Volume 2 Chapter 25: The Meeting of Fate
In a simple grass hut, a brand-new guzheng lies quietly on a stone table. A white-haired old man was sitting on a stone bench, stroking the piano with both hands, playing calmly. A young man who looked like a scholar stood aside respectfully, holding an ancient fan in his hand, patiently fanning the old man.
Suddenly, I only heard the sound of "dang!", and the string in the old man's hand suddenly broke!
"Master....."
The scholar on the side suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked at the old man.
"Prepare a car for me, someone is here. β
The corners of the old man's mouth showed a hint of a smile imperceptibly. He stroked the strings of the guzheng with both hands, stood up and said.
"Yes!"
The young scholar grinned, immediately put away the fan in his hand, and ran out of the house.
The old man was dressed in white, and his long white hair hung down to his waist. The white eyebrows on the forehead, the sleeves are long and elegant, and the body is fairy. I saw him shake his long white sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the grass house.
"Bring an umbrella, it's going to rain heavily. β
The old man looked up at the sky and said to the scholar who was coming.
"Rain?!"
The scholar also looked up at the sky, and the sky was clear at this time, and there was not a trace of dark clouds in the sky!
"I know if you don't believe it, so take it with you, and you'll know later whether it's true or not. β
After the old man finished speaking, he didn't say a word to the scholar anymore, picked up a roll of bamboo slips, and sat in the car by himself.
"I'll go get it, Master. β
The scholar immediately ran back to the grass house and found two umbrellas.
"Master, where are we going?"
The scholar asked, with a bullwhip in his hand, stepping into the ox cart.
"Pick up people. β
The old man replied while looking at the bamboo slips.
"How do you get there?"
"To the east. β
The old man looked at the bamboo slips and pointed out the direction to the scholar.
"Got it, Master. Cow, let's go!"
The scholar immediately picked up the bullwhip, violently whipped the big green ox under his crotch, and headed east.
After about a kilometer of travel, the boy noticed a fork in the road ahead.
"Master, there are two paths ahead of this, which one should we take?"
"Left. β
The old man was still flipping through the bamboo slips in his hand, and he didn't even look at it, so he said directly.
"Okay!"
The boy seemed to believe the old man's words, and immediately drove to the left in the ox cart.
The two continued to drive for about two hours. The scholar suddenly heard the sound of fierce fighting in his ears, and couldn't help but look down the mountain. I saw that there were two groups of men and horses fighting at the foot of the mountain at this time! The men and horses in red clothes were printed with the patterns of officers and soldiers, and the wave in gray clothes knew at a glance that they were robbers.
"Master, Master, there's a war going on down here!"
The scholar pointed to the dense crowd of people at the bottom of the mountain and said excitedly.
"Don't look at it, the officers and soldiers will be killed and retreated, hurry up!"
The old man looked at the bamboo slips and said to the scholar.
As soon as the old man's words fell, the situation below immediately changed! I saw that the group of robbers suddenly changed their formation and attacked the officers and men on both sides of the crane wing formation! The officers and men were defeated and retreated!
"Master... How do you know everything?!"
The scholar looked at the officers and soldiers who had really been killed and retreated, and asked with a look of admiration.
"Because I'm your master!"
The old man suddenly put down the bamboo slip in his hand, snatched the scholar's bullwhip and whipped the old cow violently!
"Hurry up, or you'll be discovered by the bandits!"
.....
After traveling for a long time, the ox cart came to a meadow and finally stopped. The scholar jumped out of the car and asked the old man, "Master, there is a man lying here, do you want to wake him up?"
"Carry him into the car, that's our destined person!"
The old man put down the bamboo slip in his hand, and together with the scholar, carried the young man lying on the grass onto the ox cart.
"Go back!"
The scholar got into the car and drove the old ox back along the road he had come.
"Who is this young man?" Master?"
On the way, the scholar saw that the young man was dressed strangely and looked strange, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Destined people. β
The old man picked up the bamboo slip again and looked at it.
