After leaving the kitchen, the boy temporarily decided to let Qiu Huang go back and change his clothes, saying that he was going to go shopping together. After Qiu Huang left, the young man went back to the kitchen and chatted with the old man surnamed Dong about some old things that knew each other. After talking, Zhang Linxuan walked out of the courtyard and squatted in a place in the palace where the family drew water every day, with a sugar cube in his mouth. In the eyes of others, the young man was idle, as if he was squatting in a daze, but Zhang Linxuan was actually constantly recalling the look of the old man surnamed Dong when he spoke. Except for some shock at first, I really couldn't find anything unusual about the old man.

The best result that Zhang Linxuan originally wanted was that the old man could not help each other. Just be a spectator and watch the palace and the Confucian palace wrestle their wrists. But as for why the old man changed his mind again in the end, the young man couldn't figure it out anyway. In fact, most people with the status of old people dare not violate the rules of Confucianism, and some even maintain them silently.

The reason why Zhang Linxuan knew the identity of the old man was that last night, the young man quietly went to the underground of the bamboo building and saw a prisoner. After getting permission from his father, the young man did not wait, but went directly after finishing yesterday.

When the eldest prince of Zhenbei Wangfu was still alive, he once revealed to the young man by chance that if there are some things that you don't understand in the future, and your father happens to be unwilling to say it, you can go to the underground of the bamboo building and ask a prisoner, ask him about things, bring some wine and meat, and he will say more or less when he is full of food and drink.

Counting this question, Zhang Linxuan has been there a total of three times. The first time was when the eldest brother had just finished speaking, and the young man was very curious, so he carried wine and meat to find the prisoner. At that time, Mr. Han was not there, and the boy accidentally bumped into him, and he really found his way down. When the young man saw the prisoner who was pierced through his body by countless chains, the young man, who had always been more courageous than the sky, actually ran away with his legs, and such a terrifying scene turned in the young man's mind for a full year. Zhang Lincheng was also punished by the old prince for the first time.

As for the second time, it was when the boy left the north to travel through the wasteland. The old prince specially asked Zhang Linxuan to come here to inquire, originally as a father who wanted to seek safety for his son, but the young man just asked a question related to a certain woman.

The third time was the one that the old prince promised yesterday.

Yesterday night, Zhang Linxuan went to see the prisoner alone, and the young man took the lead in asking about going south, but the prisoner directly interrupted and asked the young man to change the question. As for the boy's plan to go south, the prisoner did not seem to agree.

So the young man asked, how can the palace protect the safety of one person when Confucianism is in power. The prisoner replied to the young man casually, the people who raise horses, cook, and teach in the palace are all here, what do children care?

Zhang Linxuan asked again, how could these three people confront the entire Confucianism? The prisoner raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at the young man. smiled casually: "You kid is not big, but your ideas are big and scary." Why do you still want to confront the whole Confucianism? Do you think your surname is Zhang, so you think you are Zhang Xinnan?"

Zhang Linxuan didn't know who Zhang Xinnan was in the prisoner's mouth, and he didn't bother to know. I wanted to ask again, but the prisoner interrupted again, and with the sound of chains colliding with each other, the prisoner waved his hand and said to the young man: "A pot of wine, three questions, it's okay." ”

In the end, no matter what the young man said, the prisoner no longer answered, so Zhang Linxuan had to turn around and go upstairs. Seeing that his husband and Li Zi had rested, the young man gently closed the door and left, standing alone in the courtyard.

As the boy was about to leave, the prisoner's voice rang in his ears. Since you like to look up at the sky, go find the old guy surnamed Dong. Ask him if the identity of master and servant is enough, and ask him if he has a god. He will give you a satisfactory answer.

So there was a "chat" that went and returned. If the old man agrees to take care of the young man, the young man will no longer ask for too much luxury. It's just that the identity of the prisoner and the old man makes the teenager even more confused.

