Zhang Guo was a little apprehensive when he was stared at by Mei Yi, and bowed his head and replied: "Mei Yi Zhuangshi guessed well, this truth is not Zhang Guo's words, when I followed Liu Gong in my early years, I met immortals to open the altar to preach the Fa, and those were all said by the immortals. ”

Mei Zhenyi was a little confused and confused, just after explaining the matter of the goblins, why did the immortals appear again? Inexplicably traveled to the Tang Dynasty, thinking that he was adapting to this era little by little, which was no different from what was said in the history books, but what he saw and heard today came to a 180-degree subversion - this seems to be a completely different world. Thinking quickly in his mind, he asked again: "Immortals? It turns out that there are goblins and immortals in this world, not legends, but what people have seen with their own eyes?"

Mei Yi: "Of course, isn't Sun Zhenren in the house, why did the young master say this?"

Mei Zhenyi: "I didn't mean to offend Sun Lao Immortal, but I just didn't understand - what's going on?"

Zhang Guo hurriedly explained: "This is not a strange thing, the demon is spiritually cultivated, and the world also has its own more subtle cultivation avenue." Since ancient times, the masters who have achieved great cultivation have their own magical powers, or soaring clouds and fog, or calling for wind and rain, or immortality, or wandering outside the sky, when they are out of the gods, they can become immortals and become Buddhas. Those who have attained the path of cultivation are called immortals in the world, and even if they may not have reached the true immortal fruit level, those who have achieved something are also honored with this honorific title. ”

His answer also explained a question in Mei Zhenyi's heart, it turned out that it was not for nothing that the people in the house called Sun Simiao an old immortal, Sun Simiao was a cultivator, and his achievements were not low, and his reputation was great, according to the habit, he was called Sun Xianren, and because he was very old, he was also called an old immortal.

Mei Zhenyi pointed at Mei Yi and asked, "What about you, I saw you flying a sword to slash demons and cross the river in the air, is it the sword flying immortal?"

Mei Yi hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I followed Du Fuwei, the king of Wu, in my early years, and learned the art of imperial swordsmanship, but I have only achieved a small success, and my talent is limited, so I can't be reborn and step into the path of Dacheng Immortal no matter what." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "That sword flying immortal, is there one?" I overheard the words "reborn" and evoked the memory of the past, Qu Zhengbo once talked about the realm of self-cultivation that the doctor said, in order of five qi dynasty yuan, easy tendon to wash the marrow, reborn, and superb.

Mei Yi nodded: "Of course, I think that King Wu had encountered an assassin in front of the battle, that is, a sword flying immortal, I fought desperately with all the relatives and soldiers, and I suffered heavy casualties before resisting, and there are still scars on my chest from now on." ”

Mei Zhenyi sighed: "You are really good kung fu, even the sword immortal can stop it." ”

Mei Yi: "The so-called Imperial Sword Flying Immortals in the world may not be real immortals, most of them are masters who can fly to the sky, although I don't have this realm, but I can also fight." ”

Mei Zhenyi asked a little puzzled: "I saw you cross the Jushui River in one step today, isn't this still a flight?"

Mei Yi: "That's just the art of taking off the sky and lifting the longitudinal shape, no more than three or four zhang high, far more than ten zhang, I dare not call it flying." The more the sentence is enough, but when the river is wide, it cannot be crossed out of thin air. ”

Over there, Zhang Guo said: "Mei Yi is humble, your sword skills have reached the peak, even if your cultivation has not reached the realm of flying heaven, you are not afraid of the sword immortals in this world when you stand on the ground and do it with people." ”

Mei Yi glanced at him: "The housekeeper can see it very clearly, this vision is good, but it is too much praise." ”

Mei Zhenyi could see that Mei Yi seemed to have some opinion of the housekeeper Zhang Guo in his words, and waved his hand and said: "Uncle Yi's swordsmanship is superb, I have seen it with my own eyes, it turns out that there are really immortals in the world, so is there a bodhisattva?"

