The sudden rainstorm fell all night and did not gradually stop until the next morning. After the thick clouds in the sky gradually opened, the rising sun could finally shine its light through the clouds to the Shenzhou Continent. As the sun gradually disperses the clouds and mist surrounding Putuo Mountain, everything on the island slowly wakes up, at this time, the whole island is fragrant with birds and flowers, the empty valley is quiet, the green leaves are spring, and the flowers are blooming. If you are in this place at this time, you will definitely wonder if you are in the human world or in the fairy world.

Since returning from the Guanyin Hall last night, Yu Fei'er has not slept all night. Thinking of leaving Putuo Mountain, where she has lived since she was a child, Yu Fei'er was naturally very reluctant in her heart, but when she thought that she could go to the outside world to have a look, Yu Fei'er's mood immediately became inexplicably excited. Under the interweaving of these two complex feelings, Yu Fei'er lay on the bed and tossed and turned, where could she still sleep, so she simply got up and sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed and sat down. After meditating on herself, Yu Fei'er gradually entered a state of self-forgetfulness, unaware that it was already dawn outside.

"Yu Fei'er, Master wants you to come over. After a knock on the door, the voice of a senior brother came from outside the door.

Yu Fei'er opened her eyes, only to find that the sky outside the window was slightly bright, and she quickly got up and responded: "Got it, I'll go right away." ”

When Yu Fei'er came to the meditation room where the Puci Daoist was resting, the Puci Daoist had been waiting for him in the meditation room for a long time, and when he saw Yu Fei'er come in, he immediately pointed to a burden on the table in the room and said: "Fei'er, this bag contains a few daily changes of clothes prepared for you by the teacher, and a brocade box that the Bodhisattva talked about yesterday, you must put it away." When you go out this time, don't wear this Taoist children's clothes, I have ordered your junior brother to prepare a Taoist robe for you, you can wait to go back and pack up the items you want to bring with you, and then change into that Taoist robe and go out of the mountain with the fleet of pilgrims in the front yard. Yu Fei'er, you shouldn't know where the Dragon and Tiger Mountain is when you go out of the island for the first time, so I'll give you a brief explanation of how to get to the Dragon and Tiger Mountain. After you leave the island, you can go all the way west to Hangzhou City, and then take a horse-drawn carriage by land after arriving in Hangzhou City, or choose to take a boat to take the water route to Nalonghu Mountain. Fei'er, I don't know when you will come back when you go down the mountain this time, so I have to tell you one more sentence at the end, you must remember that cultivators can only enter the Tao by cultivating virtue, and only by accumulating goodness can they become immortals, and deviating from the right path will be doomed. ”

After listening to the master's advice, Yu Fei'er immediately knelt down, kowtowed to the Puci Taoist three times in a row, and said: "The disciple must remember the master's teachings, and never disgrace the reputation of my Putuo Mountain." Then he got up and reluctantly walked out of the meditation room of the Puci Taoist.

Yu Fei'er returned to her room and immediately packed up her belongings, then changed into Taoist clothes to say goodbye to her brothers and sisters one by one, and finally left Putuo Mountain with the fleet that refused to go to Guanyin Temple to pick up the pilgrims.

Yu Fei'er went out of Putuo Mountain and went west according to the guidance of Puci Taoist. Along the way, he kept asking pedestrians about the direction of Hangzhou City, and finally came to the gate of Hangzhou City after walking for about five days. I saw that the city gate of Hangzhou stands majestically, majestic and magnificent, the city tower is exquisitely carved, and the top of the palace style is covered. Although the tower of Hangzhou City was built extremely powerfully, there was not a single guard in sight on the entire tower, and at the entrance of the city gate, there were only symbolic standing four people dressed as sergeants. The reason why the four of them are symbolic is because even if there were merchants or horse caravans from Liao, Jin, and Western Xia among the pedestrians and chariots and horses that came in and out in front of them, these four sergeants did not come forward to investigate, and let them enter and exit at will.

