Ten years later, Liyang.

The sunshine of Liyang City is still warm and warm, and the hustle and bustle of the red dust seems to have remained unchanged for eternity. In this magnificent city, there is a bustling crowd of people, with calm expressions and leisurely steps. On the wide stone avenue, tall or short, standing on both sides of the road, all the buildings are made of cyan bricks, and the red tiles are flying, telling the vicissitudes and antiquity of Liyang. Outside the city, it is magnificent and vast

It was the morning hour, and all the shops were open, and all kinds of guigns were wafting in the air, and they were ready to welcome today's distinguished guests, and on both sides of the streets and alleys, all kinds of stalls, all kinds of scribbles, selling snacks, juggling, candy people, all kinds of shouts, all kinds of shouts, contrasting with each other.

It's so prosperous!

It's just that something is missing, those people, those unforgettable memories! With the erosion of time, it has long been silent, people are always like this, the more they want to remember, but the more they forget.

Because of its unique charm, all kinds of things in the red and earthly world have become places where many cultivators have been haunted by their dreams for thousands of years, but they can't go back, and they can't go back! If they are earthly people, why envy the gods!

On the wide avenue, a figure rushed towards the surging crowd in front of him, shouting loudly as he ran: "Twinkle Twinkle——, if I crash into you, I can't afford to be a boy—— "

With this man's reckless rampage, many people who couldn't dodge were hit by him, and he didn't even look back, but even said, "I'm sorry—I'm sorry—" As he spoke, the person was long gone, and there was inevitably a burst of shouting and scolding from the crowd: "Whose wild boy is this?

It was really a boy who was only about ten years old, and he was panting and sweating profusely as he ran, and he didn't know what was so important for a child of this age. But seeing that he spread his feet and ran quickly, and the clothes on his body were already soaked because of the hot sweat, the boy still ran forward as if he were flying.

The boy kept running out of the city gate, looked up at an old red house not far to the east, and then slowed down. With a dejected look on his face, he lowered his head and walked slowly to the red room, and said to himself: "It's over, it's over, I'm late for private school this time, and my husband should hit my palm again." ”

The little boy came to the door of the red private school slowly, and saw an old master with an old man with a white beard standing in front of the door, glaring at him angrily, and when he saw him coming, he couldn't help but be furious and said: "Qi Yizhi, what time is it?

The boy called Qi Yizhi smiled at the old master's flattery: "It's the twelfth time this month!"

The old master didn't listen, and after hearing it, he was even more furious and said: "I still have the face to say twelve times, how many days is it this month?"

When Qi Yizhi heard this, his face turned even redder, and he lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Today is the twelfth day of this month......"

The white beard on the old master's chest was pouted as high as he pouted, and he jumped to his feet and scolded: "You monkey cub, you are late every day, so that everyone has to wait for you before you can start the lecture!

It turned out that this old master's surname was Li, and he was a famous Confucian from Yangcheng, and he had two ways to punish naughty children, one was to quit the ruler and beat him, and the other was to stand upside down for half an hour.

After hearing this, Qi Yizhi hurriedly scolded Old Master Li, and begged for mercy: "The old gentleman spared the boy, stand upside down for half an hour, don't say half an hour, even a quarter of an hour, the kid can't hold on!"

Old Master Li was angry and said: "That's the ring ruler, if you are late, you hit twice, if you are late twelve times, that is twenty-four, Xiaoxi, bring my ring ruler!"

There was a thin boy in the private school answered, and hurriedly ran to the back hall, there were more than a dozen children sitting in the private school, there were men and women, hearing that the old master was going to ask for a magic weapon (in the eyes of the child, this ring ruler is a powerful magic weapon), suddenly like an explosion of the pot, there were many discussions, some worried about Qi Yizhi, some gloating, some were watching the excitement by the door of the private school, and there was a little fat man pushing a white boy next to him and said: "Hey——, dare you make a bet?"

The white boy looked out at the situation and asked, "Bet, bet what?"

The little fat man smiled and said, "Guess how many boards Qi Yizhi will cry when he gets to the board?"

