This year, the world has become more and more difficult.

The army outside is in chaos, the Great Song Kingdom has been dead for some years, only some generals, and the general army continue to fight for territory and expand power under the slogan of recovering the country, and the lives of the people are becoming more and more difficult.

Even Yangzhou has also been affected.

Only Guobei County still has the prosperity of the prosperous era, but it is not as good as before.

But Li Xiuyuan is still alive, he is not dead.

Now he is beginning to realize that the poison of immortality has been done, and it turns out that living too long is not a good thing.

Fortunately, often the wives and concubines of the underworld will come to reunite with them, so they will not seem too boring.

Today.

Outside Guobei County, the wind and sand rolled up, and a monk with a white beard fluttering and a staff passed by with a small novice.

"Shifang, which way should Guobei County go?" Zen Master Baiyun suddenly stopped and asked.

"Master, go to the left, but master, what are you going to do in Guobei County? Aren't we going to Xiangguo Temple?"

"To visit a great sage is also to meet an old friend. Baiyun Zen Master said.

At this moment, inside the Lanruo Temple.

In the quiet backyard, a man in a brocade suit, wide and fat, with a quiet and calm face, was lying on a rocking chair and resting with his eyes closed.

On his lap sat a graceful woman.

"Giggles. ”

The woman laughed coquettishly, stretched out her hand and rubbed the man's chubby face lovingly, "Husband, you have been fat again recently, and your face has become so big." ”

"Third sister, don't rub it, no matter how soft your eyes are. Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.

There is a way that he has a wide heart and a fat body, and after letting go of the world and ignoring the chaos in the world, he eats and drinks well, and he lives in the temple all day, and accidentally becomes a big fat man.

If my father saw it, he would be very happy, because he was already full of energy.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan's sturdy body when he was young was replaced by fat, and his handsome facial features no longer became obvious, and the martial arts at the level of a martial arts master on his body had long been forgotten, but there was still a brute force on his body.

The years are unforgiving.

Third Sister Hu is still as beautiful and enchanting as before, she didn't stop, continued to rub her husband's chubby face, and said coquettishly, "If you continue to gain weight, you will definitely not be able to walk in the future." ”

"Why don't you take time to lose weight another day?" Li Xiuyuan touched his stomach and said, but then said: "Otherwise, the coffin will not be able to be put down after death." ”

"Hmm, there's a guest coming. Suddenly, Hu Sanjie said again.

"Guest? My former friends are all old and dead, and I'm still alive, so what other guests are coming? Could it be that the second brother is here?" asked Li Xiuyuan.

He has lived to be ninety years old now, which is considered a long life.

There is not a single person in the same period who can survive until now except for ghosts and gods.

"Won't you know if you go out and have a look?" said Sanjie Hu.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Then go and have a look." ”

When he left the backyard and came to the treasure hall of Lanruo Temple, he saw an old monk sitting cross-legged on a futon, chanting and meditating, waiting quietly, and there was a small novice next to him, who seemed to be his disciple.

"Li Gongzi, I haven't seen you for more than 70 years, and you're still the same as before. When Zen Master Baiyun saw Li Xiuyuan coming, he immediately opened his eyes and woke up, and said with a smile on his face.

"Are you ......" Li Xiuyuan looked at the old monk and recalled.

But I really can't think of who he is.

"Have you forgotten that the little novice named Bai Yun next to Master Shikong of Xiangguo Temple in the capital back then. Baiyun Zen Master said.

Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said, "It's that little monk, I really didn't expect that after more than 70 years, you are still alive." ”

"Fat man, how can you talk to my master like this?" said the little novice on the side, Shifang, unhappy.

"Young man, you should call me grandpa, or uncle. ”

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "Young man, don't look at me chubby, to tell you honestly, grandpa, my strength was super strong when I was young, so no matter what aspect I want, I still hope that the young man will respect me a little." ”

"Hmph, aren't you just a big fat man?"

"Bad disciples, don't be rude, Li Gongzi is a great sage, a person who has seen the Bodhisattva Arhat, and he came to Guobei County today to meet this Li Gongzi. Zen Master Baiyun reprimanded him, and then apologized to Li Xiuyuan: "The bad disciple is not virtuous, and he needs to be disciplined more to make Li Gongzi laugh."

Finish. ”

"It's okay, Bai Yun, your apprentice knows at a glance that there is no Huigen, it is not suitable for cultivation, and it is better to be vulgar. Li Xiu said from afar.

Zen Master Baiyun sighed: "There is no pure land in this world, only Guobei County is still a little pure, Li Gongzi is not walking in this world, the world is in turmoil, the people are not happy, I really don't know when it will be a head." ”

"This is turmoil in the world, not chaos of ghosts and gods, I am also a human being, how can I keep everything peaceful in the world?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"That's right. "Baiyun Zen Master said, "It's just that sentient beings are suffering." ”

Li Xiuyuan didn't say much, seeing that Zen Master Baiyun thought that he had walked in the world and seen the misery of the world, so he felt this emotion.

Zen Master Baiyun and his apprentice Shifang stayed in Lanruo Temple for three days and then left, saying that they wanted to purify all sentient beings.

But Li Xiuyuan also deeply felt that it was not a way for him to escape the world like this, although there was not much longevity left, but some things were almost to be done.

