Since leaving Xiaozhouzhuang, three months have passed.

In three months, Tuoba Pifu master and apprentice walked out of the range of Shuangma Mountain, all the way to the west, through Lishi Mountain, Chouyang Mountain, Fan Mountain, Jigong Mountain, and finally to Rongyu Mountain, with a total length of 2,800 miles, there were few people on the way, and when they encountered villages, they also stayed a little, and continued on the road the next day.

Along the way, it is plain and bland, not very interesting, but Tuoba Huai is willing to eat, and it is better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles. Beginning out of Shuangma Mountain, I suddenly felt that the vastness of the world was indescribable. Looking at the miracle of creation, we know that it is far-reaching, and the road is long, so I should go up and down and seek.

On this day, when they came to the range of Rongyu Mountain, they came across a valley, and there seemed to be a voice coming from it, so the master and apprentice walked towards this valley with great interest.

At the place of entering the valley, a huge stone tablet stands conspicuously, and the book "Valley of Good People" is written.

The mouth of the valley is not big, only about one zhang, there is a person sitting cross-legged in front of the boundary monument, and he sees someone coming. Immediately stood up to greet him.

Came to the side of Tuoba Pifu master and apprentice, the bullet clothes were crowned, first a long and ground-reaching, dignified attitude, full of ancient charm, and then asked the two enthusiastically: "May I ask if you two need help?"

Tuoba Huai has never seen such a polite salute, and he can't help but be a little in a hurry, but Tuoba Pifu is well-informed, and he returned a salute casually, and said with a smile: "My master and apprentice have traveled all over the world, passing by the precious land, I don't know if I can go in to see and rest." ”

When the man heard this, he said enthusiastically: "Naturally, I welcome all guests in the Valley of Good People, and the guests will go to their own devices, and they can enjoy themselves in the valley, and if necessary, just come to me." My name is Liang Dongping. ”

It seems that this is a warm-hearted person, and the master and apprentice did not say much, and after thanking them, they led the old ox and the big black dog into the valley. The valley is not long, about 100 zhang, but it is very smooth and looks clean.

Entering the valley, I suddenly felt that my eyes lit up, and the outside looked ordinary, but I didn't expect that there was a hole inside. I saw that this valley is about more than ten miles in a square circle, the pavilions and pavilions inside, row upon row, beautiful, a hundred flowers contend, lush, a crystal clear river bends and winds, the bluestone paved path runs through the north and south, the pedestrians on the road are endless, everyone is dressed plainly and cleanly, and the face is smiling. Just standing here and looking at it, it gives people a feeling of spring breeze.

I happened to meet a woman who came to meet her, passed by the two of them, and saw that the two of them were facing each other, so she owed herself a blessing and asked gently, "Are you two new here?"

Tuoba Pifu replied: "Yes, my master and apprentice passed by here, and they came in and walked around. ”

The woman said, "Then the two guests must be tired from the journey, and seeing that the young man's shoes are torn, please come to the house to sit down and rest for a while." ”

The master and apprentice were stunned for a moment, thinking that they would have to go home for the first time when they met, which was too enthusiastic, could there be anything greasy in this. Judging from the woman's expression and demeanor, it doesn't look like she harbors evil intentions. Especially Tuoba Huai, he has his heart, and he clearly feels a strong kindness from this woman. But after all, it's the first time we've met, so I'm embarrassed to go to someone's house, and it's still a woman.

So, Tuoba Puff politely refused: "This is not big, is it?"

The woman didn't care, and continued to invite: "There is nothing wrong with it, you don't know, our people in the valley are the most hospitable, no matter who meets you, you will be invited to your home." Since the concubine met first, it is our fate. So, please don't shirk anymore and go home with your concubine. so that the concubine can enjoy the friendship of the landlord. ”

The master and apprentice will be skeptical, but since they have already reached this point, it would be too unkind if they didn't go, so they agreed.

The woman was really pleased, and walked briskly with them to her house.

Along the way, not to mention Tuoba Huai, a young man who has never seen the world, even Tuoba Pifu, the old Jianghu, has been made a little embarrassed by the people in this village.

Whenever they encounter pedestrians, young and old, they will spontaneously salute them, then move to give way, and wait for them to pass first before continuing on their way. When asked the woman why, she replied: "It is a pleasure to have friends from afar." This is the most basic virtue. ”

When they arrived at the woman's house, the master and apprentice truly experienced what hospitality was all about. When the man saw that the woman had brought back the two strangers, he not only did not feel the slightest anger, but became more enthusiastic.

First of all, the old ox was attentively led over, and it was filled with fresh forage in front of it, and the old ox was moved by the politeness of the male owner, and it never ate grass, and ate a few bites of it stubbornly, in order to respond to the politeness of the male owner. Then the man invited the two of them to sit down in the house, and the children of seven or eight years old served a fragrant hot tea, and after drinking a cup of tea, they booed the two of them and asked for warmth. After talking and laughing for a while, the hostess had diligently boiled the hot water, adjusted the comfortable water temperature, and invited the two to take a bath. After the bath, the man had prepared clean clothes for them, and as for their original clothes, they had already been taken and washed by the woman, and they had been washed.

After changing into clean clothes, they were invited back to the central hall to serve tea again, and asked them to wait while they went to prepare dinner.

The dinner was very rich, but it was not for the appetite of the two Tuoba Pifu, and the two of them really had too high requirements for the deliciousness of the food. But looking at the expectant eyes of the master, even Tuoba Pifu was embarrassed not to eat, and he was full of praise against his will.

The meal finally ended with the warm hospitality of the host's family, and the master and apprentice also figured out what kind of place they were in.