............

Old Master Li suddenly heard a commotion in the private school, and knew that this group of children was talking, he only snorted, and all the children were sitting upright, and they didn't even dare to come out.

After a while, the skinny little boy ran out with a bronze ring ruler in his hand, and respectfully handed it to Old Master Li, and then looked at Qi Yizhi who was standing on the side out of the corner of his eye, and there was a lot of sympathy in his eyes, Qi Yizhi also looked at him, and said something without saying anything, looking at the shape of his mouth: "You really ran to get it!"

The skinny boy shrugged his shoulders to show that there was nothing he could do, and ran away quickly.

Qi Yizhi grinned, his little brain spun rapidly, and he thought to himself, these twenty-four strokes must cripple my hand, bad luck is really unlucky, what should I do?

Seeing that he was standing there without speaking, Old Master Li couldn't help but break up and grabbed his right hand and was about to start, Qi Yizhi hurriedly shook his right hand and said hurriedly: "Sir, don't fight, the kid has a love in return!"

When Old Master Li heard this, he was so angry with him that he laughed angrily and said: "I want to hear about it, but Qi Yizhi, you can listen to it, if that sentence is not right, these twenty-four boards will become forty-eight boards!"

Qi Yizhi hurriedly withdrew his right hand, and said with a smile: "There is a reason why the kid is late every day! This first day was because the cow of Aunt Wang's house next door ran away, and I helped her find the cow!" After saying that, he looked at the face of the old master Li, and saw that the old master closed his eyes, but he was not moving, and then he made up his mind and continued: "The next day, I passed by the market and saw that a little girl couldn't find her mother, so I helped her find her mother, and what about the third day..."

Old Master Li suddenly spoke: "What about today? What good did you do today?"

Qi Yi paused, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I didn't do anything good today, besides, how can there be so many things waiting for me to help others!"

The children in the private school knew that this guy was talking about it when Qi Yizhi opened his mouth, and they were all holding back their unhappiness, and when they heard the last sentence, Qi Yizhi's half-aggrieved voice couldn't hold back their laughter.

When this old master Li arrived, he was a strange man, and he actually heard it with interest: "Qi Yizhi, according to what you said, it is understandable that you are late? However, let me ask you, these are none of your business, why do you delay your study because they have nothing to do with them?"

Qi Yi said disapplausively: "Sir's words are not right, you have said, the ancient sages once said, disciples are filial piety when they enter, and brothers are brothers, be cautious and faithful, love the public, and be kind; Every word that Mr. said, the boy benefited a lot, if I didn't help them, wouldn't Mr. teach me to be a man in vain!"

Qi Yizhi's sycophant slapped that was loud, and the old master Li was immediately dizzy, he couldn't distinguish between north and south, and was about to flutter, when he suddenly thought that he was teaching his disciple, he hurriedly put away his smile, and pretended to be stern and said: "That is the case, the twenty-two boards can be written down for the time being, you didn't do a good deed today, and you were late for no reason, should you be beaten!"

Qi Yiyi's eyes lit up when he heard that the twenty-two boards were exempted, and he knew that the sycophants were right, so he hurriedly said: "Sir, sir, then these two boards can't be played today?"

Old Master Li asked quietly, "Why can't you fight today?"

Qi Yizhi said loudly: "Boy, although I am late today, but boy, I am running all the way in order not to be late today, and my clothes are soaked with sweat when I run, and Mr. You once said that the body is skinny, and the parents are affected, so for the sake of the child's parents, you shouldn't fight, right?" ”

Although Old Master Li could hear this quibble, and knew that he was slapping himself on the back, he couldn't help but admire that this ten-year-old child was so smart, so he took the ring ruler, pointed at Qi Yizhi with his hand and scolded with a smile: "Go, get back to your seat, this time you fooled the past, dare to have a next time, then you don't think it will be so easy." ”

When Qi Yizhi heard this, he nodded and returned to his seat, and his embarrassment made the children present laugh.