The more Zhang Linxuan thought about it, the more fascinate he became, so much so that he begged Huang to change his clothes and come back, but the young man didn't notice it. Qiu Huang bent down, stared down at the young man's cheek, and said softly, "What does my son-in-law think?"

Zhang Linxuan came back to his senses, raised his head subconsciously, and couldn't help but slap his nose on the woman's jaw. The woman covered her chin, and the boy covered his nose. Zhang Linxuan seemed to have some pity between his words, "It's good if the bridge of the nose is at a low point." ”

Qiu Huang glanced at the young man, and said sourly: "Send it over for me to bite?"

The sugar cube that Zhang Linxuan originally had in his mouth was swallowed by the boy himself at once, causing the boy to cough again and again. Zhang Linxuan rubbed his throat, pretending to be as calm as possible, and said with a smile: "This ...... What is this saying? ”

"Load, load. Qiu Huang's smile was sincere, and in his eyes, he was full of "killing intent".

The young man rubbed his emaciated cheeks and said with a look of grievance: "I was wrong. ”

Qiu Huang snorted lightly and complained: "What a woman who doesn't know how to feel sorry for men." Also, you deserve to be hurt next time. ”

Zhang Linxuan took Qiu Huang's hand and shook it from side to side, "I know." ”

The young man stared at the woman for a long time, then suddenly stood up, leaned into the woman's ear, and said in a very gentle voice, "It's so fragrant, it's so beautiful." ”

Qiu Huang did not wear a red dress as usual, but changed into an elegant pink dress today, embroidered with a few petals of bright peach blossoms at the hem.

Qiu Huang Waner smiled, "Women are those who please themselves." ”

Zhang Linxuan took Qiu Huang's hand, his fingers interlocked, and he was full of smiles.

Holding the hand of his beloved girl, the boy was very proud.

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In the dark and damp underground cage, the sound of the man's breathing was extremely heavy, and every small movement caused countless chains to bump into each other. The old prince, dressed in a black fur, slowly walked down the stairs. Holding two jugs of wine in his hand, he rested gently at the man's feet. The man sniffed it with his nose and said disdainfully, "You came to see me with such a tattered drink?"

"Haven't you drunk the wine in the drunken mud workshop this month?" the old prince chuckled softly.

"Zhang Yunzhi, your skin is getting thicker and thicker the older you get. The leftover wine is also a loss to you, so you are embarrassed to take it out. The man tugged at the corners of his mouth.

The old prince didn't care, and said casually: "It's good to drink some." There are still a lot of people here who can't drink. ”

"Eighteen layers of hell, eighteen evil ghosts who only need to be suppressed, and it is also thanks to your feelings back then, who would have expected that you would really be able to do this. Zhang Yunzhi, I'm curious why you gave up your cultivation back then?"

"Then why are you trapped here?"

"That's it, just don't ask. ”

The old prince smiled: "Actually, you don't have to stay here, you can take the opportunity to suppress your demons when you go to Zhenbei City." ”

The man shook his head and said, "My gambling contract with Mr. Su is still there, and I will never leave easily before I see it." If you don't say it, I can roughly guess what you're worried about, but you can rest assured, if that day happens, I will break the shackles and return to Zhenbei City. ”

"That's for the best. ”

"Zhang Yunzhi, in fact, there are some things, you can really let go. Mr. Su has left a way out for you in the past, so it's a big deal to go to Zhongzhou, find a secluded residence, and make fun of your grandson, isn't it good to spend your old age in peace?"

The old prince shook his head and did not speak.

Have you ever thought about your family? One son is dead, and the other is missing, do you really want the others to die in this city like you?"

"Now that you're standing here, there's no reason to back down. ”

The man said in a low voice: "Zhang Yunzhi, don't let me collect your body for the day, if you want to leave, Lao Tzu will go first." ”

"You evil wolf actually know how to care about people?" said the old prince, looking as usual, and joked with the man.

The man hung his head and muttered, "Don't have that day." ”

The old prince patted his old friend on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it won't." ”

After the old prince left, the man looked at the two pots of wine and was stunned, it was the favorite wine of a group of old men when they were fighting in the past.

