At dawn, I rubbed my eyes and walked out of the house, staring blankly at the scene in front of me.

"What should I do?"

Chu Nantang thought for a while and said to Xuan Mingdao: "Master, let's cremate these corpses." ”

"Hmm." Daoist Xuan Ming nodded, it was delayed for a whole day, the sun had set after burning these corpses, it was not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and I don't know what will happen tonight.

Just as he was about to leave, there was a sudden sound of rustling from the grass, and Chu Nantang made a gesture of silence.

Quietly stepped forward and took a branch to remove the grass, and it turned out to be a boy of eleven or twelve years old.

I saw that he was trembling all over, his face was gray and he couldn't see his original appearance, and his clothes were ragged, and we speculated that he might belong to the villagers here, and he was the only one left.

Chu Nantang breathed a sigh of relief, dropped the wooden branch in his hand, and stepped forward to pull him out of the grass.

"How long have you been hiding here?"

He was very vigilant, shrunk his neck and took two steps back, but did not speak.

I suddenly thought that there were some snacks made by Grandma Sun when I came, and I brought some to him, and when I saw him staring at the snacks in my hand, I swallowed my saliva, but I didn't dare to come forward to take them.

I shoved the snack into his hand: "Eat, if it's not enough, I have a lot of it here." ”

He was so hungry. Shove these snacks into your mouth as hard as you can. Chu Nantang smoothed his back: "You eat slowly, no one will rob you." ”

Seeing that we didn't mean to hurt him, his vigilance was lowered a lot.

"Can you tell me what's going on here?" I asked.

After he finished eating, he said in a hoarse voice: "There was a plague, and they all died, and I was the only one left. ”

Daoist Xuan Ming pondered for a while and said, "It seems that you should not die, so go with me." ”

Chu Nantang looked back at Daoist Xuan Ming in surprise, his eyes sank and he didn't speak, and then nodded and said, "Little brother, my master is very good, and it will be a good result for you to go up the mountain with us." By the way, what's your name? ”

He snorted for a long time before he said, "Gu, Gu Xi, I." ”

I jerked back at him, and the rest of the snack in my hand fell to the ground. Gu Xi me, he is Gu Xi me?!

Chu Nantang noticed my abnormality and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

"Huh?" I suddenly came back to my senses and shook my head: "No...... It's nothing. ”

Chu Nantang said, Gu Xi and I are full of evil arts, and the person behind the control of the corpse last night must be him.

It's just that Daoist Xuanming didn't ask anything, but said that he would take him away together, in fact, Daoist Xuanming must also have doubts in his heart, probably having his own plans.

We walked for half a month, fortunately there was no danger after that, the mountain road is very steep, spiraling up the mountain road, if you don't fall down carefully, the abyss, clouds and mist, only afraid of broken bones.

After walking for a day and a night on the mountain road, I finally came to the Taoist temple, and I only sighed that this scene should only be in the sky, where can I find it in the world?

The Taoist temple is not very large, but also very delicate and elegant, there are many pavilions and courtyards in the mountains and forests.

There was a small Taoist priest guarding the temple, and when he saw Xuanming Taoist coming back, he came to pay respects, and then took a broom to clean the yard.

It can be seen that the incense is flourishing in the Sanqing Palace, and people often come to worship. The pillar depicts the image of the four ancient divine beasts, and there is a nine-story stargazing tower not far from the Sanqing Palace.

The alchemy room, the ring platform, and the four palaces, all of which add up, there are more than 40 palaces. The garden is very distinctive, the palace is magnificent, and the scenery is elegant.

After I finished visiting, it was already evening, Chu Nantang and I went to the pavilion to rest, looking at the green mountains in the distance surrounded by clouds and mist, as if they were in the sky.

I sighed: "The Taoist temple is so big. ”

Chu Nantang smiled: "What, scared?" ”

I nodded truthfully: "Your master...... It must be rich, right? ”

Chu Nantang rarely laughed out loud: "Probably ......"

Suddenly, Chu Nantang took out two cyan fruits from his sleeve: "Here you go, quench your thirst." ”

I unceremoniously took the fruit from him, it was a little sour, but more sweet, and it did quench your thirst.

