Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs. The meaning of this avenue is almost the same as the meaning of the peace of all living beings that Buddhism believes, but it is only a limitation of all things in the world within a range. If this limit is exceeded, there is no equality between heaven and earth.

stayed in the inn for a few more days, during which Li Ge thought a lot, and after some discussion, he finally returned to the thaumaturgical pavilion with Jingchen and Wu Youqiu.

Nearly three months have passed. During these three months, the three lived together in the same wooden building, day and night. Gradually, the friendship between them has become like brothers.

In early spring, one morning in March, Jingchen pulled Wu Youqiu, who had just left the room, and shook his arm, and said in a childish voice, "Big brother, take me out to buy a few strings of sugar gourds." ”

"What about the second brother, did you go to play chess with the Jiang Pavilion Master again?" Wu Youqiu yawned as if he hadn't slept well. Seeing that the little monk nodded, he immediately smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to buy it." ”

At the same time, in the attic of the first family of the Thaumaturgical Pavilion, Li Ge landed on the chessboard with a black chess piece in his hand. Opposite him, Jiang Haotian, who was playing with him, glanced at the chessboard, dropped a white piece, and said with a slight smile: "This step, the old man wants to turn the tide." ”

"Really?" Li Ge glanced carefully at the chessboard again, took out a black chess piece and landed on the chessboard, and said with a smile, "Pavilion Master Jiang, are you still capable of turning the tide now?"

"This ......" Jiang Haotian was hesitating when he was holding a white chess piece, when suddenly an errand officer ran in with a letter.

"Pavilion Master, here is a letter to the master in the pavilion. After handing the letter to Jiang Haotian, the messenger went out. The latter took the letter and looked at it, and then handed the letter in his hand to Li Ge, "Master Xiao Li, this letter is for you." ”

"My?" Li Ge hurriedly took the letter and glanced at it, only to see that it was written: Li Ge's brother is personally enlightened, and his brother Mao is eighteen. Seeing the words on the letter, Li Ge smiled, then stuffed the letter into his clothes, raised his hand and gave a light salute, "Pavilion Master Jiang, we didn't go down here today, I still have something to do." ”

"Okay~ You go and get busy with Master Li. Jiang Haotian nodded, and after sending Li Ge to the door, he looked at the latter's back and sighed with feeling.

"Jingchen, has the eldest brother gotten up?" Walking to the front of the wooden building where he lived, Li Ge shouted into the half-hidden house, and then took a few hurried steps, walked to the door and pushed the gate open.

Seeing that the room was empty, Li Ge returned to the hall alone, sat down at the table, took out the letter in his arms, and read it:

Brother Ge, I haven't seen you for two years, I miss you very much?Last year I received a letter from Sister Yurou, knowing that you were in the Thaumaturgical Pavilion. I've been working hard to learn magic in the past two years, and I'm fifteen years old this year, so I want to go to the Thaumaturgy Pavilion too, I don't know if you and Sister Yurou welcome me. If you agree, send me a letter back, and I'll go to you.

After reading this short letter, Lige fell into deep thought. After a long time, Wu Youqiu and the pure dust that returned to the house with a few strings of sugar gourds pulled him back to reality from his contemplation.

"Second brother, what's wrong with you? Wu Youqiu said jokingly when he entered the house and saw Li Ge.

"Second brother, the little monk has a sugar gourd, do you want to eat it?" After Jingchen saw Li Ge, he hurriedly ran to him and handed over the food in his hand.

"You eat. Li Ge shook his head with a smile, got up and handed the letter in his hand to Wu Youqiu. The latter took the letter and read it quickly, a smile on his face.

"Big brother, what kind of letter is it?" Jingchen saw Wu Youqiu's expression, walked to his side and glanced at the words outside the envelope, and muttered "Mao Eighteen?" and immediately said happily, "Second brother, is this letter the third brother's letter?"

"Yes. Li Ge nodded, and said, "After the death of the distant mountain senior two years ago, my master sent Eighteen back to Maoshan Shangqingmen, and now he wants to come to the thaumaturgical pavilion. ”

"In that case, let us bring the boy. Wu Youqiu followed Li Ge's words and said, "Although he has his uncle to take care of him in Maoshan Mountain, his situation is similar to mine, I think he must want to be with us." ”

"Okay, everything is up to the eldest brother. Li Ge didn't object when he heard this, and nodded directly, "Then when will we start?"

"Today, let's go today. You go to the Jiang Pavilion Lord for help and arrange a car for us. ”

"Okay, then you clean up and sort out, I heard my master say before that Shangqing Gate is still quite far from Jiangning. Li Ge answered, and then walked out of the house.

"Great, I can finally meet the third brother, I'll go and clean up now. When Jingchen heard this, he hurriedly put the sugar gourd in his hand on the table, and then ran upstairs to his room.

After a short time, Li Ge returned, and after he went back to his room and cleaned up casually, the three of them got into a carriage to find Mao Eighteen with their burdens on their backs.

The next day, when it was dark, the coachman stopped at a small village under the jurisdiction of Dongchang Mansion and said, "Three masters, it's not early, let's spend the night in this village tonight." ”

Hearing this, the three of them got out of the car, stood at the entrance of the village and looked at it, looked at the coachman and nodded. After that, the coachman went into the village to find someone to spend the night.

Wu Youqiu walked to a willow tree at the entrance of the village that had just sprouted green and stopped, and looked at the squatting stone lion next to the tree. This stone lion is carved from a piece of black stone, and the lion is also engraved with some Taoist runes. It's just that this black stone lion statue may be a little old, and there are already several cracks in the lion's body.

"Amitabha, big brother, this stone lion should be used to shake evil spirits?" Jingchen also walked to the stone lion and looked at it, and then folded his hands and asked.

"Hmm. Wu Youqiu nodded when he heard this, stretched out his hand and touched the black stone lion, and said, "Second brother, do you know the Taoist runes on this lion?"

Li Ge walked to the stone lion and looked at the runes on it carefully, shook his head and replied, "I don't know." Then he glanced at the peaceful village and whispered, "There must have been some evil things in this village before, so there will be this squatting stone lion." ”

After the three of them stopped by the stone lion for a while, the coachman hurried out of the village. "Three masters, the people who are staying here have been found, so come with me. With that, the coachman led them to the village.

The house is in the middle of this village, and it is a relatively large house. Although the house is an ordinary adobe house, at a glance, the tables and chairs in the hall are neatly arranged.

"That's what you just said, these three masters. When the coachman led the three of them to the door of the house, a middle-aged man came out of the house, beckoned them into the house and sat down.

The middle-aged man is very talkative, and after entering the house, he introduced him to know that his surname was Wang, and he was seven at home, so he was called Wang Laoqi. And the people living in their village are surnamed Tang except for Wang, so this village is called Wang Tang Village.

Since it was dinner time, after Wang Laoqi's introduction, his mother-in-law and his daughter came to the hall with the food. Then the seven of them sat down around the table and had dinner.