The man picked up the flask, lifted the mud seal, raised his head and opened his mouth, and poured the wine down directly.

The drink ran down the man's cheek, dripping to the ground, ticking.

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Zhang Linxuan, who has been on the street for several hours, can be regarded as a little "miserable", and he will try to do as little as possible in the future. Needless to say, the basic action of carrying it on the shoulder, the feeling of this originally rich pocket gradually deflating is really not very pleasant.

Zhang Linxuan followed behind Qiu Huang, and the woman in a happy mood walked in front, looking left and right, as if she was planning to buy everything. Qiu Huang suddenly stopped in front of a jewelry stall, pointed to a vermilion hairpin on the table, and then said to the seller: "Boss, how much silver is this?" Then the woman pointed to the young man behind her, and smiled happily: "He pays." ”

Zhang Linxuan gave the shopkeeper a look, the shopkeeper looked at the pitiful appearance of the young man carrying a lot of things in his hand, and a lot of cloth in his arm, as if he was a little unbearable for this fellow person, the five fingers that were originally open, and slowly retracted the thumb, and looked at the young man nodded vigorously, and the boss said: "Four taels of silver." ”

Qiu Huang skillfully untied the money bag from the young man's waist, went to put a few pieces of broken silver on the table of the boss's stall, then picked up Zhu Hai and continued to walk forward. Zhang Linxuan whispered to the boss and said, "My waist is deflated, brother, forgive me." ”

The boss nodded and whispered to the young man: "My wife, I was like this in my early years, I understand everything." ”

Zhang Linxuan finally met a fellow practitioner, not like the owners of those shops, as soon as he heard that he was paying for it, he raised the price vigorously. When the shop owners added a certain amount of silver, Qiu Huang said very decisively: "I'm sorry to disturb you." ”

The way he turned around and left, he was extremely chic.

The boss kindly reminded: "Your lady is about to go away, don't talk to me, hurry up and chase after me." ”

The young man smiled and said thank you, then trotted all the way to Qiu Huang's side, and said to the woman with a smile: "Little Phoenix, are you tired, do you want to find a place to rest, and eat something by the way?"

"Okay. ”

Just not far away is Du Niang's Tavern, so Zhang Linxuan chose to rest here. Today's tavern is missing a Taoist who sets up a stall and tells fortunes. The young man ordered some of Qiu Huang's favorite dishes, found a secluded corner, and quietly ate with Qiu Huang. Zhang Linxuan found a tavern servant and asked him to help send the things purchased by Qiu Huang back to the palace, and asked him to take the token of his prince to receive some silver rewards. The young man's pockets are ashamed to say that he can pay for this meal.

After drinking and eating, the young man and Qiu Huang went to an old and dilapidated private school. Zhang Linxuan stood outside the door of the private school for a long time, looking at the dust and spider silk on the door, and the young man looked a little lonely. Qiu Huang silently took the young man's hand and looked at the dilapidated private school that was no longer in the old days.

The young man's sword heart was lost here.

The mediocre private school buried the original intention of the young man to practice swords.

Zhang Linxuan suddenly smiled gloomily and said, "Once upon a time, I practiced my sword to protect her, but who would have thought that it would be her who would kill me in the end. The pleasure of a swordsman can't be learned in this life. ”

Sword learners pay the most attention to the word pure, no matter any swordsman in the world, he has never forgotten his original intention. But the young man's original intention of kendo is now extremely ridiculous, originally to protect a person with a sword, how do you know that the person he protects is the one who takes his own life. was supposed to protect her sword, but he had to come out to her.

The young man's sword, so why is there any need to practice?

Her knife eventually stabbed the boy in the chest, and the boy sword never lifted again. The sword of the wasteland against the enemy, and the sword of the Amazing Honglou kills people, in fact, it is the hand of others.

