a mountain fire, it can't be saved by manpower."

Xiao Zhang Zhenren looked at the brightness in the night sky in the distance, and his eyes were a little confused.

"I asked Master, "When will Master come down the mountain and take me to see the fireworks?" Master asked me, when do you want to be? When I replied that Master was free, Master smiled and told me, "You can give whatever you want, Master can give you everything within his ability, and you can't set off fireworks on the mountain, so Master took me and my brothers to the town at the foot of the mountain, bought all the fireworks in the fireworks shop, and put them on the open space outside the town for two hours." ”

She glanced at Shen Leng: "Daytime." ”

Xiao Zhang Zhenren took a deep breath and kept his eyes off the flowers blooming in the night sky in the distance.

"Some people laugh at us, saying that there is nothing to see when setting off fireworks during the day, and they are ruining things, and they also say that the people in your Taoist temple are all stupid cultivators, and they don't know that fireworks should be set off at night to be beautiful?"

She looked at the fireworks, as if she was talking to Shen Leng, and as if she was talking to herself.

Master replied with four words.

She smiled, "It's your business." ”

"I just pulled Master's sleeve and said, otherwise let's not let it go, we will be laughed at, Master said what do you care what others think? If a person cares about what others think of him all the time and everywhere in life, how tiring is that? ”

It was as if she was caught up in a memory.

"Master said, for the person you care about, within your ability, give him what you can give, don't wait, many times we will lose because of waiting, and then regret it, regret that there is a fart? At that time, I didn't understand the meaning of Master's words, but later I realized that Master didn't want me to feel that I was more pitiful than others without a father and mother, but I really didn't feel pitiful. ”

"For me, the little brother doesn't know how many times he has fought with the children of the mountain people, those children always bully me when they see that I am thin, and the master always let me go out to chop wood alone in order to experience me, and I have been stopped by the children of the mountain people several times, the little brother is only two years older than me, and every time he knows it, he follows me out every time, and is stopped by the children of those mountain people, he goes up and fights with others, so many people beat him of course he can't beat him, but he doesn't admit defeat, and his face is full of flowers."

"The next day, I went out to chop firewood, and the little brother whose face was swollen still followed, and the children of those mountain people asked more people to intercept us halfway, and the little brother pulled up his cuffs and went up to continue the beating, and was beaten even worse, but he still refused to admit defeat."

Shen Leng asked, "What about your little brother?" ”

"Little Senior Brother ......"

Xiao Zhang Zhenren's eyes were a little moist: "He died of illness, and the master took him around to seek medical advice, but he couldn't be cured." ”

She bowed her head.

Shen Leng's heart tightened.

"On the day of the funeral of the little brother, all the children who had fought with him came, and the eldest child who had fought with him the most times held a candy in his hand, and said Little Taoist, you get up quickly, beat me, I will give you the candy to eat, this sugar was given to me when my mother died, and I said that I ate this candy when I missed my mother, and I didn't want to eat it, I gave you the sugar, and you will be fine if you eat it...... So many people, all of them cried, crying and saying "Little Taoist, you."

Hurry up, it's a big deal to get you back. ”

Xiao Zhang Zhenren lowered his head and spoke, tears falling to the ground.

"I have been pampered by them since I was a child, and I was not allowed to suffer a little grievance, when I was fourteen years old, someone asked to go to Longhu Mountain and said that there was evil in the family, and the master said that where there was any evil is to scare myself, let me take the hexagram mirror of Longhu Mountain and pretend to go around, that was the first time I went down the mountain, I wanted to ask the brothers to follow, but the master was just not allowed, so I went down the mountain alone, walked halfway, and was stopped by the children of those mountain people, there were dozens of people."

"They asked, Little Taoist, what are you going to do?" When I said to do things, they laughed at me and said, "Do things, you can't be eaten by demons and monsters, and besides, it takes twenty miles to walk to the place, can you go?" I said of course I could go, and they said they didn't believe it, and each of them had a stick in his hand, and I was so scared that I wanted to run, and the big kid waved his hand...... Send him on! ”

Xiao Zhang Zhenren glanced at Shen Leng: "He said, your senior brother is my friend, he is dead, we will protect you in the future, our children in the mountains can bully you, people outside the mountains can't, no one can bully you, everyone walks around me with a wooden stick, don't be afraid if there are vicious dogs blocking the way, their sticks can protect me, in fact, that day...... Master and Brother have been following me in secret all along. ”

Shen Leng raised his hand and patted Xiao Zhang Zhenren on the shoulder: "You are as kind as them." ”

Xiao Zhang Zhenren looked at Shen Leng, raised his sleeves and wiped his eyes: "When I left Longhu Mountain, the senior brother said, if Chang'an City is not good, come back, we will clean your room every day, if you don't want to come back and feel wronged, write a letter to me, the people on Longhu Mountain will not really soar through the clouds, but we will go day and night." ”

Xiao Zhang Zhenren took a deep breath: "But I am a real person, the reputation of Longhu Mountain is carried on my shoulders, I know how irrational it is to chase those Qiang people, I will not fight, the master taught me to use the sword for a long time, I think I can, but every time I see blood, I will still be afraid, and the hand holding the sword will tremble...... I think I probably didn't have the courage to go out with a sword on my back in my life, until I saw Senior Brother Qingguo lying there, lying there coldly. ”

She took off the sword she was carrying on her back and handed it to Shen Leng: "This is the Dao Sword of Longhu Mountain, the disciples of the Dao Sect see the Dao Sword as if they see the master, on the orders of the Dao Sword Bearer, those fake Dao Dao of Tianmen Guan killed Senior Brother Qingguo, this revenge is the enemy of the Dao Gate, I hold the Dao Sword, and the Dao Sect disciples will be my helpers." ”

Shen Leng took the Dao sword, and the sword was heavy.

