The moonlight is like a wash, sprinkled all over the earth. That night, Da Niu had a bunch of very messy, chaotic and fragmentary dreams. In the dream, the big bull walked in a long dark road, the long road is like connecting the abyss, and it is impossible to see the edge at a glance, and it is like a giant beast's mouth. The bull cow cowed and was very frightened, calling around, but no one answered. After walking for a long time, he saw a vague but extremely familiar back in front of him, it was Da Yong, Da Niu was just about to catch up, and the man also ran, but he couldn't catch up.

"Brother, brother, slow down, I'm a big cow!" the big cow shouted as he chased.

The man stopped when he heard the shouting, and kept his back to the bull.

Da Niu trembled and touched Da Yong's shoulder, "Brother?"

The man turned around sharply and threw the bull down, pinching the bull's neck, this person is indeed Dayong, Dayong's face is bloody, his eyes are bleeding, and his mouth shouts angrily: "It's you! It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had my hands and feet broken, my eyes gouged out, I wouldn't starve to death on the streets, you have to pay for your life." ”

Da Niu struggled desperately, his face was red, his heart was bitter, extremely uncomfortable, and tears flowed, "It's not like this, no." ”

Eventually, everything dissipated, and it was another dream.

It was the white-haired old man that the big cow dreamed of for the first time, and the white-haired old man still said the same thing, "Live well, you must live." ”

Da Niu knelt on the ground, crying silently, his eyes were full of despair, "I know that my life experience may be unusual, but it is really difficult to live, I just want to beg for food and even tired Brother Dayong, I was insulted just for wanting to read a book, I just wanted to pass ordinarily, I was trampled under my feet, I couldn't even climb up, you have always let me live well, but you tell me how I live, how I live in such a world!"

The unexpected white-haired old man did not disappear immediately this time, but waved his hand, and a bright moon appeared in the sky, leaving a sentence, "Remember this moon, you must remember." ”

The old man left, and the bright moon in the sky also dissipated. Da Niu tried to remember the bright moon in his mind, and every time he thought about it, he felt a warm current flowing through his body, and even in his dreams, he could clearly feel the changes in the pain relief in his body.

It was late at night, and Da Niu was lying on a bed on Mo at this time, and there was a very tall middle-aged man boiling medicine next to the bed. Da Niu frowned for a while, looked panicked and frightened, and for a while tears flowed and kept babbling. These were all seen by the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man's brows furrowed slightly and soothed, and he sighed.

This middle-aged man was the one who stood next to Zhang Shi that day. Zhang Shi rushed in from outside the door and said angrily: "I wasted so much thought just to prevent you from meeting him, didn't you throw yourself into the net? Zhang Daoling!"

Zhang Daoling was obviously also angry, and retorted: "This is the result of what you did? After all, he is just a child! No matter what, he shouldn't be tortured like this!"

Zhang Shi didn't care about this, just looked at Zhang Daoling, and said: "You tell me, you don't know his life experience? Do you know what it means for you to do this? You will die! How can you save people with yourself, don't you understand if the gentleman doesn't save you?"

Zhang Daoling didn't speak, nor did he look at Zhang Shi, he just squatted down to boil the medicine, and said: "I only know that the fate of me and him is destined to be inescapable, and now we have been hiding for a long time, and it is time to have an end." No one can be implicated in this matter. ”

Zhang Shi was annoyed and ashamed but helpless, shook his sleeves, and said bitterly: "Why are you so pedantic!"

Just when the two were arguing, a trace of moonlight poured down on the eaves like clear water, like broken silver sprinkled on the ground, through the gaps between the bricks and tiles on the roof, the wisps penetrated in, and then converged into a very thin pillar of light, injected into the body of the big cow. The wounds on the cow's body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the bruises dissipated a lot.

When Zhang Shi saw this scene, he was even more angry, and kicked over the medicine pot, and the potion in it splashed all over the ground, flowing, and he said angrily: "Boiled fart medicine!

Zhang Daoling didn't care, quietly watching the changes in Da Niu's body, he only felt relieved.

"Brother, brother!" Da Niu woke up suddenly, and his first reaction after waking up was to go to Brother Da Yong.

Zhang Daoling is still boiling the medicine, although the effect of the medicine is really not great, but it can still avoid some sequelae. He looked at the fire and said, "You're awake, you've been in a coma for three days, are you feeling better now?"

Da Niu was puzzled and asked, "Who are you, and why am I here?"

