After lunch, Shen Yong said goodbye to his parents, sister, brother-in-law and Tao Yubu's three uncles, and went out of the city to Cuiyun Mountain by himself.

There is a Cuiyun Mountain more than 30 miles east of Chengdu Mansion, also known as Yunshan, the peak is not high but rich in tea, the Shen family bought this mountain 20 years ago, and the Yunshan tea alone brought a lot of wealth to the Shen family.

Shen Yong had been here many times with his father, and although he only watched the tea picking scene from afar, he knew the path well, crossing a clear river, crossing a stone-paved dirt road, and spiraling up about 100 meters to the tea plantation. Under a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree is a simple ancient temple, which is old and has long been abandoned, and is now used as a resting place by the old man who guards the tea garden.

Shen Yong entered the gate of the temple, saw a lot of tea picking tools placed in the courtyard, Shen Yong remembered what his father had said before, in autumn and winter, the weather gradually turned cooler, it was the time for clear tea to store the taste and hoard the aroma, and the spring rain in the coming year was abundant, the spring buds and leaves were fat, the color was emerald green, the leaf quality was soft, the taste of spring tea was fresh, and the aroma rubbed the nose, so it was the best time to pick.

Further ahead is the only room of this ancient temple, push open the door, the stone Buddha statue stands in the middle, but the age is long and no one repairs, the Buddha statue is full of dilapidated gaps, Shen Yong is the best sand door, I can't see such a desolate image, I thought: " This ancient temple is accompanied by a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree, this situation can still be remembered when the incense was at its peak, and now it is declining to this point, it is embarrassing, but the temple is really lucky, I came to meet me, anyway, I live here and have nothing to do, clean the Zen temple, repair the Buddha body, it is also a merit. Stretched out his hand and patted the stone Buddha again, and said: "Buddha, Buddha, you have been lonely for many years, and now with me, you can be regarded as a companion." ”

On the left side of the stone Buddha, by the window, there is a bed made of wood, which seems to have been built by the previous caretaker Lin Laobo, the bed is covered with thatch, and there is a bed of cloth sheets on top of the thatch, Shen Yong lay down on the wooden bed, yawned lazily, lifted his hands softly, stretched his waist, and said to himself: "This bed is more comfortable than the one at home." Shen Yong was lying on the bed, staring at the roof with his eyes, thinking about the hard days on the mountain, when would it be a head, and he regretted for a while that he had agreed to come to guard the tea mountain, his eyes moved to the right, and he happened to see the eyes of the Buddha, and his heart suddenly sank: "Strange and strange, why is he at the bottom right of the Buddha statue, but those eyes seem to be looking at himself, shouldn't the Buddha statue be majestic and look ahead?"

The more Shen Yong thought about it, the more strange he felt, could this be a hint of something? Immediately got up and searched all around the wooden bed, but there was nothing unusual, after thinking about it again and again, Shen Yong locked the wooden bed, he removed the cloth sheet and thatch one by one, and there was a stone under the wooden frame, Shen Yong was happy in his heart, it seemed that this was it, and quickly put the wood away, and a flat and long stone was exposed in front of Shen Yong, Shen Yong looked carefully, the surface of this stone was very smooth, and he thought: "It seems that this stone is strange." Pulling out Bu Ziming's saber, he only heard the sound of "click", and the stone was cut in half by Shen Yong. Shen Yong was disappointed, there was only gravel and dust among the stones, it was an ordinary stone, and it seemed that this smooth surface was caused by the friction of the garden keeper over the years. Shen Yong let out a long sigh, why didn't he think of it a long time ago!

Shen Yong scolded himself for being stupid, and at the same time put the stones together, set up the wooden frame, laid the thatched cloth sheet, and when everything was restored, it was the time of the moonrise. Shen Yong lay on the bed and was stunned, thinking: "Next month is my sister's wedding, but I don't know how long I will stay here, what can I do?"

Shen Yong pondered for a long time, and his heart lit up: "Yes, my father said that I can go down the mountain when I figure it out, and I will say that I have figured it out before my sister's wedding next month." But after thinking about it: "No, if I figure it out, I have to honestly follow my father to do business, so what's the point! Left can't work, right can't do it, what should I do about this!" Shen Yong was hesitant for a while, and actually took the wine that Uncle Lin left in the house, he was not a good drinker, but he was in love here, and it was okay to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, so he drank "Gu Dong Gu Dong".