"Master said, in fact, a sword does not mean anything, why are Daomen disciples willing to obey the orders of the Dao sword wielder? That's because the Dao Sword represents justice, unity, and dignity that cannot be bullied, and the master also said that the disciples of the Daomen are probably the laziest and most desireless group of cultivators in the world. ”

She looked at Shen Leng: "Do you know the origin of the Dao Sword?" ”

Shen Leng shook his head.

Xiao Zhang Zhenren: "The Taoist sword is actually not a thing of Longhu Mountain, but a very small Taoist temple in the south of Hanhai City in northern Xinjiang, called Fengqingguan, that year the black martial arts went south, the Chu border army fought back, the black cavalry burned and looted in the Chu frontier, and the Taoists of Fengqingguan went down the mountain, leaving only a six or seven-year-old little Taoist boy, his master said, we are going down the mountain to kill thieves and save people, you yourself guard the Taoist temple, the master will leave the sword to you, you will not be afraid of the master's sword in your arms." ”

"At that time, Chu was already torn apart, and the Central Plains was in civil strife

, Daning rises, the Chu border army does not withdraw, defend the frontier, rather lose the country than lose the frontier, the 60,000 Chu border army on the front line of Hanhai City and the 400,000 black martial arts army are fighting, they know that there is no support, but no one retreats, the Taoists of Fengqingguan took their swords down the mountain, and killed the enemy together with Hanhai City and the Chu border army, and all the Taoists died in battle. ”

"At that time, the first generation of Longhushan Zhenren fought with His Majesty the Founding Emperor of Daning, and heard that the black warriors in northern Xinjiang invaded south, and His Majesty Taizu of Daning was leading the army to besiege Chu Song'an City, after hearing the news, the army immediately stopped attacking the city, and His Majesty Taizu personally led 30,000 elite horsemen for three days and three nights to rush to Hanhai City to support the Chu border army."

Xiao Zhang's eyes were red.

"At that time, the Chu army should be very desperate and helpless, Chu was divided and the princes rose together, and there were wars everywhere, but they retreated, and the black warriors could drive straight in, the gate of Hanhai City was breached, and the black warriors attacked in a big way, at this time, His Majesty Taizu led the army to arrive, although the 30,000 elite cavalry was tired but unstoppable, His Majesty Taizu charged forward with a body of ten thousand gold, and cut off the black warriors with a blow, and the Daning battle flag fluttered under the city, and the battle flag of Chu was fluttering on the city."

This history Shen Leng knew that when Xiao Zhang Zhenren mentioned it, Shen Leng couldn't help but clench his fists.

"In that battle, the Chu army and the Ning army worked together to repel the black warriors, and after the battle, the general of the Chu border army and His Majesty Taizu of Daning drank at the head of Hanhai City, and His Majesty Taizu drank a pot of wine in one go, smashed the wine jug, and said a word to the general of the Chu border army...... See you on the battlefield, and then Emperor Taizu turned around and left, walked more than a dozen steps, and the general of the Chu Border Army shouted, I don't want to meet you on the battlefield, I surrender, change your Ning flag, brothers' lives are expensive, keep it, keep it and continue to work with the black warriors. ”

"After Emperor Taizu heard this, he turned to face the general of the Chu Bian Army and said, you will be scolded if you surrender, and the general said, what do I have to recite the name, it is good that the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains are here."

So, Hanhai City changed the Ning flag...... Later, Emperor Taizu left tens of thousands of troops to hand over to the general of the Chu border army to continue to resist the black warriors, passing through Fengqingguan on the way south, the first generation of real people entered the temple to see, the whole Taoist temple was empty, only the six or seven-year-old little Taoist boy sat alone on the steps, and trembled with fright when he saw someone coming, but he was holding his master's sword in his arms. ”

"The first generation of real people asked, where did your master and brothers go, the little Taoist said, go down the mountain to kill the thief, the first generation of real people was distressed, because he knew that the Taoists in Hanhai City were killed in battle, he went over and picked up the little Taoist and said, your master and brother can't come back, ask me to take care of you, are you willing to go with me, the little Taoist shook his head and said, you lie, the master and brother will definitely come back, the first generation of real people saw that this sword was heavy and wanted to help him take it, the little Taoist just refused to let go, saying that this is the master's sword, and the master said that the sword would protect him."

Xiao Zhang Zhenren raised his hand and wiped his tears: "Later, the first generation of real people still took the little Taoist away, and has been fighting with His Majesty Taizu, to the establishment of the country in Daning, and has to be named the national teacher of Daning, and the first generation of real people took the little Taoist back to Longhu Mountain, and the sword was named the Dao Sword by Emperor Taizu of Daning." ”

She took the sword back from Shen Leng's hand and tied it back to herself.

"The Dao Sword is here, the Dao Gate is here, the Dao Sword is not there, the Dao Gate is still there."

She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled: "Daomen disciples, I have never forgotten what the Tao is, so I have never been afraid of those Daoists who only have murderous intentions in the Tianmen Temple, they are not terrible, there are thousands of Daomen disciples around me." ”

"Master said that Longhu Mountain has never been orthodox in Daomen, and Daomen orthodoxy is in everyone's hearts."

She looked at Shen Leng: "You have been working hard, and I will work hard." ”