Gong Lao walked quickly to the front, patted the young man on the shoulder, and laughed loudly: "My son, you can be considered awake." ”

The young man was slightly stunned and asked, "You are old, is my father?" but he thought in his heart, how old does the old man have to be to have my son?

Gong Lao restrained his smile and whispered in his ear: "I'll talk about it later, I'll take you to recognize the family first." “

After whispering, the palace elder turned around and said in a loud voice: "Report your personal name and what position you hold in the mansion one by one, and go to receive the reward after the report." ”

The maid and the maid were all happy, only to see a few ladies with a sad face, one of them: "Master, there are big and small truths in this world, but is there a reason for the elders to visit the younger generations?"

When the young man saw this, he felt bitter in his heart, and said secretly: "The old man is willing to support me, so that people don't dare to snub me." It was a good intention, but the means were not clever, and the stage was dismantled instead of being built. These ladies are elders, and out of courtesy, it should be me who should come to meet the ladies. At the moment, he said respectfully: "I have seen three ladies." The junior is now in poor health and cannot get up to salute the three, hoping for forgiveness. When the younger generations are better, they will come to the door one by one to say goodbye. ”

The lady glanced at the young man coldly, turned her head away, and ignored it stupidly.

The palace elder looked at the expressions of several ladies in his eyes, although he was unhappy in his heart, but the maids in the house were all there, and he couldn't have a seizure. In a fit of frustration, he snorted angrily, pointed to a few ladies, and said to the young man: "This is your second mother, this is the third mother, this is the fifth mother." Alright, let's all go back. ”

The young man saluted one by one and said respectfully: "I've seen Erniang, I've seen Sanniang, I've seen Wuniang." ”

The three ladies ignored him either, and walked away with gloomy faces.

Next, the maids stepped forward to salute the boy.

The first one was the old man who guarded the porter. He grinned and stepped forward and said, "Hello young master, the old man's name is Baozhu'er, and he is the gatekeeper of the house. ”

When the young man saw that such an old man came to salute him, he was really uneasy, and hurriedly said, "Old man, I can't help it." Then he shouted, "Fugui'er, quickly, help me up." ”

Fugui'er answered and stepped forward to help the young man up.

The young man's face was sincere, and he said in a solemn tone: "These days, I am very grateful to be cared for by all of you. You don't have to salute by name, after a long time, you will naturally know, so let's go back. ”

Gong Lao was overjoyed and nodded secretly.

After everyone went, the palace elder glanced at the rich and noble man standing behind the young man, and said unhappily: "Rammer, why didn't you leave the fuck?"

Fugui'er said: "The young master is inconvenient to move, so I have to take care of it here." ”

Gong Lao waved his hand and scolded: "Get out." As soon as he finished scolding, he hurriedly shouted: "Wait, don't go far, just guard the door, don't let anyone in, go." ”

Fuguier answered and went.

Gong Lao glanced at the young man and saw that he was looking at the endless mountains in the distance with a pleasant expression. Then he went to the bench and sat down, and looked into the distance side by side with the young man, and they were silent.

I thought that the young man would have a lot of questions to ask, but unexpectedly, after half an hour, Gong Lao's eyes were sour, but the young man still looked calm and didn't say a word.

Gong Lao coughed and asked, "Is it cold?"

The young man retracted his gaze, handed his hand to Gong Lao, and said, "It's not cold, you touch it." ”

Gong Lao didn't touch it, turned his head to look into the distance, and the small courtyard returned to silence.

After a while, Gong Lao finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "You are young, where did you get your temperament? You don't want to ask something?"

The young man said, "What do you ask?"

"Didn't you want to ask me if I was your father?"

The young man said, "I know you're not, why are you asking?"

Gong Lao's eyes were round: "Which rammer told you?"

The boy smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "You touch." ”

Gong Lao was a little embarrassed, and groaned slightly, then he grabbed the young man's white hand, and it was as cold as ice and snow under his grip, and he couldn't help but say anxiously: "You kid, don't say anything about the cold, what should I do if it's frozen?"

The young man withdrew his hand and smiled, "You are not my father." I'll let you touch your hands if it's cold or hot, if it's a father, how can you be embarrassed?"

Gong Lao was immediately silent.

The sun was setting, and the afterglow lengthened the shadows under their feet.

The young man said: "On the night of the seventh day of the lunar month, I was rescued by you and Brother Fugui'er back to the house. If you think about why I'm unconscious, you won't know anymore. ”

Gong Lao hurriedly defended: "Where was the rescue? You were begged by me to worship the mountain god." Speaking of which, you are seriously the seed of the mountain god, the mountain god is your father, and I am the adoptive father. ”

The boy sighed, and stopped talking.

Seeing that the young man didn't believe it, Gong Lao said, "Fuguier can testify." That night, I scolded the old man in Tantai until midnight, and he scolded me for being out of business, and I couldn't get angry, so I remembered that Fuguier often talked about worshipping the mountain god. ”

The boy listened quietly. Gong Lao continued: "How spiritual do you say this mountain god is? Fugui'er Niang is not pregnant in her thirties, and since her father worships the mountain god, she will immediately be happy. When he heard him say such a spirit, I also bowed down. I didn't think that as soon as I finished worshipping, you floated down the river, and you said God or not? ”

The young man said, "Did you fall from the coffin?"