But in a blink of an eye, he began to be scared again, "Three days! What about my brother? I'm going to find him, Wu Xuenian won't let my brother go." ”

After saying that, Da Niu hurriedly climbed out of bed, and ran outside without even caring about putting on his shoes, but he was hugged by Zhang Daoling and couldn't break free.

He shouted: "Let go of me, I'm going to find my brother, my brother is in danger, I must find him!"

As he spoke, he thought that three days had passed, and maybe Brother Dayong had already encountered an accident, and the whole person collapsed to the ground, tears rained down, and said sadly: "I'm just a broom star, I can't protect anyone, I will only bring bad luck to people, I'm just a waste!"

There were so many things that could happen in three days, so much so that he was desperate at the moment, and he remembered that dream again, it was indeed he who harmed Brother Dayong, and indeed without him, nothing would have happened.

Zhang Daoling just hugged Da Niu and didn't speak, and waited until Da Niu's mood stabilized before he took out a letter from his sleeve and said: "Your brother has already come, you were asleep at the time, this is a letter from him to you, don't worry, he's fine." ”

Da Niu hurriedly opened the letter, it was indeed Da Yong's handwriting, although the two were not very literate, but Da Yong, as a front desk guy, could more or less write a little word, and these words had already been taught to Da Niu. These words Da Niu will silently write them out with branches when he has time, so Da Yong's handwriting will never be mistaken.

The letter reads:

"Da Niu, when you read this letter, I have already left the town, Mr. Zhang Daoling has already told me the specific situation, you don't have to worry, I am fine.

It's truly unforgettable to think back on everything you and I spent together during this time. When I was 16 years old, my parents had a famine and a war and the family fled. On the way, some of my family members died of illness, some starved to death, and some were completely separated, and in the end, I was the only one left. In order to survive, I begged all the way, looking for a place to provide work, until I arrived in the town, it was Mr. Zhang who saw that it was not easy for me and introduced me to the Tongfu Inn, and I managed to settle down. At first, I was young, my strength was small, and my temperament was weak, so I did suffer a little, but then I slowly accumulated some abilities through study, and finally became a front desk guy at the inn.

It wasn't until I saw you that I remembered those years of exile again. I'm also very happy that being able to live with you for so long has made me feel at home again.

It's been so long, although you have been calling me Brother Dayong, but I don't seem to have ever called you, and now you and I are destined to be separated for a long time, and I don't know when this voice will be called. Let me call you again, brother! In my absence, I must listen to Mr. Zhang, grow up quickly, and be happy.

And I only have two requirements for you, one is to study hard, and the other is not to come to me until you are old enough to be capable. ”

After reading the letter, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Zhang Daoling said: "Let me introduce first, I am Zhang Daoling, and I asked your brother to leave the town." ”

Zhang Daoling took out another book from his cuff, "He asked me to give this to you." ”

Da Niu saw that it was the "Book of Songs", and he knew it in his heart, and he was even more convinced that Brother Da Yong was really fine, so he asked, "Where did my brother go?"

"Withered Leaf City, don't worry, I wrote him a letter and asked him to go to Withered Leaf City and hand over the letter to the guards, and naturally someone will help him. As soon as you get to Dead Leaf City, everything will be fine. Zhang Daoling said, "Withered Leaf City is west of the desert, some distance from here, and you can go to him when you have the ability." ”

"By the way, I haven't asked you what your name is?" Zhang Daoling asked.

Da Niu replied, "My name is Da Niu and I don't have a surname. ”

Zhang Daoling groaned slightly, and said: "Da Niu, this name is indeed unique, but this name is not pleasant outside, and it is not good if you don't have a surname, otherwise, I'll give you a name."

Zhang Daoling thought for a while and said: "You and I meet fate, just call Yuanyi, the surname is taken from me, how about 'Zhang Yuanyi'." ”

Da Niu didn't like it a little, not because of the name, but because he didn't want to change the name that Brother Da Yong gave him.

Zhang Daoling saw his hesitation and said: "It's just that I call Zhang Yuanyi externally, and I still call you Da Niu in private." ”

Da Niu agreed.

Zhang Daoling is a master carpenter in the town, that is, he lives in Wutong Lane, Zhang Yuanyi learns some carpentry work here in Zhang Daoling every day, at first he just started to do it, but then he made some gadgets by himself. Zhang Yuanyi learned things seriously and quickly, and it didn't take long for him to learn all the skills within his ability, and some of them were too small to do. In his spare time, Zhang Daoling often teaches Zhang Yuanyi to read and write, Zhang Daoling's erudition really impresses Zhang Yuanyi, no matter what the question, Zhang Daoling can answer it.

For Zhang Daoling, Zhang Yuanyi has always been commensurate with his master, and the relationship has gradually improved over time.

