Mei Mountain is a famous mountain in Pham Duong Province, located in the north of Pham Duong Province.

Da Xiong drove the carriage, and Jiang Dazhi sat in the carriage.

The two of them set off from Fanyang Mansion in the early morning and arrived at the foot of Meishan Mountain in the evening.

"I knew we were coming on horseback, and I guess it would be much faster."

"It's a lot faster to ride a horse, and it will be there in half a day."

Jiang Dazhi said that he was riding a horse, but he was playing drums in his heart, thinking: "If you really ride a horse, I'm afraid you will fall to your death." ”

"It's about to get dark, this barren mountain and wild mountain, I'm afraid it's hard to find people, it's better to find out if there are any caves nearby!" Big Bear said, shaking his head.

When Jiang Dazhi heard Da Xiong's words, he thought to himself: "Living in a cave directly is a new thing." When I was in Shanghai, I wanted to go camping with my colleagues, but I played League of Legends every night, so I never tried it, and today I can finally try the most primitive camping. ”

When Jiang Dazhi thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

However, in addition to being excited, Jiang Dazhi was also a little scared in his heart, thinking: "In case you encounter a fierce beast such as a lion, tiger, bear and leopard, it will not be Mengzhou Gong, but the king of Hades." ”

"Okay!" Jiang Dazhi said weakly.

Jiang Dazhi and Da Xiong were at the foot of Meishan Mountain, and after searching for a long time and not finding a cave, they walked back to the carriage.

Novel xstxt Big Bear looked at a few big trees next to the carriage, although the trees are not tall, but the branches are very thick, and they should be used for sleeping.

"I'll sleep on a branch tonight." As soon as the bear finished speaking, he jumped and landed on a branch.

Jiang Dazhi was dumbfounded, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought that those light skills in ancient times were all tricks to deceive people, and this time he admired the big bear.

At night, after eating dry food, the bear went straight to sleep.

Jiang Dazhi sat in the carriage, thinking that if he fell asleep, a fierce beast would appear, so he didn't dare to sleep.

I don't know how long it took, he really couldn't open his eyes, so he fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, Jiang Dazhi stepped out of the carriage and heard the singing of all the birds around him, and felt that the air he breathed was also very fresh.

Jiang Dazhi raised his eyes to look, but when he saw that the earth in June was full of vitality, the mountains were clear and the grass was fertile, he immediately sighed: "The scenery of nature is so beautiful!" ”

Da Xiong had also come down from the branches, and when he saw Jiang Dazhi coming out of the carriage, he walked to Jiang Dazhi's side.

"Childe, I heard that the old man of Meishan is very weird, and the people he doesn't want to see can't be found by others. However, Childe is a letter from an adult, and I believe that the old man of Meishan will meet Childe. Idle people like the little ones can't go, and the little ones are here watching the carriage and waiting for the son to come down! ”

"If you go here, the old man of Meishan doesn't accept me as an apprentice, then it doesn't matter, if you accept me as an apprentice, then if you really want to learn something, you have to take at least three years and five years, so what should you do? There's not enough dry food to eat! ”

"I heard that the old man of Meishan accepted apprentices to teach, and it was only a month, and how much he could learn depended on his personal creation."

"In that case, then there is Brother Lao Daxiong waiting here."

"Childe is polite."

Jiang Dazhi said goodbye to the big bear and walked straight to Meishan Mountain.

Since Meishan is rarely walked, the mountain road is also full of thorns, and it is naturally very difficult to walk.

Jiang Dazhi walked for more than an hour and came to the mountainside of Meishan, but when he saw that there was a lot of fog here, and there was a large open space, he could faintly hear the sound of flowing water flowing down from the mountain, and thought: "This place is very likely to be the residence of the old man in Meishan." ”

Jiang Dazhi took out He Yuandao's letter of recommendation from his body, clasped his hands into fists and saluted, and said loudly: "The junior Jiang Dazhi was recommended by Lord He Yuandao and came to meet the seniors. ”

As soon as Jiang Dazhi's words fell, suddenly, he felt a breeze blowing across his face, and an old man appeared in front of him.

Jiang Dazhi fixed his eyes on it, but saw that this old man was childish and crane-haired, and his age was estimated to be too old, but his spirit was very strong, his eyes were bright, and he looked like a master outside the world.

That's right, the old man who appeared was the old man Meishan.

When Jiang Dazhi saw that the old man Meishan had come to his side, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and handed the letter of recommendation in his hand to the old man Meishan. The old man Meishan took the letter, opened it, and nodded.