"What kind of fruit is this? It's delicious. ”

He said, "Life is fruitful." ”

"Huh?"

He smiled without saying a word, looked at the sky and said, "Let's go back, it's about time to eat." ”

The Taoist temple has disciples who specialize in fasting, and I usually don't eat much meat, so I don't get used to it.

Gu Xi I changed into a clean robe, I didn't want it to be quite suitable, his temperament is actually somewhat similar to Chu Nantang.

A fairy spirit who doesn't know the fireworks in the world. Wearing this kind of cyan loose uniform, he really looks like a little fairychild.

When I passed Gu Xi's room, I saw him making the bed, but it was still a mess.

I sighed softly, walked into the room, and took the sheets from him: "I'll help you." ”

He was a little shy, answered softly, stepped aside, and watched as I quickly made the bed, his eyes full of admiration.

"Thank you, thank you."

I can't believe it, he is Gu Xi, such a small person, thin and fragile like a frightened rabbit.

It's hard for me to associate him with Gu Xi and me a hundred years later, what exactly has happened to make a person like that?

It is always said that people can change, but I think that at the beginning of people, their nature is good, and no one is born evil.

"No thanks, you go to bed early."

"Hmm." He bowed his head and whispered, and I turned and closed the door for him.

Approaching Chu Nantang's wing, I vaguely heard the sound of the piano, it was rare to hear him caress the piano, I slowed down my pace, and when I walked to the door, I didn't dare to go in and disturb.

Then sit on the stone steps, hold your cheeks, watch the leaves swaying, listen to a song of heaven, enjoy a bright moon, enjoy a breeze, if your life is so wasteful, but it is not bad.

There was a clear sound, the wooden door was pushed open, and the song stopped at some point, and I was still immersed in the beauty of the previous moment.

He was surprised: "I told you where you have been, and I am looking for you, and I don't want you to sit here in a daze." ”

I looked back, the young man was dressed in a green shirt like a fairy, and his bright eyes were bent into moon buds with the smile on the corner of his mouth, indescribably comfortable and handsome.

"Nantang ......"

He didn't pay much attention to it, he dragged up the hem, sat on the ground, and looked up at the bright moon side by side with me.

I hadn't felt him so close to me for a long time, and we sat together, looking at the same moon, blowing the same wind, and enjoying the same scenery.

"What are you thinking?" He suddenly turned his head and asked me curiously, "It's rare to see you with a preoccupied face." ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "I'm thinking about the future." ”

"Future?" He smiled: "I look at your face." It is an excellent face, although there are many twists and turns, but you can finally find a good husband and spend your life together. ”

After hearing this, I laughed: "Are you so sure? ”

"Definitely!" He reached out and touched my head, with a doting expression: "So no matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, don't give up hope and live well." ”

I know that he is comforting me, some people say that fortune-telling is half true and half false, but the listener is constantly giving himself psychological hints because of fortune-telling, and the road of life will slowly go down towards psychological hints.

It's a pity that I have broken most of my life in this life. That is, to come. Then it is safe. Every minute and every second with him is a good memory.

No matter what the outcome is, when you meet someone like Chu Nantang, this life is worth it.

"Nantang, I also know your future."

He stared at me suspiciously, smiling, "Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"You will find the love of your life, give birth to a lovely son, and live happily ever after."

He stared at me for a long time, and laughed: "The love of my life...... Master said that I have no relationship with the world in my life, and my relationship with my parents, relatives and friends is very shallow. ”

"I believe in you, so you believe in me too, okay?"

A smile still tugged at the corners of his mouth. Pandering nodded: "Okay, I believe you." If I had a son, what would I call it? ”

"It's called Chu Fan."

"Chu Fan?"

"A lifetime, ordinary and ordinary, is the greatest happiness and comfort, so it is called Chu Fan."

"This name is really good, then my future child will be named Chu Fan."

He smiled at me, went back to the house and burned incense, and then sat silently until late.

Before going to bed, he said: "Next time we go to the Nine-Fold Stargazing Pagoda to admire the moon, we will have a different feeling from there." ”

So I began to look forward to the next day when I would admire the moon with him.

