Maoshan Mountain, Shangqing Palace.

It was the morning, a Taoist in tattered clothes sang a mountain song, went up the mountain from the foot of the mountain in the north of the city, walked and stopped, and came to the small courtyard where Liu Laodao lived.

The Taoist priest who came was Zhou Dianxian, he was the same disciple Zhou Wuyi, who advocated the real person of the Zhengyi League, Lingyun Guanguan, and Maoshan sent Nan Jiyun to be born in the same year, the two met on the shore of Taihu Lake, met and hated each other, cited as confidants, talked about Taoism, and competed in alchemy, Nan Jiyun is good at thunder law, Zhou Wuyi wins with runes, each other has short and long, comparable, and the two are graceful, chic and handsome, both have a bit of elegance, the people of the rivers and lakes say that "there is a golden charm in the south Zhou Wuyi, and there is a thunder law in the north and south Jiyun", collectively known as "the north and the south two Yixian" , for a while, it was spread as a beautiful talk in the world.

After the death of Nan Jiyun, Zhou Wuyi's expression changed greatly, and he suddenly gave up the will of his master Wang Yaozong to succeed him, and resolutely left Lingyunguan, wandered the rivers and lakes, and lived a life of mountains and rivers.

Zhou Dianxian came to the gate of the courtyard and saw Liu Laodao facing the scorching sun, rolling up his sleeves to water the garden and hoe grass in the open space of the yard.

Zhou Dianxian recognized Liu Laodao, and before he entered the door, he sang loudly: "Tianzun is immeasurable, Senior Brother Liu, I haven't seen you for many years, and you haven't died yet?"

Liu Laodao was working, suddenly heard such a greeting, his heart was puzzled, when he turned his head to look, he saw an unkempt old man, in tattered clothes, holding a stick, standing at the door, looking in with a smile.

"Oh, it's Senior Brother Zhou, I haven't seen you for many years, please come in, please come in!" Liu Laodao threw down the farm work in his hand and hurriedly came to greet him, not angry at Zhou Dianxian's rudeness.

When the leper old dog heard the movement, he raised his head from under the shade of the tree, and saw that it was Zhou Dianxian, and ran over to spread joy, Zhou Dianxian said happily: "You leper, you haven't died yet, the poor Dao thinks that you have already ascended to Bliss, and you have recited so many scriptures in vain!"

After that, haha Yile, the leper was furious by his pleasure, and simply ran away again.

The two came to the main hall, although it was simple, but the sun was full of sunlight, and it was also bright.

Liu Laodao made a pot of tea, took a bowl and served it, and handed it to Zhou Dianxian, Zhou Dianxian didn't have a shelf at all, he picked it up and drank it, and praised it in his mouth: "Good tea, good tea, better than what Poor Dao drank in the palace!"

"Senior Brother Zhou, don't make fun of it. Liu Laodao also drank a bowl of tea and said, "I don't know if Senior Brother Zhou is here, what advice do you have?"

"Hey, isn't your Maoshan faction as literary as Senior Brother Nan, after so many years, the poor road has returned to the vulgar, and those who are so good also feel that the poor road is extremely boring. ”

"Senior Brother Zhou's morality is profound, and he doesn't dare to compare, he doesn't dare to compare. Liu Laodao said humbly.

"Poor Dao came to you, and there was nothing to do, but when I returned to Guanzhong a few days ago, I heard that you had returned to Maoshan, thinking that for hundreds of years, the relationship between Zhengyi Alliance Weidao and Maoshan faction, and the relationship between Poor Dao and Senior Brother Nan were like brothers, so I came to visit, and asked Senior Brother Liu to forgive me for the sin of Lingyunguan's neglect. ”

After saying that, Zhou Dianxian stood up and gave a deep salute to Liu Laodao, which was so startled that Liu Laodao hurriedly helped him up, "It's old!"

Zhou Dianxian looked crazy, but his words were reasonable, reasonable, and the expression on his face became solemn.

Liu Laodao was very calm, and after sitting down again, he said: "The ups and downs of the world have their own fixed numbers, if the Maoshan faction is desperate, no one can change it, Senior Brother Zhou does not have to blame himself." ”

Zhou Dianxian seemed to recall something, his eyes were empty, he smiled bitterly, and said: "What a world of ups and downs, back then, Maoshan sent Nan Jiyun, at a young age, he cultivated to be diligent, walked alone in the world, and the world's Taoism, all looked up to Maoshan to breathe, but unexpectedly, Senior Brother Nan died young, and the Maoshan faction Taoism was not transmitted, and it was worthy of resting-" Speaking of which, I also feel guilty in my heart.

When Liu Laodao heard this, he whispered: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, ups and downs, no joy when floating, no sorrow when sinking, peace of mind, all are moods." ”

Zhou Dianxian nodded and said: "Although Senior Brother Liu is not good at Taoism, his Dao heart is indeed pure and sincere, far better than others, and the poor Tao is really incomparable, ashamed, ashamed." ”

"Senior Brother Zhou has won the award. ”

"By the way, Senior Brother Liu, do you have a disciple named Shishi?"

"Yes, but the apprentice happened to be out, how did Senior Brother Zhou know?"

