In addition to eating and drinking, the old man also cleaned up a room and invited Song You and Sanhua Niangniang to stay.

The Taoist thanked him respectfully and stayed.

Sure enough, there is no day or night here, from the beginning to the present, it has been dusk.

By now, most of the old man's family had already fallen asleep, and the Taoist was almost time to sleep, but it was difficult to sleep while sitting by the window and looking at the scene outside the window at dusk.

It's a kind of funny feeling.

In the past, when I was in the outside world, I could perceive the rotation of the four seasons and the change of yin and yang, but I couldn't feel it so clearly. Just like air, people breathe all the time and can clearly know the existence of air, but if they go to a place where there is no air, they will inevitably have a new understanding of the existence of air.

Little by little, time passed.

The three-flowered cat ran around the house a few times, and was already lying on the bed, half-squinting, about to sleep.

The Taoist sat cross-legged, calmed down, felt the charm of heaven and earth, and experienced the mystery of this world.

After almost a full day of long talking, his knowledge of the world also increased a lot.

It's not just from other people's mouths.

And the feeling of being in it.

This world is not only somewhat similar to the outside world, but also has many differences, both relying on the outside world to exist, but also isolated from the world, becoming a world of its own, and even the rules are very different.

Song You has a lot of things that he can't figure out, of course, the most incomprehensible thing is that it exists in a painting.

And no matter what kind of figure it is, since it really exists, there is a great mystery in it.

Meditation and contemplation will lead to great insights.

Speaking of which—

The so-called skills are all over the world, whether it is carving, painting, or piano art, the skills are at the top, and where are the gods and gods, but the world itself.

The acquaintance with Master Dou is destined to be a great gain.

……

There is no change of sun and moon here, the seasons change, and the world is different from the outside, even Song You can't know the passage of time, only that Sanhua Niangniang fell asleep and woke up, looked at herself a few times, and stepped on her lap and stepped back a few times, but her sleep has never been regular, so it can't be inferred that it has been too long.

If it was outside, it would have been the night.

It's a bit noisy outside, and it's slightly itchy on my legs.

The Taoist opened his eyes and immediately looked down.

The three-flowered cat also noticed the movement outside, and was standing by the bed, stretching its neck to look out the window.

It's just that even if she stretches her neck to the longest, it's still not high enough, and it's too troublesome to stand up like a human. So he stepped on both front paws on the Taoist's thighs, so that he could raise the front half of his body so that his eyes were level with the window in the room, and he aimed at the noisy people outside.

"Well, Daoist, are you awake......"

The three-flowered cat turned his head to look at him, his feet were still on his legs, thinking that if he didn't wear pants and moved his feet away, there should be plum blossom marks on his legs.

"Wake up."

"There's someone out there."

"Hmm."

The voice outside the door had drifted into the house.

It was other people in this village, and even people from other villages, who were very surprised when they heard that people from outside were coming, and they wanted to come and see the strange and have a long experience.

As soon as the old man's family woke up, they reasoned that the guests were still asleep and stopped them outside.

The Taoist and the cat looked at each other, got up and pushed the door out.

"Oops, the Dao is awake!"

"Guys, be polite."

"Is the Daoist really from outside?"

"Exactly."

"How's it going out there?"

“……”

As expected, it was another Q&A.

The Taoist was patient and answered them one by one.

While answering, there are new people coming.

The same question is often answered many times.

In the morning, some people invited food, and at noon, the people in the village were very enthusiastic, and they all rushed to invite the Taoist people to their homes, killing chickens and slaughtering geese, and entertaining them with good wine and good food.

After two or three days, even people from far away heard about this Taoist from the outside world and came to visit.

There are even people who used to come from outside.

In the old man's memory, the last time an outsider came in was when he was young, and now, the young man who came in at the beginning has not yet died, and when he saw the Taoist at this moment, he asked in more detail. Sometimes when I talk about things that are in the outside world but not here, and talk about the vicissitudes of changes in the outside world, I am also emotional, but no one wants to go out.

And so on for a few days.

Almost every day, people invite Taoist people to be guests, not stingy with food at all, either fish or meat, door-to-door hospitality, can be described as simple folk customs.

I don't know if on the fourth or fifth day, as soon as the Taoist woke up, the master told him that someone had come to invite him again.

When the Taoist went out, he saw that he was a middle-aged man.

"Immortal Master ......"

The middle-aged man exclaimed in a low voice, looked left and right, and then looked natural, and saluted him: "I heard that the Taoist chief is coming from outside, I wonder if Kou is lucky enough to invite the Taoist chief to the cold house for a while?" ”

Song You smiled.

Then he turned around, thanked the host who left him to stay overnight, and called Sanhua Niangniang to follow the middle-aged man.

Gradually out of the village.

"Immortal Master!"

Only then did Master Dou salute.

"The master doesn't have to be polite, he deserves it." The Taoist said as he walked.

"I was in a hurry that day, and I forgot to tell the immortal master Dou's residence, I really shouldn't have made amends to the immortal master here." Master Dou saluted again.