Days in the Taoist temple. Leisure and comfortable, Daoist Xuan Ming often refines medicine in the alchemy room.

I asked Chu Nantang curiously, "Can your master really refine the elixir?" ”

He laughed: "Who knows? But the elixir that saved your life a year and a half ago was refined by the master, and it can cure all kinds of poisons. ”

"That's amazing!"

He carried the bamboo basket on his back and called Gu Xi to me: "Little brother, do you want to go to the mountains to collect medicine together?" ”

Gu Xi finished sweeping the yard, raised his eyes and looked at Chu Nantang, and nodded silently.

The three of them went to the back mountain to collect medicines together, Chu Nantang recognized many herbs, and explained to us very patiently the efficacy of these herbs.

"Tired? There's a waterfall in front of you, and I'll take you there. ”

Hearing that there was a waterfall, it was a good place to cool off, so Gu Xi and I nodded again and again, and couldn't help but speed up our steps with Chu Nantang.

After walking for a while, I finally came to the waterfall, and the waterfall that flowed down was like silver pouring down thousands of miles, magnificent and magnificent.

I took off my shoes and socks, couldn't wait to walk to the small stone, took a handful of clear springs, handed it to my lips and drank it, and suddenly felt that my five organs and six spleens were refreshed.

After drinking the water, we all dipped our feet into the pool and kicked the water to play.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the grass. I made a silencing gesture: "It must be a hare!" ”

Gu Xi and I had a playful heart, and cautiously stepped forward to remove the grass, where is the rabbit? It turned out to be a little white fox with an injured front leg.

"Nantang, come here! There was a little fox, and it was injured. ”

Chu Nantang immediately got up and walked over: "I'll take a look." ”

He stepped forward to look, and the little fox seemed to have no strength, and lay there with a sigh of relief, chirping.

"I guess I was bitten by a poisonous snake, it seems that the little fox just had a big fight, and he died for life."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle of elixir from his arms, fed the little fox one, put herbs on its legs, and picked up the little fox.

"Take it back first, I don't know if I can save it."

When I went back, it was late, the woods were shaded by towering trees, and I couldn't see the road clearly, so I kicked the vine and twisted my foot as I walked.

Chu Nantang and Gu Xi I was worried about checking, I said that I could still walk, I barely walked two steps, twisted my feet high and swollen, and I couldn't walk anymore.

Chu Nantang put the little fox into the bamboo basket and handed it to Gu Xi: "Little brother, you carry it on your back." ”

"Okay." Gu Xi, I took the bamboo basket on my back.

Chu Nantang picked me up, and where he walked, he was shocked by the fire in the grass, and with the help of the fireflies, we returned to the Taoist temple, and it was past dinner time.

Daoist Xuanming asked his disciple to keep the food, Gu Xi and I made a nest for the little white fox, it is sick, I am worried that I will not be able to survive tonight.

Chu Nantang squatted down and touched the little fox's head: "Hold on, little fox." ”

I suddenly had an idea that if I could go back, and still be able to return to our home, I must have a puppy in the future, and he would definitely be able to take care of it.

On the second day, when we went to see it again, the little fox, who had not thought of yesterday's sickness, was yawning and nesting comfortably in the nest, and did not seem to be afraid of us.

"Nantang, is it alive?" I asked him happily by tugging on his sleeve and looking up.

"yes, I'll just say it. It won't die so easily, don't worry. He touched my head.

I don't know when this habit began, but when I was happy, I would touch my head, and when I was emotional, I would touch my head.

There was a coughing sound behind him, and Chu Nantang turned around and shouted, "Master, are you out of the customs?" ”

Daoist Xuanming stepped forward with his hand, glanced at the little white fox, and then turned to Gu Xi and said, "Nantang, Xi me, you come with me." ”

I quietly followed, and when I arrived in the Qingfeng Palace, Daoist Xuan Ming asked Gu Xi: "You have been coming to the Taoist Temple for a long time, what do you think of here?" ”

Gu Xi, I looked up at Daoist Xuan Ming in surprise. Heartily said: "Happy, I like it here." Like everyone too. ”

"Would you like to stay forever?"