In this way, half a year has passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhang Yuan has grown rapidly, and he has risen by two or three inches at once, and he has a bit of an adult's taste.

In fact, Zhang Yuanyi's appearance is still very outstanding, he is handsome, his face is like a carving, his facial features are distinct, and his angular face is handsome and abnormal. The tall nose, a little heroic, and the long black hair like ink, are eye-catching. The only fly in the ointment is that there is a pair of dead fish eyes under a pair of sword eyebrows, and the whole person also brings a melancholy taste. Because of this, it gives people a different kind of charm.

On this day, a man wearing a white scarf and dressed in sackcloth came to Zhang Daoling and silently chatted with Zhang Daoling, his expression was a little gloomy.

Zhang Daoling patted the man's shoulder and nodded. And the man departed, hurrying as if he had something to do.

Zhang Daoling walked into a separate room, Zhang Yuan picked up the tools and was about to follow to help, Zhang Daoling waved his hand and pushed him out of the room, and did not say the reason, but just told Zhang Yuan to cook a handful of dinner, if it was too late to come out, eat it first.

Then he locked the room from the inside and never came out.

It wasn't until the moon climbed the treetops and the galaxy spread all over the sky that Zhang Daoling came out of it.

Zhang Daoling's body was full of sawdust and dust, he patted his robe, and the dust immediately flew up.

As soon as Zhang Daoling pushed open the door, he found that Zhang Yuanyi was asleep against the wall alone, holding a copy of the Book of Songs in his hand, and there were words written on the ground with branches.

Maybe it was because he noticed something, Zhang Yuanyi woke up from the dream, rubbed his eyes, saw Zhang Daoling, and muttered: "Master, you came out, I have hot food in the pot, let's eat." ”

Zhang Daoling was a little surprised and asked, "You haven't eaten yet?"

"Not yet, if the master doesn't come out, it's not interesting to eat alone. Zhang Yuanyi replied, and took Zhang Daoling's hand again, "Let's go quickly, otherwise the firewood will be cold, the residual heat will dissipate, and the food will be cold." ”

Zhang Daoling has indeed been alone for too long, although he is used to the slightly boring days every day, but it is different to have one more person in the family, one more person and one more person to worry about after all.

Zhang Daoling ate less, more to watch Zhang Yuan gobble up rice, smiled slightly, and thought, "This little guy is really hungry." ”

Thinking about it, he added a few pieces of meat to Zhang Yuan's bowl.

The meal was comfortable and unusual.

The next morning, the man from yesterday came again, and Zhang Daoling led him to the backyard and carried things out from the back door of the room yesterday. Zhang Yuanyi looked through the window and finally saw what it was, it was a coffin.

It turned out that the old man in the man's family passed away and came to Zhang Daoling to make a coffin, and the reason why Zhang Daoling didn't let Zhang Yuanyi come close to help was because the coffin was heavy and bad for the child's health, and he was afraid of being infected with evil spirits.

After breakfast, Zhang Daoling took out a small bookcase from the back room and handed it to Zhang Yuanyi, "This is what I made in my spare time in the past few days, and I gave it to you." ”

Zhang Yuanyi was very happy in his heart, and replied, "Thank you, master." ”

Zhang Daoling said again: "Da Niu, wait a minute, go out with me, let's go to the market to buy some things, and visit someone by the way." ”

"Huh, I'm going out. Zhang Yuanyi was a little unhappy.

Zhang Daoling asked, "What's the matter, there's a problem?"

"No! no!" Zhang Yuan waved his hand, "It's just, it's just ......"

It's just that this is Wutong Lane, and going out will scare him, but he didn't say it but nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Zhang Daoling gently touched Zhang Yuanyi's head, and said in a soft voice: "Just follow me, it's okay." ”

After tidying up, the two went out.

Zhang Yuanyi is no stranger to the bazaar, he has often come to the market before, but it has never been possible to go as much as he wants. He used to just buy some vegetables, and he hurried past other stores, because he was afraid that he would be tempted after watching it for a long time, so that until now, he had only smelled a lot of smells, but it was unknown what exactly this smell came from. After all, the original purpose was to survive, so what kind of enjoyment is there to talk about.

Zhang Yuanyi, who was habitual, looked at a vegetable stall from a distance, but there happened to be no one in that position, and Zhang Yuanyi felt a little regretful.

After purchasing some things at the bazaar, Zhang Yuanyi's back box was soon full, all of them were gadgets, and there was not much weight, and Zhang Yuanyi was more than enough to carry.