Soon, the morning passed, and it was time to get out of school, Qi Yizhi hurriedly packed his things, and the chubby little boy came over and said, "Xiao Qi, let's go play the slingshot later." ”

Qi Yizhi had almost packed up, put the book bag on his shoulder, and ran out of the private school as if flying, only one sentence came out of his back: "You guys play, I don't have time——!"

The little fat man looked at Qi Yizhi, who had already run far away, and said with a strange expression: "What's going on with this kid lately." It's always in a hurry, and they don't play with us anymore. ”

Let's say that this Qi Yizhi ran all the way all the way, ran to the bustling market in the city in one breath, stopped in front of a stall selling baked cakes, took out two copper coins from his pocket and said: "Uncle Wang, come to two baked cakes!"

The owner of this baked cake stall is a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, surnamed Wang, a villager in Xifengling Village, Liyang City, and Qi Yizhi is from the same village.

Uncle Wang responded with a smile, and while helping Qi Yizhi take the baked cakes, he smiled and said, "Xiao Yi'er, this sweaty man, you have come to me every day for half a month to buy baked cakes and buy them for your father?"

Qi Yizhi just smirked and didn't answer. Uncle Wang handed the baked cake to Qi Yizhi and said with a smile: "The children in our Fengling Village count you as the most filial, Master Qi and Mrs. Qi are really blessed." ”

After Qi Yizhi said goodbye to Uncle Wang, he rushed up again, passed through the huge Liyang City, ran out of the north gate of the city, and stopped at a broken Taoist temple on the outskirts of the north of the city.

This is a Taoist temple that I don't know how many years it has existed, the plaque on the Taoist temple has long since ceased to exist, so this Taoist temple does not know what its name is, the courtyard of the Taoist temple and the surrounding area are overgrown with wild grass, and the wild grass is lying together, reflecting the flickering ruins and broken walls and collapsed statues. Dilapidated and dilapidated.

There is no incense here, and it has been abandoned for a long time, why did a ten-year-old boy come here sweating profusely?

I saw Qi Yizhi walking into this broken Taoist temple, his little face became red because of the extremely fast running, he looked around for a while, and shouted to the dilapidated hall in the Taoist temple: "Grandpa, come out, Yi'er has brought you food." ”

The sound fell, only to listen to the Taoist temple there was a sound of rustling footsteps, after a while, out of the inside of a person, this person is a Taoist, tall, wearing a patch stacked with patches of gray sermon robe, with the mountain wind, the robe is more thin and shabby, full of white hair, pulled a big bun behind him, to the face is full of vicissitudes, the years on his face branded on his face deep traces, full of wrinkles piled up, the eyes are even more muddy, this old broken old way, although the figure is tall, but the body is skinny, as if the mountain wind blows, it can blow him down, if it is not for his robe, it is really no different from the beggar。

The broken old road shook three times and three steps, staggered, and slowly looked up in the direction of Qi Yizhi while walking, and sure enough, he saw Qi Yizhi standing in front of the temple gate with a bag in his hand, and the broken old road also waved at him very happily: "Little friend, I'm here!"

Qi Yizhi took three steps and made two steps to the Taoist priest, supported his weak body, and said with concern: "Grandpa, are you better? I was punished today because of Mr. Private School, and I came late, you must be hungry, come, this is the baked cake I bought for you through the bazaar, although there is no food, you can also fight hunger." As he spoke, he helped the old man to sit down and handed over the baked cakes.

This old Taoist is not polite, he picked up the baked cake and devoured it, and after a while, he finished eating a baked cake, Qi Yizhi hurriedly handed over the second baked cake, and the broken Taoist priest just took the baked cake and was about to eat it, when he suddenly seemed to think of something, and looked at Qi Yizhi with a smile.

It was already midday, it was noon, and the Taoist priest looked at Qi Yizhi and said with a smile: "Little friend, it's almost noon, I ate all this bread, aren't you hungry?"