Gu Xi was stunned for a long time, and Daoist Xuan Ming asked again, "Are you willing to stay forever?" ”

Chu Nantang glanced at Gu Xi and me, and then at Daoist Xuanming, and suddenly understood, and said happily: "Xi me, the master wants to accept you as an apprentice, and asks if you are willing?" ”

Gu Xi's eyes were slightly red, and his whole body trembled slightly, and he choked up: "I am willing, I ...... Would like to stay here forever, I love it. ”

"Little junior brother, don't meet the master yet."

Gu Xi knelt down excitedly, snorted three times, and bowed to the teacher.

I stood outside the door with envy and sighed. Maybe the sigh was too loud and was heard by Daoist Xuanming.

He looked up at me, smiled, and beckoned to me.

I blinked and walked forward, confused.

"You child, you have a pure nature, only you have a deep fate with Nantang, which is really rare. Even so, if you want to come under my door, how about you also perform this prostration? ”

My eyes widened in surprise. Looking at Chu Nantang, he pursed his lips and smiled brightly at me.

"Master, can you ......" I hesitated to look at Gu Xi.

"What can be? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"I want to be the second senior sister, I hope I am younger than me, he is the little junior brother, is it okay?"

Daoist Xuan Ming was extremely kind, and said with a smile: "I hope I will worship first, you ask him, is it okay?" ”

Gu Xi blushed, nodded silently, and shouted, "Second Senior Sister, Senior Brother." ”

Chu Nantang put his hands around his chest and pretended to be serious: "Oops." There are more junior sisters and junior brothers, which is fun. ”

Daoist Xuan Ming instructed: "When I am not there, you have to listen to the words of Senior Brother, do you know? ”

Gu Xi and I replied in unison, "I know Master." ”

At first, I thought it was funny, chased after Chu Nantang, and shouted: "Senior brother, senior brother, senior brother!" ”

"Hey, this kid has a magic barrier." Chu Nantang plucked out his ears and sighed.

Time flies, and the time in the Taoist temple is the best memory of this life. The little fox later recovered from his injuries, but he was reluctant to leave, it seemed to know the benefactor who saved him, every time Chu Nantang meditated, it lay at Chu Nantang's feet and pretended to sleep.

When it comes to meditation, you have to get up on the fourth watch, and it is not yet dawn.

At first, I couldn't get up, so he took the ring ruler and pumped our buttocks with a serious face, and drove us to get up from the bed and go to the temple to meditate and practice.

Most of my meditations with Xi I were fake, I fell asleep with my squints, and finally had to be woken up by Chu Nantang's ring ruler.

His strength is so good that I suspect that he is privately pumping the weight of his own practice.

Later, day after day. I am used to waking up on the fourth watch, but I am also used to Chu Nantang holding a ring ruler to pull us up from the bed.

I was influenced by him a lot, and I also had a lot of experience in meditation later.

In the beginning, in order to get us into a good state, he often recited the Mind Method to us.

The husband is based on the unintentional, forgetful words, weakness-based, quiet, diet-free, never thinking, meditation to regulate pranayama, and sleeping to nourish qi.

If the heart is not galloping, the shape is not laborious, and the god is not disturbed, then the Dan knot, and then extinguish the emotion in the void, calm the mind in the extreme, and do not go out of the house and the wonderful way.

Once, I quietly opened my eyes halfway through, and I saw a butterfly fluttering its wings and landing on Chu Nantang's shoulder, which seemed to be very stable.

I don't want to, Gu Xi also opened my eyes and deserted, surprised by the scene in front of me.

I got up to play, quietly stepped forward, reached out to catch the butterfly, and as soon as I stretched out my hand, the butterfly flew away.

Therefore, it disturbed Chu Nantang to meditate, he stared at me with half-squinted eyes, the distance was very close, and a little further, my forehead was about to touch his lips.

I was so frightened that I hurriedly took two steps back: "Big, big brother, butterfly...... Flew away. ”

"Punish you, sweep the yard for a month, I hope I, sweep with your senior sister."