"Back then, the old man saw He Yuandao as an upright official, and told him that if he needed help, he could come to Meishan to find me. Today he asked you to come and worship me as a teacher, and the old man should have agreed to his request. However, the old man withdrew from the rivers and lakes ten years ago, and since then, he has been idle and wild, does not ask about the world, and no longer accepts apprentices. The old man looked at his face, came out to see you, and forgot about this promise, you go down the mountain! ”

"The seniors misunderstood the meaning of the juniors, and the juniors always believed that everyone has strengths and can become my master; In the same way, I also have strengths, and they can also come and learn from my strengths, that is, I can also be a master for everyone. In this way, everyone in the world can be a teacher, and everyone in the world can also be an apprentice, so how can you come to learn from a teacher! ”

"Well said, very good. The old man gave you something to do, are you willing to do it?"

"There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of those who have a heart, and the younger generation is willing to listen to it."

"You go to the top of the mountain from here, and then go down from the north side of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, pick a horsetail grass at the north foot of the mountain, and then come back here, and the old man will give you half an hour."

When Jiang Dazhi heard this, his brain dizzy on the spot, and he thought: "This is full of physical work!" When I was in Shanghai, I felt struggling to jog on the flatland, but when I came back to a mountain cross-country, where could I eat on this body? Even if the body eats, half an hour is an hour, where is there enough time for such a short time! This is clearly an impossible task. ”

"Juniors try it." Jiang Dazhi saluted the old man of Meishan as he spoke, and as soon as the words fell, he spread his legs and rushed to the top of the mountain.

Jiang Dazhi knew that he would definitely not be able to complete the task, but in order to be able to mix up in Datang, he decided to give it a go.

The old man of Meishan saw that Jiang Dazhi was full of fighting spirit, and his face also showed a slight smile.

Jiang Dazhi rushed all the way, only to feel that there was a sharp pain everywhere in his body that spread to his brain, presumably because many parts of his body had been peeled open. However, he didn't care about the pain in his body, and just ran to the top of the mountain.

Jiang Dazhi was in the middle of the mountain, looking up at the top of the mountain, wanting to see how far away it was; However, the fog locked in the mountains, and there was no end in sight, and there was a trace of despair in his heart, thinking: "I don't know how far it is, how to play this, let's go back." After thinking about it: "If I give up like this, what will the old man of Meishan think of me?" Aren't you going to look down on me, how can you gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future? This is a matter of face, you can't lose face if you lose anything! ”

Jiang Dazhi thought as he walked, and unconsciously reached the top of the mountain.

Jiang Dazhi found that there were horsetail grass everywhere on the top of the mountain, and he was excited for a while, thinking: "There is horsetail grass on the top of the mountain, why do you have to run down the mountain to pick it?" Besides, time is urgent, just pick one here, and hurry down the mountain to recover your life! ”

Jiang Dazhi picked a horsetail grass and planned to go down the mountain directly, but he felt that something was wrong in his heart, and thought: "No, the old man of Meishan asked me to go down the mountain from the north and pick a horsetail grass at the foot of the mountain. Forget it, let's be honest and go down the foot of the mountain to pick it up! ”

Thinking of this, Jiang Dazhi walked down the mountain road to the north.

At the beginning, the trail was good, and I was barely able to walk.

However, the further down you go, the steeper the mountain becomes, rather than gentle.

Several times, Jiang Dazhi almost fell off the mountain, but fortunately, he was quick with his eyes and hands, and he could always grasp the life-saving straw at the last moment, which may be God favoring him!

I don't know how long it took, Jiang Dazhi finally went down to the foot of the mountain.

But there is a lake at the foot of the mountain, the water of the lake is turquoise, crystal clear, and the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, and it feels like a fairyland on earth.

Jiang Dazhi's mood was relaxed at once, and he had never been so comfortable.

Jiang Dazhi took a look and saw that there were horsetail grass everywhere here, so he picked a horsetail grass casually, looked at it carefully, and found that it was no different from the horsetail grass on the top of the mountain.

Jiang Dazhi immediately felt aggrieved, and thought: "Isn't this the wrong road that has been taken for most of the day?" ”

However, Jiang Dazhi's heart immediately drove away the grievances and ushered in joy, thinking: "How can you see such a beautiful scenery if you don't come down, this is called paying and you will get something!" ”

Jiang Dazhi was very reluctant to leave this lake, this sea of flowers, and slowly climbed to the top of the mountain.

Since there is a way down, it feels much faster to climb all the way up the same road than when you came down.

The old Chinese saying is true, it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, and the person who said this must have practiced it many times, and it really hurt this person.

After a long crawl, I finally returned to the top of the mountain.

