Chapter 97: Meet

Qingshan Town at the foot of the green hills, after the summer solstice, there are more and more people from outside the town. The town that was a little deserted in other seasons suddenly became lively. It is not an exaggeration to say that tourists are like weaving, but now It's early summer, and when it comes to midsummer, the number of out-of-towners in this town will at least double, and then it will be really busy, and there will be a lot of people.
It’s just early summer, but in fact the hawkers in the small town have long been watching the wind. Some other places in Dayu have to wait for more than half a month before they come out to cool off and eat. They are already seen in Qingshan Town. The hawkers on both sides of the street sell them. There are so many kinds of food to cool off the heat, which are rarely seen elsewhere in Dayu. Coupled with the accumulation of so many years, the local people in Qingshan Town gradually figure out many new foods, such as the most popular food to cool down in Qingshan Town. Watermelon and Tremella Soup is the first of the local people. The watermelon that has been cooled by well water is added to the traditional refreshing and eating Tremella Soup. It has a special flavor. Many out-of-towners will eat a bowl without accident and the price is not too expensive. , But there is a bowl of six pennies, but if you want to eat a bowl after eating it, the hawker sells at most three bowls per person, and if you have more, they will not sell anything. Watermelon is cold. Eating too much is bad for the stomach, and the vendors don't want someone to eat their stomachs. Therefore, the amount of up to three bowls per person per day is an unspoken rule of the vendors in Qingshan Town.
There is a quaint courtyard in the east of Qingshan Town. It was originally built by a certain county magistrate after he took office. But although the county magistrate built it out of his own pocket, he can stay here for two or three years. I thought that this small town was too remote and had no future at all, so I asked my classmate in the county to transfer him from this place with a paper transfer order, and the small courtyard was sold at a low price. Outside of a squire in Qingshan Township, he thought about building this small courtyard into an inn after he bought it. Because the environment here is quiet and it happens to be the coolest place in this place, it’s easy to go back and forth. It has developed into the best inn in town. It’s just that compared to other houses, this small courtyard is not superior in size or price. The ordinary people can’t live in anyway. Except for some wealthy wealthy people, I'm afraid that no one will choose to stay here.
It is the early summer season, and this inn is naturally not full of guests. In fact, there are only a dozen guests in full budget. This morning, more than half of the guests have already gone out to climb the green mountain. Now it is in the inn. In fact, there are only two guests left.
An old Taoist who looks like an immortal spirit, another gentle and elegant middle-aged Confucian scholar.
There is a small courtyard in front of the inn, and a rockery in the back. There is a pavilion just built in the pool, where you are surrounded by fish, and the cool breeze is coming. It is worth the money.
At this moment, the two sat facing each other, but they didn't learn from those chattering celebrities, just put a cup of tea in front of each.
The middle-aged Confucian with an ordinary face but elegant manners is named Li Jingle. He is the youngest teacher at the Luoshui Academy at the Dayu Frontier. This Master Li has not only entered the Taiqing realm early in his cultivation, Even the scholarship is one of the most powerful people in the academy. Luoshui Academy is not a big academy. Although it still has some reputation on the border of Dayu, it is actually not worth mentioning in the whole Dayu. , Or else I won’t let Li Jingle become a teacher in such a simple way. After rushing from the bank of Luoshui to the foot of Qingshan, Li Jingle is on behalf of Luoshui Academy to investigate the Qingshan Temple. After all, there are several Taoist Academy on the border. , I am extremely concerned about monsters harming people. Nowadays, at the border, several things have happened one after another at the foot of the green hill. It is hard not to let people not doubt the view of green hills.
The old Taoist in a gray robe is one of the three Taiqing monks who have practiced Taoism for more than a hundred years, and the Taoism is profound. The Shouye Concept has already regarded the killing of the demon as a long-cherished wish in his life. The monsters on the border have never been merciful at all. Now that such a thing has happened in Qingshan, the Shouye Outlook will not hesitate to send Yu Zhen down the mountain personally. Apart from paying attention to the matter, he has no other thoughts, in fact, it is unknown. After all, in the final analysis, the old master of the Green Mountain View has crossed the Taiqing Realm many years ago. It is hard to say whether he has entered the Chaoyang Realm now. After all, the Yanghaizhi is one of the ten people on the border mountain. One, the realm cultivation is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.