Zhang Linxuan's favorite thing when he was young was to walk with a sword, but now he has not been equipped with a sword for a long time. The boy in the city who walked extremely arrogantly was actually long gone.

Qiu Huang clenched the young man's hand, squinted, and said softly: "Childe, you might as well go and see her once, there are some things that should be asked clearly." ”

Zhang Linxuan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Even if some things are clear, they still can't be done after all." I thought about it for a long time after returning from the wasteland, and it was better to give up than to beg hard for the sword. ”

There is no need to cultivate and live forever, there is no need to worship the king, why bother chasing worldly fame and fortune, it is better to plough a cow and three or two thatched houses.

Qiu Huang asked, "What about the eldest prince?"

Zhang Linxuan said with a serious expression: "I can only take the road that I once disdained to take the most." ”

"Does it have to be that way?"

Zhang Linxuan nodded heavily, his expression resolute.

There will always be some people in the practice of the world, and in the long practice, there will always be people who are impatient and forced to achieve success. Therefore, there is a woman in the Shifang Pavilion who is extremely "empathetic" and has created a quick practice method for the world to study.

On the night of the full moon, the cultivator can take advantage of this time when the yin is prosperous and the yang is declining, and use the talisman to summon the lonely souls and wild ghosts wandering in the world, incorporate them into their own qifu, and then use the power of medicinal stones to refine the ghosts in the qifu into something similar to the golden pill. Use this means to break down the barriers between the realms of cultivation, so as to reach the peak of cultivation in one fell swoop. It does sound like a good tactic, but it's actually a woman's heart-wrenching move.

Pulling out the seedlings to help grow, at first glance, the rice seedlings have indeed grown taller. But the roots of the seedling have begun to break away from the soil that nurtures them, and the longer it passes, the more likely it is to die. In addition, this method of attracting the undead at will is even more detrimental to people, and the order of yin and yang will inevitably be destroyed. Over time, every full moon night, there are many ghosts rampant in this world, and even when the monks are included in the Qi Mansion, they directly oppose the guest and reincarnate in the world through the body of others. As for some ghosts who have long lost their consciousness and wander in the wilderness, they actually start to run away by instinct, unwilling to be absorbed by the monks, and if they find that they have no way out, they will often kill more ordinary people at all costs, so that they will also become ghosts wandering in the world.

The disorder of the yin and yang order provoked an old man of Huangshan to personally walk out of the mountain and go to the Zhongzhou Confucian Temple to ask about Confucianism. The old man did not hesitate to fight in the Temple of Literature, and when he finally left, he pointed to all the statues of the saints of the Temple of Literature and scolded, a group of waste, if you can't control it, you will all hand it over to the capital in the future.

In the end, the Confucian Confucian Temple had to send four scholars to the Shifang Pavilion to beg the woman to withdraw her practice of this way, so that no one in the world would practice it again. The woman who had always hated scholars very much did not see the Confucian disciple, and let the two of them stand outside the gate of the Shifang Pavilion for more than half a month, and finally they didn't know what the reason was, and finally went out to see each other. However, the woman's clothes were really a little unsightly, completely ignoring half of the woman's reputation, but she didn't seem to care, just a few words and sent people away.

I am a good thing for adult beauty, but my heart is insufficient, and I am greedy and ruthless. This method was originally passed on to those who had difficulty in cultivating and helped them break down the barriers to cultivation, but in the end, everyone wanted to take a shortcut and suffer retribution, and they also deserved it, after all, there was no such cheap deal in the world. The fault lies not with me, but with the fact that your Confucianism is not good, that you are not strict in disciplining the world, and that you are only hypocritical in your moral writings.

The word hypocrisy is an indirect negation of a person.

So an old master who had not appeared in the world for a long time, the Holy Master in the center of the Temple of Literature, quietly came and smiled at the woman: "Why bother my disciples. ”

The woman finally angrily flicked her sleeves and left, never returning to the Shifang Pavilion, and later it was said that she went to the outside of the world.