I swept the yard with Xi, looked at the butterflies in the flower garden on the side, dropped the broom and stepped forward, but as soon as I got closer, the butterflies flew away.

I sighed, "Why? ”

Sniffed his body again, it stands to reason that I am more fragrant than Chu Nantang, why did the butterfly run away when he saw me, but it fell on his shoulder.

Suddenly, I heard a burst of hidden laughter behind me, and I realized that I might be stupid like this.

"Division...... Elder brother. ”

He stepped forward with a smile on his face and asked, "Want to know why?" ”

Gu Xi also came up and nodded repeatedly: "Senior brother, why?" ”

"The mind is uncertain, the anger is not restless, if you achieve the realm of selflessness, the mind has nothing, there is nothing to fear." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and in a few moments, a butterfly stopped at his fingertips.

What's even more amazing is that the butterfly will fly with his hand.

Gu Xi and I could only stare wide-eyed, looking at it in surprise, full of admiration.

"So from tomorrow onwards, you have to meditate hard and cultivate your self-cultivation, and you can do it in the future."

Gu Xi and I nodded like garlic, and secretly swore that from tomorrow onwards, we must take the boring and tasteless meditation seriously.

In the remaining two years, Chu Nantang often discussed stargazing and alchemy with his master.

It's just me and Gu Xi, maybe in the eyes of the master, we are two pieces of rotten wood. It is not to be carved.

It's strange to say, although we all entered the door, the master didn't care much about us, but just let Chu Nantang teach us to characterize.

So I often mingled with Gu Xi and me, just like the horses that had escaped the reins, and the mountains and forests near the Taoist temple were all trampled by us.

We often go to the waterfall to play in the water, and when I saw the beginning of November, I said to Gu Xi: "In the future, there may be fewer comes, and we have to wait until the beginning of spring next year." ”

Gu Xi nodded, the young man was handsome and peerless, and he was no longer what he was when I first met. can vaguely see the handsome temperament when he grew up.

He always followed me quietly, and he did whatever I told him to do. Compared with Chu Nantang, he is more willing to listen to me.

This feeling is like a poor grade student and an excellent student, Gu Xi and I are on the same path, we can't understand Chu Nantang's realm, and we always feel that as time goes by, the estrangement with him will become deeper.

"Senior sister, I'll hold you."

"Huh?"

He suddenly stretched out his hand to lead me, and when he saw that his face was swollen, he said, "You always don't look at the road, and every time you go back, you always fall, and if I lead you away, you won't fall." ”

I smiled at him, not at his kindness. Let him lead me to the way back.

Gu Xi pursed my lips, I wanted to speak and stopped, seeing him like this, I couldn't help asking, "What do you want to say?" ”

After being silent for a long time, he said, "Master is very partial, he only teaches Senior Brother skills, but never teaches me and you." ”

At the mention of this, I also sighed helplessly: "Master...... There must be his intentions, not partiality, isn't the senior brother teaching us qualitative now? Let's meditate first. ”

"I've been meditating for more than half a year, when can I learn spells?"

"This ...... I don't know, but it's okay, the senior brother will protect us. ”

Gu Xi and I were silent and didn't speak again, and when I returned to the Taoist temple, it was getting late, and I happened to see Chu Nantang teasing the white fox in the courtyard.

Hearing the footsteps, he looked back, opened his mouth, and said, "Why did you come back?" Let's go to dinner, it's hot in the pot. ”

I let go of Gu Xi's hand and ran forward to hug the little fox, but who knew that it hid behind Chu Nantang and didn't let me touch it.

I glared at it angrily: "Thick, I also saved you in the first place, you ungrateful little fox!" ”

"Big brother." Gu Xi's eyes flashed slightly. They didn't look at him when they called him, and they passed each other.

Chu Nantang looked back at him and left, and asked me, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"Huh?" I looked at his back and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's okay for a child to be temperamental." ”

"Talking about others, aren't you also a little bit?"

"Am I a little bit??" I rushed to Chu Nantang and stood on tiptoe unconvinced, only to reach his chin, and I don't know when he grew so tall!

He stretched out his hand and compared, and said with a smile: "Little one, you should eat more to grow taller." ”