People living in our era must feel very strange: Wasn't the Song Dynasty supposed to be in an era of wars? At that time, various tribes outside the Central Plains were eyeing the Central Plains and trying to annex the entire territory of the Song Dynasty. But in this war-torn era, there was a period of time when it was very peaceful, that is, during the reign of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen for more than 40 years, during this time, the reason why the Northern Song Dynasty was able to maintain harmony and stability with the surrounding forces was inseparable from the fact that the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Renzong, always insisted on governing the country with "benevolence". Emperor Renzong's tolerance and benevolence not only touched the external ethnic groups, but also aroused a group of righteous men and gentlemen to seek the country to repay the emperor's benevolence, the most famous of which is Bao Zheng, and others: Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Shen Kuo, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, etc., these people are famous figures in Chinese history, can be described as bright stars.

However, history always needs to be viewed from two sides, and Emperor Renzong's foreign policy based on "benevolence" eventually led to the decline of the Northern Song Dynasty. The apparent peace of his reign was actually bought back with money and dignity. For example, the Liao State was very dissatisfied with the lack of "New Year's coins", so he instructed Fu Bi to increase the "New Year's coins" by 200,000 yuan to avoid disputes; the war against Western Xia was a protracted war from a military point of view, but Emperor Renzong would rather "give coins" to make the country bear a huge economic burden than avoid war, and he would rather raise troops to increase the country's deterrent power than encourage border generals to ask for credit. Although Renzong reigned for 40 years without a military revolution, the military strength of the whole country was declining year by year, the border guards had been absent from the battle formation for a long time, and the military morale had long been weakened, and the attendance of the border guards was perfunctory, and although people were on duty, they never contributed to their efforts. Therefore, Emperor Renzong's foreign policy has always been based on "benevolence", and in this era of the jungle, it is destined to eat its own bitter fruits, which is a later story.

Yu Fei'er passed through the city gate and entered Hangzhou City, he soon found that a sign standing next to the city gate was full of people, and those onlookers were talking to each other about something, but at this time Yu Fei'er didn't have the heart to join in the fun, because he had been on the road for a few days, and he was just hungry with dry food along the way, and he hadn't eaten anything until this morning, and he saw that it was about to be noon, and Yu Fei'er was already hungry in his stomach, so what he wanted to do most now was to quickly find a hotel to have a good meal, and then find an inn to rest。 So Yu Fei'er strode into the city.

Although it is almost noon, the pedestrians on the streets of Hangzhou City are still in an endless stream, and then look at the shops and stalls on both sides of the street, the goods sold are dazzling, which reminds people of such a poem: "The five colors are blurred and the eyes are blind, and the goods of all directions are lined up and horizontal." The sky is sunny and sunny, and the road is narrow. ”

Yu Fei'er has been cultivating in Putuo Mountain since he was a child, and where has he seen such a prosperous scene, so people walk in this street and forget about the east, west, north and south for a while. Inadvertently, Yu Fei'er suddenly saw a restaurant not far from him, and saw that the restaurant was full of people. Yu Fei'er couldn't help but think in her heart: "The business of this restaurant is so good, I think there must be something special about it, why don't I go and taste it." Thinking of this, Yu Fei'er immediately walked towards the restaurant.

Yu Fei'er soon came to the front of the restaurant, only to see a plaque on the main entrance of the restaurant, with four big characters inscribed on it: "Xianle Restaurant". After Yu Fei'er walked into the restaurant, he saw two large pillars with a couplet written on them, which was: "Looking forward to welcoming the fairy trail, Bai Yexian, Lin Yexian, Su Yexian, today I buy drunk lakes and mountains, non-immortals and immortals", and the next couplet is: "Timely and happy, spring is happy, summer is happy, autumn is happy, autumn is looking for poetry in the wind and snow, not happy and happy". When Yu Fei'er was still interpreting this couplet in her heart, the restaurant owner in the account desk greeted her at this time.