Zhang Yuanyi was very happy, because he had never been so generous before, and he had never owned so many things, and the feeling of having a lot of things in his hand made him feel very satisfied.

After shopping, Zhang Daoling led the way back to Wutong Lane in front, and before he arrived at the house, Zhang Daoling stopped, stopped in front of a quaint small house, and said, "We're here, let's go in." ”

Zhang Yuan raised his head and looked at this house, the house is not big, but it gives people the feeling of grandeur, there is a couplet on both sides of the door, and the content of the couplet is also very different, there is no prayer for longevity and health, there is no request for fame and fortune, and there is no desire to be rich and noble.

Zhang Yuanyi has been keeping in mind Dayong's words for half a year, reading and writing carefully, Zhang Daoling is also very patient, as long as Zhang Yuanyi has questions, he will answer, and now Zhang Yuanyi has learned a lot of words.

Zhang Daoling knocked on the door, and said hello, so he pushed open the door and went in, and called Zhang Yuanyi.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Yuanyi smelled a fragrance, which was similar to the taste of his "Book of Songs", which made him feel very comfortable. Looking around, Zhang Yuanyi found that this house was full of books, boundless books, and countless books. These books are placed on a bookcase, and the bookshelves stand around the house, making it seem that the whole house is made of bookshelves and towers, and it is like standing in a city tower of books, which is very peculiar. There are even several books that have been roped through the title page and hung under the eaves, and the breeze is blowing and flipping, making a pleasant "rustle" sound, as if someone is turning the pages all the time.

In fact, Zhang Daoling's house is also very distinctive, Zhang Daoling is a carpenter, so the house is full of his own wood carving works, all kinds of rare beasts, flowers, birds, fish and insects, lifelike, there are also various house buildings, sail giants, the atmosphere is magnificent, even cows, ghosts, snakes, gods, Bodhisattva Buddha, not angry and self-assured, the most popular Zhang Yuanyi is the peach wood sword in the house, which is engraved with complex lines and does not appear chaotic, but adds a bit of mystery, the sword body is also extremely flat, and the unique roughness of the wood can not be felt at all to the touch, and it is thought that the master has polished it for a long time to make it.

Zhang Yuanyi looked at this house and thought that the owner of this house must be bookish and kind-hearted.

Zhang Yuanyi is a little obsessed, this is exactly what the home he has always longed for is like. But then he didn't think so.

Zhang Yuanyi saw one of the people he hated the most - Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi sat on a wooden chair, next to a pear blossom wooden table, there were two cups of tea on the table, the tea was still hot, there was smoke, he obviously knew that someone was coming, so he prepared the tea and waited for a long time.

Zhang Shi gestured to the guest seat on the other side of the table with one hand, and said gently: "Sit down, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Zhang Daoling sat down, picked up a cup of tea, and gently blew the Buddha.

Zhang Yuan followed Zhang Daoling silently with a cold heart, and did not speak, but he was indeed a little scared in his heart, but more angry.

If it weren't for this person, he wouldn't have been bullied, and if it weren't for this person, Brother Dayong wouldn't have separated from him.

Zhang Shi looked at Zhang Yuanyi, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Little guy, don't get me wrong, I have known your master for many years, and I don't bother to join forces to deal with you." ”

Zhang Shi didn't care about Zhang Yuan's anger written on his face, and said to himself: "What happened last time, it was indeed my fault first, don't worry, Wu Xuenian's guy has been punished by me." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanyi was a little annoyed, can a sentence of punishment withstand all his pain, and can it withstand the separation between him and his relatives? Ridiculous!

"I kicked him out of town and went to Kyoto, where he was not allowed to leave the city for twenty years. Zhang Shi said lightly.

Zhang Yuanyi couldn't believe it, although he didn't know Wu Xuenian's true identity, but with the clothes, behavior, and words that Wu Xuenian was wearing at that time, Zhang Yuanyi judged that Wu Xuenian was definitely not an ordinary person, how could a person who could casually say that killing a person was as simple as pinching an ant to death. But there is a question that Zhang Yuanyi has never understood, why would such a high-ranking person come to such a poor and remote place? But now everything has an answer, that is, this Zhang Shi in front of him.

As for asking why he would be killed by Wu Xuenian, it was probably because Wu Xuenian saw Zhang Shi's uncharacteristically angry anger at their brothers that day, which made Wu Xuenian feel that he had a chance. This is an opportunity to curry favor with Zhang Shi.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanyi became even more angry, why should the two of them be manipulated like soft persimmons, just because they have no background and no ability?