Later, Confucian protégés began to focus on cleaning up the ghosts that could not stay in the world and were wanton evil, and finally joined forces with Western Buddhism to send those ghosts who had deep resentment into reincarnation and recreate the yin and yang order. As for those monks who practiced this method and caused great chaos in the world, Confucianism did not tolerate it, and they were all severely punished.

But Confucianism stipulated back then that no one was allowed to practice this method again. Qiu Huang said worriedly.

"I didn't want to do it. ”

"Childe, you ......" Qiu Huang wanted to speak and stopped, his face full of worry.

The woman is not afraid of Confucian punishment, but this means of pulling out the seedlings will eventually make the rice seedlings die. In other words, if a young man insists on going his own way, although he will obtain a short period of advanced cultivation, but after a long time, not to mention that the cultivation will disperse, I am afraid that the young man will no longer be able to embark on the path of cultivation in this life.

"In the meantime, I just be an ordinary person, and I don't think about any cultivation and immortality. Zhang Linxuan looked at the woman's eyes and said seriously: "In the future, I will be a rich man, I will take you shopping if I have nothing to do, take plums to eat and drink, and my life is also good, what do you think?"

Qiu Huang pinched the young man's arm, "Think beautiful." ”

Zhang Linxuan rubbed his arm, very proud.

It's nice that two good girls are my daughters-in-law.

When Zhang Linxuan and Qiu Huang were talking, a middle-aged Taoist led a yellow dog and happened to come to the door of the private school. The Taoist looked east and west, and his expression seemed to be extremely satisfied.

Zhang Linxuan looked at this person with a little familiarity, and couldn't help but take a few more looks. The middle-aged Taoist who noticed the young man's gaze smiled and made a bow, and Zhang Linxuan returned the salute as a Confucian protégé.

The Taoist took the lead in asking, "But the son who solved the characters a few days ago?"

"The Taoist has a good memory. Zhang Linxuan said with a smile.

"People who have come to the poor road hexagram stall to tell their fortunes, the poor road can remember two or three points. And because Gongzi is the most handsome among these people, he remembers eight or nine points. See you today, it seems that you have a lot of fate with your son. The Taoist laughed.

Qiu Huang secretly twisted the young man's arm and whispered, "The most handsome." ”

Zhang Linxuan winked proudly at the woman, and then saluted the Taoist and said, "Daoist, you praise falsely." I don't know why you've been here for a long time?"

"The house that Poor Road bought a few years ago is dilapidated and uninhabitable. The three northern continents entered spring too late, but the summer rainy season came early, and they were not spared the pain of the rain and wind, so they had to give up a little silver tael and seek another place to live here. The Taoist laughed.

Zhang Linxuan smiled: "I don't know if I have a favorite?"

"The old private school behind Childe is good. ”

"Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, the sound of books, a few years ago it was a relatively good place to study, but in the end it has been abandoned for many years, most of the doors and windows are damaged, why not find another good place?"

The Taoist patted his waist and said shyly: "The house is good, the price is fair, and it is not far from the hexagram stall in the poor road, isn't this a good place?"

In the final analysis, the first eight words are more important, and if you are shy, you can still buy a similar house, which is already very good in the eyes of Taoists.

Zhang Linxuan nodded, didn't say anything more, took Qiu Huang's hand and planned to leave.

There is always a new beginning for old people and old things, so why bother.

"Childe stays. The Taoist suddenly called out to the young man.

"What else is the matter with the Dao Chief?" asked Zhang Linxuan, turning his head.

After thinking about it for a while, the middle-aged Taoist seemed to have made up his mind, and said to the young man: "I can't hide it, the hexagram of the poor Tao is slightly more expensive than others, three taels of silver at a time, pay attention to your love and my wishes." A few days ago, Childe gave the poor road ten taels, when it was more than three trigrams, but Childe only asked for one hexagram. Cultivators are most reluctant to owe others something, maybe when they preach in the future, it will be an insurmountable mental obstacle, and if they happen to meet Gongzi today, they might as well return the seven taels of silver, and save trouble in the future. ”

For a shy Taoist in his pocket, repaying the money can be regarded as a difficult decision made by gritting his teeth and being ruthless. Taoists never regard gold and silver as gold and silver, but directly regard them as life. Money is nothing, but life is important.