"Where's the master's words?" The Taoist said with a smile, "After coming here, I feel that the people here are simple, no matter where the villagers are, they are all enthusiastic, and they have been entertained for several days, which is rare outside." What's more, this heaven and earth are infinitely charming, mysterious, and after coming down, I have a lot of insights and a lot of gains, so I should thank the master. ”

"I wonder how long you've been here?"

"Probably a few days."

"Dou is confused, ......"

"Don't say that." The Taoist said, unwilling to be more polite with him, so he changed the topic, "I don't know where the master lives?" ”

"The people here are all related to the ancestors of my Dou family, and at the same time, Dou only occasionally comes in to visit his wife, most of the time he is outside, which is inconvenient, so he assumes the name Kou Xuan and lives alone at the foot of the mountain in front of him. It is almost a little lower than the Tianhe Temple on Cangshan Mountain, and it is far away from the surrounding villages. Master Dou said, "When I went out to buy today, I met someone who was saying, so I knew that the immortal master was here, and I came to invite you." ”

"The master doesn't have to be like that." Song You said to him, "I came in this time, and there was nothing to do with looking for the master, but for a long time, I often watched this picture at home, felt the subtlety of the charm, and gained a lot, and I was curious about what the painting looked like, so I rushed in, but I unexpectedly disturbed Master Dou." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Master Dou hurriedly waved his hand, walked in front to lead the way, and talked to him as he walked.

"Did the immortal master go to the lake?"

"Haven't been."

"It's good that I didn't go."

"How?"

"I'm afraid that the immortal master accidentally walked out."

"I heard someone went out?"

"Exactly."

Master Dou explained to him: "The painting in the painting is the outside world, although it is a world of its own and isolated from the outside world, it is also related to the outside world. Although there is an invisible wall, it is not uncommon for people to accidentally walk out. ”

"When there are barriers, why do people occasionally go out?"

"The immortal master doesn't know anything." Master Dou said, "Back then, the ancestors painted their hometown at dusk, and although the world in the painting was fixed at dusk, the time in the outside world has been changing. When ordinary people go to the edge, the world in the painting is always dusk, but the outside may be at any time of the day, and it is natural to not be able to go out. But if ordinary people walk to the edge, the outside world happens to be the moment when the ancestors painted it, and they can walk out. ”

"It's so amazing."

"This is a secret, please ...... the immortal master"

"I know." The Taoist nodded, and then asked, "But if you go out, where will you go?" ”

"We don't know." Master Dou said, "Maybe it's gone, it's gone, maybe it's gone to the outside world." However, there are not many people who go out in total, the mountains and seas outside are vast, no matter where a person is placed, it is like water entering the sea, and he has never heard of them. ”

"That's right."

The Taoist felt more and more wonderful.

Following behind Master Dou, chatting while walking, he passed through several villages, changed a few paths, and arrived at the foot of Cangshan Mountain.

Master Dou pointed to a few small houses visible in the distance and said to the Taoist, "This is it." ”

There is a path through the forest.

There were chickens and ducks in front of the house, and there was a dog, and only Master Dou and his wife lived in it, and the farthest villages and homes were two miles away.

"Immortal Master, please."

Master Dou respectfully invited him to enter the door.

There are three paintings hanging in the house.

A general in armor with two archers, a tiger descending a mountain, and a Yaksha.

The Taoist looked at the three paintings at a glance.

"Let the immortal master laugh, this place is remote, although the people in the painting are simple, but after all, there was only a cheap family living alone before, so I painted a few paintings." Master Dou hurriedly explained, glanced at Song You, and marveled at him as if he could see the mystery in the painting at a glance, so he explained, "Although there is no ancestor in the original ability to paint people and draw mountains into reality, but the things painted also have a bit of aura, plus the painting and the two tigers have been fighting for the mountain for a long time, and there is also a little experience, the world in the painting has its own mysteries. ”

"The master draws well."

The Taoist only praised like this, but based on this, he stared at a few paintings for a long time.

Master Dou hurriedly went to kill chickens with his wife, made a good meal, and when he arrived at the dinner table, he didn't think there was any wine, so he drew a dumping kettle on the wall, put the cup on the wall, and actually poured out the best grape wine from it, brought it to Song You, and drank it in his mouth, especially mellow.

The two were eating and drinking while chatting.

Talk about this world, talk about the ancestor, talk about the peerless painting skills, talk about the mystery of the world.

Threesome, there must be my teacher, not to mention that in front of him is a master of painting skills, but also the successor of the psychic painter. That ancestor, it is not an exaggeration to call the god of Danqing. Talking to him, even the Taoists who came down from Fulongguan also benefited a lot, and even some of the doubts that had been formed when he visited Master Kong a few years ago were naturally solved in the casual chat.

Heaven and earth are mysterious, and the Tao of the world seems to have no rules.

But if you look closely, it's clear.

Even sometimes when I think left and right, I can't think clearly or predict, but when I realize it, I am surprised that it is so simple.

Halfway through the meal, the wine jug on the wall slowly faded, and after eating and chatting for a while, it disappeared completely, as if it had never appeared, and the people in the banquet didn't seem to care about it except for the cat.

I forgot to set a timer, sorry, bow and bare!