The scholar fetched a bucket of ice-cold water, poured it into a wooden basin, untied his hair, and soaked his entire head in it.

The old well water is very cool, and that coolness can penetrate from head to toe.

He has been coming to Panlong Town for a month, in order to have a place to rest, temporarily rented a narrow and low room, that school was he was attracted by the sound of Lang Lang's book, Mao recommended himself to go, said that if he stayed, two taels of snowflake silver a month, could not stay to say another.

But after entering the school, it was not at all what he thought, those children were very naughty, rarely paid attention to literature classes, and spent most of their time practicing or practicing martial arts, which seemed to be a habit in this place, people can not eat or drink, do not sleep, but can not not not practice.

The scholar heard from a child named Jin Mulang that there was a young woman in the school before he came, but because he took a long leave because of something, he just gave him a chance.

The scholar would do this several times a day, and slowly his heart calmed down, and the unprovoked impulse in his heart was gradually washed away by the cold water.

After a stick of incense, the scholar lifted his head off the water, wrung his hair half-dry like a rag, then rolled up a book, locked the door, and walked slowly out of town.

He needs to find a quieter place to think about some trivial matters, such as how to win the favor of a few old teachers in the school, how to make those troublemakers like his class, how to forget those things in the past, he just wants to be quiet in Panlong Town now, it seems to be trivial, but it is difficult for scholars.

There is a river outside Panlong Town, wide and deep, when the twists and turns are brought up by the waves, in addition to the willow trees hanging low on both sides of the river, there are also some ancient locust trees, there are a few plane trees scattered here, here the four seasons are like spring, it has become a paradise for all kinds of birds to chase, swallows sweep low in the air, back and forth under the willow branches shuttle, they are extremely light, even if the narrow gap can easily pass.

There is another phenomenon in Panlong Town, which impresses scholars very much.

It may be the reason for the mountains and water, whether adults or children in the town, their complexion and complexion are very good, and their eyes are exceptionally clear, but he has never been in contact with young women, and his skin must be even more watery and attractive.

The scholar stood on a large rock protruding into the river by the river, a few feet high from the river, and could clearly hear the sound of the churning water under his feet, he put the book on his waist, and then tried to look at the opposite bank behind his hands, looking at the birds shuttling back and forth, watching the fish jumping out of the water from time to time in the river, and gradually the bright red sun sank to the back of the mountain on the opposite bank, and when the last beam of light pierced his eyes, he suddenly remembered a sentence.

"I am in the mountains of another country, and in the evening, there is no one in the sunset, and there is no smoke from the cooking. ”

The scholar's heart was beating wildly, he frowned deeply, and his hands behind his back shook it a few times, crunching and crunching.

At this moment, someone behind the scholar said: "Every year, someone jumps from here, a hundred times, a few months ago, there was a man of the same age as you jumped down, very happy, eyes, no matter what happened before and after him." ”

The scholar did not turn around, but he could hear the voice of an old man, who was walking towards him with a gentle pace.

Seeing that the scholar didn't pay attention, the old man pouted and continued, "Could it be that you can't think about it?"

The scholar sighed and said, "I had this idea, but I am afraid that I will not drown and suffer alive." ”

The old man stood beside the scholar and said with a smile: "Why do you have such strange thoughts, you can't chew on the taste of reading, or you have encountered a bottleneck in your cultivation, or which one is it?"

The girl rolled her eyes. ”

The scholar chuckled lightly and said, "What my husband said will not happen to me, but my heart can't calm down." ”

The old man laughed and said: "It seems that this good mountain and water still can't cure many people's stubborn diseases." ”

The scholar subconsciously glanced at the old man, with white eyebrows, white hair and white beard, a slightly rickety figure, wearing a coarse gray thin clothes, bronzed skin, and kind eyebrows.

The scholar paused for a moment and said: "I wash my face, hair, and feet with cold water every day, and every other day, I take a cold shower, so I still feel irritable, why?"

The old man patted the scholar's back very familiarly, and said with a smile: "The ones you wash are all skins, but you can't wash your heart, it's easy to be quiet, your heart is naturally quiet, and your heart is clear about everything, it depends on how you grasp this measure." ”

The scholar turned to the old man and bowed, the old man nodded very enjoyedly, and said, "If you can't even do this, then go around Panlong Town a few times, maybe you will gain something." ”

The scholar nodded, as if he thought the idea was feasible.

After the scholar left, the old man smiled and stood in the position before the scholar, even the position of his feet was almost the same, the old man's eyes looked at the other side without waves, looking at the river, I don't know how long he looked, the old man's face became worse and worse.

Finally, the old man's eyes fell into the water along the willow tops, and he saw the black bottom of the river, and between the black, he saw white skeletons, one by one, and he could not count them at all.

The old man let out a long sigh, as if to say to the river: "Why don't you want to cross the riverbank, more than ten years have passed, and it is time to be corrupted." ”

With that, the old man jumped into the water.

There was no splash, and the old figure went straight to the bottom of the river.