Looking at the "heartbroken" look on the face of the Taoist, Qiu Huang, who has always known the rules, couldn't help laughing, and the exaggerated appearance seemed to be afraid that others would not see that the Taoist was distressed about money.

Zhang Linxuan smiled understandingly: "Dao Chief, there is no need to repay the money, why not calculate two more trigrams for the kid?"

The Taoist was overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded: "Okay, okay." ”

The Taoist took out the three strange copper coins that he had been carrying with him since he was a cultivator, handed them to the young man, and said with a smile: "Childe thinks about what he wants in his heart, and then throws the copper coins on the ground." ”

Zhang Linxuan took the copper coin, thinking about something in his heart, and then threw the copper coin on the ground, the copper coin was positive and negative, and one was spinning, and after the Taoist quietly glared, he lay on the ground face up.

The Taoist stared at the hexagram, pinched his fingers and did mental arithmetic, and couldn't help but be a little surprised by what the young man was asking for, and asked, "But Childe wants to abandon his original path of cultivation and go to practice the other methods instead?"

"Exactly. ”

The Taoist suddenly looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "Childe, do you know that any seedling pulling in this world will not last long?"

Zhang Linxuan nodded, and said indifferently: "I know." ”

"Childe, Poor Dao can kindly remind you that the rules of Confucianism are not as easy as you think. The grievances on the mountain in the past, ordinary people like you and me are just the tip of the iceberg. The reason why the woman created this law is to disgust Confucianism, and the son really wants to go her own way?"

Qiu Huang frowned, staring at the Taoist with murderous intent.

After the Taoist noticed the woman's unkind gaze, he just smiled slightly, took one hand behind him, and lightly twisted his beard with the other, calming his mind, the old god was there, as if he was a master. The Taoist secretly said in his heart: She is a woman who knows how to protect her man, but a fledgling bird can't become much of a climate.

Zhang Linxuan disagreed, and said softly: "Dao Chief, you should tell the kid how this hexagram is." ”

The Taoist replied not as asked, but said softly: "Cultivation is originally a matter of one's own family, so why bother to ask others." Childe, if you don't have the persistence to go to the black, even if you change the path more, it will be a useless move to increase your troubles. If you give up halfway on the mountaineering road, how can you see the magnificence of the mountain?"

Zhang Linxuan gradually fell into contemplation, and his body and mind began to take the initiative to isolate himself from the outside world, immersed in his own heaven and earth, and asked himself.

The Taoist stretched out his index finger, lightly tapped it on the center of the young man's eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Go to sleep." ”

Qiu Huang helped the fallen young man, looked up at the Taoist, and said in a deep voice, "What did you do to him." ”

"Let him sleep for a while, and wake up when he understands it. The Taoist smiled at the woman, "Next, let's talk?"

"What is there to talk about?"

"For example, where is the old site of Phoenix Terrace now, or talk about the old days of Phoenix Feather Arrow? All in all, if you are willing to say, the two of us have a lot to talk about. Oh, by the way, don't leave anything to chance, if you don't say something today, you won't be able to do it tomorrow. Poor Dao will reveal some so-called heavenly opportunities to you to some extent, this Shuofang City, there will soon be a group of people, three religions and nine streams, mixed fish and dragons, in short, there are everyone. It will be very chaotic at that time, except for some people who have already been decided, everyone else may die, including you and your son. There is a way to save you, it depends on whether you are willing to say it. The Taoist squatted on the ground and said casually.

"Why do I believe you?"

"I can't believe you. ”

"Since you are a Taoist, why are you willing to help me?"

"Who said that I am a Taoist because I wear a Taoist robe? If I shave my head and borrow a robe from a monk to wear it, then I am a Buddhist person?"

