Wang Shi and his entourage continued to climb the mountain, heading to Qingshan Temple, it was still early, and several of them were cultivators, so they didn't feel tired of climbing the mountain, Li Baizhu was much more interested in the young Taoist priest on the mountainside than the rest of the things, so after walking halfway up the mountain, he seemed a little interested.

Although Wang Shi and Nomad are both disciples of Taoism, they really have never been to this Qingshan Temple, so they are a little confused after walking and stopping, and feel as if they can't find the Qingshan Temple, the two female gentlemen of Luoshui Academy, Leng Pingxue always looks flat, and they are silent when they climb the mountain.

Wang Shi stood aside, his expression was indifferent, but nomadic approached Li Baizhu, and seeing that this female gentleman was not very interested, he asked with a smile: "What's the matter, Mr. Li, I think the mountain is boring." ”

Li Baizhu looked at the young Taoist priest and didn't want to talk, so he shook his head and came to his senior sister's side, and asked in a low voice, "Senior sister, can the Taoist priest on this mountain marry a wife?"

Leng Pingxue looked at her junior sister and replied softly: "The mountain cultivation is not ruthless and unrighteous, how can you not marry, our monks of the three religions, except for those monks who go to the Buddha land will not marry for the rest of their lives, whether it is Taoism or Confucianism, these things are not prohibited, you, when you grow up in a few years, maybe you will also wear a red wedding dress and marry out, when the time comes, will you marry a scholar who is so learned that no one can compare with him or just find an ordinary person?"

Li Baizhu raised his head and said with a smile: "The person I want to marry Li Baizhu must be the most knowledgeable scholar in the world, forget the senior brothers in the academy, I have to go to the Yanling School Palace to choose, otherwise I won't be able to look down on anyone." ”

Leng Pingxue quipped: "If this is the most knowledgeable scholar in the world, the scholars in that school palace are not counted." ”

"Then I won't get married. Li Baizhu has a cheerful temperament, but he never bothered about anything.

Leng Pingxue didn't really want to continue to delve into this topic, thought about it and shook his head and said: "This time up the mountain, you can just play, I never thought that we could do something in this Taoist temple, and the real big move still has to be done by Mr. and the Taoist leader." ”

Li Baizhu nodded, but then asked about Li Nianshan, who was washing his robe, Leng Pingxue turned a deaf ear, but he didn't hear it, and the four of them continued to climb the mountain after a quarter of an hour.

This time, after walking a short distance along a small path, I finally saw a small courtyard, and a young Taoist priest was sitting in the courtyard at this moment, holding a large pair of scissors in his hand, cutting paper.

Because he was too serious, he didn't realize it when Wang Shi and the four of them came to him, but he lowered his head and was studying whether the things he cut out could be used, Wang Shi was silent, just stretched out his head and looked at the things cut out by the Taoist priest, and found that in addition to some happy words, there were also some kinds of small animals, perhaps because they were not skilled enough, these paper-cuts were not very good-looking, but the young Taoist priest was very serious, as if he was treating something to cherish the Taoist scroll.

After the young Taoist priest finished cutting the happy character in his hand, he raised his head and saw the four people who had stood in front of him for an unknown amount of time, he hurriedly got up and made a joke, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Wang Shi reported his home, and the reason has always been to use the mountain to escape the summer, the young Taoist priest nodded and smiled and said, saying that it is definitely true that the mountain is cool, but in fact, it is not the reason for the high mountain as rumored by outsiders, but the talisman written by the elders in the view, so that there is a cool breeze, when Wang Shi asked why he did this, the young Taoist priest smiled shyly, saying that the incense on the mountain must still need the people, otherwise a large group of Taoist priests will be starved to death.

Wang Shi, who heard such a frank statement for the first time, was a little unbelievable, but the young Taoist priest said it conclusively, saying that he did not hide it at all, and the teachers in the temple never let them hide it, if someone asked, it would be said like this, and he was not afraid to let the people who came up to the mountain feel that there was no immortal energy on the mountain, and they were not immortals, and some people were actually much more normal.

first met a young Taoist priest who wanted to marry a wife, and then met such a young Taoist priest who spoke so frankly, which made Wang Shi's perception of Qingshan View even better than when he was under the mountain, but these three words, Wang Shi did not want to draw conclusions early.

