Under the mulberry tree, the carriages and horses stopped, and the old man walked down, with a trace of memory in his eyes, as if he was repentant. The little feet are like three-inch golden lotus, but the body is powerful, and he got under the car at once, without anyone's support, without crutches, and sighed.

"Last time, I said goodbye, like every other three autumns. ”

She stood outside the fence, touched the bark of the mulberry tree in her hand, and said to the girl: "You come to worship, this is the beginning of your master's comprehension of power." ”

"Didn't feel it. She stood by the tree and bowed.

"If you feel it, your master will no longer be able to teach you anything. You didn't learn much about that "Bitter Sutra". Back then, your ancestor was holding a scroll in his hand, looking for hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old trees everywhere in the world. Use the power of its annual rings to comprehend the mind. You must know that it is not easy for your master to realize such a trace from under this hundred-year-old tree and write "The Technique of Bitter Scripture". ”

The girl was taught by the old decay, and hurriedly sat down and felt it with her heart.

After a while, she sweated profusely on her forehead, and was said by the old man: "Stupid, just such a trace of penetration, you need your master to use mana to bless you." ”

She seemed helpless, and had to put down her palms, swaying an ethereal aura on her head, surrounding the woman, and under a beat, it merged into the woman's body.

"You must remember that in your panic, you must not see the thread of this ring. When you calm down and look at a little water, it is like threading a needle, that kind of meticulousness, you can see a trace of truth in it. ”

"Doing things in a hurry, like a small farmer with no hands and feet, pulling seedlings to help grow, not knowing the consequences. ”

"So, master, can you tell me what the world is like here? I didn't find it. The girl was a little aggrieved, but she couldn't lead her master to take the next move.

"If you see it, you'll feel like it's boring," she said. You just can't see it, you can see through the sky, and your master won't help you, that's my principle for you. ”

Seeing that the master was so ruthless, she closed her eyes and thought tightly.

Li Shuishan hid like a kitten, moved to change the scene, walked to the threshold of a family, and watched the two of them "play." "How many people in this Taiping Town have done research on the old mulberry tree, only the ancestors of the older generation who can't forget their kindness will look at and say some interesting things in the past. He slapped his ass on the steps of the mountain, supported his face with one hand, and saw the girl in pain.

After a while, the girl opened her eyes, shook her head, and said regretfully: "Master, I only saw a pool of still water, and there were no droplets of water that turned into needlework. ”

The old man was about to be angry with her when he saw it, so he no longer forced her, and said indulgently: "I don't blame you for this, your master can't really give you the Dao power of cultivation and comprehension, and this old man has become a plate of sand and soil, and it will return to nature." It's hard to blame yourself. ”

"Don't force it, go to the capital of Chushui Kingdom with me and see the four sons of the capital. See which one suits your stubborn temper. ”

The woman bowed slightly and thanked her, "Master has worked hard. ”

"Poor mouth. "The old man doesn't bother anymore.

Li Shuishan, who had been watching for a long time, actually started to fight, with saliva in his mouth, and woke up, the woman held a blue thin sword in her hand, aimed at Li Shuishan's head, and asked without exaggeration: "What did you see?"

Li Shuishan was startled and said, "No, you didn't see me sleepy." ”

"Say it quickly. The woman put the sword on his neck, looked at it with big eyes, and tried to draw the sword fiercely, that is, the head fell to the ground, and he said, "I am just curious, you have come from afar, and you hold a sword in your hand, and you know at a glance that you are a swordsman who has traveled thousands of miles." If there is any disdain for the hundred-year-old mulberry trees in Taiping Town, then how can I explain to the older generation in the village. ”

"Is that true?" the girl asked aloud.

"Really, really. The old man pressed the girl's blue thin sword, looked at Li Shuishan's eyebrows and said: "Your eyebrows are thick, like a great evil person, but you don't have a bad heart, it's shameful to peep." If one of the four princes of the capital is dissatisfied with you, he will cut off your head and put it in a dung tank. ”

"Don't. I didn't mean to. ”

The old man snorted, and turned to see Li Shuishan standing up, walking staggeringly, his legs and feet were sore, and he was a little inflexible. Li Shuishan turned his face and smiled a little shyly, the girl naturally did not understand Li Shuishan, which made people feel weird, and the smile in her heart was like a small merchant and a hawker, who did something embarrassing and was seen by them.

The girl said to the old man: "Master, this young man is too weird, like a voyeur demon, just like this person, why do you keep it." ”

The old man stopped Li Shuishan and asked, "Young man, will you go to the capital for a trip?"

"Beijing, ten miles long street, how many poems can you listen to?"

Li Shuishan shook his head and said, "What verse?"