At this time, the scholar had already gone far away.

He walked along the river, sometimes he would see the cliffs as deep as 10,000 miles, the river was rushing under the cliffs, sometimes he would penetrate into the dense forest, the river seemed to be still, just now, he followed the river into a dark and secluded cave, the river passed through the cave, the cave was dozens of miles long, and after he passed through the cave, the sky was completely dark and would come down, and a bright moon was in the sky.

Under a crooked-necked tree outside the cave, the scholar sat down and thought about it seriously, it was obviously a river, and the location he passed through was different, as if it had been replaced by another river, if he hadn't traveled along the river all the way, I was afraid that he would really have been deceived.

The scholar got up and continued to walk, and finally saw the lights after climbing a mountain, standing here he could have a bird's-eye view of Panlong Town, the whole town had nine hundred and ninety-nine lights, each light was the same brightness, and there were thirteen paths across the street, and the thirteen roads finally converged in an open place, where there was no light.

The scholar continued on his way, doing boring things as he went.

For example, his eyes will go from house to house, looking for something familiar.

For example, he will look condescendingly at where he lives.

Soon, the scholar returned to the starting point, stood in the previous position for a few breaths, and was about to turn to leave, when he suddenly found that the water of the river seemed to be much cleaner, and there was no dirt in the river.

That night, the scholar himself did not remember how many times he walked, and basically went to all the places along the river, except for two places that he did not go, one was a mass grave, and the other was a place where the river was very fast.

Back at the hut, the scholar did not light the lamp, he decided not to light the lamp again in the future, he did not want to make up nine hundred and ninety-nine into one thousand in the dark, and he also found that this position was good

It's like being in the middle of the town.

That is to say, if he lit this oil lamp, the lights of the whole town would almost surround this lamp, and he did not notice these when he first rented the house, and seemed to rent it because he thought it was clean and cheap, and the owner of the house was an old man with no children and no daughters.

The scholar didn't think much about it, smeared into the quilt, smeared and turned the book on his waist, although he couldn't see it, but every time he turned a page, he knew what was said on this page, and what kind of array was outlined.

At about the fifth watch, the scholar fell asleep with the book in his arms.

This sleep was very peaceful, and the scholar did not have those strange dreams again, and slept brightly.

The scholar got up and washed his face with cold water, and then went out, there were already many people around the position not far from him, which was where the old man of the house lived, the scholar ignored it, carefully locked the door, and walked towards the school.

He decided to teach today's lesson well, but not on etiquette, let alone on cultivation.

The scholar crossed the threshold, and the scent of ink came to his face.

The immature face of the next dozens of feet was looking at him with bad intentions, Ah Lang squeezed his eyes at him vigorously, and the scholar changed his mean face in the past, chuckled, and bowed to the two old-fashioned old men at the back.

Under the gaze of the two old men, the scholar did not walk to the long table, but walked slowly to several windows, opening them one by one, allowing the crisp branches outside to poke in, and let the ink fragrance waft out.

Today's scholar didn't bring a book, he walked back to the long table briskly, and then pointed to Ah Lang at the bottom, and then pointed to a fat child sitting in the corner, and said: "Little fat, you chase Ah Lang to fight, if you win, I will invite you to dinner, how about it?"

When Xiaopang heard that there was something to eat, he immediately raised his fist and smiled playfully at Ah Lang.

Then the scholar looked at Ah Lang again and said, "If you can find a way not to be beaten, I can take you to make a new dress in the best silk cloth village in Panlong Town." ”

Ah Lang was originally resentful, but when he heard that he was treated like this, he looked at the clothes on his body that were no longer shiny, and immediately burst into tears and smiled.

But the two old-fashioned faces in the next head suddenly became a little angry, and even one of them was about to get up, but was stopped by the other person, and whispered: "Don't worry, let's see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd." ”

The man nodded reluctantly.

At this moment, the little fat man saluted Ah Lang with a fist from afar, and then jumped out of the crowd and chased after him with his fists, Ah Lang had bad legs and feet, how could he withstand such a chase, a few back and forth were already sweating, and the quiet school seemed to be full of his wheezing.

It seems that the two of them ran around the school for more than a dozen laps, Ah Lang ran slower and slower, and finally fell in a corner, Xiao Fat took the opportunity to go up, jumped high, and smashed into the back of Ah Lang's head in a circle, at the same time, the old man behind didn't have time to put down the brush in his hand and suddenly got up, ready to stop the falling fist.

However, the fist still fell, first a heavy punch on the back of Ah Lang's head, and then Xiao Fat raised his fist again and smashed Ah Lang's neck, just when the old man stepped forward and shouted rudeness, Xiao Pang suddenly flew out.

Then, Ah Lang jumped high, rode on Xiao Pang's body, and began to clench his fists and smash down, but he only smashed Xiao Pang with a punch, which was also the back of his head, and then stopped.

The old man who arrived was about to wave his hand at the scholar and signal him to leave quickly, but the other old man got up with a smile and said, "Young man, what a wonderful person. ”

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