The boy standing in front of Lan Ziyi looked no more than eight or nine years old, with red lips and white teeth, clear eyes, a bundle of firewood on his back, and two braids on his head, which looked very cute. This child is likable everywhere, but Lan Ziyi is suspicious, that is, this child's behavior, the ecological behavior when the boy asked Lan Ziyi what he said just now, but he was not born, and there was a grandmaster style vaguely, which is not what a child should be.

Lan Ziyi got up and smiled at the boy, since the people he met after crossing the river today, he had encountered something evil, and the boy in front of him looked young, who knew what skills were hidden under his hands, so Lan Ziyi planned to be careful.

After making a gesture, Lan Ziyi got up and replied:

"How does this little master know who I am?"

Although there are not many bundles of firewood, it will definitely be tiring to be carried by a child, and it is strange that Lan Ziyi did not see the child sweating when he was so close. Even if he didn't sweat, while Lan Ziyi was speaking, the boy still put down the firewood and raised his hand to wipe his forehead, he took off the gourd on his waist and drank a few big mouthfuls of water, then put away the gourd, wiped his mouth, and said to Lan Ziyi:

"Today, Master specially instructed me that there was a distinguished guest visiting, and the person who came was Lan Weihou, and he wanted me to receive him well. It just so happened that when I came back from collecting firewood, I met Wei Hou, and I also made a special trip to wait on the road. ”

Lan Ziyi's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he asked with a smile:

"Isn't the little master's master the Zen Master of Bliss?"

The boy replied:

"Exactly."

Lan Ziyi said:

"Did you receive a letter from my father? But even if my father writes a letter, he can't tell me when I will come out, and I don't know if I will come to this mountain. How did Venerable Master know that I was here today? ”

When the boy had drunk the water, he picked up the firewood again, and replied:

"Who is Wei Hou's father? My master didn't receive any letters, he calculated that Wei Hou would come today. ”

Hearing this, Lan Ziyi lowered his head and muttered:

"Figured it out?"

After the boy finished speaking, he continued to climb the mountain, and after he took two steps, he turned back and greeted Lan Ziyi, who was standing in place:

"Wei Hou, don't stop? Since you're here to find Master, come with me. “

Lan Ziyi smiled when he heard this, he picked up the burden he had placed on the side of the road and followed the boy, and at the same time he asked:

"There are so many people who go up the mountain every day, why does the little master conclude that I am Lan Ziyi?"

The boy replied without looking back:

"Wei Hou himself has reported his name, so it must be it."

Probably afraid of Lan Ziyi's doubts, the boy added:

"Wei Hou doesn't have to worry too much, there are many people who go up the mountain every day, but there is only one Wei Hou, you must be you, I won't admit my mistake.

It's just Wei Hou, have you identified yourself? “

When Lan Ziyi heard this, it seemed that a yellow bell had ringed in his mind, and he was shocked by a buzz. Lan Ziyi stopped in place and looked up at the boy walking in front, and his heart was even more puzzled, first the old man in white, and now he is a boy in the mountains, is this I don't know if the people on the mountain are outstanding or how demonic there are here?

Although Lan Ziyi was suspicious, he could see that the boy had no malicious intentions, so he continued to follow him up the mountain.

On the way behind the boy, the two had no conversation, Lan Ziyi saw that the boy had short legs, and felt that he could catch up with the front in a few steps, but after walking, Lan Ziyi was horrified to find that no matter how fast or slow he walked, the distance between him and the boy would always remain three steps away, and the distance between these three steps was like a cliff that could not be crossed. What made Lan Ziyi feel even more incredible was that he accelerated first and then slowed down, and he could feel the change in his speed, but the boy in front of him seemed to be walking at a constant speed forever, and he never saw him change his pace.

Lan Ziyi was already panicked at the end, the child in front of him was simply not a mortal, and Lan Ziyi wondered if he had bumped into a ghost. Fortunately, the boy brought Lan Ziyi to the place, and if he walked like this for a while, Lan Ziyi should have turned around and fled down the mountain.