This time Luoshui Academy and Shouyeguan each sent three people to investigate the matter. In fact, Luoshui Academy is not dominant. The two young disciples are not as good as the two young students of Shouyeguan, and even Li Jingle is not as good as Yu Zhen. This is also the intention of Luoshui Academy. After all, no matter what, this is a matter within the Taoist school. Even if Dayu's side is not as good as Yanling and Liangxi, there are still some considerations.
The veteran Taoist Yu Zhen looked calm and asked, "Master Li, I heard that all of your Confucianism, the younger generation of disciples, have to bow their heads to that Yanling reading seed. Is it possible that you scholars are not more advanced than academics, and you must learn from us. These laymen see whose fists are harder?"
Li Jingle smiled and waved his hand, "It is wrong for a scholar to be more knowledgeable than someone who is less knowledgeable. I learn my own truth, read my own book, and walk my own way. It was originally the truth spoken by my Confucian sage, but In today's environment, everyone wants to compete for a high and low, and scholars are unavoidable. It is the seed of reading who will not know whether learning will overwhelm the younger generation in the future, but in any case, the spiritual talent will naturally not be bad. Where to go, otherwise Yanling would not expect her to be able to compete with the Taoist species, but the Taoist species entered the road of cultivation much earlier than our seeds of reading. Now it seems that we have to think It's difficult to catch up."
Yu Zhen calmly said: "Allowing the master to take the shot himself is enough to show how much Shenxie Mountain attaches importance to Taoism. Otherwise, how could that master say that the Yuwu Mountain where Chen Sheng had been out was on the mountain? Nowadays, there is a lot of uproar from Liangxi, saying that the viewer almost demolished the Qingxin Pavilion in Yuwu Mountain. The reason is simple. The Dao seed has been attacked and killed several times in Dayu. Shenxie Mountain suspects that Yuwu Mountain has Intervene, so the watcher does not hesitate to go up the mountain. Think about it, this watcher who is only half a foot away from reaching the realm of a saint when he reaches the top of the stairs, what kind of style should he shoot?
Li Jingle sighed. Over the years, no matter in Liangxi or elsewhere in Shanhe, the monks on the mountain have known a truth. Nowadays, Shanhe Taoism is the dominant family, and the master of Taoism is the first in the Taoist school. One person is hard-wired, and it is more likely that he is already the first monk in this mountain and river. Although all this must remove the saint, but even so, it is enough to make people look at it. The powerful monks of Shenxianshan don't count it. Counting, just one person watching the subject can crush the entire mountain of Yuwu Mountain out of breath. On the Confucian side, there is really no outstanding scholar in recent years. The head teacher of Yanling Academy has not been in these years. Walking among the mountains and rivers, nothing happened. The only time it was revealed to the world was when the Master went to Yanling. Besides, there were no outstanding monks in the entire Academy. That’s why the entire academy puts its hopes on the seed of reading, but the seed of reading, after all, the monk’s time is short, and even the Taoist seed may not be able to catch up, let alone the one who has already stood on the top of the mountain. the Lord?
In the general environment, the decline of Confucianism and the strength of Taoism are almost a foregone conclusion. It cannot be changed by one or two outstanding scholars.
The veteran Taoist Yu Zhen drank a few sips of tea and sighed: "If Shou Karma can produce a Taoist kind, let alone anything else, the poor Tao will definitely treat him like a poor Taoist son."
