I heard that the Zhou family in Suzhou turned out to be the Zhou family of the Heavenly Master Sect in Wanfengling, Shanxi, and I was really surprised unintentionally, and it also showed the respect that a cultivator should have for the demon catcher, which made my cousin very proud.

Hearing that he was unintentionally able to recite that poem, his cousin was even more excited, he looked at Unintentional, and said: "It's not easy, it's been more than a hundred years, and the Heavenly Master Gate has disappeared in the rivers and lakes, thank you for remembering." ”

Unintentionally: "You're welcome, the Heavenly Master Gate is also a holy place for us and other cultivators, where countless people with Tao gathered, and it is also what I yearn for." ”

Uncle Cousin: "You know, that poem: 'Eight thousand disciples are romantic, and nine hundred sages are one flower.'" Baimei smiled and everyone was drunk, and the six handsome people were all out of no charm. 'What do you mean?'

Unintentionally: "I don't know the specifics, but it seems to say that there are 8,000 disciples in the Heavenly Master Sect, among which there are 900 sages, and Liujun must be the most famous disciple." ”

Uncle Cousin: "Thank you! For more than 100 years, the Heavenly Master Gate has long been forgotten by people. The current people are too utilitarian, and without the monsters, who else will remember the Heavenly Master Gate. Thank you for remembering so much, it's not easy. The first sentence of this poem, 'Eight Thousand Disciples, Shu Fengliu' means that there are eight thousand disciples in the Heavenly Master Sect, of which the eldest disciple is Liu Fengshu, and Liu Fengshu is read upside down to be a tree merry. The second sentence 'Nine hundred sages and one flower' means that there are nine hundred sages, and one of the flowers is the most outstanding, and one flower refers to the female demon catcher flower falling into the water. The third sentence 'Baimei laughs and all beings are drunk' means that there were 100 female demon catchers in the Heavenly Master Gate at that time, and Chen Baimei, another famous female demon catcher, was borrowed. The fourth sentence 'Six Jun Qi is out of no bewitching beauty' Six Jun refers to the six most famous disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect, Liu Fengshu, Hua Luoshui, Liu Fengshu, as well as the third son of the Zhou family, the eldest son Zhou Duyu, the second son Zhou Duchen, and the third son Zhou Dufeng. ”

Unintentionally: "Really, it seems that the Heavenly Master Sect back then was indeed extraordinary. ”

Uncle Cousin smiled, sighed, and said, "Hey! To put it bluntly, Tianshimen is actually a group of people in the rivers and lakes who beg for a living together. The children of the rivers and lakes, the immortals, all have to eat and live, the profession of the heavenly master is to catch demons, and if there is a business, there is a way to survive. Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Masters are too dedicated, they are busy catching demons day and night, and finally one day there are fewer monsters, and there is no business in the Heavenly Master Gate, and the Heavenly Master Gate has raised the fee for catching demons in order to make a living, so that there are fewer people who ask to catch the demon master, and slowly there are no monsters to be seen, and there are no monsters to catch in the Heavenly Master Gate. The Heavenly Master Sect had no choice but to dismiss the disciples and change to a way of living. Wanfeng Ridge no longer has a Heavenly Master Gate, and it is no longer a holy place for catching demons, but has become a residence for immortal cultivators. ”

Unintentional: "It's not that there are no monsters to catch, it's that people are reluctant to spend money to catch demon masters, as long as the monsters don't infringe on their own interests, they can get by." ”

Uncle Cousin: "Maybe. Anyway, the Heavenly Master Sect is gone, and all the disciples have been dismissed. The second son of the Zhou family, Zhou Duchen, stayed in Wanfengling to guard the family business of his ancestors and opened the road of cultivating immortals; The third son, Zhou Du, traveled all over the world, visited the immortals to seek the Tao, continued to practice the art of catching demons, and was still very persistent in catching demons and eliminating demons, his branch was really withering, and now there are only two sons, the eldest son Zhou Lixuan has entered the Wang family as the eldest son-in-law; the youngest son Zhou Liming has become the only heir to the demon catcher, and still travels the rivers and lakes to catch demons everywhere. ”

Unintentionally: "Zhou Zhentian who thundered and shook the sky?"

Cousin: "Yes, you are familiar?"