Unconsciously, it was already the moon in the middle of the sky, the moonlight spilled into the house through the window, and it was shining at the position of the door of the house, Shen Yong glanced at the ground covered by frost, I don't know when a mouse came, chattering non-stop, Shen Yong threw the wine jar in his arms over, and said sadly: "Look at me drinking alone, even you laugh at me!" , The liquor on the ground, which was supposed to be waiting for the shade to dry, was poured into the ground in one direction.

Shen Yong was startled, and quickly got up to see, a small hole gradually turned into a crack under the dampness of the wine, he was curious, and carefully looked at the ground under the moonlight, which seemed to be different from other grounds, Shen Yong took a long knife and smashed it to the ground, the iron and stone struck, and there was a faint echo under the stone slab, obviously the bottom of this floor was empty! Shen Yong quickly embedded the knife into the floor, and prying it out vigorously along the gap he had just discovered, and suddenly "click" With a sound, the floor rose to the ground, Shen Yong fell to the ground all of a sudden, and when he got up and looked down again, a narrow hole appeared under the floor, which seemed to be just enough to accommodate one person to enter.

When Shen Yong lit the torch and drilled his head down to look, he saw that it was dark below, and he couldn't see the head, so he threw the torch in his hand downward, and in a moment he had reached the bottom of the cave, but unfortunately the light was limited, and he couldn't see what was hidden below. Shen Yong was shocked again, and said in his heart: "According to the distance where the torch fell, it is calculated to be four or five meters deep, but what is the place down here, is it where the original temple monk hides the treasure?" With that, he tied one end of the rope to the pillar in the doorway, and he grabbed the other end and slowly climbed down the hole.

The further he fell, the more damp Shen Yong felt, thinking: "Isn't there water down there?" When he went down to a distance of more than three meters, there was no light in the cave except for the torch he had thrown before. After sliding another two meters, Shen Yong came to the bottom of the cave, but he felt that his feet were smooth, as if he was walking on a stone road, and he thought that someone in the cave must have repaired it. When he picked up the torch and looked around, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and saw a skeleton lying on a stone bed not far from his left hand.

This scene was really unexpected, Shen Yong fixed his mind and thought: "Could this be the tomb of a monk in the temple?" But this skeleton is short, and it should be a woman, and this cave is obviously not a tomb. When he turned around, he saw a stone table in the cave, and there was a stool in front of the table, and it seemed that this place seemed to have been inhabited, but the mold in the cave was very heavy, and even the tables and stools were dusty, and I don't know how many years no one had been here.

After walking a few more steps, he raised the torch and looked at the four walls of the cave, only to see a few big characters engraved on the stone wall on the right side of the ground: "With Xian Lanzhi, die here." "There are two rows of four characters, each of which is the size of a bowl and is several inches deep into the stone wall. Shen Yong looked at these eight big characters, there are moist and are not engraved by weapons, looking at the strength of the strokes seems to be written by fingers, his heart was suddenly shocked, ordinary fingers can be like a sword into the stone for three points, like piercing rotten wood, there are such capable people in the world.

When he raised the torch and looked at the stone wall, he saw countless dense small characters engraved next to the eight big characters, Shen Yong walked in front of him, raised the torch, looked at the firelight, and read it softly: "My wife and I died in Si, it was a double house and amphibious move, but unfortunately I have no successor to my skills, and now I have left a volume of miraculous skills. Look at the groove under the word "目", and there is a book in it.

Shen Yong took down the book, but saw that "Xuan Bing Heart Method" was written on the cover, and if he looked at it again, it was all a martial arts method of regulating qi and practicing exercises. Shen Yong was stunned for a while, when he was a child, Tao Yubu and the three of them taught Shen Yong to practice martial arts, but unfortunately he didn't have any interest in martial arts, and now even if he saw such a miracle, Shen Yong was also interested. I just wanted to put the scroll back in its place, but I thought again: "Dad has always wanted to force me to take over the business, and I have been arrested many times when I run away from home, all because I don't know martial arts. Thinking of it, Shen Yong opened the book, only to see the book said: "Ordinary exercises are all practiced by Ren Du and the true qi of the veins and entered the dantian, although there are also achievements but contrary to the principle of this law, the law of Xuan Bing, should be practiced, often scatter the true qi of the dantian in the veins, beware of the day of the great success, the cold qi is stored in the viscera and harms oneself, and it should be the gist of this work." ”

Shen Yong thought to himself: "It turns out that in order to avoid the cold from entering the heart, this set of divine skills actually has to practice the method of scattering gong first, which is really interesting." Then he looked down and said: "The ancients said: 'At the beginning of heaven and earth, there were all things, and all things had no desire. Therefore, it changes with all things, the ice is self-contained, and the air is submerged. There are many of the following rules, so be sure to study and practice. ”

Shen Yong couldn't help but praise when he saw this: "It turns out that martial arts is not just about practicing martial arts, but also closely related to the law of all things. Shen Yong originally practiced martial arts in order to run away from home in the future, but he was attracted by the natural laws in the book and stimulated his passion for practicing martial arts.

