Located at the junction of Qingzhou and Yizhou, Muling Town is a sparsely populated town. A family of two had just moved into the town, and the mother and son were silent and never communicated with anyone. Some enthusiastic people only inquired about it, and the mother and son couldn't withstand the changes because the man in the family went early, so they had no choice but to move here to find a desirable place to stay. The two of them also rarely go out on weekdays, only occasionally going to the market to buy some goods, and nothing else.

Early in the morning, the child got up early and was tending to his yard. After a while, he heard someone calling him, but he saw two Taoist priests, one old and one young, standing at the door.

"Hello little fellow," said the old Taoist priest kindly, "what's your name, and how old are you?"

"How are you, old fellow," the boy pretended to be respectful, "my name is Su Yi, what is your name, how old are you this year?"

"The old man is traveling, and he is now close to the sixtieth year, so you should call me grandpa. The old Taoist priest replied.

Su Yi suddenly scolded unceremoniously: "The old guy is shameless, do you want to take advantage of me, who wants to call you grandpa, leave quickly, our family has no money to give you alms." ”

"This little layman, the poor road is not here to turn fate. Yun You laughed, not at all annoyed by Su Yi's rudeness.

"Yi'er, why are you so rude, how does my mother teach you on weekdays?" Bi He in the house heard the conversation between the two, so he found it and said, "Apologize to this Taoist leader." ”

"Mother, didn't you say that this old guy must not be a good person after following us for so long? The child thought that his mother would definitely not want to talk to him, so she wanted to drive him away, so as not to make you unhappy. Su Yi said, and said coquettishly: "Mother, I don't want to apologize to the bad guys." ”

"I know nonsense, how can I say these words in front of others, but it will cause trouble," Bihe shook his head and sighed, "Don't you take it as an example, do you know?"

"Got it, mother. Su Yi said in a milky voice.

Yun You watched the two of them sing double reeds with a smile, and they didn't speak, their faces didn't show gloomy, they just seemed to think it was very interesting.

"Thou art a clever boy, and thou hast a poor appetite. Yunyou smiled.

"Our mother and son have suffered a lot in the past few years, if we don't teach him to be smarter, I'm afraid that the Taoist will not be able to see my child today," Bihe spoke slowly, but with a grudge, "There will always be a person in the future, and it is not okay not to protect yourself." ”

The latter sentence seemed to be said to Su Yi.

"Since the lady has a plan, but she is also concerned, so why not hand over this child to the poor road, and the poor road will ensure that he will grow up safely. Yun You smiled and said solemnly.

"Let my child go back to the clouds with you, is the Taoist being teasing the concubine?" Bihe said coldly.

"Madam, don't worry," Yun You hurriedly explained, "Poor Dao has been away from the clouds for more than 40 years since he left the mountain, so how can he talk about returning to the clouds." Beyond the top of the clouds, the world can be gone. If the lady can trust the poor way, how about giving the child to the poor way?"

"The Taoist chief is kind to the concubine and the body and mind," Bihe's mood eased slightly, and said, "It's just that the concubine has found a place to go, and she will have a place to live in the future, so she doesn't have to run around anymore." ”

Su Yi listened happily and said, "Mother, can we not run for our lives?"

Madame wondered if she could take a step to speak. Seeing Bihe's resolute attitude, Yunyou said again.

Bihe acquiesced and led Yunyou into the house, leaving Su Yi and the little Taoist priest behind. Both of them stared at each other and did not speak.

"Hey, are you dumb, why don't you speak?" Su Yi finally couldn't hold back and asked. He didn't have a good impression of the old Taoist, and by the way, he didn't like this little Taoist very much.

"I'm not," the little Taoist priest said timidly.

"Okay, okay, I know you're not dumb," the little Taoist priest was interrupted by Su Yi before he could say the word dumb, "Then what's your name?"

"My name is..."

"Forget it, I'm not very interested in what you call it. ”

The little Taoist priest didn't say all the words, and his little face was slightly red.

"Eh, let me ask you, is that old man a good man?" Su Yi asked again.

"That's my master," the little Taoist priest muttered.

"Answer questions honestly. Su Yi said impatiently.

"We are good people. The little Taoist priest said firmly.

"Wow, you said yes, right?"

"The book says that people are good at the beginning, and we have never done anything bad, so we are naturally good people..."

"You may say it, but I will not believe it. Su Yi said with disdain, "Who knows if you have ever done anything bad." ”

"Then I'll give you this," said the little Taoist priest, who took out a paper bag from his baggage and handed it to Su Yi, but the bag contained a string of sugar gourds, "Bad people won't invite you to eat sugar gourds." ”

The little Taoist priest loves to eat sugar gourds, so he naturally regards sugar gourds as precious things, but Su Yi doesn't think so.

