Chapter 8: The Story

Wei Xuan doesn't think that he is smarter than others, he is convinced that people who treat others as fools are really stupid. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAlthough the people in Nanshan Village look very simple, they are just looking. After living in the village for so long, Wei Xuan had long discovered the extraordinaryness of this Nanshan Village.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the implementation of the uniform field system, if according to the law, each male should get 100 acres of land, including 20 acres of Yongye field and 80 acres of mouth field. In terms of quantity, the peasant households have much more land than in all dynasties. And at the same time, each person who gets the acres of land only needs to pay two stones of grain to the state every year, and it is spread evenly on one person's 100 acres of land, and two stones of grain is not much.

Wei Xuan deliberately learned that dozens of villages in Lantian County are like this, only Nanshan Village is different. The Yang village chief's family, which has the most fields in the village, is only ten acres, and those like Uncle Wu who only have more than one acre account for the vast majority, and there are several families who don't even have fields. According to common sense, the situation in Nanshan Village is obviously an uneven distribution of land, which is contrary to the law. If there are rich families and nobles, it would be fine, but the entire Nanshan Village is a bitter flat-headed people, and this situation is obviously abnormal.

Although it is located in a remote area, it is always in the jurisdiction of Lantian, and if this situation occurs at the feet of the Son of Heaven, no one will believe it if no one in the court knows about it. Now in charge of the Imperial History Observatory is Wei Zheng, a model of jealousy and hatred, uprightness, and the imperial history of the power to supervise the world is forgivable if it is said that remote places cannot be seen, but Nanshan Village is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is not normal to have no reaction.

On the other hand, the villagers of Nanshan Village are too capable in Wei Xuan's opinion. Like the surrounding Lijia Village, Xiaomen Village, etc., the people in the village are very pure, or the farmers who are not clear about the same color, or all the craftsmen, how can there be one or two households from all walks of life like Nanshan Village, if the village is not too small, it is almost the same as the county seat.

Wei Xuan is not stupid, he knows very well that this Nanshan Village is not simple. It's just that he's new to the city and he's not familiar with everything; Second, he knows that he is still adapting to life in Datang, and it is inevitable that there will be some inconsistencies, and now that he is a child, it is really difficult to make a difference among adults. To put it in detail, if it weren't for the fact that he became a teacher by chance, I am afraid that I would not even have the opportunity to continue living in Nanshan Village.

The old couple of the Wu family know some things and are very kind, but in this era when the family is not full, it is difficult to raise an idler without relatives and no reason.

It is precisely because of these reasons, big and small, that Wei Xuan chooses to teach, so that he can not only settle down in the village justifiably, but also slowly integrate into it. It's human nature to be curious, and Wei Xuan is no exception.

Everyone has secrets, Wei Xuan's secrets are a bit fantastical, and the old couple of the Wu family are not troublesome, so they are very closely protected. If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and if you appear in Zhongnan Mountain coldly, others will inevitably have some conjectures. If others don't say it, it doesn't mean they haven't thought about it.

The people in the village had also asked about it before, but fortunately, Uncle Wu was witty and perfunctory, and after three months, Wei Xuan did not show any intention of harming the village, so naturally no one studied in this regard. However, Li Chang is different from others. After careful calculation, Li Chang was the first person to ask Wei Xuan's origin directly except for the old couple of the Wu family. Wei Xuan's brain after drinking turned extremely fast, and the deep meaning in Li Chang's words could naturally be heard.

The so-called "talking to people when you see people, talking about ghosts when you see ghosts" is not a derogatory meaning, and it is unacceptable to dig out people's hearts as soon as they meet. Wei Xuan knew that his background was a big loophole, and sooner or later he would be targeted, and he had already made up a set of rhetoric in his heart. However, this statement is not very rigorous, so it is not revealed. It's just that now it seems that I can't do it if I don't say it.

After thinking about it so much, it's actually just a blink of an eye. Wei Xuan smiled and poured another sip of wine, with a hint of arrogance on his face, and a little mystery. Leaning forward slightly, he whispered, "Brother Li, do you know the difference between this Zhongnan Mountain and the mountain next to it?" ”

"Oh?" Li Chang was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he reacted in a blink of an eye, and said with some doubts and surprise, "Isn't this just a mountain, is there something wonderful about it?" ”

"Hehe...... Wei Xuan smiled, and the mystery in his eyes was even worse, "Taoism has a hole in heaven and earth, do you know?" As soon as the words fell, regardless of the surprise in Li Chang's eyes, he continued: "The so-called Cave Heaven Blessed Land is the cave house where the Taoist true immortals live in the world, and there are ten major cave heavens, thirty-six small cave heavens, seventy-two blessed lands, eighteen water mansions, five towns and sea buildings, twenty-four governance, thirty-six Jinglu and ten continents and three islands. These places are said to be in the human world, but in fact, what the human world has is just an entrance. It's like a door, it's no different from the one next to it when it's not pushed open, and it's the real fairy land when it's opened. This Zhongnan Mountain, don't look down on it, but it is also a cave where the sky is, and you can't look down on it. ”

"So, you are a fairy child who came out of the fairy land?" Li Chang asked in a low voice, his expression indescribably weird.

Wei Xuan heard it as if he hadn't seen it, and still said slowly while drinking: "There is a person in ancient times, who has an extraordinary background, and has to worship under the Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun Sect, although he is not in the name of the Twelve Golden Immortals, but he is blessed with a deep fate, and he is called Yunzhongzi. There is a cave in this Zhongnan Mountain, called the Jade Pillar Cave, which is where the cave of Yunzhongzi is located. ”

"It turns out that this Zhongnanshan has such a big origin, because I grew up in the village since I was a child, but I have never heard of it." Li Chang sighed and replied.

Wei Xuan smiled when he heard this, shook his head suddenly, and saw that Li Chang was even more surprised, and hurriedly asked the reason, but heard Wei Xuan ask rhetorically: "Brother Li, do you believe that there are really immortals in this world?" ”

"Didn't you? Since I was a child, I have heard the old people in the village say that 'there are gods with three feet above the head', is it possible that the statues in the temple in the temple are all deceitful? Li Chang didn't know how to answer this question, although he felt that what Wei Xuan had just said was too false, but if he said that there were really no immortals in the world, he couldn't be sure, and he couldn't help but hesitate at the moment. As everyone knows, Wei Xuan was waiting for this reaction, seeing that Li Chang's expression had changed, he immediately put away the arrogance and mystery on his face. Gently put the wine jar on the table, wiped the placket soaked in wine casually, and said lightly: "There are immortals, but there are no immortals, does it matter?" ”

"This ......" Li Chang couldn't get it right. Wei Xuan's words were very clever, especially on the basis of what he had said before contacting him, how could he guess what was in his words for a while? Before Li Chang could react, he saw Wei Xuan slowly stand up and walk outside the shed with the wine jar. Looking up at the starry sky, he turned around for a while, but it was a smiling face.

"Brother Li, what I said just now is just a story, and it can't be true. If there are really immortals in this world, how come no one has ever seen them? Li Chang was about to say something, but was interrupted by Wei Xuan, "You don't have to say those rumors, it's just made up, just like the story I just said, it's just a deification of posterity." It's getting late, but I'm going to rest, and Brother Li is it. After that, Shi Shiran carried the wine and entered the house.

Li Chang sat on the stone bench alone for a while, thinking about what Wei Xuan had just said, and drank wine without a sip. After a while, the night breeze rose, and Li Chang shivered unconsciously when the cool breeze blew it, and then he reacted. He glanced at Wei Xuan's room with a complicated expression, but he didn't react. got up and walked, but walked towards his house.