The boy took Lan Ziyi along the mountain road to the halfway up the mountain, where there was a sloping land, the front of the slope was full of peach trees, and there was a pond behind the peach. Behind the pond there is a row of trees, mulberry dates, and then there is a bamboo fence, inside the fence is a small courtyard, and there are a few thatched houses in the garden.

After crawling for a long time, Lan Ziyi was already out of breath, but the boy didn't react at all, just took another sip of water. Then the boy said:

"This is where Master and I live, Wei Houqing. I'll go to the backyard first and put down the firewood. ”

Saying that, the boy bent down and stretched out his arms and invited Lan Ziyi into the house. Lan Ziyi just looked at this small courtyard and the peach forest, and felt that the fairy wind was broken, and all the doubts on the road when he came came disappeared. Hearing that the boy said that he invited Hou Lanzi to return the salute, and then walked into the garden by himself.

Lan Ziyi just stepped into the grass door, and there was a sound of a string of piano in the hall in front of him, Lan Ziyi understood that if Bliss was there, it would be at the place where the piano sounded, so he followed the sound and walked up the steps of the thatched house, and through the door curtain Lan Ziyi saw a young man in the house pressing the strings. Sensing that there was someone at the door, the young man said:

"The five tones are incomplete, which makes Wei Hou ugly."

Lan Ziyi was surprised why this person was so young, but he still said respectfully outside the door:

"Sir, isn't that the Zen Master of Bliss?"

The young man in the house had already gotten up at this time, he walked to the door and opened the curtain, invited Lan Ziyi into the house, and then he arched his hand and said:

"It's just bliss."

Lan Ziyi looked at the young man in front of him who was about the same age as himself, or even younger than himself, and asked in surprise:

"Is Bliss the name of the Dharma? Sir, there was bliss before? My father came here when he was young, so it stands to reason that the master is not ...... age."

Hearing this, the Zen Master of Bliss smiled and snatched Lan Ziyi's words and said:

"Won't you be as young as me? Come, Wei Hou will sit down first. ”

Saying that, the Zen master introduced Lan Ziyi into the inner room where he was playing the piano just now, pointed to the soft collapse next to the piano, and helped Lan Ziyi to lie down.

Lan Ziyi was anxious to know the real age of the Zen master, but the Zen master was not in a hurry at all, after he let Lan Ziyi lie down on the couch, he returned to the piano and sat down, and then slowly said:

"Of course, Bliss is not a Dharma name, there is only one Bliss, I am Bliss, and I received it when the Emperor Ling came to the throne."

Lan Ziyi was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground, and he asked:

"So, Zen master, will you rejuvenate? ：

When the Zen master heard this, he smiled and waved the strings, and only after the sound had cleared did he reply:

"It's a person outside the square, he has long forgotten Hongchen, Hongchen has forgotten, naturally he can't remember his age, Wei Hou looks naturally young."

Lan Ziyi said:

"The master can forget the age, but there is the sky above, and there is loess below, and the earth after the yellow sky can't forget the age of Mr., how can Mr. forget the year himself, but the heaven and the earth will also forget the year with you?"

Hearing this, the Zen master smiled and said:

"Weihou, I can't make heaven and earth follow me, but I can follow heaven and earth. Yin and yang are combined, creation and birth of all things, I have no difference from heaven and earth, there is no difference between who and whom, the sky does not have to forget me, just because I am the sky, the sky and I have long been no different, how can the years carve me out. “

Lan Ziyi was very dissatisfied with the cloudy explanation of the Zen Master of Bliss, and he said:

"There seems to be some truth in what Mr. said, but it is also possible that I went to the wrong place, and Mr. is playing tricks and pretending to be a ghost to deceive me. Can a Zen master prove his innocence? ”

Hearing this, the Zen master smiled and said:

"What Wei Hou wants is up to Wei Hou, I am not Wei Hou God, and I can't break your mind. If Wei Hou suspects me, he can't prove my innocence. ”

Lan Ziyi heard this:

"You can't convince me how you can help me."