For the first time, the boy who once just wanted to live seemed to have grown up, and he longed for power, not just to live, but to live well. He wants to be strong, so strong that no one can bully him and the people he wants to protect.

In fact, there have always been two kinds of people in Zhang Yuanyi's heart, one is good to him, and he wants to protect, such as Brother Dayong, such as his master, and the other is one who will definitely take revenge in the future, not necessarily killing, but more or less punishment, such as Zhuang Yi, he will buy his inn in the future, if possible, let him go bankrupt and become a gangster, as for Wu Xuenian, this person will die!

I think of the old woman, the coffin in the morning...... Zhang Yuanyi listened to Zhang Shi's words, and his thoughts drifted thousands of miles.

Zhang Shi kept looking at Zhang Yuanyi, as if he could see him through from beginning to end, as if all Zhang Yuanyi's thoughts were known to him in front of Zhang Shi, this feeling made Zhang Yuanyi very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

Zhang Shi sighed, "Okay, I also have some compensation on your brother's side, and I hope you know that I am doing all this for ......."

"Xiao Shi!" Zhang Daoling interrupted him, "Let's get down to business!"

Zhang Shi glanced at Zhang Daoling and continued to say to Zhang Yuanyi: "Okay, now you and I are clear." And I casually said at the beginning not to let me see you in Wutong Lane, you still take it seriously, this hiding is still more than half a year, you can really bear it. ”

Zhang Shi was a little disappointed, rubbed his eyebrows and said tiredly: "Okay, let's go, you can come and go freely in this town now, and no one can touch you in the slightest." ”

Zhang Daoling took the lead in getting up and left with Zhang Yuanyi.

When the two of them walked away, Zhang Shi sighed and said to himself: "What a wood, I haven't even said a word for so long, but I have a lot of thoughts in my heart." Huh!"

Someone walked into the house again, it was Zhang Daoling. But it is completely different from Zhang Daoling who left just now, this Zhang Daoling is wearing a black Taoist robe, carrying a Taoist sword on his back, there is a Taoist morale between his eyebrows, and he has a strong atmosphere of a righteous gentleman.

"As for deliberately going out of the body?" Zhang Shi said without even looking at it.

"Avoid causing unnecessary trouble. The black-robed Zhang Daoling said, "How did I talk to you about the academy." ”

Zhang Shi took out a letter from his cuff and threw it at Zhang Daoling with some impatience, "! Now I'm thinking about your good apprentice, I don't even want my life." ”

Zhang Daoling stretched out two fingers to catch the envelope, and was about to clasp his fists to salute, and said, "Thank you, Xiaozhang!"

Zhang Shi hurriedly turned around, "Don't don't, I can't bear your gift now, you can go quickly, I'm going to teach." ”

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves to signal that he could leave.

Zhang Daoling turned to leave, and after crossing the threshold, he turned around once, and made a complete salute to Zhang Shi, who was facing away from him, this time it was a Confucian gift, and then left silently.

Zhang Shi said in a low voice: "You have a lot of things, you are obviously a Taoist priest, and you still play our Confucian set." ”

This time, Zhang Daoling took Zhang Yuanyi to visit Zhang Shi, in fact, there were two purposes, one was of course for this letter of recommendation from the academy, and the other was to open Zhang Yuanyi's heart knot, so that he would not have to leave a demon for this in the future. Zhang Yuanyi, this little guy, although he usually doesn't show it, but he has a lot of thoughts, just now Zhang Shi used the Confucian "wisdom to contemplate thinking" to observe Zhang Yuanyi's heart, good guy, this little guy will work hard, and his thoughts have been thousands, and he is not too tired.

Of course, there are many benefits of thinking more, there are always difficulties on the road of life, thinking more, you may be able to take a lot of detours, less than a lot of dang, love to ponder is always good, especially if you can sort out thousands of thoughts that will only benefit more in the future.

But thinking too much can also be counterproductive, some things are too much to think about but more wrong, if you are in a predicament, thinking for a long time will only disturb the mind. Even if it's a little bigger, if you think too much, it's easy to go to extremes, and the more demons you will face in the future, and people walking on the road will be like walking on the edge of a knife, and if you are not careful, you will end up in a situation where you will lose all the games and even go crazy.

Thinking about this thing is also a double-edged sword, so Taoism pays attention to sweeping the snow in front of the door, paying attention to purity and inaction, Buddhism simply comes to everything is empty, do not ask about the world, only my Confucianism to face difficulties, in the world to sharpen the avenue.

A gust of wind blows, blowing the books under the eaves, and the pages are crisp and pleasant.

Qingfeng can't read, why do you flip through books?