"Yes, yes, our family has both immortals and bodhisattvas!" Gu'er beside him spoke.

"What are you talking about? My family raises both immortals and bodhisattvas, where is it, Chang'an?" Mei Zhenyi was taken aback again.

Sui'er said: "It's not in Chang'an, it's in Wuzhou, Qiyun Temple on Qiyun Peak, and Cuiting Nunnery in Jingting Mountain, aren't they all worshiped by the Mei family in Wucheng?...... Oh, young master, you don't know yet. ”

The two maids explained one by one, Mei Zhenyi understood. About fifty-one years ago, Guanzi Bodhisattva once appeared on Jingting Mountain in Wuzhou. Later, Mei Zhenyi's grandfather Liu Boshu donated and built a nunnery on the south mountainside of Jingting Mountain, that is, the place where Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared, to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva. As mentioned above, Liu Qiaoniang's dowry included nine mountains and one lake, and Jingting Mountain in the suburbs and Qi Yunfeng on the shore of Qingyi Lake in the suburbs later became the Mei family's industry.

Just a few years ago, a Taoist priest came who claimed to be surnamed Lu and called Chunyangzi, claiming to be able to call the wind and rain and swallow the clouds and spit out the fog, and the villagers of Wuzhou respected him as an immortal. The biggest wealthy family in Wuzhou is the Mei family, and the Taoist learned that the little marquis of the Mei family had been an idiot in Jingwu Villa since he was a child, so he ran to the door to fight the autumn breeze. What do you say that Nanluhou Fuwei is too much, and the descendants are also very people, only by respecting the Taishang Moral True Monarch can you live a long life. He took a fancy to Qi Yunfeng's feng shui, and wanted to stand here to benefit one party, and at the same time pray for the little marquis of the Mei family to eliminate disasters and so on.

Zhang Guo couldn't be the master, reported to the Marquis of Chang'an, Mei Xiaolang would rather believe that he had something to believe or not, so he ordered Jingwu Villa to pay money and land, and built Qiyun Temple on the cliff side of Qiyun Peak, to worship Taishang Laojun, who was also the Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor posthumously sealed by the Tang Dynasty. Although Qi Yunguan was built by the Mei family with money and land, the master of the view is Lu Xianren, and everything is equivalent to his private property. Nowadays, Cuiting Nunnery and Qiyunguan are both opened on the territory of the Mei family, and Jingwu Villa offers 100 taels of silver each year for lamps and incense oil, so Gu'er said that the Mei family raises both immortals and bodhisattvas.

Mei Zhenyi's heart moved, isn't this person Lu Zu Lu Dongbin? One of the legendary Eight Immortals! Thinking of this, he suddenly glanced at Zhang Guo, isn't Zhang Guo Lao among the Eight Immortals called this name? Could it be that he is the legendary Zhang Guolao? A Bodhisattva ran to the mountain to publicly manifest his spirits, Lu Dongbin was an immortal who was supported by his own family, and Zhang Guo was always the housekeeper of Jingwu Villa, so where was He Xiangu cat? Dizzy! Completely dizzy!

Mei Zhenyi's head was a little confused, I don't know if the residual poison was not cleaned or I couldn't accept so many things for a while, so I closed my eyes and rubbed my temples. Qu Zhenming, the medicine boy who had not spoken, hurriedly said: "Young Master Mei is awake from the antidote prescription, he needs to rest, if he has anything to say, I will talk about it later, I see that he is sleepy." ”

Zhang Guo waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat temporarily, leaving Gu'er and Sui'er to wait for the young master to rest, but Mei Yi said: "You all retreat for the time being, Master Hou has a secret letter, let me tell the young master privately as soon as we meet." ...... Don't worry, I won't delay the young master's rest. ”

As soon as they heard that he had the secret order of the Hou Ye, the others couldn't say anything, and even Gu Er Sui'er retreated together, leaving only the master and servant who had just met in the room. Mei Zhenyi leaned on the pillow and said, "Uncle Yi, there is no one here, you can say anything you want." It's not my father who has a problem, but you who have a problem, right?"