Li Baizhu had a cheerful temperament, looked at the paper-cut on the table, and asked excitedly: "Dao Chief, this is cut for the little Dao Chang on the mountainside, right?"

The young Taoist priest was stunned at first, and after asking a question, you have seen the little junior brother, and then said with a smile: "Senior Brother Li wants to marry a wife, and there are no good things on the mountain, so we can only make some things together for those of us who are senior brothers, but I haven't done it either, so this is actually very unsightly, I hope that the little junior brother will not dislike it, otherwise I, the senior brother, will really have no face to beg for a glass of wine when the little junior brother gets married." ”

Wang Shi smiled and asked: "I heard Li Daoyou say that this wife is married to a woman under the mountain, is this really the case, Li Daoyou and Guanli are not worried?"

Wang didn't finish the truth, but in fact, everyone knew the meaning.

After the monk embarks on the path of cultivation, the more he takes a step forward, the more he can live, and the monk with a high realm can even live for hundreds or thousands of years, but an ordinary person, in fact, is not more than a hundred years old, if the two really get married, it is impossible to say that one of them will still be in his prime in the future, and the other person will already have gray hair.

The young Taoist priest did not shy away from this kind of question, but just explained: "The little junior brother is originally a cultivator who is not talented, and it is difficult to make an inch of progress in the mountains over the years. ”

Nomad frowned and asked, "If you are a cultivator, you will be scattered?"

The young Taoist priest smiled bitterly: "The little junior disciple has a free and easy temperament, and he has been cultivating on the mountain all these years, and he has just followed fate, and he has not forced anything, and he has not felt embarrassed at all if he has dispersed his cultivation like this, but if this matter is placed on any other senior brother on the mountain, it will definitely not be so free and easy, so the master often says that there are many Taoist priests on this mountain, in fact, there is no one who can compare to the little junior brother." ”

Li Baizhu said softly: "Being able to give up the cultivation avenue for a woman, this little Taoist doesn't know how much he likes that woman." ”

Wang Shi smiled and said nothing, just turned his head to look at Leng Pingxue.

Nomad said a few words, "Maybe according to the little road leader, this woman is his avenue." ”

The young Taoist priest's eyes lit up, he looked at the nomadic and smiled sincerely: " The master also said so, saying that the little junior brother has not achieved results in the enlightenment on the mountain over the years, the scriptures can't be remembered, the Taoist is not proficient, and it is not because of stupidity, it must be because the Tao is not here, since it is the heart and mind thinking about the woman, after getting the promise of the girl, he is not willing to delay for a moment, so urgent, then the sure Tao is in the girl, the master has already said that between the heaven and the earth, the Tao is everywhere, and everyone's Tao is different, since it is a good thing to be able to find it, the little junior brother is good to go down the mountain, or stay on the mountain, anyway, it is up to him, no one on the mountain stops。 ”

Leng Pingxue finally spoke, and said a little unhappily: "You really don't have any rules on this mountain. ”

These words are a little impolite, who will not be too happy to hear it, but the young Taoist priest is not annoyed at all, just talking about sending these paper-cuts over quickly, but he has to receive tourists on the mountain here, it is really a little troublesome, Li Baizhu's eyes lit up, and he volunteered to send it to the halfway point of the mountain for the Taoist, originally she felt bored on the mountain, the young Taoist priest smiled and agreed, and handed it to Li Baizhu after packing up his things, and then instructed: " After seeing the little junior brother, the troublesome girl said a word for Xiao Dao and told the little junior brother that it was the bride price prepared by the senior brother, and it would also be sent down the mountain on these days, so that the little junior brother should not worry. ”

Li Baizhu took these things, nodded one by one, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dao Chief, I will definitely bring things and words." ”

Then Li Baizhu looked at his senior sister, Leng Pingxue's expression remained unchanged, but after Li Baizhu got up, he followed him to the mountainside bamboo house to investigate the incident on the mountain.