Qi Yizhi was actually thirsty and hungry at this time because of the constant running, but when he saw the good fragrance of the Taoist priest's food, he felt pitiful, so he patted his belly and said: "I'm not hungry, grandpa, you eat, I ate hot tofu on the way." ”

The broken Taoist priest only laughed, divided the cake into two, and handed it to Qi Yi with a dirty hand: "Little friend, let's eat together." I'm afraid this cake is the most delicious delicacy in my life!"

Qi Yizhi was not polite when he saw it, grabbed the cake handed over by the old broken Taoist priest with his dirty hands, and ate it in a big gulp. It's just that I ate too violently, and I accidentally choked and rolled my eyes. The old Taoist priest smiled, took off a gourd from his waist, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyou, I have tea in this gourd, drink two sips!"

Qi Yizhi hurriedly took it and poured a few sips into his mouth, only to feel that the water in the gourd was not like the tea of ordinary people, it was actually very sweet and delicious, and he only felt that the seven orifices were smooth and comfortable. So he wondered: "What kind of tea is this, old man, how can it be delicious?" ”

The broken Taoist priest was happy, stood up, and walked to the door of the broken Taoist temple, in front of the broken Taoist temple was a piece of reeds like snow, the mountain wind blew, and the reeds came down together, as if the snow fell silently.

There was a faint sense of remembrance on the face of the broken Taoist priest, and he said slowly: "This tea is called Bamboo Tears, which is a place called Yinlan Valley in the northwest of Wanren Mountain in the northwest forty years ago, and a close friend invited me to drink it. ”

I don't know what kind of tea is made of tea with such a nice name?" Qi Yizhi asked.

The broken Taoist priest slowly turned around, looked at Qi Yizhi with a smile, and said word by word: "This tea is brewed with something called Zhuzhu Tianqing Leaf in Yinlan Valley, Xiaoyou, have you ever heard of it?"

Qi Yizhi, a ten-year-old child, couldn't see his eyes at all, but drank two sips of tea in the gourd, and then reluctantly handed the gourd to the Taoist priest and said: "Where have I heard of this thing, I grew up in Fengling Village since I was a child, and the biggest place I have been to is Liyang City in front, where I have heard of such a strange thing." ”

The broken Taoist priest didn't take back the gourd, and still said with a smile: "Xiaoyou, I have been taken care of by you for half a month, and I have no long things, so I will give you this half of the gourd and bamboo tears, and then it is something that belongs to you." After that, he still looked at Qi Yizhi with a smile.

Qi Yizhi didn't shirk, pinned the gourd to his waist, and only bowed to the broken Taoist priest and said, "Since this is the case, the kid will thank the old man!"

An old man and a young man sat in the reeds in front of the courtyard gate, eating baked cakes while talking and laughing loudly, and from time to time the hearty laughter floated out, and it did not disperse in the reeds for a long time.

Nearly half an hour passed quickly, and Qi Yizhi suddenly shouted: "Oh no, I'm too late here, my father will be in a hurry, grandpa, I'll go first, and I'll come to see you tomorrow!"

The old Taoist priest just smiled and looked at the little shadow that ran farther and farther away, standing by the gate of the Taoist temple for a long time, motionless, the mountain wind blew his shabby and wide Taoist robe, swaying with the wind, and there was a faint meaning of fairy wind bones.

Suddenly, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind the broken old way, like a ghost, standing silently behind him, the broken Taoist priest seemed to have already knew, and did not turn around, but asked softly: "Is it him?"

The dark shadow nodded and said, "I have seen his father, and his identity is certain. ”

The Daoist Breaker's face showed a little comfort and a hint of imperceptible excitement, and he nodded and said, "Heiya, you did a good job, go and put it"

The black shadow saluted respectfully to the broken priest, turned around silently, and disappeared.

The eyes of the broken Taoist priest were still looking at the direction where Qi Yizhi disappeared, and for a long time, a gust of mountain wind blew, and the mountain breeze at noon actually brought a little coolness.

p.s these two days because I added the network line to change the telecommunications line out of a little bit of a difference, the update is a little erratic, so I apologize deeply, for the sincere apology and for this book to climb to 100 hits at a turtle speed, therefore, today in the update of a chapter, I purely want to play now, everyone please wait!