Qiu Huang was a little speechless.

"Don't worry too much, those people are here for a bigger purpose, not specifically for you, so it's easy to protect you. The Taoist smiled sincerely.

In fact, the more sincere the Taoist smile is, the more panicked Qiu Huang will be. The Taoist in front of him looks very pleasant, but he can always give people a chilling feeling, as if he has unconsciously become a chess piece in the hands of the Taoist.

The Taoist suddenly smiled understandingly: "If you are really embarrassed, it is better to stop here." Poor Dao is actually not very nosy, what does the life and death of others have to do with me. ”

The Taoist stood up, pulled the rope that tied the dog in his hand, and said with some complaint: "Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, why do you say that I am here." ”

Until the Taoist turned around and took a step, ready to leave, Qiu Huang never said a word. The woman had an intuition in her heart that this man's words could not be trusted. A few words can make Childe fall asleep, if it is really as he said, Childe is going to ask his own heart, then the person is not just as simple as the surface. When it comes to cultivation alone, I'm afraid Mr. Han can't compare to this person.

Gambling to gamble, gambling people have a plan, gambling people are reluctant to leave, hoping that they will come to him, gambling that their lives can bring the greatest benefits to the Taoist, so that there is room for bargaining, rather than blindly falling into passivity.

The foot that the Taoist stepped out of was slowly retracted. The Taoist turned his head to Qiu Huang and smiled and asked, "Why are you so sure that I must have some plans?" Could it be that I am a person who has attained Taoism by walking in the world, and by chance I have met a junior who is worthy of training, and I cherish my talents?"

Qiu Huang replied seriously: "It doesn't look like it." ”

The Taoist was a little crying and laughing, and today he finally dressed neatly and neatly, and he was said to have no superior demeanor.

Qiu Huang explained: "The so-called heavenly machine that the Dao Chang just said, the little woman actually knows it. A few days ago, when the northern border was rectified, the little woman had gone out with the two sons of the palace for a period of time, and most of the current situation in the north was understood. In addition, I think that since the Taoist chief knows about Phoenix Terrace, he understands better that Phoenix Terrace is like chicken ribs for me today, and it is useless. But Phoenix Terrace may be extremely important to the Dao Chief, so I think you'll have more leverage to let me talk to you about Phoenix. ”

"Can you guess what my chips are?" asked the Taoist with a smile.

"The Taoist's chips are exactly the same as the things that the little woman wants. Qiu Huang glanced at Zhang Linxuan, who fell in his arms, and then looked up at the Taoist with a smile.

"It's a smart woman. The Taoist twisted his beard lightly, admiring the woman in front of him. The Taoist then smiled and said, "Have you ever thought that the poor Dao is actually waiting for you to talk to me about this?"

Qiu Huang, who had just loosened his heartstrings, couldn't help but tense up immediately. There was a flash of pure gold in his eyes.

The Taoist hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Take it easy, don't think about doing it without saying a word, even if you don't agree with men, why are girls so impulsive." ”

"What the hell are you going to do. Qiu Huang said word by word.

"It's really a cherishing talent, but it's not this kid, it's you. ”

Qiu Huang frowned slightly, "Me?"

"Don't worry, there is no meaning of buying and selling, and the poor road will not pass on any mountain Taoism to you. If you want, you can learn chess from the poor way. ”

"Why should I learn chess from you?" Qiu Huang wondered.

"Haven't you married into the Zhenbei Wangfu yet, you can't always point to your husband's family to protect it. Wouldn't it be better if you have a little self-protection ability?" the Taoist smiled playfully.

"Dao Chief, if the little girl remembers correctly, this is the first time you and I have met. Qiu Huang's expression was solemn.

"At the beginning of the chessboard, whoever lands first will take the lead. After the Taoist put his hands on his shoulders, he turned around, led the extremely "honest" yellow dog and left with a laugh, "Recognize the cheap master of the poor Dao, you don't suffer." ”

Qiu Huang stood in place, with an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

Peace of mind? Qiu Huang couldn't understand why the Taoist would bring her a long-lost peace of mind, and she was still calculating with each other, why she was finally recognized as an apprentice by him in a daze, but she never refused.