"I don't want it, and I don't know if it's poisonous. Su Yi said that, and took care of the yard by himself.

"It's not poisonous..."The little Taoist priest whispered, his outstretched hand retracted again, and he was even more stunned after seeing Su Yi ignore him anymore.

The back room was extremely simple, with only one table and two stools, and there were not even extra teacups on the table.

"The Taoist has been following us silently for five years, but he has never looked for a concubine once in the future, and I don't know why he suddenly decided to come to talk to the concubine today?"

"Now it is too far away from the boundary between Suzhou and Hangzhou, and there are some things that the old man is afraid of beyond his power. Yunyou said worriedly.

"So the Daoist has made up his mind to get rid of me today?" Bihe said.

"Madame misunderstood. The poor way has always been divided into good and evil, regardless of good and evil. Mrs. has never done anything harmful to nature and reason in the past six years, so naturally she is not evil, so it has nothing to do with the old man. Besides, back then, my senior brother only asked me to follow you, but there was no other command. ”

"What is Heavenly Reason?" but the tone of the Taoist chief seems to be doing the right thing for heaven," Bihe sneered, "Do you still need others to teach you what the concubine has done?"

"I don't dare to do it for the sky, I just occasionally see injustice, do what I can, that's all," Yun You's face did not change his color, "Poor Dao came today to ask Madame." ”

Bihe put away her resentment and said, "Dao Chief, please speak." ”

"Madame knows who the pursuers are behind her, and why she is chasing after them. Yun You asked.

Yunyou's words reminded Bihe of the doubts she had for many years.

"The first people who came with them were the people of the Su family, but they had already returned to Wujiang as early as the time. The rest, some are from the government, and some monks and Taoists who don't know where they came from. As for why you came, isn't it the Demon Removal Guard?"

"Don't you think it's unreasonable for a mother and son to be so popular?" Yun You asked again.

Although the concubine had doubts, she couldn't figure it out, so she asked the Taoist chief to solve her doubts. ”

"When the emperor orders the demon to be slaughtered, you will run to the ends of the earth, and someone will come to the door. It's just that in addition, they are also interested in the Su family's ancient scroll, and Madame is suspected of fleeing with the scroll when she runs away this time, and if you are suspicious, they will naturally not let you go. ”

"What ancient axis?" Bihe had heard of this for the first time.

"Don't Madame know, then why did Madame sneak into the Su family?" Yun You said in surprise.

"Junqiao and I are truly in love, how can I sneak in? I never thought about getting any ancient axis from the Su family. As soon as Bihe thought of Su Junqiao, her mood became heavy again, and she didn't even have the strength to resent others for misunderstanding her.

Yun You saw that Bihe didn't seem to be in a panic, so he explained: "This ancient axis records some secret secrets of demonic arts, and it is rumored that there is a secret method to dispel demonic energy. It was previously rumored that this scroll was in the Su family. There are many scrolls involved, and no matter which side you are, you have tried their best to get it. ”

"Looks like they want to kill me for a good reason. Bihe laughed to herself.

"In addition, there is another thing that few people know about - it is Ling Lang's half-demon body over there. I think it was also Junlu's kid who deliberately concealed it and did something to prevent it from being discovered by the government. Ling Lang is safe for the time being, and then... But I don't know what Madame is going to do?" Yun You finally got to the point.

"Don't let him move a trace of demonic energy. Bihe said lightly.

"Madame, why should she deceive herself, how can the demonic spirit be easily suppressed. Madame, why don't you think about Poor Dao's previous proposal, and Poor Dao can be the master of passing on the Quiet and Humble Heart Sutra of this door to Ling Lang. ”

"The Taoist chief doesn't need to say any more, the concubine has her own plans. Bihe said without hesitation.

Yunyou is not a person who is entangled, seeing Bihe's resolute attitude, he no longer persuades, and immediately got up and said: "Since this is the case, the poor road will not say more, so I will leave." ”

Bihe admired Yunyou's neatness and neatness, and asked, "I don't know why the chief came to tell the concubine about these things?"

"The poor are not people who do not distinguish between good and evil, nor are they pedantic and stubborn. The difficulty of the lady is only one of the injustices that Poor Dao has seen in his life, and it is insignificant. Madame doesn't have to take it to heart. The poor road went and said goodbye. Yun You said, then went out and left with the little Taoist priest.

Coming out of Muling Town, passing Yishan, you can reach Linzi in a few days. Further on, there is Yidu. The destination of Bihe's mother and son on this trip is Taiyan Mountain, which is located between Yidu and Linzi.