"Master, I sometimes feel that you are so mysterious, you know everything, you know everything! However, you still seem to have miscalculated one thing today. β
The scholar said, gesturing to the still clear sky.
"No rain today, haha!"
Who knew that as soon as the fairy tale fell, a thin raindrop flew down from the sky, drenching the scholar!
"The sun rises in the east and rains in the west, and the road is sunny but sunny. Hahaha!"
The old man held the umbrella and stroked his beard and laughed.
"Master, I was wrong!
The scholar's face was flushed, and he quickly opened his umbrella and said again and again.
.....
The familiar melody came to my ears again.
Lin Peng remembered this tune, which was a song of mountains and flowing water.
Who is it?!
Lin Peng slowly opened his eyes, looked at the sound of the piano, and saw a white-haired old man sitting on a stone bench, playing calmly.
This picture... I feel like I've seen it somewhere.....
Lin Peng felt that the scene in front of him was a bit familiar.
Where did it come from?.....
Lin Peng couldn't help but recall it quickly in his mind.
That's right!
Lin Peng finally remembered.
Am I dreaming now, too?
"Are you awake?"
The old man seemed to notice Lin Peng's gaze, suddenly stopped playing, and asked without looking back.
"You... Who are you?!"
Lin Peng woke up suddenly, and finally realized that this was not a dream, sat up suddenly, and looked around back and forth. I found myself in a strange grass house!
"I'm the one who brought you back. β
The old man turned around and looked at Lin Peng with a smile on his face.
"Great, you're finally awake, you've been in a coma for a day. Let's grab something to eat!"
A young man who looked like a scholar came to Lin Peng's side and brought him a bowl of hot porridge.
"You... It's filming?....."
Lin Peng looked at the two of them dressed and asked with some hesitation.
"What is filming?"
The scholar asked, puzzled.
That was the term of their time, referring to an art form of image recording and processing. β
The old man explained.
"I knew you guys were filming!"
Lin Peng saw that the old man explained the word filming word for word, and immediately recognized his idea.
"My master knows everything, don't be fooled by him. β
The scholar said with a smile.
"Know everything?!"
Lin Peng really didn't believe it, he felt that these two people were actors, pretending to be stupid with himself.
"Okay, then let me ask you, do you know where I'm from?"
"In terms of the place name of your time, you are from XX County, Anhui Province. β
The old man replied unhurriedly.
"Hey~ There are really two hits. β
Lin Peng didn't expect the other party to really guess it, but he wasn't too surprised and planned to continue asking questions.
"You don't have to say, I know what you're trying to ask later, you're trying to ask, 'Where is the specific address of my family?' How many brothers are in my family, how many elders?'
The old man didn't wait for Lin Peng to speak, and immediately said all the words in his heart, and Lin Peng was suddenly speechless with fright.
Can this old man read minds?!
"If you still don't believe me, I can tell you some more of your secrets....."
Then, the old man counted all the ugly things that Lin Peng had done since he was a child! The frightened Lin Peng kowtowed again and again, begging him not to break the news again!
"Now you believe it!"
The scholar said with a snicker.
"I believed!
Lin Peng nodded again and again and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.
Did I really go back to antiquity? Is it because of that light?
"I know you're in a hurry to go back, don't worry, I have a way to send you back. Take things as they come. You must know that you can come to this place, it is because of the will of God. β
The old man saw the anxiety in Lin Peng's heart, and comforted him.
"But... But I'm going to meet someone now!"
Lin Peng gritted his teeth and said.
"I know what you're going to do, aren't you just going to see that girl? aren't you bothered that you don't have enough strength?"
"Sir, who the hell are you?!"
Lin Peng didn't expect the other party to even know these things, and asked with a shocked face.
"My name is Lao Dan, and others generally call me Lao Tzu. β
"You're Lao Tzu?!"
Lin Peng exclaimed! He didn't expect that the old man in front of him was actually the legendary founder of TaoismβLao Tzu!