The Taoist turned his back to Qiu Huang and walked forward slowly, with a slight sadness in his words, "This kind of thing in the past life and this life, the Buddhists are actually right. ”

The Taoist suddenly hummed a small tune, learning from the scattered tunes in other people's mouths, and when I first heard it, I only felt that I didn't understand the rhythm, but the meaning was still excellent.

Parting with you, you are sad, and getting together with you is joyful.

The Taoist who walked out of the alley suddenly stopped, his expression gradually became solemn, and when he looked up, the sky was clear, but it was cloudy and there was a thunderstorm.

The Taoist kicked the yellow dog lying on the ground as if dead, and scolded: "Foolish people who eat and wait for death, you also look up at this blue sky and white sun." ”

After hearing this, the old yellow dog, who was originally motionless, secretly raised his head and glanced at the seemingly clear sky. At this glance, the yellow dog jumped up suddenly, and when it landed, its limbs were limpable, and it curled up together with great effort, and kept shaking, as if it had been greatly frightened.

"Look at your little bit of interest. The Taoist twisted his beard lightly, thoughtfully.

When he was young, he traveled the world with his teacher, and occasionally saw a mural depicting the scene of the phoenix taking off in a grotto, and the things in the painting were lifelike, and there were three things that made the Taoist still remember them vividly.

There is a phoenix reborn from the fire, with an indifferent expression, standing proudly above the city, with its wings spread, covering the sun and the moon, like a raging flame that wants to burn the sky.

Then there is a phoenix like a colorful jade, constricting its wings, lingering among the stars and the bright moon, drinking the morning breeze and flower dew in the mountains, its eyes are like the bright moon, and the eyes are as gentle and soft as the moonlight, but there is a cold and murderous intent.

The third has a phoenix with feathers as white as green frost, and under the gaze of the phoenixes beside him, it slowly spreads its wings and takes off. In fact, there is nothing special, but at that time, the master of the Taoist said a comment similar to the conclusion of the coffin, holding the ascension between the phoenixes, will fall in the flock of birds and beasts, accept the world's luck, and will bear the suffering of the world.

All the gains and losses in the world are often at the same time.

What you gain, you lose.

At that time, the Taoist only saw the anger of the fire phoenix and the forbearance of the colorful phoenix, but he never saw the joy and sorrow of the white phoenix, just as the world only saw the flowers and the stars holding the moon.

There are great joys and great sorrows in life, but only the former is seen, and the latter is ignored, perhaps only the person concerned will understand the sadness. Even if someone really sees suffering, what can they give but a sense of pity? Maybe they shouldn't ask for anything, but they always seem to do something.

The Taoist doesn't know if he really sees the sorrow after the joy, and he is not sure if he really has compassion, so the Taoist is not sure what he should do, just like a wall grass that flutters in the wind, and can only follow the direction of the wind. Hundreds of years ago, I did it casually and didn't do extravagant things, but I didn't expect that I would owe so many debts now, so pay it off slowly.

It is actually very good for a Taoist to restrain his mind as much as possible, not to look for the so-called answers, and to live without concern like this.

The joys and sorrows of the world, in short, have little to do with poverty.

The Taoist glanced at the fool who was curled up on the ground, and sneered: "Look at your little talent, just a few fledgling birds, why are you afraid of this." ”

The sky was originally clear, but suddenly it became cloudy, and after a while, it began to rain lightly. Since the beginning of spring, the weather in Shuofang City has been very bad, and it always rains without warning.

There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and there have been a lot of them recently.

People have good and bad fortunes, and there will be no less in the future.

The Taoist said to himself: "Come on, come, if you don't look for my bad luck, I will naturally not find your trouble." It is better that each other's well water does not interfere with river water. ”