Jiang Dazhi carefully compared the horsetail grass at the foot of the mountain and the horsetail grass on the top of the mountain, and sure enough, there was no difference.

Jiang Dazhi felt very unhappy in his heart, but he still suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, walked to the mountainside, and found the old man of Meishan to restore his life.

Jiang Dazhi went down the mountain along the original road, and when he went down to the mountainside, he saw the old man of Meishan fishing by the edge of a bend of the pond, and thought: "The old man of Meishan has a really chic life!" ”

Jiang Dazhi walked gently towards the old man in Meishan, for fear that he would scare away the old man's fish, and there would be no good fruit to eat at that time.

When the old man Meishan saw Jiang Dazhi walking back, a smile appeared on his face, put away the fishing rod, and said, "Where is your horsetail grass?" ”

Jiang Dazhi handed the horsetail grass in his hand to the old man Meishan.

The old man Meishan took it and took a closer look at it, and said, "Yes, it's the horsetail grass at the foot of the mountain in the north." ”

When Jiang Dazhi heard this, he thought to himself: "Is there really a difference between the horsetail grass at the foot of the mountain in the north and the horsetail grass at the top of the mountain?" But I've carefully checked it, and there will be no difference! ”

The old man of Meishan saw the confusion on Jiang Dazhi's face, and said lightly: "Young man, you are not bad. ”

Jiang Dazhi heard the old man Meishan say this, and thought: "It seems that there is hope for apprenticeship." ”

When Jiang Dazhi thought of this, his heart burst with joy; However, the question just now was not solved, and his face was still a little unwilling.

The old man of Meishan is worthy of reading countless people, he is experienced, and he can see through the bottom of people's hearts at a glance, he saw that Jiang Dazhi was still struggling with the question just now, so he said: "You sit down, the old man will tell you slowly." ”

Jiang Dazhi found a boulder, sat on it, and looked at the old man Meishan with expectant eyes, waiting for the beginning of his story.

"The old man asked you to do this, in fact, to test your qualities: physical strength, intelligence, willpower, and character. From here to the top of the mountain, then from the north of the top of the mountain down to the foot of the mountain, and then from the foot of the mountain back here, no matter how good the light work is, it will take an hour, and the old man only gives you half an hour, which is clearly an unfinished task. But you accepted it, you did it, and you came back in one piece. How long it took is not the point, the point is that you didn't give up, you didn't play smart, and picked the horsetail grass at the top of the mountain, from these details, you can see that you are a malleable talent. ”

When Jiang Dazhi heard that the old man of Meishan asked him to do such a simple thing, he was actually inspecting so many indicators of him, and he couldn't help but deeply admire the old man of Meishan.

"There is only a slight difference between the horsetail grass at the top of the mountain and the horsetail grass at the foot of the mountain to the north, that is, the horsetail branches at the top of the mountain are a little thinner and drier than the horsetail branches at the foot of the north mountain, which is a small difference brought about by the environment in which they grow."

Jiang Dazhi understood everything at this time, he was glad that he didn't play tricks, and thought: "It can be seen from this incident that I am still a very reliable young man." ”

"The old man has accepted several apprentices in his life, but they have not inherited half of what the old man has learned in his life, your qualifications for learning martial arts are mediocre, and the study of literature is okay, the old man will teach you the supreme secret book of this sect!"

"Thank you, master!"

Jiang Dazhi couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in a row, which was the apprenticeship etiquette he learned in martial arts films.

"The old man's faction is not like this, you take this fishing rod and catch a fish in this bent pond, you can officially learn the art."

"Okay, master."

The old man Meishan handed the fishing rod in his hand to Jiang Dazhi.

Jiang Dazhi took the fishing rod, with a smug smile on his face, and thought: "Fortunately, when I was in Shanghai, I often went fishing when I had nothing to do, wouldn't this be a piece of cake." ”

Thinking of this, Jiang Dazhi's face burst into a smile.

The old man of Meishan saw Jiang Dazhi smiling so happily, and a smile appeared on his face; However, there was an indescribable weirdness in his smile.

Jiang Dazhi didn't think about what was hidden in the smile of the old man Meishan, he planned to get on the bait and start fishing.

At this moment, Jiang Dazhi suddenly discovered that this fishing rod turned out to have no hook.

Jiang Dazhi was stupid in his heart, and thought: "How can this be fished?" I'm not Mrs. Jiang, how can any fish voluntarily take the bait! ”

Jiang Dazhi then understood why the old man Meishan's smile revealed a strangeness, and he thought: "It seems that apprenticeship is really not an easy task!" ”

However, Jiang Dazhi still put the line into the pond water, did any fish voluntarily take the bait? It's up to providence!