The master couldn't help it, Xiao Laodao was happy when he heard it, and asked Xiaoqing if he wanted a guide, he was very familiar with the south, and it was easy to find a place with plenty of aura.

When Xiaoqing heard this, she cheered and was very happy. That's it, after a few days of repairing, Xiao Laodao has three masters and apprentices, and they went on the road with Taiye Xiaoqing.

A few fast horses, all the way south, two days later, came to Qufu, Shandong. Qufu, the capital of the Lu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

After entering the city, Xiao Laodao greeted everyone and stayed in the hotel, and the master looked up at the sun in the sky and said, "Brother Xiao, it's not yet noon, why do you stay in the hotel so early." ”

Xiao Laodao said with a smile: "Qufu is different from other places, it is the birthplace of Confucius Kong Zhongni, the forest by the river outside the city is the tomb of Confucius, there are also Confucian mansions and Confucian temples here, brother, you are also a scholar, and you have been admitted to Xiucai, don't you want to worship this Confucian master." ”

When the master heard this, there was a hint of admiration on his face, although he was arrogant, he never neglected his predecessors.

I found an inn to live in, had lunch, and with the consent of the little young girl, Xiao Laodao led a few people and rode out of the city.

Walking two or three miles outside the city, a huge garden appeared in front of everyone's eyes, Xiao Laodao restrained the horses, pointed to the garden, and said to the master: "Brother, this is Kong Lin, you and the little green girl, the monkey, go in and take a turn." ”

When the master heard Xiao Laodao's words, he asked, "Brother Xiao, won't you go in with us?" ”

Xiao Laodao bowed his head and said: "There are still some things to do, you go over first, and when I finish my business, I will come back to you." ”

The master wanted to ask Xiao Laodao what he wanted to do, but the grandfather knew Xiao Laodao's temper better, and he would naturally say what he wanted to say, and he couldn't ask what he didn't want to say.

At that time, there was no need for tickets, so the master and Xiaoqing found a place to tie down the horses and led the ghost monkeys in.

There are forest guards in the Confucian forest, and after passing through the archway, there are several wooden houses next to the archway, in which live several forest keepers of the descendants of the Kong family.

After the three of them entered, an old man in his sixties walked out of one of the wooden houses, and the master hurriedly stepped forward to salute and explain his intention. Perhaps the old man saw that the master looked sincere, not like the one who came to make trouble, so he nodded and agreed, and told the three masters that the forest behind the ancestors' tombs must not be entered.

The master was curious, but he didn't ask much, but Xiaoqing pestered the old man and asked, just wondering what was in the forest behind the tomb, why couldn't he enter?

The old man dodged his words, as if he didn't want to say more, and in the end, Xiaoqing asked the old man anxiously, and the old man said to Xiaoqing, if you ask again, don't go in, if you want to go to the forest behind, we will kick you out now! After the old man finished speaking, he was about to beckon into the wooden house, where there should be a few forest guards.

Seeing this, the master hurriedly stopped the old man, saying that he was a showman, passing by here, he especially admired Master Confucius, and came to worship, where the master could not go, where was the forbidden place, never stepped into half a step, never begged the master to be pure.

What the master said was very pertinent, the old man glanced at Xiaoqing, didn't say anything, and turned back to the wooden house.

I haven't been to Qufu, not even Shandong, so I don't know what Kong Lin is like, according to what I checked on the Internet, Kong Lin is the world's longest lasting family cemetery, I estimate that at the time of the grandfather, the scale of Kong Lin should be not small.

Taiye and Xiaoqing turned around in it for a long time, and finally found the grave of Confucius, which is a soil-bag-shaped mound of sealed soil, with a large area, covered with crisp weeds, in front of the mound of sealed soil, there is a very imposing tombstone, and the master came to the front of the tombstone and kowtowed respectfully to the first master.

However, when the master stood up after kowtowing and found that Xiaoqing and the little ghost monkey were gone, the grandfather's heart suddenly sank, and he vaguely felt where they had gone, so he hurriedly walked around the mound and walked quickly behind the mound.

I saw that behind the mound, it was indeed a forest, and it was only three or four zhang away from the mound, and the trees in the forest were quite dense, and the ground was overgrown with weeds, and it seemed that no one had entered it for a long time.

On the periphery of the forest, there is a wooden fence that connects the trees around the perimeter, and there is a sign on the wooden fence that reads: Do not enter.

At this time, the grandfather did not see Xiaoqing and the ghost monkey, and looked for the periphery of the forest along the fence, and saw the end of the fence, where it intersected with the courtyard wall, the fence seemed to have been moved, and the grandfather walked in to take a look, and saw that the wooden rivets that fixed the fence were pulled out of the ground and thrown aside, resulting in the fence connecting the courtyard wall becoming a living fan.

The master gently pushed the fence, the fence fell inside, the master hurriedly grabbed it, turned his head and looked around, there was no one, and this place is very inconspicuous, if it weren't for the fact that the master was looking for Xiaoqing and the ghost monkey, he wouldn't have come here at all.

Seeing that there were traces of the grass nest on the ground that had just been trampled on, the master became more and more convinced that Xiaoqing and the little ghost monkey must have entered the forest from here, and the wooden rivets on the ground should have been pulled up by them.