Mei Yi, who said this, was shocked, knelt down on one knee and said: "The young master is so smart, the Hou Ye has no secret letter, I have something to say." ...... Why do you call me uncle, it's time to kill. ”

Mei Zhenyi secretly said in her heart: "When the Chang'an Hou Mansion received the letter, it was not clear about the situation here, an idiot who had just woken up was still an idiot, what kind of secret letter did he confess to such a child? At the same time, he quietly patted the edge of the bed: "You are old, and you have followed my father for many years, and you have come to Wuzhou to take care of me at this time, I should call you uncle, so don't be polite." ...... Don't kneel, sit on the edge of the bed and talk and hear clearly. ”

Mei Yi stood up when he heard this, but did not sit down, but walked to the side of the bed and bowed his head and said: "I see that the young master talks and behaves, his mind is as usual and he is very smart, so I am relieved, otherwise I don't know who to ask for advice on this matter." ...... I don't dare to hide it, I found that the housekeeper Zhang Guo by the river today is probably not a mortal. ”

Mei Zhenyi: "I also found out, he is a master of cultivation, did you just know about him? Didn't you know him before?"

Mei Yi said in a low voice: "I knew him forty years ago, and I also knew that he had some methods, but I didn't know that he was not a human but a spirit, if I hadn't seen him cast a spell today, I really wouldn't have noticed it." This old goblin is so deeply hidden, it seems that his cultivation is not low. ”

Mei Zhenyi sat up straight all of a sudden: "What are you talking about, Zhang Guo is a goblin?"

Mei Yi nodded and said seriously: "Yes, it will never be wrong, today he inadvertently revealed Xingzang and was discovered by me, I don't need to deceive the young master." ...... Originally, I wouldn't have said it, I just wanted to report it to the Marquis of Chang'an's Mansion secretly, but today I saw that although you are young, you are very sensible, so I reported it to you, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Mei Zhenyi thought for a while and said, "When my father sent you, how did you explain it?" He is a little numb now, he has just heard so many unbelievable things, and now he is not particularly surprised to hear that Zhang Guo is a goblin, how to describe it? Anyway, there are more lice and it is not itchy.

Mei Yi: "Master Hou explained that he wanted to ensure the safety of the young master, and everything else was under the orders of the housekeeper Zhang Guo, and now it is precisely about Zhang Guo himself, and it is nothing for the monsters to mix in the world, but he is the housekeeper of Jingwu Villa, who is responsible for the young master's daily life, I have to be careful." ”

Mei Zhenyi closed her eyes and pondered for a moment: "So that's the case, since my father trusts him so much, it shows that he doesn't have any harmful intentions, otherwise, can I still be safe and sound for so many years? Isn't he taking care of me when I'm alone in Wuzhou? No matter who he is, he is also a kind person to me." ”

Mei Yi groaned: "What the young master said also makes sense, so what should I do?"

Mei Zhenyi suddenly smiled: "It's easy to do, since you see through it, you don't have to hide it in your heart, just tell him that you know his identity, see what he says? If he admits it, let him come to see me, I have my own words to explain, don't tell others about this matter for the time being." ”

Mei Yi: "Got it, can you go now?"

Mei Zhenyi: "Don't worry, I'm still going to do it! Today you mentioned monsters, elves, masters, immortals, etc., and I want to ask for the inside story carefully." ”

Mei Yi smiled bitterly: "Young master, are you smart or confused? There is Sun Zhenren in the house, so why do you want to ask me a martial artist? ”

Mei Zhenyi nodded: "Yes, yes, I'll ask the old fairy when I have time, you go to Steward Zhang." ”