The owner of this restaurant, surnamed Zhang, is a person who believes in Buddhism, and is usually kind and generous, so people who know him call him "Zhang Haoren". It is said that this good man once had a strange disease, although he searched for famous doctors in Hangzhou but could not be cured, and this good man was about to die. At this time, a kind person suggested that he go to Putuo Mountain to pray for the manifestation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and maybe a miracle will happen. The good man really had no other way, so he followed this person's advice and went to Putuo Mountain. A few days after he returned from praying for the Bodhisattva's apparition from Mount Putuo, the good man's illness turned out to be cured. Since then, Zhang Haoren has become a person who believes in Buddhism, usually willing to be kind and charitable, to help others for fun, every time to Guanyin Dashi's birthday, monks, the three major incense periods, this good person has to go to Putuo Mountain to incense and make a vow. Since he often went to Putuo Mountain, this good man knew that there were some Taoist priests practicing in the Sihou Temple behind the Guanyin Temple in Putuo Mountain. As soon as Yu Fei'er walked into his restaurant, the good man saw Yu Fei'er's outfit and knew that this was a little master from the back temple of Putuoshan Temple, so he quickly greeted him with a smile, and greeted him at the same time: "I think this little master should be a small master who is practicing in the back temple of Putuoshan Temple, right?"

Yu Fei'er saw that the owner of the restaurant was greeting him, and he hurriedly replied: "Xiaodao is a beginner disciple who is practicing in Putuo Mountain, and the shopkeeper calls me a Taoist master, but I dare not be. This is the first time to go down the mountain to this Hangzhou city, just passing through this neighborhood was attracted by the smell of food in the restaurant, I wonder if there is still space in the restaurant? ”

"Little Master, don't worry, please come with me. After speaking, Zhang Haoren took Yu Fei'er to a table by the window in the restaurant.

I saw a white-haired and white-bearded old man sitting at this table, wearing a white robe, with crane hair and a childish face, and his whole body exuded a fairy wind and bones, and it was difficult to judge how old he was from his appearance and this dress. At this time, the old Taoist priest was waiting for the meal he ordered with his eyes closed, and there was a pair of clothes on the table in front of him, and there was a banner by the window near him, on which were written the words "ask divination and fortune-telling", it seems that this white-bearded old Taoist should be a fortune teller who walks the rivers and lakes.

Zhang Haoren led Yu Fei'er to the white-bearded old man's table, and greeted the white-bearded old man with a smile: "The old gentleman is disturbed, this little master is from Putuo Mountain, I don't know if the old man minds to sit at the same table with this little master? ”

The white-bearded old man opened his eyes and glanced at Yu Fei'er and replied: "Meeting is fate, but it doesn't hurt to sit down." ”

After hearing Whitebeard's old man's reply, Zhang Haoren hurriedly beckoned Yu Fei'er to sit down, and then called the second junior of the running hall over. After the junior second in the running hall came to the table, Zhang Haoren said to Yu Fei'er: "The little master needs to eat anything, just order this junior second, there are many affairs at the front desk, I will not accompany you here." ”

Yu Fei'er hurriedly got up and thanked him: "Thank you for taking care of the store, Xiaodao will not delay the store's business!"

Zhang Haoren hurriedly waved his hand and replied, "The little Taoist is polite." After that, he went back to the front desk.

The second child of the running hall greeted warmly at this moment: "What does this little master want to do?" This store is the most famous restaurant in Hangzhou, my store's Babao Tofu, Longjing shrimp, called Hua Chicken, West Lake vinegar fish color and fragrance are excellent, it is famous in Hangzhou City, and there is an endless stream of diners who come every day, so our restaurant is full every day. ”

Yu Fei'er's stomach was already hungry "coo", and after listening to the introduction of Xiao Er, he swallowed saliva straight into his stomach, and hurriedly replied to Xiao Er: "Then give Xiaodao a eight-treasure tofu, Longjing shrimp, and a big bowl of noodles." Oh yes, Xiaodao also asked the little second brother to say hello to the kitchen master, it's best to do it for Xiaodao faster, because Xiaodao I'm almost hungry. ”

The runner replied with a smile: "Okay, little master, you just wait a while, I'll go and talk to the kitchen master." After saying that, the little two went to the kitchen.

It didn't take long for the runner to bring out the two dishes and noodles that Yu Fei'er ordered. But this time, the little two of the running hall only brought the things ordered by Yu Fei'er, but they did not bring out the things ordered by the white-bearded old man at the same table, and the white-bearded old man at the same table was not happy, and he had to reason with the little two of the running hall when he stood up.

It seems that this simple wish for a good meal is about to be shattered.