The two female gentlemen of Luoshui Academy went down the mountain, and after going halfway up the mountain, Wang Shi frowned, originally he wanted to let these two female gentlemen of Luoshui Academy be witnesses, but now that the two of them have gone to the bamboo house, he is not good at doing anything, so after asking the young Taoist priest, he said that he wanted to go around.

The young Taoist priest didn't stop him, made a joke, and sent the two fellow Taoists away.

After Wang Shi had walked a while, the young Taoist priest sat down again, picked up the pen, dipped some of the cinnabar on the table, and wrote down a talisman.

Symbols drawn with cinnabar on yellow paper slowly take shape.

The young Taoist priest smiled and nodded, "Little junior brother, senior brother doesn't have any skills, these things still have to rely on the master." ”

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When Li Baizhu and Leng Pingxue had not yet walked to the bamboo hut on the mountainside, in fact, an old Taoist priest in a yellow Taoist robe had already come to the bamboo hut with a lot of things, and saw that his little apprentice was still washing clothes in front of the waterhole, and after the old Taoist priest put the things away, he moved a small bamboo bench and sat beside Li Nianshan and rubbed his head.

Li Nianshan had a bitter face, "Master, I'm going to get married in a few days, why are you still rubbing my head, you won't be smart." ”

The old Taoist priest smiled and gave him a chestnut, "Your favorite girl has been saying that you are a stupid Taoist priest all day long, can the master not know? ”

Li Nianshan frowned, "Master, what you said is actually very unreasonable, it is stupid, if you are more stupid, you will be disgusted by her." ”

The old Taoist priest was a little helpless, his apprentice didn't know how many years he had been on the mountain, and he had been in a daze, and he didn't know how many eyes he had received at that time, but he didn't care, but now it's okay, with the girl he wants to marry, he is afraid that others will dislike him, and he feels that his master is worthless in your eyes?

Li Nianshan stopped washing clothes, turned his head to look at his master, and asked with a smile: "Master, if you are interested in coming to see me today, is there anything you can't figure out when you read the Taoist scrolls, just ask, I won't tell other senior brothers." ”

The old Taoist priest nodded with a smile, but did not open his mouth, but just gave Li Nianshan another chestnut, Li Nianshan covered his head, really helpless.

The old Taoist priest took off his shoes and socks, ignored Li Nianshan's disgusted eyes, put his feet in the waterhole, and taught earnestly: "Nianshan, after getting married, it is not like cultivating on the mountain, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea and other miscellaneous things have to be asked, and mundane things are entangled, but it is not as good as our cultivation in the mountain, you really think about it, but have you not thought about how to live in the future, your daughter-in-law has to support herself, but you can't rely on the senior brothers on the mountain for a lifetime." ”

Li Nianshan said with a smile: "I have a plan for a long time, after I get married, I will cut some green bamboo in the back mountain to weave some gadgets and sell them to the bottom of the mountain, the money is not much, but I feel that it is enough." ”

Li Nianshan felt that his idea was not bad, at least according to his current thoughts, it was definitely feasible, but the voice fell, and he was soon hit on the head by a chestnut from his master, "How much money can you earn by doing these things, if your daughter-in-law wants to buy something, you have to pay for it, and this expense is counted?" If you give birth to a child in the future, you won't let this little guy study, and I don't know how much money it will cost, and this sum will be counted again, and it will cost you to add a quilt in winter, and you will need money to get new clothes in spring, so you are really thoughtful?"

Li Nianshan had a bitter face and asked cautiously, "Master, can't this kiss?"

The old Taoist priest stretched out his hand and gave Li Nianshan a chestnut again, and said with a smile: "It's not promising." ”

Li Nianshan was melancholy.