There is an unnamed Taoist temple at the foot of Taiyan Mountain. There is a strange stone in front of the Taoist temple that looks like a milk swallow, so it is called the swallow temple by the nearby residents, and this place is also called the swallow stone. Although the incense of the swallow stone is not abundant, there are also devout believers who often come to worship incense, but it is not deserted.

Walk through the Swallow View and there are several houses in the back. If you come here in the morning, you can still smell the faint aroma of porridge. There is often the sound of chanting in the mountains, it should be the voice of the morning reading people on the mountain, the sound of chanting is floating in the mountains, like the sound of the avenue, which makes people yearn for it.

There were stone steps leading to the top behind the house, and the two of them walked and stopped for more than an hour before they came to an open place. There were gentlemen teaching in Vasheri, and there were also teenagers who were outside dancing and practicing boxing. The Taoist boy who swept the floor saw the two of them, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and asked crisply: "Two laymen, I don't know if there is anything here... What's the matter?"

"This little master, can you take me to meet your ancestor?" Bihe said gently with a smile on her face.

That Dao Tong had lived in the mountains for many years, and he had rarely seen outsiders visit, and he couldn't remember to ask anything more for a while. Coupled with Bihe's voice, with an affinity that people couldn't bear to refuse, Dao Tong had to lead the two of them through the crowd and walk to a higher place. After walking around and around for more than half an hour, I finally saw a hall. The temple is nothing special except that it is tall. The plaque in front of the hall has the words "Heaven and Earth Spirit" written on it, but it is very eye-catching.

When he led the way to this place, the Dao boy hurriedly said: "The front is the place where the ancestor cultivates, you... Go in yourselves. After saying that, he ran away.

Bihe didn't care much, and took Su Yi into the hall without restraint.

The decoration of the hall is simple and unpretentious, and there are no gods and gods, only a huge painting scroll is hung in the middle, but the painting scroll is full of blank space, and there is nothing. I saw that on the futon in front of the painting scroll, there was a crane-haired old man who was closing his eyes and recuperating, his white beard reached his chest, and the wrinkles on his face were mottled and visible, but he did not show the fatigue that the old man often had, but gave people a feeling of refreshment. When the old man heard the footsteps of the two, he opened his eyes and said with a smile: "That kid Yuqi can really betray the old man." ”

"Guiyangzi, I haven't seen you for decades, is it possible that your Tao has not advanced but retreated, and you have made it look like this. ”

"Appearance is just a skin, why bother so much. It's the Bihe Fairy, your appearance has not diminished back then. ”

"In the Daomen of the whole world, you are the only one who dares to call me a fairy. Bihe smiled.

"The old man just sees more than others," Guiyangzi said, turning his gaze to Su Yi and asking, "Who is this little layman...?"

"This is my child," Bihe replied, and then said to Su Yi, "Kneel down and apprentice." ”

This was said very suddenly, Rao is Guiyangzi had already prepared in his heart, and he was also a little caught off guard, thinking that he would greet him for a while. Su Yi was surprisingly obedient, knelt down in response, kowtowed to Guiyangzi, and called, "Disciple Su Yi to meet Master." ”

Guiyangzi shook his head and said with a smile: "Why are you in such a hurry. With our friendship, isn't it worth your words?"

"I don't think you want me to stay here too long, do you?"

Guiyangzi shook his head helplessly and said, "It's okay to apprentice, but you have to agree to the old man first." ”

Bihe frowned and said, "What conditions?"

"In this hall, he is my apprentice, but out of this hall, we have nothing to do with each other. ”

"It seems that even you can't help but see those ordinary people. Bihe scoffed.

"Otherwise," Guiyangzi shook his head and said, "Even if the old man can be extraordinary, he can't ignore a few disciples of Taiyan. If you don't agree, it's no wonder that the old man doesn't care about friendship. ”

"I'm just whining, don't be surprised," Bihe looked at Guiyangzi meaningfully, "I promise you, as long as you teach him everything you need to teach." ”

Guiyangzi nodded slowly, showing that he understood the meaning of Bihe's words.

"Don't worry, the old man will never hide his selfishness," Guiyangzi promised, and asked again, "What are you going to do with yourself?"

"I'm sure I'll find him here. Bihe's tone was firm, but her eyes were dark.

Guiyangzi closed her eyes and nodded slowly, but stopped talking.

"I'll leave this kid to you, thank you. There were no superfluous polite words, as if they were making a deal, and Bihe finally only thanked him and left. It's not that she can't bear to be separated, it's just that she is afraid that she will never be ruthless if she stays for a while.

Su Yi watched his mother leave, he didn't know what it was like, he was reluctant to give up on his mother, but he was also very eager for a stable life.

Suddenly, the sound of wings fluttering echoed in the hall, and there were a few more birds on the top beam. The birds squeaked and tossed, and then flew away.