Li Jingle smiled and said nothing, whether it is a Taoist temple or an academy, if you want to develop, you need two types of people. One is the "gatekeeper" who can support the Taoist temple or the academy in times of crisis. Being able to reason with others, if the reason is unreasonable, can make others feel at ease to listen to your reasoning. This kind of theory is very important to an academy or to talk about it. The second category is the future of this academy or Taoist temple. The current scenery in the sect is useless. If it is not accepted, this type of "gatekeeper" will pass away after decades and no one will take it. Daqi, who will tell the truth after that, and who will stop the disaster?
This is just like those glorious swordsmen back then, a group of "gatekeepers" died, and now those who took the banner are gone, and many swordsmen's heritage has turned into a wasteland, leaving only Jianshan. That's all, Li Jingle actually has a real feeling, this is now Luoshui Academy, which was the base of a sect called Wenjianzong back then. Although Wenjianzong did not have any sword fairy in the history of the sect, There have been many swordsmen who can climb the stairs. At the time, it was considered a first-class swordsman at the border of Dayu, but it gradually weakened after the war. Later, only the last one was left as a disciple, and finally he was helpless. The inheritance was broken.
Later, the dean of the founder of Luoshui Academy traveled here and chose this place to build the Luoshui Academy. Only then did we have today's Luoshui Academy, but the Jianzong Ben of the day was really unknown.
Li Jingle no longer talked nonsense, and finally talked with the old Taoist Yu Zhen about the view of the green mountains. He just said it shallowly. There are many things that are not clear, and I don't want to explain it.
Yu Zhen was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Yang Haizhi is very poor and should not be able to do this kind of thing. It's just that some Taoists on the mountain are born with other thoughts. It's hard to say, just how. I have to wait for a few young people to go down the mountain to make it clear. It's hard to judge now, but Wang Shi's child has always been jealous and will not favor anyone."
Speaking of Wang Shi, Li Jingle nodded unconsciously. He has always heard about this younger generation of masters who are loyalists. He has always had a good reputation at the Dayu border, and it is very likely that he will become a keeper after years of polishing. The helm of the view,
It’s just this kind of thing, it’s really hard to say. His Majesty the emperor of the secular dynasty has appointed the prince. As long as he will not be enthroned tomorrow, there may be variables in the middle of the time, not to mention the cultivation sect on the mountain, which is an easy span. It is decades and hundreds of years, and what will happen in it is hard to predict.
Li Jingle pondered for a moment, "At the border of Dayu, no one cares about this except for the few of us. The people under the mountain and the monks on the mountain feel that it is a world of difference, but it doesn’t seem like the view of Qingshan will do this. For such things, coming this time is nothing but peace of mind."
Yu Zhen's expression was indifferent, his face remained unchanged, and he was not prepared to say anything more. For the sake of the people under the mountain, there are actually very few Taoist temples in Dayu Frontier that have done it, but no matter how you say it, Shouye Outlook To be one of them, there is no doubt.
Not long after the two sat down, after the tea was cool, Li Jingle suggested to try the local watermelon and white fungus porridge on the street. Yu Zhen nodded and agreed, so the two got up, walked through the backyard, left through the back door, and wandered in the streets of Qingshan Town. .
After walking through several streets, the two finally came to a stall selling watermelon and white fungus soup. The owner of the white fungus soup was a middle-aged man with an ordinary face. This time is not a peak time, so there is no one on the stall. Except for a middle-aged man with a gentle face, there is no one else.
After veteran Taoist Yu Zhen and Li Jingle sat down, they each ordered a bowl of watermelon and white fungus soup.
Then, because of the presence of others, the two of them did not continue to say anything about the view of Qingshan. It was the middle-aged man who drank half of the porridge and turned around to look at Li Jingle and asked with a smile: "This gentleman, Qingshan Is it the mountain behind the town?"
Li Jingle nodded, did not appear to be a thousand miles away, and then explained softly: "If you are climbing at this time, it will not be crowded at all, but the mountain road is not comfortable after all, you can Be careful."
The middle-aged man chuckled, "Walking through these places, no matter how difficult it is to climb, this green hill is nothing, but if you don’t climb it, you can only blame yourself for being old and having trouble with your legs. It's so convenient."