The old Taoist priest took out a small money bag from his arms and handed it to his apprentice with a painful face, trying to show that he was light and light. There is not much silver, you save flowers, remember to think about finding a reliable job, don't let your daughter-in-law be wronged, Master, this life is too long, I haven't encountered anything interesting, that is, you marry a wife to make the teacher feel a little interesting, but you are a kid, and it doesn't make people worry, the teacher has always felt that you are the most understanding, if you focus on the cultivation, you have already surpassed the senior brothers on the mountain, but you just hang your child, thinking about other things all day long, now it's okay, just let the avenue not go, a body of cultivation to say don't want it, if the ancestors on the mountain are still alive, I can't say that I have to hang you in front of the Hall of Merit to fight to relieve hatred。 ”

Li Nianshan took the silver, and was thinking about what to say, when he saw the two girls who had gone up the mountain before coming here, Li Baizhu, who had chatted with him before, held a bunch of paper-cuts, trotted to this side and stuffed it into Li Nianshan's arms, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, and said with a smile: "Xiaodao Chief, this is what your senior brother on the mountain asked me to send over, and he also said that you don't have to worry about the bride price, the mountain will do it." ”

Li Nianshan solemnly shook his head and thanked him sincerely, "Thank you, girl." ”

Li Baizhu waved his hand, signaling that it was okay, and then he noticed the old Taoist priest sitting by the waterhole, Li Baizhu sighed, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Li Baizhu of Luoshui Academy, I have seen the Lord of Yangguan." ”

The old Taoist priest rubbed his cheeks and asked with some surprise, "How can you know the poor Dao as a little girl?"

Li Baizhu grinned and said: "Before leaving the academy, the master in the academy showed me the portrait of the Lord of the Sheep View when he was young, and when I saw it today, it was still ...... It's vaguely recognizable. ”

The old Taoist priest was noncommittal, just smiled and pointed to Leng Pingxue in the distance, "I heard that there is a surprisingly cold female gentleman in your Luoshui Academy, who is a female baby surnamed Leng, is she it?"

Li Baizhu looked up at his senior sister with a weak heart, and nodded a little embarrassed.

The old Taoist priest touched his beard and asked casually: "You little dolls don't stay in your own academy to study, what are you doing in my green mountain, is it possible that you know that my little apprentice is going to get married, come to join in the fun, but when did Poor Dao have such a big face?"

Li Baizhu pulled the corners of his mouth and said: "No, we only knew about Xiaodao's marriage when we went up the mountain, if we had known it a long time ago, we would definitely have to prepare gifts, so that we wouldn't climb the mountain empty-handed." ”

The old Taoist priest waved his hand, "You don't want to do this on the mountain, I guess your Luoshui Academy and the two little guys on the mountain are all here to find trouble, but the poor Dao is very clean, and there are no lice for you to find." ”

Maybe it's because you've heard it, but Li Baizhu, who hasn't heard much of this kind of statement, seems a little dazed.

On the contrary, Leng Pingxue in the distance has been vigilantly looking at this observer on the mountain, although she is a green silk realm, she is far from being the opponent of this observer.

The old Taoist priest didn't notice Leng Pingxue's movements at all, but just muttered a lot of things in his apprentice's ear, which made Li Nianshan still not very happy.

In the end, the old Taoist priest stood up and said that he was going down the mountain, Li Baizhu had no opinion, she just wanted to chat with this little Taoist chief.

When the old Taoist priest walked past Leng Pingxue, he paused for a moment and made the latter feel like a great enemy.

The female gentleman of Luoshui Academy looked at the old Taoist priest with a vigilant face, and shouted bluntly.

The old Taoist priest didn't pay attention to it, but just said to himself: "The body is not afraid of the shadow, there have been several major events on the border these days, all pointing to the Qingshan Temple, you don't come, the poor road feels wrong, but you are here to be a guest, check things is to check things, but don't go too far, my apprentice marrying a wife, he has been thinking about it for a long time, don't mess it up for him." ”

Leng Pingxue didn't speak, just looked at the back of the old Taoist.

As everyone knows, the old Taoist priest who had walked a few steps suddenly turned his head and said indifferently: "Otherwise, Poor Dao will really be angry." ”