"Third sister, go to the underworld for me, let Wang Ping check the book of life and death, and see if the person who inherited the great luck of Sage Zhu was born, the world has been in turmoil for a long time, and it's time to calm down. Li Xiu said from afar.

"You know you can't be idle all your life. "After getting along for many years, Sanjie Hu doesn't know her husband's temperament.

It seems that after decades of corrupt life of landlords and bureaucrats, a group of wives and concubines, and a full house of children and grandchildren, in fact, he has always pretended to be the world in his heart.

It's just that he doesn't have enough energy to spare, and the time hasn't come yet, so he can't go against the sky alone.

At night, Hu Sanjie came back from the underworld, and she said, "There is a person named Zhu Chongba in a peasant family somewhere who inherited the great fortune of Zhu Shengren, and his life is unspeakably expensive...... And that kid is Zhu Yu's descendant. ”

Zhu Yu?

Hearing this name, Li Xiuyuan fell into a little memory again.

When you are old, you just like to remember when you are old.

"What is he doing now?" Li Xiu said from afar.

Hu Sanjie performed the Xuanguang technique, and the picture in the water showed a peasant baby herding cattle for the landlord's family, about ten years old.

"Are you herding cows? The age is enough, and a few years of teaching is just right to become a talent. Li Xiuyuan said: "With the great luck of Sage Zhu, he will create a new dynasty and calm this troubled world." ”

"So this person has the emperor's order?" said Hu Sanjie.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Naturally, get ready, let's go out and find this Zhu Chongba, and I will teach him personally." ”

Three days later.

In a certain village, Li Xiuyuan found the child who inherited the fortune of Zhu Shengda.

"Are Zhu Yu's descendants also so down-and-out?" Li Xiuyuan looked at his family's four-walled and tattered appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

I remember that when Zhu Yu was alive, he was an heirloom by farming, although he was not rich and noble, but he also had a good family background.

Now, only 70 years later, it has decayed into this.

"How much food have you eaten to be so fat, I know, you must be a rich man who doesn't have to herd cattle. A naughty boy grinned and pointed at Li Xiuyuan.

Although he has a mischievous smile, he has a maturity and wisdom that his peers have never had.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "What you kid said is interesting, what, do you want to read and write? I can teach you for free." ”

"If I don't study, I still have to herd cattle, and I can't read and read and write, but I can't eat as food. "Zhu Chongbadao.

Li Xiuyuan said: "If you don't read and write, you have to put cattle for a lifetime, and so are your sons and grandsons, but if you read and write, you only need to put cattle for three years, and you can eat and drink without worrying after three years." ”

"Really? Then I'm going to learn. "Zhu Chongbadao.

In this way, Li Xiuyuan stayed in this village to teach Zhu Chongba to read and write.

He is very smart, after all, he is a descendant of Zhu Yu, and the brains of scholars have not been lost, plus he has inherited the luck of Zhu Shengren, and he is a little different from ordinary people, and he learns things quickly.

In one year, he was familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics, two years later he learned the art of war and strategy, and three years later he learned the art of the emperor's mind.

Although he has never used it or used it, the hidden dragon is in the abyss, and when he needs to use it, he will remember what he has learned in the past three years.

Three years later, Li Xiuyuan left.

However, Zhu Chongba lost the cattle because of his addiction to reading when he was herding cattle one day, although he finally found it back, but he lost his job because of it, and finally had to leave the village to go out to earn a living.

It is said to be begging for a living, but in fact, it is just to eat, wandering.

It's just that what he doesn't know is that Li Xiuyuan has been secretly watching him from beginning to end, often letting ghosts and gods secretly protect his safety.

"Since Fujun cares so much about this Zhu Chongba, why don't you bring him to Guobei County. Qing'e asked with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan replied: "Guobei County is relatively wealthy, and the Li family is even more advantageous, he is a person who wants to pacify the world, and he can't be wiped out by a rich life

I have the ambition to calm the world. ”

"But he alone has no strategists and no generals, how can he pacify the world?" Qing'e said with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Li Shanchang has matured a lot over the years, and his ginseng can be regarded as an old treacherous and cunning, I want him to assist Zhu Chongba." ”

In order to take into account the inheritance of the Li family, the third sister instructed the descendants to change their surname to Hu, and in recent years, there has been a more promising scholar named Hu Weiyong, who can also take on this role. ”

"Wu Xiang's descendants have a pair of brothers, the older is called Wu Liang, the younger is called Wu Zhen, although he did not inherit Wu Xiang's four elephant divine power, but he is also the seedling of the general, both brave and have read the book of soldiers, I am ready to release them out......"

Qing'e was a little surprised and said, "Could it be that the husband has been making a plan for a long time? ”

"They are still a little immature, and it is definitely not so easy to pacify the world this time, and they still need a seasoned person to take care of them. Li Xiuyuan said: "Xiao'e, do you have any good candidates?"

Qing'e thought for a while and said: "The second brother has not yet completed his merit when he becomes an immortal, so he can let the second brother go to the mortal world." ”

"Then I can only trouble the second brother one more time. Li Xiu said from afar.

In a few words, he decided on the founding merits of a group of Ming Dynasty in the future.