Holding the scroll in his left hand and slowly flipping through it with his right hand, it is full of internal exercises that analyze the changes of the four seasons, the sun, moon and stars, the rise and fall of the tides, and other natural laws, as well as many acupuncture points and practice formulas. Shen Yong looked at the book contained in it, and unconsciously followed the practice, at the beginning he only felt that the lower part of the body was a little cold, and when he was young, he felt that there was a stream of qi circulating in the body, and then the cold feeling gradually receded, Shen Yong, who did not have the slightest martial arts foundation, did not know that his body had gradually cultivated into true qi, and he only felt that after the air flow dissipated, his body was extremely comfortable. Shen Yonglian's interest was strong, and I don't know how much time passed, but I only heard someone shouting: "Second brother, second brother, are you in the house?"

Shen Yong was startled, and hurriedly turned around and pulled the rope to climb up, but it was strange to say, Shen Yong didn't know where the divine power came from, and he had already climbed to the ground in an instant, and Shen Yong himself was at a loss. Hearing the shout again, Shen Yong heard that it was Ma Xixu's voice, and quickly laid out the floor, returned to the wooden bed and sat down, and shouted, "I'm here." ”

Ma Xicao walked into the room and said happily: "Second brother, you are really here!" Shen Yong was concentrating on reading in the cave, but he didn't know that when he came out again at this moment, it was already early in the morning. Ma Xicao thought it was too early, Shen Yong was still asleep in the house, and he didn't want to enter the house rashly, so he had to call outside the house.

Shen Yong was a little surprised when he saw Ma Xicao pushing the door in, and asked, "Brother-in-law, why are you here? Could it be that my sister misses me?"

Ma Xixu smiled and said: "The second brother is really smart, your sister is afraid that you are not used to being alone in the mountains, so I will send some food and a change of clothes." Shen Yong said: "My sister still loves me." As he spoke, he got up and took away what Ma Xixu had handed over. He said: "Thank you brother-in-law for running for me, just call someone to send these things in the future." ”

Ma Xicao said: "No, no, no, or I came in person, who let us be a family, it's just ......" Suddenly the words changed, "The old father-in-law is too ruthless, put you alone on this mountain, in case there is a good thing, but how can it be good!" Shen Yong said: "This is not to blame Dad, who told me not to be angry, there should be this punishment." Ma Xixu said: "Second brother, don't worry, in the future, my brother will come every two days to send you some food and clothing, as long as I am still in Chengdu for a day, I will not let you suffer here." Shen Yong saw that he was talking a little strangely, and seemed to have other plans, so he said, "Brother-in-law, you won't just send things up the mountain, right?"

Ma Xicao was slightly stunned and said, "It seems that I can't hide it from the second brother, so I'll say it directly." Shen Yong saw that his face was different, and said in his heart: "Could it be that my brother-in-law is here for the secret hole below?"

Ma Xicao said: "I heard that Zhao Kuangji, the general of the commander next to Shi Jingjiao, defected to Shu State?"

Shen Yong nodded and said, "Yes, it was I who introduced him into Sichuan." ”

Ma Xixu said again: "Did he bring the 'mountain residence map' of the former Chaoyin prince?"

Shen Yong was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart: "It turns out that my brother-in-law is also for that picture, but fortunately it was robbed, it seems that it is not a good thing to keep that picture, and it will cause a lot of trouble." Thinking of this, he not only sighed, he looked at Ma Xicao and said, "Originally, that picture had been dedicated to His Majesty, but it was a pity that it was snatched away later. ”

Ma Xicao let out a "huh" and said, "How could it be snatched away?"

Shen Yong told the Void Sun Rat and the Proud Golden Bull before and after, Ma Xixu couldn't help but shake his head when he heard it, and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”

Shen Yong saw that he heard this, and his expression was quite lonely, so he only said that he had lost the "Mountain Residence Map", and he didn't say anything at the moment, so he sent Ma Xicao down the mountain.

Looking at the rice basket sent by Ma Xixu, Shen Yong touched his stomach, he hadn't eaten for a night, he was really a little hungry, he opened the basket and saw a few of his favorite pastries, Shen Yong was overjoyed, and said: "My sister knows herself best." ”