The origin of the Valley of Good People has long been unverifiable, and the people in the valley claim to be the embodiment of goodness, they are enthusiastic, brave, upright, generous, industrious, gentle, humble, selfless, and fraternal, and it seems that everyone has all the noble virtues in the world. They are proud of it, and they are practiced by all the staff. They have instilled these virtues in their bones, passed down from generation to generation, and to this day, these noble virtues seem to have become their instincts.

Here, there is no bullying, everyone is equal and lives in harmony.

Here, there is no gap between rich and poor, and everyone is happy to help others.

Here, there is no reluctance, everyone is ashamed of stealing chickens and dogs, and naturally disdains it, and it is because every family does not close their doors at night.

Here, there is no dirtiness, everyone is cautious in words and deeds, follows the rules, and never acts recklessly.

There are monks here, but there has never been a precedent for monks to bully or even look down on ordinary people, here, monks are respected and supported, monks do not have to do any work, what they have to do is to protect the people here from outsiders, and also, punish evil and promote good. They will go out of this valley and go everywhere to help those who need help and punish those who need it. Most of the people they punished did not kill them directly, but moved their entire families here and imprisoned them in one place in the valley to repent and atone for their sins. Tuoba Huai was puzzled why he wanted to arrest the family of the wicked man, and the answer he received was: "If one person is evil, and the family does not dissuade him, is it not equivalent to an accomplice." Tuoba Huai thinks so.

After the meal was finished, it was already night, and the two stayed here with the enthusiasm of the host's house.

In the room, Tuoba Pifu asked Tuoba Huai, "What do you think of this place?"

Tuoba Huai said: "This place is so good, I never thought that there could be such a pure land in the world. ”

"Oh, do you think this is the Pure Land?" Tuoba Pifu asked with a smile, seeing Tuoba Huai's puzzled face, he didn't answer, but continued: "In that case, why don't we stay here for a long time?"

Tuoba Huai did not doubt him, and said happily: "It couldn't be better." ”

The next day, Tuoba Pifu asked the man, "This place is very good, my master and apprentice want to live here for a long time, I don't know what can be done?"

When the man heard Tuoba Pifu's praise for this place, he felt very happy, and he was honored, and enthusiastically answered for the master and apprentice: "As long as there are people with good thoughts, we are very happy to accept them." But after some unpleasant experiences, it now takes some trials before we can settle here. Please don't dislike us for living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. ”

Tuoba Pifu smiled: "The test is a natural thing, and brother Tai doesn't have to mind. But I don't know what the test is. ”

Seeing that Tuoba Pifu was not disgusted by the so-called test, the man seemed to be relieved, and said easily: "Actually, the test is very simple, you only need to get the approval of a hundred people in the valley and get the recognition card in their hands, and you can do it." ”

"What is an Endorsement Plate?"

"Sir also knows that there are still some sinners in the valley, and if those sinners want to be reborn, they need to be recognized by our valley people, and the recognition card came into being. Later, because some people with ulterior motives made trouble in the valley. So it was decided that the outsiders who wanted to settle in the valley also needed to get the approval card, but the sinners needed a thousand dollars, and the outsiders only needed a hundred dollars to get their wish. ”

"I see, thank you brother Tai for informing me. Tuoba said thank you.

"No thanks, no thanks, I think the two must be people with good intentions, and I have three recognition cards in my home, so I will give them to them. As he spoke, the man went into the back room, took out the three-sided wooden token, and handed it to the Tuoba-puff.

The master and apprentice thanked them again.

At noon that day, in order to thank the family for their generosity, Tuoba Huai personally cooked and fried two side dishes. This is still Tuoba Huai, under the instruction of the master, and he did not do particularly well, and he is far from his real level. If they reveal all their skills, they will be able to swallow even their tongues. Tuoba Huai asked the master why he did this, and Tuoba Pifu told him that you can't cook for them every day in the future, so you can't raise their tastes too badly, otherwise, whatever they eat in the future will be tasteless, then you are not thanking them, but harming them. Tuoba Huai thought so, and understood a truth, in the future, you can't just give others the food you cook.

Because there is no inn or anything like this in the valley, Tuoba Pifu and his apprentices can only continue to stay at the family's house, and as a thank you, Tuoba Huai took over the work of three meals a day.

At the same time, Tuoba Huai began to collect recognition plaques in the valley. Tuoba Pifu's lazy temperament, naturally it is impossible to do this kind of thing, the so-called disciples who have something to do with their work, Tuoba Huai to collect not a hundred, but two hundred.

And Tuoba Huai's method is also very simple, casually make some snacks, and then go door-to-door to visit, under his delicious offensive, within a few days of effort, two hundred recognition cards will be in hand.

Then, under the leadership of the man, the master and apprentice visited the valley master.

The valley lord was a kind old man, who was actually a monk in the Huiyang Realm, and he didn't have any embarrassment, and quickly completed all the relevant procedures for them.

Tuoba Pifu randomly chose a slightly remote part of the valley, and with the help of so many enthusiastic people in the valley, a beautiful courtyard was soon built.

Since that day, the master and apprentice have settled here, as if they have returned to the days in Xiao Zhouzhuang, Tuoba Pifu slept all day, and Tuoba Huai except for the occasional outing, the rest of the time was spent practicing boxing.

After only leaving Xiao Zhouzhuang for more than three months, life seems to have returned to the beginning, sometimes Tuoba Huai is thinking, is it that he naturally likes such a plain life?

This place is still different from Xiaozhouzhuang, there is no shrew scolding the street by women, no fighting by men, no laughter and scolding of children, no bargaining between the market, and no shortcomings among the parents in the neighborhood. Everything here seems so peaceful and quiet, quiet without a trace of fireworks, quiet as if even life has been cut off.