Unintentionally: "Of course, old friend, otherwise how would I know that poem, how would I know that I want to find a heavenly master to catch demons? Unfortunately, he is enthusiastic about catching demons, running everywhere, and he has no fixed place, but we can't find him?"

Uncle Cousin: "Haha, I know exactly where he is now, he has already lived, and he is at the foot of Maoshan Mountain." ”

Unintentionally: "Stayed? He has always been enthusiastic about catching demons, holding a palm thunder, inserting a Xuanyuan sword on his back, thinking about the world, looking for demons everywhere, how can he be willing to stay?"

Uncle Cousin: "You will know when you go!" This is also the main reason why our Zhou family must invite you to Maoshan. ”

Unintentionally: "Haha, interesting, very interesting! Go, take me there, as soon as he heard that there was a monster, it was like a chicken blood, this time he saw us go and ask him to catch the demon, your Liu family is still willing to pay such a high price, he must not know how happy he is?"

Uncle Cousin smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about it when you go." ”

Early in the morning, at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, outside the town of Xiyang Town, three thatched huts are built against the mountain and facing the water, the fence wall surrounded by green bamboo has withered yellow, and the fence wall is covered with the flower vines of morning glory that are also withered and yellow. It can be seen that the morning glory on this fence must have grown very luxuriantly in the summer, and the flowers bloomed all over the wall, leaving no gaps between the leaves, and a breeze blew, and the morning glory was bright and dazzling, making a rustling sound.

It's a pity that it's already autumn, the autumn wind has risen, and the red flowers are no more.

Under a weeping willow tree with withered yellow willow leaves in front of the cottage, a young man wearing a wide-sleeved robe and holding a fishing rod is sitting by the river and concentrating on fishing.

Unintentionally, he approached, looked at him, and said, "This is the Zhou family, and your surname is Zhou?"

The young man looked up at him and said, "Xiaosheng's surname is Zeng, and his name is noble." ”

Unintentionally looked at him, shook his head constantly, and said, "You are not surnamed Zhou? This is not the immortal mansion of the old man Zhou Zhentian who thundered and shook the sky?"

The boy didn't lift his head, but looked intently at the surface of the river and at his fishing rod.

Unintentionally: "May I ask the old man Zhou Zhentian who roared with thunder and earth-shattering sound, does the old man live here?"

The boy still didn't lift his head, shook his head, and looked intently at the surface of the river and at his fishing rod.

Unintentionally: "Then, do you know where the old man Zhou Zhentian who roared thunderously lived?"

The boy still didn't lift his head, shook his head, and looked intently at the surface of the river and at his fishing rod.

Uncle Cousin took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Do you know where the second son of the Zhou family, Old Man Zhou Liming, lives?"

"My husband is late, and my father has been gone for a long time. The boy looked up at his cousin, lowered his head, and it was a long time before he said such a sentence.

Looking at this young man who looked very similar to his old friend but looked much younger, and heard him say that his old friend had left him, his shoulders trembled involuntarily, his nose was sore, and a lot of nameless sorrow suddenly appeared in his heart, and a line of tears flowed from his eyes. Now I came with joy, but I was not facing an old friend, but such a young man with a young face, even if his expression was still the same, but he was no longer an old friend.

"Gone? He doesn't seem to be fifty years old? How could someone as profound as him go?"

The boy smiled, lowered his head, and looked intently at the surface of the river and at his fishing rod.

Unintentionally: "Please take me to your father's spirit to toast the bar." ”

"The mage doesn't drink alcohol, how to honor my father's wine. The boy bowed his head and said.

The young man's words made him stunned unintentionally, and he involuntarily recalled the beginning with his old friend in his mind. The mountain is still the same mountain, but the West Mountain is replaced by the thatched mountain, and the thatched hut is still the same thatched house, but the first time I met him was in the three thatched hut small hotels in the Xishan ravine, he was full of pride and forced himself to drink, singing "Wine and meat through the intestines, the Buddha left in his heart." There is wine that must be drunk, and the merciless glass is empty. ”

Unintentionally: "No matter what, I should toast him!"

The young man smiled and said, "Forget it, my father persuaded you like that, but you didn't drink it, why bother breaking the vows, go back, thank you!"

There was something in the young man's words, and the young man knew that it was so clear, and he didn't mean to be very puzzled.

I have no intention of not drinking, not only the rules and precepts of the temple, but also a taboo of my own, and he has never broken the vows himself for decades.