"Poor Dao eliminated demons in Xuancheng County, Ningguo Mansion, and met the virtuous disciple Shi, the child's appearance and bones are good, which can be regarded as the luck of the Maoshan faction. ”

"Senior brother has won the award, the qualifications of the inferior apprentice are acceptable, but the old decay is not refined, I just want to continue the Maoshan incense in the future, and the old decay will be blind. ”

"Oh, by the way, I heard the stone say, he went to deliver a letter to his senior brother Zhang Zhenren?"

Liu Laodao said that he sent a letter asking for the letter of the Maoshan faction.

Zhou Dianxian frowned when he heard this, and said: "Say something that shouldn't be said, this senior brother of Poor Dao is narrow-minded in his heart, and he doesn't care about the righteousness of Taoism, these years, I really regret inviting Senior Brother Nan to Longhu Mountain." "If Senior Brother Nan hadn't gone to Longhu Mountain back then, he wouldn't have died for no reason, and the Maoshan faction wouldn't be where it is today.

Liu Laodao was stunned, when Nan Jiyun had an accident, Liu Laodao was still a child, and everything he knew was hearsay, and he didn't have any personal experience.

There were unforeseen storms in the sky, the sky outside suddenly blew a gust of cloud, piled up a dark cloud, covering the sun, faintly thunder roared in the southwest corner of the sky, and the light in the house also dimmed.

Zhou Dianxian was immersed in his memories, completely unaware of the changes in the light and shadow around him.

"Back then, the spiritual root of heaven and earth suddenly emitted golden light, and the poor Dao couldn't understand it for a while, so he invited Senior Brother Nan to live in Longhu Mountain and visit it together. ”

Liu Laodao listened quietly, for the first time in so many years, he listened to the person concerned recount the past before Senior Brother Nan's death, the wind outside seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, and there was a little chill in the room, as if the thoughts hooked in the past, quietly floating.

"Senior Brother Nan has lived in Longhu Mountain for more than a month, and as soon as Poor Dao has leisure, he will accompany him day and night, study Taoism, and comprehend the anomalies of the spiritual roots of heaven and earth.

Zhou Dianxian said this, sighed, picked up the bamboo tube on his waist, and took a sip of "Gu Dong", Liu Laodao smelled a smell of wine, and its taste was very bad.

"One day, Senior Brother Zhang Siman sent Poor Dao to Quanzhen Sect to send a letter to Jinxu Zhenren, Poor Dao remembered that the journey took six days to go back and forth, and after coming back, he heard the bad news, saying that Senior Brother Nan was depressed because of his lack of understanding of the Fa, and after a night of drunkenness, he fell off the cliff and died. When Zhou Dianxian talked about the sore spots, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Liu Laodao nodded and said: "That year was seven years old, the master had passed away, Senior Brother Nan had just succeeded to the position of the head of the family, the incident happened suddenly, for a while the dragons were leaderless, and the future affairs still relied on the help of several senior brothers and uncles of Guiguan, but-" Liu Laodao's voice dropped a few degrees, "Lao Yu remembered that there was a senior brother who questioned that Senior Brother Nan's dead body showed signs of being cursed, and was later reprimanded by Zhang Zhenren, so it was over, maybe it was just a suspicion." ”

Liu Laodao said casually, but unexpectedly, Zhou Dianxian took over the conversation, his eyes lit up, and he said faintly: "Poor Dao is actually here for this matter. ”

"What?" Liu Laodao was startled when he heard this, and his eyes were fixed on Zhou Dianxian.

The wind was wild, rolling up leaves and dust into the house, Liu Laodao hurriedly got up, closed the door of the hall, turned around and lit the incense candles, the main hall that was bright just now has become very dark, and even a little cold.

Because this matter is very strange, and after many years, Zhou Dianxian is actually not sure, he lowered his voice, and said: "Poor Dao has traveled all over the country over the years, East China Sea and Xilong, one is to visit the strange book "Record Ghost Book", and the other is to solve the mystery of the death of Senior Brother Nan , Use five kinds of poison to refine Gu poison, as long as you drink Gu poison, no matter how high you are, you can take away the three souls and seven spirits, within three days, the Gu poison is not solved, it will be dead, and the gods and ghosts are difficult to detect. ”

Liu Laodao broke out in a cold sweat on his back, glanced at Zhou Dianxian, and said, "What does Senior Brother Zhou mean—but who will do it?"

Zhou Dianxian waved his hand and said helplessly: "Poor Dao has no evidence now, just speculation, but unfortunately Poor Dao didn't find the "Ghost Book", otherwise, a little witchcraft, what a good way." ”

"Thank you, Senior Brother Zhou. Liu Laodao also stood up and gave a deep salute, Zhou Dianxian helped Liu Laodao up, looked at him, and said slowly with a meaningful look: "Don't dare to be, Poor Dao hopes that Senior Brother Nan just had an accident, I'm afraid that people's hearts are unpredictable, and ghosts and gods don't know." "Hopefully my guess is wrong, or I wouldn't know how to deal with it.

Liu Laodao "chuckled" in his heart, and remembered the apprentice stone who went to Longhu Mountain to deliver the letter, he should also go to the place, if Zhou Dianxian's hint is true, then wouldn't the stone be a sheep into the tiger's mouth?

Raindrops crackled on the green roof tiles, thunder thundered with lightning roaring, and it rained heavily outside the door.