The grandfather was very helpless, the old man guarding the tomb did not let him enter the forest, the two of them still had to enter, the grandfather looked around again, and saw that there was still no one around, the grandfather quickly walked through the fence and walked in, returned the fence to the distance, and walked towards the depths of the forest.

The master didn't want to satisfy his curiosity, but wanted to find Xiaoqing and the ghost monkey and pull the two of them out, so as not to be discovered and let the family drive out.

This forest doesn't seem to be too big, but the forest is relatively dense, and the view is blocked by trees, so you can't see two feet away.

The master followed the traces of being stepped on in the grass nest before, and walked not far in the forest, and faintly, the sound of reading came. The master suddenly wondered, since Lin Zi didn't let people in, where did the sound of reading come from? Stopped, held his breath, and listened carefully, the master became more and more puzzled, it was indeed the sound of reading, but he couldn't hear what he was reading, judging from the sound, this was a private school gentleman, with five or six children.

The grandfather followed the sound and walked up, and when he walked in a little further, the grandfather was stunned, and stopped again, and the grandfather found that in the voices of these five or six children, there was actually Xiaoqing's voice, and if you listened carefully, there was indeed Xiaoqing's voice, but Xiaoqing's voice was not as loud as those children.

The master breathed a sigh of relief at this time, but fortunately he found it, and strode in the direction where the voice came, and walked four or five feet away, and a small clearing appeared in front of him, and there was a wooden house on the clearing. In front of the wooden house, there are five or six stone men and stone beasts, and in front of these stone men and stone beasts is a stone statue of Confucius.

The master looked at these stone men and stone beasts, and suddenly his scalp was numb, and the sound of reading actually came from the mouths of these stone men and stone beasts, and the master reacted very quickly, and without waiting for these stone men and stone beasts to find out, he hurriedly hid behind a big tree.

At this time, the sound of reading did not stop, the master stabilized himself behind the tree, and then looked at the stone man and stone beast from the back of the tree, and saw Xiaoqing and the ghost monkey sitting in front of the stone man and stone beast, and the Confucius stone statue read a sentence, Xiaoqing learned to read a sentence with those stone men and stone beasts, and read a serious one, and the monkey listened to it next to him.

Seeing this, the master stabilized himself again, judging from the current situation, these stone men and stone beasts should have aura, but they ran out to study in broad daylight, and they were a little too bold, and the old man guarding the forest should also know this, otherwise, he would not let people enter the forest.

At this moment, the stone statue of Confucius spoke, "That little brother behind you, don't hide and listen, come and sit down and listen." ”

As soon as the stone statue said this, Xiaoqing and the ghost monkey stood up together, and looked back at the forest, the master had to appear at this time, turned out from behind the tree, and said to the stone statue of his grandson: "I don't know which way you are from the immortal family, you are actually preaching the scriptures here." "Because the words of the stone statue are not hostile to him, of course, the master must also treat him politely.

The stone statue smiled, but the laugh made the master very uncomfortable, because the stone statue was dead, but the laughter was alive. From a stone man with no signs of life, there was a laugh like a living person, which was acceptable to the master, and I am afraid that someone else would have been scared away.

The stone statue said: "We are not immortals, we are the spirit of the stone, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon for thousands of years, plus this is the burial place of the saint, from time to time hangers come, the incense ash is vigorous, and the days are long, we give birth to spirituality...... Come on, come on, sit down and listen together, although you are a mortal in the world, but the old man is educated, don't do anything, don't do anything......"

The statue of Confucius was quite enthusiastic, and the master walked out of the forest, cautiously walked to Xiaoqing and the ghost monkey, and glanced at them.

Xiaoqing smiled at the grandfather, did not speak, and motioned to the grandfather to be her side with his eyes, the grandfather glanced at the statue of Confucius, and asked Xiaoqing, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Xiaoqing smiled again, "Don't you see what's going on, come, sit down and listen to the old gentleman's lecture." ”

"Hahahaha, little brother don't have to be restrained, those mortals in the past, when they heard my speech and teaching, they all fled when they heard the sound, and several descendants of the Confucian family who guarded the forest mistakenly thought that their ancestors had appeared, and they were afraid of frightening outsiders, so they sent the old man here."

When the stone statue of Confucius said this, Xiaoqing raised his hand and pulled the corner of the master's clothes, and said in a low voice: "Why don't you sit down quickly, listen to the old gentleman, you can cultivate for a few decades." ”

The master ignored Xiaoqing's words, bent down, grabbed Xiaoqing's wrist with his backhand, turned his face and glared at the ghost monkey next to him, "Don't go out with me quickly." With that, he grabbed Xiaoqing's wrist and pulled her up from the stone.

Xiaoqing suddenly sneered, "Brother, what are you doing." ”

The master said: "The old man who guards the forest at the right time won't let us enter the forest, have you forgotten?" ”

Xiaoqing said: "If he doesn't let him in, he can't enter, didn't you see that the old gentleman agreed to let us stay." ”

At this time, the stone statue of Confucius echoed: "What the girl said is right, we are transformed by stone people and stone beasts, and you are transformed by the stone in the heart of the mountain, which can be said to be a lot of fate, if the descendants of the Kong family want to drive you away, the old man will never agree." ”