"Nine days open the palace, and all the nations are crowned. ”

"Hundreds of thousands of homes are like a game of Go, and the twelve streets are like planting vegetables. ”

"Chang'an Avenue is even narrow and evil, and the green ox and white horse are seven incense cars. ”

"Oh?" Li Shuishan hadn't heard of it, this verse was not familiar, as if he understood a sentence, the capital pointed to Chang'an.

"I hope we'll meet there and see how different the boys and girls in the capital are from you. As soon as the words fell, they got into the carriage and left Taiping Town, leaving Li Shuishan, who was still here.

This place, isn't it just a natural moonlight, exuding this town of boiling wine and tea, the capital is a place of prosperity and tribute that spreads from here, he just wanted to go, and muttered in his mouth, "Tomorrow, I will go to the capital with the storyteller to see the difference." ”

He left aimlessly.

......

The smoke curled, and under the fragrant mountain that had not been seen for a long time, there was a faint fragrance, and an obese figure stopped behind him, his eyes were swollen like flattened eggs, and then he got closer.

Li Shuishan tilted slightly and saw the familiar face, which was the Ze Niu who grabbed food.

He didn't know what stage of Ze Niu's life would be in, whether it would be after the pottery pavilion closed down, Jiang Lan left, or before he knew him. This Ze Niu, the body shape is still the same as Li Shuishan thinks, and it has not changed. Dressed in a fat robe, he looked at his thin body with one big and one small eye.

"What are you holding in your hand?" he asked.

Li Shuishan spread out his palms and showed him.

"Didn't I? I just think you took something, no, no, you owe me something. He stammered after thinking about it.

Ze Niu looked at the people who came all the way as if he was unforgiving, looked left side, turned to the right and looked, and saw the thin Li Shuishan walking lightly, and walked up without doing anything. It's not for anything, it's just that you want a bite to eat, maybe a little money.

After observation, Li Shuishan understood that this Zeniu had some mental imperfection since he was a child, and the time of inducement at home was insufficient, so when his parents were working, he would leave him aside and let him have fun by himself, or go fishing and raise birds like like-minded friends......

It's a pity that these are a little different in his eyes. It's not that he is unwilling, but the blind spot of his thinking causes him to keep learning some bad things, maybe because someone did it on purpose, or maybe he learned that aspect.

Li Shuishan couldn't really send him something to eat and money. He was short of hands, and he didn't want him to learn to be a pickpocket in the future, so he grabbed the stones around him and said casually: "I don't have anything on me, and I listened to all the lies you said in my heart." If you have any questions, don't ask me. ”

Ze Niu had deep questions about Li Shuishan's answer, just to grab his clothes. Before his palm arrived, he was grabbed by a middle-aged man dressed plainly, put it aside, and apologized to Li Shuishan, "Inferior son, please don't pay much attention to it." ”

Ze Niu was startled, and hid behind the middle-aged man like this.

"You call me a young man?"

"Yes. He laughs.

"I'm not a young man, I'm just a vagabond. Li Shuishan laughed at himself and turned to leave.

He stepped to catch up and said, "Shaoxia, don't appear in the eyes of my inferior son again, lest next time he will remember the previous incident and mistake you for something, which is not good, and the gain outweighs the loss." ”

Li Shuishan smiled, waved his hand, and said, "If you don't come, you won't come for a long time." ”

This parting has been going through many years. The fire of this seal is in full swing, and there are many people waiting, that is, wearing a festive costume and wearing wild chrysanthemums, like a field poet who is giving wine and playing chess, and one by one adds a handful of fireworks. Mulberry, as a word that can be used as a guest of wine. The falling leaves are also a blessing, and a swarthy old man in green clothes, along with his children and grandchildren, sits on the side and watches the falling mulberry leaves, which becomes a simple blessing.

Mulberry year, the season of winter.

The old man said to the child, "Beacon smoke, also known as 'sealed smoke', fireworks cannot be burned, it is the soldiers who clenched their swords in the First World War, and the corners of their mouths are filled with the triumphant song of victory. When the song is singing and dancing, under this smoke is the song of welcome. It's a pity that this country is defeated, so the only way to do it is to watch the smoke and be lonely, which has become a trick for this country. ”

Under his drooping eyelids, there was a dim light, and he urged, "Do you see that?"

"See. ”

"Do you really see it?" his children and grandchildren shook their heads, they didn't know what the old man said, they couldn't swallow this breath, so they waited for the people who were in the smoke, under the trees, in the distance.

"That's the hardest thing to learn, and it's also the most memorable. It's a pity that these are of no use to himself, and with a dim brilliance, the scenery in his eyes is blocked by a thin figure, and he smiles innocently, he blocks the old man's sight.

The old man spat out a sentence: "I saw it." ”

"What do you see?" asked the children and grandchildren.

"My life is short. ”