Luo Cheng, "Dao'er, you really don't learn the exercises?" This is the fourth time Xiao Xiyue has asked about this this month.

Wendao has a very high intention and a strong foundation, and learning any skill is a thousand miles a day, but this kid said that his parents deliberately did not teach, so he did not dare to teach himself.

Not to mention the few sets of exercises that Xiao Xiyue had painstakingly sorted out from the Wen family's countless arsenals, he even refused the exercises taught by Long Wei himself.

Long Wei was calm. But this makes Xiao Xiyue, who regards Wenzhi as his own and Wendao as his grandson, wait.

If the couple did not return for five years, ten years, or a lifetime, wouldn't they have wasted a great time hearing the Tao?

Seeing and hearing that the road was still the same as if oil and salt did not enter, Xiao Xiyue's face was full of hatred for iron and steel.

Wen Dao asked again about the news of the He brothers and sisters and the situation of the Divine Finger Peak. Xiao Xiyue said: "I have found the estuary today, and I have searched all the way to the town, but there is still no news." As for the Divine Finger Peak, the old decay is also incomprehensible. Dao'er, you better let it go as soon as possible. After speaking, he looked at Wen Dao and left silently.

The city lord's mansion of Los Angeles sits north to south, and there are four courtyards in the east, which are divided into plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemums, so they are called plum courtyards, orchid courtyards, bamboo courtyards and chrysanthemum courtyards. In the past, the four courtyards were occupied by the lord of the city, the prime minister, the monk and the governor. After Wen Zhi resigned, Long Wei did not live in the Mei Courtyard, but built a new "Aoxue Garden" behind the City Lord's Mansion as a dormitory.

This "Proud Snow Garden" is simple and simple, bedrooms, study rooms, etc., but I don't see anything related to snow, and I only want to take the snow meaning, not the snow shape.

After hearing the Tao, Long Wei named it Long Yin, and his identity was a distant relative of Long Wei, and Long Wei also specially separated the "Aoxue Garden" by one third, and built a separate study and practice room for him to live in.

As we all know, Long Wei has no queen, and Wen Zhi has no descendants when he runs away, and Long Yin is Long Wei's nephew, so even if Wen Zhi does not return one day and Long Wei is old, he can take over as the lord of Los Angeles. Arrange Wendao to live here, firstly, to facilitate the protection of the masters in the house, and secondly, to avoid Wendao from attracting too much attention outside, Long Wei's move can be said to be very thoughtful.

After Xiao Xiyue left, Wen Dao walked back to the bedroom from the study. closed the door and window, took off the jade plate hanging on his chest, pinched it up and down, left and right for a while, and the two cloth bags fell on the bed.

There is only a dagger in the smaller cloth bag, which is long and gray, slightly curved, shaped like the horn of an antelope, without a blade and without light, this is the world-famous sheep's horn dagger.

In the larger cloth bag was a blue book, slightly old, with four large white characters on it, saying "Preaching the world".

Wen Dao wrapped the horn dagger and put it back on the jade plate, picked up the blue book and flipped it up.

This book has been read countless times, and every month there are words on the front and a blank on the back. The first half of the book is a few things that are easy to understand, and the second half is a few Taoist stories, which are simple and easy to understand, but I don't know what the meaning is.

His father let him practice alone, so he didn't dare to tell Long Wei and Xiao Lao when he heard the Tao. But it's been a month, and Wen Dao has read this book countless times, but he still can't get the point.

Thinking that his parents would not know when and what month they would return, he still delusionally hoped that he could help his parents get out of trouble as soon as possible. Now that it goes on like this, I don't know what year and month it will be able to do but I wish. Thinking of this, I can't help but worry when I hear it.

In the middle of the night, I couldn't sleep when I heard the Tao. During the day, in order to avoid the attention of others, he rarely went out, but at this time he wanted to go out for a walk.

Put on his coat and smell the Tao and touch it.

Tonight, the moon and stars are scarce, and there is silence in the Aoxue Garden.

Long Wei lived alone, had no wife and no children, and often had relatives and friends who came to visit him, and he would rather go to the city to eat and drink, and often did not return at night.

In this regard, the three elders had to get used to it. Fortunately, although he was free and easy by nature, his mind was extremely clear, and his decisions on the spot were so wise that the three elders were ashamed of themselves, and it was even more difficult to say anything.

Wen Dao went around and walked to the square in front of the main hall. There is an artificial canal in front of the square, on which nine marble arch bridges are arranged in sequence, and Wen Dao sat down on the stone pier next to the bridge.