Gong Lao glared at him, and said hurriedly: "Fugui'er told you that?"

The young man laughed: "I asked him, Brother Fuguier is honest and won't deceive people." ”

Gong Lao scolded his mother, a little stupid.

The young man said: "Maybe my family put me in a coffin and threw me into the river when I was not saved?"

Gong Lao shook his head and decided: "There is no way, all the dead people here will be buried in the ancestral mausoleum in the south of the city." Besides, if the whole city eats the same river, who would dare to throw you into the river?"

The young man said, "Maybe it's someone who lives upstream?"

"It's even more impossible, there is no home upstream. ”

The young man shook his head helplessly, unwilling to argue with the old man anymore.

Seeing that he still didn't believe it, the palace elder pointed to the distance and asked, "What is that?"

"Mountain. ”

Gong Lao pointed to the other side and asked, "What about this side?"

"It's still the mountains. ”

Gong Lao patted the young man on the shoulder and said, "As far as your eyes can see, it is the whole world." There is only so much in the world, and there is only this one city in the world, where is there any other family?"

The young man was stunned, and only after a while did he say, "Then, what about outside the mountain?"

"Outside the mountain?" Gong Lao took his beard in his hand, made a profound appearance, and said with a smile: "You listen to me tell you a story, and everything will be understood." ”

The young man nodded, and listened to the palace elder: "A long, long time ago, the world was originally boundless. The city is full of clans and is extremely prosperous. Until one day, war broke out, and the flames of war affected every inch of land. Even the eight surnames were involved, and it was difficult to protect themselves. The immortals attacked vertically and horizontally, the demons rushed north and south, and the beacon fire destroyed three states in a month, and the world was in turmoil. The stars fell, and the water poured back. Dayue folded the peak, and the sky collapsed and the earth fell. As a result, this 10,000-mile land, in the world of flowers, is only left in this lonely city, with a radius of 100 miles and less than 10,000 households. ”

After hearing this, the young man was silent for a long time, not knowing whether to believe what he said, and asked: "According to this, after the heaven and earth fall, there will be only one city left in this world?"

Gong Lao sighed: "Yes, there is only this pure land left." You see the people who live here, no matter how good or bad they live, they are happy every day, and this is the virtue of remembering the rest of their lives after the catastrophe. ”

The young man looked at the distant mountains and asked, "Don't you think it's too boring? The world is so small, you can see it all at a glance." But life is long, what do you want to see next?"

Gong Lao snorted: "I think you are too idle, how can ordinary people have time to look at this and that?"

The young man smiled dumbly and said, "The ancients often sighed at the size of the world, how it is. I always want to find a career for the sky and a side for the earth, but now it's good, but I don't have a regret in life. But then again, what does this end of the earth look like? ”

Gong Lao shook his head and said, "This ...... I haven't seen it yet. ”

The young man was puzzled: "When you go over the mountain, don't you see it?"

Gong Lao was also puzzled: "What is it doing?

The young man said: "Perhaps, there is another world outside the mountain." ”

The palace elder glanced at the young man, and felt very funny: "I have told you, there is only this one city left in the whole world, how can there be any world outside the mountains? ”

The boy looked at the towering mountains in the distance and remained silent.

Gong Lao said: "Listen to Xiao'e's girl, you have amnesia?"

The boy nodded.

Gong Lao laughed and said, "That's right. It's not that you have amnesia, it's that you don't have a memory in the first place. You are a son sent by the mountain god, just like a newborn baby, where do you get the memory?"

The young man thought for a moment and retorted: "Even if the mountain god sends a child, it should be like a rich child, and she should conceive a baby in October." How could it be put in a coffin and float down the water?"

The palace elder held up the gray beard under his chin and showed it to the young man, and said, "I'm a person buried in the loess, so it's useless." ”

Then he let out a long sigh and said, "There is one more thing to prove. There is a man in the city, who is highly skilled in medicine, and when he diagnoses your pulse, he once said that you are not a mortal person. I'm right, you're not born of pregnancy, you're not mortal. That's why I say, you are the seed of the mountain god, and I can only be counted as your adoptive father. ”

The boy opened his mouth to speak, then closed it again, not knowing how to answer.

Gong Lao said: "Since I am your adoptive father, I will choose a name for you, how about it?"

The young man pondered: "No matter what, my life was saved by the old man. During this period of time, it was indeed the maintenance of the elderly that kept him alive. He is going to be my adoptive father now, and he said that. So he nodded in agreement.

Gong Lao stroked his beard and frowned in thought. After a while, he suddenly said with a bright face: "Yes." ”

The boy looked at the old man and waited for the next step.

Gong Lao smiled: "Do you know what kind of mountain this mountain is?"

The boy shook his head.

Gong Lao said: "This mountain is called Guan Mountain. Since you are a seed of the mountain god, you have taken the surname of the mountain god, called Guan Ren, what do you think?"

Since the elder took the name, the young man naturally had no objection, nodded and accepted it.

It's just, it's a coffin, isn't it?

Closing people?