Li Jingle laughed, "It's not old, it's not old, at least the Taoist leader next to me is much older than you."
The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the old Taoist Yu Zhen, showing a smile, without saying much, after drinking the porridge in a hurry, he took out six pennies from his arms, put it on the table and got up to say goodbye.
When the hawker at the stall received the bowls, he saw the six pennies and whispered in a low voice: "I don't know where the green mountain is and how can I get the price so clear."
Li Jingle smiled casually, not paying attention.
And the middle-aged man has disappeared.
Yu Zhen's expression remained unchanged, but as if he felt something in his heart, he turned his head and looked at the direction in which the middle-aged man disappeared.

The view of the green hills and the sea of ​​sheep said that you have to go down the mountain, but the way down the mountain is actually not fast at all. After leaving the bamboo house halfway down the mountain, he went down the mountain along the mountain road, and his expression was calm. I met many tourists going up the mountain along the way. When he met those who took the initiative to say hello, he nodded slightly, and did not ignore it. This also made those tourists' perception of Qingshan View much higher.
It’s just that Yang Haizhi didn’t have the heart to think about this. Not far from here, there have been several incidents involving monsters hurting people. Yang Haizhi has sent Taoist priests down the mountain to conduct surveys, but almost nothing has been achieved. After another incident of a monster hurting people, I finally found a living in that village, but according to that person, there was also a Taoist wearing a green mountain robes with the monster, who was originally easy to use. I was very concerned and ordered the disciples on the mountain to seal up the news, but it was spread out the next day. In the past half month, several incidents happened one after another. They all said there was a Qingshan Taoist priest. No matter how confused Yang Haizhi is I know that this is someone who is framing the Qingshan Temple, but I think about it these days and think that some Taoists on the mountain are acting suspiciously, but he didn't stun the snake. The reason is probably because his little apprentice wanted to get married in the near future, and he was the master's. Don't want to screw him up.
To be honest, his most beloved disciple is, in the final analysis, this little disciple, although he is really a little foolish.
Yang Haizhi sighed and raised his head to move on, only after a few steps, he watched a middle-aged man appear in his sight.
The mountain was foggy and he couldn't see his face clearly. The old Taoist priest was unwilling to see anything more, but when he was about to pass by, the middle-aged man voluntarily stopped and said hello, "Dao Sheep."
One of the old Yang Hai was startled, his voice was familiar!
Then Yang Haizhi widened his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man's face. After seeing it clearly, Yang Haizhi's face was incredible. In the end, his lips trembled and his teeth trembled, and he couldn't say a word.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "What's the matter, you haven't seen you in so many years, so you've become such a ghost?"
Yang Haizhi's eyes were moist and his expression was agitated. He finally yelled out two words, "Watch the Lord!"
Everyone knows that the present-day master of the Green Mountain View, one of the ten people on the border of Dayu, liked to travel through mountains and rivers when he was young. He had been to Yanling and Liangxi, but no one knew that he went to Liangxi. In fact, I ran into a Taoist priest who was as young as him.
The Taoist priest was very prosperous, and he had a great conversation with him. The two travelled around Liangxi together. Before that, the two of them had not told their real names. They only called each other by Yang Daochang and Liang Daochang. They didn’t tell each other their names until they were separated. He is the sea of ​​sheep.
And that Liang Daochang is called Liang Yi.
Of course, Liang Yi is actually the master of Liangxi Taoism, but in fact, his reputation is far less than now. Yang Haizhi in Dayu didn't even know that he was the master of Taoism.
But now, his Yanghaizhi is already the master of Qingshan Guan, but the Taoist Liang is already the first person in the Taoist school.
And this meeting was the first time they met after decades of separation, and the sea of ​​sheep never expected to be on this green mountain.
Moreover, the master is willing to call him the Daoist Sheep. How can such an honorable thing not be exciting.
The Guanzhu patted Yang Haizhi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I didn't make a special trip to find you, I'm hiding in the mountains."