The huge square was empty, and the gray marble glowed softly in the moonlight. The breeze came slowly, slightly cool, and the mind was clear, I hadn't been so relaxed for a long time.

Recently, the unknown life and death of the He siblings and the unknown whereabouts of their parents have made Wendao sad and sad, which has invisibly put a lot of pressure on him. What's even more helpless is that he can only hide in this city lord's mansion, and it seems that practicing and waiting has become the only thing he can do. But there was no progress in this practice, and it was the first time that I felt so powerless when I heard the Tao so much.

After sitting for a long time, it was getting late, and I got up and wanted to go back to sleep. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he saw a behemoth.

Wen Dao was so shocked that he fell back two steps, only to see that there was a huge turtle head in front of him.

If you look closely, this gray-white turtle is clearly the one in the river in front of his house, and it also saved his and Yiyi's lives, that is, the starling in Elder Xiao's mouth.

However, at this time, the starling was much smaller than that day, his body was just filled with a one-zhang wide canal, and the bamboo pavilion on his back was gone.

The giant tortoise's head was raised high, and it seemed that it had been observing and smelling for a long time.

"God, how did this starling find here, he can change the size at will?" Hearing this, he was shocked and speechless.

He was afraid that others would find out about this big guy, and he didn't care if he understood it or not, so he said, "This, eight seniors, please make you smaller, it will be discovered by Uncle Long and a few elders." ”

As soon as the words fell, the starling glanced at him, full of disdain.

"This turtle has become a sperm", Wen Dao rubbed his eyes, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Eight seniors......" was about to see the ceremony, but the huge head of the starling knocked him to the ground in one fell swoop.

Wen Dao touched his head as if he had an understanding, and hurriedly got up and bowed down and said, "Wen Dao has seen Starling."

This time, the starling didn't dislike it, "It seems that this guy only likes other people's names to call him, regardless of his seniority." ”

Wen Dao was thinking about it, but the starling nodded and grinned, obviously praising himself for being able to know its temperament in two or three clicks.

A man and a turtle lay on the bed with big eyes and small eyes. I heard the news and chatted with the starling brother in the square just now, and I was really afraid of being discovered, so I had to leave in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, after running a few steps, I found that my shoulders sank, and when I turned my head, I saw that the starling had become the size of a palm and was crawling on his shoulder. Wendao had to take it back to the house.

Having this great god by his side is naturally a lot of benefits, but this old ancestor is too strange in temper, it is really not easy to serve, in just half a pillar of incense time, Wen Dao has been blinded by him five times, overturned three times.

After lying down for a while, the starling seemed to be sleepy, and one rolled over and fell asleep on all fours.

"This sleeping position...... It's really indecent, it's too indecent" I wanted to think about it, but I didn't dare to squeak anymore when I heard it, so I could only gently cover the starling with a quilt.

The next day, I woke up after hearing the Tao, but I slept too late last night.

Dizzy, he suddenly remembered the starling, and quickly opened the quilt to see, but there were still turtles. "Hey! This old ancestor is haunted, and it is a matter of course that he will not see it if he can't see it."

Wen Dao touched the bed, and a waiter brought in hot water for breakfast, and Wen Dao nodded and thanked him.

The entire Ao Xue Yuan is a waiter on weekdays, living in the north wing, an old man in his fifties, he doesn't talk much on weekdays, he just loves to laugh, and sometimes he even laughs a little silly.

Long Wei called him "Uncle Mo", and Wen Dao had to call him "Grandpa Mo", but the attendant shook his head when he heard it, and insisted that Wen Dao also call him "Uncle Mo". "Hey, do people like people regardless of their seniority?"

Long Wei is often absent, and this Uncle Mo can't see anyone on weekdays, but there is never a shortage of three meals a day and daily necessities.

After hearing the sermon, washing and eating, his spirit was slightly better, so he took out the book of "Preaching the World" and prepared to read it again.

The book begins with the words, "The Tao is the Tao, the Tao is not the Tao; The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. Nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth, famous, the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire, to see its wonder, and there is often desire, to observe its subtlety. These two are the same and have different names, the same name is the mystery, the mystery is mysterious, and the door of all wonders. ”

Wen Dao is also full of poetry and books, and he is more familiar with the two ancient books of "Lianshan" and "Returning to Tibet", and can roughly know the truth of what is said in the book, but he just doesn't understand how these are related to the practice of practice.

In desperation, he had to flip back and prepare to read the second chapter. Unexpectedly, yesterday was a blank page on the back page of the first chapter, but today many patterns are drawn in twists and turns: one circle becomes two, two circles become three, and three circles transform the sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers, birds, beasts, insects, fish, men, women and children. All the patterns are drawn with several strokes, faintly connected into a "Tao" character.

"One life is two, two is three, three is all things, the Tao is natural", the true meaning of the Tao is first understood, and then I look back and compare with what I said in the first chapter, the more I understand in my heart.

"Yes, to cultivate the Tao, first of all, we should understand that the Tao is the foundation of all laws and all things, and people are also born from the Tao, so the way of cultivation is actually to take people as the point, and trace back to the source until we have the foundation of all things and the source of all laws."

Thinking of this, Wen Dao was shocked, "Can a person really cultivate to the root of all things and the source of ten thousand laws?" Isn't that omnipotent? patted his head, and smiled dumbly when he heard it, "This means that it is just a clear truth, and I take it seriously."

Finally took the first step, Wen Dao hurriedly turned to the back page of the second chapter, only to find that it was still blank. "Strange, why do you suddenly have these patterns in the first chapter?"

It's hard to think about it if you don't understand it, I just want to calm down and meditate on the first chapter.

Before I knew it, it was night, and Uncle Mo had already put the meal on the table in the dining room. He would always come to clean up the dishes and chopsticks after half an hour of delivery, and if he found that the food was cold, he would reheat the kitchen, but he would never come to disturb him. So no matter what time it is, Wen Dao can arrange the time and eat a hot meal as he likes.

"Dao'er, are you there?" Wendao, who had just woken up from his meditation, heard the sound of Long Wei knocking on the door.

Shocked when he heard this, he hurriedly opened the door and said, "Uncle Long has returned home today, please come in?" ”

As they got along, Wen Dao figured out Long Wei's free and unrestrained temper, and he spoke more casually.

Long Wei swaggered in, sat down at the dining table, and said with a smile: "Oh, I, Long Wei, have lived in this city lord's mansion for decades, and I have never found anyone with good wine in the mansion, so I have no choice but to go out to find a drinking friend by myself." Hehe, I didn't expect that I didn't return for half a month, and the hundreds of jars of wine that I had managed to collect in my cellar were wiped out by your kid. Hurry up and take it out, my grandfather and I will drink two jars first, if your wine is acceptable, I can consider dividing a few jars with you. ”

Wen Dao looked confused when he heard this, and said, "Uncle Long, where does this start?" I didn't take your ......! Speaking of this, Wen Dao suddenly remembered something, and stopped talking.

Although I don't like it, I don't like it, but it's very familiar. When I was a child, my mother would make sake every month, and she would always use a large jar to make wine. Except for the occasional begging for some from the good drinkers in the village, and stealing some from time to time, all the wine would be poured by the mother from the pavilion into the river, and under the pavilion lived the same great god who had stayed here last night.

Hearing the Tao for a while, Long Wei noticed something wrong and asked, "Dao'er, what's the matter?" How to put on this expression, isn't it just a few jars of wine? ”。

Hearing this, he said, "Uncle Long, do you remember the big turtle that rescued me from the village?" It slept here last night. Long Wei opened his mouth wide, and it was difficult to speak for a while, and he said for a long time, "Brother Turtle is massive!" ”

But he said that the starling slept until midnight last night, suddenly became addicted to alcohol, and couldn't sleep anymore. It's also strange that this good wine is used to drinking, and I haven't drunk much good wine since I left the village. Today, I entered the City Lord's Mansion, thinking that I could finally find some decent wine to drink, and the more I thought about it, the more difficult it became to sleep, so I sneaked up.

It walked around the Aoxue Garden, and sure enough, it smelled a smell of good wine, and searched for the smell until it walked to Longwei's study.

This thing already knew that there was no one in the room, so he swaggered around and sniffed around. Finally discovered the heavenly machine, it turned into an ordinary human-sized appearance in front of a bookshelf, and then the man stood up, twisted a wooden mechanism with a turtle claw, and the bookshelf slashed to both sides, revealing the fairyland of wine inside.

This thing drank here for several hours, and drank all the wine cleanly.

Thinking that Wendao didn't have a jar there, it was not good to make wine for it, so he secretly moved all the jars to Wendao's practice room, which was also the reason why Long Wei followed here.

After drinking to his heart's content, the starling was in a good mood, flashed into the jade plate of Wendao, and squandered it on the old book, which was regarded as a reward for not leaving good wine for Wendao. After doing all this, it fumbled under the stone bridge and continued to sleep with its head up.